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Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer Risk

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:38:00 +0000

I have had discussions with the top research at the Council for responsible nutrition who informed me that their high level consensus was that up to 10,000 units of Vitamin D is safe for virtually anyone. Now we have a slight cloud on that; however, I think this article clarifies just how slight that "cloud" on Vitamin D Safety really is.

This excellent article from NCI suggests that it is only a very remote possibility that the most aggressive forms of Prostate cancer might be aggravated by Vitamin D. This article, however, concludes with the obvious that the overall benefits from improving Vitamin D status clearly outweigh any such remote possibility. This article also recognizes what I have been teaching for 20 years, which is the incidence of prostate cancer by age 60 is clearly at least 50% and most of those cancers are not linked to the cause of death in those patients. Read more...

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Healthy Living Can Prevent Nearly 25% of Colorectal Cancers

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

(HealthDay News) -- As many as 23 percent of colorectal cancers could be prevented if people followed five simple healthy lifestyle recommendations, Danish researchers say.
The recommendations -- which would improve overall health as well -- include exercise, a good diet, moderate drinking, no smoking and maintaining a healthy weight, the researchers say.
"Even a modest difference in your lifestyle habits may have a substantial impact on your colorectal cancer risk," said lead researcher Dr. Anne Tjonneland of the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology of the Danish Cancer Society in Copenhagen.
Specifically, the recommendations are:
• At least 30 minutes of exercise a day.
• No more than seven drinks a week for women and 14 for men.
• Not smoking.
• Eating a healthful diet, defined as one high in fiber, with more than six servings (3 cups) a day of fruits and vegetables, and low in red meat and processed meat (no more than just over a pound a week), with less than 30 percent of total calories derived from fat. Read more...

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Ventilation Positions Comparable in Lung Syndrome Patients

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:01:00 +0000

(HealthDay News) -- Lying face down instead of face up while receiving mechanical ventilation doesn't lower the risk of death for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), according to Italian researchers.

Prone, or face-down, positioning is recommended for patients with ARDS, a serious and often fatal lung condition that may be associated with severe hypoxemia (abnormally low levels of oxygen in the blood, resulting in shortness of breath), according to background information in the study.

"Moreover, prone positioning has been advocated as a rescue maneuver for severe hypoxemia, owing to its positive effects on oxygenation, which have been repeatedly documented since its first description in 1976. However, no randomized clinical trial has yet demonstrated a significant reduction in mortality rate associated with prone positioning," wrote Dr. Paolo Taccone and colleagues. Read more...

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Coffee slashes risk of the most lethal type of prostate cancer

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:20:00 +0000

Imagine this scenario: drug company researchers make an amazing discovery. It's a remarkable therapy that's easy to take, has few serious side effects and reduces the risk of a man developing any kind of prostate cancer. Most importantly, it dramatically lowers the odds a man will ever have the most serious, deadly form of the disease.

Can you fathom the enormous money-making possibilities of such a discovery for Big Pharma? Can anyone even predict how many millions of prescriptions would quickly be written for men who would be willing to pay any price to prevent prostate cancer?

In breaking research news, it turns out that scientists actually have found a substance that appears to prevent prostate cancer, especially the most lethal variety, by a whopping 60 percent. But fortunately for men -- and unfortunately for Big Pharma -- the cancer preventative isn't a drug. It's a natural plant-based drink: plain old coffee. Read more...

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Honey and cinnamon cures - do they really work? Here's what

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:56:00 +0000

Honey and cinnamon cures - do they really work? Here's what you need to know

Hopeful newcomers to holistic health marvel at reports about honey and cinnamon as a miracle cure-all. On the other hand, alternative health skeptics scoff at the notion of cinnamon and honey as medicine, pointing out that the plethora of articles about the curative benefits of this food duo originated with a 1995 article in the tabloid newspaper Weekly World News. The truth is that cinnamon and honey have been used to promote health for centuries, but their efficacy depends largely on a lifestyle of energetic activity and whole foods. Read more...

