Blog: Know Thy Health
Learning to Live a Healthy Life
Posted on Friday, May 30th, 2008
Because each of us is biochemically and bioenergetically unique, each of us reacts differently to the toxic burden inflicted upon us by a polluted environment. But all of us benefit by both cleaning up the environment and otherwise addressing issues of public health, including how we all suffer from the poor lifestyle choices we, as […]
Follow-up: Lead in Dental Work
Posted on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Thanks to Valerie at Creative Arts Dental Lab for sending us this link to a terrific Good Morning America story (with video) on the problems of lead in outsourced dental restorations. Is There Lead in Your Dental Work?: Dental Work Made in China Might Contain Lead For more on dental restorations, including the types we […]
Video: Big Bucks, Big Pharma
Posted on Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
An excerpt from the new Media Education Foundation documentary Big Bucks, Big Pharma…
Stat! Nursing Home Relaxation or Sedation?
Posted on Monday, May 26th, 2008
Percentage of U.S. nursing home patients on antipsychotic meds: 30 Percentage on antipsychotics at Providence Rest in the Bronx, where massage, aromatherapy and other alternative treatments are the norm: 2 to 3 Source: A Touch of Grace: Massage Therapy Aids Retired Nuns (WSJ)
Recommended Reading: On Fluoride, Mercury, Obesity & Cancer, Cholesterol Cons and Yoga over HRT
Posted on Monday, May 26th, 2008
1945 Human Experiment Predicts Current Fluoride Ill Effects A fascinating overview of a mid-20th century study showing increases in “bone defects, anemia and earlier female menstruation in children purposefully dosed with sodium fluoride-laced drinking water” and the legacy of the ongoing fluoridation experiment that makes great numbers of the American population into human guinea pigs. […]
Video: The Damage Fluoride Can Do
Posted on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Eminently Quotable: Martin H. Fischer
Posted on Monday, May 19th, 2008
“Half the modern drugs could well be thrown out the window except that the birds might eat them.” Image by incurable_hippie, via Flickr (CC)
Quick Links: Tooth Loss and Cancer; Drugged America
Posted on Monday, May 19th, 2008
Study: Over Half of Americans on Chronic Medicines (PhysOrg) Tooth Loss Linked To Esophageal, Head and Neck, and Lung Cancer (Medical News Today) Drug Marketing Shifts the Doctor-Patient Relationship (LA Times)
A Drug to De-Numb? Dumb!
Posted on Friday, May 16th, 2008
Photo by Vaprotan, via Flickr (CC) New Drug Reverses Dentists’ Anesthesia The FDA has approved OraVerse, the first drug indicated for reversing the effects of local anesthesia used by dentists. In the clinical studies, the patients who got OraVerse regained normal sensation in their lips faster than those who got the placebo. Within an hour […]
Positively Living: Leisure and Changing Habits
Posted on Friday, May 16th, 2008
Two notable articles touching on matters of wellness recently ran in the New York Times – in the Business section, of all places. Both are brief, pointed and worth checking out. The first is Why Leisure Matters in a Busy World, a short interview with Alison Link on the need for leisure and its role […]