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Autoimmunity · July 30, 2012
EXCESSIVE OXIDATIVE DAMAGE EFFECTS TISSUES AND IMMUNE SYSTEM – (12-04-06)
Oxidatively modified autoantigens in autoimmune diseases Only recently have we begun to change our views on autoimmune conditions. We used to view these conditions as a dysfunction of the immune system–it was attacking…
Inflammation · July 30, 2012
DIET WITH PHYTONUTRIENTS MITIGATES INFLAMMATION – (12-27-06)
Glucose ingestion induces an increase in intranuclear nuclear factor κB, a fall in cellular inhibitor κB, and an increase in tumor necrosis factor αmessenger RNA by mononuclear cells Hate to start off an Update with…
Vitamin D · July 30, 2012
DEMONIZING SUNLIGHT HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON HEALTH – (10-23-06)
Estimation of optimal serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D for multiple health outcomes For those of you that have not heard me rant about how the public health recommendation to demonize sunlight (ok, so I’m…
Cholesterol · July 30, 2012
DAMAGE TO LDL CHOLESTEROL RISKS HUMAN LIFE – (09-06-05)
Plasma Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein, a Strong Predictor for Acute Coronary Heart Disease Events in Apparently Healthy, Middle-Aged Men I frequently have patients come in with cholesterol that is just slightly…
Healthy Living in a Toxic World · July 30, 2012
CONTINUOUS BLEEDING MAY LEAD DO GINKGO BILOBA – (08-01-05)
Spontaneous Bleeding Associated with Ginkgo biloba While the possibility does exist and needs to be evaluated for every situation, This is a perfect example of how the reality of natural medicine is rarely as…
Gut Health 101 · July 30, 2012
COLONISATION PROMOTES SENSITISATION AGAINST FOOD – (10-23-06)
Gastrointestinal Candida colonisation promotes sensitisation against food antigens by affecting the mucosal barrier in mice While this is a mouse study, the concept is pretty readily accepted in functional medicine…
Hypertension · July 30, 2012
COCOA REDUCES BLOOD PRESSURE AND INSULIN RESISTANCE – (08-01-05)
Cocoa Reduces Blood Pressure and Insulin Resistance and Improves Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation in Hypertensives Need I say more? Of course. Remember, the mostly likely compound that protects in chocolate is the…
Cholesterol · July 30, 2012
CHRONIC DISEASE IS INCREASING AND BECOMING STRONG – (10-23-06)
Utility of Childhood Non-High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in Predicting Adult Dyslipidemia and Other Cardiovascular Risks Sometimes I think that our current adult population is a lost cause and we need to…
Osteoporosis Cures and Bone Health · July 30, 2012
BONE MASS LOWERS RISK OF OSTEOPOROSIS – (12-27-06)
Low-Level, High-Frequency Mechanical Signals Enhance Musculoskeletal Development of Young Women With Low BMD Our office, since this article triggered an interest in Whole Body Vibration, has since purchased one of the…
Osteoporosis Cures and Bone Health · July 30, 2012
BONE LOSS IN OLDER DIABETIC ADULTS – (12-27-06)
Thiazolidinedione Use and Bone Loss in Older Diabetic Adults Avandia and Actose are a class of diabetic drugs known as TZDs that act on the PPAR gamma receptor. Unfortunately, like every other drug out there, they have…
Anti Aging Truths · July 30, 2012
ANTI-AGING SKIN EFFECTS OF FISH OILS ON HUMAN SKIN – (07-17-06)
Photoprotective and anti-skin-aging effects of eicosapentaenoic acid in human skin in vivo I feel that our fear-mongering with sunlight exposure and skin cancer has done more harm than good (as usual…). Instead of…
Sleep Apnea · July 29, 2012
WALNUTS HELPS TO SEDATE PEOPLE TO SLEEP – (09-29-05)
Melatonin in walnuts: Influence on levels of melatonin and total antioxidant capacity of blood Okay, so I was a little surprised to hear that melatonin is found in walnuts. I guess I just always viewed it as one of…
Migraine · July 29, 2012
SUNFLOWER SEEDS AND BANANAS ARE GOOD FOR MIGRAINE PATIENTS – (09-29-05)
Effect of tryptophan depletion on symptoms of motion sickness in migraineurs It’s just been a month for revelations for me. Never considered the serotonin pathway as playing a role in motion sickness, but this study…
Cancer · July 29, 2012
PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE – (09-29-05)
Increases in testicular cancer may be linked to the rise in maternal body weight I’ve said it before and this is yet another sad example of what we can expect as we have unhealthy mothers given birth to unhealthy…
Kidney Problems · July 29, 2012
IS MORTALITY DECREASING FROM ACUTE RENAL FAILURE? – (09-06-05)
Has mortality from acute renal failure decreased? We generally think of medical research as a good thing. Billions of dollars go into new approaches, new treatment, new methods of detection. But do they really change…
Childhood Obesity · July 29, 2012
HIGH HEALTH RISKS DROP AFTER WEIGHT LOSS IN OBESE CHILDREN – (09-29-05)
High-sensitive C-reactive protein, tumor necrosis factor, and cardiovascular risk factors before and after weight loss in obese children None of this information should come as a big surprise, but it can serve as a…
Drug Research · July 29, 2012
DRUG SAMPLE INFLUENCED BY PRESCRIPTION – (09-06-05)
Do drug samples influence resident prescribing behavior? Geez!! Does no one in the midst of this travesty see this as a problem? It’s almost laughable if it didn’t affect all of us so much. We’ve done study after study…
Cancer · July 26, 2012
The Benefits of Massage Therapy for Cancer Patients
Many health care professionals now recognize massage as a complementary therapy. While massage cannot reverse nor slow the spread of cancer, even the American Cancer Society recognizes its short-term benefits. In…
Diabetes (Type 2) · July 25, 2012
Diabetes Prevention Through Modern Chemistry
Diabetes rates continue to increase with no end in sight. Diabetes prevention, however, is very possible through healthy lifestyle changes. GLP-1 is a protein produced by “G cells” that are located later down in the…
Healthy Kids · July 24, 2012
Will Antidepressant Use in Pregnancy Harm My Baby?
The developmental time in the womb is very susceptible to any foreign chemicals. The brain is particularly sensitive. Many pregnant women have concerns over the use of pharmaceutical drugs during pregnancy. Drugs like…
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