Dr. Rollins Articles
Keys to Great Health
"Before you heal someone, ask him if he's willing to give up the things that made him sick." —Hippocrates Health, like so many things, does not rely...
The Hidden Epidemic of Celiac Disease
What disease can destroy the lining of the gut without you even knowing? What disease is present in about 1 in 133 people, yet only diagnosed in...
Control Your Genetic Destiny with Epigenetics
Blame it on our genes — the blueprint for life that we inherit without having any say in the matter. We have been led to believe that you can’t...
Staying in Balance & Avoiding Burnout
Burnout is a special kind of stress, best defined as being exhausted and just losing interest in what you do. The physical and mental effects may...
Oooh that Sun Burns….
With a little bit of sun, I turn pink right away, while my wife goes right to a golden brown. My Scottish skin type apparently doesn't react the...
Chronic Mercury Toxicity
Chronic mercury toxicity, especially from long-term low-level exposure (often from mercury vapor, contaminated fish, or dental amalgams), can affect...
Floxed by Fluoroquinolone Toxicity
Floxed refers to the devastating effects of a class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones (FQs) and may include symptoms of extreme fatigue, tendon...
Brain Training with NeurOptimal® Dynamical Neurofeedback
Our Electrical Brain Our brain produces electrical activity, which can be measured in the form of brainwaves. These brainwaves occur at different...
Food for Your Mood
The foods you eat have a lot to do with how you feel, in a myriad of ways you might not imagine. Certain foods help the brain function better and...
QREstrain (SOT) Guidelines
Contraindications or disqualifications for QRE-strain Pregnancy or breastfeeding Recent blood transfusion Recent cytotoxic chemotherapy and/or...
Sunscreen Tips for Youthful Skin
The number one thing that ages skin is sunshine. Not just the sunburn, but the relentless day-to-day exposure to the sun causes the skin damage that...
Breast Thermography
Breast thermography is a quick, painless, no contact imaging technique that can be part of an early detection program for breast cancer. Using no...
Fish Oil and Prostate Cancer – A Whopper of a Tale
Headlines this week proclaim that taking fish oil supplements leads to an increased risk of prostate cancer. “Very fishy”, I thought, since this contradicts volumes of published research that touts many health benefits of fish oil supplementation. After a careful...
Cancer Prevention
“You have cancer” are perhaps the most frightening words I ever speak and the words you fear most from your doctor. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US and one of the leading causes around the world. According to the World Health Organization, in...
Tips for Creating Your Own Diet Plan
In "Making sense of different diets" I reviewed the pros and cons of 12 diet plans, from the Atkins to the Zone. Gleaning the best from each I’ll layout what I consider to be a healthy dietary guideline, whether you are trying to lose weight, maximize athletic...
A Fire Burns Within
Inflammation plays a necessary role in our health, but is also the real culprit behind most diseases of aging, including heart disease, diabetes, cancer and dementia. Let’s explore how inflammation can be good or bad. Acute inflammation is part of our normal defense...
Is Your Heart Pumping Sludge?
Blood thickness, or viscosity, may be the single unifying risk factor for heart disease. The thicker and stickier the blood the more difficult it is for the heart to pump it through the arteries. And, it leads to more mechanical stress inflicted upon the artery wall...
Controversy in Prostate Cancer Screening
The US Preventive Services Task Force ignited a firestorm of controversy within the medical community by recently announcing that the PSA (prostate specific antigen) blood test should no longer be recommended as a routine screening tool for detection of prostate...
22 Risks for Heart Disease
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. About 50% of people dying from heart disease have normal cholesterol. About 50% of people presenting with heart disease have zero or only one of the four main risk factors established by the American Heart...
Fatty Acids
Good fats, bad fats, trans fats, omega-3, omega-6, hydrogenated, unsaturated… it gets confusing trying to sort out just which fats we are supposed to eat and which ones to avoid like the plague. Bear with me – with a little explanation and a little chemistry you will...
Cancer Screening
Catch cancer early – that’s the point of cancer screening. During an annual check-up we focus on early detection of cancer. There are things that you can do to monitor for early cancer development and tests your doctor should recommend you consider as well. ...
A Medley of Heart Health News
Invincible Young Americans Younger Americans are not making the connection between unhealthy behaviors and future risk of heart disease and stroke. In a new survey by the American Stroke Association, 80% of young Americans questioned believe they are living healthy...
A Long Road Ahead to Heart Health
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, PA have released a sobering analysis of just how heart healthy the average American is and the results are a bit depressing. Based on the American Heart Association’s (AHA) 2020 Impact Goal for good cardiovascular health...
NSAID Dangers
The latest news from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2010 Congress points out that some of our most popular over-the-counter drugs are not abiding by the principle of “Primum non nocere” – first do no harm. They are, in fact, causing stroke and heart...
Compounding Pharmacies and Bioidentical Hormones
From FDA scrutiny to bashing from doctors to debates on Oprah, compounded drugs, namely bioidentical hormones, are receiving a lot of attention lately. The reasons for criticism are suspect, and the whole debacle deserves a response. Compounded drugs require a...