"This blog was developed to provide medical updates that are important and have my perspective as additional insight."
This weeks Sunday New York Times had a great article titled “Why Everyone Seems to Have Cancer” and the summary is….as we live longer and reduce the greatest killer of people, HEART DISEASE, Cancer comes to dominate as the major cause of death. The statistics clearly show reductions in premature death from heart disease and …
Acetominophen is the chemical name for Tylenol, and although safe in low and moderate doses, it can cause issues if taken to excess. The issues: Liver injury (even liver failure) and kidney disease. Due to unintended Tylenol overdose, the FDA is focusing a strong warning on products that contain Acetominophen as as ‘added’ medications in …
Hepatitis C is a chronic liver condition affecting millions of Americans, and the infection occurs through transmission with infected needles or infected blood. Although treatment regimens have been available for some time, they have been limited by the need for injectible medication and limitations in response. A new combination of oral medications, avoiding injections and …
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Dr. Donald Morton recently passed away. As a cancer surgeon, he pioneered the treatment called SENTINAL NODE BIOPSY. This simple and effective therapy for identifying lymph node involvement in cancer (or lack of involvement) led to more limited surgeries for cancer, more specific treatment protocols, and improved patient outcomes for many cancers. It is a …
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Recent articles have criticized the use of vitamins and supplements, claiming that the multi-billion dollar industry has little or even no data to support their use, and that there is some evidence of harm from supplementation. On top of this criticism, a recent article in the New York Times described the rise in liver injuries …
I was thinking the other day…..an unusual occurrence, and I had an epiphany. Perhaps modern civilization predisposes us to disease because we are separated from our families by distance, and cannot ‘share’ the germs of our ancestors as readily, to replenish our ‘particular’ microbiome of germs that has evolved over the years to be …
Vitamin D is riding high these days, as there have been many reports in the medical literature that low levels of Vitamin D are associated with everything from cancer to reduced longevity. As a result, supplementing Vitamin D has become all the rage, with patients actually developing Vitamin D overdose, as it is a fat …
One of the great things about the openness in today’s world, is the ability to discuss important health topics without the embarrassment that formerly would inhibit such conversations. One such topic is about PEYRONIE’S DISEASE, a medical condition that causes a curvature of the penis, due to development of thickened fibrous tissue in the shaft …
The # 1 Key to good health is exercise and as we get older, options for exercise can be more limited due to health issues; arthritis is the most common limiter, but heart conditions or lung conditions are close second. Despite this, no excuses will be allowed, as there is always something you can do …
Turns out that despite high calories, nuts appear to be a great health food. A recent NEJM study showed increased longevity in those who ate nuts daily, with a 30% reduction in heart disease and 11% in cancer. Nut eaters are also more slender than the rest of us….so not to worry about the extra …
I remember back in the 70’s when the Mary Tyler Moore Show was all the rage, and Ted Baxter, the bumbling local weatherman was one of the funniest guys on TV. He was at his best when things were there worst….like when Boffo the Clown died and he did the eulogy: A little song, …
TED TALKS are among the most informative and amazing videos on the web. If you want to be inspired and awe-struck, watch the story of this man who surmounted tragedy ….to become an inspiration himself. ROBOTS FOR HUMANITY
Well….not really a secret, so much as a topic that flies under the radar and is not discussed or thought about that much: Kidney disease. Your kidneys, the two fist-sized organs in your back, are not the topic for much concern unless they give you pain, but of course, you depend on them to filter …
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” ― Albert Einstein A great article in the NYTIMES this morning about the car mechanic from Argentina who has developed a life-saving method …