Phthalates not only plasticize countless everyday products but also the brains of babies born to moms using these products. Phthalates are added to so many different cosmetics and personal care products from daily life. These included detergents, shampoos, soaps, besides various plastic wrappings. This study looked at whether such phthalates exposures could affect a baby’s…
Living in a world of information flooding requires the proper navigation equipment. Imagine you’re riding a surging river over cataracts, eddies, and waterfalls. If you don’t have means and methods of sorting through the excessive propaganda, separating it from the truth, you will get sucked under the swirls and get bashed against the rocks. Starting…
Our children carry the effects of our stress into their bodies as we prepare them for the world. A Yale study suggests that better stress management can lower our children’s risk of obesity and its poor health outcomes. As parents, we strive for our children to have a better life than we have lived, whether…
Mast cells remind me of the world’s best photo-bombers, showing in so many basic functions of our immune system and in so many disease processes. Every time I turn around to read some science news, it seems mast cells have found their way into the picture again. In this article headline, mast cells, a part…
While the onslaught (literally) of super-hero movies battles for our attention, we should instead consider real-life heroes in the world of natural therapies. Movie screen superheroes get the adrenaline going for a day or so, but natural heroes like resveratrol can offer far more benefits to our health. Resveratrol could stand out in a variety…
After years of denial and disgust, Drs. George, Uri, and Newton unanimously pledged to leave their joyless specialty medical practices behind and journey into the jungle in search of renewed purpose in medicine. Dr. George knew there had to be more to medicine than hurried visits and decreasing reimbursement for procedures, but he couldn’t bear…
While many have given up on Big Medicine’s view of mold toxicity, we can smile for a moment (only for a moment) when we read the NIH’s updated page regarding mold’s effects on our health. I recently posted on social media a link to the new page with a short summary of how they added…
With many studies showing up to 1 in 5 teenagers suffer from a mental health disorder, Bournemouth University researchers looked for potential dietary explanations—and high sugar drinks topped the list. No one is surprised by other research showing dietary connections with obesity and metabolic diseases, but this research raises further questions about both mechanisms and…
While few of us want to think about COVID again, this research suggests it may be stealing more from us than just energy and daily function. The Long COVID tendency may be due to it stealing from our immune defenses, creating openings for other new infections to break in or past latent infections to wake…
Throughout history new tools have often brought about unintended consequences in society and our new field of mRNA vaccines appear to fall into that category of possible ‘uh-oh.’ Multiple times, even in recent decades, initial excitement over drug discoveries has turned into dashed dreams and even scandals. With the COVID epidemic, mRNA technology, which had…