February 18th, 2010 by Jonathan Foulds, Ph.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, Research
Tags: Addiction Medicine, cigarette, e-cigarette, quit, Quitting Smoking, smoking, smoking cessation
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E-cigarettes continue to create a lot of media buzz and chatter among smokers and smoking cessation experts alike. Today, Professor Thomas Eissenberg of Virginia Commonwealth University published an important study demonstrating that E-cigarettes, despite claims on the packaging and advertising, deliver almost no nicotine to the user.
The study is published in the latest edition of the journal, Tobacco Control. Professor Eissenberg had 16 smokers abstain overnight, then come to the lab. on different days and (a) smoke two of their usual cigarettes (b) puff on two unlit cigarettes or (c) “smoke” 2 leading brands of E-cigarette using their “high nicotine” cartridge (16mg), each brand on a separate occasion. On each occasion he measured the blood nicotine levels before, during and up to 45 minutes after using the products. Read more »
This post, Are E-Cigarettes Anything More Than A Theater Prop?, was originally published on
Healthine.com by Jonathan Foulds, Ph.D..
February 16th, 2010 by Toni Brayer, M.D. in Better Health Network, Quackery Exposed, Research
Tags: Amebiasis, Colectomy, Colon Cleansing, Colon Perforation, Colonic Irrigation, Death, Detoxification, Gastroenterology, GI, Gut, Harms, Primary Care, Risks
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The internet is full of colon cleansing methods that tout the benefits of colon detox. I saw one website that showed long “worms” that live for years in the colon that “need” to be removed with special expensive potions. One of the most common questions for GI doctors is about colon cleansing and if it is beneficial. I don’t know any physicians who believe the colon needs “detoxification” or special cleansing, but until now I didn’t have a scientific way to answer that question from patients.
A study from the Am J. Gastroenterology now gives us the answer. The study authors looked at all relevant articles published between 1966 and 2008. They blinded the articles and measured outcomes and adverse events. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at EverythingHealth*
February 11th, 2010 by Medgadget in Better Health Network, News, Research
Tags: Bomb, Cancer Cells, Destruction, Dmitri Lapotko, Explosion, Kill, Laser, Lykov, Minsk, Nanobubbles, Nanoparticles, Oncology, Science, Target, Technology
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New cancer targeting nanoparticles seem like daily news here at Medgadget. Today we have gold nanoparticles developed jointly by researchers at Rice University and A.V. Lykov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute in Minsk, Belarus that create plasmonic nanobubbles when targeted with a laser. These particles can be guided to a tumor by antibodies and then activated to generate tiny explosions, so clinicians one day will be able to stay back and enjoy. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
February 9th, 2010 by Paul Auerbach, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, Research
Tags: Broken Bones, Ibuprofen, Narcotics, Orthopedic Surgery, Pain Management, Pediatrics, Side Effects
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Pain management is a hot topic in medicine in general and certainly in medicine for the outdoors. Injuries in particular, and many illnesses, cause pain, which in turn causes the victim to suffer. To a great extent, pain is subjective, but regardless of whether your pain is a “1” or a “10,” it can be disabling and even dangerous, particularly if it causes you to be distracted in a situation of risk (e.g., climbing, swimming, walking along a ridgeline).
Broken bones usually hurt a great deal. It’s commonly believed that the pain is always of a severity to require the administration of “strong” pain medicine, notably, something containing a narcotic compound. This may not be true. Read more »
This post, Broken Arm? Try Some Ibuprofen, was originally published on
Healthine.com by Paul Auerbach, M.D..
February 9th, 2010 by DaveMunger in Better Health Network, Research, True Stories
Tags: AIDS, Disparities, Gender, HIV, Infectious Disease, Race, Rapidly Progressing, Viral Load
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Yesterday I introduced my friend Charles Roth. Charles was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2003 and was already in bad shape. He had been tested as healthy the previous year, but the disease struck quickly, hospitalizing him for a week and keeping him out of work for a month and a half. He returned to work but repeated illnesses due to AIDS meant that by 2006, he was unable to work full-time. A bank executive, Charles still tries to find occasional contract work or odd jobs like résumé writing and tax preparation, but with the recession, these jobs are low-paying and hard to come by. For the most part he makes do with a tiny state disability check and food stamps.
So how typical is Charles’s case? We’ve all heard of success stories like Magic Johnson, who was diagnosed with HIV in 1991 and still has not developed AIDS. But clearly neither case tells the whole story. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at The Daily Monthly*
