The Myths of Indoor Tanning
With May being Skin Cancer Awareness Month and in tandem with our event next week, The Hazards and Allure of Indoor Tanning Beds on College Campuses we are running a series on skin cancer. Be sure to check back daily for posts on skin cancer including how you prevent and detect it. Enjoy!
A healthy glow. A base tan. Safer than the sun.
I’ve heard these myths from indoor tanning proponents for years. The reality is there is not a single ounce of scientific merit to validate these fallacies.
This Skin Cancer Awareness month, let’s put an end to the myths and get the facts straight.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - May 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Beth’s life-changing Wheat Belly experience
Beth shared her photos and experience living the Wheat Belly lifestyle:
“I want to take a moment to thank you, Dr. Davis, for giving me a second chance at life through your knowledge and being willing to go against the grain, no pun intended. I started the Wheat Belly journey 4 months ago and knew this was for me.
“I have spent my entire life overweight. I was on meds for blood pressure, insulin resistance, thyroid, psoriasis and received yearly cortisone shots in my legs for pyoderma gangrenosum caused by constant inflammation of the skin. These are just the major medical issues, but many more issues were pr...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 9, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories diabetes grains hypertension Inflammation joint pain pyoderma gangrenosum Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Lose the wheat and grains, lose the inflammation
Rick shared the progression of facial and health changes he experienced by following the Wheat Belly lifestyle (above). Since he began 5 months ago, Rick has lost 28 pounds and 8 inches off his waist, he is freed from previously chronic knee and back pain, and experienced an improvement in mood. But take a look at Rick’s photos when we put his most recent photo at 248.6 pounds up against his 2009 photo at a weight of 250 pounds–virtually the same weight:
Even though each photo was taken at similar weight, look at the impressive contrast in Rick’s face: The photos look like two different people at virtual...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 6, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmune gluten grains Inflammation Source Type: blogs
The Broken Doctors Hotel
After a particularly bad winter, with trolley bound patients waiting hours for a bed and colleagues calling in sick as they became increasingly physically and mentally run down…I close my eyes and dream of a new life running a bar, restaurant and hotel…The Broken Doctors HotelConciergeGeneral Practitioner/Primary Care Physician: Responsible for taking the bookings for the hotel and restaurant. This is a high quality establishment and they are kept busy managing demand, maintaining flow, redirecting clients to other venues as appropriate, arranging a later sitting at the restaurant as required, directin...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - April 29, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tor Ercleve Tags: Arcanum Veritas Graham Johnson The Broken Doctors Source Type: blogs
Top 10 reasons to kiss wheat and grains goodbye forever
There are plenty of reasons to never allow your lips to meet a wheat bagel, sandwich, or pretzels again. But here are the top 10 most compelling, powerful reasons to tell the USDA and other providers of dietary advice to bug off with their “healthy whole grains” advice.
Gliadin derived opiates (from partial digestion to 4- and 5-amino acid long fragments) increase appetite substantially–as do related proteins from rye, barley, and corn. This is a big part of the reason grains make you gain weight.
Gliadin derived opiates are mind active drugs that trigger behavioral outbursts in kids with ADHD and autism...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 4, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle appetite autoimmunity Gliadin grains Inflammation Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Natasha reverses her psoriasis
Look at Natasha’s “before” and “after” photos of her psoriasis.
“Before and after pics of my psoriasis healing 6 months into my new diet. Amazing what food can do to or for you.
“I had been told there was no cure for it and was given a steroid cream to help ease discomfort. Look at me now!”
Unlike, say, acid reflux, bowel urgency of irritable bowel syndrome, and joint pain in the wrists and fingers, the phenomena of autoimmune conditions recede more slowly, reflecting the more complex processes that reverse with wheat/grain elimination, as well as other phenomena that need ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 26, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories autoimmune gluten grains psoriasis rash Source Type: blogs
Top stories in health and medicine, March 24, 2015
From MedPage Today:
Retooling the Health Hazard Survey. “Oral sex? Anal sex? Fetishes?” These are questions on the patient intake form at AlphaBetterCare, an LGBT-friendly primary care practice owned and operated by Howard Grossman, MD.
Orthopedists’ Financial Conflicts Can Hurt Patients, Surgeon Says. Financial conflicts of interest often drive physicians to perform worthless surgeries, but the field of orthopedics “is one of the worst offenders,” says an Indiana orthopedist who has launched a “moral persuasion” campaign to convince his colleagues to stop.
Questioning Medicine: ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 24, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: MedPage Today Tags: News Orthopedics Rheumatology Source Type: blogs
FDA Postpones Advisory Committee Review of Celltrion's Remicade Biosimilar
Celltrion will have to wait longer than expected for FDA's Advisory Committee to review its application for Remsima, a biosimilar for Johnson and Johnsons’ Remicade (infliximab). Yesterday, FDA announced that they would be postponing the meeting of the Arthritis Advisory Committee scheduled for March 17, 2015 where they were going to review the product.
