June 6th, 2010 by Harriet Hall, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News, Opinion, Research
Tags: Archives of Internal Medicine, Cancer, Carcinogens, Cardiovascular Disease, Circulation, Coronary Heart Disease, Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition, Dietetics, Eat Your Vegetables, Family Medicine, Food and Nutrition, General Medicine, Hazardous To Health, Healthy Diet, Iron, Moderation In All Things, Mortality, Oxidative Damage, Primary Care, Processed Meats, Red Meat, Saturated Fat, Vegetarians
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Red meat consumption has been linked to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and several types of cancer (breast, colorectal, stomach, bladder, prostate, and lymphoma).
There are plausible mechanisms: Meat is a source of carcinogens, iron that may increase oxidative damage, and saturated fat. But correlation and plausibility are not enough to establish causation.
Is red meat really dangerous? If so, how great is the risk? A couple of recent studies have tried to shed light on these questions, but they have raised more questions than they have answered. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Science-Based Medicine*
June 6th, 2010 by RyanDuBosar in Better Health Network, Humor, News, Quackery Exposed, Research
Tags: H1N1 Flu Virus, Infectious Disease, Japan's Plum-Growing Region, Japanese Dried Plums, Polyphenol, Preventive Medicine, Umeboshi, Wakayama Medical University
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Japanese dried plums may suppress H1N1 influenza viruses, report researchers. In Japan, umeboshi (literally, “dried plum”) is thought to convey good digestion and cure hangovers. It’s the Japanese version of “an apple a day.”
Recently, Wakayama Medical University researchers added umeboshi extracts to cells infected with the H1N1 virus and found it inhibited viral growth by 90 percent after seven hours. Researchers think that a polyphenol in the food may suppress H1N1. By the way, Wakayama prefecture is the heart of Japan’s plum-growing region. (Hindustan Times, Wikipedia)
*This blog post was originally published at ACP Internist*
June 6th, 2010 by BarbaraFicarraRN in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News, Research
Tags: Adderall, CDC, Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Drug Addiction, Family Medicine, General Medicine, High School Students, High Schoolers, Howell Wechsler, Internal Medicine, Not Prescribed To Them, Not Safer Than Illegal Drugs, Opioid Dependence, Oxycontin, Percoset, Pharmacology, Popping Pills, Prescription Drug Abuse, Primary Care, Public Awareness, Public Health, Ritalin, Superwoman Syndrome, Teenagers, teens, Use By Youth, Vicodin, Xanax, Youth Risk Behavior Study, YRBS
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A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that one in five U.S. high school students have taken a prescription drug that they didn’t get from their doctor.
According to the 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) that was released today from the CDC, the survey asked more than 16,000 high school students if they’ve ever taken a prescription drug such as Oxycontin, Percoset, Vicodin, Adderall, Ritalin and Xanax. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Health in 30*
June 6th, 2010 by Medgadget in Better Health Network, News, Research
Tags: Allergic Reaction, Allergic Response, Allergy And Immunology, Blood Test For Allergies, Christopher Love, Cytokines, Family Medicine, Food Allergies, Food Safety, Food-Allergy Diagnosis, Food-Allergy Testing, General Medicine, Internal Medicine, MIT, Potential Allergens, Primary Care, Testing Methods
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Current methods of testing people for food allergies aren’t particularly precise, leaving many people to falsely think that they have a condition that they really don’t.
MIT chemical engineer Christopher Love is working on a new test based on cytokines that may prove to be substantially faster and more reliable. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
June 5th, 2010 by John Mandrola, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News, Opinion, True Stories
Tags: Active Lifestyle, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Youth, Childhood Obesity, Children's Health, Family Medicine, Fun Activities, General Medicine, Healthy Kids, Kids Need A Break, New York Times, Overtraining Young Athletes, Primary Care, Sacrificing Fun, What To Teach Your Kids
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As a cardiologist and advocate for healthy living through exercise, the bleak news of rising childhood obesity hits me hard. But as an endurance athlete well versed in the inflammatory effects of excessive exercise, and a coach of middle school children, recent news reports on the overtraining of American youth is equally troublesome.
The overtraining of the young American athlete has risen to the level of capturing the attention of the American Academy of Pediatrics. I planned on letting this New York Times piece pass quietly, as yet another documentation of how adults are either explicitly or implicitly drilling out the young athlete — sacrificing fun at the alter of performance. Little League-like overzealousness is old news dating back to my era, I thought. But I just couldn’t help myself. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Dr John M*
