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  I’m sure many readers love to travel. I do too! After all, travel is associated with fun, education and happy times. No one intentionally leaves home to have a bad time. But travel can sometimes result in a “pukefest”, be outright dangerous and occasionally fatal. So how can the hazards be avoided? Flying to your Destination           Some people have a fear of flying, especially to a destination when newspaper headlines have described a…

This week I interviewed Dr. Andrew Saul, an international authority on nutrition and vitamin therapy, and Editor of The Orthomolecular Medical News Service. Saul believes the greatest medical dangers today are the epidemic of obesity, Type 2 diabetes, overuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, and neglect of natural remedies. These, he says, will be the medical tsunami for our Health Care System. So I asked Dr. Saul to elaborate some of these pitfalls. Saul immediately…

How Safe Are Cell Phones? Are some cell phone users destined to develop cancer after years of use? Or, is this fear being over-played? For years I’ve tried to find an unbiased informative source. Now, a report from the University of California attempts to answer this perplexing question. We know that high frequency ionizing radiation from excessive X–ray exposure can possibly cause malignancy. This radiation is cumulative, and like an elephant, it never forgets the…

How would you feel if you suffered a stroke and were left paralyzed? Then later discovered that if you had been aware of early signs of stroke, paralysis could have been avoided? This column might help to prevent this tragedy. Moreover, the good news is that surgery is superior to anti-clotting drugs for treatment of this devastating event. A report in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that surgery, rather than TPA, a clot…

Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, remarked, “There are no boy philosophers”. Fortunately, most of us do get wiser as we age. However, it’s never been a top priority of mine to rush into old age so I could be a wise, elderly, medical journalist philosopher. Could I be wrong? Consumer Reports on Health says there are several good things about aging. So I had to read on. It appears I was wrong on one point. I’ve…

The Doctor Game – W. Gifford-Jones M.D. I wrote years ago “The problems of society are caused by supposedly   intelligent people who are largely fools.” It’s worth repeating due to what has happened to Canada’s new law, Medical Aid in Dying (MAID). The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that, “Anyone with a grievous and irremediable condition should have the right to (MAID)”. It did not say that death need be imminent, nor did it exclude…

How could it happen to Kris Letang,the Pittsburgh Penguin hockey player? Hewas young, in excellent physical condition, yet a victim of stroke. Today, stroke is not just a senior problem. So, why don’t learned professors know why this is happening? Professor Valery Feigin is Director of the National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences at Auckland University, in New Zealand. He reports in the  journal, The Lancet, that every year over 80,000 children and youth…

This week,a big thanks to Dr. Freddie Hamdy, Professor of surgery, Oxford University, England. Why? Because, for many years,I’ve advised readers,diagnosed with early prostate cancer,to take their time when deciding whichtreatment is best for them. Some authorities have disagreed with me. Now, I can legitimately say, “I told you so”. Does this mean I’m smart? No. I was just lucky years ago to interview Dr. Willet Whitmore, a world authority on prostate cancer at Memorial…

Woody Allen, when asked for his opinion about death, replied, “I don’t worry about dying, I just don’t want to be there when it happens!” Unfortunately, Allen will be there and so will the rest of us. This week,why I have a personal interest in the end of life. And what can we all do to provide the best of care to loved ones near death? Years ago I conducted a five year battle to…

சீனாவில் இருந்து இந்தியாவிற்கு போலி முட்டைகள் இறக்குமதி செய்யப்படுவதாக அண்மையில் செய்திகள் வெளியாகியிருந்தமை தெரிந்ததே. உடலுக்கு பக்க விளைவுகளைத் தரக்கூடிய இந்த போலி முட்டைகள் தொடர்பில் அவ்வப்போது விழிப்புணர்வுகள் ஏற்படுத்தப்பட்டு வருகின்றன. இந்நிலையில் தற்போது மற்றுமொரு ஆதாரம் வெளியாகியுள்ளது. அதுவும் நம்ம தமிழ்நாடு, சேலத்தில இருந்து இந்த அதிர்ச்சி தகவல் வெளியாகியுள்ளது. அதாவது முட்டையாப்பம் செய்வதற்காக பல முட்டைகளை வாங்கி அவற்றினை உடைத்த பெண் ஒருவருக்கு அதிர்ச்சி காத்திருந்துள்ளது. முட்டைக்கான எந்தவிதமான வாசனையும் அவரால் உணர முடியவில்லை. உடனடியாக சந்தேகப்பட்ட அவர் முட்டையின் கோதுகளை எடுத்து பார்த்தபோது அவை பிளாஸ்டிக் அல்லது பொலித்தீன் போன்று காணப்பட்டுள்ளது. மேலும் அக் கோதுகளை நெருப்பில் வைத்தபோது அது எரிந்து…