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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Colon cleansing supplement claims of improving overall health “have no basis in science,” expert says
The Los Angeles Times “Healthy Skeptic” column reports that “NuAge Colon Cleanse and Oxy-Powder makers say their products rid the body of toxins and help people lose weight.” According to the “NuAge website … the product contains ‘muciligenic fibers,’ but … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Nutritional Health
Tagged colon cleansing, colonics, detoxification
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Homeopathic Cobra Venom for Pain? Watch out!
According to the experts at the Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, Cobroxin and Nyloxin are new homeopathic products used for chronic pain. They come as an oral spray and topical gel. The bad news is that these products contain a “5X … Continue reading
Listening to Mozart Won’t Make Your Child Smarter
First we learned that DVDs intended for babies are not only not helpful to children, but may harm them. Now comes a study showing no evidence of the so-called ‘Mozart Effect.’ The study, reviewing over 40 studies done of the … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged Mozart, music, Parenting
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Drinking fewer sugary drinks lowers blood pressure
The Los Angeles Times “Booster Shots” blog reported that “there may be a link between drinking fewer sugar-sweetened beverages and lowering blood pressure,” according to a study published in the journal Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers followed “810 … Continue reading
Posted in Heart Health, Men's Health, Nutritional Health, Woman's Health
Tagged high blood pressure, HTN, lowering high blood pressure, soft drinks
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Ten minutes of brisk exercise triggers metabolic changes lasting for at least an hour
The AP reports, “Ten minutes of brisk exercise triggers metabolic changes that last at least an hour,” with more fit exercisers reaping a greater number of benefits. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital came to that conclusion after measuring “biochemical changes … Continue reading
Posted in Heart Health, Men's Health, Woman's Health
Tagged exercise, fitness
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Study: Working overtime increases heart risk
People who regularly put in overtime and work 10 or 11-hour days increase their heart disease risk by nearly two-thirds, research suggests. The findings come from a study of 6,000 British civil servants, published online in the European Heart Journal. The … Continue reading
Posted in Heart Health, Men's Health, Mental Health, Woman's Health
Tagged 10 Essentials of Happy Healthy People, overtime, preventing cardiovascular disease, preventing heart attack, preventing heart disease
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How much vitamin D is too much?
Now that so many more people are taking vitamin D, some are asking how much vitamin D is too much. And, it’s important to note that vitamin D doses vary widely and toxicity is rare. Here are some guidelines recommended … Continue reading
Adults may need up to twice the amount of vitamin D than is typically recommended
Here’s news about a new guideline that will change something I do in practice. The Los Angeles Times “Booster Shots” blog reported, “Older adults need up to twice the amount of vitamin D than is typically recommended, according to guidelines … Continue reading
Posted in Men's Health, Nutritional Health, Woman's Health
Tagged vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency, vitamin D supplements
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FDA warns against giving infants more than 400 IU of vitamin D
The Los Angeles Times “Booster Shots” blog reported, “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) … warned parents about the dangers of giving infants more than 400 international units (IU) of vitamin D.” Indeed, “supplementation is recommended for some infants, especially … Continue reading
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No link between cell phone towers and children’s cancer
The AP reports that “children whose mothers lived close to a mobile phone tower while pregnant did not appear to be at any higher risk of cancer than children whose mothers lived farther away,” according to a study published in … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged cell phone towers and cancer, cell phones, cell phones and brain cancer, cell phones and cancer
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Study on link between cell phone use and brain cancer inconclusive
The AP reports that “a major international study into the link between cell phone use and two types of brain cancer has proved inconclusive, according to a report due to be published” in the International Journal of Epidemiology. The data … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Men's Health, Woman's Health
Tagged brain cancer, cell phones, cell phones and brain cancer, cell phones and cancer
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Long-term harm seen with too much TV for toddlers
The more TV a toddler watches, the higher the likelihood they will do badly at school and have poor health at the age of 10, researchers warn. The study of 1,300 children by Michigan and Montreal universities found negative effects on … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged screen time, screen time and health, television, TV, TV and children, TV and health, TV free home
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Nuts may help lower cholesterol levels
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that nuts may help lower cholesterol levels. HealthDay reported that investigators “pooled data on 583 men and women who had participated in 25 nut … Continue reading
Posted in Heart Health, Nutritional Health
Tagged cholesterol, high cholesterol, hypercholesterolemia, nuts
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Take Vitamin D With Largest Meal
Taking your vitamin D supplement with the largest meal of the day may boost its absorption substantially, according to a new study from researchers at the Cleveland Clinic. Here are details from WebMD: The researchers instructed 17 men and women, … Continue reading
Posted in Nutritional Health
Tagged vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency, vitamin D supplements
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Is OJ as good a source of vitamin D as supplements?
A glass of orange juice may not only help the vitamin pill go down. A new study suggests that fortified varieties can also help the body’s vitamin D levels go up – just as effectively as the supplement itself. The finding … Continue reading
Posted in Nutritional Health
Tagged orange juice, vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency, vitamin D supplements
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Mothers with kids at home needed to fill out brief survey by Father’s Day
The headlines at MSNBC are no different that those carried by most news media this last month: “Children of lesbian parents do well.” These headlines are based on a study published in the journal Pediatrics. You can see a critique … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Marriage and Family Health, Parenting
Tagged adoption, homosexual adoption, lesbian, Parenting
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Lesbians are the “Best Parents Ever”? Eight reasons why the latest study doesn’t prove anything!
