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Date | Title | Description |
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| 5/14/2013 | A Dog′s Life | Psychologist Stanley Coren, PhD, author of How Dogs Think and How to Speak Dog, discuss how to communicate intelligently and compassionately with your dog. Resources: Stanley Coren′s website; Resources on pet and animal health |
| 5/7/2013 | Resuscitation Medicine and After Death Experiences | Sam Parnia, MD, PhD discusses the scientific study of death and after death experiences. He is director of resuscitation research at Stony Brook University. Resources: Erasing Death: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death by Parnia; Resources on aging |
| 4/30/2013 | When It′s All Too Much | Health educator Layna Berman discusses health and heart strategies for surviving dark times. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Resources on mind, mood, and stress; resources on chronic illness; resources on diabetes; resources on environmental health; resources on heart health; resources on immunity; resources on wireless technology |
| 4/23/2013 | Hypertension Revisited | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the newest information on the causes of hypertension and its non-pharmaceutical treatment. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Resources on cardiovascular and heart health |
| 4/16/2013 | Pharmaceutical Cautions | Health educator Layna Berman discusses commonly used pharmaceuticals, their effects and dangers including nutrient depletion and suppression of important physiologic pathways. Included will be non-pharmaceutical approaches to depression, insomnia, acne, reflux, and hypertension. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Resources on orthomolecular health medicine; resources on mind, mood, and stress; resources on hormones, women’s health, and men’s health; resources on cardiovascular and heart health; resources on homeopathy; and resources on alternative healing |
| 4/9/2013 | Present Shock | Author, teacher, and documentarian Douglas Rushkoff, PhD discusses his new book Present Shock about how the digital revolution is changing us and how to stay healthy and human in its grasp. Resources: Douglas Rushkoff’s website; Resources on health politics and resources on wireless technology |
| 4/2/2013 | Food Fight | Wenonah Hauter is the executive director of Food and Water Watch and also runs an organic family farm in Northern Virginia. Her new book Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America is today’s topic. Resources: Food and Water Watch; Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America by Wenonah Hauter; Resources on resources on food and resources on politics |
| 3/26/2013 | Internalizing Self Care | Health educator Layna Berman discusses what it takes for people to care for themselves. An exploration of how stress, dietary choices, nutrient density, and exercise can be navigated so that healthy choices come from within. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Resources on mind, mood, and stress, resources on food, nutrition, and diet, and resources on exercise |
| 3/19/2013 | Fluoridate NEVER | Dr. Paul Connett, retired professor of environmental chemistry and toxicology and director of the Fluoride Action Network, advocates for citizen resistance to the fluoridation of their county water systems to avoid severe and well-documented health consequences. Resources: Fluoride Free Sonoma County; Fluoride Out; Fluoride Action Network; Resources on politics, and resources on environmental health, and resources on dentistry |
| 3/12/2013 | Free to Learn | Psychologist and author Peter Gray discusses his new book Free to Learn, about the educational movement of UnSchooling and Free Play. Resources: Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life by Peter Gray; Peter Gray’s Psychology Today blog Freedom to Learn; resources on mind, mood, and stress, resources on children’s health, and resources on health politics |
| 3/5/2013 | False Solutions to Climate Change | Writer and educator Jeff Conant, from The Global Justice Ecology Project, discusses three money driven, false solutions to climate change that threaten indigenous homelands, forests, and the health of the world's people, land, oceans, and air. Resources: Global Justice Ecology Project and Climate Connections; Resources on environmental health and resources on health politics |
| 2/26/2013 | SHUT DOWN San Onofre! | Mary Beth Brangan and James Heddle are Award-winning filmmakers. They co-direct EON, The Ecological Options Network, a non-profit media service for progressive organizations and campaigns. They join the program with two videos about the scandalous violations at the San Onofre nuclear power plant and citizen activism pushing for its shut down as well as all other nuclear power plants. Resources: Ecological Options Network eon3.net; Resources on radiation and resources on environmental health |
| 2/19/2013 | Baby From Beginning to End | Author Sally Fallon Morell from the Weston A. Price Foundation discusses her new book The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care, co-authored with physician Dr. Thomas S. Cowan. Resources: Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby and Child Care by Sally Fallon Morell and Thomas Cowen; Weston A. Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org; Resources on children’s health and resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 2/12/2013 | Observing Nature One Detail at a Time | Biology Professor and author David Haskell discusses his book The Forest Unseen, filled with essays about the complexity and interactions between all the life in one square meter of an old-growth forest. Resources: David Haskell’s blog Ramble; The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature by David George Haskell; resources on environmental health |
| 2/5/2013 | Is That a Tumor or Are You Glad to See Me? | Environmental consultant Cindy Sage, editor of both the Bioinitiative Report of 2007 and the new updated Bioinitiative Report of 2013 unpacks the results of over 1800 new studies showing harm to health from wireless technologies. Special attention is paid to the risks for children and developing fetus. Resources: Bioinitiative Report bioinitiative.org; Resources on wireless technologies and resources on environmental health |
| 1/29/2013 | Infectious Behavior | Developmental neurobiologist Paul Patterson discusses his book Infectious Behavior, an examination of the connection between the brain and the immune system and their effect on mental disorders and depression. Resources: Infectious Behavior website; Infectious Behavior: Brain-Immune Connections in Autism, Schizophrenia, and Depression by Paul H. Patterson; Resources on mind, mood, and stress, on immunity, on women’s health, and on children’s health |
| 1/22/2013 | Cell Phones and Breast Cancer | Surgeon and breast cancer specialist Dr. John West discusses recent cases of young women who developed breast cancers after carrying their cells phones in their bras. Resources: Dr. West’s blog on the Be Aware Foundation website beawarefoundation.org/ask-the-doctor; Resources on wireless technologies and resources on cancer |
| 1/15/2013 | Stupid Heart Treatments | Health integrationists Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD critique conventions meant to protect the heart and vascular system from disease and failure, including a review of research that offers a different perspective, then go on to offer nutrient and hormonal recommendations. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; The Great Cholesterol Con by Malcolm Kendrick; Resources on cardiovascular and heart health. |
| 1/8/2013 | Health News to Watch For | Michael Green, executive director of the Center for Environmental Health, discusses campaigns against toxins such as flame retardants, lead, and hormone disrupting chemicals in products and the progress to date. Resources: Center for Environmental Health www.ceh.org; Resources on environmental health and resources on health politics |
| 1/1/2013 | Burn Fat at Rest | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss why the body prefers to use fat as a fuel, and how exercising teaches a body to burn fat even when resting. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health, resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity, resources on food, diet, and nutrition, resources on environmental health, and resources on hormones, women’s health, and men’s health. |
| 12/25/2012 | Hormonal Consequences of Starch and Stress | Health educator Layna Berman updates her classic discussion about the hormonal effects of stress and of self-medication using comfort foods, and offers healthy alternatives. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Resources on hormones and resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 12/11/2012 | Medicinal Honey | Medical writer Nathaniel Altman reveals the specific medicinal properties of certain strains of honey. Used for centuries for wound healing and as an antibacterial agent. Discussion includes newer research on the mechanisms behind its effects and suggestions for which strains to use and how to use them. Resources: Nathaniel Altman’s honey page www.nathanielaltman.com/Honey.html ; The Honey Prescription: The Amazing Power of Honey as Medicine by Nathaniel Altman; resources on immunity and resources on alternative healing |
| 12/4/2012 | Healthy Vision Healthy Body | Meir Schneider, PhD, LMT cured himself from blindness suffered at birth. He discusses his unique whole-body approach to vision in his newest book Vision For Life. Resources: The School for Self-Healing www.self-healing.org; Vision for Life by Meir Schneider; resources on alternative healing |
| 11/27/2012 | Green Economy From the Grassroots | Tony Coleman, founder and director of One Fam/Bikes 4 Life, has been a non-profit organizer and activist for seventeen years. His grassroots organization has created successful green jobs to encourage the financial independence of young people and to create viable alternatives to incarceration. Resources: One Fam website www.onefam.org and Bike 4 Life website www.bikes4life.com; Resources on environmental health and resources on health politics |
| 11/20/2012 | Health and the Rise of Civilization | Mark Nathan Cohen, PhD professor of anthropology and author of Health and the Rise of Civilization discusses how humans developed as hunter-gatherers and what was lost when they turned to agriculture. Resources: Health and the Rise of Civilization by Mark Nathan Cohen; Resources on food, nutrition, and diet, resources on environmental health, and resources on health politics |
| 11/13/2012 | Our Animal Nature | Cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD discusses her book Zoobiquity that looks to our animal inheritance for clues about how we learn, get sick, and behave. Resources: Zoobiquity website www.zoobiquity.com; resources on animals and resources on environmental health |
| 11/6/2012 | Insomnia Epidemic | Health educator Layna Berman discusses the increased incidence of insomnia, offering both reasons and resolutions. Resources: Warning: Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous to Your Health by Christopher Ketcham; Resources on mind, mood, and stress and resources on electrosmog |
| 10/30/2012 | Importing the Western Medicalization of Mental Health | Ethan Watters, freelance journalist and author of Crazy Like Us, describes the way that the Western psychiatric model has interfered globally with how other cultures heal themselves. Resources: Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Watters; Resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 10/23/2012 | The Healing Science of Plant Aromas | Chemist and medical aromatherapy educator Kurt Schnaubelt, PhD, from the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy, discusses the chemistry and science of healing with organic essential oils. Resources: Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy pacificinstituteofaromatherapy.com; Resources on alternative healing |
| 10/16/2012 | GMO, It's What's For Dinner! | Author, GMO expert and founder of The Institute for Responsible Technology, Jeffrey Smith discusses his new film Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives. Resources: The Institute for Responsible Technology www.responsibletechnology.org; Resources on diet, nutrition, and food and resources on environmental health |
| 10/9/2012 | Reforest the Planet, Now! | Author and journalist Jim Robbins, author of The Man Who Planted Trees, and David Milarch, the subject of the book, discuss the Champion Tree Project, which works to propagate and preserve the genetic heritage of the world's last old-growth forest giants. Resources: Champion Tree Project website ancienttreearchive.org; Jim Robbins's website www.jim-robbins.net; Resources on environmental health |
| 10/2/2012 | Why You're Not Your Brain | Professor of philosophy, Dr. Alva Noë discusses how consciousness arises from our relationship with the world and not from our brains. Resources: Alva Noë’s website socrates.berkeley.edu/~noe; Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness by Alva Noë; on mind, mood, and stress |
| 9/25/2012 | Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal | Psychiatrist, educator and author Dr. Peter Breggin has been an expert witness in court cases against the pharmaceutical companies for decades and has written many books exposing the dangers of Psychiatric medications. In his new book he explains why and how patients should be withdrawn from their use. Resources: Peter Breggin’s website www.breggin.com; Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy, Education and Living Resourceswww.empathictherapy.org; on mind, mood, and stress |
| 9/18/2012 | Engagement as Healthcare | Layna Berman recommends a state of engagement, personally and globally, as an essential first step towards healing. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Resources on environmental health and resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 9/11/2012 | Epilepsy: Stop Seizures with Diet | Filmmaker Jim Abrahams founded the Charlie Foundation after discovering a diet to control his son's epilepsy without harmful drugs or surgery. Resources: The Charlie Foundation website www.charliefoundation.org; Resources on children’s health, resources on food, diet, and nutrition, and resources on orthomolecular health medicine |
| 9/4/2012 | The Case Against Fluoride | Paul Connett, PhD, professor, toxicology expert, and director of the Fluoride Action Network, discusses his newest book The Case Against Fluoride: How hazardous waste ended up in our drinking water and the bad science and powerful politics that keep it there. Resources: Fluoride Action Network; Resources on politics, and resources on environmental health, and resources on dentistry |
| 8/28/2012 | Smart Meter Lawsuit | Sandi Maurer,founder and director of the EMF Safety Network, reveals plans to sue the CPUC on behalf of ratepayers for its failure to protect citizens from health and privacy issues caused by wireless, electromagnetic smart meters. Resources: EMF Safety Network website; Resources on environmental health and resources on radiation and wireless technology |
| 8/21/2012 | Call of the Wild | Dr. Bernie Krause has devoted himself to music and recording the sounds of nature. His book is The Great Animal Orchestra. Resources: Wild Sanctuary website; The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places by Bernie Krause; Resources on environmental health |
| 8/7/2012 | Good Exposures | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD ask, “How do we create environments that sustain health?” We eliminate stress, nurture each other, especially children, feed them well, build community, and live in harmony with the natural world. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Resources on environmental heatlh and resources on health politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health |
| 7/31/2012 | Iron Overload | Orthomolecular physician Richard Kunin, MD joins the program to discuss an often missed, critical diagnosis of iron overload. This condition is on the rise and can be the basis for many disorders connected to inflammation including diabetes, heart and kidney disease, cancer, psychiatric complications, and autism. Included will be a discussion of effective and non-invasive treatments. Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com; Orthomolecular Medicine News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns; Resources on orthomolecular medicine and resources on food, diet, and nutrition, resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity, resources on cancer, resources on autism and children’s health, and resources on mind, mood, and stress, and resources on cardiovascular and heart health |
| 7/10/2012 | The Art of Fermentation | Fermentation experimentalist and author Sandor Ellix Katz discusses his newest and most comprehensive book on fermentation. Resources: Sandor Ellix Katz's website Wild Fermentation; Resources on food, nutrition, and diet |
| 7/3/2012 | Abomination Care | Physician Henry L. Abrons, president of the Caifornia chapter of the Physicians for a National Health Program joins the program with Jeffry Fawcett PhD to discuss the future of health care in the U.S. after the Supreme Court decision. Resources: Physicians for a National Health Program website www.pnhp.org, PNHP state chapters www.pnhp.org/stateactions, and PNHP California chapter www.pnhp.org/states/california; resources on health politics |
| 6/26/2012 | Nutrients for Active Aging | Health educator Layna Berman reviews which nutrients support and protect our aging skin, eyes, brain, bones, gut, muscles, heart, and circulation. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Resources on aging, resources on food, diet, and nutrition, and resources on healthy teeth, eyes, skin, and other body parts |
| 6/12/2012 | Free Play and Unschooling | Psychologist Peter Gray, PhD has conducted and published research in comparative, evolutionary, developmental, and educational psychology. He discusses the importance of free play in the emotional life of children and the trend towards unschooling where children get to control their own learning. Resources: Peter Gray’s Psychology Today blog Freedom to Learn; resources on mind, mood, and stress, resources on children’s health, and resources on health politics |
| 6/5/2012 | Nutritional Advice From the Stone Age | Paleolithic author and lecturer Ray Audette discusses how he reversed his own serious diagnoses by following the principals of ancient diets. Resources: Ray Audette’s Neanderthin website www.neanderthin.com/; resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 5/22/2012 | Evidence of Harm | Filmmakers Mary Beth Brangan and James Heddle from Ecological Options Network discuss what they've learned documenting the SmartMeter opt-out proceedings, the wireless summit in Washington DC, and a strategy summit designed to push environmental organizations to commit to resistance against nuclear energy. Resources: Ecological Options Network www.eon3.net; resources on environmental health, resources on radiation, and resources on health politics and advocacy |
| 4/24/2012 | Health Considerations for the Digital Revolution | Medical and science journalist B. Blake Levitt has devoted more than twenty years to the topic of environmental effects from nonionizing wireless radiation. She will discusses the current state of the proliferation of wireless technologies and the science regarding its health consequences. Resources: Blake Levitt's website blakelevitt.com; Resources on radiation and resources on environmental heatlh |
| 4/17/2012 | Insisting on Safe Personal Products | Stacy Malkan, cofounder of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, and author of Not Just a Pretty Face, and Allison Cook, from the Story of Stuff Project discuss political and grassroots efforts to get toxins out of personal products. Resources: Campaign for Safe Cosmetics; Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry by Stacy Malkan; The Story of Cosmetics; Resources on environmental health, on women’s health and men’s health, and on children’s health |
| 4/10/2012 | What Our Words Say About Us | Social psychologist James Pennebaker, PhD, author of The Secret Life of Pronouns, reveals how the words people use serve as powerful reflections of their personality and social worlds. Resources: The Secret Life of Pronous website; The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say about Us by James Pennebaker; Resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 4/3/2012 | Hormone Intersect | Health educator Layna Berman discusses the inter-relationship between sex hormones, thyroid, and stress hormones. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett,PhD and Layna Berman; Resources on hormones |
