MTHFR – GENETIC CAUSE OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND CARDIOVASCULAR PROBLEMS

As a practitioner for over 21 years, I’m always bemused when I read an article in a newspaper or see a story on a current affairs program that claims to provide ‘breaking news’ about a health condition that I’ve usually been treating for many years. I’m equally bewildered when they allege that there is a […]

Latest Health News – January 2015

Valium and other Benzodiazepine Medications (Used to Treat Anxiety and Insomnia) Have Been Linked to Alzheimer’s. New Research Indicates the Risk May Increase By As Much As 51% http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140909192042.htm   Note: There are a large range of safe naturopathic medicines that can treat anxiety and insomnia effectively. Please make an appointment to discuss possible treatments […]

WORLD RENOWNED HEART SURGEON SPEAKS OUT ON WHAT REALLY CAUSES HEART DISEASE

Most of my patients know that I believe chronic, systemic inflammation (CSI) is the root cause of heart disease, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, many forms of cancer, and other serious diseases. That’s why I did post-graduate research in this area as I wanted to know the causes and the most effective diets and herbal and nutraceutical treatments for inflammation, […]

ALZHEIMER’S PREVENTION – TESTOSTERONE AND FISH OIL TO BE TESTED IN TRIAL

Testosterone and fish oil to combat Alzheimer’s in world-first Australian trial  16.1.13 A WORLD-first clinical trial in Western Australia will combine testosterone and fish oil to try to prevent or delay Alzheimer’s disease. About 400 WA men over the age of 60 are needed for the trial, which will investigate the effects of the combined […]

LOW VITAMIN D LINKED TO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

MedScape Medical News September 28, 2012   Yet another study has linked low vitamin D levels with significant health issues — in this case, poor cognition. In this latest systematic review of the literature, people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) had lower concentrations of vitamin D than those without AD, and better cognitive test results were […]

DEPRESSION IN MIDDLE AGE LINKED TO DEMENTIA

People who have symptoms of depression in middle age may be at increased risk of dementia decades later, a new study suggests. The results, published in the May 2012 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, showed that those who had depression symptoms in the later stages of life were 70 percent more likely to […]

ALZHEIMER’S MAY ORIGINATE IN A FORM SIMILAR TO THAT OF INFECTIOUS PRION DISEASES

The following extract was taken from an article published in the News Medical (4.10.11) Source: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: “The brain damage that characterizes Alzheimer’s disease may originate in a form similar to that of infectious prion diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob, according to newly published research […]

Do You Use Talcum Powder On Your Body?

When I was studying Environmental science some years ago, I was shocked to find out the long-term dangers of using talcum powder on the genital area or bottom (which is where most ladies use it on themselves and where most parents use it on their babies!). At the time, I came across a lot of […]