by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Nov 20, 2013 | Prevention
“Preventive medicine” almost sounds like an oxymoron if you think about it. If disease is successfully prevented you shouldn’t need medicine. Nonetheless, the term “preventive medicine” persists in the conventional medical...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Oct 16, 2013 | Influenza, Prevention, Supplements
Vitamin D and Flu Prevention: Part 1 Influenza (the flu) is the poster-child of seasonal variability in an infectious disease. During “flu season” rates of influenza skyrocket, but in the warm, summer months the virus is seemingly dormant. I think that...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Jan 28, 2013 | Flu shot, Influenza, Prevention, Vaccines
I admit that last post was kind of intense, all be it a little controversial. A few readers didn’t much care for the way I re-evaluated the numbers, even going as far as to say that I was lying. I am aware that not everybody is ready to be...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Jan 21, 2013 | Big Pharma, Flu shot, Influenza, Prevention, Vaccines
Once again, the flu season is well underway and there is no shortage of commercials, posters, billboards, and doctors telling us to get our flu shot. But is the flu shot really your best shot at preventing the flu? In part 1 of this series on flu prevention I hope to...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Nov 9, 2012 | Alzheimer's Disease, Functional neurology, Nutrition, Prevention
I’ve said it once. I’ve said it a million times. They haven’t found a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease because they don’t know what causes Alzheimer’s Disease. They don’t know the cause of AD because there is no cause, per say....
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Oct 21, 2012 | Cancer, Functional Medicine, Prevention
Ah, October. A month for trick or treating, crisp fall weather, carving pumpkins, apple cider, and pink. Yes, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and of all the months dedicated to a disease this one is the most prominent every year. You couldn’t...