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From Radio Frequency to Bug Spray
Protecting citizen health from corporate power. An interview with film makers Mary Beth Branagan and James Heddle from EON Ecological Options Network. Resources: Ecological Options Networ www.eon3.net; resources on environmental health, resources on radiation, and resources on health politics and advocacy
Hypertension Revisited
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the newest information on the causes of hypertension and its non-pharmaceutical treatment. Resources: “Hypertension All Around” in issue #8 of the Progressive Health Observer; resources on cardiovascular and heart health
Living Like an Immortal
Health educator Layna Berman contests the major myth of aging: that degeneration is inevitable. And she offers suggestions for healthy longevity from the inside out. Resources: Resources on aging, resources on food, diet, and nutrition, resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health, resources on environmental health, resources on hormones, women’s health, and men’s health, and resources on mind, mood, and stress.
Longevity and Socio-Economic Stress
Tony Iton, MD, MPH, Alameda County Public Health Department Director and Health Officer discusses the lessons of the California Newsreel documentary and PBS series Unnatural Causes. Resources: Unnatural Causes www.unnaturalcauses.org; Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative www.barhii.org; resources on health politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health and resources on stress
Shopping Our Way to Safety
Sociologist Andrew Szasz, PhD, author of Shopping our Way to Safety discusses the accelerating trend toward reducing risk individually by purchasing products and why such solutions are ultimately not effective. Resources: Shopping Our Way to Safety by Andrew Szasz; resources on health politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health, the documentary Unnatural Causes www.unnaturalcauses.org
Hypersensitivity
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss hypersensitivity both to chemicals and electromagnetic fields. The hour includes a review of the science and practical solutions for identifying the source of symptoms and prudent mitigation. Resources: Scientific articles discussed on the show; resources on allergies, resources on environmental health, resources on EMF, resources on chronic illness, and The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
Pesticides in Your Food
Organic farmer Will Allen, PhD, author of The War on Bugs discusses the hidden history of how the use of chemicals in food production has been a triumph of manipulation and a failure of science. Resources: The War on Bugs by Will Allen; The War on Bugs websitewww.thewaronbugsbook.com; Organic Consumers Association www.organicconsumers.org; resources on food and on environmental health
Allergy Alternatives
Health educator Layna Berman discusses allergies, their origins, and treatment options using diet, nutrients, herbs, and homeopathy. Resources: Resources on allergies and immunity
Safe Cell Tower Siting
Journalist and environmental analyst B. Blake Levitt, author of Electromagnetic Fields and contributing editor of Cell Towers, discusses the wide range of risks associated with siting cell phone towers and strategies for siting them safely Resources: B. Blake Levitt’s website www.blakelevitt.com, Cell Towers and Electromagnetic Fields by B. Blake Levitt; resources on radiation
Hormone Intersect
Health educator Layna Berman discusses the inter-relationship between sex hormones, thyroid, and stress hormones. Resources: Resources on hormones
Aerial Spraying and Detoxification
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the risks posed by aerial spraying against the light brown apple moth and other agricultural pests along with detoxication methods for protection against these exposures Resources: Stop the Spraying www.stopthespray.org; resources on environmental health and on detoxification
Should You Be Tested For Cancer?
Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, MD, MPH, Dartmouth Medical School, co-director of the VA Outcomes Group at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses why cancer tests are risky. Resources: Should I Be Tested For Cancer? by H. Gilbert Welch; resources on cancer
Growing Food
Wendy Johnson, author of Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate. Buddhist meditation teacher, and organic gardening mentor, discusses gardening practices that cultivate healthful food, the gardener, and the consumer.. Resources: Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate website www.gardeningatthedragonsgate.com; resources on food and on mind and mood.
