On Tuesday, September, 19th, 2017 in Integrative Medicine
A man goes to the hospital for a routine surgery. Though he has had prostate cancer, it’s in remission. He appears healthy. He says he cycles 50 miles a week. Then his doctors discover that his blood oxygen levels are extremely low. They run tests and find a elevated levels of cyanide in his blood. […]
On Tuesday, September, 5th, 2017 in IV Drip Therapy
With kids headed back to school, parents can be sure of one thing: Each day, there’s a chance they’ll bring more than graded papers and new assignments; they can bring home colds, flu, and more. Schools, after all, can be virtual germ factories, with kids grouped in closed spaces where it’s all too easy to […]
On Tuesday, August, 22nd, 2017 in Integrative Medicine, Wellness
As the positive emotion study we blogged about last week was making headlines, other research was highlighting the impact of one negative emotion in particular: loneliness. According to a presentation earlier this month at the 125th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, “loneliness and social isolation could be greater public health hazard than obesity.” […]
On Tuesday, August, 8th, 2017 in Integrative Medicine, Wellness
A lot of the chronic diseases we see most often these days have some things in common. For instance, they’re largely driven by lifestyle. They’re also marked by chronic inflammation. So it follows, then, that one of the best, most productive actions we can take to prevent or possibly reverse such illness is to make […]
On Tuesday, July, 25th, 2017 in Diet & nutrition, Weight loss
Wouldn’t it be nice if weight were really just a matter of calories in, calories out? But science has made it increasingly clear that not all calories are equal – nor is calories in/calories out the sole equation when it comes to overweight and obesity. For instance, different combinations of foods can have very different, […]
On Tuesday, July, 11th, 2017 in Acupuncture, Integrative Medicine
This past spring, the FDA released new guidelines that include acupuncture as a valid therapy for treating pain. At least some of this comes from the need to emphasize drug-free therapies in the midst of the ongoing crisis of opioid abuse. “[Health care providers] should be knowledgeable about the range of available therapies, when they […]
On Tuesday, June, 27th, 2017 in Genetic Testing, Integrative Medicine
Earlier this year, the FDA gave the OK to home DNA tests that identify a person’s genetic risk for 10 diseases. Ideally, the results will help people make specific healthy choices to help lower their risk. But that doesn’t always play out in the real world. One notable review in the BMJ found that Expectations […]
On Tuesday, June, 13th, 2017 in Diet & nutrition
Did you catch the headlines last week declaring that “White Bread May Not Be Bad for You After All”? The hype around this study seemed a little reminiscent of last year’s “pasta won’t make you fat” study. Just as back then, the spin is more than a little misleading. For the study, researchers had […]
On Tuesday, May, 30th, 2017 in Diet & nutrition
Over the past decade or so, there’s been a real avalanche of research on vitamin D. Just last week, word came of two new studies – one suggesting the nutrient could play a role in pain management; the other, that supplementation could help improve fertility in both men and women. A little earlier this year, […]
On Tuesday, May, 16th, 2017 in Ozone Therapy
Arthroscopic surgery is big business. How big, you ask? Each year, we spend more than $3 billion dollars for knee surgery alone. And according to guidelines just published in the BMJ, much of that may be a waste. As NPR reported, The guidelines…reviewed 13 studies involving nearly 1,700 patients and found the surgery did not […]
