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April 21, 2014 Are Chinese Herbs for Real?  Thunder God Vine   Reference:  MedPage,   If someone offered you some “Chinese Herbs” for your sore aches and pains, would you choose them over aspirin, or ibuprofen?  What’s aspirin?  (Hint:  willow bark)  Plants have been the source of many of our most effective botanicals.  So, if someone offered you… Continue reading Thunder God Vine for Rheumatoid Arthritis

April 14, 2014 Too Much Sitting is Linked to Disability  Reference:  J Phys Act Health 2014   How much time do you spend each day sitting?   Ever thought about that?  Ever considered that there might be a limit to what is good for you?   Gives you pause, doesn’t it. Turns out that sitting for too long is… Continue reading Too Much Sitting is Linked to Disability

April 07, 2014 Too Much Protein?   Reference:  Levine Cell Metabolism 2014 Le Coutoure Cell Metabolism 2014  One of the more expedient ways to lose weight is to embark on a low-carb diet.  The so-called Atkins diet that is currently used at Duke to create the most effective method of weight loss in America is very popular.  It effectively… Continue reading Too Much Protein?

March 31, 2014 High Dose Vitamin C Helps Ovarian Cancer  Patients Reference:  Science Daily Feb 2014  High Dose Parenteral Ascorbate…   Ovarian Cancer is one of the nastiest because it presents clinically too late to cure with surgery.  Many women are already in Stage 3 or 4, which means the disease has spread beyond the ovary and is… Continue reading IV Vitamin C Helps Ovarian Cancer

March 24, 2014Having Friends Results in Lower Health Care Costs for AdolescentsReference: Appl Health Econ Health Policy April 2014 What good are friends?  We know in our hearts that our friends are our treasure!  Each of us has a few really good ones, and we ache to keep them close, in touch and a part… Continue reading Having Friends Lowers Health Care Costs for Adolescents

March 17, 2014Alzheimer’s Disease and Altered Blood FatsReference: Nature Medicine March 2014 Imagine!  A blood test that could predict Alzheimer’s disease with 90% accuracy.  That would be a blockbuster.  Right now we have some tests that have some predictability like the spinal tap or specialized MRI scans but they are either expensive or “not so… Continue reading Alzheimer’s Disease has Altered Blood Fats

March 10, 2014 Lousy Sleep is a Pain!   Reference:  Wilkie Arthritis and Rheumatology,   You are just waking up for the first day of daylight savings and you didn’t get a good night’s sleep.  You feel achy and sore.  Could there be more to it than that?  Well, surprisingly enough, yes! Widespread Pain is a specific identity… Continue reading Lousy Sleep is a Pain

March 03, 2014 Foods that Harm Your Brain Reference: Jacka PloS One 2011, Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study,Hordaland Health Study, Ok!  Food is our strongest medicine.  We know that food has a huge impact on our internal metabolism. And the case is clear that many of our illnesses are caused by inflammation, diffusely prevalent… Continue reading Foods That Harm Your Brain

February 24, 2014 Controversial Study on Testosterone Risk Rebutted! After posting the recent study concerning the risks of testosterone therapy, other authors have had the time to review that first research – I enclose a letter to the editor regarding the first study for your full reading pleasure. Dear Editor, To anyone familiar with the… Continue reading Controversial Study on Testosterone Risk Rebutted!

February 04, 2014 Antioxidants Accelerate Lung Cancer In Mice Reference:  Science Translational Medicine  It was a huge disappointment in the 1990s when we found that Vitamin E and A seemed to increase the rate of cancer growth in smokers.  Millions of Americans had been taking those two anti-oxidants, and then stopped!  Why would something so seemingly… Continue reading Antioxidants Accelerate Lung Cancer in Mice