Eating Sustainably
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss sustainable food choices from the perspective of ecologically and socially sustainable practices in production, distribution, and impact on individual health. Resources: Resources on nutrition and on environmental health; Sustainable Health Institute www.sustainablehealthinstitute.org
Sustainable Health
Jeffry Fawcett, PhD, founder and president of the Sustainable Health Institute, discusses sustainable health practices that enable people and their communities to thrive through the art of self care. Resources: Sustainable Health Institute www.sustainablehealthinstitute.org
Supplement Access: An Update on Proposed Regulation
Attorney James Turner of Swankin and Turner and Citizen's For Health discusses our access to and freedom of choice in healthcare products, foods, and supplements. Resources: Citizens for Health www.citizens.org; resources on nutrition and on nutrients for prevention and treatment
Autism and ADHD: Nutrient Therapies
Julie Matthews, CNC and author of Nourishing Hope discusses nutrient approaches for treatment of autism and ADHD. Resources: Nourishing Hope by Julie Matthews; Resources on nutrition, children, chronic illness, and mind, mood, and stress
Dependencies: Solutions
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD the attachments that create health risks from food to drugs, how to start the change process, and how to support the body in making changes. Resources: Resources on addiction and detoxification, mind, mood, and stress, The Natural Medicine Guide to Addiction by Stephanie Marohn, End Your Addiction Now by Charles Gant,, and Changing for Good by James Prochaska
Exercise and Disease Prevention
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett PhD discuss the role of exercise in preventing disease including specific recommendations on forms of exercise and training regimes. Resources: Resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health; also resources on aging, cancer, heart health, insulin resistance, hormones, and stress
Stress Related Illness
Health Educator Layna Berman covers principles for the avoidance and healing of stress related illness. Resources: Resources on mind, mood, and stress, resources on environmental health, and resources on hormones
Nutrient Basics
Orthomolecular physician Richard Kunin, MD discusses what's needed for basic nutrient supplementation and the actions of individual nutrients. Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com ; Orthomolecular Medicne News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns, resources on food, diet, and nutrition, and resources on orthomolecular medicine
Addiction Free Eating
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the interaction between food sensitivities/addictions and substance abuse. Resources: Resources on mind, mood, and stress and resources on food, diet, and nutrition
WiMax: The Next Wireless Exposure
Libby Kelley, Executive Director of the International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety and founder of Council on Wireless Technology Impacts, discusses this latest wireless technology, its risks, and an upcoming meeting of activists and scientists concerned about its spread. Includes extended discussion on self-care not available on the broadcast version. Resources: Council on Wireless Technology Impacts (CWTI) www.energyfields.org, International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS) www.icems.eu, resources on raditation
Bioinitiative: Standards for Electrosmog
Cindy Sage and David O. Carpenter, MD discuss the Bioinitiative Report that proposes better standards for exposure to electromagnetic fields based on the work of leading scientists. Includes extended discussion on self-care not available on the broadcast version. Resources: Bioinitiative Report www.bioinitiative.org; Resources on radiation
Stress, Grace, and The Inner Predator
Leslie Acoca, MFT, Director National Girls Health Screen Project, describes her journey to reconcile with her brother's murderer, a process that taught her how people face down their own inner and outer predators in order to heal from trauma. Includes extended discussion on self-care not available on the broadcast version. Resources: Leslie Acoca, MFT blckswans@aol.comResources on mind, mood, and stress
Weight
Health educator Layna Berman examines weight loss including when it's healthy and when it's not, food addiction, allergies, carbohydrate sensitivity, hormones, and exercise. Resources: Resources on food and diet, hormones, exercise, and diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity.
Better Than Botox: Facial Exercises and Therapy
Researcher Marie-Véronique Nadeau, author of The Yoga Facelift, discusses natural skin care, including exercises that naturally lift the face, downsides of medical interventions, and nutritional support to maintain youthful skin. Resources: The Yoga Facelift website; The Yoga Facelift by Marie-Véronique Nadea; Resources on healthy teeth, eye, skin, and other body parts; Resources on aging
Untreatable Chronic Illness: A Breakthrough
Professor of biochemistry and medical science Martin Pall, PhD, author of Explaining Unexplained Illness, discusses his discoveries for chronic illnesses formerly considered untreatable, including a discussion of effective nutrient therapies. Resources: Martin Pall, PhD Washington State University research page; Explaining Unexplained Illnesses by Martin Pall; Resources on chronic illness; Resources on environmental health
Bone Health
Health educator Layna Berman discusses non-pharmaceutical solutions to preserving and building bone mass for both genders including vitamins D and K. Resources: Healthy Bones from Progressive Health Observer #4 and Young Bones and Milk from Progressive Health Observer #7
Another Thyroid Show
Health educator Layna Berman uncovers the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of thyroid disorders with particular attention to what causes these disorders to be ignored and undertreated. Resources: Resources on hormones
Self-Healing for Your Eyes
Meir Schneider, PhD, LMT explains his unique approach to healing and vision restoration. Resources: The School for Self-Healing www.self-healing.org; Movement for Self-Healing and The Natural Vision Improvement Kit by Meir Schneider
Healing the Mind
Journalist Sharon Begley, author of Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain discusses the science confirming the Buddhist belief in neuroplasticity. Resources: Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves by Sharon Begley; Resources on mind, mood, and stress
Does Green Mean Non-toxic?
