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    posted 05/05/2009, comment (1)

    Sorcerers, Fortune Tellers, Tea Leaves and Your Doctor

    You walk into your doctor's office. Rather than a white coat, he is wearing flowing sorcerer's robes, crouched over a crystal ball attempting to divine your future.   Ever happen to you? I hope not.   Then why do we rely on our doctors to divine our heart health futures? It's no different than reading tea leaves or charting the... Read moreChevron
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    Home Blood Spot Testing: A Giant Leap in Self-Directed Healthcare

    Do any of these situations sound familiar?  You just finished a weeklong vacation and yet you are completely exhausted and cannot figure out why.  You just started a new diet or exercise program, or perhaps you started or changed the dosage of a nutritional supplement and are wondering how it is affecting your metabolism.  Or maybe... Read moreChevron
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    posted 04/08/2009, comment (1)

    Heart Health Booby Traps

    Well-intentioned health practices can inadvertently lead us down the path of booby - traps - unexpected pitfalls in health that impair health, rather than enhance it.   I encounter these health booby traps every day in my experiences with patients. Let me list some of the most common.   Reduce salt Public health messages urge us to... Read moreChevron
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    Have You Forgotten About Iodine?

    Many people older than 50 years still remember the days of goiters, enlarged thyroid glands that developed due to iodine deficiency. Up to a third of the population in many parts of the U.S. were affected with goiters, an unsightly bulge in the neck. With goiter comes thyroid dysfunction of a variety of types, usually low thyroid... Read moreChevron
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    No-Flush Niacin

    What nutritional supplement increases "good" HDL cholesterol 10-20 mg/dl, reduces triglycerides, reduces small LDL particles (the number one cause for heart disease in the U.S.), even reduces risk for heart attack substantially with no side-effects? It doesn't even require a prescription.   If we believed the advertising claims, that bill... Read moreChevron
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