Worse Than Smoking? Part III

Hear how second-hand tobacco smoke causes heart attacks in non-smokers.

Worse Than Smoking? Part II

In addition to known risk for heart disease and cancer, second-hand, tobacco smoke increases risk for a surprising number of other diseases. Second-hand smoke exposure raises risk for breast cancer by 68% to 120% in young women. Hear what researchers are now discovering about second-hand and even third-hand smoke.

Worse Than Smoking? Part I

What's worse than smoking? Concentrations of many cancer-causing and toxic chemicals are higher in second-hand smoke than in the smoke inhaled by smokers. According to the 2006 surgeon General's report, there is NO safe level of exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke.

So, You Thought Smoking Only Caused Lung Cancer?

Hear about some of the other illnesses smoking increases your risk for including, heart disease, stroke, mental decline, lupus, erectile dysfunction, arthritis, breast cancer, osteoporosis, leukemia, blindness ...

Medications: Is the Treatment Worse Than the Disease?

Over the past several years, reported deaths from side effects of medications have risen nearly 300%! When will our healthcare system learn? Isn't it time we took control of our own health?

Obesity Virus??!!

Now what? Researchers have found a virus?! may be one cause of obesity. Hear about this unexpected finding.

Meats and Refined Carbs Promote Colon Cancer

Another study, this time with people who already had colon cancer, shows that diet can prevent cancer recurrence.

Meds for Heartburn Riskier Than We Thought

Three recent articles put the public on notice for risk of heart disease, and osteoporosis for medications like Protonix and Nexium, and for risk of dementia with medications such as Tagamet and Zantac and other medications for heartburn or "gastroesophageal reflux".

New Dangers of Diabetes Meds

A new report highlights the dangers of a popular diabetes medication, Avandia. Click the audio button to hear the report.

Is Obesity Contagious?

Is Obesity Contagious? Maybe, according to a new report published in the July 26 issue of New England Journal of Medicine. Click below to hear our "Healing and You" radio report.

Click here for a link to a video about the study.