October is breast cancer awareness month. By this point in time all of us are fully aware of the impact of breast cancer upon our families and our society. The American Cancer Society has estimated that in 2009, there will be over 192,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer...

I believe optimizing our Vitamin D blood levels is one of the best things we can do to protect ourselves from the Swine Flu.

Over the last 10 years our understanding of Vitamin D has evolved from a simple vitamin believed to be useful in preventing rickets to our current...

There are two serious vitamin D health epidemics in America today; one is the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency and the other is the epidemic of ignorance about vitamin D deficiency.

As a board certified internist, I have chosen, for the last 30 years, to take a personalized approach in...

Vitamin D deficiency is probably the most frequent vitamin deficiency in America. I am writing this article to encourage you to go to the health food store and start taking 1000 International Units (IU) of Vitamin D everyday.

It is estimated that anywhere from 30 to 100% of Americans,...

As a physician who does a lot of work in environmental medicine, I thought my first blog would be on the subject of mercury in the environment and its role in our health.

However, after my experience this weekend traveling through the airport on my way to and from Phoenix...