| 3/27/2012 | Laughter | Robert R. Provine, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Assistant Director of the Neuroscience Program at the University of Maryland discusses his scientific investigation of laughter. Resources: Laughter: A Scientific Investigation by Robert R. Provine; Resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 3/20/2012 | When Are You Dead? | Science writer Dick Teresi, author of The Undead, explores practical, ethical, and emotional issues surrounding death, including the designation of brain dead, organ transplants, and persistent vegetative states and comas. Resources: The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death by Dick Teresi; Resources on mind, mood, and stress and on aging |
| 3/13/2012 | Fukushima: More Lies and Cover-ups | Professor Akira Murakami from Japan’s Akita University will talk about the ongoing health effects and the government lies and media cover-up from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. We are joined by Marybeth Brangan of Ecological Options Network. Resources: Ecological Options Network eon3EMFblog.net; Resources on radiation, resources on environmental heatlh, and resources on health politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health |
| 2/21/2012 | Living Lightly Together | Sociologist Jennifer Fosket, PhD discusses from her book Living Green and the various communities that she and her co-author studied as examples of people living together using non-toxic, sustainable practices, and building techniques. Resources: Social Green website socialgreen.org; ; Resources on environmental heatlh and resources on health politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health |
| 2/14/2012 | Total Sex | Nina Hartley, sexual entertainer, activist, educator, and registered nurse, discusses her book Nina Hartley’s Guide to Total Sex. Who knows better? Resources: Nina Hartley’s Guide to Total Sex by Nina Hartley; Resources on mind, mood, and stress and on women’s health and men’s health |
| 2/7/2012 | Angry Moms and School Lunch | Amy Kalafa, Mom, author of Lunch Wars, activist, and filmmaker of Two Angry Moms discusses her collaboration with Dr. Susan Rubin that started a grass roots movement that is making school lunch programs healthy across the country. Resources: Angry Moms website; Resources on children’s health, resources on food, diet, and nutrition, and resources on health politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health. |
| 1/24/2012 | Being Your Own Program | Health integrationist Layna Berman discusses creating your own individualized program, one that meets your special needs and that promotes a stronger relationship with your health. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman. |
| 1/17/2012 | Advice From the End | Gerontologist Karl Pillemer, PhD, discusses his new book 30 Lessons for Living, which is built around interviews with elderly people about big life questions. Resources: The Legacy Project website; 30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans by Karl Pillemer; Resources on mind, mood, and stress and on aging |
| 1/10/2012 | Smart Meter Resistance Update | Activists Josh Hart from Stop Smart Meters! and Sandi Maurer from EMF Safety Network discuss the latest proposals in response to citizen resistance to the Smart Meter rollout. Resources: Stop Smart Meters! website stopsmartmeters.org; Stop EMF Safety Network website emfsafetynetwork.org; Resources at How to stop SmartMeters; Resources on radiation, resources on health politics and advocacy, and resources on environmental health |
| 12/27/2011 | Dependencies: Solutions | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the attachments that create health risks from food to drugs, how to start the change process, and how to support the body in making changes. Resources: Resources on addiction and detoxification, mind, mood, and stress, The Natural Medicine Guide to Addiction by Stephanie Marohn, End Your Addiction Now by Charles Gant,, and Changing for Good by James Prochaska |
| 12/6/2011 | Holiday Hormone Health | Health educator Layna Berman discusses maintenance of healthy hormone balance under the stress of holidays and winter. Resources: Resources on hormones and on mind, mood, and stress |
| 11/29/2011 | How Safe is That New Meter? | Cindy Sage, nationally renowned environmental land use consultant and author of assessments of wireless and cell tower installations, reviews her critique of the newest EPRI Technical Report designed to reassure the public about the safety of Smart Meters. Resources: Cindy Sage analysis Assessment of Radiofrequency Microwave Radiation Emissions from Smart Meters; EMF Safety Network Resources on wireless technologies |
| 11/22/2011 | The Stories We Tell Ourselves | Social Psychologist Timothy Wilson, author of Redirect, discusses how changing people’s narratives changes their behavior. Quickly. Resources: Timothy D. Wilson’s website people.virginia.edu/~tdw/; Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change by Timothy D. Wilson; Resources on mind, mood, and stress and resources on health politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health |
| 11/15/2011 | The Global Garden | Botanist and self-described renegade scientist Diana Beresford-Kroeger, author of The Global Forest, discusses how forests affect health: individual, collective, ecological, global. Resources: Archangel Ancient Tree Archive website; The Global Forest by Diana Beresford-Kroeger; Resources on environmental health |
| 10/25/2011 | Therapeutic Fever and Immune Building Cancer Therapies | Physician, oncology specialist Robert Gorter, MD, PhD, and holistic health professor Erik Peper, PhD, discuss their new book Fighting Cancer, which covers Dr. Gorter’s groundbreaking and effective non-toxic cancer therapies. Resources: Fighting Cancer: A Nontoxic Approach to Treatment by Robert Gorter and Erik Peper; Dr. Gorter’s Medical Center Cologne www.medical-center-cologne.com; Dr. Peper’s website biofeedbackhealth.org; Resources on cancer and resources on Alternative Healing |
| 10/18/2011 | An Epidemic of Chronically Ill Kids | Beth Lambert, healthcare consultant, author and executive director of PEACE (Parents Ending America’s Childhood Epidemic) discusses her book A Compromised Generation. Resources: Parents Ending America’s Childhood Epidemic www.epidemicanswers.org; A Compromised Generation: The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in America's Children by Beth Lambert; Resources on environmental heatlh and resources on children’s health |
| 10/11/2011 | Digestion is the Key to Health | Nutritionist, author, and health educator Elizabeth Lipski, PhD, CCN discusses the science of gut health in the fourth edition of her book Digestive Wellness: Strengthen the Immune System and Prevent Disease Through Healthy Digestion. Resources: Elizabeth Lipski’s website www.innovativehealing.com and the book Digestive Wellness by Elizabeth Lipski, PhD; Resources on digestion and gut health, resources on immunity, and resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 10/4/2011 | Green Chemistry | Terry Collins, PhD, leader of the Institute for Green Science at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses green chemistry: the design of chemical processes that are non-toxic and sustainable. Resources: Institute for Green Science www.chem.cmu.edu/groups/collins/; Resources on environmental health |
| 9/13/2011 | Evolving a City | David Sloan Wilson, PhD an evolutionary biologist at Binghamton University, discusses his work and book The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City One Block at a Time. Resources: David Sloan Wilson’s website evolution.binghamton.edu/dswilson; the Binghamton Neighborhood Project website bnp.binghamton.edu; The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City One Block at a Time by David Sloan Wilson; Resources on health politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health |
| 9/6/2011 | Living with Autism | Autism activist, animal scientist, and author Temple Grandin, PhD discusses how living with autism has helped her to develop extraordinary capacities. Includes advice for families with autistic children. Resources: Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin; Temple Grandin’s website www.grandin.com; resources on mind, mood, and stress and resources on children’s health |
| 8/23/2011 | Unintended Consequences are the Rule | Edward Tenner, PhD, author of When Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences, discusses unintended consequences, the history of technology, lessons learned, and how to think critically. Resources: Edward Tenner’s website www.edwardtenner.com; resources on health politics |
| 8/16/2011 | Fixing a Broken Heart | Too much stress, sadness, grief, and disappointment can break a human heart. Layna Berman discusses how recovery, quietude, good nutrient density, hormone balance, exercise, and purpose can help to mend it. Resources: Resources on mind, mood, and stress, resources on food, diet, and nutrition, resources on exercise, and resources on hormones, women’s health, and men’s health; The Healing Bouquet by Vinton McCabe |
| 8/9/2011 | Fermentation Workshop | Sandor Katz, author of Wild Fermentation, teaches workshops across the country on how to increase food’s value and nutrition by fermenting them. He discusses the history and culture of fermented foods and how to prepare them. Resources: Wild Fermentation by Sandor Katz available on the website wildfermentation.com/; resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 8/2/2011 | Doctors Are More Harmful Than Germs | Harvey Bigelsen, MD joins us for a discussion of how surgery, invasive medical treatments, and unnecessary diagnoses lead to future illness and early mortality. His book is Doctors Are More Harmful Than Germs. Resources: Harvey Bigelsen, MD website www.drbigelsen.com; Doctors Are More Harmful Than Germs: How Surgery Can Be Hazardous to Your Health - And What to Do about It by Harvey Bigelsen; Resources on health politics and resources on Alternative Healing |
| 7/26/2011 | Fukushima, What Now? | Energy advisor and nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen discusses the Fukushima disaster and what they’re doing to both educate and litigate for a nuclear free future. Resources: Fairewinds Associates website www.fairewinds.com; Resources on radiation |
| 7/17/2011 | Pesticides Coming Your Way | Nan Wishner from California Environmental Health Initiative and Paul Towers from Pesticide Action Network bring us up to date on sneaky new attempts to apply yet more pesticides to our water, air, and food. Resources: California Environmental Health Initiative website www.cal-ehi.org; Pesticide Action Network website www.panna.org; Resources on environmental health, resources on food, diet, and nutrition, and resources on health politics, |
| 7/12/2011 | From Posture to Movement | Physical therapist Eddie Rosen discusses the fundamentals of posture and movement integrating many different body work modalities, focusing on individual ease in function. Resources: Eddie Rosen’s website eddierosen.com; Resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health and resources on chronic illness |
| 6/28/2011 | Is This Even Legal? | Attorney Larry Bragman is Mayor of the town of Fairfax in Marin County, California, where he introduced and authored Fairfax's 2010 groundbreaking Smart Meter Moratorium. Josh Hart is the director of Stop Smart Meters, a journalist and activist who is leading a citizen revolt against wireless utility meters. They both join the show to discuss how citizens can protect their civil rights, privacy, and health from the proliferation of wireless technologies. Resources: Stop Smart Meters! website stopsmartmeters.org; Resources at How to stop SmartMeters; Resources on radiation and resources on environmental health |
| 6/21/2011 | Menopause | Health educator Layna Berman describes a different view of menopause: not as a diagnosis, but as hormone balance and an opportunity for healthy balance. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by John Lee; Resources on hormones and women's health |
| 6/7/2011 | Childhood Brain Injuries | A discussion with Richard Kunin, MD, about the causes of neurological brain injuries such as Autism, Tourette's, and ADHD, and their etiology, prevention and treatment. Resources: Richard Kunin, MD www.drinkyourminerals.com/richard-kunin-md.html; resources on children’s health, resources on mind and mood, and resources on orthomolecular medicine |
| 5/31/2011 | Green, Family, Home Funerals and Burial | Jerrigrace Lyons, Executive Director, Final Passages Institute of Conscious Dying, demystifies home funerals and green burials. Resources: Jerrigrace Lyons’s webstie www.finalpassages.org; POV film A Family Undertaking |
| 5/24/2011 | Digital Passivity | Author, teacher, and documentarian Douglas Rushkoff, author most recently of Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age discusses the dangers of tuning out in a digital world. Resources: Douglas Rushkoff’s website; Resources on politics and resources on wireless technology |
| 5/17/2011 | Cooking Made Easy | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss how to prepare fresh, nutrient-rich meals that save time and enrich your life. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Get Cooking: 150 Simple Recipes to Get You Started in the Kitchen by Mollie Katzen; Resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 5/10/2011 | Obesity as a Symptom | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss how weight gain is not a disease but a symptom of deeper metabolic disruption, focusing on the role of obesogens. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; the blog post Obestiy as a Symptom; Resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity, resources on food, diet, and nutrition, resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health, resources on environmental health, and resources on hormones, women’s health, and men’s health. |
| 5/3/2011 | Iodine: Breast Cancer and Thyroid | Biochemist David Zava PhD, founder and director of ZRT labs, will be discussing the importance of iodine supplementation including dosing guidelines and testing. In light of concerns about exposure to radioactive isotopes, they also discuss the role of iodine supplementation in protecting against thyroid cancer. Resources: ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com; resources on hormones and resources on cancer |
| 4/19/2011 | Grassroots Revolt Against Smart Meters | Joshua Hart, freelance journalist, activist, and director of Stop Smart Meters, discusses anti-smart meter resistance in California and across the country. Included will be information about the California Public Utilities Commission’s recent request for an opt out solution that falls short of giving rate payers an actual choice about protecting their health and privacy. Resources: Stop Smart Meters! website stopsmartmeters.org; Resources at How to stop SmartMeters; Resources on radiation and resources on environmental health |
| 4/12/2011 | Nuclear Consequences: The Long View | Janette Sherman, M.D., translator and editor of the book "Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment," published by the New York Academy of Sciences and Ernest Sternglass, PhD, physicist and anti-nuclear activist since the 1950s, review the history and consequences of nuclear testing and nuclear power plants, in light of the Japanese disaster. Resources: Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment; Janette Sherman’s website janettesherman.com; UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Monitoring System; Radiation and Public Health Project www.radiation.org; Resources on radiation |
| 3/29/2011 | Health Effects of Nuclear Radiation from All Sources | Ernest Sternglass, PhD, physicist and anti-nuclear activist since the 1950s, discusses what we know about the dangerous effects of nuclear radiation from all sources. Resources: Radiation and Public Health Project www.radiation.org; Resources on radiation |
| 3/22/2011 | Smart Meter Report Scientific Shortfall | Environmental Planning Consultant Cindy Sage, MA, co-editor of the BioInitiative Report, critiques the recent SmartMeter report by the California Council on Science and Technology and discusses her computer modeling analysis of SmartMeter use, showing they will usually exceed FCC safety limits. Resources: Cindy Sage analysis Assessment of Radiofrequency Microwave Radiation Emissions from Smart Meters; EMF Safety Network Resources on wireless technologies |
| 3/8/2011 | Women’s Rights and a Healthy Planet | Robert Engelman, author of More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want, discusses how support for women’s reproductive rights is the best strategy for achieving a sustainable population. Resources: More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want by Robert Engelman and the book’s website morethebook.org; World Watch Institute www.worldwatch.org; Health and the Rise of Civilization by Mark Nathan Cohen; resources on women’s health and resources on health politics |
| 3/1/2011 | Suffer Psychiatric Symptoms, Get Kicked Around | Pediatrician Mark Vonnegut M.D. discusses his newest book Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir, in which he describes (from personal experience) what’s missing in our treatment of people who have psychiatric symptoms and how other countries do it better. He also discusses the role of art and community in healing. Resources: Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir by Mark Vonnegut, MD; Resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 2/22/2011 | Fatigue and Depression | Orthomolecular physician Dr. Richard Kunin discusses the nutrient disturbances that contribute to chronic fatigue and depression. Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com; Orthomolecular Medicine News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns; Resources on orthomolecular medicine and resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 2/8/2011 | Hyperthyroid | Elaine Moore, author of Graves’ Disease: A Practical Guide, joins Layna Berman for a discussion about hyperthyroidism and Graves’ disease. The focus will be on alternative, non-invasive treatments. Resources: Graves’ Disease: A Practical Guide by Elaine Moore; Resources on hormones |
| 1/11/2011 | How Cooking Made Us Human | Richard Wrangham, the Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University and Curator of Primate Behavioral Biology at the Peabody Museum, discusses his newest book Catching Fire. Resources: Catching Fire by Richard Wrangham; Primate Behavioral Ecology Research Group Richard W. Wrangham’s Lab Resources on food, nutrition, and diet |
| 12/28/2010 | Empathy Biology | Primatologist Frans de Waal, PhD, author of The Age of Empathy and Primates and Philosophers, discusses what we have to learn about empathy and cooperation from other animals and how humans can develop their own innate capacities to work together. Resources: Living Links Frans de Waal’s lab at Emory University; The Age of Empathy and Primates and Philosopers by Frans de Waal; Resources on mind and mood, on health politics, and on animal health |
| 12/21/2010 | Sight and the Mind | Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks, MD discusses his newest book The Mind’s Eye. Through case histories including his own loss of sight in one eye, he explores how we see, when we can’t understand what we’re seeing, and how our minds adapt to help us. Resources: Oliver Sacks’s website; The Mind’s Eye by Oliver Sacks, MD; Resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 12/14/2010 | The Body as an Ecology | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD, authors of Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health, discuss a core principle in their practice: the body works as an integrated whole. Selected health issues are used as examples including practical application of the principle to support and restore health. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Resources from Your Own Health And Fitness listed by topic |
