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Breast Cancer · March 17, 2013
Adolescent diet and risk of breast cancer – (06-23-03)
Adolescent diet and risk of breast cancer While it should come as no surprise that the diets we eat in our teenage years will affect our risk of cancer down the line, at some point our national organizations (AHA…
Childhood Obesity · March 13, 2013
Childhood Obesity Statistics: It’s the Diet, Stupid…
This is not the first time I’ve pointed out the problems in society when it comes to health. Even First Lady Obama is promoting physical activity like it’s “the” answer to childhood obesity. Well, guess what? The…
Tumors and General Cancer Tips · March 12, 2013
Did You Have Surgery for Cancer? 3 Things You Need to Know
Of the 700,000 or so cancer surgeries done in the US per year, it is estimated that 40% of these patients develop recurrences with poor outcomes. These are some scary statistics. The American Cancer Society (not my…
Cholesterol · March 11, 2013
Statins Have Shocking Benefits in Diabetics
Back to my favorite topic. The statin class of drugs to lower cholesterol and prevent heart attacks. Regular readers of the Rantings will know how I feel about this class of drugs. To sum it up, they suck at preventing…
Cholesterol · March 10, 2013
Withdrawal of Statins Increases Event Rates – (03-28-02)
Withdrawal of Statins Increases Event Rates This study finds that when patients go off of their cholesterol lowering meds, the serum cholesterol bounces right back to pre treatment levels. In other words, in no way…
Heart Disease · March 10, 2013
Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque and Ascorbic Acid – (03-28-02)
Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque and Ascorbic Acid Although this is a study done in mice, it should raise some naysayers of vitamin C for heart disease. This study shows that, although vitamin C does not affect the…
Gastric Cancer · March 10, 2013
Vitamin C, gastric cancer cells and Helicobacter pylori – (01-17-02)
Vitamin C, gastric cancer cells and Helicobacter pylori This study finds that Vit C can protect against the cancerous changes that can be associated with H. pylori infection but that the typical patient does not have…
Vitamin C · March 10, 2013
Vit C and H pylori-infected patients during acid-suppression – (01-17-02)
Vit C and H pylori-infected patients during acid-suppression Go figure on this one…acid suppression is known to corpus gastritis (inflammation of the main portion of stomach) from H. pylori infection worse. No big…
Kidney Problems · March 10, 2013
Two Diets for the Prevention of Recurrent Stones – (01-17-02)
Two Diets for the Prevention of Recurrent Stones It is still surprising to me that the idea that patients with recurrent kidney stones are given the recommendation to lower intake of calcium, despite the finding that…
Prostate Cancer · March 10, 2013
Tomato Products, Lycopene, and Prostate Cancer Risk – (03-25-02)
Tomato Products, Lycopene, and Prostate Cancer Risk I currently have a patient with metastatic prostate cancer to pelvic and hip bones. I’m working with his oncologist to clean up his lifestyle and improve his overall…
Cancer · March 10, 2013
Sweeping New Congressional Plan to Fight Cancer Is Previewed – (03-25-02)
Sweeping New Congressional Plan to Fight Cancer Is Previewed Any regular reader of Research Updates hears time and time again of our everyday lifestyles’ contribution to disease; cancer included. While I think that…
Liver Disease · March 10, 2013
Supplementation with branched-chain amino acids in advanced cirrhosis – (06-23-03)
Supplementation with branched-chain amino acids in advanced cirrhosis It seems like I’ve been coming across more and more patients who have or know someone close to them that has a liver that is failing. Given the…
Colon / Colorectal Cancer · March 10, 2013
Stimulation of Cdx2 homeobox gene by butyrate in colon cancer – (03-14-02)
Stimulation of Cdx2 homeobox gene by butyrate in colon cancer While the title may be a little technical, this is additional support on the benefits of a combination of soluble fiber and probiotics on intestinal health…
Miscellaneous · March 10, 2013
SSRIs: suicide risk and withdrawal – (06-23-03)
SSRIs: suicide risk and withdrawal Wow. GlaxoSmithkline withheld info from the UK’s regulatory agency when it got approval for paroxetine (Paxil). The study basically showed no increased efficacy over placebo. My…
Soy · March 10, 2013
Soy-Derived Phytoestrogens on Serum Lipids and Lipoproteins – (01-17-02)
Soy-Derived Phytoestrogens on Serum Lipids and Lipoproteins This study finds no benefits of soy phytoestrogens on serum lipids. Before we run out and drop soy from a healthy lifestyle, there are a few things to consider…
Healthy Pregnancy and Women's Health · March 10, 2013
Sinistrality-a side-effect of prenatal sonography – (01-17-02)
Sinistrality-a side-effect of prenatal sonography This is unquestionably one of the scarier articles I have come across in a long time. You need to fully understand that fetal ultrasonography is used extensively in…
Miscellaneous · March 10, 2013
Single Cigarette Rapidly Reduces Concentrations of Antioxidants – (03-14-02)
Single Cigarette Rapidly Reduces Concentrations of Antioxidants While the concept of smoking depleting antioxidants is no big surprise, the finding that even one cigarette has measurable detrimental effects would…
Hormone · March 10, 2013
Sex hormone binding globulin as prepubertal marker for hyperinsulinaemia – (01-10-02)
Sex hormone binding globulin as prepubertal marker for hyperinsulinaemia This is an interesting article that may give us some insight on preventing the startling rise in Syndrome X prevalence. Exactly what role SHBG…
Menstrual Problems · March 10, 2013
Reproductive hormonal dynamics in the perimenopause – (01-10-02)
Reproductive hormonal dynamics in the perimenopause This is an older article but one I had to throw in just to blow apart standard thinking. So many people (and physicians included0 believe that perimenopausal symptoms…
Insulin · March 10, 2013
Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among US Adults – (01-24-02)
Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among US Adults Remember that Metabolic Syndrome (aka Syndrome X, dysinsulinism) is a condition in which insulin becomes less and less effective at reducing levels of glucose in the…
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