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Idea Bites
Rethinking Hypochondria: The Value of Healthy Self-Attention
Wallet Biopsy
Newsletter Archive
2023
Goodbye for Now, and Thanks
Reading Your Medical Records
2022
January 2022 COVID update
The Refill Dance
How Chairs Reduced Heart Attack Deaths
Respiratory Illness Prevention
2021
Covid-19 Vaccination Update
COVID-19 Vaccination News
Stories of Texas
COVID-19 and Collaboration
You Are Not a Machine
Topical Remedy for Deep Pain
Little Actions Can Solve Big Problems
2020
Marijuana: Limits and Guidelines
Zinc Acetate for _COVID-19_ and the Common Cold
COVID-19: The Beginning
COVID-19 Update
Supplements Helpful for COVID-19
Face Mask Tips and Tricks
Coronavirus: Masks and testing
Skin Cancer Prevention for Those in a Hurry
Police Officers Deserve Respect
Learning to Live Together
Home Care for COVID-19
A New Kind of Vaccine
2019
Be Proactive about your Mouth and Teeth
When to Ignore the Guidelines
Slow Medicine: Columbo and Me
Marijuana - The Package Insert
The Limits of Journalism
Politics and Green Jobs
2018
Decomplexifying Our World - The Metric System
Age and the Ears
Calf Sleeves
Germs - The Surprising Truth
Living With Our Imperfections
Aging Eyes
Your Teeth Vs. Biofilms
Labor Day
Easy Steps for Healthy Teeth
Topical Anti-inflammatory Medication
Thanksgiving
Season of Birth
2017
Adding Up Renewables
Nuclear Waste
Safe Use of Warfarin AKA Coumadin
People and Things as They Could Be - A Picture of my Father
Drug Side Effects
General Medical Practice
Stretching
Nutrition for Road Warriors
The Show
State of the Art 2017
Smartphone Tricks
Those Who Give
2016
Religion and Health
Sudden Cardiac Death
Sharing Our Humanity
Climate Change and Health - Win/Win
Cows and Coal
Memorial Day
Future Shock
Radiation Danger: The Surprising Truth
Climate Wedges
Nuclear Disasters
Red Neighbor, Blue Neighbor
Season of Renewal
2015
Lessons in Trust
Type A Influenza - An Underestimated Threat
Influenza type A: Not an Ordinary Flu
Vaccination: A Heads-Up For Your Immune System
Size, Shape, and Longevity
High Blood Pressure - What Is It and Why Should I Worry?
Too Much Information
Death in the Wrong Place
The Stories of our Lives
Choices of Flu Vaccine
Cookbooks and Shotguns
Overmedication
2014
Resilience and Its Enemy
Occupation: Medical Detective
Antibiotic Abuse – Why, How, What You Can Do
Good Doctoring - A Mission in Life
Medicine - The Way it Was
Medicine in These United States: 1949 and 2014
Ode to the Bicycle
The Story of Ralph: Protocols vs. the Person
The Blue Marble and You
Big Brain Cooking
Medicine for the Mind
All About Viruses
2013
An Ordinary Woman
Want to Meet a Scientist? Look in the Mirror!
Medical Studies – How They Work
Medical Studies - What Goes Wrong
Medical Studies - Fraudulent Errors
Welcome to Our New Office
Gateways Into the Body
Maintenance Pays Off - In Better Health and Life Satisfaction
Paleolithic Diet – A Doctor's Perspective
Paleolithic Diet Part Two - What to Do
When Food is a Drug
The Quality of Mercy
2012
Agnes' Gift
Windshields and Medical Costs
The End of Life: Who Decides?
Check-List for Elder Health Care
Check-List for Elder Health Care: Looking Ahead
The Value of Doing Nothing
What's Wrong with Medical Routines?
Check-In Instead of Check-Up
Evidence-Based Medicine
How to Get Well: A Gastro-Intestinal Riddle
Anatomy is Not Destiny
Sweet Secret Weapon
2011
Walk!
