Prostate Cancer in the News
Prostate cancer now has a new weapon- waiting. Prostate cancer that is confined to the prostate, and is small may be best observed as opposed to removed with radical surgery.
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Treating Jellyfish Stings
Jelly fish stings can turn a nice day at the beach into a miserable experience. The latest Health News came out with a report of what are the best remedies for those stings- at least in North America. Adding a few things to your beach bag will help.
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LAP-BAND Does NOT Lead to Increased Alcoholism
A recent report about increased alcoholism and weight loss surgery found that it did not apply to the Lap-Band but did apply to the RNY gastric bypass. Patients who have risk factors for alcohol use might find that the Lap-Band would be a better choice for weight loss surgery.
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Calcium Supplements and Heart Disease
The recent article showing people who take Calcium supplements have a higher risk of heart disease than those who don’t, falls in line with other studies showing that taking vitamins, anti-oxidants, and now calcium are worse than not taking the supplements.
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The Latest Word on Coffee
Coffee drinking may be a benefit to health. The recent study from the National Cancer Institute reports that coffee drinking is associated with a slightly lower risk of death from certain diseases than non-coffee drinkers. Coffee may be good for us– who knew
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Vegan Activism
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine seems to play a bit loose with the facts about nutrition. This organization is less about research and evidenced based medicine, and far more about an agenda or advocacy.
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Red Meat and Early Mortality
Does red meat increase your mortality? According to the recent report it does- but when you analyze that report, you find that correlation does not equal causation, and here are just a few major flaws with that study.
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Caldwell Esselstyn: Proponent of Plant Based Diet
Caldwell Esselstyn started out life as a surgeon and went into preventive medicine- sadly his population based studies and conclusions have flaws in them, and his plant based diet thoughts will not prevent coronary artery disease.
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Beware of Outrageous Claims
Imagine if you took every product out there that was said to promote health- purify it, concentrate it and then sell it in a multi-level marketing firm. That is what Sisel does. Do I recommend these products- absolutely not.
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