A Sort of Medical Vacation
I can ' t drive for the next three weeks - until November 8. I was concerned about all the doctor appointments I booked for myself after this week ' s surgery follow up when I thought I would be given permission to drive again.Then I got a bright idea. I am going to take a ' medical vacation ' and not go to the doctor until after my next surgical follow up. I mean why not? A mental medical vacation is a great thing to do several times a year. I was talking to a friend who ' s husband had gone through colon cancer. She talked about having a week off as being a sorely wanted break. I want three weeks off. Because I am whiney...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - October 18, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: doctor appointments stress vacation Source Type: blogs
Birth Control is Essential
Listen, birth control was never "free". This is a f.ing lie. Since Obamacare became law, no one with standard employer-based health insurance got their monthly oral contraceptive prescription for free. If you have health insurance, that means you pay a premium every month. You pay money. Actual real live currency. In fact, you don't even get a chance to decide; it just comes directly out of your paycheck before the federal government can tax it. That's employer-sponsored health insurance. It has been that way since WWII.What changed with Obamacare was the creation of the concept of...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - October 8, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Food Fight
Given the void in dietary wisdom due to the ineffectiveness and blunders of “official” dietary advice, there is no shortage of books or diet programs trying to fill that void, many wildly at odds with each other—paleo, Atkins, vegan, vegetarian, high-carb, low-carb, ketogenic, etc.
The U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the USDA’s MyPlate and food pyramid, and organizations such as the American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association, as well as many of the diet programs in the popular press, I believe, fail to acknowledge several fundamental principles that really need to be address...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 7, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle atkins carbs Fat gluten gluten-free grains low-carb low-fat paleo protein undoctored vegan vegetarian Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Excess Visceral Fat Tissue Raises Cancer Risk
One of the many detrimental consequences of carrying excess fat tissue is an increased risk of cancer. Visceral fat generates chronic inflammation in addition to other forms of metabolic disruption, and that inflammation speeds the development and progression of all of the common age-related conditions, cancer included. The epidemiological research noted here is one way of looking at the numbers behind this relationship. When considering the number of people who are harming their health by being overweight, it is interesting to note the fact that progress in medical technology is still keeping pace to reduce mortality in l...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 6, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
I ’ m 35 Years Old And I ’ m Realizing My Life May Be About to End. And I ’ m Panicking, Just a Little.
By SCOTT RIDDLE
It’s been a while since I put a piece of writing in the public domain, but suddenly I have a lot to get off my chest, well my colon actually.
Just three weeks ago life was good. Correction. It was awesome. The newest edition to our family had arrived on Christmas Eve, joining his two sisters aged 5 and 3. A month later we were on a plane home to Sydney, having spent four great years working for Google in California. My beautiful wife had been working at a startup on NASA’s Moffett campus and was worried about finding something equally interesting in Australia, but she managed to land a very similar gig...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Cancer Colon Cancer Scott Riddle Source Type: blogs
The Science and Technology of Liquid Biopsies Improving Rapidly
I have blogged about liquid biopsies over the course of seven years (see, for example:Does the New Term"Liquid Biopsy" Make Any Sense?;Rapid Adoption of the Term"Liquid Biopsy" on the Web;"Liquid Biopsy" Used to Refer to Detection of Any Serum Cancer DNA). The procedure has the potential to revolutionize both the diagnosis and monitoring of malignant lessons. A recent article discussed the technology in detail (see:Going With the Flow: The Promise and Challenge of Liquid Biopsies). I offer below only a short excerpt from the article. Be sure to read the whole thing if you are interested....
Source: Lab Soft News - September 23, 2017 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Clinical Lab Industry News Clinical Lab Testing Food and Drug Administration Lab Industry Trends Lab Processes and Procedures Medical Research Surgical Pathology Source Type: blogs
It ’s not gonna’ kill you to take hormone replacement
It’s not going to kill you to take hormone replacement therapy.
That’s the take home message from the latest analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative, the largest and longest randomized trial of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in menopausal women.
After almost 18 years of follow up in the WHI, there was no increase in overall mortality, including death rates from cancer, in women taking HRT for up to 5.6 years (estrogen plus progestin) or 7.2 years (estrogen alone). There was a non-significant reduction in mortality among those who started HRT between ages 50 and 59, the group most likely to be presc...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - September 22, 2017 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Hormone Replacement Menopause WHI breast cancer estrogen HRT Prempro Source Type: blogs
This Is Not The Paleo Diet
With all the talk about reverting back to the dietary roots of our species, some may ask: Isn’t this the same as the paleo diet, the popular interpretation of diet prior to agriculture?
