Say you notice a stained ceiling in your living room, and you’re fairly sure that water has been leaking from plumbing on the second floor. You call a contractor, who confirms your suspicion of a water leak. She advises that to fix it, she’ll need to open the wall and ceiling to locate the leak.… Read More »
Should I Get a Flu Shot?
Strengthening your immune system can help you during flu season no matter what you decide Each year as the weather cools and “flu season” nears, the great American flu shot campaign begins. Prevailing medical wisdom presents us with a multiple-choice question that sounds something like this: Should I get a flu shot? a) Get a… Read More »
Maybe it really is the Jewish penicillin…
Drs. Abraham Ohry and Jenni Tsafrir of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler School of Medicine believe chicken soup meets World Health Organization criteria for classification as an “essential drug” based on 2,000 years of “evidence-based” results. Chicken soup may never undergo a randomized clinical trial, they argue, not only because it would be too difficult for… Read More »
Every Day is D-Day
No, we’re not talking about a World War II European invasion. We’re talking about vitamin D, a critical but still underappreciated factor in achieving good health. According to a recent article in the New York Times, as recently as 2008 half of all adults and children may have had less than optimum vitamin D levels… Read More »
Healthcare Reform: What’s the Real Issue?
This week I attended a vigil for healthcare reform with a public option organized by MoveOn.org. Quietly but with urgency, a series of people financially broken by our current healthcare system reminded those assembled that we mustn’t miss our current historic opportunity to increase accessibility to healthcare resources. Accessibility is certainly a key issue: how… Read More »