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Healthy Pregnancy and Women's Health · July 8, 2012
LINK BETWEEN INSULIN RESISTANCE AND PCOS – (06-20-05)
Changes in Glucose Tolerance over Time in Women with Polycystic Ovaries The research pointing to the link between insulin resistance and PCOS is very, very strong. And yet I read an article in a pregnancy/mother…
Inflammation · July 8, 2012
LDL PARTICLES CAUSE DAMAGE TO VESSEL WALLS – (07-25-05)
Oxidized LDL induces mitochondrially associated reactive oxygen/nitrogen species formation in endothelial cells We’re back to my future book “Mitochondrial dysfunction as the root of all chronic disease.” Not quite sure…
Drug Research · July 8, 2012
HUGE PRESCRIPTION DRUG INCREASES PRICE – (06-20-05)
Steve Wilson Exposes Huge Prescription Drug Price Markups While I usually stick to peer reviewed literature, I do occasionally stray and this one answered one question that has perplexed me for many years now. How can…
Alzheimer's · July 8, 2012
HIGH CHOLESTROL LEVELS WILL REDUCE RISK OF DEMENTIA – ( 06-20-05)
High total cholesterol levels in late life associated w/ reduced risk of dementia I just had a discussion with a patient today in which I showed concern with the increasingly aggressive approach mainstream medicine is…
Obesity and Weight Loss · July 8, 2012
HELICOBACTER PYLORI IS ASSOCIATED WITH MORBID OBESITY – (07-25-05)
Association of Helicobacter pylori Infection With Morbid Obesity Those who have been reading the Updates for years now know that I feel H. pylori is merely an opportunistic infection (possibly even normal flora) that…
Low Back Pain · July 8, 2012
CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN TREATMENT WITHOUT SURGERY – (06-27-05)
RCT to compare surgical stabilization of the lumbar spine with an intensive rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic low back pain As a chiropractor this one obviously hits close to home. When patients ask me…
Environmental · July 8, 2012
BRCA GENE ORDER PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE – (06-20-05)
Increased Rates of Chromosome Breakage in BRCA1 Carriers Are Normalized by Oral Selenium Supplementation I know that I have had at least one patient come through my office that had prophalactic bilateral mastectomy…
Celiac Disease · July 8, 2012
AWARENESS OF CELIAC DISEASE – (07-25-05)
Physician Awareness of Celiac Disease The incidence of celiac disease has been slowing increasing, most likely due to a combination of higher levels of gluten from nitrogenous fertilizers and a cross reactivity with…
Hypertension · July 8, 2012
ARE CARBS EQUALLY CREATED? – (07-18-05)
Rye Bread Enhances the Production and Plasma Concentration of Butyrate but Not the Plasma Concentrations of Glucose and Insulin in Pigs Okay, so this is a pig study, but given what a large chunk of the US population…
Hospital Care · July 8, 2012
ADVERSE DRUG USAGE RESULTS IN REPEATED HOSPITAL VISITS – (06-20-05)
High Rates of Adverse Drug Events in a Highly Computerized Hospital Okay, well… Computerize drug ordering and we’ll all be safer. Apparently not. 52% adverse drug events. 9% of these resulted in serious harm. Hey–here’s…
Childhood Obesity · July 7, 2012
Breastfeeding vs Bottle Feeding – New Findings
There has always been debate on the breastfeeding vs bottle feeding topic. Clearly, 100 years ago this was not a discussion. Hence the term “wet nurse.” Beginning in the 20’s and 30’s, formula feeding became more…
Osteoporosis Cures and Bone Health · July 3, 2012
Bone Density Test Your Doctor May Not Know About Yet
As we age, the underlying health of our bones begins to become important to us. The fear of a hip fracture scares most of us. When it comes to bone density and testing for bone density, there are a few things you need…
Diabetes (Type 2) · July 2, 2012
Prevent Diabetes With This Simple Exercise
All origins of man aside, we basically have hunter-gatherer genetics. I view our needs for exercise with this in mind. When it comes to aerobic activity, I would challenge anyone to come up with a predator we can outrun…
Migraine · July 2, 2012
MIGRAINE LEAVES PATIENTS AT INCREASED RISK OF PREECLAMPSIA – (07-17-06)
Migraine Headaches and Preeclampsia: An Epidemiologic Review Are we getting the point? To further illustrate my point, preeclampsia risk has been shown to go down with higher intakes of vitamins C and E…
Cholesterol · July 2, 2012
ERRORS FROM TC/HDL C RATIO RISKS VASCULAR DISEASE – (07-17-06)
Errors that result from using the TC/HDL C ratio rather than the apoB/apoA-I ratio to identify the lipoprotein-related risk of vascular disease Wow. Sometimes we really hit articles that remind us how far we can fall…
Hospital Care · July 2, 2012
EFFECT OF DRUG REACTIONS IN PATIENTS – (08-28-06)
Adverse drug reactions result in 250 000 UK admissions a year If only the general public really knew the true numbers behind just how much prescription drugs cost our society–lives lost and financial. This study only…
NSAIDs Dangerous · July 2, 2012
CURCUMIN PROTECTS GI TRACT FROM INDOMETHICIN – (07-17-06)
Indomethacin inactivates gastric peroxidase to induce reactive-oxygen-mediated gastric mucosal injury and curcumin protects it by preventing peroxidase inactivation and scavenging reactive oxygen I guess this is “long…
Heart Disease · July 2, 2012
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION EFFECTS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE – (07-17-06)
Periodontal infections cause changes in traditional and novel cardiovascular risk factors Again, we see how much any source of chronic inflammation can play a large role in cardiovascular disease. I would also assume…
Osteoporosis Cures and Bone Health · July 2, 2012
BONES HAVE POSITIVE EFFECT BY LOWER INFLAMMATION – (07-17-06)
Antioxidant α-lipoic acid inhibits osteoclast differentiation by reducing nuclear factor-kappaB DNA binding and prevents in vivo bone resorption induced by receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand and tumor…
Vaccination · July 1, 2012
VACCINATION DOESN’T GIVE FULL PROTECTION FROM DISEASE – (04-10-06)
Horizontal transmission of the Leningrad-3 live attenuated mumps vaccine virus It still surprises me how many people have full faith in vaccination’s ability to completely protect them from the disease they were…
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