The Wheat Belly and Undoctored lifestyle and the popular notion of a Paleolithic diet overlap substantially, but there are differences. So let’s discuss the points of difference.
First of all, I am not bashing the ideas promoted by followers of the paleo concepts. The ideas they follow are much better than conventional notions of healthy eating, and wonderful results can indeed be achieved on a paleo diet. Many authors from the paleo co...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 20, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Paleo Diet Undoctored Wheat Belly blood sugar diabetes diy health Dr. Davis grain-free grains low-carb prebiotic resistant starch Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
The Prebiotic Fiber Test
If you have excessive gas, bloating, abdominal discomfort, or diarrhea within the first hour of initiating prebiotic fibers to cultivate healthy bowel flora, it is highly suggestive of a condition called small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO.
Confirming, then correcting, SIBO will then be a crucial issue in your full health recovery. Failure to correct SIBO can result in greater risk for type 2 diabetes, increased triglycerides, higher blood pressure, emotional disturbances, autoimmune conditions, and increased risk for diverticular disease and colon cancer.
About Undoctored:
We are entering a new age in which t...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 6, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle acid reflux autoimmune Dr. Davis grain-free grains Inflammation prebiotic probiotic resistant starch sibo small intestinal bacterial overgrowth Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
MKSAP: 58-year-old man with cancer of the ascending colon
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians.
A 58-year-old man undergoes follow-up evaluation for cancer of the ascending colon diagnosed 3 weeks ago. Colonoscopy at that time revealed a fungating mass in the ascending colon. Biopsy revealed adenocarcinoma, and additional studies showed no evidence of metastatic disease. Right hemicolectomy was performed. The pathology report showed a 4-cm primary adenocarcinoma with clear margins at resection, full-thickness penetration through the colonic wall into pericolonic fat, and 4/21 lymph nodes involved (stage II...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 26, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/mksap" rel="tag" > mksap < /a > Tags: Conditions Gastroenterology Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
Telltale Signs of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
Here are the telltale signs that suggest you may have this common problem of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO.
If uncorrected, SIBO can be responsible for persistent gastrointestinal struggles, increased risk for colon cancer, skin rashes, autoimmune inflammation, higher blood sugars, diarrhea, IBS, and a host of other health problems.
Recognize these signs and you can decide whether you need to pursue the question of SIBO for your full recovery of health.
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 health...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmune bowel flora cancer colon cancer diabetes bacterial overgrowth Dr. Davis dysbiosis fibromyalgia gluten-free grain-free Inflammation prebiotics probiotics sibo small intestinal bact Source Type: blogs
Evidence summary on aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and colon cancer
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - July 14, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular gastroenterology pharmacology Source Type: blogs
Medial EarlySign: machine learning for population health (podcast)
https://healthbb.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/hbdew057-david-e-williams-interviews-medials-tomer-amit.mp3
Medial EarlySign analyzes standard EHR data to identify individuals at high risk for disease. The company’s first solution, ColonFlag uses longitudinal blood test data to identify patients who are at high risk for colorectal cancer.
I spoke recently with Medial executive Tomer Amit, who filled me in on the company’s approach and explained why the company has been named a Cool Vendor in AI by Gartner.
(0:15) What unmet need are you serving?
(1:05) You talk about using data that’s already available. Wha...
Source: Health Business Blog - July 7, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: dewe67 Tags: Entrepreneurs International Technology Israel machine learning Source Type: blogs
Hand-Held Probe Can Detect Cancer Cells in Real-Time During Surgery
Scientists in Montreal, Canada have perfected a hand-held Raman spectroscopy probe that surgeons can use to distinguish between cancer cells and normal tissue.
Raman spectroscopy is a technique that involves shining light on a material and analyzing how it scatters. Scientists have used the method for years to analyze and characterize living tissues and cells. This probe is the latest iteration of a Raman device this research team first developed in 2015. They have now perfected the design, and the new device has improved accuracy and is highly specific. It can reportedly detect brain, lung, colon and skin cancer cells, w...
Source: Medgadget - June 29, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Neurosurgery Ob/Gyn Pathology Thoracic Surgery Urology Source Type: blogs
