Category Archives: This & That

Mixture of stories about doctors, patients, and illnesses

Salt and Your Heart; Do You Really Need to Lower Your Salt?

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

The latest fad of “heart healthy diet” made many people, who always had healthy diets, cut salt out of their diets–also many young children. The ones to whom the advertising campaign is aimed at, remain just as stubborn in eating whatever … Continue reading →

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Off-Label Prescription Use Should Be Illegal!

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

I am a scientist and used to run experiments with drugs on volunteers. I had to go through application after application and the approval process for a single short experiment can take over a year. Why am I bringing this … Continue reading →

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Iodine in Salt and Why You Need It!

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

In the previous article I posted on salt, I only mentioned salt and the fads of sea salt versus table salt, and whether “natural” is better than “table salt.” I also posted a link and a drawing created by ScienceforKids that … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought: The Roman Time Salary Was in Salt!

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

I just learned something that I think you will appreciate: the word salary comes from the Roman times from 200 BC to about 600 AD when soldiers got their salaries in salt–the word salary is derived from the word salt to soldiers. … Continue reading →

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Oh My! We are Medicating Children for Migraines with What???

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

I have just received a panic message from a mother in one of my migraine groups where we discuss migraine treatments for adults based on my book, which treats and prevents migraines perfectly without any medicines, any supplements, or any … Continue reading →

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SSRI and Impotency… Hahahaha… I Knew More Bad Stuff Would Come to the Surface

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

You think I am joking, do you! I wrote a blog about SSRIs earlier explaining how bad they are in terms of what they do to the brain. This I did after one doctor told me that SSRIs do not … Continue reading →

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Big Win over The Medical Industry Today!

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

New information (now two) on the bottom! I know many of you are very frustrated with the medical industry in general. I have been–and still am as well–hence this blog. There have been many little victories and some I cannot … Continue reading →

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Brand Name versus Generic Drugs. Are You in Danger of Clueless Doctors?

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

It seems to me that most everyone hates high drug prices (me too) so everyone heads toward generic the moment it is available. But we are facing problems with that. We all know that many of the generic drugs are … Continue reading →

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Salt, Government, Doctors and People!

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

Let there be people and make them salt free to have them happy heart! YES!! Beautiful and dead. Makeup anyone? This will be a fiery post so buckle your seat belt! By some medical professionals in the media–who shall remain nameless … Continue reading →

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We Know We Are Doing Bad Medicine… But…. Said the Doctor…

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

There is a summary write-up of a discussion between doctors on MedScape. This is not an article (or video since it contains the video of three doctors’ discussion in addition to the transcript) for public viewing; one must be a published … Continue reading →

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