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Mummies & Eskimos with Heart Disease: it isn’t Modern Diets that are the...
The recent study that came out showing that ancient people had heart disease, including a group of Alaska Natives whose mummified remains revealed that the perfect paleolithic diet did not protect from...
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Bacteria, Heart Disease, and Red Meat and eggs?????
Bad News for Red Meat: Well, read the fine print There are more bacteria in your colon than people on planet earth. Without bacteria people couldn’t survive or thrive. Bacteria are responsible for us...
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Governor Christie Gets the Lap-Band: Our Concerns
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gets a LapBand The governor of New Jersey had a Lap-Band installed in February and has already lost 40 pounds- which is a little over 10 pounds a month. He had the...
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GMO: Part 2 – The Promise, the Fear, Labeling, Frankenfoods
The Fear and Wonder of a Chimera In ancient times people were told about hybrid animals: the horse that was half human- the torso and head of a man with the body of a horse, the man that had the head...
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Angelina Jolie’s Decision: Do I Need to be Tested?
As a medical student on the ward you never knew what was coming. We had a sheet saying this young 36 year old woman was being admitted by one of the cancer doctors with a diagnosis of ”wild pupils.”...
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Where it Began: The Dinner that Changed my Life
Your Doctors Orders began in Tampa, Florida on WFLA as a regular segment in Daytime TV. The creator and executive producer, April, had been told by one of Oprah’s producers that Daytime was good, but...
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Gordon Ramsay Steak: Las Vegas
Gordon Ramsay Steak, Las Vegas. Quality, Consistency, Delicious Gordon Ramsay Steak was everything you would want from a restaurant: amazing service, delicious food, and an atmosphere that is upbeat....
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Pigs and GMO
Pigs that eat genetically modified foods have less inflammation than pigs that eat normal- the opposite of what the news reported Pigs and GMO So you read the headlines, or the news article and you see...
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Sleep Monitoring at Home
We are not getting enough sleep and it is hurting us The evidence is clear: the less sleep you get the more likely you will develop heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and an obsession with fine coffees...
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Seven Reasons Obesity is a Disease
The American Medical Association (AMA) – has officially recognized obesity as a disease, joining the scientists of the NIH, a move that could encourage physicians to pay more attention to the...
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Medical Marijuana
The recent apology by CNN’s Sanjay Gupta as he changed his mind about medical marijuana is good, but hardly groundbreaking among the medical profession. Over 75% of physicians believe marijuana should...
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Outrages of the Week in Food and Medicine
Ok, someone explain the logic behind this to me. The egg isn’t in a cage, so it is allowed to be free- to roam around and enjoy the fresh air? And for this, we pay more because the egg, which is...
View ArticleApollo EndoSurgery buys Lap-Band- and stumbles
The good news is that Apollo Endosurgery purchased the Lap-Band system from Allergan. This was a move that many surgeons wanted – a company that was innovative and interested in moving forward with the...
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New Health Insurance: What to Look for in a Hospital
The Alaska Native Medical Center – if I lived in Anchorage this is where I would get all of my health care This is the time of year when people get to choose a new health insurance plan. It happens...
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GMO: Part 2 – The Promise, the Fear, Labeling, Frankenfoods
The Fear and Wonder of a Chimera In ancient times people were told about hybrid animals: the horse that was half human- the torso and head of a man with the body of a horse, the man that had the head...
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Tree Pollens in Phoenix
Ash are one of several tree pollens in Phoenix this month, the others being Juniper and mullberry People use to move to Phoenix because allergies were bad in the cities that had lots of trees, along...
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Obamacare hits 7.1 million: Good News and Bad News
The basic premise is that the more people who have health insurance the better. There are a lot of reasons for this, but to note a few: (a) Reduces personal bankruptcy: Even during the worst recession...
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Epidurals Steroids For Back Pain: Not Proven New FDA Warning
Another Therapy Widely Used But Never Proven Every year hundreds of thousands of people undergo steroid injections into their epidural space to relieve the pain from back and neck. The injections cost...
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Lap-Band Low BMI Study Shows Success
Jineane Ford had her band placed in 2006 and has maintained her weight loss since that time. She was one of the first low-BMI patients (or those who have not yet become morbidly obese). The Lap-Band...
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Toxoplasmosis – Your Cat Could Fork U
The cat may be cute- but the litter may be deadlyYour Cat Litter Box may be a deadly source of infection that can affect pregnant women, the fetus, and immunocompromised individuals. This parasite, is...
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