If you're taking aspirin for your heart, you’re more than twice as likely to go blind

If you've read these pages for a while, you know that I've never suggested aspirin, for any condition (other than perhaps acute pain). There's good reason for it. Aspirin has a dark side to it. As you may know, it tends to cause bleeding in your gut. But that's not the only reason I don't recommend aspirin. In fact, there are a couple of other reasons. And one of them may surprise you.

Why the drug companies want you and your grandchildren to have ADD

I've been treating patients of all ages for over 35 years now. In that time, I have had plenty of concerned parents tell me that little junior (the condition is four times more common in boys) is having problems at school. The teachers complain that he is constantly moving around, won't (or can't?) pay attention to what they're teaching, and gets abnormally distracted.

Is conventional medicine destroying your Golden Years?

One of the big fears of those in the Baby Boomer generation is that they will outlive their money. We've known for some time that Baby Boomers are likely to live very long lives - into their 80s and beyond. But now there's significant reason to believe they may realize their worst fears.