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Michael Carlston, MD
Newsletter Subject Index
- A New Clue For Autism
- A Rose…Does Not Smell at All?
- ACL Injuries (Anterior Cruciate Ligament)
- Acupuncture And Osteoarthritis
- Air Pollution Inside Your Car
- AlmondRecall
- Andrographis
- Anemia- Iron And B12
- AngerAnd Heart Disease
- Antibacterial Soap
- Antibacterial Soap 2
- Antibacterial Overuse
- AntibioticsAnd Breast Cancer
- AntibioticOveruse Is Lessening
- Antioxidants
- Asthma - Long Term Prognosis
- Aspirin & Breast Cancer Prevention
- Autism and Aging Fathers
- Autism Screening
- AvianFlu
- Bad Effects Of Vitamins Or Bad Conclusions
- B Vitamins And Heart Disease Prevention
- Biomarkers
- Blood Test For Autism Soon?
- Book Chapter
- Book Release: Classical Homeopathy
- BottomLine Health
- Breakfast Is Good For You
- Breast Cancer
- Breastfeeding And Heart Disease Risk
- Breathing Away High Blood Pressure
- Butterbur And Allergies
- Cancer Blood Tests
- Cancer Risk from Total Body Scans Quantified
- Carcinogen Surprise
- CDC Campaign To Curb Over-prescribing Of Antibiotics
- Chelation And Kidney Disease
- Chicken Pox Vaccine May Lead To Shingles
- Chiropractic and Blood Pressure
- Chlorinated Water And Stillbirths
- Chocolate Is Not All It Is Cracked Up To Be
- Choline And Memory Loss
- Chromium Picolinate
- Clinical Trial Registry
- CO - Q10 and Parkinson’s Disease
- Colic and Mother’s Diet
- Concussion Evaluation/Safe Return To Play
- Dental Amalgam Safe - Not, Or?
- Depression And Gender Differences
- Diet And Health
- Diet=Statins In Heart Disease Prevention
- Does Echinacea Work For Children
- Don’t Be Fat Phobic
- Don’t Get Hot About Fevers
- Drowing In Misinformation
- “Drug” Abuse
- Ear Tubes And Dinosaurs
- Eat Breakfast to Lose Weight
- Echinacea Combination Prevents Disease In Children
- Eliminating Lice
- Environmental Chemicals
- Ethical Medication Disposal
- Execess Doses Of mEdia May Be Harmful To Your Health
- Exercise And Mental Functioning
- Exercise Heals Joints
- Exercise Lowers Risk Of Heart Attack Independently Of Cholesterol
- Exercise, Obesity And The Amish
- Exercise Treatment For Women With Breast Cancer
- Eye Drops For Cataracts
- FamilyAnti-Smoking Programs
- Fish Oil Notice
- Flame Retardants and Obesity
- Flu
- Flu Vaccine Follies
- Fluoridated Water Study
- Fruit and Veggies Reduce Stroke Risk
- Garlic Is Good
- Ginseng Warning For Pregnant Women
- Glucosamine Becomes Mainstream
- Good Bye To Ear Tubes
- Health Benefits Of Saunas
- Healthy Eating = Supermeal
- Health Screening, Wellness and Disease Prevention
- Health Screening, Wellness and Disease Prevention Part II
- Help The NFL Fight Breast Cancer
- Hema-Plex Is Not Hemaplex
- Herbal Medicine Contamination
- High Fat/High Protein Diets And Cholesterol
- Home Blood Pressure Is Most Meaningful
- Homeopathic Treatment Of ADHD
- Homeopathic Treatment of Chronic Disease
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hormone Replacement Therapy (Womens Health)
- How Is Your Brain Working
- Hygiene Hypothesis
- Italian “Mad Cow” Cases May Be The Same As Sporadic CJD
- Inappropriate Antibiotics
- Influenza
- Inhaled Steroids and Cataract
- Injury Prevention and Recovery
- “Insignificant” Breast Lumps And Cancer
- It Is Smart To Take Supplements
- Juiced by Pomegranates
- Junk Food Practically Normal
- Kava
- Kava Advisory
- LactobacillussGG and Eczema Prevention
- Lead Is Unsafe For Children At Any Level
- Learning Disability and Radiation
- Lies, Damned Lies And Echinacea
- Lies, Damned Lies And Research Lies
- Low Blood Pressure And Alzheimer’s Risk
- Lung Cancer Deaths In Women
- Mad Cow Lingers
- Mad Cow – No News Is Good News?
- Magnetic Personality Changes?
