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The following letter was sent to us by one of our readers, and we decided to share it with you as well.   The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical [...]

By Nurse Mark   Silver has been used as an antimicrobial throughout history. Ancient Phoenicians kept water and other liquids in silver coated bottles to discourage contamination by microbes. Many readers may remember the days of fresh milk in “real” glass bottles – and that granny would place a silver coin in the bottle to [...]

… And The Diet Wars Continue …   By Nurse Mark   With the publication of the latest installment in The Diet Wars, The New England Journal Of Medicine has provided the news media and diet advocates of all persuasions fresh fodder for argument. So far, the majority of news articles are favoring the Mediterranean [...]

By Nurse Mark   Everybody knows that saturated fats will give you a heart attack – right? Why, even just looking at saturated fats can clog your arteries. And butter? Eek! That stuff will kill ya! Why take a chance, eating something as dangerous as butter, when there are nice, safe, healthy, polyunsaturated margarine spreads [...]

By Nurse Mark   There are some arguments that will never end.   Republican versus Democrat. Ford versus Chevy. Pepsi versus Coke. Red Sox versus Yankees. These ongoing debates tend to assume a stridency and fervor that one might expect from a religious debate like Judaism versus Islam. Indeed, adherents to either side of one [...]

By Nurse Mark   Regular readers know that Dr. Myatt and I are RV’ers, traveling in our coach to speak and lecture. We get to meet folks of all ages from all walks of life, but I must admit that the majority of folks we meet in RV parks are “mature” – retired, older, sometimes [...]

By Nurse Mark   Fads have been with us forever – it’s just human nature to want to “jump on the bandwagon” when something new and catchy comes along. Dancing the Charleston. Zoot Suits. Troll dolls and Beanie Babies. UFOs. Rubik’s Cube. Hula Hoops. Poodle Skirts. The Macarena and Disco dancing. All these and more [...]