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Miscellaneous · June 27, 2013
UK Issues Tougher Warnings on Zyban – (06-14-01)
UK Issues Tougher Warnings on Zyban I must admit, this is the first I’ve heard of these warnings with the use of Zyban. This is tough ground to tread on. It’s always easy to beat up on pharmaceutical drugs (sometimes…
Probiotic · June 27, 2013
Type of Intestinal Bacteria May Affect Humoral Immunity in Infants – (12-14-00)
Type of Intestinal Bacteria May Affect Humoral Immunity in Infants The therapeutic benefits of probiotics both for treating human disease as well as modulating human defenses continues to mount. Establishing and…
Diabetes and Obesity Tips · June 27, 2013
Tungstate Improves Glucose Homeostasis in Diabetic Rats – (03-05-01)
Tungstate Improves Glucose Homeostasis in Diabetic Rats I must admit, this is the first I’ve ever heard of tungstate being used for anything other the light bulbs; let alone health care. But, there was a time I would’ve…
Arthritis · June 27, 2013
Trial of doxycycline for chronic seronegative arthritis – (12-10-01)
Trial of doxycycline for chronic seronegative arthritis While the concept that certain patients arthritis may be initiated by an infective agent is wonderful, the findings in this study that antibiotics do not change…
Miscellaneous · June 27, 2013
The Misunderstood Gene – (06-14-01)
The Misunderstood Gene This is a book review that is so appropriate for our times that I had to include it. We are so focused on looking at our genes for the answer to all of human diseases. The author, Michel Morange…
Thyroid · June 27, 2013
Successful Withdrawal of Thyroid Hormone in Nursing Home Patients – (03-05-01)
Successful Withdrawal of Thyroid Hormone in Nursing Home Patients The authors of this article went to four nursing homes and identified patients on thyroid hormone therapy; many were believed to be put on the therapy…
Miscellaneous · June 27, 2013
Standardised Ginseng Extract G115® in Chronic Bronchitis – (03-05-01)
Standardised Ginseng Extract G115® in Chronic Bronchitis It is nice to see studies coming out using natural medicine and Western medicine in harmony. Too many times today natural therapeutics are viewed with skepticism…
Liver Disease · June 27, 2013
Soybean Extract Found Protective in Alcoholic Liver Disease – (11-29-00)
Soybean Extract Found Protective in Alcoholic Liver Disease Liver disease is a disorder that is managed poorly by Western medicine. Many patients who have been diagnosed with liver disease are basically given a “watch…
Diarrhea / Constipation / Irritable Bowel · June 27, 2013
Probiotics Significantly Reduce Symptoms of IBS, Ulcerative Colitis – (06-17-03)
Probiotics Significantly Reduce Symptoms of IBS, Ulcerative Colitis It’s nice to see that probiotics are finally making it into the limelight. Sadly, this is about a decade behind the research and probably another…
Breast Cancer · June 27, 2013
Pharmacological and endogenous progestins induce vascular endothelial growth factor expression in human breast cancer cells – (06-14-01)
Pharmacological and endogenous progestins induce vascular endothelial growth factor expression in human breast cancer cells I left the long title for a reason here. At first glance, this article appears to suggest that…
Cancer · June 27, 2013
Pesticide Exposure and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in Children – (12-14-00)
Pesticide Exposure and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in Children I firmly believe that genetic factors in cancer and many other human diseases play a much smaller role than environmental factors. Many of the infant and…
Hypertension · June 27, 2013
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Hypertension – (12-14-00)
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Hypertension It seems that we can now add elevation of BP to the list of side effects of NSAIDs use. This list also contains gastric erosions/ulcers, disruption of intestinal…
Breast Cancer · June 27, 2013
Mushroom Inhibit Aromatase, Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation – (12-10-01)
Mushroom Inhibit Aromatase, Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation Aromatase is the enzyme that converts testosterone to estrogen at the cell. This study demonstrates one particular mushroom’s ability to block this enzyme and…
Cancer · June 27, 2013
More Evidence Supports Infectious Cause of Childhood Leukemia (04-23-01)
More Evidence Supports Infectious Cause of Childhood Leukemia Here we see another example of the theory that many of today’s chronic diseases (in which I classify cancer…) have multiple etiologies. Infectious origins…
Insulin · June 27, 2013
Many people are taking insulin-like growth factor-I w/o knowing it – (12-10-01)
Many people are taking insulin-like growth factor-I w/o knowing it This is one of those letters to the editor that makes me smile with further vindication for my anti-dairy recommendations. The author makes a nicely…
Cholesterol · June 27, 2013
Lp(A) Levels and ApoE4 Allele Predictive of Coronary Events in Men – (03-05-01)
Lp(A) Levels and ApoE4 Allele Predictive of Coronary Events in Men The Lp(a) marker has been used in many functional medicine lab’s coronary risk profiles for years now. And to that homocysteine, cholesterol, CRP…
Chiropractic Care · June 27, 2013
Low-Energy Trauma Capable of Producing Significant Injuries – (04-23-01)
Low-Energy Trauma Capable of Producing Significant Injuries This article showed that up to 1/3 of patients in this study that suffered relatively minor trauma sustained serious, life-threatening injuries. Now, while…
Diet Choices for Your Best Health · June 27, 2013
Ketogenic Diet May Interfere With Normal Platelet Aggregation – (03-05-01)
Ketogenic Diet May Interfere With Normal Platelet Aggregation Never heard of the ketogenic diet? It was originally designed for children with seizures who did not respond to anti-seizure meds. Nowadays the diet is…
Inflammation · June 27, 2013
Iron supplementation on oxidative stress and colonic inflammation – (12-10-01)
Iron supplementation on oxidative stress and colonic inflammation This is a study done on rats that demonstrates iron as a pro-oxidant in ulcerative colitits. A few interesting notes here. First, this once again…
Osteoporosis Cures and Bone Health · June 27, 2013
Ipriflavone in the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis – (04-23-01)
Ipriflavone in the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis I’ve quite frequently expressed by views towards using whole foods whenever possible. Nature put certain compounds into our food that can interact positively…
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