You’ve all seen the headlines by now: “Children of lesbian parents do well.” These headlines are based on a study published in the journal Pediatrics. Here’s a excellent critique of the study by Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute, a project … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Marriage and Family Health, Parenting
Tagged adoption, homosexual adoption, lesbian, Parenting
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Three Really Pernicious Messages behind the “Lesbians Make Better Parents” Story line
Conservative researchers and bloggers are dealing with the sampling and reporting problems associated with a recent study purporting to show that the children of lesbians are doing just fine. Here’s a commentary on the study by Jennifer Roback Morse of the … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Marriage and Family Health, Parenting
Tagged adoption, homosexual adoption, lesbian, Parenting
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Single Dose of Aspirin Effective in Relieving Migraine Pain
A single 1000-mg dose of aspirin is an effective treatment of acute migraine headaches for more than half of people who take it, and the addition of 10 mg of metoclopramide (Reglan) may reduce nausea, according to the findings of … Continue reading
Posted in Men's Health, Woman's Health
Tagged aspirin, Imitrex, metoclopramide, migraine, migraine headache, Reglan, sumatriptan
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Certain Ankle Braces May Protect Girl Volleyball Players
Many of you know that I served as a sports medicine physician much of my career, including a stint as a volunteer physician for the U.S. Olympic Committee. So, I was interested to hear that there’s a new study showing … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Woman's Health
Tagged ankle sprain, braces, preventing ankle sprain, volleyball
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Statins can reduce sex drive
I have heard from male readers that when they began taking the cholesterol reducing statin medications (such as Crestor, Lipitor, lovastatin, simvastatin, etc.), they have experienced decreased libido (sexual drive). Now, there is some research that may confirm this. One … Continue reading
Posted in Men's Health, Mental Health
Tagged ED, erectile dysfunction, libido, sex drive, statin, statins
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Larimore Monthly Prayer Letter – June 15, 2010
In this prayer letter: PRAISES: 1) Hazel Creek novel 2) RELEASED IN MAY: Workplace Grace: Becoming a Spiritual Influence at Work 3) JUST RELEASED: TSI: The Influenza Bomb (a novel) 4) Our Trip to Italy 5) A New Venue for … Continue reading
Posted in Family Newsletter
Tagged Hazel Creek, Mission Medical Clinic, The Gabon Virus, The Influenza Bomb, Workplace Grace
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Private Umbilical Cord Blood Banking: Smart Parenting or Waste of Money?
The promise of future cures from banking their child’s cord blood allures many parents, but many experts call public banks a better option. Why? Here’s an excellent report from ABC News to explain: The choices expectant parents make today go … Continue reading
Cord Blood Banking: Read Between the Ads
Do the promises of private cord blood banks live up to reality for parents-to-be? According to the parents I see in practice, it’s hard to ignore the ads for cord blood banks, offering a lifetime of protection for their children. … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics, Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged cord blood, cord blood banking, Cord Blood Registry, umbilical cord blood, umbilical cord blood banking, Viacord
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Experts Rebuke Claim that “A Fetus is Not a Person”
A philosophy professor at Saint Mary’s University (SMU) in Halifax is drawing rebuke from experts in bioethics, medicine, and philosophy for a column in which he advocates abortion based on the notion that “a fetus is not a person.” If … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics, Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged abortion, fetus, personhood, right to life
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Study Links Regular Bedtimes to Better Language, Reading, and Math Skills in Preschool Children
Children in households with bedtime rules and children who get adequate sleep score higher on a range of developmental assessments, according to a research abstract that was recently presented at at SLEEP 2010, the 24th annual meeting of the Associated … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Mental Health, Parenting
Tagged lack of sleep, poor sleep, sleep, sleep and children, sleep and health
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Lack of sleep ‘linked to early death’
#mce_temp_url#Better Sleepers Are ‘Successful Agers’ In a number of my health books (including 10 Essentials of Happy, Healthy People: Becoming and staying highly healthy, SuperSized Kids: How to protect your child from the obesity threat, and God’s Design for the … Continue reading
Posted in Men's Health, Woman's Health
Tagged lack of sleep, preventing early death, sleep, sleep and health
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New Study Says, “Check blood pressure at home, not MD’s office!”
Think you need to go to the doctor’s office to check your blood pressure? Think again. For years I’ve had my patients monitor their blood pressure at home. I do NOT rely solely upon blood pressure readings in the office. … Continue reading
Posted in Heart Health, Men's Health, Woman's Health
Tagged HBP, heart disease, high blood pressure, home blood pressure monitoring, home BP monitoring, HTN, hypertension, kidney disease, stroke
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Obesity Drives GERD Symptoms in Kids
In my book SuperSized Kids: How to protect your child from the obesity threat and on my SuperSized Kids Web site I write at some length about the many illnesses we doctors are now seeing in kids that are due to the tsunami … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Parenting
Tagged childhood obesity, gastroesophageal reflux disease, GERD, Obesity, pediatric obesity
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