It’s easy to be overwhelmed with medical information in the media.
It is often written with the intent of being big on headlines but short on important details. We present that information in a reliable manner so you can be well-informed. We also summarize medical conference news
We hope all the pearls we will be gathering will help you on your journey to good health and happiness!
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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You’re Never Too Old To Get Your Shots
Some time soon, when the evening air starts to chill, a few leaves start to drift to earth and the smell of wood smoke is in the air you’ll know…
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HPV Vaccine Update and Influenza (Flu) Vaccine in Pregnant Women
HPV vaccine rate of injection not greatly improved. Recently, New York City Council speaker Melissa Mark announced through her Twitter that she has high risk HPV infection but not cervical cancer. …
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That Little Black Dress and the Importance of the 5-10 Percent Goal
Weight loss is often driven by the desire to fit into “that little black dress”, a pair of designer jeans or to look sleek and toned in in your new…
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Oh Deer! A Tick Bite!
Although deer are beautiful animals, they bring to mind deer ticks … and Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness, first described in Lyme, Connecticut. The infection (technically a spirochete,…
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August Health News: PALB2 and Breast Cancer Risk; NSAIDS and Recurrent Breast Cancer Risk; “Gluten-Free” and FDA Regulation
1. *PALB2 Mutations Increase Risk of Breast Cancer.* For years, it has been known that those who carry the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have a much higher risk of breast…
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