Archives for June 2003

The all-purpose healer that'll suit you to a "tea." You've heard me sing the praises of drinking tea before – both in terms of the health benefits of moderate amounts of caffeine, and because of the cancer-fighting…

Recently, a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill aimed at preventing states from allowing public schools to "play doctor" by forcing children with behavioral issues to take medications like Ritalin…

We've all heard the old saying "Laughter is the best medicine," right? I've believed in this concept for years – as have many of my contemporaries in both alternative and mainstream medicine.

They give them written instructions, according to the law in a particular state and that's about it. It's safer to eat at home-but not as much fun.

The author of this government-funded study concludes that for politicians, telling lies to the public and to political rivals is a perfectly acceptable and necessary aspect of the job…

But this begs the question: WHY is sexual performance all of a sudden such a big issue among aging baby-boomers? Of course, it's because of drugs. Specifically, that "little blue pill" that's all the rage.

Yep, you read that right. Some left-coast loony-tune (an attorney, no less – how convenient!) is suing Kraft foods over the nearly century-old chocolate and cream-filled treat that so many of us grew up on.

Because some of the risks that accompany these "safeguards" are potentially more serious than the diseases themselves. But that's not stopping our government from forcing these vaccinations on our soldiers…

But what's even scarier is the extent of the mainstream's naiveté on the subject. Case in point: Apparently, it takes a Harvard University study to convince us that sitting around watching the boob tube is making us fatter!

In the last edition of the Daily Dose, I told you about how the mainstream medical establishment has high blood pressure all wrong. It seems that after the better part of a century researching it…