by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Sep 21, 2015 | Cancer, Diet, Food, Health
Feeling tired? You might want to check your iron levels. Iron is one of the key ingredients of your next batch of red blood cells. These cells last only about three months; the old ones are broken down in the liver, and new ones...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Feb 8, 2015 | Food, Healing, Health, Pain
A common reason for patients to visit their doctor is the common sore throat. For many years after the age of antibiotics began over a half-century ago, most doctors reached for Penicillin or Sulfa drugs, and most patients expected this prescription to be the...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Mar 7, 2014 | Cancer, Diet, Food, Health, Prevention
Plastics may be great for consumer. But they are NOT meant to be consumed. With today’s busy lifestyle, more people are reaching for packaged foods, and most of these are introducing small amounts of chemicals into the foods they touch. Whether it is the...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Nov 11, 2013 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Diet, Food, Health
For long term success, an alcoholic must learn not only how to stop drinking, but also how to start eating. Most alcoholics that are admitted into detoxification centers are massively malnourished, and seriously depleted of thiamin, vitamins A, B-12, and C, folic...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Nov 13, 2012 | Food, Health, Memory Retention, Stress, Surgery
If you are in hospital, don’t expect your memory to do all the work for you. If you have a question, write it down, then, when the doctor does come for a visit, you won’t forget to ask. Under the best of circumstances, going into hospital as a patient is...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Oct 28, 2012 | Diet, Exercise, Food, Obesity, Stress
If you have a child between the ages of 7-13 that experiences rapid weight gain, the reason may well be stress. I have always maintained that obesity is never a problem; it is only the result of a problem. Until that underlying problem is addressed, whether it is...
