Dining by Traffic Light: Green Is for Go, Red Is for Stop
In this article, I explain my traffic light system for ranking the relative healthfulness of...
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Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
What are the effects of weight loss on natural killer cell function, our first line of immune defense against cancer, kidney function, and fatty liver disease? In the ABCs of the health consequences of obesity, I is for Immunity. The...
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Doctors Tested for Basic Understanding of Mammogram Math
If doctors don’t understand health statistics, how can they possibly properly counsel patients? “In these...
Breast Cancer Can Grow and Spread for Decades Before “Early” Detection
“Early” detection is actually really late. Without mammograms, breast cancer may not be caught for...
Learn More Than 97% of Doctors About Lead-Time Bias
After reading this, you’ll know more than an estimated 97 percent of doctors about a...
Overtreatment of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
Nine out of ten women don’t realize that some breast cancers would never have caused...
Millions of Years of Healthy Life Lost Due to Cannabis
Every year, cannabis is estimated to result in two million years of healthy life lost...
Those Who Claim the Greatest Benefit From Mammograms May Ironically Suffer the Most Harm
The mammogram paradox is that women who are harmed the most, are the ones who...
How Much Cancer Do Mammograms Cause?
What is the risk-benefit ratio of the cancers picked up by mammograms and the cancers...
How Is It Possible That Mammograms Don’t Actually Save Lives?
For every life saved by mammography, as many as two to ten women are overdiagnosed...
Why Doctors Should Not Encourage Breast Self-Exams
Various health organizations offer clashing mammogram recommendations that range from annual mammograms starting at age...
Should You Get an Annual Health Check-Up?
What are the risks and benefits of getting an annual check-up from your doctor? Physicians...
How to Avoid Lectin Poisoning
How should we properly cook beans? In the 1800s, a compound was discovered in castor...
What White Blood Cell Count Should We Shoot for?
At the start of my video What Does a Low White Blood Cell Count Mean?,...
How the Lead Paint and Gas Industries Got Away with It
We have known for thousands of years that lead can be toxic and for more...
What Exercise Authorities Don’t Tell You About Optimal Duration
Physical fitness authorities seem to have fallen into the same trap as the nutrition authorities,...
Pill-Free Ways to Improve Your Sex Life
“Sex is important to health,” according to the Harvard Health Letter. “Frequent sexual intercourse is...
All Children Should Have Their Cholesterol Checked Between Ages 9 and 11
Coronary artery disease does not magically appear. The disease begins “during early childhood and progress[es]...
How to Get the Benefits of Aspirin Without the Risks
For people without a personal history of cardiovascular disease, aspirin’s risks may outweigh its benefits,...
Dialing Down the Grim Reaper Gene
Only about 1 in 10,000 people live to be a 100 years old. What’s their...
The Diet We Were Designed to Eat
There are three broad theories about evolution and food. One is that humans have become...
What’s the Secret to Latino Longevity?
Latinos living in the United States tend to have “less education, a higher poverty rate, and...
Is the Risk of Skin Cancer from Sun Exposure Overblown?
By the turn of the 20th century, rickets, the vitamin D deficiency disease, was rampant,...
What Is the Optimal Vitamin D Level?
How Much Vitamin D Should We Take? If everyone took 2,000 units of vitamin D...
How Much Do Vitamin D Supplements Affect Lifespan?
Living Longer With Vitamin D? In 1822, a Polish physician was the first to publish...
