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Prediabetes · February 22, 2013
Are Bagels for Breakfast a Good Idea?
Breakfast is not an option (unless, of course, you are shooting for the sumo-wrestler look, then skip breakfast..), but what you choose can make all the difference. At some point in the past 15 or so years donuts lost…
Depression · February 21, 2013
Self Help for Depression in Women Begins Years Earlier
Brain health involves conditions such as migraines & seizures, dementia & Parkinson’s, depression & anxiety. Self help for depression centers on good brain health. This is certainly not the first time I’ve discussed the…
Cancer · February 20, 2013
Xylooligosaccharides were more effective than FOS – (06-18-04)
Xylooligosaccharides and Fructooligosaccharides Affect the Intestinal Microbiota and Precancerous Colonic Lesion Development in Rats I can’t wait for my next game of Scrabble. Is the board even long enough for…
Probiotic · February 20, 2013
Use of probiotic supplementation – (07-21-03)
L gasseri as a probiotic in clarithromycin-resistant H pylori infection Regular readers of the Updates know how I feel about H. pylori so you can probably guess where this is going…Is it not possible that the increased…
Hospital Care · February 20, 2013
Use of in parental nutrition – (07-21-03)
Immunonutrition This editorial address the use of in parental nutrition (given through IV) for patients undergoing surgery. Considering that hospitals are a very dangerous place to be (poor quality food, lots of…
Diabetes (Type 2) · February 20, 2013
Prevalence of Diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glucose in Adults – (10-01-03)
Prevalence of Diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glucose in Adults I hate to keep calling this the “pink elephant in the corner,” but there’s no other way to describe this phenomena. We have a metabolic condition that wreaks…
Healthy Pregnancy · February 20, 2013
Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy – (07-21-03)
Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy Since morning sickness is such a common occurrence with pregnancy, this article should provide some useful info. Of particular importance is the mention of ginger and B6 to reduce nausea…
Diabetes (Type 2) · February 20, 2013
Insulin resistance – The metabolic syndrome – (07-21-03)
The metabolic syndrome Okay. Insulin resistance finally makes it to the editorial section of the British Medical Journal. This physiological abnormality has been linked to increased rates of diabetes, obesity, certain…
Diet Choices for Your Best Health · February 20, 2013
Flavanol-rich cocoa induces nitric-oxide-dependent vasodilation – (07-02-04)
Flavanol-rich cocoa induces nitric-oxide-dependent vasodilation Now isn’t this just wonderful news to many of us out there… Cocoa is known to have a higher flavonoid content then tea or red wine. However, the article…
Heart Disease · February 20, 2013
Effects of white and red wine on endothelial function – (07-02-04)
Effects of white and red wine on endothelial function in subjects with coronary artery disease Along those same lines… The research is strongly in support of flavonoids found in cocoa, tea and red wine when he comes to…
Cholesterol · February 20, 2013
Effects of a Dietary Portfolio of Cholesterol – (08-04-03)
Effects of a Dietary Portfolio of Cholesterol-Lowering Foods, vs Lovastatin on Serum Lipids and CRP The pharmaceutical companies are scrambling to find a drug that lowers CRP levels. Well–look no further–Mother Nature…
Diabetes (Type 2) · February 20, 2013
Effect of Glucosamine-Chondroitin on Glycosylated Hemoglobin – (07-21-03)
Effect of Glucosamine-Chondroitin on Glycosylated Hemoglobin in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus This issue of whether or not glucosamine would effect glucose levels (since it is a 6-carbon glucose ring) has always been hanging…
Allergies · February 20, 2013
Dust Mite Allergy? Drops for Allergies Shines Again
With food allergies, you can avoid offending foods. What about environmental allergies? Kind of hard to live in a bubble. Good thing there are drops for allergies. This is not the first time I have addressed this option…
Allergies · February 20, 2013
Causes of Death in Patients With Celiac Disease – (07-21-03)
Causes of Death in Patients With Celiac Disease Just another reminder of how devastating the condition can be. Essentially, celiac disease is an allergy to the gluten protein in grains, most notably wheat. The levels of…
Headache, Migraine and Seizure Cures · February 20, 2013
Analgesic use: Predictor of chronic pain, medication overuse headache – (07-21-03)
Analgesic use: Predictor of chronic pain, medication overuse headache The results of this study find that in patients with heavy analgesic use, they were more likely to experience chronic pain 11 years later. This is…
Prostate Cancer · February 19, 2013
Milk–It Does a Body Good…Except for Prostate Cancer Survival
This may come as a shocker to those who know me. I’m no fan of dairy. Despite the involvement in seemingly every public health recommendation there is, the research on dairy is just not supportive. Actually, the…
Vitamins and Supplements 101 · February 17, 2013
Zinc for severe pneumonia in very young children – (06-18-04)
Zinc for severe pneumonia in very young children: double-blind placebo-controlled trial To me, this is another no brainer. Zinc supplementation is very safe and very inexpensive. In this study it reduced the hospital…
Celiac Disease · February 17, 2013
The Temporal Relationship Between the Onset of Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease – (06-01-04)
The Temporal Relationship Between the Onset of Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease: A Study Based on Immunoglobulin A Antitransglutaminase Screening This is an interesting study. Here’s how it works. We have blood tests…
Drug Research · February 17, 2013
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in childhood depression – (06-01-04)
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in childhood depression: systematic review of published versus unpublished data This issue has really blown up lately. With the increasing use of psychoactive medications to our…
Heart Disease · February 17, 2013
Role of IVUS in identifying early atherosclerosis – (06-01-04)
The “fiction” of primary prevention: Role of IVUS in identifying early atherosclerosis This is a review of the presentation of Dr. Stephen Nissen at the European Atherosclerosis Society 2004 meeting. And, while it is…

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