“This confirms what we at The Rothfeld Center have long believed, that hormone replacement therapy in menopause should be reserved for extreme cases, and only with an awareness of the risks involved”
Menopausal Myths [a recent Boston Women’s Journal article by Dr. Glenn Rothfeld on the subject of menopause]
Myth #1: Menopause signals a time of declining [...]

By Dr. Glenn Rothfed, MD DBMA 
If you think mushrooms are white things that get put on pizza, you’re missing a lot. One of the hottest areas of herbal medicine is the study and growing awareness of medicinal uses of mushrooms and other fungi. From cordyceps, the fungus claimed by the Chinese olympic team to be responsible [...]

By Dr. Glenn Rothfed, MD DBMA 
We have had a number of inquiries from our patients about the likelihood of mad cow disease being spread through natural supplements. This fear came from a recent push by the FDA to control the theoretical spread of mad cow disease through vaccines. Incidental to the FDA’s bulletin was the mention [...]

By Dr.Glenn Rothfeld, MD DBMA
The leaves, are fan-like, the [female] species of fruit smells awful when ripe, and it’s called “The living fossil” because of its age (found in 200 million year old fossils). But gingko biloba is more than just a tree. It’s a billion dollar business, and a possible hope for millions worldwide. In [...]

By Glenn S. Rothfeld, MD
           
The second most-asked question from my patients, next to “What’s my blood pressure?” is “What’s my cholesterol?”  Even my patients who have had nice low cholesterols, are on careful diets, and have no family risk, continue to ask me to check this particular lab test.  It’s a testimony to the success [...]

Every once and awhile, when I was young, a mercury thermometer would shatter, giving us the opportunity to play with the mercury inside. It had an unusual consistency, a shiny color, and broke into tiny droplets that scattered all over so we had to search for them.
Years later, I still search for mercury. But now, [...]