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  • Semaglutide: A Weight Loss Breakthrough?

    by Glenn Rothfeld
    Anyone who reads medical news or follows Kim Kardashian on Twitter knows about the “miracle” weight loss shot that’s changing how people think of w...

  • Natural Remedies for Restless Leg Syndrome

    by Glenn Rothfeld
    Years ago, I noticed a curious thing:  my wife kicked me during the night.  Before you suggest that I deserved a good kick from her (I probably did...

  • Anxiety, Stress and the Gut

    by Glenn Rothfeld
    How many of us have undergone an extreme stress, and described it as feeling like "a pit who among us has not in the stomach?" Who among us has not...

  • Vision and Botanical Medicine

    by Glenn Rothfeld
    35 million Americans are at risk of never seeing the sunset again, never seeing their grandchild step up to the plate in the Little League game, an...

  • Lead Poisoning

    by Glenn Rothfeld
    As crazy as our lives have been over the last two years, it is sad that some big news stories have been "missed" or quickly passed over by our majo...

  • Live Longer With Coffee

    by Glenn Rothfeld
    Among the questions I got asked frequently in my practice was this: Is coffee bad for you? Like a lot of things in medicine, the answer isn’t simpl...

  • Gingivitis and Alzheimer’s Disease

    by Glenn Rothfeld
    A couple of years ago, I ran across an article in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease with the provocative title, "Can Better Management of Periodon...

  • Traumeel – An Indispensable Anti-Inflammatory

    by Glenn Rothfeld
    There are some things that I feel that everyone should have at stock at home at all times and on this list of things that I think should be handy i...

  • Natural Medicines Versus Statins

    by Glenn Rothfeld
    You may have read or heard very recently about a study out of the Cleveland Clinic that compared a low dose of a common statin drug rosuvastatin (b...

  • Curcumin in Psychiatry

    by Glenn Rothfeld
    Decades ago, I had the opportunity to study Ayurvedic medicine with Dr. Vasant Lad, one of the foremost Ayurvedic practitioners and teachers of his...

  • Vaccine Recommendations

    by Glenn Rothfeld
    Retirement or not, I’m still fielding a lot of questions about whether to get the COVID booster, so I thought I’d give you my ideas. The first thin...

  • 7 Food Migraine Triggers Worth Avoiding

    by Glenn Rothfeld
    For those of us who’ve had migraines, the pain is unforgettable. The throbbing pain… blurry vision… and light and sound sensitivity can keep you ...