Dr. John Ross

Does this image look familiar? No matter where we see groups of people, most, if not all of them, are quietly staring at their smart phones, not talking. Many have head or earphones in place. What are they looking at or listening to on those phones? Having a supercomputer in your hand, connected to the ‘world-wide-web' is literally mind boggling. There is SO MUCH information available, from so many sources, that most of us can be overwhelmed. Artificial Intelligence has now taken all of that...

In the past year or so, Mentor Clinic has been running group sessions on topics such as heart health, diabetes, metabolic health, sleep, and one on menopause. While it is hard to cover everything in one session, and we always need more time for questions and discussions, that was particularly true for the menopause session. On October 17, Halifax hosted the first Atlantic Menopause Show – with an audience of over 700 women! Four Mentor Clinic staff attended and it was FANTASTIC! It further...

On September 22, 2025, President Trump stated at a news conference that autism, “used to be 1 in 20,000, then 1 in 10,000. And I would say that’s probably 18 years ago. And now it’s 1 in 31, but in some areas it’s much worse than that, if you can believe it; 1 in 31.” Fact:  The Centre for Diseases Control  (CDC) reported the diagnosed prevalence of autism, in the USA, in 2004 was 1/125 8-year-olds. He then blamed the use of Tylenol (acetaminophen in North America and paracetamol in many...