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New Tests Might Better Predict Breast Cancer's Return

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:09:00 +0000

(HealthDay News) -- New research points to two gene-based methods of predicting if and when women with certain breast cancers will experience a tumor recurrence.

The studies, involving two common forms of breast cancer, are slated to be presented Wednesday at the 2011 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

The research also revealed that genetic data gleaned from tumors might help doctors tailor treatments to individual patients, sparing low-risk women from exposure to unnecessary radiation, for example.

In one study, researchers from the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, North Central Cancer Treatment Group and Genomic Health found that a multi-gene test can predict the risk for recurrence among women who have been diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS (a type of early cancerous growth limited to the breast duct).

In conducting the study, researchers analyzed genetic information from the tumors of 327 women diagnosed with DCIS, to calculate their risk for recurrence. By differentiating between low-risk and more aggressive forms of the disease, the "DCIS Score" predicts the likelihood of local recurrence and might help doctors determine if patients should be treated with surgery or a combination of surgery and radiation. Read more...

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known the main causes of chronic health conditions

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:54:00 +0000

Many behavioral risk factors, chief among them smoking, heavy drinking, and obesity, are known the main causes of chronic health conditions. The previous studies showed that the chronic health conditions, like cancer, diabetes, or heart disease, in turn are primary drivers of health care spending, incapacity, and death.

But a recent study found that survivors of breast cancer have a much higher risk of evolving a second breast cancer than women in the common population have of developing a first breast cancer. Unfortunately, little is known about what lifestyle factors may make survivors more vulnerable to a second cancer. “We found that obese women had a 50 percent increased risk, women who consumed at least one alcoholic drink per day had a 90 percent increased risk, and women who were current smokers had a 120 percent increased risk of developing a second breast cancer.” Read more...

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Vitamin D May Be Tied to Heart Disease Via Genes

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:07:00 +0000

(HealthDay News) -- New research points to the possibility of a genetic link between vitamin D and heart disease.

People with high blood pressure who had a gene variant that reduces vitamin D activation in the body were found to be twice as likely as those without the variant to have congestive heart failure, the study found.

The finding may lead to a way to identify people at increased risk for heart disease, according to Robert U. Simpson, an assistant professor of pharmacology at the University of Michigan Medical School and his research colleagues.

They analyzed the genetic profiles of 617 people. One-third had hypertension, one-third had hypertension and congestive heart failure, and the remaining third served as healthy controls.

The researchers found that a variant in the CYP27B1 gene was associated with congestive heart failure in people with hypertension. The study is in the November issue of Pharmacogenomics. Read more...

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Men More Likely to Skip Cancer Screenings: Study

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:12:00 +0000

(HealthDay News) -- Men are less willing than women to be screened for cancer, even though men have higher cancer death rates, a new study shows.

Researchers conducted a telephone survey of nearly 1,150 adults in New York City, Baltimore, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, who answered questions from the Cancer Screening Questionnaire. Most of the participants were aged 30 to 59, and 35 percent of them were men.

"This study examined beliefs and attitudes held by men and women about cancer screening. Our aim was to gain insight for improving existing cancer health promotion practices," study corresponding author Jenna Davis, of the department of health outcomes and behavior at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., said in a center news release.

"Our findings indicate that there is a need for better health and cancer screening promotion among men," she said.

The researchers suggested several reasons why men are less willing than women to undergo cancer screening: most cancer awareness campaigns in the media are for women's breast cancer; there is a lack of government-sponsored men's cancer awareness campaigns; and studies indicate that women see their primary care doctor more often than men. Read more...

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How cordless phones, wi-fi and other forms of high-frequency

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:51:00 +0000

How cordless phones, wi-fi and other forms of high-frequency electromagnetic radiation cause cancer

Many people are aware that prolonged cell phone use has been associated with brain cancer, but most don't realize how other sources of high-frequency electromagnetic radiation (EMR) also radically increase cancer risk.

