Raging hormones
Everyday chemicals affect children's sexual development Kim Ridley| Jan/Feb 2007 issue Kids these days are growing up too fast— in more ways than one. American girls are reaching puberty up to a year earlier than in previous generations, with some children showing signs of sexual development as Read More...
Supplementing global health
Howard Schiffer and Vitamin Angels are saving the world one multivitamin at a time Matt Kettmann| Jan/Feb 2007 issue What the world needs now is not love, but vitamins. That’s what 40-year-old Howard Schiffer realized in 1994 after an earthquake hit the former vitamin salesman’s hometown of Read More...
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Nutritional supplements are no substitute for a healthy diet Tijn Touber| December 2006 issue Green tea extracts, beta carotene, selenium, grape seed extract, high doses of vitamins E and C, aloe vera... if you want to take antioxidants in capsules or tablets, you’ve got a wide selection. And Read More...
This doctor specializes in house calls
Vera Cordeiro's work begins after a child is released from a Brazilian hospital Andi McDaniel | November 2006 issue Vera Cordeiro’s maternal instincts run deep—so deep they don’t stop with her own two children. As a physician and the founder of Saúde-Criança Renascer (“Children’s Health Read More...
How time heals
Taking a break is often prescribed now for health and fitness.Marco Visscher | July 2004 issue A new realization that faster is not always better is making itself felt not only in people’s jobs and personal lives, but in the doctor’s office. More and more studies reveal that patience is often Read More...
The end of the war against cancer
Women are now the main victimsTijn Touber | December 2004 issue The war against cancer is being won… but not by the pharmaceutical industry. Not even by the medical profession. The war, which was declared over 30 years ago by former U.S. president Richard Nixon, is not even being won in Read More...
Organic goes mainstream - and why that's cause for celebration
Major food companies are embracing organic products. That trend smacks of opportunism and elicits criticism among the pioneers who consider the small-scale philosophy vital to the organic dream. But large-scale organic production is a good thing too. Ode's founder makes the argument for Read More...
Poor countries are guinea pigs for pharmaceutical tests
Poor countries are guinea pigs for pharmaceutical tests Tijn Touber| October 2006 issue John Le Carré’s bestselling novel The Constant Gardener showed how pharmaceutical companies test new medicines in Africa, even when troubling questions exist about their safety and reliability. Unfortunately, Read More...
Medical miracles
Spontaneous recovery is common among patients, but rarely talked about by doctors Tijn Touber | September 2006 issue Mr. Wright was seriously ill. With tumours the size of oranges in his neck, under his arms, in his chest and pelvic area, he didn’t have long to live. Or so his doctor told him. Read More...
Vaccine against cancer
Oncologist Robert Gorter is seeing success in using patients' own "killer" cells to battle cancer. Ode visited his clinic in Cologne, Germany. Tijn Touber | September 2006 issue Six months. That was how long 59-year-old Joe Pacini was expected to live—at least according to the doctors who were Read More...