Drugging Our Old Folks
Elderly people are particularly susceptible to the adverse effects of medications. A meta-analysis of observational studies found that, of 7,533 hospitalizations among people ...
Articles by Dr. Gaby
I’ll Know My Song Well Before I Start Singing
I’ll know my song well before I start singing.” Those words were written Bob Dylan, at the end of one of his most famous songs, “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.” Bob Dylan, the on...
Iron Deficiency & Heart Failure
Iron deficiency is a common and sometimes overlooked factor in patients with heart failure (HF), and is associated with a poor prognosis. Research indicates that testing HF pa...
Is Folinic Acid Beneficial for Autism?
Cerebral folate deficiency has been defined as any neuropsychiatric condition associated with abnormally low levels of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF; the active form of fol...
Is There a Low-level Copper-toxicity Syndrome?
In 1983, a practitioner in Vancouver, British Columbia, described a syndrome that was purported to be due to chronic copper toxicity. Symptoms varied but included one or more ...
Is There an Epidemic of Research Fraud in Natural Medicine?
During the past 49 years, I have reviewed and analyzed more than 50,000 papers from the biomedical literature, most of which were related to the field of nutritional medicine....
It Doesn’t Always Have to be Complicated
With the many advances in both conventional and integrative medicine, we have a wide range of options available for assessing and treating our patients. In some cases, particu...
Nutritional Treatments for Opioid Addiction
Addiction to illegal opioid narcotics (such as heroin) and prescription opioids (such as morphine, hydrocodone, and methadone) are major public health problems in the United S...
Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome: Too Many Drugs, Not Enough Nutritional Therapy
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common condition characterized by dysesthesia (such as a painful burning, prickling, or aching feeling) in the legs and an irresistible urge ...
Which Supplement Should We See: Folic Acid or Methylfolate?
Folic acid (pteroylglutamic acid) is an important nutrient that has multiple functions in the body. It plays a role in the synthesis of DNA and RNA, and is also involved in ho...
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