A recent study published in Aging Medicine has provided valuable insights into the role of vitamin B12 in maintaining muscle function among the elderly, with a particular focus on effective dosage.¹ This research, conducted by Sowmya Sharma and colleagues, combines an extensive literature review with a pilot intervention study, offering practical guidance for vitamin B12 supplementation in older adults.

Evidence-based natural alternatives to drugs for canker sores abound! 

Canker sores (aphthous mouth ulcers) afflict approximately 20% of the population and are cause for great annoyance. Always painful and sometimes an eye sore, they are the most common type of mouth ulcer, with women being more affected than men for unknown reasons.

The last two decades have witnessed a huge increase in depression diagnoses. At present, one in ten Americans takes antidepressant medication and many of these individuals are taking multiple pills to treat more than one psychiatric illness. Few people will even raise an eyebrow anymore upon hearing about a friend or family member being diagnosed with depression.

In Wikipedia, Complementary and Alternative Medicine does not have a page. Instead, readers are directed to the entry for Alternative Medicine, which consists largely of negative propaganda. Wikipedia claims, "Complementary medicine (CM), complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), integrated medicine or integrative medicine (IM), and holistic medicine are among many rebrandings of the same phenomenon. Alternative therapies share in common that they reside outside medical science, and rely on pseudoscience. … Frequently used derogatory terms for the alternative are new-age or pseudo, with little distinction from quackery." According to Wikipedia, CAM is not a practice, not a science, simply part of a "phenomenon". Science? Or Bullspit?

Americans are using more and more medications. As a physician who prescribes these medications, I am greatly relieved to finally have alternatives to offer my patients.

This past week (May 2014), the Centers for Disease Control published the results of a study showing that the proportion of Americans on at least one prescription medication has increased from 39% to 48% in the last 15 years. A quarter of all children are also using prescription medication. And each patient is on an increasing number of medications. The total number of prescriptions in the United States increased by 39% between 1990 and 2009, while the population only grew by 9%.

Could a simple, safe vitamin supplement be the long sought after ALS mitigating treatment the drug companies have long dreamed of but have failed to deliver? 

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder targeting motor neurons, leading to rapid loss of muscle control and function. Few pharmaceutical treatments for ALS have proven effective so far.¹

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Many people take a daily multivitamin believing it will improve their health, but few realize some common brands contain potentially toxic ingredients that are actually industrial waste products in disguise. Are these supplements filling a nutritional gap or increasing your toxic burden?

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