People are what they put into their body. One of the reasons kids in my elementary school picture were all thin is in part due to the absence of high fructose corn syrup in our diet. Fructrose constitutes more than 40% of sweeteners consumption in western countries. High fructose corn syrup consumption increased by more …
Most patients that have been in my office notice a small placard on my credenza that reads “I work hard so that my dog can have a good life” I suspect my daughter gave it to me because she wished I had given her as much day-to-day attention and affection that our dogs received. Dogs …
For many patients, eczema isn’t just an annoyance—it’s a life-altering condition. Children scratching until they bleed, parents exhausted from sleepless nights, adults covering up their skin out of embarrassment. I’ve sat across from families who have “tried everything”: steroid creams, elimination diets, allergy medications, even powerful immune-suppressants. And yet, the eczema persists. These are the …
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Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, yet many people don’t know they are at risk until it’s too late. When it comes to cardiovascular health, prevention and early detection are everything. Traditional cholesterol blood tests give us helpful information, but they don’t always tell the whole story. That’s where …
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“Timken’s Tank” was named after its benefactor, the “Baron of bearings” tycoon Henry H. Timken who bankrolled the $1,000,000 to build it. This unusual sphere was an early hyperbaric hospital. The monstrous steel ball was the pinnacle of over a decade of work by Dr. Orville Cunningham, one of the pioneers of hyperbaric therapy, but …
For more than a century, scientist have noticed that many diseases like autoimmune and cardiovascular conditions follow a latitude gradient. In 1940, Frank Apperly showed that American states and Canadian provinces receiving more solar radiation had, not surprisingly, higher rates of skin cancer mortality but unexpected lower rates of internal cancer mortality overall. He knew …
Approximately 95 million Americans (40%) are taking blood pressure medications and each year the number increases. But are these medications really necessary? Well the Cochrane researchers feel that this class of medication is over prescribed. What is Cochrane and why are they different? Cochrane is a global group of independent physicians, researchers and scientist that …
For 13 years during and after World War II the British government rationed sugar allowing only 8 ounces per week per person. This prolonged rationing provided scientist the perfect opportunity to study how sugar can affect a developing body. Using the medical database U.K. BioBank they were able to compare disease incidence in about 60,000 people …
No pediatric newsletter should be written without discussing the issue of childhood vaccines. By the time a child reaches his/hers teenage years they are required to receive 72 vaccine dose. This is significantly more than when their parents grew up. The topic of vaccination is about as polarizing as American politics. Since most parents have …
Not too long ago I was reviewing lab results with a patient with stage III colon cancer whose oncologist was pushing her to start chemotherapy as soon as possible. As we went through her results I noticed all seven of her inflammatory markers were very high. I explained that we needed to get these markers …