Monthly Archives: January 2011
See Where America Stacks Up In Life Expectancy
The U.S. is lagging behind other high income countries in life expectancy despite spending more on health care than any other country. A new report from the National Research Council finds that Americans can expect to live shorter lives than … Continue reading
Filed under Public Health
Want a better brain? Lift Weights!
Exercise has long been known to increase brain function. Most of the research, however, focused on the benefits of purely cardiovascular exercises like running. New research shows that weight training has the same effect. Conventional wisdom has stated that the … Continue reading
Filed under Brain Health, Public Health
Reducing Your Risk of Cancer – 3 things you should include in your diet.
Did you know that an estimated 1,529,560 people were diagnosed with cancer in 2010? That’s 4,190 new cases per day! Unfortunately, we have become acutely aware that there are many things in our world that are carcinogenic and inevitably will … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental Health, Public Health
Fatigue? Weight Gain? Depression? Maybe it’s your thyroid.
Low thyroid function is very common. It is especially common in women. And your doctor may not diagnose you with it because of one simple mistake. The thyroid controls how quickly the body uses energy, makes proteins, and controls how … Continue reading
Filed under Public Health
Pharmaceutical Deceit – How Big Pharma misleads the FDA and gets away with it.
Below is an article I read in, of all places, Vanity Fair. It does a nice job showing you just how sneaky the pharmaceutical industry can be to get their drugs approved. I have re-posted the entire article. It’s a … Continue reading
Filed under Big Pharma
Hospitalizations from prescription drugs increase 98% in 5 years!
Below is an article on prescription abuse and misuse in the U.S. The numbers are startling. If we want to begin to cut health care costs we need to reign in the pharmaceutical industry and their aggressive marketing. See my … Continue reading
Filed under Big Pharma, Public Health
Anxiety or Depression? Test the levels of your neurotransmitters to guide therapy.
Happy New Year! A new era began at the Vreeland Clinic on January 1st this year. Dr. Carrie and I would like to thank all of our friends and family for their well wishes. We looked forward to continuing to … Continue reading
Filed under Brain Health
