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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Swine Flu – Updated FAQ
Here’s an update on the rapidly evolving news about what is being called the Swine Flu. As more information comes available, I’ll post it here for you. Feel free to distribute this to your family, friends, colleagues, neighbors, and faith … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Men's Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged flu, flu shot, flu vaccine, influenza, swine flu
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Swine Flu: Top 5 Reasons Your Should Not Panic
Public health physicians and medical journalists have a tough job when it comes to informing the public about the Swine Flu as we have to walk the tightrope between informing you so that you can protect yourself and your family, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, International Health, Men's Health, Woman's Health
Tagged flu, influenza, pandemic, swine flu
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An influential doctors group is backing off its call for annual prostate cancer tests
“Many men do not need yearly (prostate cancer) screening,” but each man’s risk should be individually assessed, said Dr. Peter Carroll, who led the panel that wrote the American Urological Association’s new guidelines that were issued this last Monday at … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Men's Health
Tagged prostate cancer, prostate cancer screening, PSA
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Adult Stem Cells from Fat Tissue Offer Hope for MS Treatment
Let’s see: how many stories have you seen in the news about embryonic stem cells helping even one human being? Uh . . . none. And, how many stories have you seen about adult stem cells helping humans? Hundreds. Do … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics, Men's Health, Woman's Health
Tagged adult stem cell, adult stem cell research, adult stem cells, embryonic stem cell, embryonic stem cells, MS, multiple sclerosis
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Swine Flu: Questions and Answers
What is the Swine Flu? How do I avoid It? What do I do if I have flu symptoms? These are all questions that came into our clinic today and over the weekend. Also, you can read a couple of my … Continue reading
Swine Flu: What You Need to Know
As officials warn of the spread in swine flu cases across several countries around the globe, there are a number of steps you can take to protect yourself and your children from this unique virus. Also, you can read a … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, General Health, International Health, Men's Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged flu, influenza, pandemic, Relenza, swine flu, Tamiflu
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7 Ways to Protect Yourself from the Flu (in general) or the Swine Flu (in particular)
Prevention of the flu, and protection from the virus, is really no different than any other cold or flu. Just remember “the simple things” are what work best – wash your hands a lot, don’t shake hands or hug or … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Men's Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged flu, influenza, swine flu
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Dr. Walt’s Most Popular Blog Entries – Quarter 1 – 2009
Here are the most popular blogs, based upon blogs that you’ve read, over the first three months of 2009. The most popular blog was “Is It a Cold or Sinus Infection? How to Tell the Difference” and the second most … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Bioethics, Cancer, Children's Health, General Health, Heart Health, Marriage and Family Health, Medical Economics, Men's Health, Mental Health, Nutritional Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged adult stem cell, Bible, cold, colds, discipline, embryonic stem cell, embryonic stem cell research, embryonic stem cells, embryonic-like stem cells, embryos, faith, fasting, herb, herbs, hot flashes, menopausal symptoms, menopause, missed vaccination, multivitamins, natural medications, sinus infection, sinusitis, spanking, spirituality, stem cell research, supplements, vaccination, vaccinations, vaccine, vaccine myth, vitamins
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Faith-Based Health and Healing – Part 12 – Biblical Principles on Which to Base Medical Decisions and The Power of Faith
This is the last entry in this series — which has been one of the most popular I’ve written. I hope it’s been helpful for you and hope you recommend this blog series to your friends as the Bible gives … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine
Tagged Alternative Medicine, Alternative Medicine: The Christian Handbook, alternative therapies, alternative therapy, alternative treatments, Bible, channeling, divination, magic, magical charms, magical spells, occult, Reiki, shamanism, sorcery, spirit, spirit guides, spirits, spirituality, spirituality in medicine
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Amazing new study suggests breastfeeding may lower a mom’s risk for hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease later in life
I’ve been an incredibly strong advocate of breast feeding since my earliest days as a family physician, writer, and medical journalist. But, my support and advocacy for my patients and my readers has primarily been due to (1) the many … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Nutritional Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged benefits of breastfeeding, breast, breast feeding, breast-fed, breastfeeding, lactation
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Embryonic stem cells without embryos gives even MORE reasons to oppose embryonic stem cell research
I came across two studies released just this week that give me even more reasons to oppose the morally-flawed idea of killing embryos for embryonic stem cell research. The first study describes how scientists have created embryonic-like stem cells using … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics, Heart Health
Tagged adult stem cell, adult stem cell research, adult stem cells, embryonic stem cell, embryonic stem cell research, embryonic stem cells, embryonic-like stem cells, stem cell, stem cell research, stem cells
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His Brain, Her Brain: The Impact upon Patient, Personal, and Professional Relationships
In 2008 I was honored to be asked to present this topic to the 36th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Physician Assistants in San Antonio, TX. The talk and the handout were prepared from my and Barb’s book … Continue reading
Posted in Marriage and Family Health, Men's Health, Mental Health, Woman's Health
Tagged brain, communication, corpus callosum, estrogen, female brain, her brain, his brain, intuition, male brain, marriage, senses, testosterone
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What Are Friends for? A Longer Life!
