By Gordon Schnell
As we usher in the New Year with hopeful anticipation of all the positive public health developments that await us in 2014, here is a look-back at 2013 and our Top-10 listing of public health issues in the spotlight.
10. Herbal Supplements. The herbal supplement trade has grown into a multi-billion dollar business because these alternative remedies offer the promise of treating the old...
By Gordon Schnell
The herbal supplement trade has grown into a multi-billion dollar business because these alternative remedies offer the promise of treating the old fashioned way some of our most nagging conditions. No prescriptions. No drugs. No chemicals. No synthetic compounds. Just a simple dose of some unadulterated organic goodness. What better way of tending to that nasty cold or flu, or dealing...
By Gordon Schnell
We read about them all the time. The latest major breakthrough in taming one disease or another. If not an ultimate cure-all, then at least a novel treatment to ease the condition or its associated symptoms. In some cases, these reported advances really do result in groundbreaking remedies that improve the lives of many. But in just as many cases it seems, after the initial hype has...
By Gordon Schnell
Just when it seemed like America's global standing could not get any worse, here is a new finding that sinks us even lower. We are a country of overweight, highly stressed and generally unhealthy people. That is the ultimate pronouncement from the Human Capital Report just released by the World Economic Forum. It ranks the 122 major countries of the world according to how healthy,...
By Gordon Schnell
As if we did not have enough to worry about with healthcare these days. Here is a new concern to add to the list -- getting seriously or fatally injured in the hospital from a medical mistake or accident. Hard to believe with all our advances in science and medicine, but hospital errors now constitute the third leading cause of death in this country (behind heart disease and cancer). And it...
By Gordon Schnell
Decreased energy. Depressed mood. Diminished muscle mass. Dampened sex drive. These are the daily woes facing millions of middle-aged American men. It is all caused by a deficiency of the mighty male hormone testosterone, a condition better known these days as Low-T. The problem is that the principal promoter of this diagnosis is not from within the medical establishment. It is the...
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