The Making of a Doctor
The Secrets of Sleep
Multiple Vitamins Part I
Multiple Vitamins Part II
Multiple Vitamins Part III
Welcome to the Doctor's Table
Cost-Saving Services
Potassium – The Salty Little Element that Makes Us Go
Potassium – Common Deficiency, Simple Fix
Supplement: Potassium – A Closer Look
Good Health at Any Weight
2010
New Year's Revelations
Bone Health
Bone Health: Understanding the DEXA Scan
Do You Need a DEXA - The Marketing of Fear
Osteoporosis and Osteopenia: Evaluate Your Risk
Smart Bones Stay Strong
Three Ways to Look Inside Yourself
Colon Cancer Screening Part I
Colon Cancer Screening Part II
Appendix: On Colonoscopy
Colon Cancer Screening Part III
Appendix: Additional Information
Temples of Technology
Vitamin D Update
2009
Good Germs, Bad Germs
MRSA – The Latest Health Scare and What You Can Do About It
Food That Doesn’t Go Down May Come Up
Women and Heart Disease
Death With Dignity
All in the Same Boat
Mortality. And the Most Expensive Medical Care in the World.
Dealing With Addiction
An Open Letter to Barack Obama
How Seniors Can Cut Their Risk of Death in Half This Winter
Stay Healthy this Winter
Navy Brat's Dreams Come True
2008
Love Your Colon - Honor Your Anus
Diagnostic Testing, Healthy Lifestyle Classes, Influenza
Evolution of a Doctor
Integrating Western and Alternative Medicine
Alternative Medicine Hall of Shame
The Heart Detective at Work
What About Hope?
Deodorant; Sprains and Strains
Managing Your Medications
Medical Fads and Fantasies, Flu Vaccine, Hepatitis
Women's Health: Osteoporosis, Hormones
The Woman With a Hole in Her Heart
2007
Brain Health as We Age Part Ten: The Hippocampus - The Seat of Memory
Brain Health as We Age Part Eleven – Reason for Hope: Nutrients to Preserve Memory and Sharp Thinking
Brain Health as We Age Part Twelve: The Final Chapter
Supplements: Beware the Lowest Bidder
Depression, Dementia, and Lithium
The Long and Winding Road
Annual Pharmacy Price Update - Overseas Medicine
Resist the Hype; Summertime Scrapes
Prescription Medications - When to Use Them; When to Lose Them
What is Science? - Colon Cancer Screening Update
How to Talk to Your Doctor, Flu Vaccine, Vitamin D
What I Learned in Jail
2006
New Year's: Resolution or Action?
Brain Health as We Age: Part One – How the Brain Works
Part 2: Nerve Synapses Close Up
Part 3: Supplemental Information
Brain Health as We Age: Part Two – Oxidative Brain Injury of Aging
Brain Health as We Age: Part Three – The Little Engines That Could
Supplement 2: CoQ10
Supplement: Brain Aging Supplemental Information
Glucosamine, Brain Health as We Age: Part Four – Circulate and Stay Sharp
Brain Health as We Age: Part Five – Inflammation
Supplement: Microinflammation
Brain Health as We Age: Part Six – Microinflammation and the Brain
Supplement: Review of Brain Aging
Health Care Finance Reform: Small Changes; Big Results
Part 3: Medical System Overview
Part 4: Solutions to Health Care Reform
Part 2: Health Care Experiences
Brain Health as We Age: Part Seven – Homocysteine, Folic Acid and Vitamin B-12
Brain Health as We Age: Part Eight – Phosphatidylserine Preserves Brain Function thru Membrane Support
Brain Health as We Age: Part Nine – Dementia – Know Thy Enemy
Shingles Vaccine
2005
Medicine, Money & Your Health, Naproxen Update, Toxic Ayurvedic Remedies
The Secret Life of Glucose, We Get Mail, LASIK - Risky or Wonderful?
Calcium, Leukemia Survivor, Save Money on Pharmaceuticals
A Second Look at Mammograms
The School Sisters of Notre Dame
Health & Aging
Part 2: New Food Pyramid, Help for Tired Legs
Colon Cancer - Preventive Screening
Water, Your Number One Home Remedy, Discount Drugs at Costco
Part 2: Melanoma Is Epidemic. Or Is It?
