The Alternative Approach: What You Should Know about Complementary Medicine

By Patrick Massey, M.D., Ph.D., Daily Herald Columnist, June 15, 2009.  One-sided news articles, either in favor or against atlernative and complementary medicine, do not contribute to meaningful dialogue. Read more »

Vitamin D Levels Found to Be Low in Critically Ill Patients

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, from “Vitamin D Deficiency in Critically Ill Patients”, New England Journal of Medicine, April 30, 2009. Posted June 12, 2009. Read more »

Broccoli Antioxidant Again Found to Help with Digestive Health

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, from “Dietary Sulforaphane-Rich Broccoli Sprouts Reduce Colonization and Attenuate Gastritis in Helicobacter pylori–Infected Mice and Humans”,  Cancer Prevention Research, April 2009. Posted June 12, 2009.  Read more »

Folic Acid Found to Help with Lung Health

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS,  from “Higher serum folate levels are associated with a lower risk of atopy and wheeze”, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, May 5, 2009. Posted June 12, 2009. Read more »

Obesity: How Much It Really Costs Our Healthcare System

By Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, April 9, 2009. Posted June 10, 2009.  An increase in overweight and obese Americans puts a tremendous strain on the healthcare system, due to all the health problems that result. Read more »

Fatty Acids in Health Promotion and Disease Causation

Ronald Ross Watson, Editor

This book has four main sections: Fatty Acids in Heart Disease, Trans Fatty Acids in Health, Fatty Acids and Health Promotion, and Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Health/Disease.  Read more.

Vitamin D Helps Heart Health During Weight Loss

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, from “Vitamin D supplementation enhances the beneficial effects of weight loss on cardiovascular disease risk markers”, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, May 2009. Posted June 5, 2009. Read more »

Folic Acid Shows Hope for Mental Health

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, from “Folic acid efficacy as an alternative drug added to sodium valproate in the treatment of acute phase of mania in bipolar disorder: a double-blind randomized controlled trial (p)”, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavia, March 10, 2009.  Posted June 5, 2009.  Read more »

Magnesium Levels Again Found to Help Heart Health

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, from “Serum and Dietary Magnesium and Risk of Ischemic Stroke: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study”, American Journal of Epidemiology, printed online April 16, 2009.  Posted June 5, 2009. Read more »

Nuts and Your Health

By Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Posted June 4, 2009.  Eating nuts as part of a balanced diet is heart-healthy. Read more »