Until recently, EMR has been given scant attention. It's a toxin that can't be seen or often felt; flawed telecommunication industry-sponsored studies have revealed that current EMR exposure levels are safe, so it has been mostly ignored in medicine. Furthermore, the US government, which receives massive tax revenue from telecom industries, has established faulty guidelines for EMR exposure. It has deemed safe levels to be thousands of times higher than what disinterested scientists have proven as safe. Indeed, studies from such scientists reveal that current amounts of EMR from telecom towers and antennas radically alter the body's cellular communications' processes, leading to cancer and other diseases. These scientists believe that the dramatic increase in cancer in recent years has been due in part to the growing prevalence of EMR in our environment. And the amount of radiation that we are exposed to doubles yearly. Read more...

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Heart Attacks &and Blood Viscosity reduced by blood donation

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:29:00 +0000

I really mean that it is proven that lowering blood viscosity lowers heart attacks. Here is another study showing an 88% reduction in heart attack rates!!

THIS IS WHY Beyond Chelation Improved is LIFE SAVING but for those who cannot afford the $120 a month we should certainly encourage them to start regular blood donation. It has no downside, but over time, the benefits from all the nutrients in BC-I will also keep you much sharper and younger, as you age.

But at least everyone will one day admit that no cholesterol lowering program comes close to this 88% reduction in fatal heart attacks! So when will the world move on to BLOOD VISCOSITY, as the new frontier, and leave the nonsense of cholesterol in the trash bin called the sad story of the history of medicine and man’s greed. Read more...

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The 20 Cancer Symptoms Women Are Most Likely to Ignore

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:14:00 +0000

Don't rely on routine tests alone to protect you from cancer. It's just as important to listen to your body and notice anything that's different, odd, or unexplainable. Here are some signs that are commonly overlooked:

1. Wheezing or shortness of breath
One of the first signs many lung cancer patients remember noticing is the inability to catch their breath.

2. Chronic cough or chest pain
Several types of cancer, including leukemia and lung tumors, can cause symptoms that mimic a bad cough or bronchitis. Some lung cancer patients report chest pain that extends up into the shoulder or down the arm.

3. Frequent fevers or infections
These can be signs of leukemia, a cancer of the blood cells that starts in the bone marrow. Leukemia causes the marrow to produce abnormal white blood cells, sapping your body's infection-fighting capabilities.

4. Difficulty swallowing
Trouble swallowing is most commonly associated with esophageal or throat cancer, and is sometimes one of the first signs of lung cancer, too.

5. Swollen lymph nodes or lumps on the neck, underarm, or groin
Enlarged lymph nodes indicate changes in the lymphatic system, which can be a sign of cancer. Read more...

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Calcium During Pregnancy Reduces Harmful Blood Lead Levels

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:59:00 +0000

This is locking the barn after the horse is stolen or too little too late. Read up on my websites about the lifelong adverse effects of LEAD on the growing fetus including later criminal behavior and its link to lead levels then decide, if this is your daughter’s pregnancy, do you want real lead lowering or homeopathic lead lowering??

Lowering lead levels during pregnancy and lactation by 8, 14, or 31 % is great but CALCIUM is NOT THE ANSWER, we are trading one problem for another. If you want no complications during pregnancy like eclampsia, which I have prided myself on during my 50 years of medical practice, start learning all the trace minerals but focus on Magnesium. Read more...

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The pH Miracle for Weight Loss

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:22:00 +0000

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's "Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007", Americans spend nearly 10 hours a day watching television, surfing the Internet, reading, and listening to music.

Almost half of that -- four and a half hours -- will be spent just watching television. This amounts to a total of more than 1500 hours of TV per person over the course of a year.

Americans also drink about a gallon of soda a week. These two statistics in part explain another figure why two thirds of Americans are currently overweight.

Dr. Robert O. Young now reveals a pH Miracle secret that obesity is not a fat problem but an over-acidic problem from acidic lifestyle and dietary choices. The body retains fat to protect the body from harmful acidic metabolic waste products that are not being properly elimnated through urination, perspiration, defication or respiration. Read more...

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Kids of Deployed Soldiers Vulnerable to Stress

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:12:00 +0000

(HealthDay News) -- About one-third of children of deployed U.S. Army soldiers are at high risk for psychosocial problems, mainly due to high levels of stress experienced by the parent who is still at home, a new study shows.

