Five Problems Men and Women Should be Concerned About

By Neal Rouzier, M.D.

1. Heart Disease and Stoke

Heart attack is still the leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability with stroke following closely as number three. The classic warning signs chest pain that spreads to jaw, neck and shoulder. However, subtler signs and symptoms, which can build in intensity through days or weeks, include unusual fatigue, nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath, heaviness in the chest or upper a

Five Tips to Lower Your Risk of Breast Cancer

Article by Allen Lawrence, M.D.

1. Leafy greens
If you are a salad person, you are already on your way to being protected. If all you eat is lettuce and tomatoes, then add a few other greens to your salad to increase its value to you. Use more spinach, kale, broccoli, arugula, field greens and escarole. As little as 2 cups of these greens a week can lower your risk of breast cancer. You can eat them raw in your salad or cook them and use them for a

Five Tips to Naturally Lower Your Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

Article by Neal Rouzier, M.D., Director, Preventive Medicine Clinics of the Desert, Palm Springs, California.

Tip #1 Eat a Heart Safe Diet — Lower Your Cholesterol and Triglycerides

The most common reason for both heart attach and stroke is arteriosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis is a nutritional syndrome. That is, it is created by a poor diet, a diet high in cholesterol and fat. It occurs because of certain nutritional deficienci

Definitions of Medical Terms

By Allen Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D.

If we are going to look at illness, wellness and healing we first must look at the what each of these mean. The problem is often that there are so many meanings that it is often impossible to know when we use one of these words and when we talk about what illness is, what it means to be healed, cured or be well that we are all on the same line. Too often in the past having taken for granted that what we believe is the meanin

Problems Falling Asleep and Staying Asleep

By Naota Hashimoto, D.C.

Drug companies spent more than $300 million in 2005 to advertise sleep aids — a more than four-fold increase compared to 2004. This is especially problematic as, like nearly all drug solutions, there are many potential dangers from taking sleeping pills.

By Allen Lawrence, M,.D., Ph.D.

Clearly, wellness is the natural state of man. Unfortunately it doesn’t always look this way. As a physician we tend to primarily work with people who are sick, injured or emotionally  compromised. If wellness is our natural state of being, then why are so many people ill?

I am 38 years old. I have diabetes and high blood pressure. I don't really take care of these problems. The question I have is that when I achieve orgasm no semen comes out or if it does very little. This just started happening about 8 months now. Is this normal or related to my illnesses? T.J.

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It could kill you

By Palm Springs Guides Health and Wellness Coach Nancy Laytham-Jorgensen

The shocking film “Food, Inc.” documents the rise of food production as a mechanized operation vs. natural production (farms and grasslands). It was released in May 2009 and is now available on Netflix. It can also be downloaded from Amazon for $10. On March 10, 2010, Oprah Winfrey featured the movie on her show. You can visit the movie Web site by clicking here.

(Almost) Everything You Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask

Interview with Neal Rouzier, M.D.

As part of the ongoing discussion about the effectiveness and appropriate uses of Chelation Therapy Mature Living interviewed Dr. Neal Rouzier, Medical Director for the Preventive Medicine Clinic of the Desert in Palm Springs, California.

Healing and Healers

By Allen Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D.

In the last article published, we talked about what healing is and how it works. In this article we will continue this discussion and delve a bit deeper into what healing is, how healing works and how you can make it work for you.

Chelation Therapy Saves Lives!

Article by Neal Rouzier, M.D.

What Is Chelation Therapy?

Chelation therapy is the administration of a synthetic amino acid – ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid or simply, EDTA. EDTA binds heavy metal poisons such as lead, mercury, arsenic and cadmium. EDTA also binds iron, copper and calcium.

About Healing

by Allen Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D.

Up until now we have talked about how modern medicine came to be now we must talk about what medicine is supposed to be about, Healing. Within this discussion we outlined some of its strong points and some of its weak points. One area which is often confusing  relates to medicine and healing. We generally look at our doctors as healers, yet in fact, as we will see they do not always have the ability nor power to heal, only the ability to

If you're 70 and overweight, you may live longer

By Frederik Joelving

 A few extra pounds might help you live longer if you're past your prime but otherwise healthy, a new study finds.