Doctors Concerned about Antibiotic Use

The overuse of antibiotics has finally become so apparent that even medical doctors have become concerned. Dr. Stuart Levy, a professor at Tufts University Medical School and president of the Alliance for Prudent Use of Antibiotics, has developed a school curriculum to teach children and teenagers about the hazards of antibiotics. The hope is that [...]

Strokes Linked to Triglycerides

Elevated triglycerides (fats and oils found in foods or the body) have, for the first time, been linked to stroke. An eight-year study recently reported in Circulation found that people with triglyceride levels in excess of 200 mg/dL had a significantly higher risk of stroke, in fact 30 percent higher. The American Heart Association’s recommendation [...]

High Levels of Vitamin C

People with high levels of vitamin C in their blood have about half the risk of dying when compared to people with low levels – regardless of age.
A study conducted by Cambridge University in England and reported in the Lancet found that low plasma levels of vitamin C were directly related to higher mortality from [...]

The Truth About Heart Bypasses and Angioplasty

Back in 1977, the chief of cardiology at Harvard Medical School, Eugene Bramwald, warned that bypass surgery was unacceptably dangerous. He also expressed concern that the heart surgery industry had become so lucrative it would be difficult to change. Bramwald was right. Bypass surgery now costs 27 billion dollars a year. Meanwhile the New England [...]

Doctors Concerned about Antibiotic Use

The overuse of antibiotics has finally become so apparent that even medical doctors have become concerned. Dr. Stuart Levy, a professor at Tufts University Medical School and president of the Alliance for Prudent Use of Antibiotics, has developed a school curriculum to teach children and teenagers about the hazards of antibiotics. The hope is that [...]

Strokes Linked to Triglycerides

Elevated triglycerides (fats and oils found in foods or the body) have, for the first time, been linked to stroke. An eight-year study recently reported in Circulation found that people with triglyceride levels in excess of 200 mg/dL had a significantly higher risk of stroke, in fact 30 percent higher. The American Heart Association’s recommendation [...]

High Levels of Vitamin C

People with high levels of vitamin C in their blood have about half the risk of dying when compared to people with low levels – regardless of age.
A study conducted by Cambridge University in England and reported in the Lancet found that low plasma levels of vitamin C were directly related to higher mortality from [...]

The Truth About Heart Bypasses and Angioplasty

Back in 1977, the chief of cardiology at Harvard Medical School, Eugene Bramwald, warned that bypass surgery was unacceptably dangerous. He also expressed concern that the heart surgery industry had become so lucrative it would be difficult to change. Bramwald was right. Bypass surgery now costs 27 billion dollars a year. Meanwhile the New England [...]

Natural Sources of Iron

The food containing the most easily absorbed iron includes:

meat
livers
oysters
poultry
fish
beans
dried fruits (e.g. dried apricots)
leafy green vegetables (e.g. spinach)
soybean flour
fortified breakfast cereals
wine
whole grains (e.g. brown rice)
iron supplements

Iron is crucial to the body’s ability to carry oxygen and forms part of hemoglobin, the oxygen carrying part of the blood. Iron gives blood it’s red color and our skin [...]

Vitamin C, Pregnancy and Healthy Babies

Insufficient vitamin C during pregnancy has been linked with respiratory failure and massive cerebral bleeding that can occur following a premature birth, so reports a recent issue of Nature Medicine. A press release from the National Institute of Health said, “There may be a link between sub-clinical deficiencies in vitamin C in the mother – [...]