By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World In 1973, the U.S. government passed a law requiring that all children’s sleepwear must be fire resistant. Legislators may have...
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Born and raised in the inner city of Chicago, IL, Dr. Joseph Mercola is an osteopathic physician trained in both traditional and natural medicine. Board-certified in family medicine, Dr. Mercola served as the chairman of the family medicine department at St. Alexius Medical Center for five years, and in 2012 was granted fellowship status by the American College of Nutrition (ACN). While in practice in the late 80s, Dr. Mercola realized the drugs he was prescribing to chronically ill patients were not working. By the early 90s, he began exploring the world of natural medicine, and in 1997 Dr. Mercola founded www.Mercola.com, which is now routinely among the top 10 health sites on the internet. His passion is to transform the traditional medical paradigm in the United States. You can follow Dr. Mercola online at Mercola.com and Facebook.com/doctor.health
Life Expectancy Projected to Soar — Except in the U.S.
March 21st, 2017 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World According to a recent report from the National Center for Health Statistics, life expectancy has actually...
How LED Lighting May Compromise Your Health
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Can light affect your health? In the interview included below, Dr. Alexander Wunsch, a world-class expert on photobiology, shares the...
Photobiology: How Therapeutic Use of Full-Spectrum Light Can Improve Your Health
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Photobiology is the scientific study of the interaction between light and living organisms, and specifically, the therapeutic use of light...
America’s Burgeoning Cannabis Industry and the Road to Public Acceptance
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Marijuana is easily one of the world’s most controversial plants and, in the U.S., has endured a particularly rocky history...
FrankenSwine: Genetic Scientists Create Human-Pig GMO
February 16th, 2017 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World “Science is a good piece of furniture for a man to have in an upper chamber, provided he has common sense on the...
Aluminum, Fluoride and Glyphosate — A Toxic Trifecta Implicated in Autism and Alzheimer’s Disease Research
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Aluminum is a known neurotoxin, and according to Professor Christopher Exley of Keele University, aluminum-containing products are likely...
Essential Oils Can Help Ease Symptoms of ADHD
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World About 11 percent of U.S. children (or 6.4 million) have been diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),1 which is...
Could Pain Be Contagious, Just Like Happiness?
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World According to recent research, pain can spread among mice by way of smell, suggesting physical pain — at least among animals —...
Life Lessons From 100+ Year Olds
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Age is just a number, and this is clearly evident in the lives of the three centenarians interviewed in the LifeHunters video below...
Facebook Negatively Affects Mood and Well-Being, Studies Reveal
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Every month, 1.65 billion people actively use the social media site Facebook. On average, each user spends 50 minutes using the site daily...
European Union Bans Amalgam Fillings for Children and Pregnant or Nursing Women
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World “The next generation of Europe’s children are safe from toxic dental mercury,” proclaims Charlie Brown, president of...