Ask Dr. Lonna: How do I handle this hip pain?

by | Feb 13, 2014 | Newsletter

Dear Dr. Lonna, I am hoping you can help me with this. I have pain in the front of my hip. It’s intermittent but getting more and more frequent. I’m not sure what its from, but sometimes it completely jams up. IT KILLS! The pain feels like muscles or nerves but it’s...

5 Harmful Additives in Bread

by | Feb 6, 2014 | Newsletter

Human hair, chicken feathers, and high-fructose corn syrup—if you eat packaged bread from the supermarket, these ingredients have likely been in it. In fact, plenty of packaged breads sold in the United States contain ingredients that are actually banned in lots of...

Pain Relief Without a Price

by | Feb 6, 2014 | Newsletter

A growing awareness of the dangers of prescription pain drugs has been gaining momentum for the past few years. It is reflected in the Policy Impact brief and “Vitalsigns” report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in November 2011 and...

Trivia Question of The Week

by | Feb 6, 2014 | Newsletter

Q: Where in the human body is the only bone that is not connected to another bone? A: In the throat, at the back of the tongue. It’s the horseshoe-shaped hyoid bone, which supports the tongue and its muscles. Also known as the lingual bone, it is suspended by...