Articles – General Health

The Danger In The Agribusiness Takeover Of Public Schools

In President Bush’s latest national budget proposal, there is a 1/3 cut in funding for agricultural research at our land grant colleges. This is part of a multi-year drive by this administration to completely eliminate regular public research funding. When that happens, the future of agricultural research at our land grant colleges will belong to biotech conglomerates like Monsanto.

Drinking Water Tainted…

It doesn’t make sense to put chemical sewage into the body as a solvent. Examinations in my practice clearly demonstrate that the chemicals in our water are poisoning our children and adding to the ever increasing rate of childhood morbidity.

Let’s Kill Some Cats Or Who Put The Fox In Charge Of The Hen House

IAMS pet food is advertising a cat treat/food that they claim cat’s love and is good for them. It contains meat, vegetables, grain, and fruit. That’s the recipe for a deadly cocktail.

The Antibiotic Resistant Infections Problem Has Been Escalating For Decades

As I read the front page article in the Star, I was reminded that this problem has been escalating for decades. We first heard about it as a headline over twenty years ago. Obviously, little or nothing has been done to reduce the cause of this embarrassing result of over prescribing antibiotics.

Antacid Use Linked To Dementia

Buried in the Kansas City Star, a story taken from the Los Angeles Times entitled “Antacid Use Is Linked To Dementia” caught my eye. Within a week, two of my patients emailed me regarding the same study from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

What Causes ‘Man Boobs’?

I was fascinated by an article in the July 31st edition of the K.C. Star. It discussed the difficult time male youngsters are having with enlarged breasts, with some resorting to reduction surgery. Today that condition affects from 40% to 70% of adolescent boys…

Millions Of Women Saved By Stopping Just One Drug

The numbers are in, and after a significant drop in breast cancer numbers in 2003 the numbers leveled off in 2004. We now know that the 2003 drop was definitely due to doctors taking their patients off Premerin and Prempro, the female estrogen drugs made from pregnant mare’s urine.

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