Happy Fourth of July! Plan a health revolution, and what's in store for Intelligent Medicine

By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

We want to wish you and your loved ones a joyous and healthy Independence Day. Did you know it's been said that taking your health into your own hands is a revolutionary act?

Clearly, many of the forces currently in play-from government interference with our right to access supplements and healthcare of our choice, to the commercial pressures to buy and consume junk food, to Big Medicine with its emphasis on pharmaceutical and surgical quick fixes, and the environmental pollution that threatens us all-conspire to undermine rather than encourage our health and well-being.

So this year on Independence Day, consider issuing your own personal Declaration of Independence from the health-robbing personal choices and societal influences that fetter you.

In a slightly different vein, you may want to check out one of this week's podcasts, a timely discussion of the Doctors' Declaration of Independence, by guest Dr. Richard Amerling (link TK). In this exciting interview, Dr. Amerling takes aim at ways that insurance companies and government bureaucrats have eroded the traditional doctor-patient relationship.

Summer has officially begun, but we're hard at work to bring you Intelligent Medicine content that you'll find germane to your health.

To this end, we're launching a new weekly podcast feature-Clinical Focus-that will provide an in-depth examination of a medical or health issue from an Intelligent Medicine perspective.

Here are some of the topics that we plan to cover:

Cognition and memory
GERD
IBS
Heart Disease
Arrhythmias
Colitis and Crohn's Disease
Osteoporosis
Fatigue
Overweight
Metabolic Syndrome and Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes
Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
Athletic performance
Asthma
Allergy
Immunity
Leaky Gut Syndrome
Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
Parkinson's Disease
Acne
Eczema and allergic dermatitis
Macular degeneration and cataracts
Estrogen dominance
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
Menopause
Andropause
Autoimmune Diseases
Arthritis
Food allergy and intolerance
Inflammation
Cancer
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD
Hypertension
Cholesterol
Insomnia
Headaches
Candida
Sun protection/skin cancer
Multiple chemical sensitivity
Mitral Valve Prolapse
Depression/anxiety
UTIs
Prostate
Marijuana: Boon or Bane?
Hearing Loss
Eye Diseases