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Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
A study of professional baseball players showed that anabolic steroids are now commonplace. The reasons and ethics of using these drugs is discussed. There is a price to pay for the effects on health. Steroid usage is rampant among non-athletes as well for cosmetic reasons. Acne, testicular atrophy, and breast enlargement are side effects.
Who Should Fund Medical Research?
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
The December 12, 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association published an article by two Johns Hopkins Medical Center staff stating that there is a crisis because medical research is becoming too expensive, big pharma will need to cut back on funding this research, and they anticipate cuts in federal research funding this next year.
While...
Patient-Centered Care Shortens Hospital Stay
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Healthcare that is person-centered not only makes care more efficient but makes for more satisfied patients who are discharged 30% sooner. This kind of care provides a partnership between the patient and the health care practitioner wherein patients participate in making decisions about what treatments they want.
We should be treating people...
Orthomolecular Medicine with Richard Kunin, MD
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Nutrient and toxic levels should be measured to maintain health.
Medicine has forgotten about Hippocrates and his views on food as medicine.
This style of medicine...
Omega 3 Fatty Acids Lower Inflammation and Anxiety
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Increasing omega 3 intake my lower both anxiety symptoms and proinflammatory cytokines. Medical students receiving omega 3 supplements for 3 months showed a 20% reduction in anxiety and 14% reduction in interleukin 6, a proinflammatory cytokine. An omega 3 deficiency is associated with increased anxiety, which is very common in the US.
Other benefits of omega...
Omega 3 Fats Protect Against Nerve Damage
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Research from the University of London published in the Journal of Neuroscience showed that omega-3 fatty acids can protect nerves from injury and help them regenerate. Researchers found that mice recovered from sciatic nerve injury more quickly and more fully and that muscles were less likely to waste if they had high levels of omega 3 fatty acids.
Unfortunately,...
Occupy Wall Street: Effects on Health Care
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Occupy Wall Street is now a global movement to stop the greed of corporate America that is oppressing 99% of the middle class and poor. The effects of this greed on health care are reviewed as Dr. Len points out that even though there are 30 million more Americans who'll quality for Medicaid, that the quality and extent of services are being soundly compromised....
Occupy Wall Street Requires Both Revolution and Evolution
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Occupy Wall Street is growing and global. The poor and middle classes are beyond outrage and are creating a revolution. The major issues are how do we take back democracy and how do we share the wealth of the land. The 1% is not happy with what they have and it is not enough that we no longer have a voice, that unemployment is devastatingly serious, that we have...
Obesity and Cognitive Function in Teens
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
A study by NYU Med School researchers and published in the August 2012 issue of Pediatrics showed that the metabolic syndrome in adolescents is associated with cognitive and brain impairments. These students had lower scores in math, reading, spelling, attention span, and mental flexibility. The impairments were generally more severe than in adults...
Obama Pulls Plug on Long Term Home Health Care
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
The obama administration pulled the plug on long term home health care, which was part of the Affordable Health Care Act. The program was deemed to be unaffordable because it would increase health care costs.
The Affordable Health Care Act is slowly disintegrating and the Republicans and corporate America are loving it. It is hard to believe that before the...
Obama Backtracks on Smog Prevention
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Despite Obama's promise to clean up our air, he has backtracked on legislation supporting lowering the levels of smog in our air. He has bowed to power plants and factories such as Dow Chemical by stating that it would cost thousands of jobs and $90 billion dollars in the bottom line for these polluting corporations. The cost is our health. There will be...
Nutritional Medicine With Richard Kunin
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Nutritional medicine is a fundamental cornerstone of maintaining good health. Yet it is understudied in mainstream medicine. Much of the work in modern orthomolecular medicine began in psychiatry as orthomolecular psychiatry. Dr. Kunin gives the example of most schizophrenics who have damage to the niacin receptors in their brain, which can be repaired...
Nutritional Medicine with Geoffrey Marx
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Nutritional medicine is an important fundamental of good health. What we eat determines our health now and how we age. It can be the basis for healing. Without taking in the raw materials we need, we simply cannot make certain cellular products and we'll malfunction. Biochemical individuality is discussed.
Nutrition for Allergies
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Using conventional drugs for allergies is not the safest approach. There are a wide range of nutrients and herbs that work very well and are safe.
Nutrition and Cancer with Donald Abrams, MD
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
About 40% of all cancers is caused by bad diets. Plant-based, organic foods are the cornerstone of a healthy diet. Cruciferous veggies, heavily pigmented fruits, berries, certain spices such as turmeric are important.
Nurse Burnout and Patient Welfare
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
In a global study of 100,000 nurses it was found that nurse burnout is widespread. How well nurses fare in their work is a barometer of how well patients are faring. Many RNs lacked confidence that patients could manage their care after discharge. Too many patients and nurse-physician relationships were major issues. What is needed is a reasonable...
Not Knowing is a Healthy Start with Scout Bartlett
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
After we have completed our training, we have the idea we are supposed to know everything about it or we have failed. It is no different in medicine. It is healthy to realize that it is okay to say when we don't know.
Nitrates, Good or Bad?
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Nitrates are chemicals are found in our food. Usually we think of them as being dangerous and not healthy because they turn to Nitrosamines which are carcinogenic. Usually this occurs when food is cooked at higher temperatures, or when it is barbequed. Many meat products contain nitrates as a preservative. Meats such as bacon, hot dogs, sausages,...
Neural Therapy with Robert Rowen, MD
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Pinpointing of health problems and quick resolution of symptoms is characteristic of this technology. It allows balancing of the autonomic nervous system. Many remarkable examples of this treatment are described.
Naturopathy Reduces Cardiovascular Risk Factors
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
According to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal in April of 2013, naturopathic care enhanced conventional care from MDs by showing a 17% reduction in prevalence of the metabolic syndrome over a one year period.
Primary healthcare supposedly provides in-depth lifestyle counselling, however, why then does ND care lower...
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