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Healthy Pregnancy and Women's Health · August 11, 2013
Promoting normality in childbirth – (11-19-01)
Promoting normality in childbirth This is another excellent editorial pointing out that childbirth is not a disease process that needs to be medicated and treated. The authors point out that initiating medical…
Soy · August 11, 2013
Phytoestrogens Alter Adrenocortical Function – (11-19-01)
Phytoestrogens Alter Adrenocortical Function This study finds that the genistein and daidzein (both found in soy) lower cortisol levels and increase DHEA levels, essentially reversing the pregnonolone steal. The…
Osteoporosis Cures and Bone Health · August 11, 2013
Phytoestrogen Intake Is Associated with Higher Bone Mineral Density – (11-19-01)
Phytoestrogen Intake Is Associated with Higher Bone Mineral Density The finding that phytoestrogens have a positive effect on bone mass is becoming very well accepted. This study does find that intake effects…
Diabetes (Type 2) · August 11, 2013
I’m Really NOT a Pothead–I’m Just the Messenger
Those who know me personally know this title couldn’t be more true. Never having inhaled makes my commentary far more unbiased (unlike Dr. Gupta). As far as marijuana is concerned, it really seems like there is a…
Vitamins and Supplements 101 · August 11, 2013
Low Vit B6 Associated w/ Risk of Deep-Vein Thrombosis – (11-19-01)
Low Vit B6 Associated w/ Risk of Deep-Vein Thrombosis This is a very interesting finding that links DVTs and low plasma B6. What is interesting to note here is that the birth control pill is well known for depleting the…
Hypertension · August 11, 2013
Large Artery Stiffness Accompanies the Insulin Resistance Syndrome – (11-19-01)
Large Artery Stiffness Accompanies the Insulin Resistance Syndrome I am a firm believer that, as we discover more and more about the arteries and their modulation by insulin, that the concept of “essential” hypertension…
Hormone · August 11, 2013
Identification of Leptin in Human Saliva – (11-19-01)
Identification of Leptin in Human Saliva I had a patient the other day go to her ob/gyn office and see the nurse practitioner. This patient had shown a high DHEAs and low cortisol level on salivary panels. When she…
Vitamin E · August 11, 2013
gamma-Tocopherol, the major form of vit E in the US diet – (11-29-01)
gamma-Tocopherol, the major form of vit E in the US diet This is a nice wake up call for many people out there. When we speak of vit E, we frequently only mention one substance in the class of tocopherols. There are…
Food Allergy · August 11, 2013
Food allergy/intolerance: associations with other manifestations of atopy – (11-29-01)
Food allergy/intolerance: associations with other manifestations of atopy This is another wonderful article packed full of interesting concepts. First is finding out just how common food allergy is in the general…
Probiotic · August 11, 2013
Enhancement of immunity in the elderly by probiotic Bifido lactis – (11-29-01)
Enhancement of immunity in the elderly by probiotic Bifido lactis Articles like this just get me all warm and fuzzy. I use probiotics frequently in my practice, sometime with amazing results. There is a staggering…
Cholesterol · August 11, 2013
Elevating HDL in Mice Remodels Advanced Atherosclerotic Lesions – (11-19-01)
Elevating HDL in Mice Remodels Advanced Atherosclerotic Lesions This is an interesting concept that needs to be followed up on. This study suggest that HDL cholesterol actually has the potential to begin to clean up…
Vitamins and Supplements 101 · August 11, 2013
Effects of a hydrogenated vit K on bone formation and resorption – (11-29-01)
Effects of a hydrogenated vit K on bone formation and resorption Hydrogenated oils are artifically created oils that produce consistancies of oils that fit consumer demand and processing needs. Many oils are liquids at…
Asthma · August 11, 2013
Dietary fats and asthma in teenagers – (11-29-01)
Dietary fats and asthma in teenagers Not a big surprise, but this article further confirms that dietary factors unquestionably have an impact on asthma. A simple recommendation to avoid saturated fats and hydrogenated…
Miscellaneous · August 11, 2013
Can a Common Medical Practice Change Candida Deadly? – (11-29-01)
Can a Common Medical Practice Change Candida Deadly? While this article relates to the use of heparin, it does raise many, many concerns. This article brings to light many of the nasty biochemical aspects of Candida…
Diabetes (Type 2) · August 8, 2013
Vibration Plate Exercises: 2 Reasons It’s Critical for Diabetics
As we age, many of us fear falling. I have heard plenty of horrifying stories of seniors who fell and were stuck somewhere in our around the house for hours until rescue. The feeling of helplessness is not good. This…
Miscellaneous · August 7, 2013
US Supreme Court Says Law Bars Suits on Medical Devices – (03-08-01)
US Supreme Court Says Law Bars Suits on Medical Devices Let me get this straight. The FDA has the final say in whether a medical related device is safe enough to be released to the public. This information is almost…
Strengthen Your Immune System · August 7, 2013
The protective effect of childhood infections – (03-01-01)
The protective effect of childhood infections This is a nice editorial reviewing the importance of childhood infections in developing a healthy and balanced immune response in children. Remember that, on top of…
Heart Disease · August 7, 2013
Supplementation of Atherogenic Diet with B vitamins – (03-01-01)
Supplementation of Atherogenic Diet with B vitamins This study was done in monkeys to determine whether the addition of B vitamins to an atherogenic diet (one promoting hardening of the arteries) to lower homocysteine…
Childhood Obesity · August 7, 2013
Relation between sugar-sweetened drinks and childhood obesity- (03-08-01)
Relation between sugar-sweetened drinks and childhood obesity Are these results such a big surprise? Not only to soft drinks add additional, empty calories, but they also replace needed drinks and calories such as…
Low Back Pain · August 7, 2013
Radiography of the lumbar spine in patients with low back pain – (03-01-01)
Radiography of the lumbar spine in patients with low back pain I would rarely recommend X-rays to a patient with low back pain in the absence of certain red flags or trauma. A vast majority of patients improve without…
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