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Miscellaneous · April 1, 2013
Alcohol Consumption and Plasma Concentration of CRP – (02-03-03)
Alcohol Consumption and Plasma Concentration of CRP Looking for ways to lower CRP levels? Moderate alcohol consumption was shown to lower CRP levels in this study. This article did not differentiate between types of…
Hypertension · April 1, 2013
Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality – (12-19-02)
Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality An article like this can be a major eye-opener for many clinicians. I see many patients with “treated” hypertension in the area of 150 systolic. This…
Cholesterol · March 31, 2013
Nut Consumption and Decreased Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death – (07-01-02)
Nut Consumption and Decreased Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death Somewhere along the line nuts got a bad rap for being fattening and not good for us. Following the “as close to nature as possible” theory, nuts are really a…
Diet Choices for Your Best Health · March 31, 2013
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677C-T genotype modulates homocysteine responses to a folate-rich diet or a low-dose folic acid supplement – (07-01-02)
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677C-T genotype modulates homocysteine responses to a folate-rich diet or a low-dose folic acid supplement I know this is quite a title to swallow, but this enzyme is quite well…
Inflammation · March 31, 2013
Hyperketonemia Increases Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Secretion – (07-01-02)
Hyperketonemia Increases Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Secretion If you are a regular reader of Updates, I’m sure you’re aware of just how much I support the high protein diets that are designed to throw the human body…
Cancer · March 31, 2013
Hyperinsulinaemia on growth of human hepatocellular carcinoma – (07-01-02)
Hyperinsulinaemia on growth of human hepatocellular carcinoma We are seeing more and more evidence that high insulin levels plays a role in the development of certain cancers. Remember that insulin does regulate certain…
Allergies · March 31, 2013
Gut microbiota of allergic infants – (07-01-02)
Gut microbiota of allergic infants It nice to actually see some of the probiotic research being used in studies on infants. There is so much data relating to the importance of healthy bacterial flora that is still…
Depression · March 31, 2013
Folic acid, ageing, depression, and dementia – (07-01-02)
Folic acid, ageing, depression, and dementia The concept that nutrition and physiological function play a role in psychological health has an astounding amount of literature to back it up. That would include problems…
Probiotic · March 31, 2013
Cranberry Juice and Adhesion of Antibiotic-Resistant Uropathogens – (07-01-02)
Cranberry Juice and Adhesion of Antibiotic-Resistant Uropathogens The results of this study are really quite amazing. Use of cranberry juice in this study changed anti-adherence of E. coli from 0% up to 80%. A quick…
Diet Choices for Your Best Health · March 31, 2013
Bone mineral density and dietary patterns in older adults – (07-01-02)
Bone mineral density and dietary patterns in older adults Here’s another one of those studies…we see dairy intake as a part of one of the groups studied. However, in the author’s conclusions, the dairy group was…
Insulin · March 31, 2013
Adrenalectomy Improves Diabetes in Mice – (07-01-02)
Adrenalectomy Improves Diabetes in Mice It is well accepted that chronic stress resulting in the overproduction of cortisol (on of the body’s stress hormones…) alters insulin sensitivity in a negative fashion. This…
Heart Disease · March 27, 2013
Still Taking Aspirin for Your Heart? You Better See This…
We love to shoot for the low hanging fruit when it comes to chronic disease management and prevention. Don’t avoid processed foods high in sodium–just by the same junk in a “low sodium” version. Don’t exercise too…
Allergies · March 26, 2013
Rapid Allergy Shots in One Office Visit May Be Safe for Children – (12-05-02)
Rapid Allergy Shots in One Office Visit May Be Safe for Children Have we lost all sense of reason and common sense???? This report from the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology suggests that it is safe to…
Cancer · March 26, 2013
Prunes on the ratio of 2- to 16alpha-hydroxyestrone – (12-05-02)
Prunes on the ratio of 2- to 16alpha-hydroxyestrone Remember that estrogens can be broken down by several pathways in the body, with the 2-hydroxyestrone pathway being considered protective and the 16- pathway being…
Vaccination · March 26, 2013
Outbreak of Varicella at a Day-Care Center despite Vaccination – (12-12-02)
Outbreak of Varicella at a Day-Care Center despite Vaccination This study points to one of the major issues with the vaccination debate. This infection was seeded with a child who had been vaccinated and spread it to…
Cancer · March 26, 2013
Osteoporosis and Fractures in Postmenopausal Women Using Estrogen – (12-05-02)
Osteoporosis, Fractures in Postmenopausal Women Using Estrogen The house of cards is certainly coming down. Here we see a ten year study on ERT use and risk of fractures. Basically, the results do show ERT users as…
Diabetes (Type 2) · March 26, 2013
Nut and Peanut Butter Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women – (12-05-02)
Nut and Peanut Butter on Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women While the results on this study are certainly good to hear, I do have a problem with both the results and the way this information was given out by the media…
Heart Disease · March 26, 2013
Metabolic Syndrome and Total & CVD Disease Mortality in Middle-aged Men – (12-12-02)
Metabolic Syndrome and Total & CVD Disease Mortality in Middle-aged Men I’ve had many patients in my office ask why their PCP did not mention Syndrome X in regards to their abdominal obesity, high blood pressure and…
Vaccination · March 26, 2013
Mercury levels, metabolism in infants receiving vaccines with thiomersal – (12-12-02)
Mercury levels, metabolism in infants receiving vaccines with thiomersal This article evaluates the levels of mercury found in the blood and stool (with the stool levels reflective of excretion) in 2 and 6 month olds…
Fish Oils · March 26, 2013
Mercury, Fish Oils, and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction – (12-05-02)
Mercury, Fish Oils, and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction Mercury’s contribution to heart disease (with special emphasis on dilated cardiomyopathy) is rapidly gaining ground. Of concern is the mercury burden in many of…
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