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What is a brain-damaging chemical doing in baby food?

May 22, 2017 What does a chemical used to make rocket fuel have in common with baby food? If the FDA did its job, that should be a big fat zero. Unfortunately, that chemical, called perchlorate, is turning up in more and more processed foods where it’s deliberately being added as an “anti-static... Read More >

Categories: chemicals in baby food FDA food packaging chemicals perchlorate petition to ban perchlorate thyroid hormones

Newly approved drugs can be the riskiest ones of all

May 17, 2017 It’s fun to try the latest and greatest, be it a big purchase or even some crazy new gadget. But here’s something “new” you never want to take a chance with: Big Pharma’s drugs. It seems like every month or so, the latest Pharma invention is being heavily advertised on... Read More >

Categories: dangerous drugs drug side effects drugs withdrawn from market FDA FDA approved drugs new drugs Vioxx Zelnorm

How to wind back the clock on the health of your arteries

May 17, 2017 It was a couple of decades ago when we first heard about that “French Paradox,” and the amazing compound in red grapes called resveratrol. At the time, a lot of those reporting on it would joke that this was just a ploy to get people to drink more red wine!... Read More >

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Lyme disease may be no match for this sweet little herb

May 16, 2017 Could an unassuming little shrub actually be a superhero in disguise — one with the power to overwhelm a pathogen that’s been making the lives of millions of Americans miserable for decades? It turns out that extracts made from the leaves of the stevia plant are powerful enough to zap... Read More >

Categories: deer ticks growing stevia plants health benefits stevia lyme disease SOD stevia stevia and Lyme disease superoxide dismutase

Shingles shot blamed for illnesses, injuries and deaths

May 11, 2017 Of all the drug commercials that seem to play nonstop on TV, the ones that try to scare us the most are for Merck’s shingles vaccine Zostavax. The drugmaker has used almost every trick in the book, from spooky music to actors wearing makeup so they appear to have shingles... Read More >

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Med students get medical info from the same place you do!

May 2, 2017 If you’ve ever admitted to your doctor that you were using Google to check on your symptoms or treatments, I’ll bet he rolled his eyes or slowly shook his head. And he may have even warned you to stop consulting with “Dr. Google.” Patients look up so many health concerns... Read More >

Categories: cyberchondria Dr. Google Google Googling for medical questions med students who Google Merck Manuals

How to triple your risk of dementia with one common habit

April 27, 2017 For something so seemingly innocent, there sure are a lot of ways diet soda can do you in. Several years ago we told you about a study that found women who regularly drank just two or more diet drinks a day were upping their chances of a heart attack or... Read More >

Categories: Alzheimer’s disease aspartame dementia diet soda diet soda dementia risk Framingham Heart Study stroke

Why do you have such a hard time getting to sleep at night?

April 17, 2017 Turns out, it’s not just getting up to use the bathroom at night or worrying about things you need to do the next day — as we age, it does become harder and harder to get a good night’s sleep. According to a newly-published report by UC Berkeley researchers, various... Read More >

Categories: circadian rhythms melatonin seniors who can’t get to sleep sleeping why you can’t fall asleep at night

Urgent: What you need to know before receiving an MRI test

April 11, 2017 Paul Decker was 61 when his doctor ordered an MRI scan. That was the day his life changed forever. Not because of anything the scan found, but because of what it did to Paul’s body. It turned his skin thick and hard, like “wood or granite” — something that makes... Read More >

Categories: dangers of MRI dyes enhanced MRI European Medicines Agency FDA gadolinium General Electric Healthcare MRI nephrogenic systemic fibrosis NSF Omniscan

Study reveals 70 percent of prostate biopsies not necessary

April 6, 2017 A painful biopsy is usually the next step for any guy whose PSA number goes above what’s considered “normal.” Now, however, a group of researchers from the Netherlands are saying that there’s another way to diagnose prostate cancer — one that’s much more reliable and even painless! Have these scientists... Read More >

Categories: MRI testing for prostate cancer overdiagnosis of prostate cancer Prostate biopsies prostate cancer PSA tests

Law proposed to give hard-of-hearing an OTC option

April 5, 2017 If you need reading glasses, you’ve got two options. Go to an optometrist and have a vision check, pick out a frame and order a pair from them... or pick up some readers in practically any drug or big-box store. The cost difference can easily run into the hundreds. But... Read More >

Categories: hearing loss and falling OTC hearing aids Ototoxic drugs Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 reading glasses

Conquer urinary incontinence in days with this modern ancient 11-herb formula

April 5, 2017 by Michele Cagan No matter what your doctor has told you... and that’s if you talked to a doctor at all... It’s not a normal part of aging. Unfortunately, due to some under-informed doctors and some very convincing advertising, most of us believe that urinary incontinence is just something we... Read More >

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Newsletter Issue: April 2017
Allan Spreen, M.D.
Dr. Allan Spreen, Chief Medical Advisor

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