A new study, published online in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, finds that people who had eczema as children are more likely to develop asthma later on. The authors conclude, based on this association, that more aggressive (that is, pharmaceutical) treatment of eczema in children will lead to a decrease in the number of people [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Eczema and Asthma Study from a Different Angle
Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Jack LaLanne at 94
Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2008 |
Today’s Washington Times has an inspiring article about Jack LaLanne, who started the first health club in the U.S. in 1936. Apparently, his program works – he’s now 94 and still going strong. People are lazy,” he says. “They listen to what people tell them but don’t take time to say, ‘Is it the truth?’ or, [...]
The Shocking Photo Method of Prevention
Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2008 |
Alarmed at a doubling of alcohol consumption since 1960, the British Medical Association passes a resolution calling on the government to require photos of diseased livers on alcohol bottles and beer cans.
Newsweek Interview with James Gordon, M.D.
Posted in Uncategorized on July 9, 2008 |
Newsweek has a web-only interview with James Gordon, MD, about his new book, Unstuck, in which he describes a wide-ranging holistic approach to depression. I’ve mentioned previously that Dr. Gordon is a member of our Health Insights Today editorial board, is a professor at the Georgetown University School of Medicine and the former chair of [...]
Tendon Ruptures From Powerful Antibiotic Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Posted in Uncategorized on July 9, 2008 |
The risk of achilles tendon rupture in people taking the antibiotic Cipro (ciprofloxacin) has led the Food and Drug Administration to require the manufacturer to include a “black box” warning on the medication’s label. Black box warnings are reserved for medications where dangerous side effects are well-documented and too frequent to ignore. Tendon ruptures, though [...]
NYC Restaurants Enter Final Phase of Trans Fat Ban
Posted in Uncategorized on July 8, 2008 |
Laws protecting public health can be controversial when they raise concerns of possible economic hardship to affected businesses. It’s important to plan well and not to apply such policies in a way that favors some businesses over others. The goal is to help all businesses serve the health of the public as well as their bottom lines. [...]
“Soy Harms Memory” Headlines Misleading
Posted in Uncategorized on July 6, 2008 |
A new study on elderly Indonesians found that those who ate tofu daily had weaker memory function than those who ate it rarely. This led to headlines circling the world today (for example, “Eating Soy Linked to Memory Loss” and “Tofu May Raise Risk of Dementia“) which generalize these findings to all tofu, and implicitly or explicitly, all soy [...]
Why Are U.S. Health Costs So Much Higher Than Other Industrialized Nations?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2008 |
A New York Times article about CT scans of the heart makes a disturbingly strong case that a big part of the problem is Americans’ unending desire to use whatever high-tech methods inventors can invent, whether or not these actually deliver more effective care for most patients. Increasing use of the scans, formally known as CT angiograms, [...]
Meditation and Yoga Switch Off Stress Genes
Posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2008 |
Numerous scientific studies since the 1970s have demonstrated a wide range of health benefits from meditation and yoga. Now, a new study by a group at Harvard including mind-body medicine pioneer Herbert Benson, MD, hints at a key to the mechanism underlying these changes. Briefly stated, it’s that evoking the relaxation response turns off harmful genes and turns on helpful [...]
Lying About Your Vegetables
Posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2008 |
One of the improvements we’ve instituted at the Cleveland Chiropractic College clinics is that all new patients now fill in the Physical Activity and Nutrition (PAN) form, which asks a dozen or so questions about exercise and diet. One question asks how many servings of vegetables the patient eats on an average day. If the answer [...]