Tara Pope, one of my favorite columnists, reports in the New York Times: “In the quest for better health, many people turn to doctors, self-help books or herbal supplements. But they overlook a powerful weapon that could help them fight … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, General Health, Heart Health, Marriage and Family Health, Men's Health, Mental Health, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Woman's Health
Tagged friends, friendship, relationships, social networks, social ties, socialization
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Considering an Alternative Therapy? Here are signs that it may be fraudulent and unsafe
According to HealthDay News, alternative therapies, such as herbal remedies, acupuncture, or acupressure, are becoming increasingly popular. But you should always use caution when experimenting with any alternative therapy, because it is not regulated by any government agency. Here are … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Bioethics, Cancer, Children's Health, Heart Health, Medical Economics, Men's Health, Nutritional Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged acupressure, acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, alternative therapies, alternative therapy, alternative treatments, fraud, herbal remedies, herbs, medical fraud, quack, quackery, quacks
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Unchristian – What a new generation really thinks about Christianity … and why it matters
While teaching a “Saline Solution” conference in Denver recently, one of the attendees recommended I read a recently released book: Unchristian — What a new generation really thinks about Christianity … and why it matters. The book is written by … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics, Medical Missions
Tagged Christianity, Going Public with Your Faith, saline solution
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Pro-Life Group Calls Obama Embryonic Stem Cell Research Guidelines a Human Cloning Bait and Switch
One prominent pro-life group doesn’t have much good to say about the new guidelines the NIH put out on Friday to implement his decision to overturn the limits President Bush put in place on embryonic stem cell research funding. The National … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics
Tagged embryonic stem cell research
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Faith-Based Health and Healing – Part 11 – Look to the Bible, Not Inner Voices, for Guidance
When investigating an alternative therapy, be concerned about those that involve listening to other spirits. But what about listening to an inner guiding voice? Guidance by intuition and inner voices has become more in vogue today than guidance through reason … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine
Tagged Alternative Medicine, Alternative Medicine: The Christian Handbook, alternative therapies, alternative therapy, alternative treatments, Bible, occult, spirit, spirit world, Spiritual Health, spiritualism, spirituality, Transcendental Meditation
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Employed by God: If you are a Christian and you are working in a secular position, are you working for God?
The delusion (the fixed false belief) that some people do sacred work for God while the rest of humanity settles by doing secular work is an ancient one. In Western thought, this idea developed from Greek philosophy, which taught that … Continue reading
Posted in Marriage and Family Health, Men's Health, Mental Health, Woman's Health
Tagged sacred work, secular work, vocation, work
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Saving your baby’s umbilical cord blood in private cord blood banks not a wise investment
Prospective parents face an array of medical decisions before their baby is born, but now families are facing a new question: “Should they shell out $1,500 or more to store blood taken from their baby’s umbilical cord and placenta during … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics, Cancer, Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged AAP, ACOG, cord blood, cord blood banking, umbilical cord blood, umbilical cord blood banking
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Adult Stem Cell Research Has Yet Another Victory – Helps Type 1 Diabetics
New research using adult stem cells is showing further insulin independence for Type 1 diabetes patients. The study, led by Richard Burt of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, is the second in the last two years to … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics
Tagged adult stem cell research, adult stem cells, diabetes, embryonic stem cell, embryonic stem cells, stem cell research, type 1 diabetes
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USA Today calls for educating parents, teachers on benefits and risks of ADHD treatments.
