Dr. Francis can be reached by calling 412.683.5211. Raw steak will stop a black eye. Sometimes the bruise can be prevented if ice is placed on it immediately. The cold causes the blood vessels to constrict and stops the bleeding. Dr. Cichon can be reached by calling 412.621.5227.
Fish is a brain food.
This had some truth to it, but it wasn't so much the fish as what the fish contained that helped the brain. Salt water fish are a good source of iodine, which they thyroid needs to stay healthy. When people don't get enough iodine, they develop a shortage of a thyroid hormone which keeps both body and brain functioning well. Today iodine is added routinely to table salt, so iodine deficiency is no longer much of a problem in the United States. It is very low in cholesterol, a fatty substance which clings to arterial walls and clogs coronary arteries.