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As a dermatologist, I would like your thoughts on such common conditions such as psoriasis and eczema. Thanks. Michael P. Tabibian (Michael) Hi Michael, Eczema responds very commonly to the allergy approach. Usually foods. But I’ve even seen house dust do it. Needs a systematic approach though, and often the substances with the strongest type […]

As a dermatologist, I would like your thoughts on such common conditions such as psoriasis and eczema. Thanks. Michael P. Tabibian (Michael) Hi Michael, Eczema responds very commonly to the allergy approach. Usually foods. But I’ve even seen house dust do it. Needs a systematic approach though, and often the substances with the strongest type […] The post eczema and psoriasis Q and A appeared first on Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby.

My life was touched by a tragic and rather public suicide case that took place recently. Roy Colton and Harry Bernard, who built a fashion and retail consultancy Colton Bernard Inc and were life partners, committed suicide in their San Francisco apartment earlier this month. Among the companies they listed as clients over the years were: Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton, Fruit of the Loom, VF Corp., Levi Strauss & Co., Gap Inc., Ermenegildo Zegna, Sean John, Zac Posen, Ocean Pacific and Perry Ellis. I’ve never met either of them but my wife Vivien has been a colleague of theirs for almost a year. Viv is a fashion designer and they got her a successful interview with Old Navy. A heard her shocked outcry from the next room when she heard the news. Friends and colleagues said that Colton, 67, and Bernard, 78, may have been planning the double suicide for some time because of health issues for both and a business that was getting tougher to run. Bernard was believed to have been losing his vision after a bout with cancer earlier in the decade. Colton had worsening circulatory problems. The pair, who had been together as an item for 43 years, were said to have read “Final Exit,” a book that details how to commit suicide written by Derek Humphry, founder of the now defunct Hemlock Society (hemlock is highly poisonous; it was used to eliminate Socrates from Greek society). Find out why I am writing about this: click more…

My life was touched by a tragic and rather public suicide case that took place recently. Roy Colton and Harry Bernard, who built a fashion and retail consultancy Colton Bernard Inc and were life partners, committed suicide in their San Francisco apartment earlier this month. Among the companies they listed as clients over the years were: Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton, Fruit of the Loom, VF Corp., Levi Strauss & Co., Gap Inc., Ermenegildo Zegna, Sean John, Zac Posen, Ocean Pacific and Perry Ellis. I’ve never met either of them but my wife Vivien has been a colleague of theirs for almost a year. Viv is a fashion designer and they got her a successful interview with Old Navy. A heard her shocked outcry from the next room when she heard the news. Friends and colleagues said that Colton, 67, and Bernard, 78, may have been planning the double suicide for some time because of health issues for both and a business that was getting tougher to run. Bernard was believed to have been losing his vision after a bout with cancer earlier in the decade. Colton had worsening circulatory problems. The pair, who had been together as an item for 43 years, were said to have read “Final Exit,” a book that details how to commit suicide written by Derek Humphry, founder of the now defunct Hemlock Society (hemlock is highly poisonous; it was used to eliminate Socrates from Greek society). Find out why I am writing about this: click more…

In my last email I hinted at skullduggery from an official level. Here’s the scoop. On Tuesday of last week, Jim Folsom was convicted of 26 felony counts for selling Global Wellness, Energy Wellness, Biosolutions, and Astropulse machines. He faces up to 140 years of prison time. As usual the FDA wrote its own rules and seems to have (or claim) carte blanche to attack any alternative medicine programs it doesn’t like (which is all of them, pretty much). Meantime Big Pharma continues to poison and kill 5X more US citizens every year than were killed in the entire 10 years of the Vietnam war. Jim Folsom, to my knowledge, didn’t even give anybody so much as a headache. Land of the free? Ple-e-e-a-se… Anyway, I don’t want to get involved in the political ramifications of this case. Only the practical results.

In my last email I hinted at skullduggery from an official level. Here’s the scoop. On Tuesday of last week, Jim Folsom was convicted of 26 felony counts for selling Global Wellness, Energy Wellness, Biosolutions, and Astropulse machines. He faces up to 140 years of prison time. As usual the FDA wrote its own rules and seems to have (or claim) carte blanche to attack any alternative medicine programs it doesn’t like (which is all of them, pretty much). Meantime Big Pharma continues to poison and kill 5X more US citizens every year than were killed in the entire 10 years of the Vietnam war. Jim Folsom, to my knowledge, didn’t even give anybody so much as a headache. Land of the free? Ple-e-e-a-se… Anyway, I don’t want to get involved in the political ramifications of this case. Only the practical results.

Is Alzheimer’s really a  type 3 diabetes of the brain? Evidence suggests it is. By which I mean that insulin and Avandia, drugs used to control diabetes somewhat successfully have a definite beneficial effect on the risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Note that is NOT the same as saying they will help Alzheimer’s, once developed. This startling new turn has been reinforced by a study published Feb 2009 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Is Alzheimer’s really a  type 3 diabetes of the brain? Evidence suggests it is. By which I mean that insulin and Avandia, drugs used to control diabetes somewhat successfully have a definite beneficial effect on the risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Note that is NOT the same as saying they will help Alzheimer’s, once developed. This startling new turn has been reinforced by a study published Feb 2009 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

We all know the alleged benefits of garlic.  It is supposed to protect us against cancer and heart disease, bacterial and viral infections, and do a whole host of other good things for us. I don’t think there’s even any argument any more from conventional medicine that fresh garlic is a wonderful health giving plant […]

We all know the alleged benefits of garlic.  It is supposed to protect us against cancer and heart disease, bacterial and viral infections, and do a whole host of other good things for us. I don’t think there’s even any argument any more from conventional medicine that fresh garlic is a wonderful health giving plant […] The post Smash That Garlic! appeared first on Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby.

Yet again diet and nutrition has come out as a major factor in the causes of development of Alzheimer’s disease.  Forget the genetic story.  It’s almost totally irrelevant.  The "familial incidence" of Alzheimer’s is almost always due to family sharing the same crummy diet habits. In any case, numerous studies have made it clear that […]

Yet again diet and nutrition has come out as a major factor in the causes of development of Alzheimer’s disease.  Forget the genetic story.  It’s almost totally irrelevant.  The "familial incidence" of Alzheimer’s is almost always due to family sharing the same crummy diet habits. In any case, numerous studies have made it clear that […] The post Diet beats Alzheimers every time appeared first on Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby.