Painkillers? Prozac? Brazilian Blowout? Hotline Counsels Pregnant Women On Risks
By Carey Goldberg
Reprinted from Common Health
Joy Shapiro of Framingham, Mass., was the sort of hyper-cautious expectant mother who doesn’t just cut out alcohol and caffeine. She worried about the ingredients in everything she consumed or put on her body, from fitness drinks to sunscreen.
But thanks to a referral from her obstetrician, she had a secret weapon against her anxiety: Patricia Cole, the program coordinator for MotherToBaby Massachusetts — also known as the Pregnancy Exposure Infoline — whom she “bombarded” with queries.
“At one point, I emailed her like 20 ingredients that were in ...
Source: Cord Blood News - March 2, 2015 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies blood disorder brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy affordable cord blood banking bone marrow breast feeding cerebral palsy cord blood banking cost comparison cord blood banking information cord Source Type: blogs
Georgann gets rid of acid blocking medication
Tens of millions of people take prescription and over-the-counter drugs to suppress stomach acid production. Such drugs are the third most commonly prescribed drugs in the nation.
It is very common for people who engage in the Wheat Belly lifestyle to obtain relief from acid reflux/heartburn/esophagitis within several days of kissing their last bagel or bowl of bran cereal goodbye. But what to do with the acid blocking drugs that you may have been taking?
Georgann shares her experience with the Wheat Belly lifestyle and getting off acid reflux drugs.
I am reading the new book, Wheat Belly Total Health, and I had to send yo...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 26, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories acid reflux gluten-free grains H2 blockers heartburn Source Type: blogs
Mina shows off her weight loss but experienced a HEALTH transformation
Just look at Mina’s fabulous 1-year Wheat Belly success.
53 lbs down and counting. “Before” pic is from March, 2014 and “after” pic is Feb, 2015. You can see the weight loss.
What you can’t see is the drastic improvement in my health. My joints don’t ache anymore, no more skin rashes, bloating, or hair loss. I’m 34 years old, have 3 kids, and have never felt better! All thanks to Dr. Davis and his wonderful work.
She makes a crucial point: we show off all the weight loss transformations, but some pretty darned spectacular health transformations typically accompany the lost...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 25, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories acid reflux gluten grains joint pain Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Sydney no longer needs sweat pants
Discussions about such health issues that block weight loss can be found in the Wheat Belly Blog videos, as well as an extended discussion–with solutions–in Wheat Belly Total Health.
The post Sydney no longer needs sweat pants appeared first on Dr. William Davis. (Source: Wheat Belly Blog)
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 25, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories acid reflux fatigue gluten-free grains heartburn Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Rob lost about 1/3 his body weight on the Wheat Belly lifestyle
Rob shared his Wheat Belly lifestyle experience, demonstrating a dramatic transformation in body appearance and composition:
I’m a fervent proponent of the wheat-free lifestyle, which I adopted full time in 2011 (except for an odd pizza or cupcake a few times a year). To date, I’ve lost 104 pounds.
My challenge now is to transition my children from wheat to this healthful and sustainable lifestyle!
Though he doesn’t mention it, you can be sure that Rob also experienced dramatic improvements in multiple aspects of health. Among the more prominent effects that people experience over time, especially a sust...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 24, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories gluten-free grain Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Who needs Viagra?
Yes, erectile dysfunction can reverse with the Wheat Belly lifestyle. But why and how?
Erectile dysfunction, ED, and thereby erections, are fairly complicated phenomena. But the capacity to mount an erection parallels arterial health elsewhere in the body, particularly in the heart, since penile erections are a blood flow regulation phenomenon. In my cardiology practice, for instance, it was virtually the rule to see ED coupled with coronary disease, since coronary disease is essentially an expression of poor arterial function and health, also. If you have coronary disease, you likely have ED; if you have ED, you likely ha...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 21, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle erectile dysfunction fish oil grains omega-3 sex sexual vitamin D Source Type: blogs
The Need For Publicly Funded Trials To Get Unbiased Comparative Effectiveness Data
Comparative effectiveness research was one of the hotly debated components of the Affordable Care Act. The pharmaceutical industry is marketing driven, with pharmaceutical companies spending more on marketing than they do on research and development. The need for a marketing edge can also drive drug development.
As illustrated by the discussion below of Gazyva and Nexium, drugs can be developed at higher doses than the drugs they are intended to replace. When the newer, higher-dose drugs are tested against the older, lower-dose drugs, the trials are intended to show that the newer, higher dose drugs are superior to the old...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - February 20, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Robert Bohrer Tags: All Categories Business of Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Innovation Pharma Policy Research Source Type: blogs
Sunshine Briefing Features Calls for Expansion of Reporting Requirements and An End To Drug Reps and Samples
The National Coalition on Healthcare recently held a discussion on the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. The discussion featured insight from Rodney Whitlock, who currently works for Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) as the Health Director of the Senate Finance Committee. Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman, associate professor at Georgetown and the director of Pharmed-Out, Allan Coukell, the senior director of the Pew Charitable Trust, and Dr. William Jordan, President-Elect of the National Physicians Alliance provided their views on the Sunshine Act and the pharmaceutical industry as well.
