W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones

W. Gifford-Jones, MD is the pen name of Dr. Ken Walker, graduate of Harvard Medical School. Diana Gifford-Jones is his daughter, a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School. Their latest book, “No Nonsense Health” is available at: Docgiff.com Sign-up at DocGiff to receive our weekly e-newsletter. For comments, contact-us@docgiff.com. Follow our new Instagram accounts, @docgiff and @diana_gifford_jones .

Most Recent Articles by W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones:

How to Escape Dinner Invitations March 16, 2015
Diverticulosis, Dr. Wynne-Jones, dietary fiber
Waiter, Make Sure My Steak Moos only Once! March 9, 2015
Toxoplasmosis, cholesterolphobia, coenzyme Q10 (Co-Q10)
Do You Want a Shock?  High Cholesterol for a Longer Life? March 2, 2015
Reports that disagree with the current high cholesterol condemnation never get published nor make headlines.
Stroke Update: What’s Missing will Cost Lives March 1, 2015
Studies show that high doses of vitamin C act like Drano to keep arteries open
Stroke Update:  What’s Missing will Cost Lives February 23, 2015
Studies show that high doses of vitamin C act like Drano to keep arteries open
Magnesium: Protection from Undertakers February 16, 2015
Magnesium can benefit those who suffer from migraine attacks, insomnia, anxiety attacks and depression
Living Will: Make It a Legal Document February 9, 2015
The Gifford-Jones Living Will is a long one page document, a Living Will prayer, which leaves no question about what you want done in your final days.
“Darling, Do I Have Permission to Have Sex With 20 Other Women?” February 2, 2015
This year 250,000 North American males will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. But since many have a slow growing form of the disease, only 30,000 will die from it
Weight Gain Is Contagious? And Snacking Fights it? January 25, 2015
These suggestions may not get you back into your wedding clothes, but they are all a step in the right direction.
“DILI” Is Killing More People Every Year January 19, 2015
Tens of thousands of people swallow painkillers daily as if they were M and M candy. But they all have to be metabolized by an overworked liver.
The Vitamin D Bandwagon: Is it Ahead of the Science? January 11, 2015
People living in higher latitudes show an increased risk of dying from almost all types of cancer, but particularly colon, breast, prostate and skin cancer.
An Experiment that should get everyone’s Attention December 29, 2014
The hard truth is that the war on obesity and Type 2 diabetes is being lost
How Much Did You Learn in 2014? December 22, 2014
Cancer, heart disease, vitamins and more...
Expert Says, “It’s The Worst Dirty Trick of Aging” December 21, 2014
The hard truth is we have to eat less as we age.
Take a Look Before You Flush the Toilet December 14, 2014
Course 101 on Poop
Heroin for Addicts? Or Send Them to Northern Canada? December 7, 2014
In 1984 the use of medical heroin was made legal for terminal cancer patients. But bureaucratic regulations attached to its prescription made it so difficult for doctors to prescribe that little was used
Glaucoma: Could Low Blood Pressure be a Cause? November 30, 2014
“Silent thief of sight”
Coenzyme Q10 Needed For 100 Trillion Cells November 23, 2014
Clinical studies show that CoQ10 supplements can increase the strength of the heart’s muscle in patients suffering from congestive heart failure
EP = a2 Has Killed More People than E=mc2 November 16, 2014
A simple, natural way to put a dent in the progress of the nation’s number one killer, heart attack
Appendicitis: It Strikes Kings and Us Mortals November 9, 2014
This year, about 300,000 appendectomies will be done in North America. But every year patients die because of a ruptured appendix.
How to Prevent Dying the Tough Way November 2, 2014
Basically, millions and millions of dollars are being wasted on mammograms that cannot detect early breast cancers and cause tremendous anxiety when false positives are diagnosed
How To Protect Your Family From Ebola Infection October 26, 2014
There’s a proven way to treat viral diseases successfully, such as Ebola
Health Canada and CBC Television Distort Medical Facts October 19, 2014
More of us should get mad as hell about asinine bureaucracy
Losing Keys May be a Stomach, not a Brain Problem October 12, 2014
Those who are confused, forgetful, depressed, concerned they can’t find their keys and worried they may be developing Alzheimers’s Disease, the cure may lie in the stomach, not in the head.
BioSil: A Natural Remedy Fights Arthritis and Osteoporosis October 5, 2014
It’s not often that a natural remedy such as BioSil helps so many diverse problems.
What`s Red and Protects Cardiovascular Health? September 28, 2014
Lycopene, anti-oxidants
How to Stay Safe in Hospital September 21, 2014
Errors in medication; risk of infections; hospital stay risks
Not All Lunatics Are in the Asylum September 14, 2014
This fight for the right to assisted death won’t be easy
From 1600 T0 400 Calories in 40,000 Years! September 7, 2014
Nutritional anthropologists can pinpoint what stone-age people ate by analyzing their bones and fossilized human waste
Mae West Knew When Men Were Men August 31, 2014
So is it testosterone or not? You need the Wisdom of Solomon to know who is right. What is thought to be true today may not be so tomorrow