- Male Infertility And Plastics
- Mammography Controversy
- Media Misinformation – Vitamin D, Calcium And Fracture Risk
- Media Misinformation – Antioxidants
- Medicare Part D Meeting with Lynne Woolsey
- Migraines And Rose Colored Glasses
- Migraines And Contacts
- Moderation and Finding Your Way in the Dark
- More Evidence Of St. John’s Wort’s Effectiveness in Depression
- Multiple Vitamin
- Mushroom Extracts
- Newson Prion (“Mad Cow”) Disease
- NIH Multiple Vitamin/Mineral Consensus Conference
- NonGMOFood Increasingly Contaminated By GMO
- Nsaids, Aches and Pains
- Nsaids Use May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
- Nuvo Lotion For Head Lice
- Omega 3 Oils
- Omega-3 Oils and MS
- Osteoporosis Prevention
- Ovarian Cancer And Lactose Consumption
- Overuse Of Medications
- Pacifiers and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Painkilling Medications In Pregnancy
- Pap Smear Guidelines
- Patient Wisdom
- Pedometers
- Pharmaceutical Dishonesty
- Polarized Light Examination For Skin Cancer
- Polio Eradication By 2005
- Prenatal Cocaine Exposure
- Prescription Drug Toxicity – In You and In the Invironment
- Preventing Pancreatic Cancer
- Prions (Mad Cow Disease)
- Professional Wrestling And Health?
- Prostate Cancer And Lifestyle Change
- Protein And Children
- PSA Breakthrough
- Physicians Over-treating Blood Pressure in “Older” Americans
- Reading Between The Lines – Medical Research
- Referrals
- Relative Effectiveness And Cost Of Homeopathy And Conventional Treatment
- Ritalin And Cancer
- Ritalin And Cocaine
- Ritalin Carcinogenic In Lab Test
- Rocket Fuel In Breast Milk
- Salmon And Prion Disease
- Selenium Reduces Bladder Cancer Risk
- Sinus Rinses Beat Antibiotics
- Sleep and Weight Loss
- Sleeping Pill Use Up Despite Evidence Behavioral Approach More Effective
- Solar Cookers And Disease Prevention
- Some Probiotics May Prevent Kidney Stones
- Soy
- Statins And Heart Disease
- Steam, Parboil Or Fry Your Relatives
- St. John’s Wort
- St. John’s Wort 2
- Stretching
- Studies: Comments On Studies
- Suicide and Cosmetic Breast Implants
- Sun Exposure
- Sunscreen Reminder
- Suntans (The Dark Side Of)
- Superbugs Step Out Into The Community
- Surgical Nutrition
- Tanning Is Good?
- Tai Chi For Heart Failure
- ThatOld Smallpox Vaccine Isn’t Going Away
- The Family That Eats Together…..
- TheSandman Lives In Your Ipod
- Tick Time
- Topical Glucosamine For Arthritis
- TopicalSteroids A No No For Irratant Dermititis
- Toxic Fish
- Turmeric And Cancer
- Vaccinations
- Vaccinations,Meningitis And Guillain-Barré
- VaccinesAnd Autism
- Vioxx, Celebrex, Naprosyn….?
- Vitamin C and Cold Prevention
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin D and Asthma
- Vitamin D And Diabetes Prevention
- Vitamin D, Calcium, Bone Density, Etc
- Vitamin D In Osteoporosis And Children
- Vitamin D, Pancreatic Cancer, Babies and the Rest of Us
- Vitamin E Levels Low In Depressed Patients
- Vitamins,Micronutrients and Cancer Treatment
- Wait! – Antioxidants Can Help You Live Longer?
- Wasting Disease Dementia Deer
- WebSite Ordering
- Weight And Alzheimer’s Disease
- Weightloss
- Weight Loss and Sleep
- Whole Grains And Cardiovascular Disease
- Why Do Sally And Johnny Use Drugs?
- Why Physicians Neglect Health Promotion/Preventative Services
- Worm Whips Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Young Wrestling Fans Exhibit Risky Behaviors
- Zinc
Newsletter Date Index
- June 19 , 2013
- April 6 , 2013
- March 8 , 2013
- January 11 , 2013
- December 21 , 2012
- August 2 , 2012
- May 12 , 2012
- March 29 , 2012
- February 18 , 2012
- December 22 , 2011
- October 26 , 2011
- October 5 , 2011
- August 19 , 2011
- July 18 , 2011
- February 8 , 2011
- January 3 , 2011
- November 29 , 2010
- October 1 , 2010
- July 13 , 2010
- August 30 , 2010
- January 7, 2010
- November 10, 2009
- October 2, 2009
- July 10, 2009
- May 11, 2009
- April 28, 2009
- April 17, 2009
- March 16, 2009
- March 6, 2009
- January 23, 2009
- November 17, 2008
- October 23, 2008
- September 25, 2008
- August 17, 2008
- June 6, 2008
- May 30, 2008
- April 11, 2008
- March 21, 2008
- January 25, 2008
- December 22, 2007
- December 9, 2007
- October 23, 2007
- September 21, 2007
- July 15, 2007
- June 18, 2007
- May 23, 2007
- May 3, 2007
- March 7, 2007
- February 5, 2007
- January 4, 2007
- 9/28/06 - Dental Amalgam Safe - Not, Or?
