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Vitamin C · February 16, 2014
Trial of Antioxidant Supplementation in Critically ill Surgical Patients – (01-09-03)
Trial of Antioxidant Supplementation in Critically ill Surgical Patients Shhhhh!!! We wouldn’t want word of this getting out!! The use of Vit E and C helped improve outcome and shorten hospital stay in critically ill…
Inflammation · February 16, 2014
Tea tree oil reduces histamine-induced skin inflammation – (01-18-03)
Tea tree oil reduces histamine-induced skin inflammation Speaking of tee tree oil… this substance has been used for hundreds of years as an antimicrobial to be used topically. Here we see a study that also confirms its…
Inflammatory Bowel Disease · February 16, 2014
Role of microecology in chronic inflammatory bowel diseases – (01-18-03)
Role of microecology in chronic inflammatory bowel diseases I had a patient come in yesterday that had spent 10 days in bed from a serious case of diarrhea. She went to a GI “specialist” who gave her a drug for colitis…
Healthy Pregnancy and Women's Health · February 16, 2014
Role of environmental estrogens in deterioration of male fertility – (01-18-03)
Role of environmental estrogens in deterioration of male fertility Fertility is actually becoming quite big business in Western medicine and more and more of an issue with patients. If a woman is not fertile, their is…
Miscellaneous · February 16, 2014
Rapid Respiratory Viral Testing & Antibiotic Use in Children’s Hospital – (01-09-03)
Rapid Respiratory Viral Testing & Antibiotic Use in Children’s Hospital The overuse of antibiotics in the paediatric setting is still excessive, despite researchers practically screaming in the medical journals to curb…
Miscellaneous · February 16, 2014
Psychotropic Practice Patterns for Youth – (01-18-03)
Psychotropic Practice Patterns for Youth–A 10-Year Perspective Even before considering the previous article, the idea that utilization of psychotropic meds for youth is closing in on adult levels that drops my draw. Are…
Miscellaneous · February 16, 2014
Meals rich in carbs or proteins on plasma tryptophan and tyrosine ratios – (01-09-03)
Meals rich in carbs or proteins on plasma tryptophan and tyrosine ratios This is an important consideration. Tryptophan crosses the blood brain barrier to get converted to serotonin. Serotonin helps modulate sleep and…
Vitamins and Supplements 101 · February 16, 2014
Low intracellular zinc induces oxidative DNA damage – (01-09-03)
Low intracellular zinc induces oxidative DNA damage Do I really need to say anymore? Other than the fact that fruits and veggies and whole grains contain lots of zinc. One caution with long term zinc supplementation…
Gastroenterology · February 16, 2014
Long-term improvement in functional dyspepsia using hypnotherapy – (01-09-03)
Long-term improvement in functional dyspepsia using hypnotherapy While much of mainstream medicine has forgotten the contribution that stress makes to GI complaints, this article strongly reminds us of the power of the…
Health · February 16, 2014
Folate and vitamin B-12 and risk of fatal cardiovascular disease – (01-18-03)
Folate and vitamin B-12 and risk of fatal cardiovascular disease Here is a study that finds and recommends no benefit from supplementation on CVD. At first I was a little surprised, until I looked further into the…
Probiotic · February 16, 2014
Effects of yoghurt on immune, clinical markers of rhinopathic patients – (01-09-03)
Effects of yoghurt on immune, clinical markers of rhinopathic patients Tying in with the previous article, here we see a small study that shows that yogurt, which is known to contain probiotic bacteria capable of…
Diabetes and Obesity Tips · February 16, 2014
CRP as Predictor for Incident Diabetes Mellitus Among Middle-aged Men – (01-18-03)
CRP as Predictor for Incident Diabetes Mellitus Among Middle-aged Men It’s very nice to finally see the mainstream medical journals viewing inflammation as a factor in many (actually all…) chronic diseases. Much press…
Gut Health 101 · February 16, 2014
Acne Vulgaris — A Disease of Western Civilization – (01-18-03)
Acne Vulgaris — A Disease of Western Civilization Seriously? I thought it was a condition of antibiotic deficiency and was treated with dosing antibiotics for years on end. Wow, you really do learn something new every…
Knee Pain · February 13, 2014
Knee Osteoarthritis Symptoms–Can Laser Lipo Help?
Knee osteoarthritis symptoms can ruin an otherwise well planned out retirement. Just when you have the time to play more golf, your body gives out on you. There is always knee replacement surgery if you happen to be a…
Cholesterol · February 12, 2014
Think You Know the “Cholesterol Story?” Think Again…
Ever since Nikolai Anitschkow fed rabbits a high cholesterol diet in 1913, medicine has been obsessed with this molecule and its relationship with heart disease. First, a primer on what cholesterol does do in the body…
Obesity and Weight Loss · February 11, 2014
Obesity Now Labled a “Dis-ease,” But Should’ve Been “Dis-aster”
On June 18, 2013, the American Medical Association voted to classify obesity as a disease. They thought it was a good idea. This decision was made against recommendations from a subcommittee that had evaluated the pros…
NSAIDs Dangerous · February 10, 2014
SSRI and Risk of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding – (01-18-03)
SSRI and Risk of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding I must admit that this is the first time I have heard of this association, but the numbers are a tiny bit concerning….3.6 times the risk alone and a whopping 12.2…
Headaches · February 10, 2014
Snacking patterns influence energy and nutrient intakes but not BMI – (02-10-03)
Snacking patterns influence energy and nutrient intakes but not BMI I was just having a discussion with a patient the other day. She was still having occasional morning headaches, which may be a sign of hypoglycemia…
Asthma · February 10, 2014
New insights into the pathogenesis of asthma – (02-10-03)
New insights into the pathogenesis of asthma Interestingly, I sat next to a gentleman a few weeks ago at dinner that was a respiratory therapist. I asked him about the increasing prevalence of asthma, and he just said…
Gut Health 101 · February 10, 2014
Microbial Metabolites from Gut Account for a Major Fraction of Polyphenols Excreted in Urine of Rats Fed Red Wine Polyphenols – (02-10-03)
Microbial Metabolites from Gut Account for a Major Fraction of Polyphenols Excreted in Urine of Rats Fed Red Wine Polyphenols Sorry for the long title. This article points reminds us of how important our bacterial flora…
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