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss toxic risks in “green” products and describe how to avoid exposures and boost detoxification pathways. Resources: Resources on environmental health and on detoxification; Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Baumgart; Environmental Working Group www.ewg.org; Our Stolen Future www.ourstolenfuture.org; Microwave News www.microwavenews.com; Electromagnetic Fields: A Consumer's Guide to the Issues and How to Protect Ourselves by B. Blake Levitt; Healthy Car www.healthycar.org; Toxic at Any Speed by the Ecology Center www.ecocenter.org; A Small Dose of Toxicology www.asmalldoseof.org
Depression: Under-Examined Imbalances
Health educator Layna Berman explores overlooked imbalances that trigger depression and discusses strategies for treatment without drugs. Resources: Resources on mind, mood, and stress, resources on hormones, resources on allergies, and resources on the hunter-gatherer diet; The Anti-Depressant Fact Book by Peter Breggin; Calm Energy by Robert Thayer; The End of Stress as We Know It by Bruce McEwen
Drinking Water
Colin Ingram discusses how to eliminate toxins from your water. Resources: The Drinking Water Book by Colin Ingram
Designing a Sane Individual Diet Plan
Health educator Layna Berman discusses how individuals can design their own health diet plan. Resources: Resources on food, diet, and nutrition
Clara Felix: A Memorial
Joined by Elliot Wagner, LAc, Clara Felix's son, health educator Layna Berman discusses the life and work of nutrition expert Clara Felix. Resources: Resources on food, nutrition, and diet.
Resistance to Citywide WiFi
Doug Loranger, from San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna Free Union, discusses how citizens are mobilizing against exposure to citywide wireless Internet access. Resources: San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna Free Union www.antennafreeunion.org; Resources on radiation
A discussion of cancer screening with Samuel Bogoch, MD, PhD, developer of the anti-malignin antibody test, a new, non-invasive screening method for the presence of cancer and its progression. Resources: Oncolab www.oncolabinc.com; Resources on cancer
Medical Decision Making
Oleg Reznik, MD, author of The Secrets of Medical Decision Making discusses how to avoid becoming a victim of the health care machine. Resources: Oleg Reznik, MD website www.olegreznikmd.com; The Secrets of Medical Decision Making: How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of the Health Care Machine by Oleg Reznik
A Unique Approach to Addictions
Patt Denning, PhD discusses Harm Reduction Therapy from her book Over the Influence, an approach based on the belief that people have a complex relationship with drugs and alcohol and that addiction needs to be addressed simultaneously with social, psychological and emotional issues. Resources: The Harm Reduction Therapy Center www.harmreductiontherapy.org; Over the Influence: The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol by Patt Denning, Jeannie Little, and Adina Glickman; resources on addiction
Furniture Toxins
Health educator Layna Berman is joined by Mike Lavin from European Sleepworks to discuss the hidden toxins in furniture, fabrics, and bedding, and also discuss healthier alternatives. Resources: European Sleepworks www.sleepworks.com;Resources on environmental health
Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment Part 2
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss how to avoid common diagnoses and the medical interventions that are typically prescribed Resources: Resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity; Resources on cardiovascular and heart health; Resources on digestion and gut health; Resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health; Resources on aging;
Menstrual Suppression Cautions
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the dangers of blocking women's periods with synthetic hormones with David Zava, PhD. Resources: Resources on hormones and women's health; What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee, MD and David Zava, PhD; ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com
Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment Part 1
Health integrationist Layna Berman and health educator Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss how to avoid common diagnoses and the medical interventions that are typically prescribed Resources: Should I Be Tested For Cancer? by H. Gilbert Welch; Resources on cancer; Resources on mind, mood, and stress; Resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity
Antidepressants: Bad Medicine
Peter Breggin, MD, whose long career has been spent fighting the pharmaceutical industry in the courts over the dangers of psychiatric medications, discusses the risks of antidepressants. Resources: The Anti-Depressant Fact Book and Your Drug May Be Your Problem by Peter Breggin www.breggin.com
Treatment Alternatives
Janet Zand, ND, OMD, LAc, co-author of Smart Medicine for Healthier Living discusses alternative treatment therapies for a wide variety of conditions both acute and chronic, including herbal, homeopathic and nutrient. Resources: Smart Medicine for Healthier Living by Janet Zand, Allan Spreen, and James LaValle, and Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child by Janet Zand, Rachel Walton, and Bob Rountree