- 9/28/06 - Vitamin D, Pancreatic Cancer, Babies and the Rest of Us
- 9/28/06 - Eat Breakfast to Lose Weight
- 9/28/06 - Selenium Reduces Bladder Cancer Risk
- 9/28/06 - Sleeping Pill Use Up Despite Evidence Behavioral Approach More Effective
- 09/05/06 - Ethical Medication Disposal
- 09/05/06 - Autism and Aging Fathers
- 09/05/06 - Chocolate
- 09/05/06 - Some Probiotics May Prevent Kidney Stones
- 09/05/06 - Juiced by Pomegranates
- 09/05/06 - Chiropractic and Blood Pressure
- 07/28/06 - Prescription Drug Toxicity - In You and In the Invironment
- 07/28/06 - “Drug” Abuse
- 07/28/06 - Mad Cow Lingers
- 07/28/06 - Biomarkers
- 05/30/06 - Flame Retardants and Obesity
- 05/30/06 - Vitamin D and Asthma
- 05/30/06 - NIH Multiple Vitamin/Mineral Consensus Conference
- 05/30/06 - Tick Time
- 3/30/06 - Vitamin D, Calcium, Bone Density, Etc
- 3/30/06 - Antibacterial Soap
- 01/01/06 - Sleep and Weight Loss
- 01/01/06 - Pedometers
- 01/01/06 - Book Chapter
- 01/01/06 - Vitamin D
- 01/01/06 - Medicare Part D Meeting with Lynne Woolsey
- 12/21/05 - Vitamin C and Cold Prevention
- 12/21/05 - Weight Loss and Sleep
- 12/21/05 - Pharmaceutical Dishonesty
- 12/21/05 - Colic and Mother’s Diet
- 12/05/05 - Eliminating Lice
- 12/05/05 - Pacifiers and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- 12/05/05 - Don’t Be Fat Phobic
- 12/05/05 - Homeopathic Treatment of Chronic Disease
- 12/05/05 - Glucosamine Becomes Mainstream
- 12/05/05 - Exercise Heals Joints
- 12/05/05 - Breathing Away High Blood Pressure
- 12/05/05 - A Rose…Does Not Smell at All?
- 10/27/05 - Moderation and Finding Your Way in the Dark
- 10/12/05 - Avian Flu
- 10/12/05 - Vaccination, Meningitis And Guillian-Barré
- 10/12/05 - Autism Screening
- 10/12/05 - Prostate Cancer And Lifestyle Change
- 10/12/05 - Turmeric And Cancer
- 10/12/05- Ear Tubes And Dinosaurs
- 08/03/05 - Lies, Damned Lies And Echinacea
- 08/03/05 - Homeopathic Treatment Of ADHD
- 08/03/05 - Relative, Effectiveness And Cost Of Homeopathy AndConventional Treatment
- 08/03/05- “Insignificant” Breast Lumps And Cancer
- 06/12/05- Exercise Treatment For Women With Breast Cancer
- 06/12/05 - Good Bye To Ear Tubes
- 06/12/05 - Stretching
- 06/12/05 - Lies, Damned Lies And Research Lies
- 05/11/05 - Blood Test For Autism Soon?
- 05/11/05- Media Misinformation - Vitamin D, Calcium and Fracture Risk
- 05/11/05 - Media Misinformation - Antioxidants
- 05/11/05- Wait! - Antioxidants Can Help You Live Longer?
- 05/11/05- The Sandman Lives In Your Ipod
- 05/11/05- Ritalin And Cancer
- 05/11/05- Steam, Parboil Or Fry Your Relatives
- 04/14/05- Migraines And Contacts
- 04/14/05 - Vaccines And Autism
- 04/14/05- Drowning In Misinformation
- 04/14/05- The Family That Eats Together….