USA Today editorializes, “Look around a school lunchroom these days and odds are that one out of every 20 boys (and one in 43 girls) will have been diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder,” and “more than half of those boys … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Mental Health, Parenting
Tagged Adderall, ADHD, amphetamine, CHADD, Concerta, dextroamphetamine, MTA Study, Ritalin
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What’s the most proficient killing machine in the United States? It’s not the military!
The most proficient killing machine in the U.S. is the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) – and according to their new annual report PPFA is committing more abortions than ever. Not only that, they bring in over $1 billion … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics, Marriage and Family Health, Medical Economics, Woman's Health
Tagged abortion, abstinence education, conception, emergency birth control, eugenics, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy, STD, STI
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Faith-Based Health and Healing – Part 10 – Biblical Characters Condemned for Pursuing Certain Forms of Healing
The Bible recognizes the great temptation inherent in healing by evil spirits and illicit healers. The Old Testament describes an intense conflict between legitimate and illegitimate approaches to healing and spirituality. An incident involving King Ahaziah, the eighth king of … Continue reading
Replacing Sugared Beverages With Water Helps Kids Cut Calories and Weight
Want to help your kids keep the weight off? Just give them water instead of soda and other sugar-sweetened drinks, researchers advised this week. More Information:
Posted in Children's Health, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Parenting
Tagged childhood obesity, childhood overweight, overweight, pediatric obesity, soda, sugar
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New poll: Obama plan to scrap conscience rule panned by the public and a threat to patients
The Christian Medical Association (CMA), the nation’s largest association of faith-based physicians, today warned that the Obama administration’s plan to scrap a conscience-protecting healthcare regulation is very unpopular and threatens to cut off patient access to healthcare professionals and institutions … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics, Children's Health, Marriage and Family Health, Medical Economics, Mental Health, Woman's Health
Tagged abortion, conscience, conscience rights, freedom of conscience, physician conscience, right of conscience
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Doctor Mehmet Oz Tells Oprah’s Audience Embryonic Stem Cell Research Debate is Dead
Readers of this blog know the many reasons that we should abandon even considering experimenting with embryonic stem cells. Now, Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiovascular surgeon at Columbia University and a regular on Oprah Winfrey’s popular eponymous television program, is … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics
Tagged adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells, stem cell research
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First-Ever Treatment of Stroke Using Adult Stem Cells (another reason embryonic stem cell research is doomed)
In what is believed to be the nation’s first such procedure, doctors in Texas were able to successfully use adult stem cells from a patient to treat the effects of his stroke. Physicians from Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and the … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics
Tagged adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells, stem cell research, stroke
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Should you use camphor products, like Vicks VapoRub, on your kids? Dr. Walt says no.
The Prescriber’s Letter reports that camphor-containing products such as Vicks VapoRubare now being used more frequently in children due to the recent warnings about NOT using cough and cold products with children. But using camphor products may NOT be a a … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged camphor, camphor-containing products, colds, colds and children, cough, poison, Vicks VapoRub
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Study shows one-fifth of four-year-olds are obese. What can you do to protect your kids?
A striking new study says almost one in five American four-year-olds is obese, and the rate is alarmingly higher among American Indian children. What did the study find and what can you do to protect your children? More Information:
Posted in Children's Health, General Health, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Parenting
Tagged childhood obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension, life expectancy, Obesity, pediatric obesity, SuperSized Kids, type 2 diabetes
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Faith-Based Health and Healing – Part 9 – Life Energy and Medical Magic
Alternative therapies based on “life energy” use principles just like those generally attributed to magic. Although “magic” is difficult to define concisely, magical practices do have common features. Magic involves specific techniques or rituals by which people attempt to manipulate … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Cancer, Men's Health, Woman's Health
Tagged Alternative Medicine, Bible, healing, life energy, magic, magical charms, magical spells, occult, spirit world, spiritists, Spiritual Health, spiritualism, spirituality, spirituality in medicine
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