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Paint-by-numbers medicine (part one)
Remember when we were kids and they had those “paint-by-numbers” kits for sale at the Five & Dime store? OK, perhaps that dates me! The pitch was “You, too, can be a Great Master! Just follow the easy…read more
Categories:Atherosclerosis General Medicine Heart Disease Heart Health
Leyla Weighs In: A new approach to treating Atrial Fibrillation—lifestyle changes
In the latest issue of Medscape, Dr. John Mandrola writes that his approach to treating patients with atrial fibrillation has changed “completely and fundamentally” (Atrial Fibrillation Care: Put the Catheter (and Rx Pad) Down). He describes this as…read more
Categories:Heart Disease Heart Health
Vitamins can cause cancer—REALLY??
This week, supplement consumers were bombarded with headlines that attacked the very bedrock of their belief in the efficacy of vitamins—undermining their conviction that taking them confers disease protection and longevity. (As if this week’s assault on Dr….read more
Categories:Cancer Supplements
13 tests your doctor is not likely to offer, but you should ask for anyway
The routine physical, an annual ritual, has recently come under fire—deservedly so. The screening chest X-ray, except in smokers or those with respiratory complaints—useless. The ECG—mostly a waste of time, unless there are specific heart-related complaints. Standard blood…read more
Categories:Atherosclerosis Diabetes General Medicine Gluten Sensitivity Heart Disease Heart Health Stroke and TIAs Supplements
Leyla Weighs In: Good vs. poor scientific research (part two: a case study in faulty research design)
Last week, I got into the nuts and bolts of differentiating good scientific research from bad. This week, I’m going to illustrate how we scrutinize a particular research study and its conclusions. Here’s our example: A few months…read more
Categories:General Medicine General Nutrition Heart Health
Ten-point tune-up, step 3: optimizing your adrenal gland
This article originally appeared on Dr. Teitelbaum’s website, Vitality 101. Famous for producing adrenaline—the hormone that triggers the fight-or-flight response—the two adrenal glands sit atop your kidneys. The outer section (the adrenal cortex) produces glucocorticoids (e.g., cortisol—as in…read more
Categories:Endocrinology General Nutrition Supplements
14 things YOU know better than your doctor
Your doctors know a lot. They are among the most highly-trained professionals, often undergoing 8-15 years of intense post-graduate education. They endure rigorous testing and certification, and have to continually keep up with reams of new information as…read more
Categories:Exercise General Medicine General Nutrition Supplements
Leyla Weighs In: Good vs. poor scientific research (part one)
I’m sure you already know that just because some new health information is published or reported does not ensure it is sound or correct. I understand your frustration (not to mention my own) when every other week, there’s…read more
Categories:General Medicine
Sugar risks go beyond weight gain
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. The idea that dietary sugars increase the risk for such things as hypertension and the development of health threatening changes in lipid profiles is not new. But a commonly held…read more
Categories:General Nutrition Hypertension Nutrition and Weight Obesity
Confessions of an EX-vegan
Last week’s op-ed by Dr. Dean Ornish in the New York Times, “The Myth of High-Protein Diets,” reminds me that I, too, was once a vegan; moreover, like Dr. Ornish, I was a vociferous crusader for my “cause.”…read more
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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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We’re doing ourselves in. By every metric, the U.S. is spending far more per capita…
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Q: I’ve eliminated my food allergy foods for a period of six months on the…
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A recent TV ad for a new expensive osteoporosis drug, Evenity®, seeks to create the…
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