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Growing pollution and depletion of the earth's ozone layer have caused skin cancer rates to skyrocket. Here are the steps you can take to guard aged skin against dangerous exposure to solar radiation levels.

Diabetes can damage almost every vital organ in your body. Read how to control your blood sugar through diet modification, nutritional supplements, weight management, and physical exercise.

Neurological decline, tremor, and a shuffling gait are among the symptoms that mark the onset of Parkinson's disease. Learn about new medical treatments and natural alternatives that relieve the symptoms, and may slow the progression, of Parkinson's.

Deteriorating brain function is not an inevitable consequence of aging. Here is the latest research on the naturally occurring hormone pregnenolone, which improves memory and concentration while providing a variety of other health-enhancing effects.

Surveys reveal that Americans are far more worried about dying from cancer than being killed by a terrorist. Yet the US government spends a relative pittance on meaningful medical research, hindering public and private efforts to find the cures for cancer and other diseases of aging.

DHEA benefits postmenopausal women; more folic acid advised for pregnant women; indole-3-carbinol reduces severity of lupus; omega-3 fatty acids improve cognitive function; higher-dose folic acid improves endothelial function.

Nicholas Perricone, MD, FACN, discusses how “high-glycemic” carbohydrates induce glycation in the skin and produce other negative health consequences.

Mitchell J. Ghen, DO, PhD, explains how a supplements regimen including folic acid helped banish cervical dysplasia in a 36-year-old female patient.

Vladimir Turovsky combines alternative and traditional medicine to offer patients a personalized, integrative approach to solving their health problems.

June 2004