integrative medicine

Ive told you in the past about serious problems with bisphosphonates, a specific class of osteoporosis drugs. They can actually cause you to lose bone! But these drugs are even worse than we thought. Its bad enough that these drugs can induce a catastrophic death to your jawbone called osteonecrosis. Its bad enough that these … Read more

Ive always said its a lot easier to prevent cancer than fight cancer. This is especially true with colon cancer. Once colon cancer hits, its very difficult to treat successfully. Fortunately, you can prevent most cases of colon cancer. In fact, its fairly easy to do. All you need to do is drink a lot … Read more

I am sure by now you are tired of hearing about the swine flu, vaccines, and all the controversy surrounding the vaccines. While the swine flu has been rough on some people, even killing people, many with pre-existing conditions, the outbreak has not been nearly as bad as expected. I am thankful for that. However, … Read more

Back in the July issue of Second Opinion, I told you about the dirty Pharmaceutical practice of ghostwriting. As I said then, ghostwriting is when the drug company does the research, and then hires a high-profile doctor to write up the conclusions. The trouble with this practice is that the doctor does not do the … Read more

You have undoubtedly heard that high cholesterol can be deadly. However, Ive told my readers for years that it is not how high your cholesterol level is. Its how well your body handles that cholesterol. So I am not nearly as concerned about your cholesterol levels as most doctors. In fact, theres another risk factor … Read more