Dear Pharmacist,

Every fall, I worry about catching cough and cold. My Jewish grandmother used to come over and cook soup with bones in it. She insisted it would keep us healthy and made us suck the marrow out of the bones. Truthfully, we never got sick. What do you think of this idea? I don’t want to torture my own kids but she may have on to something.

I’m sure that by now you’ve heard the incredibly sad news of Apple Founder Steve Jobs’s death from pancreatic cancer. And although he’s been sick for a long time and it doesn’t exactly come as a surprise, it’s still a devastating loss.

1. Didja know cold hands can mean a magnesium deficiency?

2. Didja know vertical ridges on fingernails means digestion problems?

3. Didja know a folic acid deficiency can cause hearing loss?

Pharmaceuticals are not the answer to cure or treat diabetes. Avandia is the latest drug to be questioned for its efficacy and side effects that increase the risk of heart attack by a whopping 43%. The Commission on Human Medicines in Great Britain has recommended pulling the drug because its risks outweigh the benefits.

Normally I tell you: if the food is white, you should stay away from it. White flour. White potatoes. White sugar. You shouldn't touch any of it.

So it may come as a surprise when I say, not all white food is bad.

Are you serving your kids a hearty helping of dangerous chemicals for dinner? It turns out that you very well could be doing just that if you’re dishing out one of a number of popular kid-friendly canned meals.

When you're beloved by millions, and you call yourself "America's Doctor ™" and then you actually go ahead and trademark that phrase, you've got to figure that sooner or later you're going to get some backlash.

Well...Dr. Oz just got his backlash.

There’s a lot of to-do going on about natural vitamins having an edge on the synthetics. And, truth to tell, going natural sure sounds good. The way God intended and all.

But like with so many things, the devil’s in the details.

In today’s world and ever changing environment, we are quickly discovering that personal responsibility for our health and finances is the best way to secure a safe and sound future. The recent changes in the financial markets have demonstrated that we cannot hand over our future to others and think that they will act, or know how to act in our best interest.

Did you know that dozens of everyday “health” foods containing brain-damaging poisons, which seriously threaten your health—and such foods are not regulated by the FDA or other government agencies?