The Geroscience Perspective
The authors of this article express a representative version of the geroscience perspective on aging research and its application in medicine. It is similar to that of the Longevity Dividend initiative of the past decade, which is to say that if a large amount of time and funding is invested, perhaps calorie restriction mimetic and similar marginally effective drugs can be brought to the clinic in order to modestly slow the progression of aging and add a few years of healthy life expectancy sometime prior to 2030. I believe I'm not the only one to be entirely underwhelmed by this strategy. This is not the future of aging r...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 25, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
A Healthy 50-something with new dyspnea on exertion and an interesting ECG
This study was on asymptomatic patients.There are other longitudinal studies which did NOT show increased long term risk. (Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog)
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - July 25, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Can you use beta blockers in patients with asthma?
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - July 16, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: pharmacology pulmonary Source Type: blogs
Undoctored: DIY Healthcare Success Stories
I am looking for personal stories that describe how you experienced a health problem, then–on your own, without the doctor–tracked a health measure such as blood sugar, blood pressure, sleep phases, etc.–then overcame/corrected this health problem yourself.
I would like to share your story (if chosen) on a national stage to help demonstrate that, if given access to information, online collaboration, and new health tools that allow us to track various measures, an individual can exert enormous personal control over health.
Some examples to illustrate:
Your doctor diagnosed you with type 2 diabetes due to ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 14, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle diy health diy healthcare Dr. Davis Source Type: blogs
Product Review: New Bluetooth-Enabled Blood Pressure Monitors
Knowing how to apply some of the new health tools coming our way can help you stay healthy the Undoctored way.
For blood pressure, new Bluetooth-enabled, self-inflating devices that communicate with your Smartphone are available. Here, I review and road test the Withings BP monitor and the Qardio Arm device.
About Undoctored:
We are entering a new age in which the individual has astounding power over health–but don’t count on the doctor or healthcare system to tell you this.
We draw from the health information of the world, collaborate, share experiences, collect data, and show how to apply new health tools ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 28, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle beta blocker blood pressure bluetooth diuretic diy health diy healthcare Dr. Davis hypertension qardio smartphone wellness withings Source Type: blogs
Fainting: Frightening, but seldom serious
One minute you’re feeling a bit woozy; the next thing you know, you’re flat on your back wondering what happened. No matter what you call it — swooning, passing out, or fainting —the experience is surprisingly common. About a third of people say they’ve fainted at least once.
Although often harmless, fainting can cause injuries and sometimes signals a problem with the heart or circulatory system.
“Witnessing a faint can be scary, because it can look like the person has died,” says Harvard professor Dr. Lewis A. Lipsitz, director of the Division of Gerontology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the In...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julie Corliss Tags: First Aid Heart Health Injuries Safety Source Type: blogs
DIY Blood Pressure: Part 2
We don’t treat high blood pressure–we remove/correct the factors that allow high blood pressure to develop in the first place, a big difference. And the way we approach blood pressure does not involve risk for diabetes, osteoporosis, weight gain, and sudden cardiac death, as conventional blood pressure treatments do.
My new Undoctored book takes you down the exciting and empowering path of DIY Healthcare–taking back individual control over health. It’s safe, effective, costs very little, and is actually a lot of fun. And the level of health you achieve by doing it on your own is not nearly as good...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 7, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle ACE ARB beta blocker blood pressure diuretics diy health diy healthcare hypertension thiazide Source Type: blogs
DIY Blood Pressure: Part 1
Here’s another Undoctored discussion that can take your Wheat Belly experience even further.
DIY Blood Pressure: When you achieve normal blood pressure by natural means, you are SAFER than reducing BP with drugs. This is because the drugs for high blood pressure are filled with side-effects, while natural methods restore HEALTH.
Here’s how to get started on DIY Blood Pressure the Undoctored way.
Undoctored: Why Health Care Has Failed You and How You Can Become Smarter Than Your Doctor
Available in all major bookstores and Amazon.
