Are you interested in direct patient – centered advocacy? Are you frustrated with the difficulty of advocating fully for your patients the way you really would like? Ready to shift your priority from the system to the patient and family? Looking to move on to another rewarding challenge in your rich clinical career? Looking for [...]
A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) team finds that a water soluble extract of cinnamon, rich in antioxidant compounds, could help reduce risk factors associated with diabetes and heart disease. Richard A. Anderson and colleagues enrolled 22 obese subjects with impaired blood glucose values (prediabetics), for a 12-week long study. Subjects either received 250 milligrams [...]
Previous studies have linked consumption of red meat to increased risks of cardiovascular disease and cancer. Adam M. Bernstein, from Harvard School of Public Health (Massachusetts, USA), and colleagues studied data collected on 84,136 women, ages30 to 55 years, enrolled in the Nurses’ Health Study. The team examined the medical history and lifestyles of these [...]
Two new studies indicate that the green tea component L-theanine, when combined with caffeine, can improve cognitive performance in human subjects. In one study, researchers gave 27 healthy volunteers 50 mg caffeine with 100 mg L-theanine, caffeine alone or a placebo and noted the effects on cognition and mood while the subjects were on each [...]
By Chris D. Meletis, ND Last month, we introduced a new highly bioavailable form of hyaluronic acid (HA) that provides the most effective delivery system available for this nutrient. This month, we will focus on the many ways that this high molecular weight HA lozenge can contribute to overall health. HA is ubiquitous throughout the [...]
By RONI CARYN RABIN NY Times When Dr. Deborah Rhodes orders a diagnostic test that involves radiation, she consults a chart in her office that lists the amount of radiation exposure from each test. She considers the patient’s total past exposure, and then carefully weighs the risks and benefits of each test and any alternative [...]
On Monday, August 23, the National Institutes of Health held a special telebriefing for the world’s press to announce publication of the long-awaited ‘positive’ article by NIH, FDA and Harvard Medical School researchers reporting evidence of a novel retrovirus in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients’ blood. Following several ‘negative’ articles reporting failure to reproduce the WPI [...]
A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports the following about the value of vitamin B6 and methionine in lung health: A recent study evaluated levels of nutrients including vitamin B6 and folic acid to determine if there was an association with the risk of developing lung cancer. The American Cancer Society [...]
Healthy Fats Improve Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels in Metabolic Syndrome, Study Finds By Denise Mann WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Aug. 18, 2010 — A diet rich in omega-3 fish oil or healthy monounsaturated fats found in oils such as olive and canola may be beneficial for people with metabolic syndrome. [...]
Potential causes of age-related hearing loss, known as presbycusis, were recently studied in the Blue Mountains Hearing Study. In this study, the researchers investigated the role of low levels of folic acid and vitamin B12 and high levels of homocysteine in the development of presbycusis. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) [...]
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