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Allergies · May 19, 2013
No Association between Antibiotics in 1st Year of Life – (08-22-02)
No Association between Antibiotics in 1st Year of Life and Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, or Eczema at Age 5 Years I have included this report just to show how fair and unbiased I am in my research. Okay, so I’m actually…
Healthy Pregnancy and Women's Health · May 19, 2013
Folic Acid Supplementation and Prevention of Birth Defects – (08-12-02)
Folic Acid Supplementation and Prevention of Birth Defects We’ve seen much research and opinion supporting folic acid in women of child bearing age to lower risk of neural tube defects. This article, however, looks for…
Miscellaneous · May 19, 2013
Efficacy, safety, and cost of new anticancer drugs – (08-12-02)
Efficacy, safety, and cost of new anticancer drugs Really–it’s not me!!! This is stuff coming out in one single issue of one of the more prestigious medical journals!! Does it shock anyone that new cancer drugs are many…
Diabetes and Obesity Tips · May 19, 2013
Effect of olanzapine, risperidone on risk of diabetes in schizophrenia – (08-12-02)
Effect of olanzapine, risperidone on risk of diabetes in schizophrenia As if these patients didn’t have enough to worry about!! This article falls on the heels of the previous article; where we see newer, more expensive…
Hypertension · May 19, 2013
CRH Stimulation Test in White Coat Hypertension – (08-22-02)
CRH Stimulation Test in White Coat Hypertension Recall that the adrenal axis is the route by which the body responds to stress. Epinephrine can raise blood pressure. Here we see that white coat hypertension may be due…
Strengthen Your Immune System · May 19, 2013
Betaine Increases Intraepithelial Lymphs in Duodenum – (08-12-02)
Betaine Increases Intraepithelial Lymphs in Duodenum and Increases Functional Properties of Phagocytes I know this seems like one of those big long technical titles, but the take home message here is that betaine…
Stroke · May 19, 2013
Awareness of the Risks of Heatstroke and Dietary Supplements – (08-22-02)
Awareness of the Risks of Heatstroke and Dietary Supplements This article points to the finding that amphetamine derivatives and creatine may contribute to dehydration and heatstroke in football players. Although…
Drug Research · May 19, 2013
Association between competing interests and authors’ conclusions – (08-12-02)
Association between competing interests and authors’ conclusions This isn’t “beat up on the pharmaceuticals” week, but when they make such a juicy target its very hard to resist. Basically, this article supports what we…
Anti-Aging · May 18, 2013
Total-body skeletal muscle mass – (08-05-02)
Total-body skeletal muscle mass The “age related” loss of lean muscle mass, sarcopenia, is considered by some researchers as a hallmark of aging. Loss of muscle mass leads to increasing difficulty controlling serum…
Fish Oils · May 18, 2013
The ability of fish oil to suppress TNF alpha production – (08-05-02)
The ability of fish oil to suppress TNF alpha production This is the future of medicine (like great-great-great grandchildrenish future…) where genetic differences are known to effect response rates to various…
Drug Research · May 18, 2013
Teratogenicity of Most Recent Drugs Is Not Known – (09-12-02)
Teratogenicity of Most Recent Drugs Is Not Known Okay, does anyone out there need me to go into detail on this one? If this does make any pregnant woman nervous, I’m not sure what will. Consider how flippantly many…
Pancreatic Cancer · May 18, 2013
Sugar, Glycemic Load, and Pancreatic Cancer Risk – (09-19-02)
Sugar, Glycemic Load, and Pancreatic Cancer Risk There have been numerous studies lately linking insulin resistance and diets high in refined sugars to pancreatic cancer. A few things to consider here. First, pancreatic…
Miscellaneous · May 18, 2013
Stimulation of Arteriogenesis in Skeletal Muscle by Ultrasound – (09-19-02)
Stimulation of Arteriogenesis in Skeletal Muscle by Ultrasound Just thought I’d drop this one in as a FYI. Keep an eye on this therapy; it has tremendous implications for wound healing, non-healing skin ulcers and…
Miscellaneous · May 18, 2013
Splinting vs Surgery in the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – (09-12-02)
Splinting vs Surgery in the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Sorry…couldn’t keep my mouth shut on this one. I see CTS frequently in my office and most cases are not difficult to correct. As a brief lesson in anatomy…
Miscellaneous · May 18, 2013
Resistance Exercise and Physical Performance in Adults Aged 60 to 83 – (08-12-02)
Resistance Exercise and Physical Performance in Adults Aged 60 to 83 There is more than enough information to strongly support resistance training in ALL seniors. I have been pushing all my older patients towards a…
Drug Research · May 18, 2013
Profiting from Pain: Where Prescription Drugs Dollars Go – (09-12-02)
Profiting from Pain: Where Prescription Drugs Dollars Go While this is a very long report, I can summarize it for you. Contrary to popular belief, most of pharmaceutical companies’ budgets do not go towards research and…
Hormone · May 18, 2013
Prasterone on corticosteroid requirements of women with SLE – (08-05-02)
Prasterone on corticosteroid requirements of women with SLE This study uses DHEA (an adrogen secreted by the adrenal cortex) to lower the necessary dose of prednisone in patients with lupus. I would like to see a…
Healthy Living in a Toxic World · May 18, 2013
Postprandial Hyperglycemia, Insulin Sensitivity Differ among Ethnicities – (09-19-02)
Postprandial Hyperglycemia, Insulin Sensitivity Differ among Ethnicities This is an important article that really reminds us to avoid treating every patient the same, and that different genetic makeups can vastly affect…
Celiac Disease · May 18, 2013
Neurological complications of coeliac disease – (08-05-02)
Neurological complications of coeliac disease While this is only a short abstract of a larger review article, it cements the fact that allergy to gluten containing grains (mainly wheat) can have a major impact on the…
Diet Choices for Your Best Health · May 18, 2013
Lipoprotein Oxidation Inhibited by Red Wine Polyphenols but Not Ethanol – (09-19-02)
Lipoprotein Oxidation Inhibited by Red Wine Polyphenols but Not Ethanol I have pretty firmly stood by the idea that it is most likely the compounds in the grapes that make the red wine rather than the wine itself that…
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