How Cancer Cells Get Their Food: A New Theory
Mon, 02/6/12 – 2:38 | No Comment

According to a new theory, cancer cells survive by getting healthy cells around it  to self destruct by releasing hydrogen peroxide. This self-destruction releases nutrients that feed the cancer cells.
Just how do the cancer cells …

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When Pets Grieve
Mon, 08/29/11 – 2:55 | No Comment
When Pets Grieve

Loss of a loved one is a terrible burden to bear – but how do pets survive the grief they have when a beloved owner dies? Read this compelling article from the NY Times published …

What Drug Companies Don’t Tell You
Fri, 08/26/11 – 2:27 | No Comment
What Drug Companies Don’t Tell You

Just read this in the magazine, The Week: The Best of the US. and International Media (July 29, 2011):
To approve a drug, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires pharmaceutical companies to provide just two …

Suppressing Glucagon Production As Possible Cure for Type 1 Diabetes
Wed, 08/24/11 – 3:00 | No Comment
Suppressing Glucagon Production As Possible Cure for Type 1 Diabetes

Type I diabetics do not produce insulin, the hormone that removes sugar from the bloodstream, so they have to inject themselves with insulin 3 or 4 times a day in order to lower their blood sugars. New …

The Working Poor – Another Reason for a Living Wage
Mon, 08/22/11 – 3:00 | No Comment
The Working Poor – Another Reason for a Living Wage

Sometimes things get “fixed” and it really just gets broken more. Such is the case with the state of health care in this country and for patients who do not earn living wages. For those …

Medicine on the Move
Wed, 08/17/11 – 3:00 | No Comment

Just finished an article in Plane & Pilot about an organization I hadn’t heard of: Medicine on the Move. MoM operates out of Ghana, Africa and is a charity for health care education and medical …

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH): What Does It Tell You?
Mon, 08/15/11 – 3:17 | No Comment
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH): What Does It Tell You?

I usually include the TSH in my panel of lab tests  - especially in the middle aged – although it’s an important hormone to check if symptoms warrant, such as palpatations, hair loss or fatigue …

Colon Cleansing Washes Out
Fri, 08/12/11 – 3:33 | No Comment
Colon Cleansing Washes Out

Colon cleansing – it sounds therapeutic and harmless – after all, what could be harmful in flushing out the colon with water and herbal products? Claims suggest that flushing out the colon regularly will “detoxify” …

Laser Surgery for Varicose Veins
Mon, 08/8/11 – 3:01 | No Comment

This technique is done in the office under local anesthesia. Within a half hour of the procedure, the patient is free to resume his/her activities.

Laser Surgery for Varicose Veins
Mon, 08/8/11 – 3:01 | No Comment

This technique is done in the office under local anesthesia. Within a half hour of the procedure, the patient is free to resume his/her activities.

Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Survival Rates
Fri, 08/5/11 – 2:44 | No Comment
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Survival Rates

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released new statistics on the number of people who survive a cardiac arrest that occurs outside of a hospital setting. It was nothing short of appalling: 92% of people …