As I talk about in my book, studies have consistently shown us that vitamin D in childhood can protect against multiple sclerosis as a person gets older.

A colleague who was invited to the White House announcement of the nomination of Sotomayor to the Supreme Court today asked me to fill in for her on a radio interview about common ground. Here’s a link to the broadcast . It’s not very often that I, or anyone for…

By Dr. Nicole Sundene Since I am a doctor of a younger Facebooking generation, I understand social networking like Facebook, Myspace, Friendster, Twitter and so forth, better than the average bear. I also use a few of them myself to promote Kitchen Table Medicine . At a recent family…

Sandwiches 'full of fat, salt and sugar' The health risks from pre-packaged sandwiches have been featured in several newspapers, with The Times featuring the headline ‘Cheese and pickle sandwich and a heart attack’ and the Daily Mail warning that, ‘Ready-lunch can contain as much [salt] as 12 bags of…

Enjoying a cup of tea while reading this article? If so, keep right on drinking. A newly released study has found that drinking tea results in a 37% reduction in breast cancer risk for women under the age of 50, an age in which breast cancer can be particularly…