Author Archives: Richard Firshein

RICHARD FIRSHEIN Nora Samuels, aged fifty-six, had gone through menopause, six long years ago; she was still suffering hot flashes. She had initially tried hormone-replacement therapy [HRT], but the medications had made her feel even worse than she had before she began treatment. Over the years, her symptoms had increased. If her hot flashes let […]

RICHARD FIRSHEIN Steve, for one, was not alone in neglecting to pack his diet with the proper nutrients. In fact, the United States, or any other country, as a whole is guilty of consuming insufficient amounts of B vitamins. While the optimal dose of folic acid, for instance, is 650-1,000mcg a day, most of us […]

RICHARD FIRSHEIN There are a host of natural nutrients that excel at the same thing. Not all of these nutrients will work for every woman though, so don’t give up hope if you’ve tried one and failed to see the results: there maybe another hormone helper better suited to your specific menstrual problem and body […]

RICHARD FIRSHEIN Fred Reynolds [32] was new to New York from the sunny state of South Carolina, US.  Although he had moved up north for a glitzy job as the photo-editor of a famous men’s magazine, the exciting career move did nothing to incite in him a love for the Big Apple. He missed the […]

RICHARD FIRSHEIN Free radicals. When I was in medical school, I rarely heard a word about them. Well, only a small group of ‘kooks’ would rave about the powers of vitamins and minerals. It wasn’t until my own struggles with asthma in the late 1980s that I began to appreciate the benefits of antioxidants; only […]