Dr. Len and Nurse Vicki discuss various natural and holistic health topics while taking your calls.
· How do you know if the prescription your doctor recommends is really good for you? · What everyone taking antidepressants needs to know. · What is the best way to rid your body of toxins? · What cooking oil can help reduce your blood pressure? · What healthy food can cause autoimmunity? Vicki’s 20-20 tips are: · Facts to remember as we grow older · Why eat root vegetables.
Who benefits from the measles vaccine?The shocking cost of health insurance paperwork.How journaling can improve your health.Why people with the same level of hypertension need different treatment?Vicki’s 20-20 tips are:Putting the fear of communicable diseases in perspective.What does depression have to do with inflammation?
· Why has the Sierra Leone government rejected a miraculous Ebola cure that is cheap and safe? · What common foods are linked to getting lower grades? · Why doctors over-diagnose and over-treat high blood pressure. · What can predict our mortality 10-15 years early? · Does how old you feel affect how long you’ll live? Vicki’s 20-20 tips are: · Think before you drink a latte. · Why you should keep apple cider vinegar in your pantry.
· Why has the Sierra Leone government rejected a miraculous Ebola cure that is cheap and safe? · What common foods are linked to getting lower grades? · Why doctors over-diagnose and over-treat high blood pressure. · What can predict our mortality 10-15 years early? · Does how old you feel affect how long you’ll live? Vicki’s 20-20 tips are: · Think before you drink a latte. · Why you should keep apple cider vinegar in your pantry.
Why is mainstream medicine claiming to include CAM when it doesn’t respect it? Why is it important to spice up your meals? Why is ADHD becoming a pandemic? How can the holidays increase your risk for a heart attack? What common medication does a pregnant mother take that can cause her baby to be fat at age 7? Vicki’s 20-20 tips are: The amazing benefits of bananas. A healthy addition to your smoothie that will surprise you.
· Why should we drug test doctors and nurses in training? · Can smoking cause weight gain? · How weight loss pills make you gain weight! · Just because a company does public service does it mean they are producing healthy products? · Why US healthcare continues to be ranked last among industrialized countries. Vicki’s 20-20 tips are: · Why include curcumin in your diet. · A reminder about the health benefits of avocado seeds.
What is the real meaning of physical symptoms How do oncologists let their patients down? Why you and your family are probably malnourished. How artificial sweeteners cause type 2 diabetes and obesity How electronic medical records are backfiring and affecting your doctor visits. Vicki’s 20-20 tips are: Special foods that must be organic! The dangers of Splenda.
Cutting through the confusion about Ebola. Spirituality can be misdiagnosed as mental illness! Chances are you’re having more colonoscopies than are recommended! Common painkillers combined with other common medications can cause GI bleeding. What is the major cause of fatal allergic reactions? Vicki’s 20-20 tips are: Ways to naturally boost your mood. The link between allergies and farm antibiotics Thanks,
Is there a supplement in your medicine cabinet that treats Ebola? A secret ancient natural remedy that prevents and treats gum disease. If you have cancer, what can you do to help shrink your tumor? The danger of gaining just five pounds. Can cleaning your hands lead to a dreaded disease? Vicki’s 20-20 tips are: Do you need motivation to help you exercise? Don’t take anything for granted!
What does it really mean to stand up to cancer? Can the US economy survive preventive health care? When is it okay to take an antidepressant? Is prayer the answer for anxiety? Keeping up with Ebola. Vicki’s 20-20 tips are: Why you should put coconut oil on your shopping list Big reasons to eat your leafy greens!
Is Ebola a scam? When do the side effects of statins outweigh their benefits? What exercise can be done for just 5 minutes a day that will extend life and prevent heart attacks and strokes? You have cancer, now what?Vicki’s 20-20 tips are: Why it is important to check food labels Smelling farts may be good for your health!
Are statins castrating men? Why HMO medicine has no future. How nurturing feeds a baby’s brain Good new for Alzheimer’s disease: as common nutritional supplement that improves memory. More exciting benefits from taking probiotics. Vicki’s 20-20 tips are: Surprising facts about your brain. Tips to keep your brain healthy.
Lower blood pressure readings may not be better in treating high blood pressure and may be dangerous! What is more important in a blood pressure reading, the top or bottom number and what are the dangers of each? Why the most common blood pressure medication doctors prescribe can be shockingly dangerous to your health? How our GI tract can protect against getting diabetes and obesity. How can watching TV kill you? Vicki’s 20-20 tips are: Yogurts that are worse for your health than doughnuts! Some of the amazing health benefits of pumpkin seeds.
What you must know before starting cancer treatment: selling dishonesty? Does chemotherapy cause brain damage? Another good reason to drink red wine. If your sleep rhythm is disturbed your health may be in danger if you eat certain foods. What blood pressure medications can make you blind? Vicki’s 20-20 tips: Insects and weeds be gone! Lessons life taught a 90 year old!
Can Telemedicine give you the health care you want? When can a high protein diet kill you? When can sunlight help you lose weight? How does chocolate save your life? Shocking risks of taking an occasional sleeping pill.Vicki’s 20-20 tips: Some of the worst foods you can put in your body. How can eating a salad make you tired?
First impressions that can be harmful to your health! What vitamin increases survival in Cancer? Why is your ability to get in and out of a chair an important to your health? What can we learn from analyzing earwax? What is more important than blood sugar in predicting complications of type 2 diabetes Vicki’s 20-20 tips are: Beware of commercial sunscreens Things to stop doing to yourself
Here is the outline for the PRN.FM Prescriptions for Health Radio Show for Monday May 5, 2014:What lifestyle strategies treat depression as well as drugs or psychotherapy?What nutritional supplement can prevent colon cancer?Can being slim be harmful to your health?What is the key to prevent and treat all chronic diseases?What delicious fruit can slow down cancer?Vicki’s 20-20 tips are:Homemade mosquito, ant, and flea repellantRecipes for natural bathroom cleaners and air fresheners
Regrets for the dying that are lessons for the living What to do and say to a friend who is seriously ill Is the Gulf War Syndrome a real disease or is it just in veterans’ heads? Can erectile dysfunction be treated without medication? What is the relationship between vitamin levels and heart disease? Vicki’s 20-20 tips are: Things to stop doing to yourself Love-making tips for seniors
Propaganda about saturated fat causing heart disease is shown to be untrue!Is there more harm than good from mammograms in women over the age of 70?Can fever-reducing medications such as aspirin, NSAIDs, and Tylenol increase mortality fro the flu?What is the role of exercise if you have cancer?Do you need a brain scan or MRI if you have recurring severe headaches? Vicki’s 20-20 tips:How can beer reduce your risk of getting cancer?Top foods and herbs for healing cancer