| 11/16/2010 | Plant Based Diets | Nutritionist and author Kaayla Daniel, PhD, author of The Whole Soy Story takes a critical look at the premise that a mostly plant based diet is healthier. Resources: The Whole Soy Story; Resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 10/26/2010 | Epidemiology and Electrosmog | Epidemiologist Sam Milham, MD, MPH, author of Dirty Electricity: Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization, discusses the history of diseases connected to the delivery of electrical services and wireless technologies. Resources: Sam Milham’s website Dirty Electricity; Dirty Electricity: Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization bySam Millham; Resources on radiation and resources on chronic illness |
| 10/12/2010 | Depression: Under-Examined Imbalances | Health educator Layna Berman explores overlooked imbalances that trigger depression and discusses strategies for treatment without drugs. Resources: Resources on mind, mood, and stress, resources on hormones, resources on allergies, and resources on the hunter-gatherer diet; The Anti-Depressant Fact Book by Peter Breggin; Calm Energy by Robert Thayer; The End of Stress as We Know It by Bruce McEwen; Comfortably Numb by Charles Barber |
| 10/5/2010 | Industry Censored Cell Phone Science | Devra Davis, PhD, MPH, author of Disconnect discusses how industry censors the science that shows harm from cell phones and their radiation. Also on the show: Ellie Marks, an activist whose husband was diagnosed with a malignant glioma, and electronic engineer Lloyd Morgan who is also a brain tumor survivor. Resources: Environmental Health Trust; Resources on radiation, resources on health politics, resources on cancer, and resources on environmental health |
| 9/28/2010 | How Play Makes Us Human | Peter Gray, PhD, a research professor of psychology at Boston College, is a specialist in developmental and evolutionary psychology. His work focuses on play as a Foundation for Hunter-Gatherer Social Existence. He demonstrates how people working together in a non hierarchical setting turn work into play. Resources: Peter Gray’s Psychology Today blog Freedom to Learn; resources on mind, mood, and stress, resources on children’s health, and resources on health politics |
| 9/21/2010 | Beating Stress | Renowned sports psychology expert W. Timothy Gallwey and his co-author John Horton M.D. offer unique guidelines for mental health, applying the trusted principles of Gallwey's popular Inner Game series, in The Inner Game of Stress. Resources: The Inner Game of Stress website; Resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 9/14/2010 | Equilibrium and Proprioception | Author Scott McCredie, author of Balance: In Search of the Lost Sense, discusses how we maintain balance and proprioception, the three-dimensional sense of our body’s position Resources: Balance: In Search of the Lost Sense by Scott McCredie; resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health and resources on aging |
| 9/7/2010 | Bone Health | Health educator Layna Berman discusses non-pharmaceutical solutions to preserving and building bone mass for both genders including vitamins D and K. Resources: Healthy Bones from Progressive Health Observer #4, Young Bones and Milk from Progressive Health Observer #7, and essays in Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health |
| 8/31/2010 | How We Are Aging | Psychologist Dr. Myrtle Heery discusses the unique way that baby boomers are approaching aging. She is co-editor of the book Awakening to Aging: Glimpsing the Gifts of Aging Resources: Myrtle Heery’s website The International Institute for Humanistic Studies; Awakening to Aging by Myrtle Heery and Greg Richardson; Resources on aging and resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 8/17/2010 | Getting the Most for Your Medical Dollar | Orthomolecular physician Richard Kunin, MD discusses the tests and other evaluations that are worth your time and money in making informed health and medical decisions. Resources: Resources on orthomolecular health medicine |
| 8/10/2010 | Anxiety | An exploration of the origins and triggers, both environmentally and psychosocially, for anxiety and hyperarousal. Health educator Layna Berman discusses how to support and balance the endocrine system, introduce nutritional protection, and practice prudent avoidance of irritants. Resources: Resources on mind, mood, and stress, resources on food, diet, and nutrition, resources on wireless, EMF, and RFR, resources on environmental health, and resources on hormones, women’s health, and men’s health |
| 8/3/2010 | A Memorial to Dr. John Lee, MD | A memorial to Dr. John Lee, MD who wrote books and educated physicians and individuals about the importance of natural progesterone and other bio-identical hormones, with excerpts from shows with Dr. Lee and comments by his wife Pat Lee. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by John Lee; Resources on hormones and women's health |
| 7/27/2010 | Silence | Journalist George Prochnik, author of In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise, discusses noise and silence, how they affect us, why we seek them, and the virtues of silence. Resources: George Prochnik’s website for In Pursuit of Silence; Resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 7/13/2010 | Music and the Brain | Aniruddh D. Patel, Ph.D., Senior Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology at The Neurosciences Research Foundation with his colleague Dr. John Iversen will discuss their research described in the book Music, Language and the Brain. Resources: Music, Language, and the Brain by Aniruddh D. Patel; Resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 7/6/2010 | 2010 USDA Dietary Guidelines and Food Safety Legislation | Judith McGeary, attorney, farmer, and founder and executive director of the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance and Sally Fallon Morell, founder and director of the Weston A. Price Foundation, critique the 2010 USDA 2010 USDA Dietary Guidelines and Food Safety Legislation. Resources: Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance and Weston A. Price Foundation; Resources on food, diet, and nutrition and resources on health politics |
| 6/29/2010 | Fetal Programming | Dan Agin, PhD, Emeritus Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago and author of More than Genes discusses how our increasingly toxic world affects children and their potential even before they’re born. Resources: More Than Genes by Dan Agin; Dan Agin’s blog on the Huffington Post; Resources on environmental health and on children’s health |
| 6/22/2010 | Thyroid | Health Educator Layna Berman examines the underdiagnosis of thyroid conditions. Thyroid imbalance is central to the proper function of all the other hormones and affects metabolism, cognition, body composition, and mood. This program will look at how to treat, support, and protect the thyroid. Resources: Graves' Disease: A Practical Guide by Eleaine Moore; Resources on hormones and resources on chronic illness |
| 6/1/2010 | Testosterone | Health educator Layna Berman discusses the health-preserving use of testosterone therapy in both genders and reviews the research on its role in prostate cancer protection. Resources: Resources on hormones, women’s health, and men’s health, Hormone Balance for Men by John Lee, The Testosterone Revolution by Malcolm Carruthers, Maximize Your Vitality and Potency by Jonathan Wright, The Testosterone Syndrome by Eugene Shippen, and Testosterone for Life by Abraham Morgentaler |
| 5/25/2010 | The Essence of Healing: Discovering Bach Flower Remedies | Vinton McCabe, author of The Healing Bouquet, discusses the principles and practices for health and healing using Bach flower essences. Resources: The Healing Bouquet by Vinton McCabe; resources on homeopathy and on alternative healing |
| 5/18/2010 | Eating Gone Wrong | Former FDA commissioner David Kessler, MD, author of The End of Overeating discusses how the food industry has designed overeating into its products and what we can do to protect ourselves. Resources: David Kessler, MD website for The End of Overeating; Resources on food, diet, and nutrition and resources on health politics, |
| 5/11/2010 | The Hostage Brain | Neuroscientist Bruce McEwen, PhD, author of The End of Stress as We Know It discusses why the brain is the central organ of stress and adaptation and what happens to it under stress (good, tolerable, and toxic) and how early life adversity has lifelong effects on brain and body. Resources: The End of Stress as We Know It by Bruce McEwen; Resources on mind, mood, and stress, resources on children’s health, and resources on chronic illness, |
| 5/4/2010 | Buying Green | Journalist Heather Rogers, author of Green Gone Wrong, discusses how market solutions to environmental threats have failed and what actions we can take to be green for good. Resources: Healther Rogers and Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy Is Undermining the Environmental Revolution; Resources on food, diet, and nutrition, resources on environmental health, and resources on health politics |
| 4/20/2010 | Noise Pollution and Health | Retired research physician and anti-noise activist Dr. Louis Hagler discusses his groundbreaking article about the health effects of noise pollution. Resources: Noise Pollution: A Modern Plague by Lisa Goines, RN and Louis Hagler, MD; Noise Off www.noiseoff.org; Noise Pollution Clearinghouse www.nonoise.org; Noise Free America www.noisefree.org; League for the Hard of Hearing www.lhh.org/noise; Resources on environmental health and resources on children’s health |
| 4/6/2010 | Smart and Unhealthy | Environmental consultant Cindy Sage, contributing editor of the Bioinitiative Report, discusses the health and other risks we will face when wireless Smart Meters are installed on our homes. Resources: Are Smart Meters Smart?; Resources on radiation and resources on environmental health |
| 3/23/2010 | The Neuroscience of Emotion | Neuorscientist Joseph LeDoux, author of The Emotional Brain, discusses the origins of our emotional life, how it affects how we see, decide, and act, and how all are affected by trauma. Resources: Center for Neural Science, LeDoux Lab; The Emotional Brain by Joseph LeDoux; Resources on mind and mood |
| 3/16/2010 | The Learning Brain | Biologist James Zull, PhD, author of The Art of Changing the Brain and director of the Case Western University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education, discusses what our brain does when we learn and what that tells us about how best to learn. Resources: The Art of Changing the Brain by James Zull; Resources on mind and mood |
| 3/9/2010 | Treatment Alternatives | Janet Zand, ND, OMD, LAc, co-author of Smart Medicine for Healthier Living discusses alternative treatment therapies for a wide variety of conditions both acute and chronic, including herbal, homeopathic and nutrient. Resources: Smart Medicine for Healthier Living by Janet Zand, Allan Spreen, and James LaValle, and Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child by Janet Zand, Rachel Walton, and Bob Rountree; Resources on alternative healing, resources on children’s health, resources on orthomolecular health medicine, resources on immunity, infections, and allergies, resources on chronic illness, and resources on homeopathy |
| 3/2/2010 | Love Your Heart | Health educator Layna Berman explains the mechanisms behind heart symptoms in women and offers nonpharmaceutical suggestions for both genders on how to protect their hearts. Resources: Resources on cardiovascular and heart health and resources on hormones, women’s health, and men’s health |
| 2/23/2010 | Making Changes | Psychologist James Prochaska, PhD, author of Changing for Good, discusses how people make changes in their life and how we can all take control of the process. Resources: Pro-Change Behavior Systems; Changing for Good by James Prochaskal; Resources on mind and mood and on detoxification and addiction |
| 2/9/2010 | Wireless Risks in the Mainstream | Journalists Christopher Ketcham and Michael Segell discuss the risks of wireless technologies and dirty electricity from their work published in GQ magazine (Ketcham) and Prevention magazine (Segell)—to date, the most prominent in mainstream media. Resources: Warning: Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous to Your Health by Christopher Ketcham; Electroshocker: A Prevention Special Report by Michael Segell; Resources on radiation and on environmental health |
| 2/2/2010 | Living Like an Immortal | Health educator Layna Berman contests the major myth of aging: that degeneration is inevitable. And she offers suggestions for healthy longevity from the inside out. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Resources on aging, resources on food, diet, and nutrition, resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health, resources on environmental health, resources on hormones, women’s health, and men’s health, and resources on mind, mood, and stress. |
| 1/26/2010 | International Threats to Supplement Freedom | Robert Verkerk, PhD of the Alliance for Natural Health, discusses international regulations that could restrict access to nutritional supplements and other natural health products. Resources: Alliance for Natural Health www.anhcampaign.org; Resources on nutrition, resources on orthomolecular medicine, resources on health politics, and resources on alternative healing. |
| 1/19/2010 | Healthy Lungs | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett PhD uncover what damages our lungs and what protects and repairs them. Resources: Resources on nutrition, resources on environmental health, resources on heart health, resources on allergies, and resources on exercise. |
| 1/5/2010 | Not-So-Smart Grid | Science journalist Blake Levitt and electrical engineer Michael Neuert discuss the potential risks of the Smart Grid, the wireless electric utility metering and monitoring network imposed on us without our consent. Resources: TURN (The Utility Reform Network) article and petition; EMF Safety Network petition; Blake Levitt's website blakelevitt.com; Neuert Electromagnetic Services www.emfcenter.com; Resources on radiation and resources on environmental health |
| 12/29/2009 | Gut Health | Health educator Layna Berman discusses causes of digestive imbalance and non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical care. Resources: Digestive Wellness; Resources on digestion and gut health |
| 12/15/2009 | Megavitamin Therapy | Richard Kunin, MD, president of the Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society, discusses the latest orthomolecular science and the use of nutrients in treating illness and promoting health. Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com; Orthomolecular Medicine News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns; Resources on orthomolecular medicine and resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 12/1/2009 | Malleable Mind | Philippe Goldin, PhD, Head of Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience Group, Stanford University discusses what research on the brain shows us about individual responses to specific therapies. Included is a discussion of how we change and the healing influences of meditation-, cognitive-, and emotion-focused therapies. Resources: Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience (CAAN) caan.stanford.edu; resources on mind, mood, and stress and resources on children’s health |
| 11/24/2009 | Food Safety | James Turner, consumer protection attorney and chairman of the board Citizen's For Health, discusses the hidden dangers in pending food safety legislation that would impose fees and regulations on organic farmers and possibly restrict access to supplements and herbs. Resources: Citizens for Health www.citizens.org; resources on food, diet, and nutrition, on nutrients for prevention and treatment, and on health politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health |
| 11/17/2009 | Boosting Immunity | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD, authors of Too Much Medicine Not Enough Health, explore the mechanisms involved in improving healthy immunity. Included are recommendations for lifestyle and nutrient strategies. Resources: Resources on immunity, infections, and allergies, resources on digestion and gut health, resources on food, diet, and nutrition, resources on mind, mood, and stress, and resources on exercise |
| 11/10/2009 | Health Care Elsewhere | Journalist TR Reid, author of The Healing of America, discusses his experience with health care systems outside the US and what this tells us about reform of America’s health care system. Resources: The Healing of America by TR Reid; Resources on health politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health |
| 10/27/2009 | Wireless Technology Health News | Environmental consultant Cindy Sage discusses the latest research on wireless technology's health risks: a critique of WHO’s Interphone study, a careful look at the Environmental Working Group’s report on cell phones, the answers that should have been given at the Senate hearings, and more. Resources: What to Tell Your Employer about Cell Phones and PDAs in the Workplace; Plain Talk About Cell Phone Safety; Bioinitiative Report www.bioinitiative.org; CLOUT (Coalition for Local Oversight of Utility Technologies) cloutnow.org; Resources on radiation |
| 10/13/2009 | Swine Flu | Barbara Loe Fisher, president of the National Vaccine Information Center, discusses the risks of swine flu vaccination and the other aspects of the conventional strategy for flu prevention. Resources: National Vaccine Information Center www.nvic.org; Resources on immunity |
| 9/29/2009 | The Vegetarian Myth | Environmental activist Lierre Keith, 20-year vegan and author of The Vegetarian Myth discusses the many ways in which people have been led astray by ideas about vegetarianism as Lierre discovered through her own experience and research. Resources: The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith; Resources on food, nutrition, and diet, resources on environmental health and resources on politics |
| 9/22/2009 | Imagery: Treating People, Not Disease | Martin L. Rossman, MD, physician and acupuncturist, discusses the use of guided imagery as a tool for self healing. Included is information from his book Guided Imagery for Self-Healing. Resources: The Healing Mind www.thehealingmind.org; Guided Imagery for Self-Healing by Martin Rossman; Resources on mind, mood, and stress and resources on alternative healing |
| 9/15/2009 | Cooking Your Life | An interview with Edward Espe Brown, Soto Zen teacher, cook, author of Tassajara Cooking, The Tassajara Bread Book, and several other books, and also featured in the film How to Cook Your Life. He discusses how the simple, nourishing details of our lives can be used to awaken the cultivation of compassion and joy. Resources: The Peaceful Sea Sangha www.peacefulseasangha.com; Resources on food, nutrition, and diet and resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 8/4/2009 | Heart Disease: What’s the Real Cause? | Malcolm Kendrick, MD, author of The Great Cholesterol Con, discusses what’s wrong with conventional medicine’s approach to heart disease, what really causes it, and how to avoid it. Resources: The Great Cholesterol Con by Malcolm Kendrick; Essays by Dr. Kendrick; The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics www.thincs.org; resources on cardiovascular and heart health, resources on stress, and resources on nutrition |
| 7/21/2009 | What the World Eats | Photographer Peter Menzel and journalist Faith D’Aluisio discuss their book Hungry Planet ...“a photographic study of families from around the world, revealing what people eat during the course of one week.” Resources: Hungry Planet by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio; Resources on food, nutrition, and diet and resources on politics |
| 7/14/2009 | Mercury Politics | Jane Hightower, MD, author of Diagnosis Mercury: Money, Politics, and Poison, discusses her discovery that her Marin County, California patients who ate lots of sushi and tuna had astronomical mercury levels. Resources: Diagnosis Mercury by Jane Hightower; resources on environmental health and resources on detoxification |
| 6/30/2009 | Megavitamin Therapeutics | Andrew Saul, PhD, author with Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD of Orthomolecular Medicine for Everyone, discusses orthomolecular health medicine, nutrient-based self-care, and the work of the late Abram Hoffer. Resources: Orthomolecular Medicine for Everyone by Abram Hoffer and Andrew Saul; Doctor Yourself www.doctoryourself.com; Orthomolecular Medicine News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns; resources on orthomolecular medicine and resources on food, nutrition, and diet |
| 6/23/2009 | Another Thyroid Show | Health educator Layna Berman uncovers the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of thyroid disorders with particular attention to what causes these disorders to be ignored and undertreated. Resources: Resources on hormones |
