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Heart Disease · March 3, 2013
NSAIDs, First Occurrence of Heart Failure and Relapsing Heart Failure – (02-18-02)
NSAIDs, First Occurrence of Heart Failure and Relapsing Heart Failure I was not aware that NSAIDs will increase risk of recurrent attacks of heart failure, but it appears that this risk is quite substantial. This…
Celiac Disease · March 3, 2013
No harm from five year ingestion of oats in celiac disease – (02-11-02)
No harm from five year ingestion of oats in celiac disease Oats do contain some gluten which has always prompted the recommendation to stay away from oats in patients with celiac disease. I have always found these tough…
Healthy Pregnancy · March 3, 2013
Metformin on Early Pregnancy Loss in the Polycystic Ovary – (02-11-02)
Metformin on Early Pregnancy Loss in the Polycystic Ovary I think this is somewhat of a landmark article. Not that the concepts are, but to see them all together is always exciting. A few interesting things here. First…
Vitamin B12 · March 3, 2013
Metformin and Vitamin B12 Deficiency – (02-27-02)
Metformin and Vitamin B12 Deficiency Although this commentary states that the average time to develop a B12 deficiency with this diabetic drug is 10 to 15 years, this can still be an important factor for any patient on…
Healthy Pregnancy · March 3, 2013
Low seafood in early pregnancy as risk factor for preterm delivery – (02-27-02)
Low seafood in early pregnancy as risk factor for preterm delivery There is now a wealth of evidence pointing to the importance of essential fatty acids, most notably DHA and EPA in normal brain development. This…
Diet Choices for Your Best Health · March 3, 2013
Low dietary magnesium increases supraventricular ectopic heartbeats – (02-27-02)
Low dietary magnesium increases supraventricular ectopic heartbeats Magnesium is one of those nutrients that most Western diets are deficient in. This is unfortunate because magnesium has consistently shown to lower…
Vitamins · March 3, 2013
Long-term vitamins, carotenoids and cataracts – (02-27-02)
Long-term vitamins, carotenoids and cataracts This study shows a benefit of carotenoids (remember that beta-carotene is but one of hundreds of carotenoids that nature gives us) and Vit C on preventing cataracts. I would…
Hypertension · March 3, 2013
Insulin Causes Endothelial Dysfunction in Humans – (02-11-02)
Insulin Causes Endothelial Dysfunction in Humans Mark this one down…this is another article in the developing saga of the relationship between hyperinsulinemia and hypertension. Many doctors focus on salt reduction in…
Osteoarthritis · March 3, 2013
Hyaluronate Sodium Injections for Osteoarthritis – (02-18-02)
Hyaluronate Sodium Injections for Osteoarthritis This is a nice review on this subject. Unfortunately, the results do not appear to be quite favorable. I have seen mixed results in patients that have had this procedure…
Diabetes (Type 2) · March 3, 2013
Glitazone Therapy Linked to Rapid Weight Gain – (03-07-02)
Glitazone Therapy Linked to Rapid Weight Gain The pharmaceutical options for diabetes are becoming more and more grim. Side effects and diminishing effectiveness are all concerns. Sulphonylureas have been found to…
Dental Health · March 3, 2013
Encourage patients to regularly chew natural xylitol gum – (02-04-02)
Xylitol Only During URT Infections Failed to Prevent Acute Otitis Media It funny how the medical research seems to momentarily swirl around a topic from time to time. This is probably the third article I’ve seen on…
Mediterranean Diet · March 3, 2013
Effects of Diet and Simvastatin on Lipids, Insulin, and Antioxidants – (02-11-02)
Effects of Diet and Simvastatin on Lipids, Insulin, and Antioxidants This studied evaluated the potentiating ability of a Mediterranean-type diet to a standard pharmaceutical regimine. The dietary changes in this study…
Vitamin C · March 3, 2013
Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency Anemia by Transferrin Receptor – (02-27-02)
Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency Anemia by Transferrin Receptor–Ferritin Diagnosis of iron deficiency has always been a little less than perfect. Too many times I have seen patient’s lab results for serum iron come back…
Tissue Necrosis Factor (TNF) · March 3, 2013
Demyelination occurring during anti-TNF alpha therapy – (02-18-02)
Demyelination occurring during anti-TNF alpha therapy With the increasing use of TNF-alpha blockade I am sure we are going to see an increase in the side effects; some of which may be unforeseen and dangerous. When you…
Chiropractic Care · March 3, 2013
Comparing physiotherapy and cortisone injections – (03-07-02)
Steroid injections, physiotherapy, or a wait-&-see policy for lateral epicondylitis This article really strikes home because I see alot of elbow and carpal tunnel cases. In general, these conditions are very easy to…
Insulin · March 3, 2013
Caffeine Can Decrease Insulin Sensitivity in Humans – (02-27-02)
Caffeine Can Decrease Insulin Sensitivity in Humans This is a biggie!! Coffee is unquestionably abused heavily here in the US. Although most practitioners have hopefully never views this as a anything but an unhealthy…
Diet Choices for Your Best Health · March 3, 2013
Benefits of garlic – (02-04-02)
Garlic Reduces Plasma and Urine Markers of Free Radical Damage This is an interesting approach to another benefit of garlic. Of interesting note, it took 2 weeks for markers to drop down to pre-treatment levels after 2…
Drug Research · March 3, 2013
Antidepressant drug trials exclude most “real” patients – (03-07-02)
Antidepressant drug trials exclude most “real” patients This is an interesting article that dissects clinical trials for antidepressants. The authors find that most clinical trials do not match real life patients, and…
Inflammatory Bowel Disease · March 3, 2013
Antibiotics increase functional abdominal symptoms – (03-07-02)
Antibiotics increase functional abdominal symptoms Much evidence, both experimental and anecdotal, point to alterations in the physiology of the GI tract as causative factors in IBS. Impaired digestion, poor diet and…
Gut Health 101 · March 3, 2013
Antibiotics for Common Respiratory Tract Infections in Adults – (02-18-02)
Antibiotics for Common Respiratory Tract Infections in Adults This is a review of the literature that once again shows that antibiotics really are not very effective for many conditions they are currently being used…
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