Dr Gabe Mirkin citing new research has shown that excessive handwashing can strip the skin of oils that prevent infections and also leave the tissue more vulnerable to ultraviolet rays that cause melanomas.
Sunscreens found to be in bloodstream at toxic levels: much higher than government guidelines. Avobenzone, oxybenzone, octocrylene and ecamsule -just what you want in your body. And for most sunscreen is a minus not a plus. Let me explain….
Cannabis, marijuana, use was found to increase both depression and suicide in adulthood in those who used it as adolescents in a recent large meta-analysis. The risk translates to about 400,000 cases of depression in the US and a significant number of suicides
Amazingly, a cortisone inhaler (mometasone) was found no better than placebo for a majority of asthma patients in a New England Journal of Medicine study. Follow the link be linked to the study itself and an article about it and more details
Anxiety drugs such as Valium and Xanax associated with higher rate of miscarriage in new study. Yet another example of supposedly safe drugs turning out later to have more and unexpected side effects than originally thought. The obvious answer is to simply not take them.
