Published July 20, 2015

Reduce basal cell and squamous cell cancers by 23% with a simple vitamin

I have been telling my patients for years to take a strong multivitamin every day just as a general guarantee. No matter how good your diet is, there will always be indiscretions. And the nutrient content of foods today is nowhere near the same as it has been in the past. Now a brand new study is showing one more reason why this simple precaution makes sense.

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Published July 17, 2015

A blood test that can predict high blood pressure and coronary artery disease risk

If you don't already know about cystatin C, then it's about time you did. Cystatin C is a relatively new blood test that hasn't become big news yet. A study published just this past month shows how important this test can be, especially in people with a family history of high blood pressure or heart disease.

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Published July 15, 2015

When your voice starts to sound old, it doesn't necessarily mean you're getting old - it could be this....

A lot of things don't work all that well as we get older. Sometimes these things are treatable and sometimes they aren't. One of those changes can happen to the voice. The technical term is dysphonia. And it means a decreased ability to produce a normal sounding voice.

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