| 6/16/2009 | Expanding the Detection of Food Allergies to Raw and Cooked Foods | Microbiologist and immunologist Aristo Vojdani, PhD reviews his newest research that expands testing for food allergies and distinguishes between raw, cooked, and processed foods. Resources: Aristo Vojdani, PhD Detection of IgE, IgG, IgA and IgM antibodies against raw and processed food antigens; Resources on food and resources on immunity |
| 6/9/2009 | Alternatives to Wireless Broadband | Activists Doug Loranger and Sally Hampton discuss the substantial problems with wireless broadband and explain safer, more effective options. They also discuss the worldwide citizen activism against the proliferation of wireless technologies. Resources: CLOUT (Coalition for Local Oversight of Utility Technologies) cloutnow.org; TeleTruth (Alliance for Customers’ Telecommunications & Broadband Rights) teletruth.org; Resources on wireless technology and resources on health politics |
| 6/2/2009 | Horse Therapy | Physical therapist Fran Judd discusses her work utilizing Hippotherapy ("treatment with the help of the horse") to benefit patients with a variety of neurological and orthopedic conditions, including Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy, autism, developmental delays, and back pain. Resources: Renaissance Health and Learning Center www.rhlc.net; Resources on children’s health and resources on mind and mood |
| 5/19/2009 | Food | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss pre-agricultural diet and its health benefits, cooking whole foods, and food politics. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Health and the Rise of Civilization by Mark Nathan Cohen; resources on food, nutrition, and diet |
| 5/12/2009 | Raising Food Ecologically All Year | Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia’s Garden, and Elliot Coleman, author of The Winter Harvest Handbook, discuss gardening and farming by nature’s rules. Resources: Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway and his website www.patternliteracy.com, The Winter Harvest Handbook by Elliot Coleman and his website www.fourseasonfarm.com; resources on food, nutrition, and diet and resources on environmental health |
| 5/5/2009 | Breast Cancer and Early Puberty | Nancy Evans, health science consultant to the Breast Cancer Fund, discusses the environmental causes of breast cancer and the early onset of puberty. Resources: Breast Cancer Fund www.breastcancerfund.org; Resources on cancer, resources on women’s health, resources on children’s health, and resources on environmental health |
| 4/28/2009 | Blood Sugar | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD uncover the actual causes for metabolic disruptions that result in a diagnosis of diabetes and offer suggests for rebalance beyond drugs. Resources: Resources on diabetes; Essays by Malcolm Kendrick, MD A Sugary Tale and Berardinelli-Seip - Explain That and Type II Diabetes isn’t a Disease. |
| 4/21/2009 | Fats | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD explore the science of dietary fats: why they're essential to health, how they're metabolized, what constitutes a healthy ratio, and how good fats can “go bad.” Resources: “Fat and Death” in issue #7 of the Progressive Health Observer; “Healthy Mitochondria” in issue #9 of the Progressive Health Observer; resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 4/7/2009 | Reducing EMF in Your Home | Environmental consultant Michael R. Neuert, MA, BSME, discusses common EMF exposures in the home, their effects, and how to reduce and eliminate them. Resources: Neuert Electromagnetic Services www.emfcenter.com; Resources on radiation and resources on environmental health |
| 3/31/2009 | Designing a Sane Individual Diet Plan | Health educator Layna Berman discusses how individuals can design their own health diet plan. Resources: Resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 3/17/2009 | Regulating Wireless Radiation | Environmental consultant Cindy Sage of Sage EMF Design, lead author with David Carpenter of the Bioinitiative Report, discusses how Europe is responding to the current science about the dangers associated with microwave, wireless, and cellphone radiation. Resources: Bioinitiative Report www.bioinitiative.org; Collaborative on Health and the Environment EMF Working Group www.healthandenvironment.org/working_groups/emf; Resources on radiation and resources on health politics |
| 3/3/2009 | Foul Fragrance | Researcher Anne C. Steinemann, PhD, from the University of Washington, discusses the stew of hazardous materials in products scented by artificial fragrance. Resources: Anne C. Steinemann, PhD faculty page containing articles on fragance; California Environmental Health Network fragrance information; resources on environmental health and on detoxification |
| 2/24/2009 | Vitamin Supplementation, Part 2 | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD continue their discussion of nutrient supplementation, including nutrient requirements and special attention to antioxidants. Resources: Resources on food, diet, and nutrition and resources on orthomolecular medicine; Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com; Orthomolecular Medicine News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/; Linus Pauling Institute lpi.oregonstate.edu; Clinical Pearls www.clinicalpearls.com |
| 2/17/2009 | Vitamin Supplementation, Part 1 | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD counter the conventional media reports on the use of nutrient supplementation with a review of well designed research. Resources: Resources on food, diet, and nutrition and resources on orthomolecular medicine; Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com; Orthomolecular Medicine News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/; Linus Pauling Institute lpi.oregonstate.edu; Clinical Pearls www.clinicalpearls.com |
| 2/10/2009 | Raising a Happy Toddler | Pediatrician and author Dr. Harvey Karp teaches parents to communicate with toddlers and infants by understanding how they express themselves. His programs are targeted to stop child abuse. Resources: The Happiest Baby on the Block and The Happiest Toddler on the Block by Harvey Karp; The Happiest Baby website www.thehappiestbaby.com; Resources on children’s health |
| 2/3/2009 | Fresh Food From Small Spaces | Author RJ Ruppenthal, an attorney and college professor, discusses urban gardening. Resources: Fresh Food From Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener’s Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting by RJ Ruppenthal; resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 1/20/2009 | Health Care Change | James Turner, Chair of the Board of Director of Citizen's For Health, what really needs to change in health care. Resources: Citizens for Health www.citizens.org; resources on health politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health, resources on alternative healing, resources on homeopathy, and resources on nutrients for prevention and treatment |
| 1/13/2009 | Medical Decision Making | Oleg Reznik, MD, author of The Secrets of Medical Decision Making discusses how to avoid becoming a victim of the health care machine. Resources: Oleg Reznik, MD website www.olegreznikmd.com; The Secrets of Medical Decision Making: How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of the Health Care Machine by Oleg Reznik; Resources on alternative healing, resources on health politics, resources on aging, resources on cancer, resources on children’s health, resources on heart health, resources on chronic illness, and resources on hormones |
| 1/6/2009 | Exercise and Disease Prevention | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett PhD discuss the role of exercise in preventing disease including specific recommendations on forms of exercise and training regimes. Resources: Resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health; also resources on aging, cancer, heart health, insulin resistance, hormones, and stress |
| 12/23/2008 | Shielding EMFs | Emil DeToffol from Less EMF Inc. offers scientific suggestions for electromagnetic field shielding in the home and office, when you can't control the exposure from the source. Resources: Less EMF, Inc. www.lessemf.com/; Resources on radiation and resources on environmental health |
| 12/16/2008 | Electronics Recycling Scam | Sarah Westervelt, e-Waste Project Coordinator for the Basel Action Network, uncovers the ugly truth about the alleged recycling of consumer electronics and cell phones. Resources: Basel Action Network website www.ban.org; Resources on environmental health |
| 12/9/2008 | Hormone Replacement: How, Who, and When | Health educator Layna Berman discusses the safe use of bio-identical hormones in both genders, including a discussion of research, testing, ratios, and delivery systems. Resources: Resources on hormones, resources on aging, and resources on cancer |
| 11/4/2008 | Real Food Saves Money | Food journalist Sally Fallon, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, discusses eating and preparing whole, unprocessed food and how it saves money at the cash register and reduces health care costs. Resources: Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig; Weston A. Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org; Resources on food, nutrition, and diet and resources on children’s health |
| 10/28/2008 | Secondhand Cell Phone Radiation | Environmental consultant Cindy Sage, lead author with David Carpenter of the Bioinitiative Report, discusses recent developments in the science of health effects from wireless technologies, including findings of health effects from proximity to cell phone users. Resources: Bioinitiative Report www.bioinitiative.org; Resources on radiation |
| 10/21/2008 | Real Prevention | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD, discuss the false political promise of health care reform based on preventive medicine in contrast to real prevention and health promotion based on informed individual and collective action. Resources: Resources on health politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health, resources on alternative healing, and any of the other resources from our show. |
| 9/30/2008 | Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, and Soy | Journalist Kaayla Daniel, PhD discusses why using soy as a therapy for cancers involving reproductive hormones is contraindicated. Resources: The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food by Kaalya Daniel; Weston A. Price Foundation Soy Alert!; and Soy Free Solutions www.soyfreesolutions.com; resources on cancer and on nutrition. |
| 9/16/2008 | Toxic Assault | Investigative journalists Philip and Alice Shabecoff, authors of Poisoned Profits, discuss the health effects of the first generation to grow up constantly exposed to industrial toxins. Resources: Poisoned Profits by Philip and Alice Shabecof; Poisoned Profits website www.poisonedprofits.com; resources on environmental health and on detoxification |
| 8/26/2008 | Safe Cell Tower Siting | Journalist and environmental analyst B. Blake Levitt, author of Electromagnetic Fields and contributing editor of Cell Towers, discusses the wide range of risks associated with siting cell phone towers and strategies for siting them safely Resources: B. Blake Levitt’s website www.blakelevitt.com, Cell Towers and Electromagnetic Fields by B. Blake Levitt; resources on radiation |
| 8/19/2008 | Traveling with Homeopathy | Homeopath Judith Reichenberg ND, MSW discusses homeopathic remedies that protect travelers, treat illnesses, and provide first aid. Resources: Healthy Homeopathy www.healthyhomeopathy.com; resources on homeopathy |
| 8/5/2008 | Skin Protection and Health | Skin specialist and author Marie-Véronique Nadeau discusses how to protect the skin without the use of dangerous chemicals, including the probable problems with the use of nanotechnology in skin products. Resources: The Yoga Facelift by Marie-Véronique Nadea; Marie Véronique Skin Therapy www.marieveronique.net website; Resources on cancer, resources on skin health, and resources on aging. |
| 7/15/2008 | Recovery without Pharmaceuticals | Charles Barber, recovery counselor and author of Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation, advocates for patient centered therapies rather than drugs in treating psychiatric symptoms and addiction. Resources: Comfortably Numb by Charles Barber; Motivational Interviewing motivationalinterviewing.org; resources on mind, mood, and stress and resources on addiction |
| 7/8/2008 | Estrogen | David Zava, PhD, co-author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer, joins Layna Berman for a discussion about native estrogens, what the research reveals about them, how they work in the body, what balances their effects, and the maintenance of healthy levels. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee, MD and David Zava, PhD; ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com; resources on hormones and resources on cancer |
| 6/24/2008 | Weight | Health educator Layna Berman examines weight loss including when it's healthy and when it's not, food addiction, allergies, carbohydrate sensitivity, hormones, and exercise. Resources: Resources on food and diet, hormones, exercise, and diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity. |
| 6/17/2008 | Why the US is Importing Toxic Products | Mark Schapiro, author of Exposed, discusses how new laws protecting Europeans and no protections for Americans is causing toxic products to be dumped on the U.S. market. Resources: Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power by Mark Schapiro; Center for Investigative Reporting centerforinvestigativereporting.org/; resources on environmental health and on health politics |
| 6/3/2008 | Doing the Simplest Things First | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, Phd discuss simple self care techniques for identifying and caring for developing illness. Resources: Resources on food, nutrition, and diet, resources on hormones, women’s health, and men’s health, resources on environmental health, resources on exercise and resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 5/20/2008 | Cultivating Live Cultures for Healthy Gut and Immune Function | Sandor Katz, author of Wild Fermentation, discusses home cultivation of fermented foods with live cultures including the health benefits Resources: Wild Fermentation by Sandor Katz available on the website wildfermentation.com/; resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 5/13/2008 | Shopping Our Way to Safety | Sociologist Andrew Szasz, PhD, author of Shopping our Way to Safety discusses the accelerating trend toward reducing risk individually by purchasing products and why such solutions are ultimately not effective. Resources: Shopping Our Way to Safety by Andrew Szasz; resources on health politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health, the documentary Unnatural Causes www.unnaturalcauses.org |
| 5/6/2008 | From Radio Frequency to Bug Spray | Protecting citizen health from corporate power. An interview with film makers Mary Beth Brangan and James Heddle from EON Ecological Options Network. Resources: Ecological Options Network www.eon3.net; resources on environmental health, resources on radiation, and resources on health politics and advocacy |
| 4/15/2008 | Longevity and Socio-Economic Stress | Tony Iton, MD, MPH, Alameda County Public Health Department Director and Health Officer discusses the lessons of the California Newsreel documentary and PBS series Unnatural Causes. Resources: Unnatural Causes www.unnaturalcauses.org; Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative www.barhii.org; resources on health politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health and resources on stress |
| 4/1/2008 | Hypersensitivity | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss hypersensitivity both to chemicals and electromagnetic fields. The hour includes a review of the science and practical solutions for identifying the source of symptoms and prudent mitigation. Resources: Scientific articles discussed on the show; resources on allergies, resources on environmental health, resources on EMF, resources on chronic illness, and The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron |
| 3/25/2008 | Pesticides in Your Food | Organic farmer Will Allen, PhD, author of The War on Bugs discusses the hidden history of how the use of chemicals in food production has been a triumph of manipulation and a failure of science. Resources: The War on Bugs by Will Allen; The War on Bugs websitewww.thewaronbugsbook.com; Organic Consumers Association www.organicconsumers.org; resources on food and on environmental health |
| 3/18/2008 | Allergy Alternatives | Health educator Layna Berman discusses allergies, their origins, and treatment options using diet, nutrients, herbs, and homeopathy. Resources: Resources on allergies and immunity |
| 2/26/2008 | Aerial Spraying and Detoxification | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the risks posed by aerial spraying against the light brown apple moth and other agricultural pests along with detoxication methods for protection against these exposures Resources: Stop the Spraying www.stopthespray.org; resources on environmental health and on detoxification |
| 2/19/2008 | Should You Be Tested For Cancer? | Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, MD, MPH, Dartmouth Medical School, co-director of the VA Outcomes Group at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses why cancer tests are risky. Resources: Should I Be Tested For Cancer? by H. Gilbert Welch; resources on cancer |
| 2/12/2008 | Growing Food | Wendy Johnson, author of Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate. Buddhist meditation teacher, and organic gardening mentor, discusses gardening practices that cultivate healthful food, the gardener, and the consumer.. Resources: Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate website www.gardeningatthedragonsgate.com; resources on food and on mind and mood. |
| 2/5/2008 | Eating Sustainably | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss sustainable food choices from the perspective of ecologically and socially sustainable practices in production, distribution, and impact on individual health. Resources: Resources on nutrition and on environmental health; Sustainable Health Institute www.sustainablehealthinstitute.org |
| 1/29/2008 | Sustainable Health | Jeffry Fawcett, PhD, founder and president of the Sustainable Health Institute, discusses sustainable health practices that enable people and their communities to thrive through the art of self care. Resources: Sustainable Health Institute www.sustainablehealthinstitute.org |
| 1/22/2008 | Supplement Access: An Update on Proposed Regulation | Attorney James Turner of Swankin and Turner and Citizen's For Health discusses our access to and freedom of choice in healthcare products, foods, and supplements. Resources: Citizens for Health www.citizens.org; resources on nutrition and on nutrients for prevention and treatment |
| 1/15/2008 | Autism and ADHD: Nutrient Therapies | Julie Matthews, CNC and author of Nourishing Hope discusses nutrient approaches for treatment of autism and ADHD. Resources: Nourishing Hope by Julie Matthews; Resources on nutrition, children, chronic illness, and mind, mood, and stress |
| 12/25/2007 | Stress Related Illness | Health Educator Layna Berman covers principles for the avoidance and healing of stress related illness. Resources: Resources on mind, mood, and stress, resources on environmental health, and resources on hormones |
| 12/18/2007 | Nutrient Basics | Orthomolecular physician Richard Kunin, MD discusses what's needed for basic nutrient supplementation and the actions of individual nutrients. Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com ; Orthomolecular Medicne News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns, resources on food, diet, and nutrition, and resources on orthomolecular medicine |
| 12/11/2007 | Addiction Free Eating | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the interaction between food sensitivities/addictions and substance abuse. Resources: Resources on mind, mood, and stress and resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 12/4/2007 | WiMax: The Next Wireless Exposure | Libby Kelley, Executive Director of the International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety and founder of Council on Wireless Technology Impacts, discusses this latest wireless technology, its risks, and an upcoming meeting of activists and scientists concerned about its spread. Includes extended discussion on self-care not available on the broadcast version. Resources: Council on Wireless Technology Impacts (CWTI) www.energyfields.org, International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS) www.icems.eu, resources on raditation |
