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Strengthen Your Immune System · September 30, 2012
NEGATIVE THINKING HAVE REDUCED IMMUNE RESPONSE – (10-01-03)
Affective style & in vivo immune response: Neurobehavioral mechanisms Here we have another article that links mind and body. We already know that the mind and body have major impacts on one another. In this study, the…
Healthy Living in a Toxic World · September 30, 2012
NATURAL MEDICINE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AS COMPARED TO OTHER MEDICINES – (09-24-03)
The Relative Safety of Ephedra Compared with Other Herbal Products This is a letter to the Editor by Dr. Julian Whitaker on the safety of ephedra. This herb has gotten a bad rap lately, but most adverse effects we have…
Probiotic · September 30, 2012
LONG TERM PERSISTENCE AFTER ANTIBIOTICS TO ERADICATE H PYLORI – (10-01-03)
Long-Term Persistence of Resistant Enterococcus Species after Antibiotics To Eradicate H pylori. Frequent readers of Updates will know that I believe that H pylori, the bacteria that “causes” ulcers is merely an…
Heart Disease · September 30, 2012
LIFESTYLE CHANGE A MAJOR ROLE IN REDUCTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE – (09-24-03)
Lifestyle changes play a major role in reducing cardiovascular disease One of the researchers at this conference believes that, in the Nurse’s Health Study, 82% of CHD deaths could have been prevented with lifestyle…
Autism · September 30, 2012
L-CARNOSINE SUPPLEMENTATION IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM DISORDERS – (09-01-03)
L-carnosine supplementation in children w/ autistic spectrum disorders While the treatment of autism with natural agents is only beginning to show up in the literature, this is probably driven by the increasing…
Insulin · September 30, 2012
INSULIN RESISTANCE RESULTS IN HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE – (09-01-03)
Endothelial Dysfunction Induced by Hyperhomocyst(e)inemia–Role of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine We’ve come across asymmetrical dimethylarginine (ADMA) previously. Basically, nitric oxide is a small molecule that has many…
Insulin · September 30, 2012
INSULIN RESISTANCE CAN CAUSE METABOLIC SYNDROME – (10-01-03)
The Metabolic Syndrome Just so you don’t think I am overreacting to this “insulin resistance/metabolic syndrome” thingee I thought I would throw in yet ANOTHER article on how devastating this condition is to human…
Inflammation · September 30, 2012
INSULIN RESISTANCE AND INFLAMMATION CAUSE OF EACH OTHER – (10-15-03)
TNF-alpha Inhibits Insulin’s Stimulating Effect on Glucose Uptake and Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation In English, TNF-alpha, an intracellular messenger that up-regulates many aspects of the immune system, can…
Hormone · September 30, 2012
HRT IS COMPARED TO THALIDOMIDE IN GERMAN MEDICINE BODY – (10-15-03)
Head of German medicines body likens HRT to thalidomide Need I say more? I consider the marketing engine behind the drive for HRT right up there with the “milk it does a body good” brainwashing… What is amazing is that…
Alzheimer's · September 30, 2012
HIGH LEVEL OF HOMOCYSTEINE RESULTS IN CHRONIC DISORDERS – (09-24-03)
Gene–Diet Interactions in Brain Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders Once again, it is becoming more clear that another chronic degenerative condition (in this case Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s) are diseases of…
Prediabetes · September 30, 2012
HEALTHY FOOD CHOICE MAY PREVENT PREDIABETES IN OBESE YOUTH – (10-01-03)
Prediabetes in obese youth I hate sounding like a broken record, but this review article stresses severe insulin resistance as a major player in the deterioration of our youth’s health. While genetics plays a small…
Probiotic · September 30, 2012
GLYCINE WOULD BE SOLUBLE FIBER AND PROBIOTICS FOR GI PATIENTS – (09-24-03)
Dietary glycine prevents chemical-induced experimental colitis Glycine is one of those amino acids that has been used for a long time for GI complaints. Here we see further support for this idea. Also included in a…
Alzheimer's · September 30, 2012
GINKGO BILOBA FOR DEMENTIA, HEARING LOSS AND IMPOTENCE – (09-24-03)
Ginkgo Biloba. Once again, American Family Physician does a nice review of a natural agent. I have used ginko in my office with good results for dementia, hearing loss and impotence. However, I usually consider ginko in…
Asthma · September 30, 2012
EFFECTS OF VACCINATION AFTER 14 YEARS OF AGE – (09-01-03)
Effect of neonatal BCG vaccination on atopy and asthma at 7 to 14 years This study builds on the previous, but there is a very important point not to miss here. This study showed effect AS FAR AS 14 YEARS AFTER THE…
Healthy Living in a Toxic World · September 30, 2012
EFFECT OF DIABETIC DRUG ON CRP LEVELS AFFECTING PATIENT’S LONG TERM HEALTH – (10-15-03)
Metformin Reduces CRP in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome What I find interesting about this article is not that a diabetic drug could lower CRP levels (insulin will raise CRP levels–so if you lower insulin levels…
Inflammation · September 30, 2012
DRUGS TO LOW CRP LEVELS AGAINST INFLAMMATION – (10-01-03)
C-Reactive Protein This is a nice review of CRP from a cardiology journal. CRP is a marker of inflammation that has only recently been given the attention is deserves. I have found in my office that exercise and…
Toxicity · September 30, 2012
DRUG METABOLISM RELATED TO INDUCTION OF CYTOCHROME – (10-01-03)
St John’s Wort on Drug Metabolism by Induction of Cytochrome P450 Wow!! What great news!! A natural product that speeds up hepatic detoxification!! Unfortunately, the medical community does not view this with the same…
Vaccination · September 30, 2012
DPT AND BCG VACCINATION EFFECTS ON ATOPIC DISORDERS – (09-01-03)
The effect of DPT and BCG vaccinations on atopic disorders The results of this small study are rather striking. Infants who had the DPT vaccination had 56.4% risk of atopic disorders vs 9.3% without the vaccine…
Osteoporosis Cures and Bone Health · September 30, 2012
DENSITY AND QUALITY OF THE BONES EFFECT THE FRACTURE RISK – (09-24-03)
Reduced Osteocyte Density with Osteoporotic Vertebral Fracture The idea that the denser the bones, the stronger the bones, is an idea that is far too simplistic. We now know that it is not just the density, but the…
Vitamin B12 · September 30, 2012
DEFICIENCY OF FOLIC ACID AND B12 COMMON IN ELDERLY PEOPLE – (10-15-03)
B vitamin status and homocysteine and methylmalonic acid in elderly I’m a big fan of B12 supplementation in my senior patients. For something so easy, safe and inexpensive, the clinical benefits in patients is…
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