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Asthma · February 7, 2012
CORTICOSTEROID USE ON BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN CHILDREN (05-04-09)
Effect of Long-term Corticosteroid Use on Bone Mineral Density in Children This study look at the use of chronic and short burst use of inhaled steroids in children w/ mild to moderate asthma. Frighteningly, this…
Colon / Colorectal Cancer · February 7, 2012
ADVERSE OUTCOMES FOLLOWING BARIATRIC PROCEDURES (05-04-09)
Increased Colorectal Epithelial Cell Proliferation and Crypt Fission Associated with Obesity and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass The concept of bariatric surgery has become so accepted that many now view this as a procedure…
Environmental · February 6, 2012
Missing Link for Obesity: Beyond Diet and Exercise
Everyone is aware that obesity is related to diet and exercise. It’s as simple as calories in = calories out, right? It’s amazing how many weight gurus have promoted this over the years. Too bad it’s not that simple…
Diabetes (Type 2) · February 6, 2012
EFFECTS OF INTENSIVE GLUCOSE LOWERING – (05-04-2009)
Effects of Intensive Glucose Lowering in Type 2 Diabetes This study demonstrates what is likely the most profound mistake in research that occurs. There is a concept called “surrogate end markers.” The idea is that, for…
Low Back Pain · February 3, 2012
ANOTHER TOOL FOR CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN RELIEF
As a chiropractor, I obviously see my fair share of chronic low back pain patients. If they have been managed through mainstream medicine, there’s a very good chance they’re on some, if not multiple, medications…
Strengthen Your Immune System · February 2, 2012
USE OF ANTIBIOTICS WREAKS HAVOC (5-11-09)
Antibiotics account for 19% of emergency department visits in US for adverse events As if, given the information above, the use of antibiotics wreaks havoc on a developing infants immune system, data suggests that the…
Chiropractic Care · February 2, 2012
THE ADVANTAGE SEEDING TRIAL – (5-11-09)
The ADVANTAGE Seeding Trial: A Review of Internal Documents A seeding trial is a trial done under the guise of research, but is actually created and administered by the marketing department. This particular study was…
Vitamin D · February 2, 2012
VARIATIONS IN SERUM CALCIOTROPIC HORMONES – (5-11-09)
Short and Long-Term Variations in Serum Calciotropic Hormones after a Single Very Large Dose of Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) or Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3) in the Elderly. There is always discussion over which form of…
Anxiety · February 2, 2012
RISK OF ANXIETY DISORDER AND MAJOR DEPRESSION IN ADULTHOOD – (5-11-09)
Childhood Respiratory Disease and the Risk of Anxiety Disorder and Major Depression in Adulthood There are a variety of ways to look at this study, but there is no doubt that having almost 20 times the risk of…
Stroke · February 2, 2012
PRIMARY PREVENTION OF STROKE BY HEALTHY LIFESTYLE – (5-11-09)
Primary Prevention of Stroke by Healthy Lifestyle First of all, before you look at these numbers you have to understand that “healthy lifestyle,” in this study, is really very non-specific and generally nothing near the…
Drug Research · February 2, 2012
INCREASE IN DOMESTIC FATAL MEDICATION ERRORS – (5-11-09)
A Steep Increase in Domestic Fatal Medication Errors With Use of Alcohol and/or Street Drugs Talk about the war on drugs!! Look at the staggering percentage increases. These are DEATHS, not adverse reactions. DEATHS. We…
Inflammation · February 2, 2012
CONCEPT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND PLAQUING IN THE ARTERIES OF THE HEART – (5-11-09)
Noninvasive diagnosis of ruptured peripheral atherosclerotic lesions and myocardial infarction by antibody profiling Many patients have their routine stress test and come away with a sense of relief that nothing was…
Healthy Pregnancy · February 2, 2012
CESAREAN DELIVERY MAY AFFECT THE EARLY BIODIVERSITY OF INTESTINAL BACTERIA (5-11-09)
Cesarean Delivery May Affect the Early Biodiversity of Intestinal Bacteria Regular readers of Updates will confirm how much I rant and rave about the critical importance of normal, healthy bacterial flora in our…
Drug Research · February 2, 2012
BENEFIT OF ADHERENCE DEPENDS ON AGE AND FRACTURE TYPE – (5-11-09)
Benefit of Adherence With Bisphosphonates Depends on Age and Fracture Type I’ve always felt that anti-resorptive therapy is the complete wrong way to approach improving bone health. A few things with this study. First…
Heart Disease · February 1, 2012
SEASONAL VARIATION IN LIPIDS IN PATIENTS
You know there’s only ONE way to go with this discussion. Vit D has a definite impact on our risk for CVD, and one of these pathways will be related to the reduction in lipid levels. So, if seasonal exposure to sunlight…
Strengthen Your Immune System · February 1, 2012
RISK OF CNS INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATION IN CHILDHOOD
This is one vaccination that I have a serious problem with (with the sole exception of a family member w/ Hep B). Vaccination wanes by 10 yrs of age. No risk of exposure in children (with exception noted). And issues…
Vitamin C · February 1, 2012
RESPONSE TO VARYING DOSAGES OF VITAMIN E PLUS VITAMIN C
Finally!! Someone gets it!! It’s funny how many studies receive very little press from a functional medicine, nutritional supplementation standpoint. And yet, when the results are negative, such as recent studies on Vit…
Osteoporosis Cures and Bone Health · February 1, 2012
PREVENTION OF NONVERTEBRAL FRACTURES WITH ORAL VITAMIN D
A few interesting notes here. First, it should not come as a big surprise that an intervention as simple, safe and inexpensive like Vit D would have a 20% reduced risk of fractures (which, by the way, is greater than…
Hypertension · February 1, 2012
LOWERING EFFECTS OF DIETARY NITRATE
Gastroprotective and blood pressure lowering effects of dietary nitrate are abolished by an antiseptic mouthwash Talk about interconnected. Follow this…nitrates in vegetables that we eat and converted by nitrate…
Heart Disease, Stroke, Blood Pressure Tips · February 1, 2012
INFLAMMATION IMPAIRS REVERSE CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT
With the focus on what we can do to prevent heart disease entirely centered around a drug standpoint, no one seems to care that a large chunk of those with heart disease have normal cholesterol. But inflammation is a…
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