Whitlock started things off by noting that Sen...
Source: Policy and Medicine - February 13, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
The Wheat Belly Lifestyle: A reason to buy new shoes
The story of a 41-year old woman, Rebecca, was detailed in an Atlanta Journal Constitution article.
“I attribute most of my weight-loss success during this last year to eliminating grains … not only am I at the lowest weight since the fourth grade, but my blood pressure has been reduced, resulting in the elimination of most medications. My cholesterol numbers have improved. My IBS symptoms are gone. The joint pain in my hips and hands are gone. My seasonal allergies are gone. A mysterious, recurring skin rash is gone. I’ve had to buy a whole new wardrobe, including shoes because my feet also shrunk. I’m way more e...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 10, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories acid reflux gluten grains joint pain rash Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Titania’s 4-month Wheat Belly experience
Titania posted a sequence of photos chronicling her 4 months living the Wheat Belly wheat- and grain-free lifestyle.
“I started Wheat Belly on 9/24/2014. I started at 192 lbs. I’m now at 157 lbs. I have loss 35 lbs to date.
“I still have 17 lbs to reach my goal, but I’m glad that I made this change in my life. I feel so much better. Thank you, Wheat Belly, for making my goal possible.”
Everyone following the Wheat Belly lifestyle understands that we do not count calories, advocate extreme exercise, pushing the plate away, etc. By eliminating wheat and related seeds of grasses, we eliminate g...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 29, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories gluten grains Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Leslie T.
I was at a crossroads in my health situation. At 55 years old, I was still able to perform my daily tasks, including caregiving for a head injured foster son who is large. At night though, I could not sleep due to acid reflux, night sweats, anxiety, joint pain, and just general discomfort. I was cranky and angry because of my insulin resistance. My mood swings had my family in discord.
In 1989, I had a surgery on an artery in my leg. Doctors told me then that I had an autoimmune disease that affected my tissues. This disease would sometimes flare up and cause extreme bruising. I was foggy minded and my nose ran all the ti...
Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - January 28, 2015 Category: Neurologists Authors: gbadmin Tags: Success Fatigue weight loss Source Type: blogs
Denny’s Wheat Belly “before” and “after”
Denny shared his 3-month experience living the Wheat Belly wheat- and grain-free lifestyle.
Denny:
“The picture on top is during my 50th class reunion held last June, 2014. I started following the Wheat Belly way October, 2014. The second picture was taken at my birthday celebration in January this year, approximately 3 months after starting the program.
“As you can see clearly for yourself, my face is no longer as round as a basketball, I’ve lost 20 pounds, my complexion has improved, and my smile says the rest. I no longer suffer from heartburn or reflux, my blood glucose readings have lowered to nea...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 26, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates blood sugar diabetes gluten grain Inflammation success story Weight Loss wheat Source Type: blogs
Ten things to expect after AF ablation
Here is a list of ten things to say about the experience of having an AF ablation.
(Note: This list concerns standard radio frequency catheter ablation for AF.)
1. AF ablation is a big deal:
The first thing to say about AF ablation is that it is a big procedure. I tell patients to expect AF ablation to be hard on them. How could it be easy to undergo hours of general anesthesia, insertion of big tubes in the leg veins, 50-75 burns in the atrium and hours of bed rest? Although a minority sail through the recovery without complaints, most patients tell me they were surprised at how hard it was on them. I recommend taking a ...
Source: Dr John M - December 16, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr John Source Type: blogs
“I ate one cookie and gained 30 lbs”
I’ve discussed this before, but it comes up with such frequency that it’s worth discussing again.
Say you’ve been wheat- and grain-free for the past 3 months. Your son or daughter is celebrating a birthday with a big, beautiful birthday cake and a cheesy pizza. The aromas alone are intoxicating! What’s the harm in having a bite of birthday cake or just a single darned slice of pizza? You tell yourself that you’ll make up for it by being good all weekend, even exercising an extra half an hour.
You experienced Wheat Belly followers all understand that this triggers re-exposure phenomena typica...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 11, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle appetite Gliadin gluten opiates Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Say “NO” to statins
15-month “before” and “after”
2-year “before” and “after”
Along with her obvious physical transformation, Tanya experienced other positive changes in health, including an improvement in her cholesterol panel, with wheat elimination.
I’ll let Tanya tell her story:
“I first heard about you on Dr. Oz. I thought this lifestyle of yours was way to complicated for me to follow, so I didn’t buy your book. Instead, I was at work and my coworkers were talking about your book. One of my coworkers was a severe diabetic, and she was talking to another coworker about ho...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 14, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle cholesterol HDL LDL statin triglycerides Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
