Could household disinfectants be making our children fat?
Household disinfectants seem like such a good idea, especially when you have children — after all, children make messes, and killing germs helps keep children healthy, right? Not always, it turns out. Sometimes germs actually keep us healthy and keep us at a healthy weight.
More and more, we are learning that not all bacteria are bad. In fact, the bacteria that live naturally in and on our bodies, especially in our digestive tracts, are crucial for health. When we mess with those bacteria, it increases the risk of many problems, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease,...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Parenting Source Type: blogs
Conflict of interest in medicine
Recent news reports described an “ethical lapse” by a prominent New York City cancer specialist. In research published in prominent medical journals, he failed to disclose millions of dollars in payments he had received from drug and healthcare companies that were related to his research. Why is this such a big deal? Disclosing any potential conflict of interest is considered essential for the integrity of medical research. The thinking is that other researchers, doctors, patients, regulators, investors — everyone! — has a right to know if the researcher might be biased, and that measures have been taken to minimiz...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
From the particular to the general – Clinical reasoning in the real world
From the particular to the general –Clinical reasoning in the real world
I make no secret of my adherence to evidence-based healthcare. I think using research-based treatments, choosing from those known to be effective in a particular group of people in a specific context helps provide better healthcare. But I also recognise problems with this approach: people in clinical practice do not look like the “average” patient. That means using a cookie cutter, or algorithm as a way to reduce uncertainty in practice doesn’t, in my humble opinion, do much for the unique person in front of me.
I’...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - September 30, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Assessment Clinical reasoning Pain Pain conditions Science in practice biopsychosocial goal-setting healthcare rehabilitation Therapeutic approaches treatment Source Type: blogs
The suffering man resolved
This article Polymyalgia rheumatica vs late-onset rheumatoid arthritis adds some confusion to my previous conclusions.
This abstract continues my confusion – Presenting features of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and rheumatoid arthritis with PMR-like onset: a prospective study
So I am not sure about the final diagnosis because he definitely had characteristics of both. The good news is that both respond to low dose prednisone.
(Source: DB's Medical Rants)
Source: DB's Medical Rants - September 27, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: rcentor Tags: Medical Rants Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 20th 2018
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to online resources, and much more.
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Source: Fight Aging! - August 19, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Harmful T Cells Explain the Link Between Cytomegalovirus Infection and Raised Cardiovascular Risk
Persistent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is thought to cause a sizable amount of the age-related decline of the immune system. Latent infection by this sort of herpesvirus causes few to no immediate and obvious symptoms in the vast majority of individuals, but the virus cannot be permanently cleared by the immune system. Over time ever more T cells of the adaptive immune system become uselessly specialized to CMV, unavailable for other tasks. Coupled with the much reduced pace of creation of new T cells in later life, this results in an increasingly dysfunctional immune system.
Researchers here point to one specif...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 15, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Should you switch to A2 dairy?
No doubt: Dairy products have issues.
The issues with dairy are not as bad as they are with grains. After all, the consumption of the seeds of grasses was an entirely foreign practice, introduced very late in the human experience—we have spent less than 0.4% of our time on this planet consuming seeds of grasses, despite their dominant dietary role today, thanks to the lobbying of Big Agribusiness, Big Food, and the bungling of the USDA and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Grains are physiologically inappropriate for consumption by Homo sapiens at any time, in any form. Wild, hunting, primitive humans did...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 8, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates casein dairy gluten-free grain-free grains lactose whey Source Type: blogs
7 Little-Known Benefits of CBD Oil
Conclusion
As you can see, CBD oil offers numerous advantages. It’s efficient against many health issues, and there are other benefits yet to be discovered. It’s a fact that bulk CBD is going to be really important in the future.You've read 7 Little-Known Benefits of CBD Oil, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you've enjoyed this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. (Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement)
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: maryjames Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement benefits of cbd cbd oil pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
NIH MedlinePlus Magazine: ‘Ninja Warrior’ Host Matt Iseman Talks About Arthritis
In the just posted issue of NIH MedlinePlus magazine, host of “American Ninja Warrior” and comedian Matt Iseman shares how he has coped with rheumatoid arthritis. From the relief he felt when he was diagnosed to the exercise and standup comedy that keep him going, Iseman is forthright about his challenges. He says, “I am walking proof… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - July 18, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Publications Source Type: blogs
Autoimmune disease and stress: Is there a link?
A new study has raised the possibility that stress may cause autoimmune disease, such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis, because it found a higher incidence of autoimmune diseases among people who were previously diagnosed with stress-related disorders.
I have patients who heard about this research and are saying, “I knew it!”
But before we accept a potential link between stress and autoimmune disease, let’s look at some details of the study and consider how we define the terms “autoimmune disease,” “stress,” and “stress-related disorder.”
What is autoimmune disease?
These are fascinating and mysterious co...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 11, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Autoimmune diseases Health Stress Source Type: blogs
The Most Expensive Drugs in America: Interview with GoodRx Co-Founder/Co-CEO Doug Hirsch
United States healthcare policy is currently in the spotlight as the Trump administration seeks to weaken Obamacare with actions such as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which removes the individual mandate that required individuals to carry health insurance. Another focus of the current administration’s plan is to lower drug prices with strategies like preventing brand-name drug manufacturers from blocking the entry of cheaper generics and creating incentives for cheaper drugs. While the results of this strategy have yet to play out, they do beg the question, how expensive are medications in the United States?
For that an...
Source: Medgadget - June 27, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Exclusive Medicine Net News Public Health Society Source Type: blogs
I Started a New Blog
I started this blog when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007. Blogging really helped me cope with my cancer and its treatment.However my life has moved on. I have blogged about it in the past - that my life was changing - breast cancer is no longer the main focus in my life.My chronic ailments have replaced that focus. While breast cancer never really goes away it turns more to be chronic illness than a terminal one, unless metastases appear. So I have a total of four chronic illnesses - breast cancer, thyroid cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia. I also have chronic physical ailments - bone spur, desiccat...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - June 25, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: ailments blogging breast cancer chronic conditions Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 28th 2018
This study indicates that frailty and other age-related diseases could be prevented and significantly reduced in older adults. Getting our heart risk factors under control could lead to much healthier old ages. Unfortunately, the current obesity epidemic is moving the older population in the wrong direction, however our study underlines how even small reductions in risk are worthwhile." The study analysed data from more than 421,000 people aged 60-69 in both GP medical records and in the UK Biobank research study. Participants were followed up over ten years.
The researchers analysed six factors that could impact on...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 27, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Senescent T Cells as a Contributing Cause of Age-Related Autoimmunity
We reported that a unique PD-1+ MP CD4+ T cell population is increased with age, now termed senescence-associated (SA-) T cells. The SA-T cells show characteristic signs and features of cellular senescence and emerge as follicular T cells in spontaneous germinal centers (GCs) that occur in aged mice. Spontaneous development of GCs is a hallmark of systemic autoimmune diseases, and among a number of changes in immune function with age is an increasing risk for autoimmunity.
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK500331/ (Source: Fight Aging!)
Source: Fight Aging! - May 25, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Zamora-Quezada and Unwanted Medical Treatment
The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Texas has charged JorgeZamora-Quezada with egregious healthcare fraud reminiscent of Farid Fata.
Since 2000, Zamora-Quezada has falsely diagnosed vulnerable patients - including the young, elderly and disabled - with various degenerative diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis. He then administered chemotherapy and other toxic medications to the patients based on that false diagnosis. Zamora-Quezada also conducted a battery of fraudulent, repetitive and excessive medical procedures on patients.
While Zamora-Quezada and Fata are at the extreme...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - May 16, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
