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NSAIDs Dangerous · June 25, 2012
DANGERS OF NSAIDs ON THE STOMACH – (08-28-06)
Comparing Rates of Dyspepsia with Coxibs vs NSAID+PPI: A Meta-Analysis Man, this gets confusing. Several years back, we saw the appearance of “public service” ads talking about the dangers of NSAIDs on bleeding ulcer…
Alzheimer's · June 25, 2012
To Avoid Alzheimer’s Dementia You Must Do These 6 Things
Anyone who has seen the deterioration that occurs in Alzheimer’s dementia firsthand is fearful of the same thing happening to their own brain. Luckily, this is not an inevitable process. To understand how cognitive loss…
Migraine · June 21, 2012
ARE MY MIGRAINES DESTROYING MY BRAIN?
The answer always has been and always will be a strong YES! It is very, very clear that a migraine indicates that there are problems with the entire body and not merely the organ experiencing the pain (in this case the…
Migraine · June 20, 2012
If You Get Migraine or Tension Headaches, You MUST Do This
Headaches suck. Period. When severe, they disrupt your entire life. Even mild, they affect your mood and relationships. The current culture in medicine generally supports the primary care route for headaches. The…
Cholesterol · June 19, 2012
Cholesterol High? If You Take Lipitor, Then You Need to Know This
Statins are drugs used to lower cholesterol numbers. Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor are just a few. They are given out like candy. But just how well do they work? Lipitor was the first drug to ever break $20 billion in…
Diabetes (Type 2) · June 18, 2012
Lower Risk of Diabetes – Avoid Doctor’s Advice
Drink 8 glasses of water per day. This has become a near mantra when it comes to a heathier lifestyle. Doctors tell you it will help prevent diabetes. It helps with weight loss (not true). It helps to detoxify (not…
Breast Cancer · June 17, 2012
TAMOXIFEN PROTECTS AGAINST TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR – (10-02-06)
Tamoxifen protects against acute tumor necrosis factor α-induced cardiac injury via improving mitochondrial functions Not that I’m a fan of tamoxifen, but it is interesting to note that it’s cardio protection abilities…
Heart Disease · June 17, 2012
RISK IN A CARDIAC EVENT FOLLOWING BYPASS SURGERY – (10-02-06)
Usefulness of Preoperative C-Reactive Protein and Soluble Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 Level for Predicting Future Cardiovascular Events After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. The routine analysis of CRP levels is…
Heart Disease · June 17, 2012
HOW TO MANAGE INSULIN RESISTANCE? – (10-02-06)
Effects of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Transcendental Meditation on Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in Subjects With Coronary Heart Disease. A full approach to managing insulin resistance is three…
Gut Health 101 · June 17, 2012
GUT MICROFLORA PLAYS A LARGE ROLE IN OUR SYSTEMIC HEALTH – (10-02-06)
Gastrointestinal Candida colonisation promotes sensitisation against food antigens by affecting the mucosal barrier in mice While this is a mouse study, there is much clinically to support the notion that altered gut…
Cholesterol · June 16, 2012
Drink Red Wine, Improve Heart Disease in a Surprising Way
Most of us have an inkling that red wine is good for heart disease. Maybe even for the brain. But what does red wine really do for us? First of all, no discussion on the benefits of red wine on heart disease would be…
Cholesterol · June 15, 2012
4 Sneaky Tactics to Keep Meds for High Trigylceride Expensive
Tricor is a medication commonly used to “treat” high triglyceride levels. Clearly, this discussion should be a moot point because the appropriate anti-diabetic lifestyle choices WILL slash high cholesterol and…
Diabetes (Type 2) · June 14, 2012
58 Reasons to Avoid Diabetes to Prevent Serious Type of Cancer
While there may be no “unscary” cancers, one could argue that pancreatic is low on the list of cancers anyone would like to get. Outcomes are dismal, leading to prevention being the answer. This particular study found…
Environmental · June 13, 2012
How to Avoid Brain Damage in the Womb in 5 Easy Steps
We used to think that the placenta guards the developing baby and filters out everything but the needed nutrients for strong development in the womb. This thought process was smashed with the 10 Americans Study done by…
Diabetes (Type 2) · June 12, 2012
WILL SPLENDA AND NUTRISWEET MAKE ME FAT?
If you follow common sense and the research, this answer is a definite yes. Unfortunately as a society these compounds are in everything and we still promote them for weight loss (bad idea) diabetes (worse idea). Think…
Diabetes (Type 2) · June 10, 2012
TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS AS A RISK FACTOR FOR STROKE – (02-27-06)
Metabolic Syndrome Compared With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus as a Risk Factor for Stroke So metabolic syndrome was a greater predictor of stroke that diabetes, not because of the amount of risk it confers, but because…
Chiropractic Care · June 10, 2012
HOW DO YOU MANAGE ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN? – (02-13-06)
Physicians’ Initial Management of Acute Low Back Pain Versus Evidence-Based Guidelines This is one of those articles that, as a chiropractor, really gets to me. We are frequently called quacks and non-evidence based…
Prostate Cancer · June 10, 2012
EFFECTIVENESS OF SCREENING FOR PROSTATE CANCER – (02-27-06)
The Effectiveness of Screening for Prostate Cancer One of my beefs with the American Cancer Society is that they focus a large percentage of their efforts towards a “cure.” The push is towards increased screening and…
Diarrhea / Constipation / Irritable Bowel · June 10, 2012
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE FROM ANTIBIOTIC OVERUSE – (02-27-06)
Specific probiotic therapy attenuates antibiotic induced visceral hypersensitivity in mice While this is a mouse study, many human irritable bowel disease patients recall their symptoms starting shortly after antibiotic…
Inflammation · June 10, 2012
ACCURATE VIEW OF OSTEOPOROSIS INVOLVES INFLAMMATION – (02-27-06)
Relation of body composition, fat mass, and serum lipids to osteoporotic fractures and bone mineral density in Chinese men and women. Many consider heavier weight as protective for the bones because the added weight…
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