Children’s Health | Dr. Michael Murray

Vitamin D is Particularly Important for Children

by admin | December 7, 2011 | Childrens Health | 0 Comments

Research shows that many of us don’t get this critical vitamin from food or sunshine, and kids who are deficient in it have an increased risk of diabetes and asthma.

Is Your Child Constipated? Try This Natural Solution

by admin | April 18, 2012 | Childrens Health, Digestion | 0 Comments

The National Institutes of Health reports that constipation in children is a common occurrence. While this condition is typically not life-threatening, it can certainly affect a child’s quality of life. Constipation is characterized by bowel movements that occur less...

NAC Produces Significant Benefit in Reducing Irritability in Autistic Children

by admin | August 1, 2012 | Childrens Health | 0 Comments

Background: Autism is a condition characterized by difficulties with social interaction, problems with verbal and nonverbal communication, and repetitive behaviors or narrow, obsessive interests that usually become apparent before a child is three years old. Autism...

Probiotics in the Treatment of Childhood Constipation

by admin | October 31, 2012 | Childrens Health | 0 Comments

Background Constipation in children is a very common occurrence affecting roughly 10% of children. It is characterized by bowel movements occurring less frequently than usual or stools that tend to be hard, dry, and difficult and painful to pass. The following are...

Vitamin D Reduces Ear Infections in Children

by admin | June 3, 2013 | Childrens Health | 0 Comments

Introduction: A huge and growing amount of research has now shown that vitamin D deficiency is very common (at least 50% of the general population and 80% in infants). There is also similar research showing vitamin D supplementation may be the most cost effective...

Fish Oils and the Teenage Brain

by admin | July 16, 2013 | Childrens Health | 0 Comments

Introduction: The long chain omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA found in fish and fish oil supplements are critical to brain development and function throughout our lifetime. New research has found that EPA and DHA are especially important to the teenage brain. During...

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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Breast cancer has reached near epidemic status among American women as it is currently estimated that one out of eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Currently, breast cancer causes over 40,000 deaths in the United States each year.

The rate of breast cancer is typically 5 times higher for women in the United States compared to women in many other parts of the world. It is interesting to note that in Japan the rate of breast cancer is about 1/5^th the rate in the United States, but in second or third generation Japanese women living in America eating the typical American diet the rate of breast cancer is identical to other women living in the United States.

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For more information on steps you can take to reduce the risk of breast cancer, please refer to the corresponding chapter in the 3^rd Edition of The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine.

For more information, please see the completely revised and updated 3^rd edition of The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine.

On the Dr Oz show

On the show I discussed the failure of conventional medicine to address the underlying issues in many health conditions offering little more than drugs as biochemical “band aids.”