Controlling Pests Without Toxins
Arthur Slater, entomologist and retired pest control director at UC Berkeley, discusses how to control residential pests without the use of toxins. Resources: Resources on environmental health
Explaining Unexplained Illnesses
Martin Pall, PhD discusses his upcoming book which offers a new model for how people with chronic fatigue, multiple chemical sensitivities, gulf war syndrome and fibromyalgia become sick. Resources: Martin Pall, PhD Washington State University research page; Explaining Unexplained Illnesses: Disease Paradigm for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Fibomyalgia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Gulf War Syndrome, and Others by Martin Pall
Hypertension Revisited
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the newest information on the causes of hypertension and its non-pharmaceutical treatment. Resources: “Hypertension All Around” in issue #8 of the Progressive Health Observer; resources on cardiovascular and heart health
High EMF Risk from Personal Organizers
Environmental consultant Cindy Sage discusses the latest research on wireless technology's possible risks to humans and the environment. PDA exposures from blackberry and treo units, among others, create exceptionally high exposures when worn on or very near the body. She will discuss these exposures, their possible health consequences, and ways to reduce exposure. Resources: Sage Associates www.sageassociates.net; Resources on environmental health and resources on radiation: wireless, EMR, RFR, and ionizing radiation
Public Health and Toxic Waste
David O. Carpenter MD, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University of Albany, where he is also professor of environmental health and toxicology and former dean of the School of Public Health, discusses where and how people are exposed to environmental stressors and what role of public health institutions in protecting us. Resources: Institute for Health and the Environment www.albany.edu/ihe/; Resources on environmental health, resources on detoxification, resources on diabetes, resources on heart health, resources on chronic illness, and resources on EMF and radiation
HPV Vaccine Risks
Barbara Loe Fisher, president of the National Vaccine Information Center, discusses the risks from the campaign to mass vaccinate with the new HPV vaccine. Resources: National Vaccine Information Center www.nvic.org; A Shot in the Dark by Harris Coulter and Barbara Fisher and A Consumer’s Guide to Childhood Vaccines by Barbara Fisher; Resources on immunity, resources on cancer, and resources on children's health
Girls at Risk
Leslie Acoca, MA, MFT, director of In Our Daughters’ Hands, discusses the health of incarcerated girls. Resources: In Our Daughters’ Hands: (415) 888-2211 and blckswans@aol.com
Detoxification
Health educator Layna Berman discusses the body's natural detoxification pathways and how to boost them using nutrients. Resources: Resources on detoxification and addiction and on environmental health
Protect Yourself Against Stress-related Illness
An event presented on March 4, 2007
Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss how stress affects health and illness. Topics include 
how stress is at the core of common diagnoses such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and autoimmune diseases; how your body responds to stress and the cascade of metabolic events that lead to illness; how to protect yourself from sources of stress; how to increase your body's resilience in responding to stressors.
Resources: Resources on mind, mood, and stress; Resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity; Resources on cardiovascular and heart health; Resources on immunity;
Cesarean Epidemic
Midwife Constance Miles, RN discusses the dangerous trend toward using cesarean surgery instead of natural childbirth. Resources: Women’s Ways www.womensways.org; North American Registry of Midwives www.narm.org; Citizens for Midwifery cfmidwifery.org; Midwives Alliance of North America www.mana.org; California Association of Midwives www.californiamidwives.org; International Cesarean Awareness Network www.ican-online.org; Association of Pre- and Perinatal Psychology www.birthpsychology.com/apppah/; National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers www.nocirc.org; The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth and Obstetric Myths versus Research Realities by Henci Goer; Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
Fluoride Dangers
Chemist Paul Connett, PhD, from Fluoride Action Network discusses the dangers of fluoride and the history of its introduction. Resources: Fluoride Deception by Christopher Bryson and the Fluoride Action Network www.fluoridealert.org
Food and Mood
Journalist Jack Challem discusses how food affects mood, including neuronutrients and anger, anxiety, depression, and addiction Resources: The Food-Mood Solution by Jack Challem; Resources on food, nutrition, and diet; Resources on mind, mood, and stress.
