Devotionals

November 8, 2011

30% of SAMe supplements fail to pass testing

Dietary supplements containing SAMe (S-adenosyl-methionine) can be effective in treating osteoarthritis as well as depression and mood disorders, but only 7 out of ten SAM-e supplements […]
November 7, 2011

Vitamin studies spell confusion

The alphabet soup of vitamin studies making headlines in the last few weeks has left more than one head spinning, and most clinicians scrambling for answers. […]
November 6, 2011

Some supplements associated with increased risk of death in older women

More than half of American adults take dietary supplements. Now a major new study finds that supplements either do no good or increase the risk of dying […]
November 6, 2011

Vitamin E increases prostate cancer risk

The last few days, I’ve blogged several times about prostate cancer screening. While we’re on the topic, I thought you’d be interested in knowing that a […]
November 4, 2011

The PSA debate. What am I telling my patients?

I’ve posted several blogs on the raging debate about the US Preventive Services Task Force’s (USPSTF) recommendation concerning the PSA (prostate specific antigen) blood test and […]
November 4, 2011

PSA screening for prostate cancer. The debate continues.

ABC World News reported, “An earthquake in the debate over men and prostate cancer” regarding a “simple blood test called a PSA. Twenty million men use […]
November 3, 2011

The PSA Controversy: A view from family physicians.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, or USPSTF, has once again rejected the status quo, following the evidence to propose a recommendation some likely will find controversial. Here’s […]
November 3, 2011

The PSA Controversy: A view from the American Cancer Society.

To screen or not to screen for prostate cancer, that is the question. Or is it? Here’s the viewpoint of my friend, J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, MD, the Deputy […]
September 3, 2020

Our Blessing – 5

God, our God, will bless us. God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him. … Blessed is he who comes […]
September 4, 2020

We Can Stand – 1

For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?  
September 4, 2020

We Can Stand – 2

Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.
September 5, 2020

My Redeemer Says – 1

They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. … Our Redeemer—the Lord Almighty is his name—is the Holy One of […]
September 5, 2020

My Redeemer Says – 2

But you are our Father; you, Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.
September 6, 2020

My Redeemer Lives

I know that my redeemer lives.