New research that suggests home birthing is an extremely safe option for both mother and baby. Scientists at the University of Oxford in England found that the risk of injury to the newborn was less than one percent, even in births to first time mothers.

On October 12th, the researchers conducting the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial  published the results of their eight year investigation  by announcing that vitamin E supplementation not only does not help prevent prostate cancer; it actually increases your risk of getting it -- substantially. As it turns out, the study is based on false logic. It is sophistry. It is bad advice.

In our concluding segment on the immune system, we progressively step outside the box and draw a clear line between the medical view of the immune system and the holistic view. And ultimately, we arrive at the primary point of separation.

The May 19th issue of The Economist ran TWO stories debunking alternative medicine. The first story carried a subheading that read, "Virtually all alternative medicine is bunk." And then later on in the issue, it expounded on the same theme as the main science story of the week, with the subheading, "Alternative medical treatments rarely work. Personally, I love The Economist, but these stories are way off base and filled with innuendo, not to mention a good bit of distortion.  Learn the other side of the story...

Recent recommendations for vitamin D are absurdly low. In this health newsletter, Jon explores how the Institute of Medicine's recent recommendations ignore the fundamental differences between vitamin D2 and D3. And because they ignore those differences: (1) their analysis of existing data is totally flawed; (2) their assessment of optimal blood levels is based on fantasy and flies in the face of mounting scientific evidence; and (3) their caution on maximum safe levels of supplementation rests on mind boggling logic. If you rely on their recommendations, you will severely compromise your health.

New research indicates that people who eat lots of dark green and orange vegetables outlive their peers by a huge margin.

A new magnesium study recently published by doctors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that getting enough magnesium could help you ward off diabetes.

The Miracle Mineral Supplement has been marked as a toxic substance by the FDA and the Food Standards Agency in the United Kingdom.

The use of certain cold medicines containing zinc can lead to hyposmia (reduced ability to smell) and anosmia (the loss of the ability to smell).