Health Wisdom from the Stone Age, Volume One, an e-book, became available at www.amazon.com on July 4th, 2017. Enter Health Wisdom from the Stone Age in the search box.

This five-volume series is an anthology based on my weekly column, The Stone Age Doc that has been published in the Reading (PA) Eagle since 2005.

In the news…

Good news for coffee drinkers. A couple of cups a day, regular or decaf, may slightly lower the risk of type 2 diabetes, stroke, heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease as well as several different types of cancer. Isn’t it nice to know that something that tastes good can actually be good for us?

A few years ago some studies associated coffee drinking with cancer. More comprehensive and better research has shown just the opposite.

The antioxidants in coffee probably contribute to this list of benefits. For those who don’t get much in the way of fruits and vegetables, coffee is the major source of antioxidants. And then there’s chocolate…

Lifestyle…

The Internet is a great source of information – and misinformation. In order to avoid the latter, stick to trusted sites like http://www.mayoclinic.org/disease-conditions or http://www.webmd.com. Tufts Medical School, Harvard Medical School and the University of California at Berkeley also have quality sites where non-professionals can find useful information. Most sites whose URL ends in edu are associated with universities and medical schools. Their newsletters are informative and reliable.  I no longer recommend PubMed, the site of the National Library of Medicine, having found published articles there from “medical” journals of dubious worth. In one recent search I found that one of the authors of numerous papers in one particular field has had his medical license revoked in several states because he falsified research. His son and co-author has no medical degree and was fined $10,000 for practicing medicine without a license. Some scientific-sounding journals are set up by charlatans pushing products.

Objective and reliable information on supplements is available at http://www.consumerlab.com, which does not accept advertising.

Area Presentations…

Upcoming presentations in the San Diego area this fall are scheduled for the Osher Lifelong Learning Center at Cal State San Marcos (www.csusm.edu/olli) and at the OASIS Adult Learning Center (www.oasisnet.org). Dates, times and locations are posted on their websites.

A day in the life of a Renaissance physician will be presented at the Escondido Senior Center on Monday, July 17th at 1:00 p.m.

If you are looking for a speaker for your organization there are more than sixty PowerPoint presentations listed at http://www.stoneagedoc.com.

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