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Leyla Weighs In: High arachidonic acid? Blame corn
Arachidonic acid is a pro-inflammatory fatty acid responsible for the production of series 2 prostaglandins, a hallmark of inflammation associated with conditions such as asthma and arthritis, to name a couple. However, arachidonic acid is not altogether a…read more
Categories:Arthritis Asthma General Nutrition Inflammation
Inflammation linked with type 2 diabetes: Yale
How does insulin inhibit glucose production? A Yale-led research team has identified the molecular mechanism by which insulin normally inhibits production of glucose by the liver and why this process stops working in patients with type 2 diabetes,…read more
Categories:Diabetes Inflammation
What’s your Health IQ? Round two!
In a previous article, I lamented Americans’ lack of health literacy and provided a quiz to seehow my readers fared. Now, I’d like to challenge you again. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, U.S. adults…read more
Categories:General Medicine
Is spraying for Zika a health risk?
War has been declared against Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, carriers of the dreaded Zika virus. With some pretty solid evidence linking Zika to microcephaly, as well as Guillian-Barre syndrome, governments in affected countries are going all out as they…read more
Categories:Autism Environmental Health General Nutrition Infections
Is gluten intolerance bullsh*t?
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 – 1860) To this we might add, in this era of…read more
Categories:Gluten Sensitivity
Self-reported Penicillin allergy or chronic hives?
Which comes first: Self-reported penicillin allergy or chronic hives? New study has shown a strong association between the two conditions. People who have self-reported penicillin allergy may have a three times greater chance of suffering from chronic hives….read more
Categories:Allergy
Book Review: The Allergy Solution by Leo Galland, M.D. and Jonathan Galland, J.D.
Dr. Leo Galland is one of my most admired colleagues, to whom I owe a great debt of gratitude for providing me with the intellectual foundation for my practice of integrative medicine. This week, I had the opportunity…read more
Click bait health reporting: I’m calling BS on these 5 health stories
“If you’re rational, you don’t get to believe whatever you want to believe.” ― Michael Huemer News stories on diet and health are so misleading these days. In an effort to gin up circulation, health writers are constantly…read more
Categories:Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Problems Alzheimer’s Cancer Heart Health Mental and Emotional Health Nutrition Controversies
Leyla Weighs In: Turning intention into action
When it comes to good health practices, we all have the best intentions, right? We try to avoid making excuses to skip exercise, think twice before reaching for that second helping of dinner—or second glass of wine, and try…read more
Categories:Environmental Health Exercise General Nutrition Sleep
Health and Wellness for Busy Women
Natalya Fazylova is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and an Associate Professor at the City University of New York. In her postgraduate education Dr. Fazylova became a certified Chinese Herbologist through the New York Institute of Herbal Medicine…read more
Categories:Women’s Health
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
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Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
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New, more powerful weight loss drugs: Drugs like Wegovy, Rybelsus, Ozempic and Mounjaro/Zepbound are revolutionizing…
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According to the Lancet, autoimmune disease affects one in ten people globally and it’s now…
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This past week we were regaled with headlines like: High levels of niacin may increase…
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