CATEGORY: Author Archive
Genetic Testing, Obesity and Dieting
How genetic markers play a role in our diets Learning what your genetic markers are can help you understand what weight and diet issues you may have. One of the things you can learn by having Pathway Genomics identify your[...]
The Perfect Diet for Your Genes
Knowing your genes and staying healthy. Have you ever wondered why you have problems with maintaining your weight or resisting certain cravings? Is it possible that you are “just made that way?” This week Brett and I discuss the work[...]
The Cost of Cancer Drugs
The cost of cancer drugs, profiting and profiteering in the pharmaceutical business This weeks podcast examines several connected topics. My friend Brett Newcomb and I begin by discussing a recent article involving a letter sent by over a hundred Cancer[...]
Testosterone and the Prostate
Treatment Truths and Myths This week Brett Newcomb and I are focusing on the issue of Prostate Cancer in men and the myth that if you treat prostate cancer with testosterone, the cancer will get worse, not better. Most doctors[...]
Sexism in Medicine
The difference in treatment for men and women. Medicine has segregated the sexes in its research focus. Typically things are researched by categories, i.e. women and rheumatoid arthritis, men and diabetes, breast cancer and women, etc. . But more and[...]
Skin Care and Summer Weather Exposure
How to properly care for your skin. This week, Brett and I are talking about skin care and summer weather exposure. It is spring, and people are beginning to think about being out and about in the weather. We live[...]
Sex and the Elderly
An issue handled with great sensitivity. Living longer means that we are sexual beings longer. Recent studies in the United States and England, provide data that says both sexes are maintaining interest and activity about things sexual well into their[...]
Fibromyalgia
What is it and how is it detected? This week Brett Newcomb and I are continuing our discussion of five sneaky things that your doctor probably won’t ask you about, but that you should watch out for. We are focusing[...]
Five Issues That Your Doctor Often Misses
Health risks that often go unseen. Women over 40 are statistically at increased risk of developing, strokes, and heart attacks. This is directly correlated to deficiency of testosterone. After the age of 40 women fight weight gain, increasing triglycerides, cholesterol,[...]
The Importance of a Good Night’s Rest
To Sleep, Perhaps to Dream I really want to focus on the importance of getting a good night’s sleep. If you don’t sleep well, you will suffer from fatigue, you will have trouble losing weight, you expose yourself to multiple[...]