October, 2008 (18 items)

  • Halloween Sugar Halloween Sugar
    I actually sketched out four Halloween comics—and scrapped them all—before coming up with this one. The challenging part is demonstrating the negative health effects of sugar without...
  • The Choices We Make The Choices We Make
    by Derrick Jensen | We all face choices. We can have ice caps and polar bears, or we can have automobiles. We can have dams or we can have salmon...
  • Preventing lyme transmission through body fluids Preventing lyme transmission through body fluids
    Dear Stephen, Our 21 year old son was diagnosed last month with chronic Lyme. Is there any herb to keep his future wife from getting infected?
  • Fantastic Fixes for Low Energy Fantastic Fixes for Low Energy
    by Connie Strasheim | Energy. We sufferers of chronic illness could all use a bit more of the stuff, and every little blip in our internal and external environments alters how much we have at any given moment.
  • Stephania eyewash Stephania eyewash
    Dear Stephen, If I wash my eyes with the stephania root infusion, how should I do it? Should I use an eye cup. Should I use just the clear liquid on top, or the whole, well, mess
  • Rebellious teens: pawns for tobacco companies Rebellious teens: pawns for tobacco companies
    by Julie Genser | When my friends and I started smoking in seventh grade at age 12, we thought we were trés cool. Some of us loved the thought of doing something our parents did but we were still considered "too young" for.
  • Is hydrocortisone safe? Is hydrocortisone safe?
    Dear Dr. T, Is it at all possible to follow your protocol without taking the hydrocortisone and would it be less effective?
  • Toxic Chemicals Contribute to Colds and Flu Toxic Chemicals Contribute to Colds and Flu
    by Debra Lynn Dadd | You probably are aware that giving your immune system a helping hand can ward off colds and the flu. But did you know that common exposures to toxic chemicals in your everyday life can actually increase your chances of becoming sick?
  • Get Healthy by Getting out of Victim Mode Get Healthy by Getting out of Victim Mode
    by Connie Strasheim | "Poor me!" Yes, it's time to eat some worms. You're broke, jobless, and you have nobody with whom to cuddle at night because you're too sick to be in a romantic relationship.
  • Hyperbaric oxygen therapy with co-infections Hyperbaric oxygen therapy with co-infections
    Dear Stephen, I know that bartonella is an aerobic organism and some have suggested that oxygen therapies should be avoided. I would like to know your thoughts on this...
  • Message From The Stars Message From The Stars
    by Derrick Jensen | The message from the stars that sustained me as a child—that the cruelty we take for granted is not natural—sustains me to this day. For I know that beneath the fear and hatred, beneath the urge to control...
  • Mycoplasma Mycoplasma
    Dear Stephen, In June I had some blood microscopy done by a ND. She and I both saw big-time mycoplasma, and I was wondering if that was hindering my recovery.
  • “I’m too Sick to Be in a Romantic Relationship”
    by Connie Strasheim | Is this just another one of your excuses for staying single? Or is it an idea based on your friends’ marriages, struggling because one of the partners has a chronic illness?
  • Why don't alternative medicine doctors accept insurance plans? Why don’t alternative medicine doctors accept insurance plans?
    Dear Dr. T, Why is it that Alternative Medicine centers and doctors do not accept patient's insurance plans?
  • Trans-reservatrol Trans-reservatrol
    Dear Stephen, What is the scoop on trans-resveratrol? Are the brands of resveratrol you recommend the "trans" form - and does it even matter?
  • Birth control for menopausal women Birth control for menopausal women
    Dear Susun, Should I be thinking differently about birth control now that I am experiencing menopause?
  • Samento with acid blocker? Samento with acid blocker?
    Dear Stephen, I take antibiotics and Cowden herbs, as well as prilosic for acid reflux—is it ok to take samento, cumanda and quina with this?
  • Toxicity/die-off with protocol Toxicity/die-off with protocol
    Dear Stephen, I have read that herxing too much is not necessarily helpful even if it is a sign of die-off.