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Kidney Problems · June 17, 2013
Environmental Lead Exposure and Progressive Renal Insufficiency – (01-25-01)
Environmental Lead Exposure and Progressive Renal Insufficiency We are seeing a common theme here regarding the damaging effects that heavy metals have on our health. Cognitive function, kidney problems, hypertension…
Inflammation · June 17, 2013
Effect of proinflammatory interleukins on jejunal nutrient transport – (08-21-00)
Effect of proinflammatory interleukins on jejunal nutrient transport This study indicates that, with systemic inflammation, more nutrients are absorbed. This would correspond well with the increased need for certain…
Inflammation · June 17, 2013
Differential effects of prostaglandin derived from omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids – (02-24-03)
Differential effects of prostaglandin derived from omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids on COX-2 expression and IL-6 secretion The whole concept that diet can influence the level of systemic inflammation is not followed by…
Heart Disease · June 17, 2013
Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Women – (08-20-01)
Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Women I just thought I’d put this one up. This does fall into the “how much did we pay for this?” category, but the number of the women in the study (69,017) is…
Diabetes and Obesity Tips · June 17, 2013
Dietary Fat Intake as Risk Factor for the Development of Diabetes – (02-24-03)
Dietary Fat Intake as Risk Factor for the Development of Diabetes Let’s see…increased animal fat is a risk factor for diabetes? This may seem like a no-brainer, but I’m sure the Atkin’s diet people are out there…
Drug Research · June 17, 2013
Declines in DHEA Sulfate Concentrations and Cognitive Performance – (08-25-00)
Declines in DHEA Sulfate Concentrations and Cognitive Performance This article suggests that no relationship exists between lowered levels of DHEA with aging and cognitive decline. There are two ways to take this…
Asthma · June 17, 2013
Cytokines in peripheral whole blood in atopic, nonatopic asthmatics – (12-07-00)
Cytokines in peripheral whole blood in atopic, nonatopic asthmatics This article touches on the importance of Th1/Th2 cytokine balance. I’ve actually come up with a good description of these two balances. Th1 is the…
Low Back Pain · June 17, 2013
Current Tests Cannot Identify Pain of Discogenic Origin – (08-25-00)
Current Tests Cannot Identify Pain of Discogenic Origin research strongly points to annular tears of the intervertebral disc as a major cause of low back pain. The problem with this is that diagnosing tears is very…
Diabetes (Type 2) · June 17, 2013
CRP, Interleukin 6, and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus – (07-23-01)
CRP, Interleukin 6, and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Inflammation plays a key role in many of today’s chronic diseases and lifestyle changes to lower overall inflammatory burden will cut across disease…
Probiotic · June 17, 2013
Cranberry-lingonberry juice and Lactobacillus for the prevention of UTI – (07-09-01)
Cranberry-lingonberry juice and Lactobacillus for the prevention of UTI Components of cranberry juice have been known for a long time to prevent or help get rid of urinary tract infections. It is believed to prevent the…
Food Allergy · June 17, 2013
Consumer Group Damns US Regulation of Genetically Altered Foods – (01-25-01)
Consumer Group Damns US Regulation of Genetically Altered Foods Unfortunately, few people here in the US are aware of the term “genetically modified” when it comes to food. “So what??” would be many’s reply; however, it…
Insulin · June 17, 2013
Comparison of Simple Measures of Insulin Sensitivity – (07-23-01)
Comparison of Simple Measures of Insulin Sensitivity There have been several studies lately pointing to the utility of the fasting insulin to glucose ratio in identifying insulin resistance. Considering that insulin…
Arthritis · June 17, 2013
Ciprofloxacin For Reactive Arthritis Has No Advantage Over Placebo – (08-25-00)
Ciprofloxacin For Reactive Arthritis Has No Advantage Over Placebo Although it is well known that certain gastrointestinal infections can cause a reactive arthritis, this study suggests that long term strong antibiotics…
Anti-Aging · June 17, 2013
Chronobiology–Reducing Time – (07-23-01)
Chronobiology–Reducing Time There are many theories as to how we age: antioxidant damage, glycosylation of proteins (sugar molecules irreversibly damaging protein in our cells) and telomere shortening among many others…
Cancer · June 17, 2013
Cancer incidence in the USA could double by 2050 – (05-23-02)
Cancer incidence in the USA could double by 2050, report predicts While many would view this with a pessimistic attitude, reports like this always encourage me to continue to hop up on my soapbox and educate patients on…
Diarrhea / Constipation / Irritable Bowel · June 17, 2013
Campylo enteritis, post-dysenteric IBS and increased gut permeability – (12-07-00)
Campylo enteritis, post-dysenteric IBS and increased gut permeability There is an important message to take home from this article. The damage inflicted on the GI tract following infection can persist beyond one year. I…
Vitamin D · June 17, 2013
Calcium/Vit D vs Etidronate and Alendronate in Prevention of Fractures – (02-24-03)
Calcium/Vit D vs Etidronate and Alendronate in Prevention of Fractures This study determines that Calcium and Vit D are just as effective as reducing risk of fractures at a much, much reduced cost. Not to mention much…
Vitamin B12 · June 17, 2013
Antacids pro bacteria – (07-09-01)
Antacids pro bacteria I must admit, sometimes it is so hard not to run around the room jumping up and down saying “I told you so!!” when issues like this pop up. We are so quick in medicine to suppress acid production…
Anti-Aging · June 17, 2013
Age-related changes of sex hormones, IGF-1 levels in men – (01-25-01)
Age-related changes of sex hormones, IGF-1 levels in men This study identifies a decrease in levels of circulating IGF-1 levels in men as they age. Many in the anti-aging camp would jump on this as support for the use…
Strengthen Your Immune System · June 17, 2013
Active Transport of Nitrofurantoin into Human Milk – (07-09-01)
Active Transport of Nitrofurantoin into Human Milk Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic that is commonly used in the United States. This study demonstrates that breastfeeding mothers on nitrofurantoin do have levels found in…
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