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Probiotic · April 28, 2013
Ingested probiotics reduce nasal colonization with pathogenic bacteria – (01-27-03)
Ingested probiotics reduce nasal colonization with pathogenic bacteria This really was interesting news to me…oral probiotics can positively effect the balance of bacteria in the nasal cavity. This supports many…
Healthy Pregnancy and Women's Health · April 28, 2013
Increased insulin resistance in women with recurrent pregnancy loss – (10-03-02)
Increased insulin resistance in women with recurrent pregnancy loss The treatment of infertility in today’s medical environment rarely addresses lifestyle factors that contribute to problems achieving and completing a…
Obesity and Weight Loss · April 28, 2013
Human Adenovirus Promotes Weight Gain in Monkeys – (10-10-02)
Human Adenovirus Promotes Weight Gain in Monkeys While I don’t have much to say on this topic (surprised?), I must admit that I have never given much thought to an infectious etiology for obesity. I just hope that we do…
Arthritis · April 28, 2013
High Antioxidant Activity Reverse Age-Induced Decreases in Cerebellar beta-Adrenergic Function – (10-17-02)
High Antioxidant Activity Reverse Age-Induced Decreases in Cerebellar beta-Adrenergic Function and Increases in Proinflammatory Cytokines While this article has some very interesting aspects (including the ability to…
Osteoarthritis · April 28, 2013
Glucosamine Sulfate Use Delays Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis – (10-17-02)
Glucosamine Sulfate Use Delays Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis While this is probably not a surprise to many, I thought I would include this. For the amount of evidence supporting its safety and effectiveness, this…
Insulin · April 28, 2013
Fructose, weight gain, and the insulin resistance syndrome – (10-24-02)
Fructose, weight gain, and the insulin resistance syndrome There are beliefs out there that fructose does not contribute to weight gain and alterations in insulin resistance. “Health” drinks contain glucose-fructose…
Hypertension · April 28, 2013
Fermented milk high in bioactive peptides has BP lowering effect in hypertension – (01-27-03)
Fermented milk high in bioactive peptides has BP lowering effect in hypertension This article evaluated milk fermented with Lactobacillus and found that it lowered blood pressure in 21 weeks. Now, I’m not convinced that…
Depression · April 28, 2013
FDA fails to reduce accessibility of paracetamol despite 450 deaths/ year – (10-03-02)
FDA fails to reduce accessibility of paracetamol despite 450 deaths/ year It’s just Tylenol, right? Give it to your child to lower a fever, right? (Despite the fact that antipyretic therapy–lowering fever-has NEVER been…
Influenza · April 28, 2013
Expansion of Eligibility for Influenza Vaccine for Children’s Program – (10-17-02)
Expansion of Eligibility for Influenza Vaccine for Children’s Program I’m sorry, but the arrogance of medicine never ceases to amaze me. For the entire history of man, our immune systems, with complexity and wisdom…
Vaccination · April 28, 2013
Effect of Pneumovax II vaccination in high-risk individuals – (10-17-02)
Effect of Pneumovax II vaccination in high-risk individuals The review article predicts only a 30% response to vaccine against the bacteria Pneumococci in high risk adults. You can assume that this response would drop…
Miscellaneous · April 28, 2013
Duct Tape vs Cryotherapy in Treatment of Verruca Vulgaris (Warts) – (10-17-02)
Duct Tape vs Cryotherapy in Treatment of Verruca Vulgaris (Warts) I just had to include this one. Personally I had never heard of this type of therapy, but as a guy believing that duct tape is one of man’s best…
Arthritis · April 28, 2013
Cyclo-Oxygenase 2 Function Is Essential for Bone Fracture Healing – (10-03-02)
Cyclo-Oxygenase 2 Function Is Essential for Bone Fracture Healing This is a clinical decision nightmare. The newest arsenal in the fight against arthritis pain is the highly overused class of drugs called COX-2…
Parkinson's · April 28, 2013
Coenzyme Q10 could slow functional decline in Parkinson’s disease – (10-24-02)
Coenzyme Q10 could slow functional decline in Parkinson’s disease A few interesting comments on this article. First, the highest therapeutic dose used in this study was 1200 mg…which is a pretty high dose as far as what…
Oxidative Stress · April 28, 2013
CLA Causes Isomer-Dependent Oxidative Stress and Elevated CRP – (10-10-02)
CLA Causes Isomer-Dependent Oxidative Stress and Elevated CRP Before you run for your biochemistry book, let me give you a quick refresher. Conjugated linoleic acid has two main forms: t10c12 and t9c11. These are pretty…
Healthy Pregnancy and Women's Health · April 28, 2013
Calcium, vitamin D, milk and hip fractures in postmenopausal women – (01-27-03)
Calcium, vitamin D, milk and hip fractures in postmenopausal women Better not let the dairy industry hear about this one…milk did not lower fracture risk. I still believe that dairy products do us much more harm than…
Breast Cancer · April 28, 2013
Breast Cancer Risk Associated with Lignans – (10-10-02)
Breast Cancer Risk Associated with Lignans Differs by CYP17 Genotype Ditto. All of us here, right now, are observed the dawn of the future of medicine. Granted, it may be several generations before mainstream medicine…
Cancer · April 28, 2013
Brassica, Biotransformation and Cancer Risk – (10-10-02)
Brassica, Biotransformation and Cancer Risk: Genetic Polymorphisms Alter the Preventive Effects of Cruciferous Vegetables Sorry for the long title, but this article once again moves far beyond what today’s clinicians…
Low Back Pain · April 28, 2013
Back, neck, and shoulder pain in Finnish adolescents – (10-10-02)
Back, neck, and shoulder pain in Finnish adolescents From a business standpoint, this ain’t such bad news. Unfortunately, there is currently no shortage of adults with musculoskeletal pain and we don’t need to add…
Osteoarthritis · April 28, 2013
Alternative Therapies for Traditional Disease States: Osteoarthritis – (01-27-03)
Alternative Therapies for Traditional Disease States: Osteoarthritis This is a nice review article for some of the natural approaches to OA. However, they don’t mention MSM, which is an important sulfur donor (sulfur is…
Type 1 Diabetes · April 28, 2013
Acidic Drinking Water and Risk of Childhood-Onset Type 1 Diabetes – (10-03-02)
Acidic Drinking Water and Risk of Childhood-Onset Type 1 Diabetes This article is very intriguing to me and raises several issues. The findings of this study show that acidic municipal water led to a fourfold increase…
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