Published August 14, 2015

Can smart phones kill people who have a pacemaker?

If you have a pacemaker or an implanted defibrillator there are all kinds of electrical and magnetic fields that your doctor may have warned you about. Things such as anti-theft systems (called EAS systems), metal detector security devices, certain MP3 player headphones, and a number of different medical scanning devices. All of these might interfere with your implanted cardiac device. But what about smart phones? Is it possible that you might get your last call on a smart phone? The possibility gives a whole new meaning to the implications of a dropped call.

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Published August 12, 2015

If you have cancer, here's how to protect yourself against radiation and make it work even better

Not long ago, I reported to you on a remarkable study showing how taking the hormone melatonin can protect you from the dangers of radiation. Where do you get radiation exposure? Two ways. One, doctors often use it as a treatment for cancer. Two, CT scans have an unusually high amount of radiation. But melatonin is not the only protection you should be using if you have to be exposed to high doses of radiation. There's another treatment you need to be using as well.?

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Published August 10, 2015

Are you taking too much vitamin D?

"Vitamin D is dangerous." "You have to be very careful with vitamin D." "Vitamin D can easily become toxic and lead to many problems." "It is risky to take more than 1,000 units of vitamin D per day." Have you ever heard statements like these? I have. Probably a month doesn't go by before I find out that some doctor said as much when he found out I had prescribed a "dangerously high dose of vitamin D." So imagine how happy I was to find a review article on the incredible safety of vitamin D in one of the most respected medical journals in the U.S.?

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