Green Medicine Newsletter – Excerpts

Over the last few months there have been a chorus of articles telling us that "fish oil supplementation doesn't reduce cardiovascular risk". These articles were based on a "Cochrane Review"1 of research examining effects of increasing fish-derived (EPA, DHA) and...

In the mid-1950s D. C. Jarvis M.D. published "Folk Medicine", a book which sold over a million copies. Even though he was an M.D. graduate of the University of Vermont Medical College, he learned about the effectiveness of many aspects of Vermont folk medicine while...

Why Print This Research Summary? Most of us know that "a good night's sleep" is good for everyone's health, so why bother to present research proving this well-known truth? Unfortunately, those in charge of businesses and organizations don't always know or heed this...

Green Medicine Newsletter has reported before that the estrogen "estriol" is the only 100% anti-carcinogenic major estrogen1, and that the ratio between the estrogen metabolites 2-hydroxyestrone and 16α-hydroxyestrone (often termed the "2/16 hydroxyestrone ratio", or...

Green Medicine Newsletter has reported before about pro-carcinogenic and anti-carcinogenic metabolites of testosterone and how to favorably influence their balance (April 2018). We're repeating this report again because not nearly as many men as women focus their...

...because riboflavin (Vitamin B2) has been reported to increase levels of F. prausnitzii, an intestinal bacterium found to be in lower than usual in individuals with these two problems. Researchers reported1 that adult volunteers who took 100 milligrams of riboflavin...

In 2015, Australian researchers reported1 that only 500 milligrams daily of niacinamide taken daily reduces skin cancer risk significantly. They started their research abstract pointing out that niacinamide enhances DNA repair and prevents ultraviolet radiation from...

An otherwise healthy woman in her 60s (we'll refer to her as Audrey) started to notice mild breathing obstruction in her sinuses, "kind of like starting to catch a cold". There was no fever, mucous discharge, or any other symptom indicating infection. The problem...

Steven Smith earned his B.S. from Indiana Wesleyan University in 1975 and his M. D. from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1979. Following residency in internal medicine he completed a residency in dermatology at the University of Texas in 1984. He's a...

Let's start with the skin, as both women and men are literally covered with it. It's very likely that as we grow older, we start to notice our skin is getting rougher. Why not slow that process? Fifteen women and five men aged between 40 and 50 years (mean age 44.85...