| 11/27/2007 | Bioinitiative: Standards for Electrosmog | Cindy Sage and David O. Carpenter, MD discuss the Bioinitiative Report that proposes better standards for exposure to electromagnetic fields based on the work of leading scientists. Includes extended discussion on self-care not available on the broadcast version. Resources: Bioinitiative Report www.bioinitiative.org; Resources on radiation |
| 11/20/2007 | Stress, Grace, and The Inner Predator | Leslie Acoca, MFT, Director National Girls Health Screen Project, describes her journey to reconcile with her brother's murderer, a process that taught her how people face down their own inner and outer predators in order to heal from trauma. Includes extended discussion on self-care not available on the broadcast version. Resources: Leslie Acoca, MFT blckswans@aol.comResources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 10/30/2007 | Better Than Botox: Facial Exercises and Therapy | Researcher Marie-Véronique Nadeau, author of The Yoga Facelift, discusses natural skin care, including exercises that naturally lift the face, downsides of medical interventions, and nutritional support to maintain youthful skin. Resources: The Yoga Facelift website; The Yoga Facelift by Marie-Véronique Nadea; Resources on healthy teeth, eye, skin, and other body parts; Resources on aging |
| 10/23/2007 | Untreatable Chronic Illness: A Breakthrough | Professor of biochemistry and medical science Martin Pall, PhD, author of Explaining Unexplained Illness, discusses his discoveries for chronic illnesses formerly considered untreatable, including a discussion of effective nutrient therapies. Resources: Martin Pall, PhD Washington State University research page; Explaining Unexplained Illnesses by Martin Pall; Resources on chronic illness; Resources on environmental health |
| 9/11/2007 | Self-Healing for Your Eyes | Meir Schneider, PhD, LMT explains his unique approach to healing and vision restoration. Resources: The School for Self-Healing www.self-healing.org; Movement for Self-Healing and The Natural Vision Improvement Kit by Meir Schneider |
| 9/4/2007 | Healing the Mind | Journalist Sharon Begley, author of Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain discusses the science confirming the Buddhist belief in neuroplasticity. Resources: Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves by Sharon Begley; Resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 8/28/2007 | Does Green Mean Non-toxic? | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss toxic risks in “green” products and describe how to avoid exposures and boost detoxification pathways. Resources: Resources on environmental health and on detoxification; Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Baumgart; Environmental Working Group www.ewg.org; Our Stolen Future www.ourstolenfuture.org; Microwave News www.microwavenews.com; Electromagnetic Fields: A Consumer's Guide to the Issues and How to Protect Ourselves by B. Blake Levitt; Healthy Car www.healthycar.org; Toxic at Any Speed by the Ecology Center www.ecocenter.org; A Small Dose of Toxicology www.asmalldoseof.org |
| 8/14/2007 | Drinking Water | Colin Ingram discusses how to eliminate toxins from your water. Resources: The Drinking Water Book by Colin Ingram |
| 7/31/2007 | Clara Felix: A Memorial | Joined by Elliot Wagner, LAc, Clara Felix's son, health educator Layna Berman discusses the life and work of nutrition expert Clara Felix. Resources: Resources on food, nutrition, and diet. |
| 7/24/2007 | Resistance to Citywide WiFi | Doug Loranger, from San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna Free Union, discusses how citizens are mobilizing against exposure to citywide wireless Internet access. Resources: San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna Free Union www.antennafreeunion.org; Resources on radiation |
| 7/10/2007 | Cancer Screening | A discussion of cancer screening with Samuel Bogoch, MD, PhD, developer of the anti-malignin antibody test, a new, non-invasive screening method for the presence of cancer and its progression. Resources: Oncolab www.oncolabinc.com; Resources on cancer |
| 6/19/2007 | A Unique Approach to Addictions | Patt Denning, PhD discusses Harm Reduction Therapy from her book Over the Influence, an approach based on the belief that people have a complex relationship with drugs and alcohol and that addiction needs to be addressed simultaneously with social, psychological and emotional issues. Resources: The Harm Reduction Therapy Center www.harmreductiontherapy.org; Over the Influence: The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol by Patt Denning, Jeannie Little, and Adina Glickman; resources on addiction |
| 6/12/2007 | Furniture Toxins | Health educator Layna Berman is joined by Mike Lavin from European Sleepworks to discuss the hidden toxins in furniture, fabrics, and bedding, and also discuss healthier alternatives. Resources: European Sleepworks www.sleepworks.com;Resources on environmental health |
| 6/5/2007 | Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment Part 2 | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss how to avoid common diagnoses and the medical interventions that are typically prescribed Resources: Resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity; Resources on cardiovascular and heart health; Resources on digestion and gut health; Resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health; Resources on aging; |
| 5/29/2007 | Menstrual Suppression Cautions | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the dangers of blocking women's periods with synthetic hormones with David Zava, PhD. Resources: Resources on hormones and women's health; What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee, MD and David Zava, PhD; ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com |
| 5/22/2007 | Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment Part 1 | Health integrationist Layna Berman and health educator Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss how to avoid common diagnoses and the medical interventions that are typically prescribed Resources: Should I Be Tested For Cancer? by H. Gilbert Welch; Resources on cancer; Resources on mind, mood, and stress; Resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity |
| 5/15/2007 | Antidepressants: Bad Medicine | Peter Breggin, MD, whose long career has been spent fighting the pharmaceutical industry in the courts over the dangers of psychiatric medications, discusses the risks of antidepressants. Resources: The Anti-Depressant Fact Book and Your Drug May Be Your Problem by Peter Breggin www.breggin.com |
| 5/1/2007 | Controlling Pests Without Toxins | Arthur Slater, entomologist and retired pest control director at UC Berkeley, discusses how to control residential pests without the use of toxins. Resources: Resources on environmental health |
| 4/24/2007 | Explaining Unexplained Illnesses | Martin Pall, PhD discusses his upcoming book which offers a new model for how people with chronic fatigue, multiple chemical sensitivities, gulf war syndrome and fibromyalgia become sick. Resources: Martin Pall, PhD Washington State University research page; Explaining Unexplained Illnesses: Disease Paradigm for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Fibomyalgia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Gulf War Syndrome, and Others by Martin Pall |
| 4/3/2007 | High EMF Risk from Personal Organizers | Environmental consultant Cindy Sage discusses the latest research on wireless technology's possible risks to humans and the environment. PDA exposures from blackberry and treo units, among others, create exceptionally high exposures when worn on or very near the body. She will discuss these exposures, their possible health consequences, and ways to reduce exposure. Resources: Sage Associates www.sageassociates.net; Resources on environmental health and resources on radiation: wireless, EMR, RFR, and ionizing radiation |
| 3/27/2007 | Public Health and Toxic Waste | David O. Carpenter MD, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University of Albany, where he is also professor of environmental health and toxicology and former dean of the School of Public Health, discusses where and how people are exposed to environmental stressors and what role of public health institutions in protecting us. Resources: Institute for Health and the Environment www.albany.edu/ihe/; Resources on environmental health, resources on detoxification, resources on diabetes, resources on heart health, resources on chronic illness, and resources on EMF and radiation |
| 3/20/2007 | HPV Vaccine Risks | Barbara Loe Fisher, president of the National Vaccine Information Center, discusses the risks from the campaign to mass vaccinate with the new HPV vaccine. Resources: National Vaccine Information Center www.nvic.org; A Shot in the Dark by Harris Coulter and Barbara Fisher and A Consumer’s Guide to Childhood Vaccines by Barbara Fisher; Resources on immunity, resources on cancer, and resources on children's health |
| 3/13/2007 | Girls at Risk | Leslie Acoca, MA, MFT, director of In Our Daughters’ Hands, discusses the health of incarcerated girls. Resources: In Our Daughters’ Hands: (415) 888-2211 and blckswans@aol.com |
| 3/6/2007 | Detoxification | Health educator Layna Berman discusses the body's natural detoxification pathways and how to boost them using nutrients. Resources: Resources on detoxification and addiction and on environmental health |
| 3/4/2007 | Protect Yourself Against Stress-related Illness | Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss how stress affects health and illness. Topics include  how stress is at the core of common diagnoses such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and autoimmune diseases; how your body responds to stress and the cascade of metabolic events that lead to illness; how to protect yourself from sources of stress; how to increase your body's resilience in responding to stressors.Resources: Resources on mind, mood, and stress; Resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity; Resources on cardiovascular and heart health; Resources on immunity; |
| 2/27/2007 | Cesarean Epidemic | Midwife Constance Miles, RN discusses the dangerous trend toward using cesarean surgery instead of natural childbirth. Resources: Women’s Ways www.womensways.org; North American Registry of Midwives www.narm.org; Citizens for Midwifery cfmidwifery.org; Midwives Alliance of North America www.mana.org; California Association of Midwives www.californiamidwives.org; International Cesarean Awareness Network www.ican-online.org; Association of Pre- and Perinatal Psychology www.birthpsychology.com/apppah/; National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers www.nocirc.org; The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth and Obstetric Myths versus Research Realities by Henci Goer; Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin |
| 2/13/2007 | Fluoride Dangers | Chemist Paul Connett, PhD, from Fluoride Action Network discusses the dangers of fluoride and the history of its introduction. Resources: Fluoride Deception by Christopher Bryson and the Fluoride Action Network www.fluoridealert.org |
| 2/6/2007 | Food and Mood | Journalist Jack Challem discusses how food affects mood, including neuronutrients and anger, anxiety, depression, and addiction Resources: The Food-Mood Solution by Jack Challem; Resources on food, nutrition, and diet; Resources on mind, mood, and stress. |
| 1/30/2007 | Homeopathy for Pets | Dr. Don Hamilton, DVM discusses his book about homeopathic theory and the care and treatment of cats and dogs. Resources: Homeopathic Care for Cats and Dogs by Donald Hamilton |
| 1/16/2007 | Health Risks from Nonionizing Radiation | Researcher Henry Lai, PhD of the University of Washington discusses the latest research on the health risks from wireless technologies. Resources: Resources on radiation |
| 1/2/2007 | Loss: Healing Through Transition | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett PhD discuss the role of grief in making health care decisions during transitions. Resources: The Feeling of What Happens by Antonio Damasio; Changing for Good by James Prochaska; The Alchemy of Illness by Kat Duff |
| 12/26/2006 | Hidden Stressors: Avoiding a Diagnosis | Health educator Layna Berman discusses the less obvious stressors that lead to a diagnosis like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, including how to avoid and treat symptoms without pharmaceuticals. Resources: Resources on stress, diabetes, and cardiovascular health. |
| 12/19/2006 | Noninvasive Cancer Treatment Advances | Cancer specialist Stanislaw Burzynski MD, PhD discusses his highly effective noninvasive cancer treatment. Resources: The Burzynski Clinic www.burzynskiclinic.com. |
| 11/21/2006 | Eating Seasonally and Locally | Chef Jessica Prentice discusses the principles of sustainable eating. Resources: Full Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for Connection by Jessica Prentice and Wise Food Ways www.wisefoodways.com |
| 10/10/2006 | Healthy Home Inspection | Environmental economist and health educator Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discusses how to identify and control exposures to pollutants, toxins, allergens, molds, and nonionizing radiation in the home and office. Resources: Resource on environmental health |
| 9/26/2006 | Neurofeedback | Julian Isaacs, PhD discusses normalizing the brain with neurofeedback. Resources: EEG Spectrum International www.eegspectrum.com; International Society for Neurofeedback and Research www.isnr.org; Applied Neuroscience www.appliedneuroscience.com; Futurehealth www.futurehealth.org; Emotional Freedom Technique www.emofree.com |
| 9/12/2006 | Heart Surgery Dangers | Non-invasive cardiologist Howard Wayne, MD discusses the dangers of angioplasty, bypass surgery, and stents to treat heart disease. Resources: Do You Really Need Bypass Surgery? A Second Opinion and How to Protect Your Heart From Your Doctor by Howard Wayne, MD and The Noninvasive Heart Center www.heartprotect.com |
| 9/5/2006 | Single Payer Health Insurance | Bree Johnston, MD physician-spokesperson from the group Physicians for a National Health Program will discuss the new California single payer health insurance system, new statistics on the uninsured released by the US Census Bureau, the ongoing health care crisis in the US, specific effects on local areas, and options for health care reform. Resources: Physicians for a National Health Policy www.pnhp.org ; Health Care for All www.healthcareforall.org ; OneCareNow www.onecarenow.org |
| 8/29/2006 | Body Pain | Health educator Layna Berman discusses underconsidered reasons for bodywide pain including unresolved infections, hormone imbalances, allergies, and postural problems and offers exercise, oral, and topical nutrient remedies. Resources: Resources on orthomolecular medicine; Resources on exercise; Resources on hormones; Resources on immunity |
| 8/15/2006 | Back and Joint Therapy: Supporting the Whole Person | Thomas Dorman, MD discusses Prolotherapy and its place in supporting the whole person in treating back and joint conditions. Resources: Thomas Dorman, MD, Fact, Fiction, and Fraud in Modern Medicine www.dormanpub.com |
| 8/8/2006 | Turning Healthy People Into Patients | Medical writer Roy Moynihan discusses how medical institutions have invented diseases under the guise of prevention. Resources: Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All into Patients by Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels |
| 7/25/2006 | Digestive Wellness for Children | Nutritionist Elizabeth Lipski, PhD discusses her new book Digestive Wellness for Children about preventing and healing digestive disorders in children. Resources: Digestive Wellness and Digestive Wellness for Children by Elizabeth Lipski, PhD www.innovativehealing.com |
| 7/19/2006 | Dietary Fat is Good for You | Sally Fallon, executive director of the Weston A. Price Foundation discusses the science of dietary fat. Resources: Eat Fat, Lose Fat by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, Know Your Fats by Mary Enig, Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, and Weston A. Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org |
| 7/11/2006 | EMF Health News | Louis Slesin, publisher of Microwave News, discusses current developments in industry and science concerning the health effects of non-ionizing radiation. Resources: Microwave News www.microwavenews.com |
| 6/27/2006 | Poisoned Progress | Randall Fitzgerald discusses his book The Hundred-Year Lie about modern life increasing toxic body burden. The show includes how to identify exposures and detoxification support. Resources: The Hundred-Year Lie by Randall Fitzgerald http://www.hundredyearlie.com |
| 6/20/2006 | Protecting Access to Natural Products | Robert Verkerk, PhD of the Alliance for Natural Health discusses the campaign in Europe to prevent European Union regulations from restricting access to supplements, herbs, and other natural health products. Resources: Alliance for Natural Health http://www.alliance-natural-health.org |
| 5/30/2006 | Dirty Electricity and EMF Health Dangers | Magda Havas, BSc, PhD, Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Studies, Trent University, Ontario, Canada discusses low dose radiation health effects. Resources: Publications by Dr. Havas www.electricalpollution.com and www.stop-emf.ca; Graham Stetzer filters www.stetzerelectric.com and www.getpurepower.ca; Resources on radiation |
| 5/23/2006 | Health News That Didn’t Fit | Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss important health news and research that was reported wrong or not at all. Resources: Report of the Independent Vitamin Safety Review Panel on the NIH Conference Report; Resources on cardiovascular and heart health; Resources on food and nutrition; Resources on hormones |
| 5/16/2006 | Non-Toxic Home | Architect Carol Venolia and Susan Bahl from Natural Home Design Center discuss creating a non-toxic home and office. Resources: Natural Home Design Center website; Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House: How to Bring Your House into Harmony With Nature by Carol Venolia and Kelly Lerner www.naturalremodeling.com |
| 5/9/2006 | Cancer Treatment Alternatives | Tanya Harter Pierce, MA, MFCC discusses the wide variety of successful alternatives to conventional cancer treatments. Resources: Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments that Work by Tanya Harter Pierce www.outsmartyourcancer.com; OncoLab; Resources on cancer |
| 4/25/2006 | The Science of RFR Health Risks | Olle Johansson, MD associate professor in the Experimental Dermatology Unit, Department of Neuoscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden discusses new research about the dangers of exposure to radio frequency radiation from cell phones and wireless technologies. Resources: Resources on radiation |
| 4/18/2006 | Cardiovascular Disease Prevention | Health educator Layna Berman discusses nutrient based therapies and new laboratory testing for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Resources: Resources on cardiovascular and heart health |
| 4/11/2006 | Statin Proliferation | Dr. Duane Graveline, MD cautions against the use of statin drugs. Resources: Statin Drugs: Side Effects and the Misguided War on Cholestrol and Lipitor: Thief of Memory by Duane Graveline, MD and The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics www.thincs.org |
| 4/4/2006 | DCIS Isn’t Cancer | A discussion of the diagnosis and treatment of breast conditions such as ductile carcinoma in situ. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava |
| 3/28/2006 | Lyme: Why, Whether, & What to Do | A discussion of the newest testing and non pharmaceutical treatments for Lyme Diseases. Guests are Cindy Quattro, PA, LAc and Nick Harris, PhD from IGeneX Labs. Resources: IGeneX Lab www.igenex.com; California Lyme Disease Association www.calda.intranets.com; Lyme Disease Network www.lymenet.org; Lyme Disease Association www.lymediseaseassociation.org; International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society www.ilads.org; Health Freedom Solutions www.healthfreedomsolutions.com |