The research included the spouses (mainly wives) of 101 deployed Army personnel. Participants completed a series of questionnaires and provided information about their children, aged 5 to 12.

The researchers concluded that 32 percent of the children were at high risk for psychosocial problems. This doesn't mean they had psychological problems, but that they were more vulnerable to developing such disorders. That rate is 2.5 times higher than among children in the general population.

The study also found that children of parents with high stress levels were about seven times more likely to be at high risk for psychosocial problems. Psychosocial problems were less likely among children whose parents received support from military organizations and among children of college-educated parents.

The study appears in the August issue of the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. Read more...

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In Uncertain Times, Prepare Yourself for New Opportunities

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:46:00 +0000

Global financial collapse, rapid relocation of industries, emerging markets, political unrest, and just the fast pace of change all mean that things you take for granted today might be completely different tomorrow.

It’s a stressful time, and one in which long-term planning is becoming more and more difficult. Since you can’t possibly know what’s coming, it’s important that you keep your eyes open, and be ready to grab hold of new opportunities.

Here are some ideas about how to do that from Lifehack.org:

Take a Professional Inventory

Without adequate understanding of your own strengths (and weaknesses), you’re never going to be able to further your own development. Take some time to list your skills and talents. Add to that a list of your accomplishments, and how each achievement made use of those skills and talents.

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Pot Smoking May More Than Double Crash Risk

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:15:00 +0000

(HealthDay News) -- Drivers who get behind the wheel after using marijuana run more than twice the risk of crashing compared to others, a new study finds.

The risk rises even higher if the driver has also been drinking alcohol.

The authors of a study published online Oct. 4 in Epidemiologic Reviews believe the findings are especially relevant in light of recent moves to legalize medical marijuana in many states.

"As more and more states consider medical use of marijuana, there could be health implications," said study senior author Dr. Guohua Li.

Even as alcohol use has decreased over the past four decades, illicit use of non-alcoholic drugs, such as prescription medications and marijuana, has increased, said Li, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City.

A large U.S. survey in 2009 estimated that more than 10 million people aged 12 and over had driven while under the influence of illicit drugs in the previous year. And testing has revealed that 28 percent of drivers who die from a crash and more than 11 percent of drivers in general test positive for drugs other than alcohol. Marijuana is the most commonly detected drug in drivers after alcohol. Read more...

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Studies Uncover Genes Boosting Type 2 Diabetes Risk

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:36:00 +0000

(HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found several new genes that appear to increase the risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

Researchers say these findings bring to 10 the number of genes suspected in increasing the odds for type 2 diabetes, the most common, obesity-linked form of the disease. Understanding how these genes contribute to the disorder may lead to new strategies for prevention and treatment. The studies appear in the April 26 online editions of Nature Genetics and Science.

"This is clearly a start in understanding the disease," said Dr. Larry Deeb, president for medicine and science at the American Diabetes Association. "Type 2 diabetes is multifactorial, there is not one gene associated with it, and yet we know it runs in families, so it has to be genetic."

Deeb is not sure how much the genetic risk adds to the propensity for developing the disease. Either having or not having the genetic risk is not a guarantee of getting or not getting the disease, he added. Read more...

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Productivity Takes a Hit From Obesity, Diabetes

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:29:00 +0000

(HealthDay News) -- Obese workers with diabetes are less productive than their normal-weight co-workers, says a U.S. study.

Researchers surveyed 7,338 working adults about missed work time, reduced work effectiveness and impairment of daily activities. The results showed that people who were obese and had type 2 diabetes lost 11 percent to 15 percent of work time (about 5.9 hours a week) because of health problems, compared with 9 percent of work time (about 3.6 hours a week) lost by normal-weight people.

The survey also found that obese people with type 2 diabetes reported impairment during 20 percent to 34 percent of their daily activities, such as taking care of children, shopping and exercising.

The findings are in the May/June issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion.

