Lehigh Valley Health Network has debuted video doctor appointments this month using a cell phone for pediatric patients. Rather than putting a sick child into the car and…
Lectins, not to be confused with leptin, the hunger/fullness hormone, are carbohydrate binding proteins that have been implicated in destroying the gut wall, and also in the treatment…
What is progesterone? Progesterone is a hormone produced in the ovaries that regulates a woman’s monthly cycle. It helps get the uterus ready for pregnancy by thickening the…
Vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin, because much of our Vitamin D comes from the sun. However, in the non-summer months, we do not absorb as much Vitamin…
WHAT IS pH? Within our body, our blood has a pH, anywhere from alkaline, neutral to acidic. pH means the potential of hydrogen. It is a measure of…
Melatonin is becoming more and more popular as the number of Americans with sleeping disorders is on the rise. Melatonin is a hormone secreted by the brain to…
AGING Aging gets a bad rap, as it’s associated with greying hair, wrinkles, weight gain, energy and memory loss, but you do not have to follow this path.…
The BRCA genes are human genes that produce tumor suppressor proteins, which help repair damaged DNA. Those who have mutations to these genes cannot adequately suppress tumors, and…
If you follow health news, the MTHFR gene has been highlighted often more recently. The MTHFR gene provides instructions for making an enzyme called methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (1). It sounds like an…
There are several supplements that most of us should consider taking as most of the population would benefit greatly from them, or is considered deficient in them. #1…