Reducing Heart Attacks: Evidence that Nutrition and Lifestyle are Key
We often hear that eating a healthy diet and participating in healthy lifestyle activities lower the risk of heart disease. A recent study again proved this, but what was surprising was the extent to which these changes affect the incidence: an 80% reduction! So what exactly are these “heart healthy” lifestyle choices? Cardiologists in Sweden recently studied…
Postpartum Mental Health: Raising Awareness
It’s supposed to be this amazing time in your life – you’re a MOM!. A new baby! Maybe it was one that was planned, maybe not. Maybe it’s something you’ve worked very hard for – fertility treatment, acupuncture, herbs, charting, temperature taking, sex on demand and the list goes on. Or maybe this pregnancy was…
Egg-free Flu Vaccine, Iron and Autism, and Concern About Suicide
Flublok — The Egg-Free Flu Vaccine for 2014/2015 Flu season An egg-free flu vaccine Flublok is now available for the 2014/2015 flu season to immunize against subtypes A and B Influenza virus, just like the traditional flu vaccine. Flublok can be used in adults 18-49 years old who are allergic to eggs. According to Dr….
Are We What We Eat?
Every morning I enjoy a cup of dark roast coffee with cream and Sweet N’ Low (saccharin). A recent article in the journal Nature, “Artificial Sweeteners Induce Glucose Intolerance by Altering Gut Microbiota” may cause me to change this habit. Saccharin was discovered by a Hopkins chemist Constantin Fahlberg. Its safety was long questioned due…
Lady Docs In the News – Dr. Rebecca Katz and Dr. Bhavana Mistry
In the past week, Dr Rebecca Katz was interviewed on NPR about the Ebola outbreak and Dr. Bhavana Mistry on WTOP about cavities due to sugar intake, especially from fruit juices and power drinks. Here are a few excerpts from the articles on Marketplace and wtop.com, respectively: Dr Rebecca Katz with David Gura on Marketplace…
More September Nutrition News: Fish Eating and Alzheimer’s Disease; Potassium Rich Foods and the Reduced Risk of Stroke…
*Fish Eating and the Reduced Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease:* **Over the past several years, the medical and general news has been filled with warnings about the increasing incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease and attempts to treat, or better yet, prevent this condition. Many predict that before too long, there will be up to 80 million Americans…
Don’t Believe Everything You Read!
Recently after bootcamp some of us were discussing the speed with which conflicting data is presented to us and to our patients — lo carb diet is better than lo fat – or vice versa. Vitamin A is an anti-oxidant so it must reduce health risks – no, it increases cancer. Estrogen is good for…
A Physician’s Personal Weight Management Journey
I was an overweight adolescent and young adult. By age 10 I was dieting and I continue to have to focus on managing my weight to this day, over 40 years later. I’m only 5’2” tall and never had a growth spurt, so while others were eating to their heart’s content and growing, I was…
September Health News: The Costs of Hot Flashes, Birth Control Pills and Acne Treatment, WHO and E-Cigarettes…
1. Untreated Hot Flashes Could Cost the Economy Hundreds of Millions of Dollars. The Wall Street Journal, in the August 27 issue, reported a new study in the Menopause journal showing how untreated hot flashes can cost the economy a lot of money! Dr. Philip Sarrel, one of the study’s authors and professor emeritus in the Department of…
Futuristic Diabetes Technology in the News
‘Bionic Pancreas’, ‘Google Contact Lens’, and ‘Inhaled Insulin’ are just some of the futuristic-sounding diabetes technology that has filled the news recently. Below is information about them: Bionic Pancreas This is truly exciting. Not only in an I’m-An-Endocrinologist exciting way, but for everyone who has diabetes or who knows someone with diabetes. Almost everyone reading…