According to the article, “Clinical Review of Dietary Therapy For Rheumatoid Arthritis”, published in the British Journal of Rheumatology (1993;32:507-514) changes in diet may benefit patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The authors of the study propose that improving the diet is extremely safe and may improve symptoms and reduce medication needs without any side-effects. One of Read More …
Autism and Nutrition
The Autism Research Institute sponsors Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) Conferences. Physicians and researchers who are doing progressive work with nutrition and other alternative modalities, gather at these conferences.The FDA has taken the position that there is no effective treatment for autism. DAN! medical professionals and researchers disagree. One small example is the use of vitamin Read More …
Lung and Asthma
The lungs are two sacks of a soft, spongy like material. The trachea is a rigid tube that connects the mouth with the bronchia. The bronchia are two tubes that come off of the trachea and go into each lung. The bronchia further split into several bronchioles, and the tubes split further and further, and Read More …
Anti Inflammatory Drugs are Bad to the Bone
The Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (June, 2002 17:963), studied the effects of two drugs, Vioxx and Celebrex on bone repair. These drugs are the new generation of anti-inflammatory drugs. These are known as Cox-2 inhibitors; so named because of the inflammatory enzyme that they inhibit. These drugs are often used to ease the Read More …
Anti Inflammatory Drugs are Bad to the Bone
The Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (June, 2002 17:963), studied the effects of two drugs, Vioxx and Celebrex on bone repair. These drugs are the new generation of anti-inflammatory drugs. These are known as Cox-2 inhibitors; so named because of the inflammatory enzyme that they inhibit. These drugs are often used to ease the Read More …
Osteoporosis and Vitamin K
A review of published studies, appearing in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (2005; 62(15): 1574-81) states that vitamin K may help prevent osteoporosis as well as arterial calcification. Vitamin K is important to proteins that are found in bone. A commercially prepared form of vitamin K1 and vitamin K2 may be useful for preventing Read More …
Can Osteoporosis Drugs Weaken Bone?
The Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma (May/June 2008, Volume 22, Issue 5) published a retrospective review was of patients with femoral shaft fractures admitted to a Level 1 trauma center between January 2002 and March 2007. Seventy low-energy fractures were identified. These are leg fractures (thigh) that occurred with little or no trauma. The researchers looked Read More …
Neurologic Conditions
Diseases of the nervous system are some of the most serious and crippling diseases that afflict mankind. Like many other serious health problems, an approach that combines the technology of medicine and the common sense of holistic health care is best. A Model for Holistic Health Care The term “alternative health care” is not really Read More …
Vitamin Intake and Cognitive Function
Recent research [appearing in J Nutr Health Aging. 2004; 8(4):226-32 (ISSN: 1279-7707)]looked at vitamin intake and its relation to cognitive function and psychological well-being in over 1000 middle-aged Australian men and women. Specifically dietary intake of folic acid, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 were beneficial. The subjects filled out questionnaires to determine dietary intake of these Read More …
Vitamin C and E protect against dementia
In a study 3,385 Japanese American men ages 71-93 were surveyed and tested for dementia over a nine year period. Forty-seven of the men were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Thirty-five of the participants were diagnosed with vascular dementia. Another 50 of the men were diagnosed with other types of dementia. Low cognitive test scores (without Read More …