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Functional Medicine, Alzheimer’s, Autoimmune Disease, GERD, Migraines

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Any family interest here? Chris Kresser, Dr. Barbara Starfield, Dr. Jeffrey Bland, Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Dale Bredesen, Dr. Terry Wahls. These names familiar to you? Well, join me. I research for a living. And I have books piled up like cordwood in Vermont. Just today I grabbed hold of Unconventional Medicine by a researcher […]

New Research Suggests Statins are Over-Prescribed

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Originally posted on December 4, 2018. Physicians believe that current thresholds for prescribing statins may be too low. We have regularly highlighted the unconvincing evidence for statins (read here, here, here, and here for starters). Read here from Sam Blanchard at the Daily Mail about new research that suggests statins are over-prescribed: The risks of […]

Have You Tried Alkaline Water?

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Alkaline water is growing rapidly in popularity. Debbie and I have tried it, and we were just introduced to the innovative water Kangen Water system yesterday. There appears to be solid enthusiastic support for it. Read here from the Kangen website: Enagic is a global business that revolutionizes the way you think about your hydration and […]

Dick Young’s Disaster/Survival Manual: Chapter 1

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Originally posted on September 6, 2011. Hurricane Irene turned Vermont into a war zone look-a-like that will have financial and personal ramifications for years to come. Other states, of course, got clobbered as well. I cite Vermont in chapter one of my Disaster/Survival guide because I know Vermont better than any of the other hard-hit […]

What allows people to live to 90 and beyond? Not What You Think

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Researchers have been taking a look at what they call “the oldest old,” or the most aged members of the American population, to see learn more about their longevity. Some of the results are surprising. Robin Seaton Jefferson explained the studies at Forbes, and here is her rundown of some of the results: Researchers have […]

Do Not Eat Red Meat, Says Harvard School Of Public Health Study!

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Originally posted April 23, 2012. Like so much else that comes out of Harvard, I find this study hard to swallow. The study warns that there is a “linear, step-wise increase in risk of dying prematurely with higher red meat consumption.” (See: Five Questions: Dr. Walter Willett on red meat) The study was conducted looking […]

Slashing Heart Attack Risk With Dr. Mercola

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On Mercola.com, Dr. Joseph Mercola explains to his readers the research showing that the more vegetables you eat, the lower your risk of heart disease. I read all Dr. Mercola’s key essays and learn a lot from him. I hope you will read these key points and heed Dr. Mercola’s message. He writes (abridged): Story at-a-glance […]

New Apple Watch: Do You Have Atrial Fibrillation?

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Apple has just released its latest Apple Watch, and this one comes with the ability to perform an electrocardiogram on its wearer. That’s an amazing leap in technology, and can give users a lot of new information about their health, but Robbie Gonzalez, writing at WIRED, suggests that unless you have atrial fibrillation, the feature […]

Study: Statins Not Useful in Healthy Elderly to Prevent Heart Disease

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An article provided by the British Medical Journal to Medicalxpress.com details a study that found statins were no help to healthy elderly people in preventing heart disease. They wrote (abridged): Statins are not associated with a reduction in cardiovascular disease (conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels) or death in healthy people aged over 75, […]