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While this article probably adds nothing new to your knowledge base, the quote "The evolutionary collision of our ancient genome with the nutritional qualities of recently introduced foods may underlie many of the chronic diseases of Western civilization" is wonderful.  "Collision" is probably the best description!

 

 

 

 

It always seems interesting.  Across the board, every survey ever looking at vaccination that I have come across shows more educated parents having lower rates of vaccination.  Now why do you think that is?

 

 

This is by no means the first article linking dental health and cardiovascular risk.  Whether it is a direct seeding of the bacteria into the bloodstream, an indirect upregulation of the immune process fighting off the bacteria in the gums or a reflection of the overall health of the person has yet to be determined.  What we do know is that dentists have the opportunity to intervene/identify patients at increased risk of CVD.

 

 

I have a patient that has seizures and of the providers and specialists and relatives' friend who are doctors all have just one answer--anti seizure medications.  While these drugs do not effect the underlying process that is causing the seizures (all research is pointing towards a mitochondrial/oxidative stress model of many neurological disorders) they do have a long list of side effects--and on average--a 30% efficacy.  One of the concerns of many epileptics is the risk of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDE).  Wouldn't that be a kick in the pants if the medications for epilepsy are actually a major causative factor in SUDE?

 

 

This article has so many implications.  And it is a perfect example of why so much research into "CAM therapies" or natural approaches bothers me.  The finding of strong relationships between both being depressed and/or having a latent viral infection with elevated CRP levels adds yet another layer to the onion that is cardiovascular disease.  Mainstream medicine has always tried to follow the "one cause, one cure" model but it fails miserably for chronic diseases.  Any natural approach to CVD addresses a multitude of lifestyle and nutritional interventions.  And yes, addressing psychological health is a part of that approach.  What I would love to see now is, do antidepressant medications lower CRP levels?  Or do they mask the symptoms and allow underlying damaging physiological imbalances to continue...

 

 

Ooops.  I stand corrected.  Mainstream medicine really is dumping the "one cause, one cure" model.  See--here they have combined multiple medications into a single pill to achieve a 97% CVD reduction.  However, this article does not note the some odd 10-20% of the patients that will have an adverse reaction to this polypill...

 

 

It is strange that two of strongest markers to predict relapse are tests most GI docs have probably never heard of.  Altered GI permeability ("leaky gut") as evidenced by a lactulose/mannitol challenge is another strong predictor of relapse.  The nice thing is that these markers can be easily checked and modified with natural approaches such as omega-3 fatty acids, non-processed diets and probiotic supplementation.

 

 

For many years, conditions like chronic fatigue and irritable bowel were considered psychogenic because no physiological alterations could be found.  Well, it's not that they weren't there--we just didn't know where to look.  This study just confirms what many of us in manual medicine have known for some time--these patients are very prone to "overtreatment."  Do too much, exercise too much or go too deep and the patient will be very sore the next day.  Following the results of this article, it is logical to assume that these patients would respond very favorable to interventions designed to support the mitochodria and reduce oxidative stress.