- 04/14/05- St. John’s Wort
- 03/20/05- Ritalin Carcinogenic In Lab Test
- 03/20/05 - Migraines And Rose Colored Glasses
- 03/20/05 - Tai Chi For Heart Failure
- 03/20/05 - Topical Steroids A No No For Irritant Dermatitis
- 02/23/05- Flu Vaccine Follies
- 02/23/05 - More Evidence Of St. John’s Wort’s Effectiveness InDepression
- 02/23/05- Rocket Fuel In Breast Milk
- 02/03/05- Mushroom Extracts
- 02/03/05 - It Is Smart To Take Supplements
- 02/03/05- Tanning Is Good?
- 02/03/05- Whole Grains And Cardiovascular Disease
- 02/03/05- Ovarian Cancer And Lactose Consumption
- 12/21/04 - Vioxx, Celebrex, Naprosyn….?
- 12/21/04 - Healthy Eating = Supermeal
- 12/21/04- Acupuncture And Osteoarthritis
- 12/21/04- Anemia - Iron And B12
- 11/13/04 - Excess Doses Of mEdia May Be Harmful To Your Health
- 11/13/04 - Vitamin E Levels Low In Depressed Patients
- 11/13/04- Mad Cow - No News Is Good News?
- 10/29/04- Clinical Trial Registry
- 10/29/04 - Bad Effects Of Vitamins Or Bad Conclusions
- 10/29/04- Nuvo Lotion For Head Lice
- 10/29/04 - Sinus Rinses Beat Antibiotics
- 10/29/04- Weightloss
- 09/08/04- Diet and Health
- 09/08/04- Physicians Over-treating Blood Pressure in “Older”Americans
- 09/08/04 - Cancer Risk from Total Body Scans Quantified
- 07/21/04- Injury Prevention and Recovery
- 07/09/04- PSA Breakthrough
- 07/09/04 - Don’t Get Hot About Fevers
- 07/09/04- Junk Food Practically Normal
- 07/09/04 - Superbugs Step Out Into The Community
- 07/09/04- Worm Whips Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- 06/04/04 - Sunscreen Reminder
- 06/04/04 - Almond Recall
- 06/04/04- Breastfeeding And Heart Disease Risk
- 06/04/04 - Vitamins, Micronutrients And Cancer Treatment
- 06/04/04 - Air Pollution Inside Your Car
- 04/14/04- Flu
- 04/14/04 - Chromium Picolinate
- 04/14/04- Magnetic Personality Changes?
- 04/14/04- Chlorinated Water And Stillbirths
- 04/14/04- Lung Cancer Deaths In Women
- 03/26/04- Hema-Plex Is Not Hemaplex
- 03/26/04- Home Blood Pressure Is Most Meaningful
- 03/26/04- Depression And Gender Differences
- 03/26/04 - Anger And Heart Disease
- 03/26/04- Statins And Heart Disease
- 03/26/04- Echinacea Combination Prevents Disease In Children
- 03/26/04- Protein And Children
- 02/25/04- Diet=Statins In Heart Disease Prevention
- 02/25/04- Exercise, Obesity And The Amish
- 02/25/04- Exercise and Mental Functioning
- 02/25/04- Low Blood Pressure And Alzheimer’s Risk
- 02/25/04- NonGMO Food Increasingly Contaminated By GMO
- 02/25/04- Italian “Mad Cow” Cases May B The Same As SporadicCJD
- 02/25/04- Antibiotics And Breast Cancer
- 01/20/04- Patient Wisdom
- 01/20/04- Referrals
- 01/20/04- Learning Disability And Radiation
- 01/20/04- Male Infertility And Plastics
- 01/20/04- How Is Your Brain Working
- 01/20/04- That Old Smallpox Vaccine Isn’t Going Away
- 12/23/03- Fish Oil Notice
- 12/23/03- Health Benefits of Saunas
- 12/05/03- Eye Drops For Cataracts
- 12/05/03- A New Clue For Autism
- 12/05/03- Weight And Alzheimer’s Disease
- 12/05/03- Does Echinacea Work For Children
- 11/25/03- Osteoporosis Prevention
- 11/25/03- Ginseng Warning For Pregnant Women
- 11/25/03- Solar Cookers And Disease Prevention
- 11/25/03- Influenza
- 11/10/03- Chelation And Kidney Disease
- 11/10/03- Lead Is Unsafe For Children At Any Level
- 10/02/03- Inhaled Steroids and Cataract
- 10/02/03-Fruit and Veggies Reduce Stroke Risk
- 10/02/03- Garlic Is Good
- 10/02/03- Why Physicians Neglect Health Promotion/Preventive Services
- 10/02/03- Health Screening, Wellness and Disease Prevention Part II09/16/03- Painkilling Medications In Pregnancy
- 09/16/03-Nsaids, Aches and Pains
