The adrenal glands are our "flight or fight" glands. They are responsible for producing hormones that help modulate the stress response through maintaining normal blood sugar, inflammatory responses, immune function, hormonal levels, heart rate, blood pressure, and electrolyte balance....
Breast Cancer Prevention: Another Win For Vitamin D
Recently, Dr. Northrup posted an article on the huffington post regarding the importance of vitamin D for breast health. Dr. Northrup cites the following findings:"A study conducted by Cedric Garland and other prominent vitamin D researchers determined that women with...
How is Low Back Pain Connected to Stress?
It has been estimated that two-thirds of adults suffer from low back pain at some point in their life. Low back pain (LBP) has many etiologies that include spinal misalignment, osteoporosis, compression fractures, herniated discs, and other chronic diseases or...
Latest FDA Ruling about Mercury
Even after all the scientific proof that mercury is a neurotoxin and danger to children and pregnant women, the FDA decides to water it down with their latest warning. Here's the article from Dr. Mercola: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/08/22/FDA-has-the-Audacity-to-Claim-Mercury-is-Completely-Harmless.aspx...
Proof of the Merger of Eastern Medicine & Modern Day Science?
Recently, Dr. Mercola posted an article from a journal which revealed that the human body emits visible light 1,000 times less intense than what the human eye can perceive. The light is thought to be a result of free radical...
The Latest News on Vitamin D (Dr. Mercola)
Vitamin D- Breaking News in Cancer Highlights (Dr. Mercola): According to Dr. Garland: It is projected that raising the minimum year-around serum 25(OH)D [vitamin D] level to 40-60 ng/ml would prevent approximately 58,000 new cases of breast cancer and 49,000...
Blood Sugar and Cholesterol
Dear Dr. Sarah, Could you please explain the link between blood sugar and cholesterol? Sincerely, Denise Dear Denise, Recently, I posted a link on my website by Dr. Rick Diva entitled "The Truth About Blood Sugar" (http://dr-lobisco.com/blog/?p=125). In this article,...
What’s in My Mouth May Hurt Me?
Hi Dr. Sarah! I was wondering if you could talk about mercury fillings? Thanks. -Lisa Hi Lisa, That's a great subject. In 1976, the FDA classified dental fillings as a "pre-amendment device" that were considered "low risk". However, in 2002,...
FDA To Consider Changes In Tylenol Warnings
Pain is an all too common concern and struggle for Americans. Recently, the FDA has changed Tylenol warnings to the following: 1. Lowering the maximum daily dose of nonprescription acetaminophen for adults (the max is currently 4,000 mg, and there...
Stress in Caregivers
I recently read an article that compared the blood chemistry of caregivers to brain cancer patients with a control group. They concluded that caregivers had increased pro-inflammatory cytokines in the blood stream and less response to the anti-inflammatory hormone, cortisol....