Thousands of people fill the stands to watch the game. This is the one game that decides the best football team in the world: the Super Bowl. It's near the...
For this article, I conducted a short survey with some of my patients. I asked, “What is cholesterol?” The following answers come from a college-educated woman: “Bad fats.” “Clogs up...
Cecilia came limping into my office with left knee pain. I examined her knee and found nothing wrong with it, but ordered an x-ray anyway. The report came back showing...
When I was a medical student at UCLA, I happened to be on the liver transplant team. In those days, there were only a couple of surgeons who could transplant...
We have been told that our genes are responsible for everything from how we look, to what foods we like, to whom we marry. The old concept of “fate,” “determinism,”...
“My itching is gone! I no longer have headaches! And, that rash disappeared!” Marilyn exclaimed very surprised. For three weeks she had been on an elimination diet for problems in...
There is a movie coming out next month called Fed Up (#FedUpMovie) that will be of interest to all those who read Home Cures That Work. It’s about how our food has...
Cancer testing is a large part of a doctor’s business. We have been told that if we find cancer early, and cut it out, burn it with radiation, or poison...
The history of thyroid disorders goes back as far as written records. 1 As early as 2700 BC, the Chinese used seaweed to treat goiter, an enlargement of the thyroid...
One of the biggest issues over the past hundred years since the discovery that specific nutrient deficiencies can cause disease is whether we should be taking vitamins every day. The...
Take care of your joints in order to protect your mobility Joints are the most remarkable structures! Each joint is specifically engineered to perform an exact motion to allow our bodies...
In a speech to the National Association of Counties, Nancy Pelosi referenced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act then being debated in congress saying, “We have to pass the...
