Wheat and grains make you sick
Jennifer shared her “before” and “after” photos after just 3 weeks of following the Wheat Belly lifestyle:
“I am 30. I have been dealing with health issues my whole life. About a month ago, I had to go to the ER for severe abdominal pain and nausea. I still don’t know all that is going on, but I do know the Wheat Belly diet is helping me to get better (docs haven’t been helpful thus far).
“This is a pic of me before Wheat Belly on the left and 3 weeks after starting the diet. I have followed your Facebook and seen all the ‘before’ and ‘afters’ and wan...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 13, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories abdominal pain gluten grains nausea Source Type: blogs
Why I Disagree With The Government And Use Antipsychotics Anyway. It's Good Palliative Care!
The outcry over antipsychotics has ranged far and wide. Every one from governmental agencies to senior advocacy organizations have pointed to the abysmal data. Antipsychotics have a negative impact on morbidity and mortality. They say we are chemically restraining those who are too fragile to stick up for themselves. They say we are sedating instead of treating.And I disagree wholeheartedly. I manage a large group of moderately to severely demented nursing home patients. They are agitated and delirious on a regular basis. Often searches for infections, pain, constipation, depression, and...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - June 13, 2015 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs
Sleeping for Two: Sleep Changes During Pregnancy
by Cari Nierenberg, Live Science Contributor
Being pregnant can be a tiring experience for a woman’s body. Both the physical discomforts of pregnancy as well as the emotional stress of this major life change can cause sleep problems and keep a mother-to-be awake at night.
Feeling exhausted is a common complaint during the first and third trimesters. But women might be caught off guard by how worn out they feel in the early months of pregnancy.
“A lot of women are totally surprised by how fatigued they feel during the first trimester,” said Kathy Lee, a professor of nursing at the University...
Source: Cord Blood News - May 28, 2015 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells Uncategorized affordable cord blood banking cerebral palsy cord blood banking fees cord blood treatment for Leukemia cord clamping due dates heal Source Type: blogs
Let ’ s Talk Dirty … Diapers
Dr. Greene’s take on dirty diapers…
There is no one right answer about your baby’s poop frequency, color, smell, and texture.
Your baby’s poop is going to change over time and will be different depending on diet — breastfed, formula, solids all make a difference. When those changes happen, many (especially new) parents have serious questions.
Have you ever looked into your baby’s diaper and wondered:
Is my baby sick?
How do I know when my baby is constipated and when it’s a normal amount of time between dirty diapers?
Is this color really okay?
What consistency should my babyR...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - May 12, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Dr. Alan Greene Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Breast vs. Bottle Newborn Top Newborn Source Type: blogs
Sherri found the Wheat Belly Fountain of Youth . . . and bowel health
Sherri shared her amazing “before” and “after” Wheat Belly lifestyle photos and story:
“The pic on the left is from June, 2014 and the pic on the right is May, 2015. I started the Wheat Belly lifestyle in August, 2014 after reading how giving up wheat/gluten can help with arthritis pain.
“In Wheat Belly Total Health, you talked about people who were chronically constipated, I think the term was “obstipation.” Well, that was me. I thought that maybe as a ‘side effect’ I could get my gut working right, as well. I wanted to post because I was one of those people who...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 12, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories bowel health constipation gluten grains Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Thyroid Tune-up: Update
I am re-posting a classic Wheat Belly Blog post from a few years ago. Despite all our discussions about thyroid issues, there continues to be an enormous gap: undiagnosed hypothyroidism, gross mismanagement sufficient to impair weight loss and increase cardiovascular risk, and ignorance among healthcare providers. This Thyroid Tune-up is therefore an updated version of the previous post.
Imagine that all the cars in your neighborhood run poorly because nobody bothers to tune-up their autos. I show you how to tune your car and, lo and behold, 80% of the cars now run great. But 20% of cars still run poorly because their tra...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 28, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle gluten grains hypothyroidism iodine t3 t4 TSH Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
More from the Grantmakers In Health Annual Conference: Diane Meier on Palliative Care; a Film on Elder Care
This past week, I gave you a brief glimpse of the 2015 GIH Annual Conference in Austin, Texas.
Here are two more vignettes from the conference, held in March. Its theme was Pathways to Health.
Diane Meier
Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a past MacArthur Fellow (2008), Diane Meier was another plenary speaker. She commented to the audience of mostly foundation staffers that her body of work and career in palliative care is due to the support of private-sector philanthropy, including more than twenty foundations.
Following are just some of the points she...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - April 23, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Lee-Lee Prina Tags: Costs and Spending GrantWatch Health Professionals Hospitals Long-term Services and Supports Quality Aging Health Care Delivery Health Philanthropy Home Health Palliative Care Physicians Workforce Source Type: blogs
Vitamin Overdose and Pregnancy
During pregnancy, it is important to get the proper nutrients to foster healthy fetal development. You may be tempted to take a multivitamin in addition to other supplements. However, vitamin overdose can occur when an individual takes more than the recommended daily amount of a vitamin. This can result when taking more than one multivitamin, or when taking individual vitamins in addition to a multivitamin.