| 3/14/2006 | Where You're Exposed and What to Do: EMF and RFR | Environmental consultant Cindy Sage and medical journalist B. Blake Levitt offer practical alternatives and protection from electrosmog exposure. Resources: Electromagnetic Fields: A Consumer's Guide to the Issues and How to Protect Ourselves by B. Blake Levitt; Blake Levitt's website blakelevitt.com; Sage Associates www.sageassociates.net |
| 2/28/2006 | Heart Disease: What Is It Really? | Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD and Malcolm Kendrick, MD destroy common myths about heart disease and its cause. Resources: Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm; Malcolm Kendrick, MD www.redflagsdaily.com |
| 2/21/2006 | Smoking: The Truth | Stan Glantz, MD professor of medicine at UC San Francisco and an anti-tobacco activist unpacks the science behind smoking's dangers and overweight's relative safety. Resources: UCSF Tobacco Control Program cc.ucsf.edu/research/tobacco.html; Tobacco Control Archives library.ucsf.edu/tobacco; Smoke Free Movies smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu/; "Nicotine Addiction" Progressive Health Observer #4 |
| 2/7/2006 | Wireless Public Health Crisis | Medical journalist Blake Levitt, activist Jan Newton, president of the EMR Policy Institute, and activist Doug Loranger, maker of the film Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco, discuss the very disturbing science showing wireless technology's dangers and how the public can protect itself. Resources: Electromagnetic Fields: A Consumer's Guide to the Issues and How to Protect Ourselves by B. Blake Levitt; Blake Levitt's website blakelevitt.com; EMR Policy Institute; www.emrpolicy.org; Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco a film by Doug Loranger, DVD availble at the Free Speech Network; San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna-Free Union www.antennafreeunion.org |
| 1/24/2006 | Thyroid Handshake | Biochemist David Zava, PhD discusses the relationship between thyroid, adrenal, and sex hormones, and how balance in one affects the others. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com |
| 1/17/2006 | Flu Part Two: Homeopathy and Herbal Medicine | Dana Ullman, MPH and Andrew Gaeddert discuss homeopathic and herbal alternatives for protection from and treatment of the flu in the context of the potential pandemic of avian flu. Resources: Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicines: Safe and Effective Remedies for You and Your Family by Stephen Cummings and Dana Ullman, Homeopathic Educational Services www.homeopathic.com and Healing Immune Disorders: Natural Defense-Building Solutions by Andrew Gaeddert, Health Concerns www.healthconcerns.com |
| 12/13/2005 | Oppression and Healing | A discussion of how people of color and political progressives can counter the damaging health effects of social stress and the threat of violence. Layna Berman will be joined by long time African-American activist and radio producer Lewis Sawyer and Ana-Marie Jones, disaster preparedness expert and executive director of CARD (Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters). Resources: Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters (CARD) www.firstvictims.org; The End of Stress as We Know It by Bruce McEwen; Resources on stress |
| 11/29/2005 | Electrosmog | Researcher Olle Johansson, MD, associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, discusses long term studies showing the adverse health effects of exposure to radio frequency radiation from wireless technologies. Activist Doug Loranger discusses his film Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco and community activism against citywide wireless broadband Internet access. Resources: EMFacts Consultancy (Australia) www.emfacts.com; ; Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco a film by Doug Loranger, DVD availble at the Free Speech Network; San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna-Free Union www.antennafreeunion.org |
| 11/22/2005 | Nutrient Protection: Aging and Cancer | Highly awarded for his research, Bruce Ames, PhD is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley and Senior Scientist at the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute. He joins the program for a discussion of how nutrients protect us from aging and cancer. Resources: Bruce Ames website www.bruceames.org |
| 11/15/2005 | Avian Flu: What to Do | Ana-Marie Jones, disaster preparedness expert and executive director of CARD (Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters) and Daniel P. Perales, DrPH, MPH, San Jose State University Department of Health Science discuss community activism and preparedness in the face of avian flu. Resources: Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters (CARD) www.firstvictims.org and Daniel Perales, DrPH dperales@sjsu.edu |
| 11/1/2005 | Reproductive Choice | Health educator Layna Berman discusses recent attacks on reproductive freedom of teens and reviews birth control options during the first half-hour, then reviews the work of physician John Lee, MD on hormone balance. Resources: Planned Parenthood Shasta-Pacific pp-gg.org; Managing Contraception www.managingcontraception.com; and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by John Lee |
| 10/25/2005 | Genetically Altered Food | Deborah Koons Garcia, director, writer, and producer of The Future of Food, discusses the market forces behind GMO and how communities can organize successful opposition. Resources: www.thefutureoffood.com |
| 10/18/2005 | Holistic Pediatrics | Physician Randall Neustaedter, OMD discusseshow to build healthy immunity in children without the use of invasive pharmaceuticals Resources: The Vaccine Guide and Child Health Guide by Randall Neustaedter, OMD and the website www.cure-guide.com |
| 10/11/2005 | Big Pharma Deception | Physician John Abramson, MD discusses how Big Pharma has degraded health and medicine. This is a pledge drive show. Resources: Overdosed America by John Abramson, MD |
| 9/27/2005 | The Obesity Epidemic: Science, Morality, and Ideology | Michael Gard, senior lecturer in health studies at Charles Sturt University, Australia critiques the science and social stigma of the alleged obesity epidemic. Resources: The Obesity Epidemic by Michael Gard and Jan Wright |
| 9/20/2005 | Buying Organic | Organics specialist and farmer Luddene Perry and writer Dan Schultz discuss how to find and evaluate organic products, including analysis of organic standards and product categories. Resources: A Field Guide to Buying Organic by Luddene Perry and Dan Schultz and its website at www.afieldguidetobuyingorganic.com |
| 8/30/2005 | Risk Factor Medicine | Jeffry Fawcett, PhD and health educator Layna Berman discuss how symptoms of metabolic disruption are treated as diseases by conventional medicine wtih pharmaceuticals. They contrast this with protective and preventive self-care that includes nutrient-based strategies. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman. |
| 8/23/2005 | Vaccine Risks | Randall Neustaedter, OMD discusses vaccination safety and efficacy. Resources: The Vaccine Guide and Child Health Guide by Randall Neustaedter, OMD and the website www.cure-guide.com |
| 7/26/2005 | Public Health Risk from Depleted Uranium | Leuren Moret, expert witness at the International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan, and physicist Ernest J. Sternglass, PhD discuss the public health risks to soldiers and civilians from depleted uranium drift. Resources: Beyond Treason www.beyondtreason.com |
| 7/19/2005 | Smart Exposures: Understanding Risks from EMF & RFR | Cindy Sage of Sage Associates, environmental consultants and public policy researchers, discusses the research and encourages prudence regarding exposure to radiation from cell phones and electromagnetic fields Resources: Sage Associates www.sageassociates.net |
| 7/12/2005 | Navigating Anger and Fear | Harriet Lerner, PhD discusses how to respond to old emotions in new ways. Resources: The Dance of Anger and The Dance of Fear by Harriet Lerner |
| 7/5/2005 | Preserving the Gut by Boosting Methylation | Orthomolecular physician and researcher Richard Kunin, MD discusses the role of methylation in preserving the health of the gastrointestinal system Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com ; Orthomolecular Medicne News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns |
| 6/28/2005 | The Dark Side of Soy | Nutritionist Kaayla Daniel, PhD, CCN discusses her book The Whole Soy Story which exposes the potential health damaging effects of soy foods and supplements. Resources: The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food by Kaayla Daniel; Weston A. Price Foundation Soy Alert!; and Soy Free Solutions www.soyfreesolutions.com |
| 6/14/2005 | Hormone Fact & Fiction | Biochemist David Zava, PhD of ZRT Labs separates the science from mythology about hormone balance in both genders Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com |
| 5/24/2005 | The Biology of Belief | Bruce Lipton, PhD, cell biologist, discusses the cellular basis of the mind/body connection. This is a fund drive show. Resources: The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton www.brucelipton.com |
| 5/17/2005 | Safe Hormone Science for Both Genders | Biochemist David Zava, PhD offers myth-exploding information on how and when to use bioidentical hormones. This is a fund drive show. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com |
| 5/10/2005 | Smart Medicine for Your Eyes | Jeffery Anshel, OD discusses non-pharmaceutical approaches to eye protection and care, including nutrients, herbs, and homeopathy. Resources: Smart Medicine for Your Eyes by Jeffery Anshel, DO www.cvconsulting.com |
| 4/26/2005 | Challenging the Convention on Heart Disease and Diabetes | An interview with Malcolm Kendrick, MD, who works as a doctor in the north of England and writes extensively on heart disease, obesity, and diabetes, arguing that the anti-fat, pro-carbohydrate conventional wisdom has promoted all three. Resources: Red Flags www.redflagsdaily.com and resources cardiovascular and heart health and resources on diabetes. |
| 4/5/2005 | Protecting Yourself from the Health Care System | Health educator Layna Berman and health strategies advisor Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss protecting yourself and your wishes in a health care environment. Resources: Resources on politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health |
| 3/29/2005 | Community Health Strategies | Leslie Mikkelsen, MPH, Managing Director of The Prevention Institute, founded to address complex health and social issues, one person at a time, creating comprehensive strategies that change the conditions that impact community health, including violence prevention, traffic safety, health disparities, nutrition and physical activity, and youth development. Resources: The Prevention Institute www.preventioninstitute.org |
| 3/15/2005 | Feed Your Genes Right | Nutrional journalist Jack Challem discusses his new book about a nutritional approach to turning off disease-causing genes Resources: Feed Your Genes Right by Jack Challem |
| 3/8/2005 | Diabetes Prevention and Natural Treatment Update | Health educator Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD of the "Progressive Health Observer" go over the latest research on prevention and natural treatment of diabetes. Resources: Resources on diabetes |
| 3/1/2005 | Indoor Air Pollution | Put a well person in a sick building and you get a sick person! Health educator Layna Berman discusses how to protect yourself at home and at work. Resources: Resources on environmental health |
| 2/22/2005 | Healing the Gut Without Drugs | Nutritionist Elizabeth Lipski, PhD, discusses the third edition of her book Resources: Digestive Wellness and Digestive Wellness for Children by Elizabeth Lipski, PhD |
| 2/15/2005 | Choosing Cancer Therapies | Cancer journalist Ralph W. Moss, PhD discusses choosing a cancer therapy. Resources: Ralph Moss's website www.ralphmoss.com |
| 2/8/2005 | The Good Body | Playwright Eve Ensler discusses women's body image. Resources: The Good Body and The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler and the VDay website www.vday.org |
| 1/25/2005 | Genetics, Folate, and Disease | Orthomolecular physician Dr. Richard Kunin, MD discusses how treating genetically based nutrient deficiencies prevents disease. Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com; Orthomolecular Medicine News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns |
| 1/11/2005 | Reducing Violent Behavior and Depression with Nutrients | Dr. William Walsh from the Pfeiffer Treatment Center. discusses testing and nutrient treatment for psychiatric symptoms. Resources: Pfeiffer Treatment Center www.hriptc.org |
| 12/21/2004 | Finding Balance in an Unbalanced World: Zen Koans | Zen teacher and psychologist John Tarrant, PhD discusses his new book about the use of Zen koans as a tool for change.. Resources: Bring Me the Rhinoceros by John Tarrant, PhD and Pacific Zen Institute www.pacificzen.org |
| 12/14/2004 | Uncovering the Year’s Health News | Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD, editors and publishers of "Progressive Health Observer", examine health news reported in the conventional media and discuss what wasn't covered. Resources: Resources on food, diet, and nutrition, resources on cardiovascular and heart health, and resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity |
| 12/7/2004 | Critical Condition | Investigative journalists James Steele and Donald Barlett discuss their new book about how the big bussiness of health care in America has degraded the practice of medicine. Resources: Critical Condition by James Steele and Donald Barlett |
| 11/30/2004 | The Truth About the Drug Companies | Dr. Marcia Angell, physician and former editor-in-chief of the "New England Journal of Medicine", discusses her book about how pharmaceutical companies deceive consumers. Resources: The Truth About the Drug Companies by Marcia Angell |
| 11/9/2004 | When Things Don't Go Our Way: Zen and Helplessness | Zen teacher Michael Wenger from San Francisco Zen Center discusses strategies for staying engaged without being attached. Resources: San Francisco Zen Center www.sfzc.org |
| 10/26/2004 | Homeopathy at Home | Dana Ullman, homeopathic educator, and director of the Homeopathic Educational Services, discusses his book Resources: Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicines: Safe and Effective Remedies for You and Your Family by Stephen Cummings and Dana Ullman and Homeopathic Educational Services www.homeopathic.com |
| 10/19/2004 | More Cholesterol Myths | Physician and researcher Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD, examines credible research on the relationship between cholesterol levels and heart disease, and finds none. Resources: Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm |
| 10/12/2004 | Atkins Diabetes Revolution | Jacqueline Eberstein, RN, Director of Nutrition Information at Atkins Health and Medical Information Services discusses how the Atkins nutritional approach works to prevent and treat diabetes based on her 30 years of working with Robert Atkins, MD at his Atkins Nutritional Approach for Complementary Medicine. Resources: Atkins Diabetes Revolution by Robert Atkins, Mary Vernon, and Jacqueline Eberstein and Atkins Nutritional Approach for Complementary Medicine www.atkins.com |
| 10/5/2004 | Your Body's Many Cries for Water | Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, MD discusses how water regulation and rehydration prevents and cures illness. Resources: Your Body's Many Cries for Water by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj |
| 9/28/2004 | Treating HIV with Homeopathic Human Growth Hormone | Biochemist Dr. Barbara Brewitt discusses new studies using her homeopathic human growth hormone products on adult and pediatric HIV-infected patients. Resources: Biomedd Comm, Inc. www.biomedcomm.com |
| 9/21/2004 | Healing the Whole Addict | Medical journalist Stephanie Marohn discusses where traditional addiction treatments fall short. Resources: The Natural Medicine Guide to Addiction by Stephanie Marohn www.stephaniemarohn.com |
| 9/14/2004 | Recovering from Injury | Health educator Layna Berman discusses what to do after a physical injury to support healing. Resources: Resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health |
| 8/17/2004 | Toxic Cosmetics | Sonya Lunder of the Environmental Working Groups discusses how personal care products contribute to your toxic body burden. Resources: The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics www.safecosmetics.org |
| 8/3/2004 | Talking About Death | Virginia Morris discusses how to prepare for the end of life. Resources: by Virginia Morris |
| 7/20/2004 | Hormone Balance and Chronic Illness | Dr. David Zava, endocrinological biochemist discusses how hormone imbalances affect chronic illness. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee, MD and David Zava, PhD; ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com; resources on hormones |
| 7/13/2004 | Inflammation and Chronic Illness | Journalist Jack Challem discusses his book about the root cause of chronic illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis. Resources: The Inflammation Syndrome by Jack Challem |
| 6/29/2004 | Statins: Memory Destroying Drugs | Dr. Duane Graveline, MD, discusses his book "Lipitor, Thief of Memory" about the effect of cholesterol lowering statin drugs on memory Resources: Lipitor: Thief of Memory by Duane Graveline, MD and The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics www.thincs.org |
| 6/22/2004 | Caring for Aging Parents | Virginia Morris discusses her complete guide on how adult children can help their parents. Resources: How to Care for Aging Parents and most recently by Virginia Morris |
| 6/15/2004 | When Food Is Love | Geneen Roth discusses conquering emotional eating. Resources: The Craggy Hole In My Heart And The Cat Who Filled It Geneen Roth www.geneenroth.com |
| 6/8/2004 | Passing For Thin | Frances Kuffel, literary agent discusses her book about losing weight, self-image, and overcoming food addictions. Resources: Passing for Thin: Losing Half My Weight and Finding Myself by Frances Kuffel www.franceskuffel.net |
| 5/25/2004 | Depressing News About Anti-Depressants | Dr. Peter Breggin, MD discusses why anti-depressants should not be used, especially on children. Resources: The Anti-Depressant Fact Book and Your Drug May Be Your Problem by Peter Breggin www.breggin.com |
| 5/11/2004 | Ecological Medicine Update | Kenny Ausubel, founder of the Bioneers Conference, discusses his newest book: a collection from the proceedings from a conference on a new movement in health care. Resources: Ecological Medicine edited by Kenny Ausubel and the Bioneers Conference www.bioneers.org |
| 4/27/2004 | Heart Disease: Another Perspective | Health educator Layna Berman discusses the overlooked causes and nutritional prevention of heart disease. Resources: Resources on cardiovascular and heart health |
| 4/6/2004 | Gut Health and Chronic Illness | Dr. Elizabeth Lipski, PhD,discusses the relationship between the gut and chronic illness. Resources: Digestive Wellness and Digestive Wellness for Children by Elizabeth Lipski, PhD www.innovativehealing.com |
| 3/30/2004 | Codex Threatens Access to Supplements | John Hammel of International Advocates for Health Freedom and Dr. Robert Verkerk, PhD, executive director of Alliance for Natural Health (UK) discuss threats to our access to supplements. Resources: International Advocates for Health Freedom www.iahf.com and Alliance for Natural Health (UK) www.alliance-natural-health.org |
| 3/16/2004 | Health and Economic Status | Bruce McEwen PhD from Rockefeller University and Nancy E. Adler PhD from the MacArthur Network for Socioeconomic Health and the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF, discuss the effect of socioeconomic status on health. Resources: Socioeconomic Status and Health in Industrial Nations: Social, Psychological, and Biological Pathways edited by Bruce McEwen and Nancy Adler www.macses.ucsf.edu and The End of Stress as We Know It by Bruce McEwen |
| 3/2/2004 | The Hunter-Gatherer Diet | Health educator Layna Berman discusses the health promoting properties of eating according to Paleolithic dietary principles: low in allergens and rich in nutrients. Resources: Resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 2/24/2004 | Fake Foods | Sally Fallon, health journalist and president of the Weston A. Price Foundation discusses the dangers of processed foods. Resources: Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Weston A. Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org |
| 2/17/2004 | Protecting Your Health While Flying | Diana Fairechild discusses her book Resources: Jet Smarter by Diana Fairechild www.flyana.com |