Homeopathy for Pets
Dr. Don Hamilton, DVM discusses his book about homeopathic theory and the care and treatment of cats and dogs. Resources: Homeopathic Care for Cats and Dogs by Donald Hamilton
Health Risks from Nonionizing Radiation
Researcher Henry Lai, PhD of the University of Washington discusses the latest research on the health risks from wireless technologies. Resources: Resources on radiation
Loss: Healing Through Transition
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett PhD discuss the role of grief in making health care decisions during transitions. Resources: The Feeling of What Happens by Antonio Damasio; Changing for Good by James Prochaska; The Alchemy of Illness by Kat Duff
Hidden Stressors: Avoiding a Diagnosis
Health educator Layna Berman discusses the less obvious stressors that lead to a diagnosis like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, including how to avoid and treat symptoms without pharmaceuticals. Resources: Resources on stress, diabetes, and cardiovascular health.
Noninvasive Cancer Treatment Advances
Cancer specialist Stanislaw Burzynski MD, PhD discusses his highly effective noninvasive cancer treatment. Resources: The Burzynski Clinic www.burzynskiclinic.com.
Eating Seasonally and Locally
Chef Jessica Prentice discusses the principles of sustainable eating. Resources: Full Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for Connection by Jessica Prentice and Wise Food Ways www.wisefoodways.com
Fats
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD explore the science of dietary fats: why they're essential to health, how they're metabolized, what constitutes a healthy ratio, and how goods fats can "go bad." Resources: "Fat and Death" in issue #7 of the Progressive Health Observer; "Healthy Mitochondria" in issue #9 of the Progressive Health Observer
Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, and Soy
Journalist Kaalya Daniel, PhD discusses why using soy as a therapy for cancers involving reproductive hormones is contraindicated. Resources: The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food by Kaayla Daniel; Weston A. Price Foundation Soy Alert!; and Soy Free Solutions www.soyfreesolutions.com
Healthy Home Inspection
Environmental economist and health educator Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discusses how to identify and control exposures to pollutants, toxins, allergens, molds, and nonionizing radiation in the home and office. Resources: Resource on environmental health
Neurofeedback
Julian Isaacs, PhD discusses normalizing the brain with neurofeedback. Resources: EEG Spectrum International www.eegspectrum.com; International Society for Neurofeedback and Research www.isnr.org; Applied Neuroscience www.appliedneuroscience.com; Futurehealth www.futurehealth.org; Emotional Freedom Technique www.emofree.com
Heart Surgery Dangers
Non-invasive cardiologist Howard Wayne, MD discusses the dangers of angioplasty, bypass surgery, and stents to treat heart disease. Resources: Do You Really Need Bypass Surgery? A Second Opinion and How to Protect Your Heart From Your Doctor by Howard Wayne, MD and The Noninvasive Heart Center www.heartprotect.com
Single Payer Health Insurance
Bree Johnston, MD physician-spokesperson from the group Physicians for a National Health Program will discuss the new California single payer health insurance system, new statistics on the uninsured released by the US Census Bureau, the ongoing health care crisis in the US, specific effects on local areas, and options for health care reform. Resources: Physicians for a National Health Policy www.pnhp.org ; Health Care for All www.healthcareforall.org ; OneCareNow www.onecarenow.org
Body Pain
Health educator Layna Berman discusses underconsidered reasons for bodywide pain including unresolved infections, hormone imbalances, allergies, and postural problems and offers exercise, oral, and topical nutrient remedies. Resources: Resources on orthomolecular medicine; Resources on exercise; Resources on hormones; Resources on immunity
Back and Joint Therapy: Supporting the Whole Person
Thomas Dorman, MD discusses Prolotherapy and its place in supporting the whole person in treating back and joint conditions. Resources: Thomas Dorman, MD, Fact, Fiction, and Fraud in Modern Medicine www.dormanpub.com
Turning Healthy People Into Patients
Medical writer Roy Moynihan discusses how medical institutions have invented diseases under the guise of prevention. Resources: Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All into Patients by Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels
Digestive Wellness for Children
