Vitamin K and Osteoporosis — What ’ s the connection?
Before you are prescribed bisphosphonates: Fosamax, Actonel, Boniva, Reclast or Zometa, maybe you should consider the Undoctored strategy.
The grain-free diet, vitamin D, and magnesium protocols in the core Undoctored program provide the bulk of bone health benefits through a variety of mechanisms, including increased intestinal calcium absorption, reduced urinary calcium loss, and reduced levels of the parathyroid hormone that weakens bones.
You should also avoid calcium supplements, as the effects of vitamin D and the increased intestinal calcium absorption that develops after eliminating calcium-binding phytates from gr...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Vitamin K Wheat Belly Lifestyle anti-aging bowel flora Dr. Davis gluten-free grain-free health osteopenia osteoporosis Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
Their Cheating Hearts - Latest Allergan Settlement Is a Reminder of Merger Participants' Sketchy Pasts
A Huge, but Sketchy Merger The announced merger and "tax inversion" of Pfizer and Allergan would be one of the largest corporate marriages in US history. It has drawn more than its share of criticism. For example, per the Los Angeles Times, former US Senator and Secretary of State, and current presidential candidate Hilary Clinton said "this proposed merger, and so-called inversions by other companies, will leave U.S. taxpayers holding the bag." By creating the world's largest drug company, it could certainly further consolidate the US and global pharmaceutical market and raise already high drug prices. W...
Source: Health Care Renewal - November 24, 2015 Category: Health Management Tags: Allergan crime deception fraud impunity kickbacks legal settlements obstruction of justice Pfizer RICO Source Type: blogs
Massachusetts Physician Arrested and Indicted for Kickbacks from Warner Chilcott
Last week, in addition to the President of Warner Chilcott being arrested and the company pleading guilty to Medicare fraud, in a related case a Springfield, MA gynecologist was arrested in connection with allegedly accepting free meals and speaker fees from a pharmaceutical company in return for prescribing its osteoporosis drugs, allowing pharmaceutical sales representatives to access patient records, and lying to federal investigators.
Rita Luthra, M.D., of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, was indicted on one count of violating the Anti-Kickback Statute, one count of wrongful disclosure of individuall...
Source: Policy and Medicine - November 3, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Policy and Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
Retrospective on the Blumsohn - Procter and Gamble -Sheffield University Affair: the Unhappy Lives of Whistleblowers and the Anechoic Effect
Discussion of Whether the Former Procter and Gamble Executive on Whose Watch the Affair Occurred Should be US Veterans Affairs Secretary As we discussed here, a top executive at Procter and Gamble whose remit at the time the affair occurred seemed to include Actonel and research related to it was nominated to run the US Department of Veterans Affairs, and hence the whole VA health system. Only two blogs, including this one, raised the issue of the Blumsohn - Actonel - Procter and Gamble - Sheffield University affair as relevant. There was no other public discussion of this connection. The former Procter a...
Source: Health Care Renewal - August 8, 2014 Category: Health Management Tags: Actonel anechoic effect Blumsohn conflicts of interest free speech manipulating clinical research Procter and Gamble University of Sheffield Veterans Affairs whistle-blowers Source Type: blogs
What Does the Blumsohn - Procter and Gamble -Sheffield University Affair Say About the Fitness of the Latest VA Secretary Candidate?
Introduction - New Leadership for the US Department of Veterans Affairs After reports of problems with access, manipulation of data about waiting times, and most recently "a corrosive culture," the US Department of Veterans Affairs, the country's large government run health system, has had a massive leadership overhaul. President Obama's nominee to head the agency is now Robert A McDonald, for CEO of Procter and Gamble. The choice of a former CEO or a large corporation was called "unorthodox" by the Boston Globe, but many saw merit in a business leader running the VA. As reported by the Globe, House Speake...
Source: Health Care Renewal - July 2, 2014 Category: Health Management Tags: Actonel ghost writing leadership manipulating clinical research Procter and Gamble revolving doors suppression of medical research Veterans Affairs whistle-blowers Source Type: blogs
Top stories in health and medicine, November 11, 2013
From MedPage Today:
Food Options Near Schools May Up Obesity Risk. The number and kinds of food outlets near schools may be associated with higher rates of obesity among public school students.
VTEs Rise in Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy. The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) almost doubled over an 8.5-month period among cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Adding Actonel Ups Bone Density in Epilepsy. Adding risedronate (Actonel) to vitamin D and calcium supplements in patients taking anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) increased bone mineral density (BMD), both from baseline and relative to a control group.
FDA Puts Tran...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 11, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Tags: News Endocrinology Heart Obesity Source Type: blogs
