Prevention
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A Top Scientist at the CDC Blew the Whistle!
What does it mean when a top scientist at the Center for Disease Control (William Thompson, PhD) admits that he and the coauthors of a study published in 2004 purposefully hid data that revealed a strong association between the Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine and autism in a specific population of children? I’ll tell you
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An Adult Topic: Preventing Dementia…
Recently, a neighbor expressed great concern (actually fear) regarding the fact that because her parents developed dementia, she too would follow that same course. I immediately and emphatically responded that we have more control than we think over whether or not we develop a particular illness…even if there is a genetic predisposition for it to
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Getting Healthy Before Getting Pregnant
You might be surprised to find out just how little attention is paid to this concept in our culture. Yet today, with 1 in 6 children affected by either a neurological, behavioral or developmental disorder (including 1 in 50 with autism) and 53% of our kids affected by one or more chronic illness (such as
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Happy, Healthy Aging…
Although we don’t see these 3 words (happy, healthy and aging) together too often, the phrase has become my mantra! Since most of us now understand and accept the concept that our thoughts and attitudes determine a great deal about our reality, I’ve decided that the typical negative belief system regarding aging (namely physical and