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Heart Disease · August 7, 2012
RISK FOR CVD DEATH WITH THE HIGHEST COCOA USERS – (04-24-06)
Cocoa Intake, Blood Pressure, and Cardiovascular Mortality Tea, red wine, chocolate, coffee, cocoa…all these have at one time been considered not good for us. Fortunately for us, all of these polyphenol-containing…
Hospital Care · August 7, 2012
PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE – (05-15-06)
Voluntary Electronic Reporting of Medical Errors and Adverse Events–An Analysis of 92,547 Reports from 26 Acute Care Hospitals I’ve always said hospitals are a dangerous place to be…Just once again proves that…
Hypertension · August 7, 2012
PATTERN OF DECLINING BLOOD PRESSURE – (05-15-06)
Pattern of declining blood pressure across replicate population surveys of the WHO MONICA project, mid-1980s to mid-1990s, and the role of medication Okay. Let me get this straight. Study after study (with millions…
Liver Disease · August 7, 2012
PARACETAMOL CAUSES LIVER FAILURE – (05-15-06)
Paracetamol causes most liver failure in UK and US That bottle of Tylenol looks so innocent on the shelf, doesn’t it? Ironic that Tylenol was pulled off the market for a mere week or so several yrs back when tampering…
Migraine · August 7, 2012
MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION AND MIGRAINE – (05-15-06)
Mitochondrial dysfunction and migraine: evidence and hypotheses Ok–so some still consider it a hypothesis. But once I get my book together (titled: Mitchondrial Dysfunction as the Root of All That is Evil in Chronic…
Gut Health 101 · August 7, 2012
DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT BACTERIA – (05-15-06)
European group targets overuse of antibiotics Well, at least somebody out there gets it, even if it has to be in Europe. But seriously, while most public health concerns focus on the development of antibiotic resistant…
Depression · August 7, 2012
CORTISOL, STRESS, INFLAMMATION IN DEPRESSED PATIENTS – (05-15-06)
Cortisol, the Cortisol-Dehydroepiandrosterone Ratio, and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Patients with Current Major Depressive Disorder Comorbid with Borderline Personality Disorder I can tell you that few in today’s…
Migraine · August 7, 2012
Chronic Migraine Treatment: Have You Tried These 7 Steps?
Migraine headache sufferers are told we don’t know what causes migraines, so all we can do is control them. Thus, chronic migraine treatment today = medication. I would contend that this is just not true. But to…
Asthma · August 6, 2012
Allergy Induced Asthma Treatment Plans: 3 Things to Avoid
Asthma treatment plans seem to include only medications. However, what if you could identify household items that contribute to allergy induced asthma? It seems all too common for toddlers, elementary school kids and…
Drug Research · August 5, 2012
THE TREND TOWARDS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – (05-29-06)
The Changing Face of Teenage Drug Abuse The Trend toward Prescription Drugs We feed our kids drugs (both prescription and OTC) like they’re candy. Many kids are on long term drug regimines for conditions like ADD and…
Healthy Pregnancy and Women's Health · August 5, 2012
SELECTIVE SEROTONIN AND ADVERSE PREGNANCY OUTCOMES – (05-29-06)
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and adverse pregnancy outcomes Some of the SSRIs have been promoted as safe during pregnancy, and yet I have major concerns with the damage to the developing fetus. Anytime a…
Miscellaneous · August 5, 2012
PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS – (10-31-05)
Bioelectric impedance and individual characteristics as prognostic factors for post-operative complications Being a big fan of the BIA as a clinical tool (mainly because I have one…), I am always happy to see it’s use…
Osteoporosis Cures and Bone Health · August 5, 2012
MONITORING OSTEOPOROSIS THERAPY – (05-29-06)
Monitoring Osteoporosis Therapy: Bone Mineral Density, Bone Turnover Markers, or Both? I’m gearing up towards a series of community education presentations on osteoporosis, and I know that I’m going to catch some flak…
Diarrhea / Constipation / Irritable Bowel · August 5, 2012
MELATONIN IS A STRONG ANTIOXIDANT IN THE BRAIN – (10-31-05)
Melatonin improves abdominal pain in irritable bowel syndrome patients who have sleep disturbances I know that when I hear melatonin, I used to only think of a natural hormone that can help with sleep. Now, years later…
Headaches · August 5, 2012
MAGNESIUM AND TENSION TYPE HEADACHE – (10-31-05)
Magnesium and Tension Type Headache While this was a very small study, the results were pretty amazing. 76% of this small group experienced symptom reduction with magnesium alone. Of interesting note is the form and…
Hypertension · August 5, 2012
LINK WITH INSULIN RESISTANCE AND INCREASED RISK FOR DIABETES – (05-29-06)
Glucose Metabolism in Patients with Essential Hypertension Wow!! A full 2/3 of patients in this study with high blood pressure had sugar handling problems. And I don’t EVER recall a patient coming in on blood pressure…
Depression · August 5, 2012
HOW TO TREAT MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER? – (10-31-05)
Efficacy and Safety of Second-Generation Antidepressants in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder The use of antidepressants in both adults and children has been increasing greatly over the past few years. But are…
Soy · August 5, 2012
HEALTHY USE OF SOY – (05-29-06)
Soy protein intake by active young adult men raises plasma antioxidant capacity without altering plasma testosterone I remember an article in one of my trade journals a few years back. The author of an article on soy…
Alzheimer's · August 5, 2012
H. PYLORI INCREASES RISK OF AD – (05-29-06)
Relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and Alzheimer disease While I don’t think the relationship is causal, I thought I’d put this out there anyway. Long term readers of Updates will know that I view H…
Calorie Restriction · August 5, 2012
ETIOLOGY OF INSULIN RESISTANCE – (05-29-06)
Etiology of Insulin Resistance While insulin resistance is probably one of my more often used soapboxes, my heart truly lies with mitochondrial dysfunction as undoubtedly this trigger that begins all chronic diseases of…
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