Step 1: Wheat Elimination To Take Control Of Your Health
Debra’s story highlights a common issue in our wheat-free experience: Eliminating wheat is an exceptionally powerful way to take back control over weight and health.
But many people have had their health so disrupted by grain consumption, as well as other factors such as endocrine disruption from exposure to industrial chemicals, that additional steps need to be taken to fully recover health.
In Debra’s case, she had to battle Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and the resultant hypothyroidism (commonly caused by wheat consumption via autoimmunity), depression and anxiety, and get off medications before she began t...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 7, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Thyroid disease Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
Wheat elimination is step 1
Debra’s story highlights a common issue in our wheat-free experience: Eliminating wheat is an exceptionally powerful way to take back control over weight and health. But many people have had their health so disrupted by grain consumption, as well as other factors such as endocrine disruption from exposure to industrial chemicals, that additional steps need to be taken to fully recover health. In Debra’s case, she had to battle Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and the resultant hypothyroidism (commonly caused by wheat consumption via autoimmunity), depression and anxiety, and get off medications before she began to...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 7, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Thyroid disease Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
Can atrial fibrillation cause ventricular fibrillation?
Atrial fibrillation is the commonest sustained arrhythmia. In which situation is atrial fibrillation likely to cause ventricular fibrillation?
1. When associated with hyperthyroidism
2. When associated with hypothyroidism
3. When associated with WPW syndrome
4. When associated with mitral stenosis
Correct answer: 3. When associated with WPW syndrome
In Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, atrial fibrillation gets conducted to the ventricles both through the normal atrioventricular (AV) conduction system and the accessory pathway. The normal AV conduction system has decremental properties and the refractory period increa...
Source: Cardiophile MD - April 21, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
9 Habits of Highly Effective Psychiatrists
Having seen a half dozen psychiatrists in town, I can appreciate the differences in bedside manners, communication styles, and psychiatric strategies.
I also know what makes a person a good psychiatrist, a mediocre one, and one that should have been held back in medical school, without a license to dole out antipsychotics and other powerful drugs to vulnerable patients.
Here are a few things I look for in a doctor, qualities that set them apart from your average psychiatrist.
1. Possesses some humility.
Nothing is more dangerous than a doctor who thinks he holds the secret to your mental health, who is convinced he is ...
Source: World of Psychology - March 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Caregivers General Psychiatry Treatment Clinical Psychology Doctor Patient Relationship Hypothyroidism Hypovitaminosis D Mental Health Professional Physical Therapy Physician Psychiatrist Source Type: blogs
Telltale Signs It’s Time to Treat Your Depression
Depression is a serious illness with varying degrees. When it’s mild, it makes some areas of a person’s life challenging, according to Deborah Serani, PsyD, a clinical psychologist who specializes in treating mood disorders.
Mild depression typically doesn’t require professional help. It usually abates with holistic methods, such as exercise, meditation and light therapy, she said.
When it’s moderate, it significantly hampers daily life. When it’s severe, it becomes life threatening and requires immediate intervention, she said.
“Without oversimplifying things too much, I generally look at how much your sympto...
Source: World of Psychology - March 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Depression Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Self-Esteem Self-Help Stress Deborah Serani Depression (mood) Depressive Symptoms Fatigue Illness Lee H. Coleman Major Depressive Disorder Mild Depression Mood Disorder Source Type: blogs
Wheat Withdrawal Zinger
Here’s a smoothie that contains many of the ingredients helpful to get you through the process of wheat withdrawal, the unpleasant withdrawal process from the gliadin-derived opiates in wheat.
