From Joseph Mercola, DO The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for the Alzheimer’s disease drug lecanemab (Leqembi). The drug, a monoclonal antibody, binds to amyloid beta in the brain. An 18-month study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found Leqembi reduced markers of amyloid in early Alzheimer’s disease and led to […]
From Ron Hoffman, MD First the good news: According to a Harvard study released this month, a variety of healthy diet patterns dramatically reduced the risk of dying from a multitude of diseases. The study was huge—comprising over 75,000 women and 44,000 men followed for 35 years as part of the Framingham Study. Of course, there were […]
In a sneaky move, the FDA has extended its power over how doctors can practice medicine. Action Alert! Doctors, be advised: the FDA is starting to regulate the practice of medicine. Buried in the 4,155 page spending bill Congress recently approved is the innocuous-sounding “Bans of Devices for One or More Intended Uses.” This dangerous […]
From Ronald Hoffman, MD. In keeping with an Intelligent Medicine tradition, as the year draws to a close, I offer you a compendium of the worst health news stories of 2022. It’s kind of like the late Mr. Blackwell’s list of the year’s Worst-Dressed Women. These stories distinguish themselves by their preposterousness, their unabashed ignorance of the true […]
COVID vaccines are going up, up, up in price…but what do the numbers say about their safety and effectiveness? State-based Action Alerts! Moderna recently announced that it is considering charging between $110 and $130 per dose for its COVID vaccine as the US government decreases its pandemic spending, matching what Pfizer has signaled it plans to charge for […]
From Joseph Mercola, DO. I’ve previously reviewed the similarities between the flavonoid quercetin and the drug hydroxychloroquine, discussing the possibility of using quercetin in lieu of the drug against COVID-19. We’re now also starting to see quercetin mentioned more often in the scientific literature on COVID-19. For example, a review article published in the June […]
The anti-aging guru and founder of the company trying to take away your NMN supplements finally spoke out over the controversy. Action Alert! At the end of last year, we told you about the FDA’s determination that NMN, an important, naturally occurring anti-aging molecule, is not a legal supplement. Why? Because, in the FDA’s view, […]
Testing of magnesium products purchased on Amazon show that consumers need to beware of low quality products. Magnesium is critical to human health as a cofactor in more than 300 enzyme systems that regulate everything from protein synthesis, muscle and nerve function, blood glucose control, and blood pressure regulation. Yet 60 percent of Americans don’t […]
Editor’s note (01/07/2023): This article was originally published in May 2022. With your help, we were able to score a major victory in defeating Sen. Durbin’s anti-supplement policy in 2022. However, Sen. Durbin has vowed to reintroduce this policy in 2023, so we must remain vigilant. Stay tuned to our newsletter for updates on this […]
From Joseph Mercola, DO. Forget COVID, excess deaths have now taken off to a far greater degree than at the height of the pandemic – especially for this age group, where deaths soared by 40% in the third quarter of 2021. In August 2022, provisional life expectancy estimates for 2021 were released, showing Americans had […]