The AMA has just declared “OBESITY” as a disease. I wish that meant they are taking this seriously, developing a plan to look at the causes and using their considerable clout to make preventive changes but I doubt it. By declaring obesity a disease, they are opening the door for new drugs. Yes wouldn’t we all like [...]
A patient sent me a picture from a local grocery store of a sign announcing “FREE ANTIBIOTICS”. How dangerously insane is that? At one time, antibiotics were a true miracle drug. They were designed to treat overwhelming bacterial infections and they worked. Unfortunately they have been seriously over prescribed and perilously over used. Antibiotics are in our [...]
My husband and I just returned from Maine – our standard Fourth of July vacation. While there we ate a lot of blueberries- in salads, muffins and my favorite – blueberry French toast. Here are some things you probably didn’t know about blueberries. Blueberries protect against memory loss by clearing the brain of toxic proteins. Maine produces [...]
"Should I get a flu shot?" 5 patients asked us that today. Well any “health” care that is being dispensed at a gas station is immediately suspicious. So the brief answer is NO!!!! Here are just some of the reasons. There is emerging evidence that flu shots increase the risk for Alzheimers. This is likely a result [...]
