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Articles

A Pill to Stop Your Period
PHO #13
Drug companies want to turn menstruation into a “lifestyle choice”—with potentially dangerous consequences.
Beef and Babies
PHO #12
Beef and Babies: The more industrial beef a mom eats while pregnant, the more likely her son is to have health problems.
The Cervical Cancer Vaccine
PHO #12
The Cervical Cancer Vaccine: A miracle vaccine for cervical cancer? Not if you ignore the hype and look at the science.
Drugs in the Water
PHO #11
Drugs in the Water: Pharmaceuticals are finding their way into our drinking water
Hormones, Starch, and Stress
PHO #8
Raging Hormones: The hormonal consequences of starch and stress are more than you might imagine.
Estrogen and a Broken Heart
PHO #6
Raging Hormones: How one form of estrogen breaks your heart and another preserves your vaginal mucosa.
Mammograms
PHO #2
Too Few Mammograms: Why Big Box Medicine worries and why you shouldn't
Prostate Health
PHO #2
In Your Prostate: New guidelines for the prostate cancer screening test
Estrogen Therapy
PHO #2
Raging Hormones: What's wrong with conventional estrogen therapy research
Review: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer
PHO #2
Fit To Print? A review of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee, MD and David Zava, PhD
Thyroid Products
PHO #1
Raging Hormones: The search for a well-tolerated thyroid hormone product

Shows

Love Your Heart
KPFA broadcast date March 2, 2010
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

Living Like an Immortal
KPFA broadcast date February 2, 2010
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.

Boosting Immunity
KPFA broadcast date November 17, 2009
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

Pharmaceutical Cautions
KPFA broadcast date November 3, 2009
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

Menopause
KPFA broadcast date October 6, 2009
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

The Body as an Ecology
KPFA broadcast date September 1, 2009
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

Testosterone
KPFA broadcast date August 25, 2009
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

Another Thyroid Show
KPFA broadcast date June 23, 2009
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

Breast Cancer and Early Puberty
KPFA broadcast date May 5, 2009
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

Medical Decision Making
KPFA broadcast date January 13, 2009
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

Exercise and Disease Prevention
KPFA broadcast date January 6, 2009
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

Hormone Replacement: How, Who, and When
KPFA broadcast date December 9, 2008
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

Hormone Intersect
KPFA broadcast date November 11, 2008
Health educator Layna Berman discusses the inter-relationship between sex hormones, thyroid, and stress hormones. Resources: Resources on hormones

Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, and Soy
KPFA broadcast date September 30, 2008
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.

Estrogen
KPFA broadcast date July 8, 2008
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

Women’s Rights and a Healthy Planet
KPFA broadcast date July 1, 2008
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

Weight
KPFA broadcast date June 24, 2008
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.

Doing the Simplest Things First
KPFA broadcast date June 3, 2008
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

Stress Related Illness
KPFA broadcast date December 25, 2007
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

Menstrual Suppression Cautions
KPFA broadcast date May 29, 2007
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

Girls at Risk
KPFA broadcast date March 13, 2007
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

Cesarean Epidemic
KPFA broadcast date February 27, 2007
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

DCIS Isn’t Cancer
KPFA broadcast date April 4, 2006
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

Thyroid Handshake
KPFA broadcast date January 24, 2006
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

Reproductive Choice
KPFA broadcast date November 1, 2005
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 Golden Gate www.ppgg.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

Hormone Fact & Fiction
KPFA broadcast date June 14, 2005
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

Safe Hormone Science for Both Genders
KPFA broadcast date May 17, 2005
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

The Good Body
KPFA broadcast date February 8, 2005
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

Holiday Hormone Health
KPFA broadcast date November 16, 2004
Health educator Layna Berman discusses maintenance of healthy hormone balance under the stress of holidays and winter. Resources: Resources on hormones

The Hormonal Consequences of Starch and Stress
KPFA broadcast date February 3, 2004
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

Hysterectomy: Protection From and Treatment For
KPFA broadcast date January 27, 2004
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

A Memorial to Dr. John Lee, MD
KPFA broadcast date November 4, 2003
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

Hormones in the News
KPFA broadcast date June 3, 2003
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

The Safe Use of Bio-Identical Hormones
KPFA broadcast date April 15, 2003
Health educator Layna Berman discusses the use of bio-identical sex hormones to counter news reports that discourage the use of HRT

Thyroid Syndromes
KPFA broadcast date December 3, 2002
Health educator Layna Berman discusses thyroid disorders and thyroid health

Hysterectomy and Ovary Removal: How to Protect Yourself
KPFA broadcast date October 15, 2002
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

Human Growth Hormone
KPFA broadcast date September 10, 2002
Physician Dr. Jay Mead, MD, discusses supplementation with human growth hormone

Flawed Research: HRT
KPFA broadcast date August 13, 2002
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