While any vitamin can be toxic if taken in large amounts, calcium and iron pose the greatest toxic risks when taken in excess. Taking a multivitamin during pregnancy is important, although it is best to talk with your d...
Source: Cord Blood News - April 23, 2015 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy affordable cord blood banking breast feeding C-section caesarian cerebral palsy due dates healthy pregnancy new baby parenting vaginal birth after caesari Source Type: blogs
An “A” for Effort
We’ve all heard of getting an “A” for effort. At least it was an “A,” right?
But how meaningful is that grade if you still fail?
I remember a patient I shall refer to as David.
I didn’t know David very well at all. He was a patient in the Medical Intenstive Care Unit (MICU). He was not on my team. In fact, I didn’t really have a team. I was cross-covering the patients who were already admitted for a strech of 6 nights.
At the start of each shift, the primary team would hand me a list and “sign out” their patients to me. They would tell me about pertinent, active issues. They would also try and anticpate ...
Source: JeffreyMD.com - April 22, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Dr. Jeff Tags: My Life Residency death doctor dying effort icu micu patients resident life Source Type: blogs
Top stories in health and medicine, April 2, 2015
From MedPage Today:
Guidelines Loosen BP Targets in Heart Disease. Treatment should target under 140/90 mmHg for most hypertensive patients with known heart disease, according to new guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and the American Society of Hypertension (ASH).
Constipation Emergencies on the Rise. The number of people going to U.S. emergency rooms for constipation has been increasing, and so has the cost of those visits, which reached $1.6 billion in 2011.
HF Management Program Doesn’t Ease the Disease. A multidisciplinary approach to heart failure m...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 2, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: MedPage Today Tags: News GI Heart Source Type: blogs
Which is More Uncomfortable: The Colonoscopy or Treatment for Colon Cancer?
Michelle was a healthy, active 47 year old. She tried to eat right and she exercised. It looked like the hard work was paying off: no health issues and lots of energy. Her work in the healthcare field motivated her to see her doctors regularly for checkups, to get mammograms and to have her blood work done annually. She knew she was getting close to the magical age of 50 and that soon she would need to get a colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer. Since she had no family history of the disease she wasn’t worried. She felt certain that, just as all her previous testing had come back normal, this one would too.
...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - March 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer Source Type: blogs
Jodie’s Story: A Little Girl Lost After Illegally Given an Untested 8-in-1 Vaccine
Conclusion
Jodie was harmed beyond repair when a doctor decided to allow her to be injected with an untested 8-in-1 vaccine. She survived the shot, but sadly, has lived her life in severe pain because of what was done to her. She will live the rest of her life suffering brain damage, bowel problems, seizures, not being able to communicate easily, not being able to eat properly nor take care of herself.
Many parents whose children greatly suffer and need constant care worry about their injured child’s future and what is best for them. Although the family is thankful and blessed that Jodie survived, they have deep concerns...
Source: vactruth.com - March 14, 2015 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Augustina Ursino Tags: Augustina Ursino Case Reports on Vaccine Injury Human Top Stories Brian Deer Dr. Andrew Wakefield Experimental Vaccines Jodie Marchant MMR vaccine William Marchant Source Type: blogs
March for colorectal cancer awareness
A 75-year-old woman with progressive constipation. An 82-year-old man with unexplained anemia. A 39-year-old mother of two with intermittent blood in her stool. These are three of my patients. And sadly, they are three of nearly 150,000 Americans diagnosed with colorectal cancer every year.
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month for good reason. In the United States, colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer. It is also the second most common cause of cancer-related death in this country (after lung cancer) taking approximately 50,000 lives annually. The average American has an approximatel...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 9, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Steven Naymagon, MD Tags: Conditions Cancer GI Source Type: blogs
Promoting Amphetamines for Over-Eating - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
In this study, about 5% of patients given any dosage of Vyvanse had to discontinue its use because of adverse effects. 3/196 patients initially randomized to Vyvanse had serious adverse effects, and one patient died, apparently of an amphetamine overdose. Oddly, the article declared that the one death, due to methamphetamine overdose, was thought by a study investigator not to be related to treatment with another amphetamine, lisdexamfetamine. That makes little sense, given that in a randomized controlled trial, the presumption is that differences in groups given different treatments were caused by these ...
Source: Health Care Renewal - February 26, 2015 Category: Health Management Tags: clinical trials conflicts of interest deception evidence-based medicine FDA marketing Shire stealth marketing Source Type: blogs
Thyroid: Ignorance, Neglect, Indifference
Dawn shared her thyroid experience that provides a wonderful encapsulation of many of the issues we encounter when we try to get thyroid health re-established:
I had a TSH of 3.9 for years, and they ALL said my thyroid was fine, then tried to give me antidepressants and told me to exercise more and sleep better. It made me so mad, because I knew I wasn’t depressed and I was exercising.
I finally found a functional doctor who tested all of them. Not only did my free T3 and T4 prove that I was indeed hypothyroid, but my antibodies showed I also had Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Hmmm, imagine that: I wasn’t depr...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 23, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmunity endocrine disruption grains Hashimoto's thyroiditis hypothyroiditism iodine Source Type: blogs
