Words: Dr Ryan N HARRISON Depression is nothing new — it’s the stuff that keeps some companies [and, practically an entire industry] in business. Some even speculate that such companies don’t actually intend to ‘cure’ depression, for then it becomes less lucrative. Small comfort for you, if you are among the millions of people who
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN Your daily mood isn’t all in your head; it also affects your physical health. Research shows that depression and resistance to disease are strongly linked. That’s particularly significant when battling an illness like, cancer, since having a strong immune system can help save your life. I think of cancer as a
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN Women might be pleased to learn that by adjusting their diet slightly and adding daily magnesium supplements, they could banish the more unpleasant symptoms of PMS. It’s been discovered that women suffering from headaches, intense muscle cramps, and fatigue had extremely low levels of RBC magnesium, leading many researchers to conclude
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN Nutraceutical-based medical care is the future of medicine, and I’m proud to be a part of it. Typically, patients come to see me after meeting several other physicians without satisfactory results. I put them on a programme of supplements, adjust their diet, and watch their lives change. At such times, I
Words: Dr Ryan N HARRISON What’s smaller than most prescription medication pills but powerful enough to relieve constipation, clear up digestive problems, banish joint pains, fight heart disease, help prevent cancer and heal inflammation? Why, that would be the seed of the Linum usitatissimum plant, much more commonly known as flaxseed. The origin of the
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN Julie Thomas was a fifty-seven-year-old actress who visited my office to rid herself of postmenopausal symptoms. She’d suffered from premenstrual syndrome [PMS] throughout her life, and she was now experiencing crippling joint pains, stiffness, and alternating chills and hot flashes due to menopause. She also noticed swelling in her legs and
Words: Dr Ryan N HARRISON Many people think of vitamin D as the ‘sunshine vitamin,’ and aptly so: one of the best sources of vitamin D is the natural reaction that occurs when the sun’s ultraviolet rays act on the oils of the skin to produce the vitamin, which is then absorbed into the body.
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN Scientists and doctors alike will tell you that there is no real cure for AMD [age-related macular degeneration], an eye disease that can blur your central vision. Muriel Ganz knew nothing about medicine, but she can now tell you that while there’s no definitive cure for AMD, there’s at least a way to
Words: Dr Ryan N HARRISON There’s been quite a buzz about omega-3s and EFAs, and for good reason: omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to provide an amazing array of health benefits, literally from head to toe. Hundreds of studies have already investigated and confirmed a host of ways that omega-3s positively affect health. As
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN The evidence of stress-induced chemical cascades that Dr Hans Selye, PhD, known as the founding father of stress studies, proposed in 1936, hold up even today. He suggested that when we’re stressed, neurotransmitters caused a part of the brain known as the hypothalamus to produce a substance called corticotropin-releasing factor [CRF].