Hormones and Stress
KPFA broadcast date May 28, 2002
Health educator Layna Berman discusses what happens to the endocrine system under chronic stress and how to protect yourself

The Testosterone Revolution
KPFA broadcast date May 21, 2002
Dr. Malcolm Carruthers, MD, British physician and researcher discusses his book on testosterone supplementation Resources: The Testosterone Revolution by Malcolm Carruthers

Natural Health After Birth
KPFA broadcast date May 7, 2002
Avia Jill Romm, midwife and journalist, discusses her complete guide to postpartum wellness

The Testosterone Syndrome
KPFA broadcast date April 2, 2002
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

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer
KPFA broadcast date February 19, 2002
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

Adrenal Fatigue
KPFA broadcast date December 11, 2001
Dr. James Wilson, ND, DC, PhD discusses diagnosis and healing of adrenal fatigue Resources: Adrenal Fatigue by James Wilson

The Dangers of Hormone Overdose
KPFA broadcast date April 17, 2001
Layna Berman, Health Integrationist

Alternative Treatments for Prostate Cancer
KPFA broadcast date November 21, 2000
Dr. Nicolas Gonzalez discusses non-invasive options for the treatment of prostate cancer

Men's Health
KPFA broadcast date November 14, 2000
Health Integrationist Layna Berman discusses health problems of men including dietary, hormonal and lifestyle solutions

Hormone Replacement Update
KPFA broadcast date October 31, 2000
Health Integrationist, Layna Berman

The Multi-orgasmic Couple: The Art of Taoist Sexuality
KPFA broadcast date October 24, 2000
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

Breast and Prostate Cancer Risks
KPFA broadcast date March 28, 2000
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

Multi-orgasmic Man
KPFA broadcast date March 21, 2000
Douglas Abrams discusses maintaining sexual exbuberance through middle age. Resources: The Multi-orgasmic Man by Doug Abrams

Compounded Natural Hormone Therapy
KPFA broadcast date February 29, 2000
Layna Berman, health integrationist

Reviewing Health Literature
KPFA broadcast date December 28, 1999
Layna Berman, Health Integrationist

Preparing Your Body For and Recovering From Pregnancy
KPFA broadcast date December 14, 1999
Trainer, Dancer, Helene Byrne, ACE

Balancing Hormones Throughout Life
KPFA broadcast date October 12, 1999
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

No It’s Not Hot in Here
KPFA broadcast date June 1, 1999
Dick Roth's guide for husbands of menopausal women Resources: No It's Not Hot in Here by Dick Roth

Male Vitality and Potency
KPFA broadcast date May 25, 1999
Holistic physican, Dr. Jonathan Wright discusses his new book about natural remedies Resources: Maximize Your Vitality and Potency by Jonathan Wright

The Hormonal Consequences of a High Starch Diet
KPFA broadcast date March 30, 1999
Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist

Homeopathic Human Growth Hormone
KPFA broadcast date December 22, 1998
Dr. Barbara Brewitt PhD and Bart Thompson discuss a new homeopathic form of HGH and IGF1 (This is intended as a discussion not an endorsement of a product)

Hormonal Consequences of High Starch, High Sugar Diets
KPFA broadcast date October 27, 1998
Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist

Before the Change: Taking Charge of Your Perimenopause
KPFA broadcast date May 12, 1998
Ann Louise Gittleman, MS, CNS Resources: Before the Change: Taking Charge of Your Perimenopause by Ann Louise Gittleman

De-mystifying Thyroid Disorders
KPFA broadcast date March 31, 1998
Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist

Natural Hormone Replacement
KPFA broadcast date November 11, 1997
Dr. Jonathan Wright MD

Thyroid Health
KPFA broadcast date October 21, 1997
Dr. Stephen Langer MD Resources: Solved: the Riddle of Illness by Stephen Langer

Male Depression
KPFA broadcast date July 15, 1997
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

Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book
KPFA broadcast date May 13, 1997
Dr. Susan Love discusses her book Resources: Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book by Susan Love

Hormones and the Heart
KPFA broadcast date April 1, 1997
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

Health Integration
KPFA broadcast date March 25, 1997
Health Educator Layna Berman

Nutrition and the Endrocrine System
KPFA broadcast date February 11, 1997
Ray Peat PhD

Thyroid/Progesterone and Diet
KPFA broadcast date November 12, 1996
Raymond Peat PhD Biologist, Researcher

The Art of Self-Care
KPFA broadcast date September 24, 1996
Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist

Surviving Prostate Cancer
KPFA broadcast date July 16, 1996
Michael Korda Resources: Man to Man by Michael Korda

A New Approach to Change: Natural Progesterone
KPFA broadcast date January 2, 1996
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

The Dangers of High Carb Diets for Women
KPFA broadcast date October 17, 1995
Ann Louise Gittleman, nutritionist and former director at Pritikin Longevity Center Resources: Super Nutrition for Women by Ann Louise Gittleman