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Mike Barr

Chinese Medicine and HIV/AIDS

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Feed The Good Guys (And Gals) In Your Gut

The intestinal microbiome consists of many different types of microbes. Prebiotics provide the fuel for the beneficial ones to thrive.

Low Cholesterol As A Risk Factor For Suicide

Is our obsession with lowering cholesterol partly responsible for this new wave of suicide?

Eczema from Hell

Karey had been to most of the leading dermatologists in the city. Steroid creams and antihistamines. That’s all anyone ever gave her.

Are You More Paranoid or “Depressive?”

Psychologists divide the world up between two types of people — paranoids and depressives — but surely there must be some overlap.

Just Say No To Hip Replacement

Total hip replacement is among the fastest growing surgeries in the West. Most of them are unnecessary.

Go Wild With Green Bananas

Study demonstrates the benefits of green banana resistant starch in patients with insulin resistance

A Biological Model of Alzheimer Prevention (and Possibly Treatment), Part 1

Cognitive decline has long been thought of as an inevitable effect of aging, but its roots begin decades before obvious symptoms manifest.

Dementia? Schizophrenia? Parkinsonism? Could It Be B12?

B12 deficiency is much more common than statistics indicate and can have devastating consequences.

Diabetes In the Drinking Water?

In a survey of 2,016 adults, diabetes prevalence was strongly associated with blood concentrations of six persistent organic pollutants.

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Calcium Supplementation and Heart Disease

Hold the calcium supplements! More proof that it increases the risk of CV disease by feeding coronary artery calcification.

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How Anesthesia Sfx Can Mimic Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and More

No surgery is risk-free. But it can be vastly riskier if you’re one of the millions of Americans who suffer undiagnosed B12 deficiency.

The Aching Man and the Sweaty Woman

While we can surely appreciate that some prescription drugs are necessary and life-saving, most are not-- and only cause more problems.

My Favorite Herbal Remedies for Cold and Flu

Chinese herbal formulas for developed centuries ago remain popular today and are used regularly by health conscious individuals worldwide.

Dr. G. Knows Why the Dogs Died

Alimentary, Dear Watson. The Case of the Lethal Legumes

All Hail the Ancestral Lifestyle

Stray away from a nutrient-dense, low toxicant life. Languish in a nursing home?

Ode To A Dying City

No City for Old Zen: Elizabeth Street sculpture garden next for the wrecking ball

Get Your Rocks On

Real Salt Is Friend Not Foe

When I Get Low I Get High

EtOH: Cause and solution of all life’s problems?