Nutritionist Elizabeth Lipski, PhD discusses her new book Digestive Wellness for Children about preventing and healing digestive disorders in children. Resources: Digestive Wellness and Digestive Wellness for Children by Elizabeth Lipski, PhD www.innovativehealing.com
Dietary Fat is Good for You
Sally Fallon, executive director of the Weston A. Price Foundation discusses the science of dietary fat. Resources: Eat Fat, Lose Fat by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, Know Your Fats by Mary Enig, Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, and Weston A. Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org
EMF Health News
Louis Slesin, publisher of Microwave News, discusses current developments in industry and science concerning the health effects of non-ionizing radiation. Resources: Microwave News www.microwavenews.com
Poisoned Progress
Randall Fitzgerald discusses his book The Hundred-Year Lie about modern life increasing toxic body burden. The show includes how to identify exposures and detoxification support. Resources: The Hundred-Year Lie by Randall Fitzgerald http://www.hundredyearlie.com
Protecting Access to Natural Products
Robert Verkerk, PhD of the Alliance for Natural Health discusses the campaign in Europe to prevent European Union regulations from restricting access to supplements, herbs, and other natural health products. Resources: Alliance for Natural Health http://www.alliance-natural-health.org
Dirty Electricity and EMF Health Dangers
Magda Havas, BSc, PhD, Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Studies, Trent University, Ontario, Canada discusses low dose radiation health effects. Resources: Publications by Dr. Havas www.electricalpollution.com and www.stop-emf.ca; Graham Stetzer filters www.stetzerelectric.com and www.getpurepower.ca; Resources on radiation
Health News That Didn’t Fit
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss important health news and research that was reported wrong or not at all. Resources: Draft Report of the Independent Vitamin Safety Review Panel on the NIH Conference Report; Resources on cardiovascular and heart health; Resources on food and nutrition; Resources on hormones
Non-Toxic Home
Architect Carol Venolia and Susan Bahl from Natural Home Design Center discuss creating a non-toxic home and office. Resources: Natural Home Design Center website; Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House: How to Bring Your House into Harmony With Nature by Carol Venolia and Kelly Lerner www.naturalremodeling.com
Cancer Treatment Alternatives
Tanya Harter Pierce, MA, MFCC discusses the wide variety of successful alternatives to conventional cancer treatments. Resources: Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments that Work by Tanya Harter Pierce www.outsmartyourcancer.com; OncoLab; Resources on cancer
The Science of RFR Health Risks
Olle Johansson, MD associate professor in the Experimental Dermatology Unit, Department of Neuoscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden discusses new research about the dangers of exposure to radio frequency radiation from cell phones and wireless technologies. Resources: Resources on radiation
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Health educator Layna Berman discusses nutrient based therapies and new laboratory testing for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Resources: Resources on cardiovascular and heart health
Statin Proliferation
Dr. Duane Graveline, MD cautions against the use of statin drugs. Resources: Statin Drugs: Side Effects and the Misguided War on Cholestrol and Lipitor: Thief of Memory by Duane Graveline, MD and The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics www.thincs.org
DCIS Isn’t Cancer
A discussion of the diagnosis and treatment of breast conditions such as ductile carcinoma in situ. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava
Lyme: Why, Whether, & What to Do
A discussion of the newest testing and non pharmaceutical treatments for Lyme Diseases. Guests are Cindy Quattro, PA, LAc and Nick Harris, PhD from IGeneX Labs. Resources: IGeneX Lab www.igenex.com; California Lyme Disease Association www.calda.intranets.com; Lyme Disease Network www.lymenet.org; Lyme Disease Association www.lymediseaseassociation.org; International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society www.ilads.org; Health Freedom Solutions www.healthfreedomsolutions.com
Where You're Exposed and What to Do: EMF and RFR
Environmental consultant Cindy Sage and medical journalist B. Blake Levitt offer practical alternatives and protection from electrosmog exposure. Resources: Electromagnetic Fields: A Consumer's Guide to the Issues and How to Protect Ourselves by B. Blake Levitt; Blake Levitt's website blakelevitt.com; Sage Associates www.sageassociates.net
Heart Disease: What Is It Really?
Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD and Malcolm Kendrick, MD destroy common myths about heart disease and its cause. Resources: Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm; Malcolm Kendrick, MD www.redflagsdaily.com
Smoking: The Truth
Stan Glantz, MD professor of medicine at UC San Francisco and an anti-tobacco activist unpacks the science behind smoking's dangers and overweight's relative safety. Resources: UCSF Tobacco Control Program cc.ucsf.edu/research/tobacco.html; Tobacco Control Archives library.ucsf.edu/tobacco; Smoke Free Movies smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu/; "Nicotine Addiction" Progressive Health Observer #4
Wireless Public Health Crisis
Medical journalist Blake Levitt, activist Jan Newton, president of the EMR Policy Institute, and activist Doug Loranger, maker of the film Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco, discuss the very disturbing science showing wireless technology's dangers and how the public can protect itself. Resources: Electromagnetic Fields: A Consumer's Guide to the Issues and How to Protect Ourselves by B. Blake Levitt; Blake Levitt's website blakelevitt.com; EMR Policy Institute; www.emrpolicy.org; Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco a film by Doug Loranger, DVD availble at the Free Speech Network; San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna-Free Union www.antennafreeunion.org
Thyroid Handshake
Biochemist David Zava, PhD discusses the relationship between thyroid, adrenal, and sex hormones, and how balance in one affects the others. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com
Flu Part Two: Homeopathy and Herbal Medicine
Dana Ullman, MPH and Andrew Gaeddert discuss homeopathic and herbal alternatives for protection from and treatment of the flu in the context of the potential pandemic of avian flu. Resources: Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicines: Safe and Effective Remedies for You and Your Family by Stephen Cummings and Dana Ullman, Homeopathic Educational Services www.homeopathic.com and Healing Immune Disorders: Natural Defense-Building Solutions by Andrew Gaeddert, Health Concerns www.healthconcerns.com
Oppression and Healing
A discussion of how people of color and political progressives can counter the damaging health effects of social stress and the threat of violence. Layna Berman will be joined by long time African-American activist and radio producer Lewis Sawyer and Ana-Marie Jones, disaster preparedness expert and executive director of CARD (Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters). Resources: Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters (CARD) www.firstvictims.org; The End of Stress as We Know It by Bruce McEwen; Resources on stress
Electrosmog
Researcher Olle Johansson, MD, associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, discusses long term studies showing the adverse health effects of exposure to radio frequency radiation from wireless technologies. Activist Doug Loranger discusses his film Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco and community activism against citywide wireless broadband Internet access. Resources: EMFacts Consultancy (Australia) www.emfacts.com; ; Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco a film by Doug Loranger, DVD availble at the Free Speech Network; San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna-Free Union www.antennafreeunion.org
Nutrient Protection: Aging and Cancer
Highly awarded for his research, Bruce Ames, PhD is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley and Senior Scientist at the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute. He joins the program for a discussion of how nutrients protect us from aging and cancer. Resources: Bruce Ames website www.bruceames.org
Avian Flu: What to Do
Ana-Marie Jones, disaster preparedness expert and executive director of CARD (Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters) and Daniel P. Perales, DrPH, MPH, San Jose State University Department of Health Science discuss community activism and preparedness in the face of avian flu. Resources: Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters (CARD) www.firstvictims.org and Daniel Perales, DrPH dperales@sjsu.edu
Reproductive Choice
Health educator Layna Berman discusses recent attacks on reproductive freedom of teens and reviews birth control options during the first half-hour, then reviews the work of physician John Lee, MD on hormone balance. Resources: Planned Parenthood Golden Gate www.ppgg.org; Managing Contraception www.managingcontraception.com; and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by John Lee
Genetically Altered Food
Deborah Koons Garcia, director, writer, and producer of The Future of Food, discusses the market forces behind GMO and how communities can organize successful opposition. Resources: www.thefutureoffood.com
Holistic Pediatrics
Physician Randall Neustaedter, OMD discusseshow to build healthy immunity in children without the use of invasive pharmaceuticals Resources: The Vaccine Guide and Child Health Guide by Randall Neustaedter, OMD and the website www.cure-guide.com
Big Pharma Deception
Physician John Abramson, MD discusses how Big Pharma has degraded health and medicine. This is a pledge drive show. Resources: Overdosed America by John Abramson, MD
The Obesity Epidemic: Science, Morality, and Ideology
Michael Gard, senior lecturer in health studies at Charles Sturt University, Australia critiques the science and social stigma of the alleged obesity epidemic. Resources: The Obesity Epidemic by Michael Gard and Jan Wright
Buying Organic
Organics specialist and farmer Luddene Perry and writer Dan Schultz discuss how to find and evaluate organic products, including analysis of organic standards and product categories. Resources: A Field Guide to Buying Organic by Luddene Perry and Dan Schultz and its website at www.afieldguidetobuyingorganic.com
Risk Factor Medicine
Jeffry Fawcett, PhD and health educator Layna Berman discuss how symptoms of metabolic disruption are treated as diseases by conventional medicine wtih pharmaceuticals. They contrast this with protective and preventive self-care that includes nutrient-based strategies. Resources: Resources mentioned on the show.
