9 Tips to Manage Stress for Better Health
Increasingly, stress is considered a risk factor for dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s. Stress is also a risk factor for stroke and heart attack as well as a trigger for many diseases from arthritis to psoriasis. Obviously, limiting stress in our lives is a good idea. But how? Simply living what we call modern life seems to make stress the norm.
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Source: Minding Our Elders - May 26, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
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Biologics, which are drugs made of biochemical compounds produced by living organisms, are becoming more common to treat a variety of conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, chronic plaque psoriasis, and breast cancer. They’re usually proteins that are immensely easier to produce by plant or animal cells than synthesizing them from scratch in a complex chemical process. Yet, the same difference in manufacturing is a reason for the difficulty of maintaining quality control of such drugs: synthesizing allows for purity of production, but letting nature do it can lead to imperfect results.
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Source: Medgadget - May 23, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Genetics Source Type: blogs
An Interview with Richard Lin, CEO of Microbiome Wellness Company Thryve
Based in Sunnyvale, California and established less than a year ago, wellness company Thryve is attempting to revolutionize the way in which individuals understand and interact with their microbiomes. Thryve offers gut testing kits and direct-to-consumer supplements to assist with balancing the bacterial, yeast, and viral content of a characterized microbiome, with the aim to implement personalized solutions to optimize individual health in the near future.
Thryve CEO Richard Lin was kind enough to sit down with Medgadget and provide exclusive insight into their process, technology, and what is in store going forward.
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Source: Medgadget - May 15, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Zach Kaufman Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Early reviews of the new Undoctored book
Some early reviews of Undoctored: Why Health Care Has Failed You and How You Can Be Smarter Than Your Doctor are coming in on Amazon. Here’s a sample:
DH22:
Dr. Davis is hero.
Being an MD, I can tell you that the medical profession has unfortunately become an industry. Of course if you get hit by a bus or shot, you need the medical services but regarding treating chronic disease the medical profession falls way short. It is crucial to take responsibility for one’s own health. In general it is all about the diet. The diet is under your complete control I have been on a ketogenic diet for several years and after...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored cholesterol health healthcare Inflammation profit statins Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Do you want to ghost your current doctor?
My editor at Rodale weighed in on my Undoctored book about to be released May 9th, 2017:
I ghosted on my long-term dermatologist a few years ago. It wasn’t her fault, per se, but I didn’t feel like our relationship was “healthy” any more, and it seemed like it was time to move on.
My doctor was well-respected by her peers, and considered a leading expert in psoriasis, the condition that was likely causing my hands to develop patches of dry, scaly skin that would crack and bleed if left untreated. At our biannual visits, she would examine my hands, shake her head, and then write me prescriptio...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 30, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored autoimmune gluten grains psoriasis wheat Source Type: blogs
OPDP Picks Up Steam on Enforcement Letters
After a fairly slow 2016, the United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued a quick burst of letters in the span of nine days in December. This flurry of activity more than doubled the enforcement letters that had been issued up to that point in the year.
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Source: Policy and Medicine - April 5, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
Kathleen Casamiquela, Board certified dermatologist
We at Skinema.com are pleased to welcome Dr. Kathleen Casamiquela, latest dermatologist atUnion Square Dermatology in San Francisco. Raised in Orange County, Dr. Casamiquela completed her training at the University of Mississippi in Jackson. Adept at treating medical skin issues, such as acne, psoriasis, skin cancer, she also excels in the cosmetic arena, providing treatments such as Botox, Xeomin, Juvderm and laser treatments for tattoos, sun spots and facial redness/rosacea. Appointments are scheduled by simply calling the office, 415 393-9550, oronline.. (Source: Skinema, dermatology in the media blog)
Source: Skinema, dermatology in the media blog - March 8, 2017 Category: Dermatology Authors: vail reese Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
A rare clay used by B.C. aboriginals kills bacteria resistant to antibiotics
Wow. First of all, I would like to thank a blog reader, D., for the bit of news that I “announced” in the title of my post. Here’s the link to the Vancouver Sun’s article: goo.gl/5x8zCf.
