Vitamin D and Atherosclerosis Increased vitamin D intake helps reduce the formation of foam cells, an early indicator of atherosclerosis. These cells are formed by white blood cells that engulf or “eat” oxidized LDL cholesterol and will then contribute to...
The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council have recommended taxing high-calorie, low-nutrient food and drink in order to combat childhood obesity, in a new report released on Tuesday. The report, entitled Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood...
Increased intakes of vitamin D during pregnancy may reduce the development by about 25 per cent, suggests a study with over 20,000 Norwegian women. The risk of pre-eclampsia was 27 per cent lower in women who consumed vitamin D supplements with daily doses of 10 to 15...
American Heart Association Recommends Limiting Sugar Intake Most American women should not consume more than 100 calories of added sugar a day, while men should limit their intake to no more than 150 calories, according to a new recommendation from the American Heart...
Hip Fractures and MortalityBreaking a hip in old age can obviously be traumatic but a recent study has determined that it can increase the incidence of death within the following 5 years by 25%. Hip fractures are much more common in those patients with thinner bone...
Investigators from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York conducted a study in which they reviewed the medical records of 847 people who had received at least one treatment of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) therapy over a four-year period for a variety of...
By Shane Ellison My wife and I always take our kids with us when we go grocery shopping. It gives us the opportunity to teach them how to recognize sneaky labeling and deceptive brand names, and how to pick the best foods for a healthy meal. We show them how to read...
DHA and chemotherapy drugs DHA, a polyunsaturated fatty acid found in fish oil, was found to significantly decrease the nephrotoxicity (kidney toxicity) of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin. Also, when used alone in rat models, DHA significantly reduced the size of...
It is common practice for physicians to replace street drugs with psychiatric drugs, so the drug abuser is never freed from drugs. He is merely switched from illegal drugs to legal drugs. In our practice we work to get people entirely off drugs. Whether they have...
**Note: Increasing the dietary intake of dairy products is not an ideal solution for everyone worried about vitamin D deficiency, especially those with milk allergies or lactose intolerance. The doctors at IPM highly recommend that children and adults take a high...
