The IPM Blog
Please browse our posts and articles for more information about many different health related topics.
Save Your Sinuses
A woman had suffered from severe sinus symptoms over the course of a year. She had nasal congestion, left maxillary sinus pains, a very hoarse voice that sometimes gave out...
Testosterone Lengthens Life Span
Diabetic men with low testosterone levels had a death rate twice as high as diabetics with normal testosterone levels, followed over 6 years (20% versus 9%). When men with...
Serotonin and Depression
Massive research has been undertaken to identify biological causes of mental illness. Business enterprises exist purporting to measure neurotransmitter substances with the...
Berberine for High Blood Sugar and Cholesterol
Berberine is a plant-derived product effective in lowering blood sugar in diabetics, and also in lowering cholesterol levels. The method of action is to increase expression...
Fructose and Gout
The incidence of gout, a painful affliction of the joints, has increased in both men and women in the last 40 years. This coincides with the increased consumption of...
Thyroid Symptoms? Try Empirical Treatment
Many patients, most of them women, have symptoms suggestive of underactive thyroid glands, but thyroid blood tests are normal. They complain of constipation, hair loss, cold...
Fish Oil Prevents Heart Failure
Along with their many other benefits, omega three fatty acids, primarily found in fish, have now been found protective against the development of heart failure. (Annals of...
Back Pain and Ruptured Discs
Low back pain problems occur in 60-80% of people at some time in their lives. Much of this relates to lumbar disc disease, either protrusion (bulge) or rupture. The disc is...
Hormone Pellets and Osteoporosis: A Case Report
A post-menopausal woman had been diagnosed with osteoporosis, and was taking both Fosamax and transdermal hormone replacement therapy, without improvement. She did not want to continue taking...
Finding a Better a CPAP
Sleep apnea is a very common condition. I used to diagnose it occasionally in my practice, in retrospect missing many cases. Now I specifically look for it in anyone who has impaired sleep,...