Vaccine Risks
Randall Neustaedter, OMD discusses vaccination safety and efficacy. Resources: The Vaccine Guide and Child Health Guide by Randall Neustaedter, OMD and the website www.cure-guide.com
Health Effects of Radiation from All Sources
Ernest Sternglass, PhD, physicist and anti-nuclear activist since the 1950s, discusses what we know about the dangerous effects of radiation from all sources . Resources: Radiation and Public Health Project www.radiation.org
Public Health Risk from Depleted Uranium
Leuren Moret, expert witness at the International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan, and physicist Ernest J. Sternglass, PhD discuss the public health risks to soldiers and civilians from depleted uranium drift. Resources: Beyond Treason www.beyondtreason.com
Smart Exposures: Understanding Risks from EMF & RFR
Cindy Sage of Sage Associates, environmental consultants and public policy researchers, discusses the research and encourages prudence regarding exposure to radiation from cell phones and electromagnetic fields Resources: Sage Associates www.sageassociates.net
Navigating Anger and Fear
Harriet Lerner, PhD discusses how to respond to old emotions in new ways. Resources: The Dance of Anger and The Dance of Fear by Harriet Lerner
Preserving the Gut by Boosting Methylation
Orthomolecular physician and researcher Richard Kunin, MD discusses the role of methylation in preserving the health of the gastrointestinal system Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com ; Orthomolecular Medicne News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns
The Dark Side of Soy
Nutritionist Kaayla Daniel, PhD, CCN discusses her book The Whole Soy Story which exposes the potential health damaging effects of soy foods and supplements. Resources: The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food by Kaayla Daniel; Weston A. Price Foundation Soy Alert!; and Soy Free Solutions www.soyfreesolutions.com
Hormone Fact & Fiction
Biochemist David Zava, PhD of ZRT Labs separates the science from mythology about hormone balance in both genders Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com
The Biology of Belief
Bruce Lipton, PhD, cell biologist, discusses the cellular basis of the mind/body connection. This is a fund drive show. Resources: The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton www.brucelipton.com
Safe Hormone Science for Both Genders
Biochemist David Zava, PhD offers myth-exploding information on how and when to use bioidentical hormones. This is a fund drive show. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com
Smart Medicine for Your Eyes
Jeffery Anshel, OD discusses non-pharmaceutical approaches to eye protection and care, including nutrients, herbs, and homeopathy. Resources: Smart Medicine for Your Eyes by Jeffery Anshel, DO www.cvconsulting.com
Challenging the Convention on Heart Disease and Diabetes
An interview with Malcolm Kendrick, MD, who works as a doctor in the north of England and writes extensively on heart disease, obesity, and diabetes, arguing that the anti-fat, pro-carbohydrate conventional wisdom has promoted all three. Resources: Red Flags www.redflagsdaily.com and resources cardiovascular and heart health and resources on diabetes.
Protecting Yourself from the Health Care System
Health educator Layna Berman and health strategies advisor Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss protecting yourself and your wishes in a health care environment. Resources: Resources on politics, advocacy, prevention, and social health
Community Health Strategies
Leslie Mikkelsen, MPH, Managing Director of The Prevention Institute, founded to address complex health and social issues, one person at a time, creating comprehensive strategies that change the conditions that impact community health, including violence prevention, traffic safety, health disparities, nutrition and physical activity, and youth development. Resources: The Prevention Institute www.preventioninstitute.org
Feed Your Genes Right
Nutrional journalist Jack Challem discusses his new book about a nutritional approach to turning off disease-causing genes Resources: Feed Your Genes Right by Jack Challem