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Colon / Colorectal Cancer · September 15, 2012
BIA ANALYSIS IMPLIES PROGNOSIS IN ADVANCED COLORECTAL CANCER – (12-15-04)
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE PHASE ANGLE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PROGNOSIS IN ADVANCED COLORECTAL CANCER. Given that I use BIA analysis quite frequently in my practice, this one hits home. It’s just kind of…
Hypertension · September 15, 2012
ATENOLOL NO BETTER THAN ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS – (11-21-04)
Atenolol in hypertension: is it a wise choice? I’m thinking we should just scrap the whole “double-blind, placebo controlled” studies. The research that many doctors are told to base their everyday decisions on has been…
Cholesterol · September 14, 2012
Cataract Lens Problems? Blame Your Cholesterol Lowering Drug
We’re visual creatures; eyesight is critical to us. Cataract lens problems disrupt vision, so if a common drug ups your risk of cataracts, this is important. I’m not going to ramble on and on about how ineffective…
Anxiety · September 13, 2012
Colon Irritable? Irritable Bowel Syndrome Diarrhea in the Head
There are days when you’re a little grumpy. But, for some, every day finds their colon irritable. But is irritable bowel syndrome diarrhea all in your head? Despite what some may think, irritable bowel syndrome…
Hypertension · September 12, 2012
High Systolic Blood Pressure? Med Ups Blood Pressure Levels
High systolic blood pressure is called the silent killer because there aren’t any early symptoms. Some meds will up blood pressure levels in unexpected ways. I’m going to cover one of these strange ways that a class of…
Cholesterol · September 11, 2012
Side Effects of Statins Worth the Cholesterol Reduction?
We’ve been brainwashed to believe that cholesterol = heart disease and thus statins like Lipitor are the answer. But what about the side effects of statins? I’ll admit it. I’m no fan of the statin class of drugs to…
Heart Disease · September 10, 2012
Vioxx News: Risk of Having Heart Attack was Hidden for Years
In case you hadn’t heard the Vioxx news, it was pulled off the market in Sept of 2004 when it was confirmed that it increased the risk of having a heart attack. I’m pretty sure none of us think that the drug companies…
Autoimmunity · September 8, 2012
TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE NEUROINFLAMMATION – (12-12-05)
Treatment of Autoimmune Neuroinflammation with a Synthetic Tryptophan Metabolite While the biochemistry on this one may be a little deep, this mouse study found that a derivative of tryptophan (not sure why they would…
Influenza · September 8, 2012
TAMIFLU HELPS FIGHT OFF ANY EPIDEMIC – (12-12-05)
Experts question wisdom of stockpiling oseltamivir Tamiflu is the latest prescription medicine that is supposed to fight off the flu. The problem is that the effects are weak at best. But, with the fear-mongering we are…
Drug Research · September 8, 2012
DRUG COMPANIES and DIRECT TO CONSUMER ADVERTISING – (12-12-05)
Professors speak out against advertising directly to consumers While anyone with any common sense can realize that the ability of drug companies to advertise directly to consumers is a problem, many clinicians are…
Arthritis · September 8, 2012
Knee Cartilage Damage? Alternatives to Knee Replacement
The knees bear a tremendous amount of abuse in a lifetime, resulting in knee cartilage damage. Luckily, there are many viable alternatives to knee replacement. Treatment in our office can be very, very effective at…
Ovarian Cancer · September 8, 2012
INCREASING INTAKE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTE TO CHRONIC DISEASES – (12-12-05)
Milk, milk products and lactose intake and ovarian cancer risk I don’t make this stuff up–I just find it. While this review does not show a strong association, it does show that increasing milk intake does increase your…
Depression · September 8, 2012
IMPLICATIONS FOR IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH AMONG WOMEN – (12-12-05)
Nutrition and Depression: Implications for Improving Mental Health Among Childbearing-Aged Women This is one area that is vehemently ignored by mental health professionals I have come across. They are not willing to…
Influenza · September 8, 2012
HOW TO PREVENT FLU DEATHS? – (12-12-05)
Are US flu death figures more PR than science? And, for those of you who believes the fear-mongering, this article is a must read. In 2001, the CDC announced some 62,000 deaths attributed to influenza and pneumonia…
Chiropractic Care · September 8, 2012
CASE SERIES OF ROLLER COASTER INJURIES – (12-12-05)
Significant Spinal Injury Resulting From Low-Level Accelerations: A Case Series of Roller Coaster Injuries Obviously, being a chiropractor, this article hits home with me. We hear it over and over again, that patients…
Toxicity · September 7, 2012
DISORDERS AT CELLULAR LEVEL LEADS TO DOWNSTREAM DISEASES – (12-22-03)
Imbalance of plasma membrane ion leak and pump relationship as a new aetiological basis of certain disease states Okay–you can skip this one if you fell asleep in physiology and biochemistry. What is interesting is that…
Alzheimer's · September 7, 2012
Dementia Research for a Cure – Forget About It
Alzheimer’s dementia is a continually growing concern and the money spent to find a “cure” is staggering. Unfortunately, a dementia cure remains elusive. Some time ago, researchers determined that the brains of those…
Arthritis · September 6, 2012
Reduce Uric Acid to Prevent Gout: Details on the Gout Diet
We’ve always known you can reduce uric acid levels, prevent gout and improve your health with diet. But recent evidence clarifies what is worse in a gout diet. Gout sucks. In school we were taught that the textbook…
Diabetes (Type 2) · September 5, 2012
Is the High Heart Attack Risk in Diabetes Curable?
Mainstream medicine does not generally speak of diabetes in “curable” terms. Yet diet and exercise hold massive potential to essentially make diabetes curable. Despite this, diabetes and the associated heart problems…
Heart Disease · September 4, 2012
Chronic Migraine: Why Migraine Relief Has to Focus on This
I can’t imagine life fraught with chronic migraine. Society doesn’t support the idea of a “cure;” that’s because migraine relief doesn’t focus on what matters. All too often, migraine headache pain control is the goal…
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