A great post over at StrongLifts.com is worth a read. Medhi has written a great article about 10 foods that you think are healthy, but aren’t. StrongLifts.com has great articles on strength training, building muscle and losing fat. Don’t be intimidated by the name if you are not a weight lifter. The article outlines how [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Have you ever seen an ad on TV for a prescription medication? My six year old sun enjoys NASCAR and I cringe when he sings along with the “Viva Viagra” theme song. Have you ever gone to your healthcare provider and asked for a medication or therapy by name? It is likely that you got [...]
“Do you offer health insurance?” When I interview potential staff members one of the most sought after benefits is health insurance. I think everyone would agree that it is an essential component of living. No matter how we live life every day, you can eat the healthiest diet, exercise, and lifestyle habits and have and [...]
If you are woman, this post is for you! Regardless of your age or your plans to start a family, make today the day that you start taking a multivitamin and extra folic acid. Important things that Folic acid does for you: Essential to nervous system function Involved in the detoxification and metabolism of estrogen, [...]
What vitamin should I be taking?” It is a question I get at every seminar I present and often each day at the pharmacy. It is not always an easy question to answer. For example, the question may come from a teenager, it could be a man or woman, it could be a patient that [...]
Dr Eldred B. Taylor M.D. authored an excellent book called Are Your Hormones Making You Sick?: A Woman’s Guide To Better Health Through Hormonal Balance Dr. Taylor takes the approached of promoting optimum health and wellness for women through hormone balancing, nutrition, dietary, and lifestyle modifications. He combines conventional and alternative medicine therapies to promote [...]
Did you know that your prescription medications can cause your blood pressure and blood sugar to rise? I recently was checking prescription orders for a elderly customer that I have known for the better part of 20 years. She will be 91 in August. Most elderly people over the age of 65 take 3.8 medications, [...]
The most popular medications prescribed for lowering blood pressure are diuretics. They are the first line therapy in hypertension protocols. These medications work by different mechanisms in the body but all have positive and negative effects. The positive effects of course are lowered blood pressure and a lower risk for a serious cardiac event. But [...]
You may hear of integrative or natural medicine, allopathic or traditional medicine in the media today. What are the differences? Integrative medicine is a discipline that focuses on the whole person, not just the symptoms presenting or problems a person may have at this moment in time. Integrative medicine seeks to take an accounting of [...]
Today in the pharmacy I filled a prescription for a patient with cystic fibrosis. The prescription retail price was just under $4000. That is not a typo, FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. Now mind you, this was not for a year supply of medication. This was for a one month supply of TOBI ampules. TOBI is used [...]
