By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Regardless of your views on the pros and cons of recreational marijuana, the body of scientific evidence about the medicinal value of...
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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
The Cholesterol Myth Has Been Busted — Yet Again
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World For the past four decades, the U.S. government has warned that eating cholesterol-rich foods such as eggs would raise your LDL cholesterol...
13 Mind-Body Techniques That Can Help Ease Pain and Depression
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Many aches and pains are rooted in brain processes that can be affected by your mental attitude and emotions. While the mechanics of these...
Depression is Now the No. 1 Cause of Illness and Disability Worldwide
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Let’s start with the facts… According to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression is now the leading cause of ill...
Will Lyme Disease Plague America?
April 14th, 2017 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World National surveillance of Lyme disease statistics began in 1982 and since then the number of reported cases has grown over...
Big Pharma Channeled Opioids to Black Market
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World The opioid overdose epidemic in the U.S. killed more than 33,000 people in 2015, which is more than any other year on record, according to...
Evidence EPA Colluded with Monsanto to Cover-Up Glyphosate/Cancer Link
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Glyphosate — the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup and other herbicides — is the most widely used agricultural...
Study: Most People Are Now Flame Retardant
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...
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...