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Arthritis · September 1, 2013
Oral Type II Collagen Therapy Shows Promise in Juvenile Arthritis – (09-02-01)
Oral Type II Collagen Therapy Shows Promise in Juvenile Arthritis This type of therapy for RA patients was already published many years ago with wonderful benefits and few side effects to the patients in the study. This…
Insulin · September 1, 2013
Oral Contraceptive Use and HRT Associated with Microalbuminuria – (09-10-01)
Oral Contraceptive Use and HRT Associated with Microalbuminuria Many studies have linked impaired insulin sensitivity with microalbuminuria. Other studies have linked oral contraceptive use with worsening insulin…
Diabetes and Obesity Tips · September 1, 2013
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Energy Regulation – (08-27-01)
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Energy Regulation This article touches on all the new potential targets for the drug companies’ quest for the ultimate obesity drug. You will have to register with this website to access…
Chiropractic Care · September 1, 2013
Is Your Anti-Inflammatory Creating Inflammation? More Ibuprofen Side Effects
Sounds like kind of a mixed up question, doesn’t it? “Anti” generally means opposed to, as in stopping. But what if anti-inflammatories are so damaging to your system that they initiate inflammation? You know, of…
Obesity and Weight Loss · September 1, 2013
GI side effects of orlistat may be prevented by psyllium fiber – (09-02-01)
GI side effects of orlistat may be prevented by psyllium fiber Hey, I’ve got a great idea! How about skipping the orlistat and just increasing your intake of fiber? That would decrease intake of refined carbs and fat…
Gut Health 101 · September 1, 2013
Gastric leptin and Helicobacter pylori infection – (08-23-01)
Gastric leptin and Helicobacter pylori infection I was not aware that patients undergoing H. pylori eradication experienced weight gain, but this article gives us some insight as to why this may happen. I remain on the…
Cholesterol · September 1, 2013
Elderly show severe impairment of DHEA-S – (08-27-01)
Elderly show severe impairment of DHEA-S Given the number of articles appearing related to the topic of adrenal function, a quick review is in order. The medulla (inside) of the adrenals produce epinephrine and…
Miscellaneous · September 1, 2013
Drug company breaks 30 year agreement on patient advertising – (09-02-01)
Drug company breaks 30 year agreement on patient advertising This article refers to the advertising directly to parents for a highly addictive medication for their children. One would hope that this advertising would be…
Anti-Aging · September 1, 2013
Does oxidative damage to DNA increase with age? – (09-02-01)
Does oxidative damage to DNA increase with age? This is such an insightful article that opens up both questions and answers. Although this is also a rodent study, once again evidence is strong in support of similar…
Hormone · September 1, 2013
DHEA Deemed ‘Effective Hormonal Replacement Treatment’ for Women – (09-10-01)
DHEA Deemed ‘Effective Hormonal Replacement Treatment’ for Women Getting the idea? As mentioned numerous times, I am against using hormones in the body as a first resort to replace hormones that are low. In peri and…
Hormone · September 1, 2013
Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate, Mortality in Elderly Men and Women – (09-10-01)
Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate, Mortality in Elderly Men and Women Well..doesn’t adrenal cortical function seem to be a hot topic lately?? As a quick review, the adrenal cortex produces aldosterone (regulates BP)…
Arthritis · September 1, 2013
COX-2 implications and gastric mucosal integrity, ulcer healing – (08-23-01)
COX-2 implications and gastric mucosal integrity, ulcer healing This is an informative review article on the new wonder-drug arthritis meds, and the concept that maybe they are not so friendly to the gastric mucosa as…
Parkinson's · September 1, 2013
Constipation and the future risk of Parkinson’s disease – (08-23-01)
Constipation and the future risk of Parkinson’s disease Isn’t this interesting? At this point no one is sure whether constipation is a sign of PD or whether constipation is a risk factor. Knowing what we know about the…
Diabetes and Obesity Tips · September 1, 2013
CLA reduced abdominal adipose tissue in the metabolic syndrome – (09-02-01)
CLA reduced abdominal adipose tissue in the metabolic syndrome Remember that CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) has a PPAR-gamma ligand effect, much like the new hotshot diabetes drugs (without the potential hepatic…
Insomnia · September 1, 2013
Chronic Insomnia Is Associated and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis – (08-23-01)
Chronic Insomnia Is Associated and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis This is a technical but interesting article on sleep disorders. The authors suggest that one type of insomnia is not insomnia at all, but rather a…
Vitamins and Supplements 101 · September 1, 2013
Beneficial effects of potassium – (09-02-01)
Beneficial effects of potassium This is a wonderful review article that highlights some of the known benefits of potassium, including blood pressure lowering, kidney protection including reduction in risk of kidney…
Probiotic · September 1, 2013
Bacteriotherapy: the time has come – (08-23-01)
Bacteriotherapy: the time has come I can’t begin the express the elation that I experience in reading this article. The concepts are nothing new (quite old, actually…), but to see this editorial in the British Medical…
Asthma · September 1, 2013
Asthma increase could be caused by paracetamol use – (09-17-01)
Asthma increase could be caused by paracetamol use This is a perfect example of how many of the drugs that people take every day may not be as safe as they think. Paracetamol (acetominophen, Tylenol…) in this study…
Acupuncture · September 1, 2013
Acupuncture safety study: prospective survey of 34 000 treatments – (09-02-01)
Acupuncture safety study: prospective survey of 34 000 treatments This article points out the incredible safety record of acupuncture performed in competent practitioners. bmj.com MacPherson et al. 323 (7311): 486 Read…
Breast Cancer · August 31, 2013
Have Breast Implants? 3 Things to Know About Your Breast Cancer Risk
I’m going to need to tread lightly on this one because I can understand, from an evolutionary standpoint, the near irresistible pull of the eyes towards the natural as well as the aftermarket products. But underneath it…
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