Once you remove the health disruptive effects of wheat, there are efforts necessary to regain full health. This will be a topic that I will discuss in a number of Wheat Belly Blog posts in coming months (as well as provide topics for another Wheat Belly book to be released September, 2014). We begin with this Wheat Withdrawal Zinger, a smoothie packed with nutrition that corrects some common nutrient deficiencies of former whe...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 27, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes Wheat withdrawal Source Type: blogs
Subclinical Hypothyroidism and the Heart
Everyone knows that hypothyroidism - the condition in which the thyroid gland is not producing enough thyroid hormone - negatively impacts the heart. But evidence is accumulating that a lesser known - and less often recognized - thyroid condition called subclinical hypothyroidism may also increase the risk of cardiac disease. In subclinical hypothyroidism, the thyroid gland is in fact producing a "normal" amount of thyroid hormone - but it has to work extra hard to do so....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - February 27, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Thyroid cancer and life with out a thyroid
A pop quiz: What does your thyroid do anyway?Something to do with weight.Some weird gland thing that we all have but doesn't do much.I have no idea.The master gland of metabolism and energy.If you answered #4 you get a gold star. If you answered any of the others, you are not that different from the average person.The thyroid is our master gland of metabolism and energy. Every single body function that requires oxygen and energy -- basically, everything that goes on in our bodies! -- requires thyroid hormone in proper amounts. That means we need the proper balance of thyroid hormone in order to feel and live well. We ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 25, 2014 Category: Cancer Tags: chronic thyroid cancer Source Type: blogs
What’s the Diagnosis #18
An elderly patient with hypertension, hypothyroidism, and dementia is sent from the nursing home by ambulance for evaluation of a rash to her scalp. The patient’s nurse had noted the rash that afternoon while putting the beret in the patient’s hair and is sure that the rash wasn’t there two days ago when she last cared for the patient.
The patient was reportedly sleeping more than usual the day prior to her transport. The nursing director at the nursing home was concerned that the patient had developed shingles to her scalp.
A picture of the patient’s rash is to the right (unfortunately, not the bes...
Source: WhiteCoat's Call Room - February 12, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: WhiteCoat Tags: Patient Encounters What's the Diagnosis? Source Type: blogs
How to measure and quantify epicardial fat ?
Epicardial fat is increasingly recognised to be a coronary risk factor.
Methods to measure and quantify epicardial fat has not been standardised.
Nomenclature issues
There is some confusion in the literature regarding the definition epicardial, pericardial , paracardiac fat etc.
Epicardial fat is the true visceral fat located in proximity with myocardium .Epicardial fat shares the same blood supply as adjacent myocardium and also show para-crine functions.This is the risky fat that is metabolically active.
Paracardiac fat is the fat deposited outside the parietal pericardium .It is also referred to as thora...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - February 7, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Cardiac MRI cardiac radiology end systolic epicardial fat Epicardial fat thickness how to measure epicardial fat ? para cardiac fat paracardiac fat pericardial fat pericardial fat vs pleural effusion Source Type: blogs
Levoxyl Shortage – February 2014 Update
UPDATE: As of 2/7/2014, a commenter on my blog states they were able to obtain 100 mcg pills of levoxyl at their Rite Aid pharmacy in Pittsburgh. They placed the order in the morning and pharmacist had them ready at the end of the day. Great news. Scroll down to see the full comment and please leave your comments below once you have obtained levoxyl in your area too.
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Rumors are flying that levoxyl is now back on the shelves and available for patient purchase. I want to clarify this speculation and provide the most accurate and up to date information that I am able to find. Here is the information ...
Source: Everything Changes - February 3, 2014 Category: Cancer Authors: Kairol Rosenthal Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
How to survive wheat withdrawal
During my recent appearances in British Columbia, speaking to crowds in Kelowna, Penticton, Kamloops, and Vernon, I received many questions about how to better deal with the unpleasant symptoms of wheat withdrawal.
Because this question came up so many times, I am re-posting a discussion I posted in 2013 about this issue. It remains as true today as it was then: Wheat withdrawal, for the 40% of people who experience it, cannot be entirely avoided, but the full intensity can be softened. Let’s discuss a number of ways to go about doing that:
Wheat withdrawal can be unpleasant business. Read the many thousands of comm...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 23, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Gliadin Wheat withdrawal Source Type: blogs
Low Voltage in Precordial Leads
A patient with was resuscitated from respiratory and cardiac arrest of uncertain etiology, but because she was very difficult to ventilate with BVM ventilation, and there were no ultrasonographic slidings signs, pneumothorax was suspected and bilateral needle thoracostomies were placed. This ECG was recorded:There is sinus tach and very low voltage in the precordial leads. It is otherwise unremarkable, especially for a patient who was in cardiac arrest.There was a previous ECG available:The low voltage is indeed new, and there is no change in limb lead voltageWhy is there low voltage?Although she was thought to ...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - January 11, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism: New MedlinePlus Health Topics
MedlinePlus has new health topics on hypothyroidism (low thyroid activity) and hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid disease).
Hypothyroidism (MedlinePlus): http://1.usa.gov/JOIvOI
Hyperthyroidism (MedlinePlus): http://1.usa.gov/1e0TgXF (Source: BHIC)
Source: BHIC - January 6, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kate Flewelling Tags: National Library of Medicine News Source Type: blogs
