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Drug Research · July 23, 2012
Are You Going to Take That New Drug Your Doctor is Offerring?
The amount of money that goes into marketing new drugs is astounding. The goal is to produce a “blockbuster” drug that will bring in billions of dollars to the company. Think Prosac, Celebrex / Vioxx, Neurontin…
Anti Aging Truths · July 22, 2012
USE OF EPA REDUCES RISK OF CANCER – (08-01-05)
EPA inhibits UV-induced MMP-1 expression in human dermal fibroblasts Remember that Eicosapentaenoic acid is an essential fatty acid that is found in fish oils along with DHA. I have always stated that my belief is that…
Oxidative Stress · July 22, 2012
SIDE EFFECTS OF MSG ON HUMAN HEALTH – (06-27-05)
MSG in standard & high-fiber diets: metabolic syndrome and oxidative stress in rats While is a rat study, it has far reaching ramifications. Read the conclusions. MSG lead to overfeeding and increased oxidative stress…
Diet Choices for Your Best Health · July 22, 2012
SHORT TERM DIET AND EXERCISES EFFECTS CHILDREN’S HEALTH – (09-29-05)
Effect of a Short-term Diet and Exercise Intervention on Serum Insulin, Lipids, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Adhesion Molecules in Children I’m not quite sure which is more surprising–the fact that these children…
NSAIDs Dangerous · July 22, 2012
SEROTONIN AFFECTS PLATELET FUNCTIONING – (10-20-05)
Association between SSRIs and upper gastrointestinal bleeding I must admit that this interaction never occurred to me, but it makes sense since platelets use serotonin for proper functioning. With the inhibition of the…
Probiotic · July 22, 2012
ROLE OF GASTROINTESTINAL FLORA ON HEALTH – (07-11-05)
High prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosisIS900 DNA in gut tissues from individuals with Crohn’s disease While I am not familiar with this specific subspecies, the fact that this mycobacterium…
Heart Disease · July 22, 2012
REDUCTION IN OPEN HEART DISEASE WITH PCI PROCEDURE – (06-27-05)
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Conservative Therapy in Nonacute Coronary Artery Disease When I sat down to do this edition of the Updates, it was truly not in my mind to beat up Evidence Based Medicine. I…
Hormone · July 22, 2012
PREMENOPAUSAL HORMONE THERAPY EFFECTS USE OF HEALTH SERVICES – (10-23-06)
Postmenopausal hormone therapy increases use of health services This started as more of a rhetorical question, but continues to gain some urgency…”Why the heck is this class of drugs still on the market?” We see no…
Heart Disease · July 22, 2012
POSITIVE EFFECTS OF NFKB ON VARIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS – (07-11-05)
Inhibition of NF-kappaB induces regression of cardiac hypertrophy Now, while this is a rat study, the implications are pretty important. Basically, by controlling inflammation by controlling the activity of NFKB…
Hospital Care · July 22, 2012
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE BASED GUIDELINES – (07-18-05)
Support of Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Annual Physical Examination There is little evidence to suggest that the “annual physical” that so many deem important actually catches disease earlier, but the belief system…
Oxidative Stress · July 22, 2012
OXIDATIVE STRESS THE CAUSE OF PREMATURE DELIVERY – (06-27-05)
Oxidative stress, diet, and the etiology of preeclampsia Preeclampsia, or toxicity of pregnancy, is a condition where the mother’s blood pressure goes up and protein shows up in the urine. This condition can progress…
Oxidative Stress · July 22, 2012
OXIDATIVE STRESS INCREASES NUMBER OF HEART DEFECTS – (10-20-05)
Congenital heart defects and maternal biomarkers of oxidative stress Wow. Practically by the week we are finding more and more studies linking interuterine environment and risk of chronic diseases later in the newborn’s…
Healthy Pregnancy and Women's Health · July 22, 2012
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS DECREASE RISK OF DOWN’S SYNDROME – (06-27-05)
Maternal use of nutritional supplements during the first month of pregnancy and decreased risk of Down’s syndrome I will continue to go on record as saying that sometime in the near future we will find that Down’s…
Heart Disease, Stroke, Blood Pressure Tips · July 22, 2012
MOST DEATHS HAPPEN DUE TO WRONG PRESCRIPTION – (07-11-05)
Prescription-related illness – a scandalous pandemic I know I sound a little like I’m overreacting when I talk about the dangers of prescription drugs, but the studies out there truly do confirm that, when all added up…
Diet Choices for Your Best Health · July 22, 2012
MILK AND CALCIUM RESULTS IN WEIGHT GAIN – (06-27-05)
Milk, Dairy Fat, Dietary Calcium, and Weight Gain One of the authors on this study is Dr. Walter Willet, who is probably one of the most influential persons in nutrition alive today and is the department head of…
Inflammation · July 22, 2012
MIGRAINE TREATMENT LOWERS INFLAMMATION – (07-18-05)
Plasma Cytokine Levels in Migraineurs and Controls Speaking of inflammation, put migraines on the list of conditions associated w/ inflammation. The problem with this is that that makes migraines a local manifestation…
Migraine · July 22, 2012
MIGRAINE AND ATRIAL DEFECTS – (07-18-05)
Migraine With Aura Related to Closure of Atrial Septal Defects While this is only a case report, and we generally do not allow single case studies to change clinical approaches, this one brings up an important…
Drug Research · July 22, 2012
MAJOR PROBLEMS EXIST IN FDA APPROVAL PROCESS – (10-20-05)
FDA Standards Good Enough for Government Work? Unfortunately, many people here in the US have an image of the FDA as a governmental agency that is constantly on the vigil to protect an unsuspecting public from the…
Probiotic · July 22, 2012
LACTOBACILLUS CASEI AN ANTI INFLAMMATORY SUBSTANCE – (07-11-05)
Mucosal colonisation with Lactobacillus casei mitigates barrier injury induced by exposure to trinitronbenzene sulphonic acid And, just in case you thought I was making the previous treatment stuff up, this rat study…
Cholesterol · July 22, 2012
KNOW THE VARIOUS FACTORS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE – (07-18-05)
Oxidized Phospholipids, Lp(a) Lipoprotein, and Coronary Artery Disease A quick review of biochemistry before we go on. LDL is generally considered the “bad” cholesterol but this view is archaic. The large, less dense…
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