Over the past decade or two, a growing number of Americans have jumped on board the ‘health bandwagon’. As a result, companies that sell vitamins and supplements are doing a booming business, raking in billions of dollars. Likewise, holistic and homeopathic doctors, clinics and websites have also been doing a booming business. Yet at the
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is ready to introduce a universal healthcare bill as early as this week as Congress returns to work. Sanders is a conundrum of politics. In his early political career, Sanders was a member of the Liberty Union political party from 1971 to 1977. In 1979, he claimed to be an Independent
I was turning 50 when I was first told that I was pre-diabetic and that if I lost weight and watched my diet, I stood a fair chance of not developing actual type 2 diabetes. I knew of my family history of diabetes. My mom and her sister both were diabetic. Yet, like most people,
Towards the end of the 1960’s, San Francisco was considered the liberal and hippie capital of the nation. With the hippie and free love movement, came an open and promiscuous lifestyle that went against every one of the moral foundations America was founded upon and rose to power and greatness upon. Sex and drug use
Last week, the Federal Drug Administration took historic action in giving their approval for a revolutionary living drug treatment used for treating children with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, also known as Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Yes, this is a form of cancer and by being called ‘acute’ means that it is aggressive, developing quickly and if not
Many people have asked if liver cleansing is necessary, is it a good thing to do or is just another medical hype to sell products and they are all good questions. However, most of the same people don’t fully understand the total function and purpose of the liver, so allow me to give a brief
In cities all over the world the importance of green spaces are being recognized and taken advantage of. The advantages of parks are many, and include better social connections, more chances for recreational activities, and the chance of a brief escape from the concrete jungle. Some green spaces, like New York’s Central Park, are famous