| 2/10/2004 | End Addictions With Nutrient Therapy | Physician and researcher Dr. Charles Gant, MD, PhD discusses nutrient-based treatment of addiction Resources: End Your Addiction Now by Charles Gant |
| 2/3/2004 | The Hormonal Consequences of Starch and Stress | Health educator Layna Berman reviews the hormonal effects of stress and of self-medication using comfort foods, and offers healthy alternatives. Resources: Resources on hormones and resources on food, diet, and nutrition |
| 1/27/2004 | Hysterectomy: Protection From and Treatment For | Elizabeth Plourde, discusses the hormonal and health consequences of hysterectomy and ovary removal, how women who have had these surgeries can protect themselves, and offers advice to those facing a decision whether to undergo the procedure. Resources: Hysterectomy and Ovary Removal by Elizabeth Plourde www.NewVoice.net |
| 1/20/2004 | Understanding Stress | Researcher Bruce McEwen discusses the biology and social causes of stress. Resources: The End of Stress as We Know It by Bruce McEwen |
| 1/13/2004 | Dietary Fats: Myths and Science | Lipid researcher Dr. Mary Enig, PhD, discusses common misinformation about the science of dietary fats. Resources: Know Your Fats by Mary Enig, Eat Fat, Lose Fat by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, and Weston A. Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org |
| 1/6/2004 | Energy Healing | Greg Schelkun offers guidelines for working with an energy healing practitioner. |
| 12/9/2003 | Lyme: Is It What's Making Everyone Sick? | Accupuncturist and environmental consultant David Bierman discusses the Lyme disease epidemic. Resources: Health Freedom Solutions www.healthfreedomsolutions.com |
| 11/18/2003 | Exercise How-To | Health educator Layna Berman offers easy exercise guidelines. Resources: Resources on exercise |
| 10/21/2003 | An Era of Ecodemics | An interview with Mark Jerome Walters discusses his book about killers and their environmental causes. This is a pledge drive show. Resources: Six Modern Plagues by Mark Jerome Walters |
| 10/14/2003 | The Cost Of Pharmaceuticals | Journalist Katherine Greider exposes the price manipulations of the pharmaceutical industry. This is a pledge drive show. Resources: The Big Fix by Katherine Greider |
| 10/7/2003 | Health Decisions for Diabetes and Other Effects of Metabolic Syndrome | Dr. Jeffry Fawcett, PhD, health decision consultant, educates listeners about risks and prevention strategies for diabetes and other critical diagnoses Resources: Resources on diabetes |
| 9/23/2003 | Insomnia | Health educator Layna Berman discusses causes of and solutions for insomnia. |
| 9/9/2003 | Medical Radiation in the Promotion of Cancer and Heart Disease | Dr. John Gofman, MD, PhD professor Emeritus, molecular and cell biology University of California, Berkeley, discusses his extensive research correlating cancer and heart disease to radiation exposure from |
| 8/19/2003 | Making Health Decisions | Health decision consultant Dr. Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discusses how to make health and medical decisions |
| 8/12/2003 | Fibromyalgia | Dr. Peter Madill, MD, discusses the treatment of fibromyalgia |
| 7/29/2003 | The Mood Cure | Julia Ross discusses her newest book about improving your outlook without pharmaceuticals. Resources: The Mood Cure by Julia Ross |
| 7/22/2003 | Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain | Neurologist Dr. Antonio Damasio, PhD, discusses his newest book about the role of emotions in human survival and culture. Resources: Looking for Spinoza, The Feeling of What Happens, and Descartes’ Error by Antonio Damasio; resources on mind and mood |
| 7/15/2003 | Safe, Nutritious Food | Sally Fallon, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, returns to discuss nutrient density, food safety, and safe food sources. Resources: Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Weston A. Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org |
| 7/1/2003 | Nutrient Therapy for Psychiatric Symptoms | Dr. William J. Walsh, PhD, chief science and biomedical researcher at the Health Research Institute-Pfeiffer Treatment Center discusses psychiatric treatment using nutrition. |
| 6/10/2003 | Micronutrients for Health | Health educator Layna Berman reviews the use of nutrient supplementation for optimal health. Resources: Resources on food, nutrition, and diet |
| 6/3/2003 | Hormones in the News | Physician Dr. John Lee, MD and biochemist Dr. David Zava, PhD discuss recent reports on the effects of synthetic hormones and how these differ from bio-identical hormones. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by John Lee and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com |
| 5/27/2003 | Vitamin C, Infectious Disease, and Toxins | Dr. Thomas Levy, MD, JD, discusses his book curing infections and detoxification with vitamin C Resources: Curing the Incurable: Vitamin C, Infectious Disease, and Toxins by Thomas Levy |
| 5/20/2003 | Atkins for Life | A memorial to Dr. Robert Atkins, an interview with Colette Heimowitz, director of education and research for the Atkins Health and Medical Information Services discusses Dr. Atkins's last book Resources: Atkins for Life by Robert Atkins |
| 5/6/2003 | The Effect of Lead and Mercury Exposure | Dr. Richard Canfield of Cornell discusses his research indicating that there might be no safe level of lead exposure; and Dr. Phillipe Grandjean of Harvard and the University of Southern Denmark discusses his research on methyl mercury exposure from fish and other sources. |
| 4/29/2003 | Stop Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease | Health educator Layna Berman discusses non-pharmaceutical approaches to the prevention and treatment of hypertension. |
| 4/22/2003 | Autism: A Natural Approach | Journalist Stephanie Marohn discusses her book, a compilation of natural approaches for treating autism. Resources: The Natural Medicine Guide to Autism by Stephanie Marohn |
| 4/15/2003 | The Safe Use of Bio-Identical Hormones | Health educator Layna Berman discusses the use of bio-identical sex hormones to counter news reports that discourage the use of HRT |
| 4/8/2003 | Dietary Fat is in the News | Researcher Dr. Mary Enig, PhD the growing acceptance of fats in our diet Resources: Know Your Fats by Mary Enig, Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, and Weston A. Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org |
| 3/11/2003 | Understanding Marijuana | Dr. Mitch Earleywine, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Science and Directory of Clinical Training in Psychology at UCLA discusses his research on marijuana Resources: Understanding Marijuana: A New Look at the Scientific Evidence by Mitch Earleywine |
| 2/25/2003 | Testing and Treating Allergies | Physician and researcher Dr. Vincent Marinkovich, MD of Immune Tech discusses his new at-home allergy testing kits |
| 2/18/2003 | End Your Addiction Now | Physician and researcher Dr. Charles Gant, MD, PhD discusses nutrient-based treatment of addiction Resources: End Your Addiction Now by Charles Gant |
| 2/11/2003 | Feeling-based Therapy in the Prevention of Stress-related Illness | Psychotherapists Miriam Redstone and David Dillman discuss the role of therapy in decreasing stress related illness. |
| 2/4/2003 | Turning Suffering Inside Out | Darlene Cohen, MA, pain specialist, body worker, and Zen teacher discusses her book Resources: Turning Suffering Inside Out: A Zen Approach to Living with Physical and Emotional Pain by Darlene Cohen |
| 1/21/2003 | Reducing Fight or Flight | Health educator Layna Berman discusses stress, illness, and the nervous system |
| 1/7/2003 | Homeopathic Insulin and Recombinant Human Growth Hormone | Dr. Barbara Brewitt, M.Div., PhD, CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of Biomed Comm Inc discusses the therapeutic use of homeopathic insulin and recombinant human growth hormone |
| 12/17/2002 | Far Infra Red Saunas for Detoxification and Health | Dr. Lawrence Wilson, MD, discusses the use and construction of far infra red saunas for detoxification and health promotion |
| 12/10/2002 | Safe Dentistry | Leo Cashman, president of DAMS Inc., discusses his organizations promotion of safe dental practices |
| 12/3/2002 | Thyroid Syndromes | Health educator Layna Berman discusses thyroid disorders and thyroid health |
| 11/5/2002 | Healing Trauma with Dual Brain Psychology | Dr. Fredric Schiffer, MD, psychiatrist discusses new research that supports the effectiveness of using dual brain psychology for healing past trauma Resources: Of Two Minds: The Revolutionary Science of Dual-Brain Psychology by Fredric Schiffer |
| 10/22/2002 | Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture | Monica Moore, co-director of Pesticide Action Network and Dave Henson, director of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center discuss corrective measure for our farm crisis |
| 10/15/2002 | Hysterectomy and Ovary Removal: How to Protect Yourself | Elizabeth Plourde discusses how women can protect themselves from these commonly ordered surgeries and what to do for your health if you've already had them Resources: Hysterectomy and Ovary Removal by Elizabeth Plourde www.NewVoice.net |
| 9/10/2002 | Human Growth Hormone | Physician Dr. Jay Mead, MD, discusses supplementation with human growth hormone |
| 9/3/2002 | The Science of Weight Training | Health educator Layna Berman discusses the science behind weight resistance training |
| 8/20/2002 | Animal Self-Medication | Researcher Dr. Cindy Engel, PhD, discusses how wild animals medicate themselves Resources: Wild Health by Cindy Engel |
| 8/13/2002 | Flawed Research: HRT | Physicians Dr. John Lee and Dr. George Gillson, and biochemist Dr. David Zava discuss the flaws in the Women's Health Initiative Study about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by John Lee and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com |
| 7/30/2002 | Low Carb for Life | Robert Atkins discusses his low carb diet, recently vindicated in the press |
| 7/23/2002 | Insulin Potentiation Cancer Therapy | Dr. Steven Ayre discusses combining insulin potentiation therapy with chemotherapy, which results in a treatment without side effects |
| 7/16/2002 | Diabetes: Non-Pharmaceutical Treatments and Prevention | Health Educator Layna Berman discusses preventing and treating type 2 diabetes without pharmaceuticals |
| 7/9/2002 | Detoxifying Metals | Dr. Eric Gordon, MD discusses recovery from mercury and other metal toxicity |
| 7/2/2002 | Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution | Dr. Robert Atkins discusses low carbohydrate nutrition |
| 6/18/2002 | Heart Stopper: How a Low Fat Diet Can Kill You | Matthew Bayan discusses treatment of small particle LDL and heart disease Resources: Eat Fat, Be Healthy by Matthew Bayan |
| 6/11/2002 | Life Without Bread | Dr. Chris Allan, biochemist discusses a starch-free diet Resources: Life Without Bread by Wolfgang Lutz and Chris Allan |
| 5/21/2002 | The Testosterone Revolution | Dr. Malcolm Carruthers, MD, British physician and researcher discusses his book on testosterone supplementation Resources: The Testosterone Revolution by Malcolm Carruthers |
| 5/14/2002 | The Wrinkle Cure | Dr. Nicholas Perricone, MD discusses his book on natural alternatives for anti-aging Resources: The Wrinkle Cure by Nicholas Perricone |
| 5/7/2002 | Natural Health After Birth | Avia Jill Romm, midwife and journalist, discusses her complete guide to postpartum wellness |
| 4/30/2002 | Non-Toxic Approaches to Residential Pests | Arthur Slater, entomologist and integrated pest management expert from UC Berkeley, discusses non-toxic, alternative approaches to residential pest management |
| 4/23/2002 | Dual-Brain Psychology: An Update | Psychiatrist Fredric Schiffer, MD, discusses the latest research in dual-brain psychology Resources: Of Two Minds: The Revolutionary Science of Dual-Brain Psychology by Fredric Schiffer |
| 4/16/2002 | Childhood Autism: A Nutritional Approach | Bernard Rimland, PhD, a research psychologist and founcer of the Autism Research Institute discusses the biological foundation for neurological disorders Resources: Autism Research Institute www.autismwebsite.com/ari/ |
| 4/2/2002 | The Testosterone Syndrome | Dr. Eugene Shippen discusses his book about the use of supplemental testosterone to treat a variety of ailments Resources: The Testosterone Syndrome by Eugene Shippen |
| 3/26/2002 | Ecological Medicine | Kenny Ausubel, founder of the Bioneers Conference discusses the future of healing using ecological medicine Resources: Ecological Medicine edited by Kenny Ausubel and the Bioneers Conference www.bioneers.org |
| 3/19/2002 | The Politics of Cancer Revisited | Dr. Samuel Epstein discusses the cancer establishment Resources: Cancer-Gate, The Politics of Cancer Revisited, and The Politics of Cancer by Samuel Epstein and the Cancer Prevention Coalition www.preventcancer.com/ |
| 3/5/2002 | Preventing Sickle Cell and Cancer with Native Diet | West African researcher Dr. Oji Agbai, ND, PhD discusses how substances from traditional diets prevent and control sickle cell anemia and cancer. Resources: Sickle Cell Anemia: A Solution At Last by Oji Agbai |
| 2/19/2002 | What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer | Physician Dr. John Lee, MD and biochemist Dr. David Zava, PhD discuss their new book on why conventional treatments don't work Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by John Lee and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com |
| 2/5/2002 | The Paleo Diet | Dr. Loren Cordain, discusses his book on the Paleolithic diet and exercise and implications for modern humans Resources: The Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain |
| 1/29/2002 | How Food and Exercise Regulate Mood | Professor of Psychology Dr. Robert Thayer discusses research on the relationship between food, physical activity, and mood Resources: Calm Energy by Robert Thayer; resources on food, on exercise, and on mind and mood |
| 1/22/2002 | Exercise: an Integrative Perspective | Health Educator Layna Berman reviews disease protection and nutrient requirements |
| 1/15/2002 | Vitamin D: How Much? An Update | Researcher Dr. Reinhold Vieth from the University of Toronto and Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada |
| 1/8/2002 | Vaccinations | Herbalist and midwife Avia Jill Romm discusses how parents can make invformed decisions about vaccination Resources: Vaccinations: a Thoughtful Parent's Guide by Avia Jill Romm |
| 12/18/2001 | Orthomolecular Medicine: Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies | Orthomolecular Physican Dr. Richard Kunin MD compares conventional medicine to nutrient based medicine. Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com ; Orthomolecular Medicne News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns |
| 12/11/2001 | Adrenal Fatigue | Dr. James Wilson, ND, DC, PhD discusses diagnosis and healing of adrenal fatigue Resources: Adrenal Fatigue by James Wilson |
| 12/4/2001 | Sleep | Pioneer sleep researcher, Dr. William Dement, MD, PhD Resources: The Promise of Sleep by William Dement |
| 11/27/2001 | Surviving the Holidays | Health integrationist Layna Berman discusses trategies for preserving immunity, and for avoiding weight gain and burnout |
| 11/13/2001 | Hormones and Cancer | Dr. David Zava, PhD, Director of ZRT Labs. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com |
| 10/30/2001 | Healing: Bridging Body and Mind | Health Integrationist Layna Berman |
| 10/16/2001 | Kitchen Table Wisdom | Dr. Rachel Remen, MD Resources: Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather's Blessings by Rachel Remen |
| 10/2/2001 | Autoimmunity and Disease | Researcher Dr. Garth Nicholson |
| 9/25/2001 | The Biological Consequences of Stress | Stanford Professor and neurobiologist Dr. Robert Sapolsky Resources: Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers and The Trouble With Testosterone by Robert Sapolsky |
| 8/7/2001 | Exercise: How it Works | Health Integrationist Layna Berman discusses exercise and health |
| 7/24/2001 | Treating MS with Transdermal Histimine and Supplements | Researcher Dr. George Gillson, MD, PhD discusses new treatments for multiple sclerosis |
| 7/17/2001 | Preventing Arthritis | Science writer Martin Zucker discusses nonpharmaceutical arthritis prevention Resources: Preventing Arthritis by Ronald Lawrence and Martin Zucker |
| 7/10/2001 | Dietary Fat Update | Lipid researcher Mary Enig, PhD discusses the latest on dietary fats Resources: Know Your Fats by Mary Enig, Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, and Weston A. Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org |
| 7/3/2001 | I Only Say This Because I Love You | Psychologist Deborah Tannen discusses her book on communication in families Resources: I Only Say This Because I Love You by Deborah Tannen |
| 6/12/2001 | Addiction-Free Naturally | Herbalist Brigitte Mars discusses her book about the treatment of addiction using non-invasive, natural therapies Resources: Addiction-Free Naturally by Brigitte Mars |
| 6/5/2001 | The Omega 3 Connection | Dr. Andrew Stoll MD discusses his book about the use of omega 3 fatty acids to treat psychiatric symptoms Resources: The Omega 3 Connection by Andrew Stoll |
| 5/15/2001 | Trust Us, We're Experts | Journalist John Stauber exposes the spin doctors of industrialized science in his book Resources: Trust Us, We're Experts by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber |
| 4/24/2001 | Why is Cancer Killing Our Pets? | Deborah Straw examines treaments and protection Resources: Why is Cancer Killing Our Pets? by Deborah Straw |
| 4/10/2001 | Medical Marijuana | Chris Conrad discusses the medicinal uses of marijuana Resources: Hemp for Health by Chris Conrad |
| 3/13/2001 | Alternative Cancer Update | Kenny Ausubel, founder of the Bioneers Conference, discusses alternative cancer treatment and prevention Resources: When Healing Becomes a Crime by Kenny Ausubel and the Bioneers Conference www.bioneers.org |
| 3/6/2001 | A General Theory of Love | Dr. Thomas Lewis MD discusses the physiology of love and how it heals us |
| 2/20/2001 | Health Support While Healing Trauma | Layna Berman, Health Integrationist |
| 2/13/2001 | Healing Stress Through the Body | Dr. Peter Levine PhD Resources: Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine |
| 2/6/2001 | Cholesterol Myths | Researcher Dr. Uffe Ravnskov MD, PhD, discusses the fallacies behind the heart-cholesterol theory Resources: Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm |
| 1/30/2001 | Hepatitis C & Naturopathic Treatment | Chemist and Naturopathic Physican Dr. Davis Lamson From the Tahoma Clinic |
| 12/19/2000 | Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature | Science writer, Janine Benyus Resources: Biomimicry Institute website; Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine Benyus; resources on environmental health |
| 12/12/2000 | How to Care for Aging Parents | Virginia Morris discusses her complete guide Resources: How to Care for Aging Parents by Virginia Morris |
| 11/28/2000 | Vitamin D: Toxic or Bone Saver? | Dr. Reinhold Vieth PhD discusses his research about safe limits for preventing vitamin D deficiency bone loss |
| 11/21/2000 | Alternative Treatments for Prostate Cancer | Dr. Nicolas Gonzalez discusses non-invasive options for the treatment of prostate cancer |
| 11/14/2000 | Men's Health | Health Integrationist Layna Berman discusses health problems of men including dietary, hormonal and lifestyle solutions |
| 11/7/2000 | Natural Healing For Mental Disorders | Dr. Eva Edelman N.D. Resources: Natural Healing For Schizophrenia by Eva Edelman; Resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 10/24/2000 | The Multi-orgasmic Couple: The Art of Taoist Sexuality | Doug Abrams and his wife Rachel Carlton Abrams MD discuss their new book - Two hour pledge special Resources: The Multi-orgasmic Couple: The Art of Taoist Sexuality by Doug Abrams and Rachel Carlton Abrams |
| 10/17/2000 | The Attack on and the Return of Alternative Cancer Therapies | Kenny Ausubel, founder of the Bioneers Conference, discusses the alternative cancer treatment of Dr. Harry Hoxsey Resources: When Healing Becomes a Crime by Kenny Ausubel and the Bioneers Conference www.bioneers.org |
| 10/10/2000 | Memorial to the work of nutrient researcher Dr. Brian Leibovitz Phd | Ed Fry Consumer Advocate in the vitamin industry |
| 9/19/2000 | Insulin Resistance, Women, and Strength | Layna Berman, Health Integrationist reviews practical solutions |
| 9/5/2000 | Insulin Resistance and Heart Disease | Dr. Gerald Reaven MD discusses his discovery of Syndrome X Resources: Syndrome X by Gerald Reaven |
