I’m very excited to announce that I will be exhibiting and speaking at the Trinity Health Freedom Expo in the Chicago area this weekend (October 26th and 27th)! For those of you who are local to the area, the conference will be held at the Tinley Park Convention Center.  We will be located at booth #302, and I am speaking at 10 am on Saturday in North Pavilion #4 & 5. The topic of...

In the course of our busy lives, very few of us run to the doctor for every little annoying ache, pain or vague symptom.  Most times the average person will “wait it out” and hope that the issue resolves itself. But there are symptoms your body may be giving you that should not be ignored. Although the potential causes behind these symptoms may be relatively minor, they also can mean something more serious that should...

According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, over 25 million Americans over the age of 40 have cataracts, and by the time we reach our 70s, half of us will be dealing with this incredibly common clouding of the lens inside the eye. In fact, cataracts are considered by the medical community as a normal consequence of aging! Sorry, but I don’t buy it.  There is nothing “normal” about your eyes clouding over to the...

I was in a pharmacy buying a birthday card recently, and the cashier asked me if I would like to donate an extra dollar over my bill for breast cancer research. She looked almost offended when I said no. But I said no with confidence because I know where that dollar will go, and it has absolutely nothing to do with anything helpful regarding breast cancer. As I’m sure you know, October is National Breast...

As I was grocery shopping in my local Wegmans yesterday, an annoucement came over the loudspeaker saying, “Don’t risk getting sick this flu season!  Get your flu shot right here in our pharmacy today!” And I cringed because I thought of all of the people who get caught up in the yearly flu season fear mongering and think that a vaccine is their only hope of staying flu-free. Let me tell it like it is...

Since the 1970s, cardiologists have been recommending a daily low-dose or baby aspirin as a preventive measure against heart attacks or strokes.    It was even claimed that daily aspirin therapy could lower the risk of cardiovascular disease by as much as 10 percent!  I’m sure Bayer was very happy with that statement. Well, that’s all changed now, and the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have issued a “revised” position on...