- 09/16/03- Nsaids Use May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
- 09/16/03- Health Screening, Wellness and Disease Prevention
- 08/08/03
- 08/08/03-Concussion Evaluation/Safe Return To Play
- 08/08/03- Polarized Light Examination For Skin Cancer
- 04/15/03- Aspirin and Breast Cancer Prevention
- 04/15/03- Chicken Pox Vaccine May Lead To Shingles
- 04/15/03- Andrographis
- 04/15/03- Topical Glucosamine For Arthritis
- 04/15/03- Cancer Blood Tests
- 04/15/03- Wasting Disease Demtia Deer
- 04/15/03- Antibacterial Overuse
- 04/15/03- Vitamin D In Osteoporosis and Children
- 04/15/03- Environmental Chemicals
- 03/21/03- Breakfast Is Good For You
- 03/21/03- Kava Advisory
- 03/21/03- Multiple Vitamin
- 03/21/03- Inappropriate Antibiotics
- 03/21/03- Suicide and Cosmetic Breast Implants
- 03/21/03- Asthma - Long Term Prognosis
- 03/10/03- Mistletoe and Breast Cancer
- 03/10/03- Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and Breast Cancer
- 03/10/03- Vasectomy and Prostate Cancer
- 03/10/03- Smallpox Vaccinations
- 03/10/03- New FDA Regulation of Supplement Labeling
- 03/10/03- Antidepressant Drug Withdrawal
- 12/24/02- High Fats/High Protein Diets And Cholesterol
- 12/24/02- Kava
- 12/24/02 - Exercise Lowers Risk Of Heart Attack Independent Of Cholesterol
- 12/24/02- PAP Smear Guidelines
- 12/24/02- Antibiotic Overuse Is Lessening
- 12/24/02- Cholesterol Is Not All It Is Cracked Up To Be
- 12/24/02- Vaccinations
- 10/30/02- Antibacterial Soap
- 10/30/02- Toxic Fish
- 10/15/02- Book Release: Classical Homeopathy
- 10/15/02- Website Ordering
- 10/15/02- Bottom Line Health
- 10/15/02 - Hygiene Hypothesis
- 10/15/02- Breast Cancer
- 10/15/02- Carcinogen Surprise
- 10/15/02- Omega-3 Oils and MS
- 10/15/02- CO - Q10 and Parkinson’s Disease
- 08/22/02- Classical Homeopathy - Book Release
- 08/22/02- LactobacillussGG and Eczema Prevention
- 08/22/02- Newson Prion (Mad Cow) Disease
- 06/28/02- Salmon And Prion Disease
- 04/16/02- Reading Between The Lines - Medical Research
- 04/16/02- Butterbur And Allergies
- 03/13/02- Herbal Medicine Contamination
- 03/13/02- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- 03/13/02- Mammography Controversy
- 03/13/02- Omega 3 Oils
- 12/06/01- Antioxidants
- 12/06/01- CDC Campaign To Curb Over-prescribing Of Antibiotics
- 12/06/01- Sun Exposure
- 11/09/01- B Vitamins And Heart Disease Prevention
- 11/09/01- Choline And Memory Loss
- 11/09/01 - Preventing Pancreatic Cancer
- 11/09/01- Ritalin And Cocaine
- 11/09/01- Surgical Nutrition
- 11/09/01- Vitamin D And Diabetes Prevention
- 09/14/01- Dr’s. Comments On Studies
- 09/14/01- Pro. Wrestling And Health?
- 09/14/01- St. John’s Wort
- 09/14/01- Suntans (The Dark Side Of)
- 09/14/01- Young Wrestling Fans Exhibit Risky Behaviors
- 09/03/01- ACL Injuries (Anterior Cruciate Ligament)
- 09/03/01- Fluoridated Water Study
- 09/03/01- Polio Eradication By 2005
- 09/03/01- Prenatal Cocaine Exposure
- 06/03/01- Family Anti-Smoking Programs
- 06/03/01- Help The NFL Fight Breast Cancer
- 06/03/01- Overuse Of Medications
- 06/03/01- Prions (Mad Cow Disease)
- 06/03/01- Soy
- 06/03/01- Why Do Sally And Johnny Use Drugs?
- 06/03/01 - Zinc
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The mission of this site is to inform and empower you. Representing the sum of my experience as well as the latest clinical research, my perspective is often somewhat at odds with the simplistic articles appearing in the media. Applying the information here you can become healthier, stronger and hopefully happier. Look around and let me know what you think. Best,
Michael Carlston, M.D.
