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Vaccination · November 21, 2012
HEPATITIS A INFECTIONS AND CHILD IMMUNIZATION – (05-09-02)
Hep A Infections in the US, Implications for Childhood Immunization. This is one that really irritates me. Hepatitis A infections in children are frequently so minor they are not even noticed. Adult cases are where…
Osteoporosis Cures and Bone Health · November 21, 2012
HABITUAL TEA DRINKERS HAVE INCREASED BONE DENSITY – (05-16-02)
Increased Bone Density in Habitual Tea Drinkers We’ve seen this title before. This is one of the examples I cite on how Mother Nature’s wisdom is better than our own, and how synergisms that we don’t even comprehend are…
Pancreatic Cancer · November 21, 2012
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROTECTS FROM VARIOUS UNKNOWN DISEASE – (05-09-02)
Polyphenols inhibit pancreatic cancer growth I realize that, to some of you, this seems like old news (and it is…). For those of you new to Updates, fruits and veggies contain literally thousands of substances we have…
Heart Disease · November 21, 2012
FISH A GOOD SOURCE FOR HEART CIRCULATION – (05-16-02)
Cardiac Membrane Fatty Acid Composition Modulates Myocardial Oxygen Consumption and Postischemic Recovery of Contractile Function. In English, this means that fish is good for the heart. Circulation — Abstracts: Pepe…
Celiac Disease · November 21, 2012
CELIAC DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES IN CHILDREN – (05-16-02)
Celiac Disease After Onset of Type 1 Diabetes This article looks at celiac disease (and allergy to gluten containing grains such as wheat) as being associated with type I diabetes in children. I would take a different…
Chiropractic Care · November 21, 2012
ANALYSIS OF COMPLICATIONS OF NSAIDS – (05-16-02)
Metaanalysis of Severe Upper GI Complications of NSAIDs This huge review of available literature identifies a 3x greater risk of severe GI bleed with NSAID use. This included as little as four days of use. We need to…
Diabetes (Type 2) · November 20, 2012
Lifestyle Changes Proven to Not Protect the Heart in Diabetics
The federally funded Look AHEAD trial stopped because it did not demonstrate that lifestyle can help diabetics prevent heart attacks, strokes or death. When I first glanced at this announcement I was, to say the least…
Heart Disease · November 18, 2012
WALNUTS INTAKE EFFECTS THE ENERGY-DENSE NATURE – (05-02-02)
Walnuts and Coronary Heart Disease. While we’ve known for awhile that most nuts (walnuts included) have a positive impact on blood lipids. Interestingly, this review article did not show an increase in body weight with…
Urinary Tract Infections · November 18, 2012
URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS CAN BE TREATED WITH DRUGS – (04-22-02)
Lactobacillus Strains and Vaginal Ecology Can’t help but to jump up and down over the common sense practicality of this research. Jane has normal flora in the vaginal vault that protect her from other bad infections…
Low Back Pain · November 18, 2012
TOOLS REVIEW FOR CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC SURGERY – (05-02-02)
Review of Surgery in Cervical Spondylotic Radiculomyelopathy Of course, as a chiropractor, this one hits close to home and brings to mind the accusations that chiropractic is not effective. Personally, I feel that…
Heart Disease · November 18, 2012
RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS DUE TO COX-2 INTAKE – (04-22-02)
Why do COX-2 inhibitors increase risk of cardiovascular events? This article nicely reviews potential mechanisms for the increase in cardiovascular events seen with higher frequency in users of these new “superdrugs.”…
Headache, Migraine and Seizure Cures · November 18, 2012
MEDICATION AVAILABLE FOR CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHES – (05-09-02)
Tizanidine Helpful in Chronic Daily Headache I’m sorry, but articles looking for new medications for headaches always irritates me. First of all, most patients have multiple types of headaches (and while “migraine”…
Depression · November 18, 2012
LIGHT THERAPY DIET HELPS IN FIGHTING DEPRESSION – (05-09-02)
Morning Light Therapy for Treatment of Antepartum Depression Now we must be very careful instituting therapy such as this. While we know that many antidepressants are approved by the FDA for use in nursing mothers, this…
Menstrual Problems · November 18, 2012
INCREASE IN INSULIN RESISTANCE RISKS CVD – (05-09-02)
Menstrual Cycle Irregularity and Risk for Future CVD While this is not a big surprise if you understand physiology, the irony comes in with common medical management of menstrual problems. To my knowledge, I have come…
Insulin · November 18, 2012
DAIRY CONSUMPTION LEADS TO OBESITY AND INSULIN RESISTANCE – (05-02-02)
Dairy Consumption, Obesity, and Insulin Resistance in Young Adults This article suggests that dairy consumption is protective for diabetes and insulin resistance. Now, although the author does not mention it, dairy does…
Obesity and Weight Loss · November 18, 2012
CLA EFFECTS HOW CELLS BURN OFF ENERGY – (05-02-02)
Body Fat, CLA, Energy Expenditure and Energy Loss in the Excreta Conjugated linoleic acid has gotten much press as a PPAR-gamma ligand, an intracellular messenger that deals with how the cells burns energy. This study…
Celiac Disease · November 18, 2012
BREAST FEEDING LOWERS RISK OF LIVER FAILURE AND CELIAC DISEASE – (05-02-02)
Breast-feeding protects against celiac disease As the deluge of literature outlining the harmful effects of celiac disease on the body appears (neurological, gastrological, immune, hepatic…), the finding that…
Insulin · November 18, 2012
BENEFITS OF WHOLE GRAINS ON HUMAN HEALTH – (05-02-02)
Whole grains, insulin sensitivity in overweight hyperinsulinemic adults. I know that we have lumped all carbs together into one nasty group here in the Western world and take great strides to avoid them in certain diet…
Diabetes (Type 2) · November 17, 2012
How Much Fish Oil Dosage Should You Be Taking?
You’re aware that fish oils play a role in health. But, there is serious disconnect between how much fish oil you should take and the fish oil dosage you are taking. First, a little background. When we talk about “fish…
Arthritis · November 16, 2012
ZINC DEFICIENCY PLAY ROLE IN MANAGING ARTHRITIS – (04-08-02)
Zinc Deficiency Inhibits Chondrocyte Proliferation If you have been following Research Updates for awhile now, you will remember several articles in the past that have linked osteoarthritis to systemic factors instead…
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