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Drug Research · May 12, 2013
The cost to global health of drug company profits – (05-17-01)
The cost to global health of drug company profits I’m really not in a pharmaceutical-bashing mood, it’s just that sometimes they’re such an easy target… Would it make you feel better taking those drugs if you knew that…
Diarrhea / Constipation / Irritable Bowel · May 12, 2013
Study Suggests Environmental Factors Play a Causative Role in IBD – (04-16-01)
Study Suggests Environmental Factors Play a Causative Role in IBD Now that at least a portion of mainstream medicine is beginning to recognize the role that environment plays in many diseases, we need to take a more…
Arthritis · May 12, 2013
Severe Hepatic Reactions With New Arthritis Drug – (04-16-01)
Severe Hepatic Reactions With New Arthritis Drug I know sometimes it may seem that I highlight some of these “drugs are killing us” type of findings, but I only do it to stress how important it is for patients with…
NSAIDs Dangerous · May 12, 2013
Risk of birth defects and miscarriage in pregnant users of NSAIDs – (02-05-01)
Risk of birth defects and miscarriage in pregnant users of NSAIDs This study did not show an increase risk of birth defects w/ NSAID use, but did show an increase in the likelihood of a miscarriage. In many women unable…
Colon / Colorectal Cancer · May 12, 2013
Protective role of probiotics and prebiotics in colon cancer – (02-05-01)
Protective role of probiotics and prebiotics in colon cancer Fiber has been shown to be protective against colon cancer, but a recent study shed some doubt on this belief. However, it is commonly believed that this…
Probiotic · May 12, 2013
Protection from gastrointestinal diseases with the use of probiotics – (02-05-01)
Protection from gastrointestinal diseases with the use of probiotics Need I say more?? American Journal of Clinical nutrition, Feb 2001 has devoted an entire supplement to probiotics. Their value, safety and therapeutic…
Probiotic · May 12, 2013
Probiotics: effects on immunity – (02-05-01)
Probiotics: effects on immunity Once we finally accept that the GI tract has a strong ability to modulate the response of the immune system throughout the entire body, then using probiotics to help boost immune function…
Probiotic · May 12, 2013
Probiotic agents to protect the urogenital tract against infection – (02-05-01)
Probiotic agents to protect the urogenital tract against infection What a wonderful article!! I have had numerous patients use probiotics for recurrent urinary tract infections as well as yeast infections. The results…
Diabetes and Obesity Tips · May 12, 2013
Oral Creatine Supplementation on Human Muscle GLUT4 Protein – (04-16-01)
Oral Creatine Supplementation on Human Muscle GLUT4 Protein GLUT4 is the protein on the cell surface that is responsible for taking in glucose from the bloodstream. Certain medications and exercise will increase the…
Hypertension · May 12, 2013
NSAIDs and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn – (04-16-01)
NSAIDs and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn This article points out yet another side effect of NSAIDs; potentially damaging effects on the fetus. It never ceases to amaze me that so many patients…
Cholesterol · May 12, 2013
Mortality over two centuries in familial hypercholesterolaemia – (05-17-01)
Mortality over two centuries in familial hypercholesterolaemia I love articles like these, especially with some much energy and money being thrown at genetics these days. This article follows one family for 200 years…
Drug Research · May 12, 2013
Medication management in Primary and Secondary Schools – (04-16-01)
Medication management in Primary and Secondary Schools Excuse me for being mildly distressed at this article. We have a situation where a “widespread use” of prescription drugs is present in our school systems. Do we…
Vitamins · May 12, 2013
Maternal Vitamin Use and Reduced Risk of Neuroblastoma – (09-12-02)
Maternal Vitamin Use and Reduced Risk of Neuroblastoma Considering that many prenatal vitamins (preferably the non-pharmaceutical brands…) are high in folic acid, the results of this study are not surprising. Folic acid…
Prostate Cancer · May 12, 2013
Lycopene Helps Fight Infertility in Men – (04-16-01)
Lycopene Helps Fight Infertility in Men Given that lycopene (a substance found in many red fruits and veggies such as tomatoes and watermelon) has been shown to lower risk of prostate cancer, it is not surprising that…
Kidney Problems · May 12, 2013
Kidney stones may be linked with sleep posture – (05-17-01)
Kidney stones may be linked with sleep posture I thought this was an interesting article and gives us yet another tool to aid in the avoidance of renal calculi. Other ways to avoid stones: copious amounts of water, no…
Hospital Care · May 12, 2013
How are abnormal liver function tests dealt with in primary care? – (02-05-01)
How are abnormal liver function tests dealt with in primary care? First of all, it is a shame that we still consider standard liver enzyme levels as a “liver function” test. It absolutely is NOT. With these tests, we…
Food Allergy · May 12, 2013
Food allergy – (09-12-02)
Food allergy This review is truly a beautiful summary on this incredibly important topic. One of the interesting things (among many) is that the author recognizes the validity of elimination diets and oral food…
Drug Research · May 12, 2013
FDA Officials, Warner-Lambert Knew of Rezulin Risks – (04-16-01)
FDA Officials, Warner-Lambert Knew of Rezulin Risks Once again, I don’t mean to sound like I’m constantly bashing the use of pharmaceutical drugs. I want to stress the idea that, now more than ever, the situation is…
Diet Choices for Your Best Health · May 12, 2013
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal – (05-17-01)
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal This is actually a book review and do I really need to say any more? (review) Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation may finally end America’s “don’t ask, don’t tell”…
NSAIDs Dangerous · May 12, 2013
Direct toxicity of NSAIDS for renal medullary cells – (05-17-01)
Direct toxicity of NSAIDS for renal medullary cells Much attention has been focused on the gastrointestinal side effects of NSAIDs, but frequently the damaging effects on the liver, kidneys and joints are never…

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