Skin Cancers and Skin Lesions, Body Mapping, In Memorium: Rita Herkel
Part 2: On-Line Evaluations of Physicians
The Weight Control Issue
Physical Therapy
Part 2: Getting Ready for the Flu, More on Physical Therapy
How We Spend Our Lives, Holiday Wish
2004
Chick-Chack for Lice, COX-2 Inhibitors, Estrogen, Health Savings Plans, Health Care Payment Wars
Vitamin D, Television and Children, Estrogen, Malpractice Insurance
Vitamin D, Sinusitis and Fungus, Antibiotic Resistance, Prescription Refills
High-Dose Statin Drugs, When Pharmaceuticals Help, Head Lice Redux
Sun and Your Health, Puritanical about Pain
Drugs and Their Side-Effects, Phen-fen: Good Drug or Bad?
2C9, Drug Detoxification, and Drug Side-Effects, Toenail Fungus Ads
Natural Treatments for Osteoporosis, Headline Writers Boot it Again, Services for Business Needs
Congregant in the Luminous Church
Aspirin and Heart Attacks, "Purifying" Rashes, Influenza Vaccine
Nutritional Supplements, Combating the Flu
Part 2: Vitamin E, Mixed Tocopherols, Mail Order Drugs
Folic Acid and Your Health, Wellness Tune-up
2003
Malpractice Insurance, Generic Drug Price Inflation, Smallpox Vaccination, Judging Supplement Quality, Pharmaceutical Advertising
SARS, Disaster Preparedness, Coral Calcium, On-Line Pharmacies, Drug Pricing
Loss of your Privacy Rights, Natural Menopause, What's New in Medicine?
West Nile Virus, Sore Joints, Vitamin B12 Deficiency, SARS, Politics of Prescription Drugs, Same Day Service
Vitamin A and Osteoporosis, Summer Hours
Supplements At Risk, Stopping the Niacin Flush, No-Fault Illness, "Solutions" Weight Loss Program
The AMA, Zinc and Macular Degeneration, Malpractice Law Reform, Glossy Brochures, Free Information
Anxiety and Depression, Head Lice Hysteria
Sleep, Medical Privacy, Seasonal Affective Disorder
2002
Longevity Calculators
Fitness ratings, toenail fungus, ear infections
Depression in the news, new Home Remedy service
Estrogen, No Cure-No Pay service, Vitamin A
"Medical Privacy" Law, Discount Prescription Drugs, Exercise and Arthritis, Halitosis
On-Line Pharmacies, Ear Candles, Flu Shots
New Test for Heart Disease Risk, Medical Research Bought and Sold, Multilevel-Marketed Multiple Vitamins, Letters!
2001
Vitamin C
Advertisements for Screening Tests
2000
Nurse Practitioner, TV Show
1999
Weight loss, male hormones, clinic services
1989
1989 Services Offered
1989 Services Offered
1988
Save Money on Medical Care
Medicine For People!
Heart Talk
We Can Make the World Better
"We Give Privacy": A Lesson from the Grand Canyon
Taking Direction
Learning to Live Together
Healthy Windows
Why Not?
Service and Freedom
Make Our Roads Safer
Medical
Ages & Stages
Young & Mostly Well
Toenail Fungus
Elderhood
Medicine from India and Ailments of the Elderly
Help for Dryness Symptoms
Ayurvedic Remedies to Reduce Symptoms of Anxiety and Aging
Healthy Homemaking
What's In Your Saltshaker?
Radio Taiso: Exercises from Japan
Monosodium Glutamate: Not Guilty
Parenting
Little People
A Sentence That Improved My Parenting Skills
Prevention
The Colonoscopy Cure
Mammograms Gone Wrong
Snapshot: COVID-19, Coronavirus, and Vaccines
Help Us Learn the Best Frequency for Mammograms
Stories
Navy Brat's Dreams Come True
Seeing What Was Right in Front of My Face
The Making of a Doctor
Evolution of a Doctor
The Long and Winding Road
How We Spend Our Lives, Holiday Wish
The School Sisters of Notre Dame
An Ordinary Woman
The End of Life: Who Decides?
What I Learned in Jail
Agnes' Gift
Congregant in the Luminous Church
The Woman With a Hole in Her Heart
Death in the Wrong Place
Texas Stories
Good Health at Any Weight
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