"From an employer's perspective, this study provides evidence that workplace wellness programs that include weight loss and weight management would be beneficial for obese employees with or at risk for diabetes," Kathleen Fox, president of Strategic Healthcare Solutions and a co-author of the study, said in a news release from the Center for the Advancement of Health. Read more...

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Tarceva Battles Lung Cancer in Some

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:29:00 +0000

(HealthDay News) -- New research finds that the targeted cancer drug Tarceva nearly triples the amount of time lung cancer patients survive without a recurrence and has fewer side effects than standard chemotherapy.

The authors of a study appearing in the July 21 online issue of The Lancet Oncology recommend using Tarceva (erlotinib) as a first-line treatment for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer who have the particular gene mutation this drug targets.

Other experts agreed.

"This is a very important study [because] it shows that we can identify patients with a specific genetic marker and direct specific treatment toward them," said Dr. Jay Brooks, chairman of hematology/oncology at Ochsner Health System in Baton Rouge, La. Read more...

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Weight Watchers Produces Bigger 'Losers' Than Standard Weight-Loss Care

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:15:00 +0000

(HealthDay News) -- Dieters may be more likely to slim down if they are referred to a commercial program such as Weight Watchers than if they battle the bulge with primary health care providers alone, a new study finds.

Overweight adults in Germany, Australia and the United Kingdom who were referred to Weight Watchers by a primary health care provider lost about twice as much weight over a year as dieters assigned to standard weight-loss care, according to the study, which was funded by Weight Watchers and published Sept. 8 in The Lancet.

"The greater weight loss in participants assigned to the commercial program was accompanied by greater reductions in waist circumference and fat mass than in participants assigned to standard care, which would be expected to lead to a reduction in the risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease," the researchers said in a journal news release. Read more...

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New Drug Effectively Treats Hepatitis C

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:27:00 +0000

(HealthDay News) -- The recently approved drug Incivek, combined with two standard drugs, is highly effective at treating hepatitis C, a notoriously difficult-to-manage liver disease, two new studies show.

The drug works not only in patients just starting treatment, but in those who failed earlier treatment, the research found.

The hepatitis C virus can lurk in the body for years, causing liver damage, cirrhosis and even liver failure.

"This is a significant advance in the treatment of hepatitis C," said Dr. David Bernstein, chief of the division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., who was not involved in either study.

"We know that if we can get rid of the hepatitis C, we can prevent the progression of [liver] disease," he said. "This means we can prevent the progression of cirrhosis, we can prevent the development of cancer and also prevent the need for liver transplantation in a large number of people."

Incivek (telaprevir) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in May and is the second drug in a class of drugs called protease inhibitors to be approved to fight hepatitis C. The other drug, called Victrelis (boceprevir), was also approved in May. Read more...

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For People With Diabetes, Pets May Pose Unusual Hazards

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:56:00 +0000

(HealthDay News) -- Pet owners are familiar with cats pouncing on their feet under the covers or a pooch who nibbles their toes in bed.

But if you have diabetes, this lighthearted play is off-limits: Your feet and hands should not be exposed when sleeping with a pet.

In the second case of its type reported in a medical journal, a woman plagued by diabetes-related numbness in her feet ended up losing her leg after a pet dog chewed on her infected toe while she slept.

Researchers said that the traumatic incident underscores how critical it is that people with diabetes monitor the onset of injuries and related threats posed by pets.

"Pets have a tendency to lick wounds, and that simple lick can turn into a bite, if there is no response from the owner," study author Lee C. Rogers, associate director of Valley Presbyterian Hospital's Amputation Prevention Center in Van Nuys, Calif., explained in a hospital news release. Read more...

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Antioxidants help arteries stay healthy in people at risk for heart disease

noreply@blogger.com (DrEddyClinic.com) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:51:00 +0000

Antioxidants are substances that protect cells against the effects of free radicals -- molecules produced when the body breaks down food or is exposed to environmental toxins and radiation. Free radicals are believed to play a role in heart disease, cancer and other disorders. So it makes sense that antioxidants could help protect or even treat many health problems.Read more...

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