It is official… Gut bacteria does make a difference in human health. According to a recent study by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, the human population of the world can be divided into three groups according to gut bacteria. This is a huge discovery.
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This is a question that I hear all the time in my practice. The conventional wisdom is that any person can become allergic to any substance at any point in time. What is really happening with Allergic reactions? To answer this question, we need to understand what
Read more →There has been a good deal of talk concerning calcium and osteoporosis. Many post-menopausal women have been advised to supplement their diets with calcium in order to stave off bone loss. This is good advice, but it does not go far enough. Studies have shown that calcium
Read more →The local newspaper published an article in the Op-Ed section which encourages new research in this field. Dr. Sheldon Kaplan of Texas Children’s and Baylor College of Medicine wrote to say that “Now’s time to declare war on antibiotic resistance.” Dr. Kaplan observes that drugs have lost
Read more →No drop in Chernobyl cancer risk: US study Agence France-Presse 03-18-11 The risk of thyroid cancer among people who were exposed as children to the nuclear fallout at Chernobyl has not declined nearly 25 years after the disaster, said a study released Thursday in the United States.
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