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Cholesterol · July 1, 2011
Research Update (April 2, 2000)
Yogurt as a health food that can stimulate the immune system? There is very strong evidence that the probiotics in yogurt have numerous health effects. AJCN — Abstracts: Meydani and Ha 71 (4): 861 Soy can lower…
Diabetes (Type 2) · July 1, 2011
BEWARE THE NEW FANGLED DIABETIC DRUGS
Sit back for a brief primer on where the money is going for diabetic drug research. Our small intestine has taste cells just like those of our tongue called “L” cells. So when “sweet” crosses this cell in the small…
Alzheimer's · June 30, 2011
DO THIS TO PREVENT ALZHEIMER’S
From a society standpoint, the “company line” is that we don’t know what causes Alzheimer’s and we don’t know how to prevent it. Untold dollars go to finding a cure. A recent approach was geared towards vaccination…
Arthritis · June 29, 2011
SPINAL ARTHRITIS – DO I NEED SURGERY?
Pretty much every day I address this question from patients. They come in after having an X-ray or MRI done after a few weeks of untreated back pain and may even have their orthopedic surgeon appointment set up. The…
Osteoporosis Cures and Bone Health · June 28, 2011
SNACK ON THESE TO PROTECT YOUR BONES
In previous articles, we’ve learned that osteoporosis is not a static disease of the bone, but is more appropriately termed bone health because it reflects the true dynamic of balance between adding bone and losing bone…
Diabetes (Type 2) · June 28, 2011
LOW SALT DIETS CONTRIBUTE TO DIABETES?
With research, we need to take everything with a grain of salt (so to speak…) and look at the big picture. I have personally never been an advocate of steering patients towards a low salt diet. As I’ve mentioned in…
Healthy Kids · June 27, 2011
THESE 2 COMMON CHILDHOOD SURGERIES INCREASE RISK OF DEATH YEARS LATER
Were do I even begin on this one? There is no doubt that far too many surgeries done in today’s day and age are done without using appropriate conservative methods first. Far more are done without thought to the long…
Cancer · June 27, 2011
SOY AND PROSTATE CANCER
Many of the headlines spread across the Internet on soy would have you believe that soy contributes to cancer, contains “anti-nutrients,” and is growing C cup breasts on every male out there. Some of these, if you read…
Mediterranean Diet · June 27, 2011
ADD THIS TO YOUR DIET TO DRASTICALLY LOWER RISK OF STROKE
As I’ve written about in the past, the 90’s completely screwed up our concept of what constitutes healthy foods. An entire population was brainwashed with the idea that fat = fattening. Researchers at the time the…
Cholesterol · June 25, 2011
YOU KNOW YOUR CHOLESTEROL, BUT DO YOU KNOW THIS LEVEL?
In today’s health environment, thanks to aggressive marketing by the pharmaceutical companies promoting the near godlike power of the statins to lower levels, most everyone knows where their cholesterol sits. The…
Allergies · June 24, 2011
INFANTS, PETS AND ALLERGIES–A GOOD COMBO
Our ancestors were continually exposed to all kinds of infectious agents. Bacteria, viruses, dirt. You name it. There was no antibacterial hand lotion. No running water. No sani-wipes. Interestingly, as we have…
Environmental · June 24, 2011
DO YOU HAVE LOW TESTOSTERONE?
The understanding is that mainstream medical research takes about 20 years to make it into clinical practice, specialists included (unless it’s blockbuster drug research, in which case it seems to make it to doctors’…
Healthy Kids · June 24, 2011
DO WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER VACCINE FOR OUR INFANTS?
Rotavirus is one of the most common causes of childhood diarrhea here in the US. While most infants and children fight off the infection without difficulty, there is no question that this infection can be deadly due to…
Inflammation · June 22, 2011
YOU NEED TO TAKE THIS WITH YOUR OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG
While I hope that things will change as time and research moves on, I do not remember a time that a patient has come into my office that had been placed on some type of anti-resorptive therapy (Fosamax, Boniva, Actonel…
Diabetes (Type 2) · June 22, 2011
WANT A HEALTHY PREGNANCY? DO THIS FIRST…
This is not the first time I’ve mentioned just how critically important the in-utero environment is in programming that child’s health for the next FIFTY years. If you want to ensure a healthy pregnancy and give your…
Depression · June 21, 2011
ST JOHN’S WORT AS POWERFUL AS ANTI-DEPRESSANTS?
St John’s wort became popular quite a few years ago based on its ability to effectively manage depression. Further clarification in the medical literature confirmed this ability, but generally for mild to moderate…
Diabetes (Type 2) · June 21, 2011
DIABETES STILL A DEATH SENTENCE
There is no doubt we have some pretty cool new medications to deal with diabetes. Who would’ve thought to look at one of the few venomous reptiles in North America (the hila monster) and say “Hey! I wonder if it would…
Cancer · June 20, 2011
OBESITY AND CANCER, REVISITED…
I know. I know. Eat your fruits and veggies. Exercise. While we all kind of agree that this MAY lower our risk of cancer, just how much seems to get glazed over. After all, Grandpa Joe smoked and drank Jim Bean until he…
Cancer · June 20, 2011
COMMONLY DEFICIENT SUPPLEMENT LOWERS RISK OF PROSTATE CANCER
Vitamin D has been all over the research the past few years. This particular study looks at the ability of the active form of Vitamin D to halt the progression of prostate cancer cells in the lab and finds. While it…
Chiropractic Care · June 18, 2011
TAKING A SHORT COURSE OF STEROIDS FOR PAIN?
Medrol dose packs are commonly used to calm down inflammation and pain in musculoskeletal injuries. This pack starts with a high dose of steroids that tapers down over the next 6 days. Doesn’t fix the injury or restore…
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