What Doctors Don't Tell You Australia/NZ

I have a decidedly love-hate relationship with antibiotics. On the one hand, I have to admit that I owe my life to them. In 1942, when my mother was 24, her dentist unwisely extracted a tooth while she had the flu. Within days, her neck ballooned wit

Dr. Jean Monro, medical director of the Breakspear Hospital, is an internationally recognized specialist in environmental medicine, including such conditions as chronic fatigue syndrome, Lyme disease and multiple chemical sensitivity. She is Fellow o

Dear WDDTY It was interested to read about how to avoid a hip replacement with exercise (WDDTY Aug/Sep 2019). By pure chance, a personal experience has given it extra credibility for me. I use my local gym two or three times a week, and from time to

Around 100,000 Americans die each year from an infection passed on by doctors who didn’t wash their hands between seeing patients. Most of the deaths happen in hospitals; around 75,000 patients die in US hospitals every year from an infection spread

Statin drugs aren’t working for half the people taking them to control their cholesterol levels. Although the drug’s manufacturers are expected to achieve $1 trillion in sales by next year, statins aren’t reducing the so-called ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol

Worldwide sales of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are set to hit $1 trillion next year—but two new studies question whether they are fit for purpose. In other words, can some of the world’s best-selling drugs actually do what they’re designed to d

We live in an increasingly ‘connected’ world, with real social connections substituted for virtual ones. Sitting around a campfire has been traded for Facebook. Microcircuits have made their way into our homes. The future is being prepared for driver

When your doctor prescribes you an antibiotic, you may assume it has been rigorously tested and that you will be told of any dangerous side-effects to watch out for. Not true. Most antibiotic side-effects turn up during “post-marketing surveillance,”

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), a nightshade also known in English as Winter Cherry that has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years, boosts levels of glutathione in the body, one of the body’s most powerful antioxidants. A study on

Eat organic.1 Take the skin off of oily fish. Avoid sources of domestic pesticides (e.g. flea powders for pets, anti-mold sprays, insecticides, products similarly destined for garden use, etc.) and never use them near children. Avoid plastic f

1 Habit: You are used to presenting your face to the world in a certain way due to social norms and the persona you want to create. Fix: Move all the muscles in your face, opening the mouth wide, sticking out the tongue and making faces. 2 Habit:

1 Lie on the ground in Constructive Rest Position (CRP) with your head supported to connect into your breathing. Try not to ‘do’ or ‘fix’ here, but rather simply notice your body as it is, without adjustment. Notice the difference between your left a

If you look at an anatomical picture of the human skeleton, it’s easy to assume that being fully symmetrical is the norm. But it’s extremely rare for us to stand equally weighted on both feet, unless instructed to do so in an exercise class. Habitual

In the lower back, most spine extension (lengthening) takes place between the lowest lumbar vertebra (L5) and the top sacral bone (S1), and this is also where the brunt of any shifts are felt (see upper illustration). A shift of the pelvis in any dir

1 Runners fall into three categories when it comes to foot strike: heel, mid foot and toe. Each of these have a pre-determined effect on the body. The landing position I advocate for pain free running is midfoot. Midfoot strike patterns significantl

Think you have an allergy? It might not be an allergy at all. The problem might lie in your digestion (or lack of it). “What I’ve seen is that some people will come in and say they have allergy symptoms, runny nose or a rash or something that may app

“The first thing you do is check the blood, because everything can change once you treat the blood,” says chiropractor Debra Singer. “Then you check for fasting enzymes, and then a half-hour test for digestion enzymes. Then you check for overall toxi

According to the CDC, genetics accounts for about 10 percent of diseases, and the rest appear to be from environmental causes.1 Palmer recommends addressing MS and all other autoimmune diseases via diet, dealing with bacterial and viral infections su

Regular readers may have inferred from articles that have appeared in these pages that medicine is in a death-grip embrace with the drug industry that has been killing millions of innocent people in the name of profit. We have subsequently learned th