It is summer again and with Sacramento summers come lots of heat. We have been having a record-breaking heatwave this year all up and down the west coast. Glitches in the Jet Stream high up in the upper atmosphere have created a stagnant high-pressure system that stalled over the west coast for far too long. Crazy temperatures […]
Red itchy eyes, runny nose, sneezing, all the joys of seasonal allergies. We get a lot of that here in the valley. We can run to the store to get pills and drops and sprays to combat these symptoms, most of which work by counteracting histamines, thus the name anti-histamines. But is there more […]
What is the most commonly deficient nutrient in the American diet? As you might guess from the title of the article, it is magnesium. As a rule Americans get most of the vitamins and minerals they need to prevent actual deficiency diseases like scurvy or beriberi due to the enrichment of common foods like flour, […]
What is nicer than a really good night’s sleep? It is so lovely to wake up all bright and ready for a new day. And how about those wonderful dreams that you just barely remember as you are waking up and then they quickly slip away? Yes, a good night’s sleep is truly grand. The […]
When you end up in a hospital, do you stop to wonder how much sleep your attending physician got last night? Your life is in their hands and you would like them to have their wits about them. I mean, if they were obviously drunk, would you let them make life and death decisions for […]
A couple weeks before Christmas I spent 3 days in a conference room in the San Francisco Airport Hyatt learning about the latest information on diagnosing and treating thyroid conditions. We are talking about stuff that is 10 to 20 years ahead of the curve for conventional medicine. This was fascinating stuff (if you are […]