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Heart Disease, Stroke, Blood Pressure Tips · December 17, 2013
Differential effects of oral vs transdermal ERT on CRP in postmenopausal – (04-23-03)
Differential effects of oral vs transdermal ERT on CRP in postmenopausal Hate to rely all my sad stories, but I had a woman in this week; 60 years old, multiple open heart surgeries, stent placement in both renal…
Gastroenterology · December 17, 2013
Colonic fermentation influences lower esophageal sphincter function in reflux disease – (04-16-03)
Colonic fermentation influences lower esophageal sphincter function in reflux disease I must admit that I had to do a little additional research on this one not just because it was new news, but also because production…
Hospital Care · December 17, 2013
Changing Use of Antibiotics in Community-Based Outpatient Practice – (04-16-03)
Changing Use of Antibiotics in Community-Based Outpatient Practice. I remember when Cipro came out several years ago. This stuff was designed to save the lives of people who were on the edge of death from systemic…
Depression · December 17, 2013
Are placebos necessary to test new antidepressants and anxiolytics? – (04-16-03)
Are placebos necessary to test new antidepressants and anxiolytics? While I’ve always believed that natural approaches are more powerful and safer in the long run than drugs for psychological intervention, I usually…
Healthy Pregnancy · December 16, 2013
Dangers of Fertility Treatment- 2 Scary Facts for the Child
I can understand the incredible desire to start a family and the frustration associated with infertility. For this reason, I do truly believe that fertility specialists and fertility treatments have a place in society…
Alzheimer's · December 12, 2013
Alzheimer’s Dementia: Forget a Cure and Move on Prevention
The loss of the mind when the body is still intact is a difficult thing. Fear of dementia is universal. Much like every other chronic disease we know of, countless dollars are poured from the private sector, the…
Chiropractic Care · December 10, 2013
Medicare Overspending and Waste: Chiropractic’s Role
The Medicare expense is one of the larger burdens on the budget ($472 B–about 14%) and it’s not getting any better. Every year the argument about the Sustainable Growth Formula (SGF) comes up in front of Congress…
Vitamin B12 · December 9, 2013
Vitamin B12 Deficiency – (03-10-03)
Vitamin B12 Deficiency. This is an assume review of Vitamin B12 and really supports what I already do in my clinic (which is always good to hear…). I use a B12 supplement with 2,000 mcg of B12, which is 33,333% of the…
Miscellaneous · December 9, 2013
The Relative Safety of Ephedra Compared with Other Herbal Products – (03-31-03)
The Relative Safety of Ephedra Compared with Other Herbal Products Alright, while I rarely recommend ephedra containing products in my office, I need to speak up on this issue. First of all, ephedra products are greatly…
Diabetes and Obesity Tips · December 9, 2013
The emerging science of body weight regulation and its impact on obesity treatment – (03-10-03)
The emerging science of body weight regulation and its impact on obesity treatment. Kick up your feet and read this one–it’s a nice review of the hormonal regulation of body weight and can begin to give you an idea of…
Miscellaneous · December 9, 2013
Saw Palmetto for Prostate Disorders – (03-31-03)
Saw Palmetto for Prostate Disorders. American Family Physician has been putting out some nice articles on natural products that are fair and well-balanced. Here we see further support for the use of saw palmetto for…
Celiac Disease · December 9, 2013
Reflux esophagitis in coeliac disease: beneficial effect of a gluten free diet – (03-18-03)
Reflux esophagitis in coeliac disease: beneficial effect of a gluten free diet. No need to make lifestyle changes like avoiding wheat–just take acid suppressive therapy. After all, acid is not important for digestion of…
Prostate Cancer · December 9, 2013
Proenzyme psa for the early detection of prostate cancer – (03-10-03)
Proenzyme psa for the early detection of prostate cancer. This article is a preliminary analysis of a marker that is more effective at identifying prostate cancer with fewer false positives and a large reduction in…
Depression · December 9, 2013
Natural Cures for Depression: Prediabetes and Your Brain
I’ll agree that getting someone in the deep throes of depression to exercise is not likely to happen. But that does NOT mean that natural cures for depression won’t work. Motivation is not high on the list of character…
Inflammation · December 9, 2013
Postprandial recruitment of neutrophils may contribute to endothelial dysfunction – (03-10-03)
Postprandial recruitment of neutrophils may contribute to endothelial dysfunction. Wow. Viewing eating as an inflammatory process is a little intimidating. This study found that a fat, a glucose and a mixed meal induced…
Cholesterol · December 9, 2013
Plasma oxidized LDL: a predictor for acute myocardial infarction? – (03-31-03)
Plasma oxidized LDL: a predictor for acute myocardial infarction? Remember that LDL cholesterol itself does not do damage to the body until it gets damaged itself through oxidation (sometimes termed oxysterols). Here we…
Gut Health 101 · December 9, 2013
Nutrition in Crohn Disease-Butyrate – (03-31-03)
Nutrition in Crohn Disease-Butyrate. Butyrate is a short chain fatty acid produces when healthy bacterial flora digest soluble fiber. Butyrate has long been shown to be effective with many GI disorders because it is the…
NSAIDs Dangerous · December 9, 2013
NSAIDs as a Trigger of Clinical Heart Failure – (03-31-03)
NSAIDs as a Trigger of Clinical Heart Failure. NSAIDs double the risk of heart failure in patients with a history of heart problems. Considering their widespread use, the number of patients affected by this association…
Diarrhea / Constipation / Irritable Bowel · December 9, 2013
Normalization of lactulose breath testing correlates with symptom improvement in irritable bowel syndrome – (03-10-03)
Normalization of lactulose breath testing correlates with symptom improvement in irritable bowel syndrome. While antibiotics would not be my treatment of choice, it is wonderful for researchers to begin to focus on…
Headache, Migraine and Seizure Cures · December 9, 2013
Magnesium, phospholipid and energy metabolism between migraine syndromes – (03-31-03)
Magnesium, phospholipid and energy metabolism between migraine syndromes. I found it very interesting when one of my patients with seizures consulted an ER doctor friend of hers about her seizures. He basically informed…
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