We draw from the health information of the world, collaborate, share experien...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 5, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle antihypertensive beta blocker bowel flora cuff diuretic diy health dysbiosis fish oil hypetension hypothyroid iodine magnesium microbiome monitor omega-3 vitamin D Source Type: blogs
AF with slow ventricular rate
Atrial fibrillation (AF) with slow ventricular rate
Fine fibrillary waves are seen throughout the baseline, indicating fine atrial fibrillation. When the fibrillary waves are more than 1 mm in amplitude, they can be considered as coarse atrial fibrillation. Coarse atrial fibrillation usually indicates larger re-entrant circuits and hence larger atria. Coarse atrial fibrillation is classically seen in mitral stenosis with large left atrium.
In this case with fine atrial fibrillary waves, the ventricular rate is not high as in usual atrial fibrillation, in which ventricular rates are over 120/minute. The QRS complexes are na...
Source: Cardiophile MD - May 22, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: Cardiology ECG / Electrophysiology ECG Library AF AF with slow VR atrial fibrillation Fine fibrillary waves sick sinus syndrome Source Type: blogs
DIY Healthcare
Through my new book, Undoctored: Why Health Care Has Failed You and How You Can Become Smarter Than Your Doctor, I am launching a movement I call “DIY Healthcare”–health you regain on your own using natural and inexpensive efforts. And you do so WITHOUT the doctor, without the hospital, without the predatory, profit-seeking tactics of the healthcare industry.
Doctors will warn you that DIY Healthcare is dangerous. But, as you get acquainted with this concept and the details provided in the Undoctored book, you will come to realize that not only is DIY Healthcare not dangerous, but you can achieve a level...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 15, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored doctors drugs health healthcare natural procedures Source Type: blogs
Beta-blockers, Statins, AF, and the Nocebo Effect
Our brains can easily fool us.
No experienced doctor would deny the power of the placebo effect.
Today I want to discuss the nocebo effect, which occurs when negative expectations of something causes it to have a more negative effect than it otherwise would.
Drugs can exert a strong nocebo effect. If your brain thinks you will have a side effect, you may actually get that effect.
Nocebo brain trickery is relevant to statins. That’s why I used this wording in my last post: (Note the italics)
The actual frequency of muscle symptoms is hotly debated. Randomized controlled trials (in which patients don’t know whether t...
Source: Dr John M - May 2, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr John Source Type: blogs
An Interview with Alex Zhavoronkov
The Life Extension Advocacy Foundation volunteers here interview Alex Zhavoronkov of Insilico Medicine. This company is focused on analysis of aging and discovery of drugs that might modestly slow aging rather than interventions after the SENS rejuvenation research model. If continuing along much the same road in the future, I predict that that the most important contribution to the field arising from this work will likely be a range of novel biomarkers to help determine the effectiveness of therapies that aim to treat aging. I have never been all that enthused by efforts to produce or repurpose drugs that tinker with the ...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 19, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Keeping Anxiety at Bay: My Arsenal of Recovery
Looking back on my childhood, there was never really a time I wasn’t unsure of myself. I never thought I was cute enough, smart enough, funny enough or fun enough. In fact, I doubted that any of my playmates actually liked me.
On my birthday, I wondered whether my friends would actually show up to my party. And if they did, was it because my parents paid them to come? If so, how much? How much was I worth?
Decades later, I realize this was one of the first indications that I suffered from anxiety. Through countless hours of therapy, research and reflection, I have come to understand the many manifestations of anxiety an...
Source: World of Psychology - April 5, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elizabeth Penney Tags: Anxiety and Panic Medications Personal Psychotherapy Self-Esteem Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Hypertension overwhelm Panic Attack Paranoia Psychology self-worth Suffering Worry Source Type: blogs
Going with our gut, not guidelines
His voice was gruff and his expression surly.
“I don’t want any more medications.”
His face was indented by deep clefts, remnants of eight decades of life hard lived. His tone was commanding and certain. I knew that he was fond of me, but I could feel his patience slipping. He neither asked about nor accepted his diagnosis of heart failure. I could tell him till I was blue (or he was for that matter) in the face that his low ejection fraction portended a poor prognosis, and national guidelines suggested both a beta blocker and defibrillator placement.
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 27, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/jordan-grumet" rel="tag" > Jordan Grumet, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Primary care Source Type: blogs
An unstable wide complex tachycardia resistant to electrical cardioversion
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Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - February 22, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
