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“Enemy of the People” In the Henrik Ibsen play “Enemy of the People.” the citizens of a small Norwegian town believe that bathing in the local mineral springs is good for one’s health. The town’s doctor discovers that the springs…
“I love everything in the world … except for ticks.” – The Dalai Lama This summer in New England we will have significant increases in tick-borne diseases, most frequently Lyme disease. A combination of warmer winters and a very wet spring…
The Testosterone Trials: Looking for Complications in All the Wrong Places The NIH trials of testosterone replacement in older men (The TTrials) concluded in April. Over 50,00 volunteers were screened to create a study group of 790 men. The average…
Finally: An Explanation of Autism I have reprinted an opinion piece from The New York Times. It traces a significant part of the autism epidemic to inflammation of the immune system. The same system that fights infection attacks…
Oatmeal for Winter 2016 – 2017 Annual Update Dr. Nadelberg and I frequently speak of mixing and matching foods to make balanced dishes. Consuming hearty foods is superior to counting calories or trying to stay on restrictive diets. Hearty…
Sometimes that Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train The Effect of Light at Night on Health We just experienced the longest night of the year (Winter Solstice). We shorten the night with electric light. It is…
The Good In its September 2016 magazine, Consumer Reports has an extensive review of dietary supplements. They present a very good history of the supplement industry, which got its impetus from Linus Pauling, two-time Nobel Prize winner, and his…
WGBH Frontline Slams Supplements There are many ongoing controversies about the use of supplements and their effects on people’s health. The supplement industry in the United States could best be described as a bazaar with various companies hawking their…
Safe Supplementation of Vitamin D This study, which recommends people to consume three times more vitamin D than the Institute recommended in 1997, also concludes that consuming more vitamin D could be hazardous. The flaw in the report is its…
Proper Doses of Testosterone Reduces Heart Attack Risk A new Veteran’s Administration study looked at records of 83,000 men, average age 66, with no evidence of heart disease or stroke and low total testosterone (TT) at the beginning…
