This study showed that about a third of men between the ages of 18 and 35 who have type 2 diabetes have low testosterone (because the pituitary hormonal control center in the brain is not stimulating the testes).

More than a quarter of Americans suffer daily pain, a condition that costs the U.S. about $60 billion a year in lost productivity. Americans in households making less than $30,000 a year spend nearly 20% of their lives in moderate to severe pain, compared with less than 8% of people in households earning above $100,000, according to a landmark study on how Americans experience pain. The findings, published Thursday in the British yournal the Lancet, also found that participants who hadn't finished high school reported feeling twice the amount of pain as college graduates.

Dr. Teitelbaum, I'm writing this email to express my deepest gratitude to you for your work and the book you wrote, From Fatigued to Fantastic! In 2008 when I found your book in the bookstore, it was like a godsend. I had been suffering for many years with long-term fatigue, short-term memory loss, anxiety and other problems. I went to both allopathic and naturopathic doctors and they all told me the same thing, they couldn't find anything diagnostically wrong with me. I was healthy and fit but I just felt awful. I even had a doctor tell me I should begin an exercise program. When I explained that I was now tired all the time and in the past had been a dedicated exercise enthusiast working out 5-6 times a week for at least an hour, I got a blank look. It was then that I realized that I would have to figure out my own way back to wellness.

If you take a look at the scientific literature on iodine, and you’ll see frequent reports about the risk of hyperthyroidism from a too-high intake of iodine. This problem is relatively rare, and just about the opposite of what’s actually happening in the U.S. — an epidemic of hypothyroidism, with a widespread deficiency of iodine playing an important role.