Optimization
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Ten-Point Tune-Up, Step 2: Hormonal Optimization
By Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum
This article originally appeared on Vitality 101 with Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum. In the first installment of my “Ten-Point Tune-Up” series (a ten-step method to energize every system and organ in your body) I discussed the importance of getting a good…read more
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Book Review: “The Story of the Human Body” by Daniel E. Lieberman, Ph.D.
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
These days “Paleo” is all the craze: Paleo Diet, Paleo Bars, Paleo Shakes, Paleo Running . . . what’s next? Paleo Match Dating.com (caveman sex)? Paleo Wear (workout skins)? Paleo Survivor (a new reality show)? Paleo books abound, and we’ve…read more
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Michelle Obama’s water advocacy based on “murky” science, say experts
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
First Lady Michelle Obama has rolled out a new campaign to make Americans drink more water. “Water is the first and best energy drink,” she told a crowd at a high school at the aptly named Watertown, Wisconsin. It’s all…read more
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GMOs: A Primer
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
In the early 1800s, faced with automation and industrialization in the English textile industry, a group of traditional weavers and lacemakers banded together to protest. They were called “Luddites.” The Luddites demonstrated at new mass-production factories, and even sometimes rampaged,…read more
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Reflections on health
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
My colleague was a lot like me, only seemingly better. A young holistic physician with a thriving practice, active in the politics of alternative medicine, ambitious, energetic in his 40s, owner of a health food store and host of his…read more
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Anti-aging medicine
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
I recently returned from a meeting of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (AAM) where I delivered a paper entitled “Endocrine Aspects of Aging.” Here, I will share with you some of the high points of this most interesting conference.–Dr….read more
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Growing older and memory
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
Isabel, a choreographer in her mid-40s, came into my office and said, “I don’t know if something is happening to me. I can’t remember the name of this step when I’m teaching; I use it all the time, but I…read more
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
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Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
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Q: My mother is otherwise healthy, takes no medications and walks daily for exercise, but she…
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More mask misdirection (and some possible clarity): I’m finally getting a handle on this mask…
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We are living in unprecedented and unpredictable times. It seems every day brings new recommendations…