by Arthur Noble THE TAO OF IMMUNOLOGY: A REVOLUTIONARY NEW UNDERSTANDING OF OUR BODY’S DEFENSES By Marc Lappe, A.D. It’s not unreasonable to want a powerful immune system. After all, most of us have been taught since grade school that…
Nine Ways to Feed the Seed
Most of what you read about sperm is indirect, i.e., how to find yourself in a position where you’re going to be producing it at least once before the evening’s over, preferably without invoking a paternity suit. Yet some men…
Headache “Cures” Fall Short
The next time you feel like your brain has been beaned by Oddjob’s bowler, you might want to dispense with traditional self help techniques. According to a report in the journal Cephalalgia, some home-grown modalities are a waste of time…
Nine Out of Ten Have Blood-Pressure Risk
If 50 million Americans have high blood pressure, what are your odds of becoming one of them? Even the researchers at the National Mean, Lung, and Blood Institute didn’t know, so they utilized their own Framingham Heart Study to find…
Curry Spice for Colon Relief
Turmeric, a spice used in Curry may be beneficial for those suffering from inflammatory intestinal diseases, according to a group of researchers at the Hamamatsu University School of Medicine in Japan. Turmeric contains curcurmin an anti-inflammatory agent that has already…
The Golden Lung
FIRST in tattoo parlors, bad-sitcom production and turning right on red lights, California has now taken the load in reduced tobacco use and lung cancer rates. Studying data from 1988 through 1997, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and…
Fight the Blues
IF YOU’RE MIRED in a sense of hopelessness and with the rate at which serotonin reuptake inhibitors fly off the apothecary’s shelf, there’s a good chance you’ve been through that town-you may want to consider exercise as an alternative to…
Asthma and Excess Weight
IF THE 13 billion other health deficiencies related to obesity weren’t enough to dissuade you from the Po’Boy life, then take a bite at this: In a University of Washington study of more than 1100 adults, researchers determined that the…
Oats, Vitamin E Reduce Fat Fallout
In theory, those interested in a healthy heart and/or first class abs should restrict their intake of saturated fat. In practice, however, fat happens. When it does, a new study suggests that a chaser of oats or vitamin E can…