| 8/29/2000 | Cell Phones & Cordless Technology: Are They a Danger to Our Children? | Environmental consultant Cindy Sage of Sage EMF Design discusses the dangers of cell and cordless phones as well as other sources of EMF radiation |
| 8/15/2000 | Evironmental Illness and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities | Health Integrationist Layna Berman |
| 7/18/2000 | Medical Radiation | Dr. John Gofman PhD discusses new research on the increased dangers of medical radiation. |
| 7/11/2000 | Nutritive Cancer Therapy | Dr. Nicolas Gonzalez |
| 7/4/2000 | Exercise Prescriptions | Health Integrationist Layna Berman |
| 6/20/2000 | The Heart Stopper Gene: Small Particle LDL | Matthew Bayan discusses his experiences with small particle LDL Resources: Eat Fat, Be Healthy by Matthew Bayan |
| 6/13/2000 | Obscure Diagnoses - Often missed ailments and their treatments | Orthomolecular Physican Dr. Richard Kunin Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com ; Orthomolecular Medicne News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns |
| 6/6/2000 | Talking to Your Children About Nutrition | Layna Berman, Health Integrationist |
| 5/30/2000 | Natural Treatments For the Eyes | Dr. Jeffery Anshel, OD discusses his book Resources: Smart Medicine for Your Eyes by Jeffery Anshel, DO www.cvconsulting.com |
| 5/23/2000 | The Truth About Dietary Fats | Dr. Mary Enig PhD, lipid researcher discusses her book Resources: Know Your Fats by Mary Enig, Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, and Weston A. Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org |
| 5/16/2000 | Natural Nutrition For Children | Dr. Abram Hoffer MD PhD discusses his nutrient-based approach to learning and behavior disorders in children Resources: Dr Hoffer's ABCs of Natural Nutrition for Children by Abram Hoffer |
| 4/25/2000 | Nutritional Effects on Behavior in Schools and Prisons | Sociologist Stephen Schoenthaler, PhD discusses his long study showing a decrease in violent behavior and increase of IQ with the elimination of junk foods and the addition of a daily multi vitamin. |
| 4/18/2000 | Diabetes Treatment Options | Dr. Richard Bernstein MD Resources: Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution by Richard Bernstein |
| 4/11/2000 | Reviewing Current Attacks on Antioxidants and Herbs | Brian Leibovitz PhD Editor-in-Chief of "The Journal of Optimal Nutrition" |
| 3/28/2000 | Breast and Prostate Cancer Risks | Physican John Lee, MD, and David Zava PhD, biochemist and breast cancer researcher discuss cancer risks for women and men posed by the use of drugs used to block sex hormones. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by John Lee and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com |
| 3/21/2000 | Multi-orgasmic Man | Douglas Abrams discusses maintaining sexual exbuberance through middle age. Resources: The Multi-orgasmic Man by Doug Abrams |
| 3/14/2000 | Medical Aromatherapy : Using Essential Oils to Treat Pathology | Julia Fischer, Medical Aromatherapist Resources: Medical Aromatherapy and Advanced Aromatherapy by Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt; resources on alternative healing |
| 2/15/2000 | Soy: Panacea or Poison? | Mike Fitzpatrick PhD Environmental chemist discusses the dangers of the overconsumption of soyfoods |
| 2/8/2000 | Digestive Wellness | Nutritionist Elizabeth Lipski, MS, CNN discusses gut health Resources: Digestive Wellness and Digestive Wellness for Children by Elizabeth Lipski, PhD www.innovativehealing.com |
| 2/1/2000 | Drugs and Mental Health | Elliot Valenstein PhD argues against the use of psychiatric medications Resources: Blaming the Brain by Elliot Valenstein |
| 1/18/2000 | Safe Seafood | Dr. Steven Webster, Senior Marine Biologist at the Monterery Aquarium discusses safe and sustainable seafood options |
| 1/4/2000 | The Best Nutrition Stories of 99 | Clara Felix Resources: The Felix Letter: A Commentary on Nutrition smartlifeforum.org/thefelixletter.htm |
| 12/14/1999 | Preparing Your Body For and Recovering From Pregnancy | Trainer, Dancer, Helene Byrne, ACE Resources: Resources on exercise, resources on women's health, and resources on children's health |
| 12/7/1999 | Preventing and Treating Prenatal and Infant Trauma | Dr.William Emerson, PhD, pychologist - Emerson Training Seminars |
| 11/23/1999 | Natural Healing for Schizophrenia | Health Educator and Journalist Eva Edelman discusses a nutritional and orthomolecular approach Resources: Natural Healing For Schizophrenia by Eva Edelman; Resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 11/16/1999 | Native African Diet Prevents the Presentation of Sickle Cell Anemia | West African researcher Dr. Oji Agbai, ND, PhD discusses how substances from traditional diets prevent and control sickle cell anemia and cancer. Resources: Sickle Cell Anemia: A Solution At Last by Oji Agbai |
| 11/2/1999 | Are Cell Phones Safe? | Environmental consultant Cindy Sage of Sage EMF Design discusses the dangers of cell and cordless phones as well as other sources of EMF radiation |
| 10/26/1999 | 7 Weeks to Emotional Healing | Joan Mathews Larson PhD Using natural supplements to treat psychiatric symptoms |
| 10/12/1999 | Balancing Hormones Throughout Life | Physican Dr. John Lee and researcher Dr. David Zava PhD Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by John Lee and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com |
| 10/5/1999 | The Heart Revolution | Kilmer McCulley MD Pathologist and discoverer of the homocysteine-heart disease connection discusses his new book Resources: The Heart Revolution by Kilmer McCulley |
| 9/28/1999 | Nutritional Supplements For the Rest of Us (who just want to stay healthy) | Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist |
| 9/21/1999 | Antineoplastin: Brain Cancer Breakthrough | Stanislaw Burzynski MD, PhD |
| 9/14/1999 | Orthomolecular Medicine: Treating with Targeted Nutrient Therapies | Richard Kunin MD (S.F. Physican) Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com ; Orthomolecular Medicne News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns |
| 9/7/1999 | Nutritional Therapy for Health Problems | Robert Crayhon, M.A., Nutritionist Resources: Robert Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple by Robert Crayhon |
| 8/24/1999 | Your Drug May Be Your Problem | Peter Breggin MD, Psychiatrist discusses the dangers of psychiatric medications Resources: The Anti-Depressant Fact Book and Your Drug May Be Your Problem by Peter Breggin www.breggin.com |
| 8/17/1999 | The Dance of Anger | Harriet Lerner, PhD Resources: The Dance of Anger and The Dance of Fear by Harriet Lerner |
| 8/10/1999 | Coping with Appropriate Paranoia | Psychiatrist Fredric Schiffer, MD, discusses paranoia and dual-brain psychology Resources: Of Two Minds: The Revolutionary Science of Dual-Brain Psychology by Fredric Schiffer |
| 6/8/1999 | Dual Brain Psychology | Psychiatrist Fredric Schiffer, MD, discusses dual-brain psychology Resources: Of Two Minds: The Revolutionary Science of Dual-Brain Psychology by Fredric Schiffer |
| 5/25/1999 | Male Vitality and Potency | Holistic physican, Dr. Jonathan Wright discusses his new book about natural remedies Resources: Maximize Your Vitality and Potency by Jonathan Wright |
| 5/18/1999 | Healing Addiction and Eating Disorders with The Diet Cure | Julia Ross MA, nutritional psychologist discusses her new book Resources: The Diet Cure by Julia Ross |
| 5/11/1999 | The Dangers of Under-resting and Overtraining: Exercise Prudence | Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist |
| 5/4/1999 | Healing HIV | Dr. Jon Kaiser, a physican with an integrated approach discusses his new book. Resources: Healing HIV by Jon Kaiser; resources on immunity and on chronic illness |
| 4/27/1999 | The Promise of Sleep | Dr. William Dement, MD, PhD - pioneer in sleep medicine discusses his book Resources: The Promise of Sleep by William Dement |
| 4/20/1999 | Role of Mycoplasmal Infections in Chronic Illness | Prof. Garth Nicolson, PhD |
| 4/6/1999 | Childhood Autism | Bernard Rimland, PhD, research psychologist and founder of the Autism Research Institute Resources: Autism Research Institute www.autismwebsite.com/ari/ |
| 3/2/1999 | Paleolithic Diet How-to | Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist discusses recipes and guidelines for pre-agrarian low carb, high protein diet |
| 2/23/1999 | Cancer and Nutrition | Robert Crayhon M.S. Resources: The Carnitine Miracle and Robert Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple by Robert Crayhon |
| 2/2/1999 | Treatment of Accelerated Aging and Diabetes with Protein and Fat | Dr. Ron Rosedale, M.D |
| 1/12/1999 | Omega 3 Fatty Acids for Mental and Physical Health | Clara Felix Resources: The Felix Letter: A Commentary on Nutrition smartlifeforum.org/thefelixletter.htm |
| 1/5/1999 | Meditation Made Easy | Meditation Trainer Lorin Roche, PhD Resources: Meditation Made Easy by Lorin Roche |
| 12/29/1998 | Weight Resistance Training Programs | Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist |
| 12/8/1998 | The Hazards of Cell Phones and EMFs | Environmental consultant Cindy Sage of Sage EMF Design discusses the dangers of cell and cordless phones as well as other sources of EMF radiation |
| 11/17/1998 | Facts about Fats | Mary Enig PhD, lipid researcher Resources: Know Your Fats by Mary Enig, Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, and Weston A. Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org |
| 11/10/1998 | Marijuana as Medicine | Bill Zimmerman PhD Resources: Is Marijuana the Right Medicine For You? by Bill Zimmerman, Nancy Crumpacker, and Rick Bayer |
| 11/3/1998 | The Pharmaceutical-ization of Vitamin Supplements | Edward Fry, Consumer Advocate |
| 10/13/1998 | Nutritional Strategies for Preventing Heart Disease | Nutritionist Robert Crayhon Resources: The Carnitine Miracle and Robert Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple by Robert Crayhon |
| 9/29/1998 | Examining Health Myths | Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist |
| 9/22/1998 | Homeopathic Remedies | Dr. Corey Weinstein, MD Resources: Healing Homeopathic Remedies by Corey Weinstein |
| 9/8/1998 | Auto-Immunity and Lupus | Robert Lahita, MD and Henry Scammell Resources: Lupus: Everything You Need To Know by Robert Lahita and The New Arthritis Breakthrough and Scleroderma by Henry Scammell |
| 9/1/1998 | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | Dr. Ian Osborn, MD Resources: Tormenting Thoughts And Secret Rituals by Ian Osborn |
| 8/18/1998 | Exercise as Medicine | Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist |
| 7/28/1998 | Exercise: How Much? | Layna Berman Health Integration Specialist |
| 7/14/1998 | The Hidden Dangers of Residential Pesticides | Entomologist, Arthur Slater MS, Instructor Structural Pest Control U.C. Berkeley and Justin Ruben, Pesticide Watch |
| 7/7/1998 | High Protein and Super Nutrients | Robert Crayhon MS Resources: The Carnitine Miracle and Robert Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple by Robert Crayhon |
| 6/23/1998 | Breast Cancer and Hormones | Dr. David Zava, Research Biochemist Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com |
| 6/9/1998 | Becoming One With Nature | Tai Chi and Quigong Martin Lee PhD |
| 5/26/1998 | Training From the Inside Out: Securing the Trunk | Layna Berman Health Integration Specialist |
| 5/12/1998 | Before the Change: Taking Charge of Your Perimenopause | Ann Louise Gittleman, MS, CNS Resources: Before the Change: Taking Charge of Your Perimenopause by Ann Louise Gittleman |
| 5/5/1998 | Natural Dental Remedies | Dr. Flora Parsa Stay DDS Resources: The Complete Book of Dental Remedies by Flora Parsa Stay |
| 4/28/1998 | Living with Chronic Illness | Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist |
| 3/31/1998 | De-mystifying Thyroid Disorders | Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist |
| 3/24/1998 | Should You Leave? Intimacy and autonomy | Psychologist Dr. Peter Kramer Resources: Should You Leave? Intimacy and Autonomy by Peter Kramer |
| 3/17/1998 | Eating Disorders Allergy/Addiction | Julia Ross MFCC, director Recovery Systems |
| 3/10/1998 | Environmentally Healthy Home | David Kibbey, Natural Building Consultant |
| 3/3/1998 | Potatoes not Prozac Overcoming sugar addiction | Kathleen DesMaisons, PhD Resources: Potatoes Not Prozac: Overcoming Sugar Addiction by Kathleen DesMaisons |
| 2/10/1998 | Achieving Emotional Literacy | Psychologist Claude Steiner, PhD Resources: Emotional Literacy by Claude Steiner |
| 2/3/1998 | The Biology of the Human Predicament | Robert Sapolsky PhD Stanford Prof., MacArthur Grant Receipt. Resources: Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers and The Trouble With Testosterone by Robert Sapolsky |
| 1/27/1998 | The Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feel | Candace Pert PhD |
| 1/20/1998 | Dispelling Myths about Weight Resistance Training | Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist |
| 1/6/1998 | You're Not Old Until You're Ninety... Best to be Prepared However | Rebecca Latimer, age 92 Resources: You're Not Old Until You're Ninety by Rebecca Latimer |
| 12/16/1997 | The Biology of Stress | Robert Sapolsky PhD Resources: Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers and The Trouble With Testosterone by Robert Sapolsky |
| 11/11/1997 | Natural Hormone Replacement | Dr. Jonathan Wright MD |
| 11/4/1997 | Inner Voice and Intuition in Healing | Myrtle Heery PhD |
| 10/28/1997 | Environmental Illness and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities | Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist |
| 10/21/1997 | Thyroid Health | Dr. Stephen Langer MD Resources: Solved: the Riddle of Illness by Stephen Langer |
| 10/7/1997 | Detoxification and Healing | Dr. Sydney Baker MD |
| 9/23/1997 | Healing Arthritis the Natural Way | Luke Bucci PhD, CNS, CCN |
| 9/16/1997 | How to Protect Your Heart From Your Doctor: Alternatives to Bypass Surgery and Angioplasty | Dr. Howard Wayne MD Resources: Do You Really Need Bypass Surgery? A Second Opinion and How to Protect Your Heart From Your Doctor by Howard Wayne, MD and The Noninvasive Heart Center www.heartprotect.com |
| 9/9/1997 | Why Women Fall Apart and How They can Recreate Their Lives | Martha Beck PhD, psychologist Resources: Breaking Point by Martha Beck |
| 9/2/1997 | Nourishing Traditions | Sally Fallon and Dr. Mary Enig discuss their book Resources: Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon, Know Your Fats by Mary Enig, and Weston A. Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org |
| 8/26/1997 | Health Strategies for the Highly Sensitive | Health Educator Layna Berman |
| 7/15/1997 | Male Depression | Psychologist Terrence Real discusses overt and covert depression in men Resources: I Don't Want To Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression by Terrence Real; Resources on mind, mood, and stress |
| 7/1/1997 | Natural Skin Care | Joni Loughran discusses skin care Resources: Joni Loughran's Natural Skin Care by Joni Loughran |
| 6/20/1997 | Exercise: Getting Started, Starting Over | Health Educator Layna Berman, with an editorial by research biochemist Dr. David Zava Resources: Resources on exercise; What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com |
| 6/17/1997 | The Life of the Skin | Dr. Arthur Balin and Dr. Lorreta Pratt Balin discuss their book Resources: The Life of the Skin by Arthur Balin and Lorreta Pratt Balin |
| 6/10/1997 | Safe Drinking Water | Colin Ingram discusses safe drinking water. Resources: The Drinking Water Book by Colin Ingram |
| 6/3/1997 | Seven Weeks to Sobriety | Dr. Joan Mathews Larson discusses her book Resources: Seven Weeks to Sobriety by Joan Mathews Larson |
| 5/6/1997 | Nutrition Update | Nutritionist Clara Felix discusses the latest research in nutrition. Resources: The Felix Letter: A Commentary on Nutrition smartlifeforum.org/thefelixletter.htm |
| 4/22/1997 | The Challenges of Middle Age | Health Educator Layna Berman |
| 4/15/1997 | Dr. Burzynski and the FDA | Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski MD, PhD discusses his battles with the cancer establishment |
| 4/8/1997 | Chronic Illness and Gut Health | Nutritionist Dr. Elizabeth Lipski discusses digestive wellness Resources: Digestive Wellness and Digestive Wellness for Children by Elizabeth Lipski, PhD www.innovativehealing.com |
| 4/1/1997 | Hormones and the Heart | Physician Dr. John Lee, MD Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by John Lee |
| 2/25/1997 | Awakenings | Neurologist Oliver Sacks, MD Resources: Awakenings by Oliver Sacks |
| 2/11/1997 | Nutrition and the Endrocrine System | Ray Peat PhD |
| 1/14/1997 | Who's in the Zone? | Barry Sears PhD Versus Robert Crayhon MS, Nutritionist Resources: The Carnitine Miracle and Robert Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple by Robert Crayhon and Enter the Zone by Barry Sears |
| 1/7/1997 | Brain Health Update | Dr. Parris Kidd PhD |
| 12/17/1996 | Chronic Fatigue | William Collinge MPH, PhD and Dr. Paul Chaney MD, PhD Resources: Recovering From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by William Collinge and Paul Chaney |
| 12/10/1996 | Liver Health Supplements and De-mystifying EFAs | Dr. Parris Kidd Biochemist |
| 12/3/1996 | The Highly Sensitive Person | PsychologistDr. Elaine Aron Resources: The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron |
| 11/12/1996 | Thyroid/Progesterone and Diet | Raymond Peat PhD Biologist, Researcher |
| 9/24/1996 | The Art of Self-Care | Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist |
| 9/17/1996 | What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause | Physician Dr. John Lee, MD Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by John Lee |
| 7/30/1996 | Training With a Chronic Illness | Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist |
| 7/9/1996 | The Complete Book of Dental Remedies | Flora Parsa Stay DDS Resources: The Complete Book of Dental Remedies by Flora Parsa Stay |
| 7/2/1996 | The Psychology of Exercise | Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist |
| 6/25/1996 | Sleep Thieves | Stanley Coren PhD Resources: Sleep Thieves by Stanley Coren |
| 6/18/1996 | Care for Aging Parents | Journalist Virginia Morris Resources: How to Care for Aging Parents by Virginia Morris |
| 4/16/1996 | Mind/Body/Spirit Approaches to Cancer Treatment | Dr. Carl Simonton, MD Cancer Specialist Resources: The Healing Journey by Carl Simonton |
| 4/2/1996 | The Art of Weight Training | Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist |
| 3/19/1996 | Between Heaven and Earth: Chinese Medicine | Harriet Benfield, Accupuncturist Resources: Between Heaven and Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine by Harriet Benfield |
| 3/12/1996 | Zen And Psychotherapy | Steven Weintraub, Psychologist and Zen Buddhist |
| 2/20/1996 | Headache Free | Dr. Roger Cady MD, Headache Specialist Resources: Headache Free by Roger Cady |
| 2/13/1996 | The Good Marriage | Judith Wallerstein, Clinical Psychologist Resources: The Good Marriage by Judith Wallerstein |
| 1/16/1996 | The Dark Side of Love: The Positive Role of Our Negative Feelings | Jane Goldberg PhD Resources: The Dark Side of Love by Jane Goldberg |
| 1/9/1996 | The History of Diet | Mark Nathan Cohen, Professor of Anthropology Resources: Health and the Rise of Civilization by Mark Nathan Cohen |
| 1/2/1996 | A New Approach to Change: Natural Progesterone | Physician Dr. John Lee, MD Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by John Lee |
| 12/19/1995 | Different Approaches to Homeopathy | Nicola Henriques, LicLCCH, MHMA, BRCP and Dana Ullman, MPH Resources: Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicines: Safe and Effective Remedies for You and Your Family by Stephen Cummings and Dana Ullman and Homeopathic Educational Services www.homeopathic.com |
| 12/5/1995 | A Balanced Approach to Improved Brain Function | Parris Kidd PhD, Biochemist, Researcher in Product Development |
| 11/21/1995 | Radiation Exposure: Are You at Risk? | John Gofman MD, PhD, Nuclear Physical Chemistry, Prof of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC |
| 10/10/1995 | Magic and the Voice of the Body | Deepak Chopra, MD |
| 9/26/1995 | Native American Herbal Medicine | Karyn Sanders, Clinical Herbologist |
| 8/29/1995 | Creating a Non-toxic Home and Office | David Kibbey, Nat. Building Ntwrk and David Bierman, Accupuncturist |
| 8/15/1995 | Arthritis: Everyday Life as a Healing | Darlene Cohen, MA Resources: Arthritis: Stop Suffering, Start Moving by Darlene Cohen |
| 8/8/1995 | Exposing Supplement Myths | Ed Fry, Consumer Advocate |
