Osteoporosis is treated conventionally with a group of medications called bisphosphonates, like Fosamax, Actonel and Boniva. Unfortunately, these medications are not without serious risk. A letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine on January 1, 2009 by Diane Wysowski of the FDA’s division of drug risk assessment indicates a significant risk of lethal esophageal cancer. According to a … Read More
Is Metabolic Syndrome Making You Fat?
Once known as an obscure condition termed Syndrome X, metabolic syndrome has now hit the main stream media outlets as cause for concern. In recent years, we have learned that drinking as little as one soda per day, no matter if it was regular or diet, can increase the risk of heart disease through metabolic syndrome. Unfortunately, most people are … Read More
Autoimmunity: Exploring the Causes and New Treatment Approaches
Autoimmune disease may be unfamiliar to many who have no personal experience with this class of diseases. More commonly known are conditions like lupus, type I diabetes, celiac disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis or rheumatoid arthritis. Actually, about 15 diseases are the direct effect of the autoimmune process and research is now linking more than 80 conditions to autoimmunity.