View FDA's announcement here.
"The postponement is due to information requests pending with the sponsor of the application. A future meeting date will be announced in the Federal Register," states the Agency.
The A...
Source: Policy and Medicine - February 26, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
What is that rash in the “Mr. Turner” movie?
Brit director Mike Leigh is back with his latest Oscar nominated film, “Mr. Turner.” It follows the later years of English painter JMW Turner, portrayed by actor Timothy Spall.While audiences may feel the need to review their art history textbooks to follow Turner ’s changing brush strokes, anyone with skin will note the epidermal transformation of his housekeeper, Hannah.As played by Dorothy Atkinson, Hannah is a loyal servant with an unrequited affection for Turner. In the course of the film, she is shown to have a rash initially seen on the nape of her neck. Gradually, the red scaly eruption spreads to her ha...
Source: Skinema, dermatology in the media blog - January 26, 2015 Category: Dermatology Authors: vail reese Tags: Film Source Type: blogs
How NOT to have an autoimmune condition
Autoimmune conditions are becoming increasingly common. Estimates vary, but it appears that at least 8-9% of the population in North America and Western Europe have one of these conditions, with The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association estimating a higher value of 14%. They are conditions that involve an abnormal immune response directed against one or more organs of the body. If the misguided attack is against the thyroid gland, it can result in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. If it is directed against pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin, it can result in type 1 diabetes or latent autoimmune diabetes o...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 16, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmunity colitis gluten-free grains lupus rheumatoid thyroiditis Source Type: blogs
Biosimilars Update: FDA Staff Recommends Approval of First Biosimilar in U.S.; Agency Accepts Third Biosimilar Application For Review
FDA’s “Purple Book,” which lists all licensed biological products, currently has an empty column under the “biosimilar” heading, which would state imitation products deemed “highly similar” next to the listed reference. That may change soon. Tomorrow, the FDA will consider whether the Agency should approve Novartis AG's copy of Neupogen, Amgen Inc.'s successful injectable biologic used to prevent infection in patients on chemo therapy. FDA staff reviewers recommended approval for the copy on all five of its proposed indications yesterday.
View the FDA Briefing Document in advance of the Oncologic Drugs...
Source: Policy and Medicine - January 6, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Do night creams work better at night? The Beauty Brains Show episode 61
We’ve all heard that night creams work better because your skin absorbs ingredients while you sleep. Is this true? Tune into to this week’s show to find out. Also, Randy and I talk about how beauty companies cut costs on cosmetic formulas.
Click below to play Episode 61 or click “download” to save the MP3 file to your computer.
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Source: thebeautybrains.com - December 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry RomanowskiThe Beauty Brains Tags: Myths Podcast Source Type: blogs
Top stories in health and medicine, December 15, 2014
From MedPage Today:
ED Throughput: A Fixable Problem. As I travel the freeways of the various cities I visit, I often come across billboards announcing waiting times at the local ED, or billboards promising no wait at all. Sometimes they just advertise “faster” care, whatever that means.
Mumps Checks NHL Players. It has been a bad year for mumps and not even elite athletes are immune.
Watch for Axial Back Pain in Psoriatic Pts. Patients with psoriasis have a higher prevalence of lower axial back pain than the general population while inflammatory back pain (IBP), spondyloarthritis (SpA), and alternating butto...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 15, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: MedPage Today Tags: News Emergency Infectious disease Rheumatology Source Type: blogs
How do you say "biosimilar quality" in Hindi?
At the same time that regulators in France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg are suspending the marketing approval of 25 generic drugs due to concerns over the quality of data from clinical trials conducted by India's GVK Biosciences, another Indian firm, Zydus Cadila, has launched a biosimilar of Adalimumab (an anti-TNF-α monoclonal antibody, which is approved in many countries for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, plaque psoriasis, polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.) Bad timing and, perhaps...
Source: drugwonks.com Blog - December 10, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: blogs
Is Psoria-Gold effective against rosacea?
Viviana asks…I recently found the Dr Keng or Heng’s discovery about the benefits of curcumin on rosacea, the product is psoria-gold. I would like to know what you think about that, does it really work? I am thinking on try a mask with turmeric, honey and milk, once a week, and i do not want to waste my time.
The Beauty Brains respond:
Curcumin (also known as diferuloylmethane) is an active component in the spice turmeric and has anti-inflammatory properties. According to PubMed there is some published research indicating that curcumin is effective against psoriasis but we couldn’t find any specific reference proving ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - October 20, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy Schueller Tags: Natural Problems Source Type: blogs
