In America alone, tens of millions take sleeping pills to sleep each night. Yet sleeping pills don’t produce natural sleep. They worsen memory. They increase the risk of death.
MATTHEW EDLUND M.D. Contributing Writer edlund@lbknews.com Treasure your hips. Regenerate them well. Keep them whole. Or you may face a series of nightmares. That’s what happened to many who received metal hip implants made by DePuy. DePuy Orthopaedics is a division of Johnson and Johnson, one of America’s “great companies.” And the Articular Surface Replacement, [...]
MATTHEW EDLUND M.D. Contributing Columnist health@lbknews.com TV interviewer Lolly Partridge: Thanks so much for coming to Superior TV! We’re so, so happy to have the famous Dr. Medicine. Dr. Medicine: Thanks, Lolly. Traffic was murderous, and this show does keep me from paying the bills at the office. But it makes the PR department and [...]
MATTHEW EDLUND M.D. Contributing Columnist health@lbknews.com What has happened to the moral landscape of this country? These days we read that after helping blow the world economy, bankers went on to “fix” arguably the most important interest rate in the world and laundered money to Iran; that the most heralded sports heroes took performance enhancing [...]
MATTHEW EDLUND M.D. Contributing Columnist health@lbknews.com Can alcohol be good for you? Much evidence would argue yes. Compare “moderate” drinkers who have perhaps one glass of wine a day versus those who never drink. Who lives longer? Those who drink small amounts regularly. Yet alcohol causes lung cancer, stomach cancer, kidney cancer, brain cancer, oral [...]
MATTHEW EDLUND M.D. Contributing Columnist health@lbknews.com What do we get for our health care dollars? The United States ranks 50th in the world in lifespan. We rank 48th in infant mortality. We charge twice per health care customer than what other developed nations cost. This is a bad deal. Why? We’re not paying attention to [...]