And I quote: “The grey-green clay, known as Kisolite, has been used for centuries by the Heiltsuk First Nations to treat a range of ailments, including ulcerative colitis, arthritis, neuritis, phlebitis, skin irritation, and burns. Locals have also historically used the clay for eczema, acne and psoriasis. Now, UBC researchers say the clay exhibits potent antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant pat...
Source: Margaret's Corner - February 14, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll kisolite Source Type: blogs
Pharmaceutical Lobbying Organization Begins " Go Boldly " Campaign
The high cost of drugs and the lobbying by pharmaceutical companies to generate public support for these high prices has been a topic of discussion for many months. The topic has also been a continuing focus of notes here onLab Soft News (see, for example:Researching the Cost of Stellara, a Drug Used to Treat Plaque Psoriasis;Pharma Money Flows into California Opposing Proposition 61;The Challenge of High Drug Prices in U.S.; Physicians' Use of Generics). Now comes news that the pharmceutical lobby, under fire for high drug prices, has launched a media campaign to combat negative opi...
Source: Lab Soft News - February 7, 2017 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Cost of Healthcare Healthcare Business Medical Consumerism Medical Research Pharmaceutical Industry Source Type: blogs
Top Pharma Companies on Facebook
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Source: Pharma Marketing Blog - January 12, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FaceBook Source Type: blogs
More to science: working as a Clinical Scientist
What is your scientific background?
I earned my Ph.D., with a teaching designation, in Immunology from the University of Alberta, Canada. I then conducted my postdoctoral research at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis and NYU School of Medicine where I studied T cell motility and immunological synapse formation. During my training, I was fortunate to author numerous articles and also receive independent funding for my Ph.D. studies and postdoctoral fellowship, including a seed grant from the National Psoriasis Foundation.
How did you transition from the lab to your current job?
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Source: BioMed Central Blog - January 12, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dana Berry Tags: Biology Health Medicine #moretoscience careers early career researchers PhD Science>Careers Source Type: blogs
Analysis Shows Health Care Cost Predictions Grossly Incorrect
This study, once again disproves the misleading claims that pharmacy benefit managers and insurers (among others) make about spending on new innovative medicines. The report found that predictions of health care costs made prior to the introduction of new medicines were often dramatically overstated.
The study points to the example of new cholesterol-lowering medicines, also known as PCSK9 inhibitors. The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) predicted that the one-year cost of the two PCSK9 inhibitors would be $7.2 billion. However, in reality, based on reported sales, the actual cost will be approximately $8...
Source: Policy and Medicine - January 5, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
The Challenge of High Drug Prices in U.S.; Physicians' Use of Generics
I have posted a number of previous notes about our high drug prices and possible remedies to better align them with other healthcare costs (see:Researching the Cost of Stellara, a Drug Used to Treat Plaque Psoriasis;A Solution for High Drug Prices: Drug Lists with Maximum Allowable Prices;Pharma Money Flows into California Opposing Proposition 61). A recent article on this topic caught my attention because it was brief and to the point (see:The High Cost of Prescription Drugs in the United States: Origins and Prospects for Reform). Below is an excerpt from it:Per capita prescription drug spending in the U...
Source: Lab Soft News - January 2, 2017 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Health Economics Health Insurance Healthcare Delivery Hospital Executive Management Medical Consumerism Medical Education Pharmaceutical Industry Quality of Care Source Type: blogs
What If You Had a Priceless Gift?
This holiday season we are all in search of the perfect gift. What is the one thing you truly desire? Don’t you think we all want it? What if you were handed a beautifully wrapped box containing a miraculous tool that caused dramatic weight loss without limiting calories or requiring exercise?
What if this gift reduced appetite, shrunk belly fat, dropped your dress size into the single digits, and accomplished all of this while sparing you from a Biggest Loser sob fest?
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