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Doctors and Nurses Use CAM More than the Public

submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
Three of every four US healthcare workers use CAM for prevention. MDs and RNs used CAM services more than their assistants. Thirty eight percent of the US uses CAM services such as supplements, meditation, chiropractic, Pilates, Ayurveda, and Chinese medicine. The reasons healthcare workers used CAM was for back, neck, and joint pain. Yet only 1.5% of total...

Doctors Do Not Always Take Their Own Advice

submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
  When doctors step into their patient's shoes their treatment decisions are often different. Treatment protocols are often followed because they are the standard of care and not following them is plagued with potential law suits and disciplinary action from their medical boards. Medical practice is very complex and making decisions out of the mainstream...

Doctors Sue Aetna for Coverage Denials

submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
Thousands of doctors, through the Los Angeles County Medical Association and the California Medical Association are suing Aetna Insurance Company for routinely denying patients access to out-of-network doctors even when the patient had purchased a polilcy giving them the right to choose their provider. They are accusing Aetna of threatening patients with denial...

DoctorSaputo.com Introduction by Vicki Saputo, RN and Len Saputo, MD

submitted by: admin on 11/27/2024
This is an introduction to our DoctorSaputo.com website by Vicki Saputo, RN. .Vicki has appeared with her husband Len on hundreds of radio shows and brings her wonderful and heartfelt energy across in this video introduction to the DoctorSaputo.com web experience.  Dr. Saputo shares his good energy in a video lower down on this page.. Enjoy!

DoctorSaputo.com Professional Healing Circle Blog

submitted by: admin on 03/30/2020
DoctorSaputo.com Professional Healing Circle Blog   Healing Circles are a novel way of looking at health issues from the perspective of multiple disciplines. We are going to look at COVID 19 infections in an open forum of healthcare practitioners that will be shared with visitors of DoctorSaputo.com. You are invited to share your professional...

DoctorSaputo.com Professional Healing Circle Blog

submitted by: admin on 03/30/2020
DoctorSaputo.com Professional Healing Circle Blog   Healing Circles are a novel way of looking at health issues from the perspective of multiple disciplines. We are now looking at all aspects of COVID 19 infections in an open forum of healthcare practitioners that will be shared with visitors of DoctorSaputo.com. You are invited to share your...

DoctorSaputo.com Site Introduction

submitted by: admin on 11/27/2024
DoctorSaputo.com is a 100% free site that was founded by Len Saputo, MD and Francesco Garri Garripoli on January 1, 2011. The purpose of this site is to provide a guide, all in audio and video, to taking care of your health issues using integrative strategies personalized to each unique individual's situation. There are more than 30 health assessments that...

DoctorSaputo.com Wellness Assessments for self-health monitoring

submitted by: admin on 11/27/2024
Here at DoctorSaputo.com we hold the philosophy that each of us has the potential to improve and maintain our mind/body health at an optimal level. This is what we refer to as "self empowerment."   We believe it is time for what Len Saputo, M.D. calls in his medical practice "patient centered care" ...and what we refer to here online...

Does Aspirin Save Lives?

submitted by: admin on 02/18/2015
Despite a lot of excitement about aspirin, scientists can't seem to agree on whether it helps healthy people live longer and suffer from fewer heart attacks and strokes. Published studies in the mainstream medical journals on the same nine studies included in a metaanalysis differ. The study published by the Bayer Aspirin people showed a benefit. The study...

Does Calcium Supplementation Increase Risk for Heart Attack and Stroke?

submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
A meta-analysis of 29,000 people showed that calcium supplements increase the risk of heart attack by 30% and stroke by 20% in older women. On the other hand, calcium from food does not increase these risks. It would be necessary for 1000 women to take calcium supplementation with or without vitamin D to prevent 3 fractures and at the same time cause 6 additional...

Does Chiropractic Help with Cervical Headaches?

submitted by: admin on 06/01/2014
  There is a clear bias against chiropractic manipulation by most of mainstream medicine, but it is changing from public demand. There is a growing body of impressive evidence that it works for low back pain and for relieving headaches in people with cervical disc disease. In a meta-analysis of 9 studies, 6 showed a positive benefit from chiropractic....

Does Cholesterol Prevent Cancer?

submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
  Cholesterol binding proteins bind and transport cholesterol within the cell much like lipoproteins carry it in the blood stream. When the receptor sites for cholesterol in the cell are left vacant because cholesterol levels are too low, cell growth is increased. Could this be part of the reason why statins have an increased all cause mortality when...

Does Eating Slow Reduce Food Intake?

submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
New studies at the University of Rhode Island show that eating rate plays an important role in how much food we eat. Men eat faster than women, heavy people eat faster than thinner people, and refined grains are consumed faster than whole grains. Fast eaters consume 3.1 ounces of food per minute and slow eaters consume 2.0 ounces per minute. At lunch men consumed...

Does Everybody Need Milk?

submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
Is the fat in milk put us at risk for arteriosclerosis, or does it reduce the risk. It depends on which information you believe. The pros and cons of milk consumption are discussed. Milk sensitivity, lactose intolerance, and milk allergy are discussed.        

Does Exercise Help Arthritis?

submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
Our bodies adapt to exercise, but we can also break it down if we traumatize it. They also adapt to disuse by becoming less capable. Use it or lose it is correct. Osteoarthritis is an example of over-stressing a joint. The body needs time to repair itself and analgesics are not the answer. Infrared light therapy and glucosamine are reviewed.        

Does How Old You Feel Affect How Long You Will Live?

submitted by: admin on 01/04/2015
  A study from the UK and published in the December 2014 issue of JAMA on 6500 people aged 52 and above documented that if you felt older than your actually age that your mortality over the 8 year study period was higher. Seventy percent of this group felt at least 3 years younger, 25% felt the same age, and 5% felt older. The mortality rate for those...

Does Money Bring Happiness?

submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
Money rarely brings happiness but it is clearly one of the metrics of "success. " Money helps with our basic needs. People who make more work harder to get it and have less time for relationships and relaxation. Our goals guide us in the wrong direction for meaningful purpose in life.      

Does Religiosity Benefit Illness?

submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
Religiousity has been associated with better health, but the data is controversial. Studies on prayer are also conflicting. Praying certainly does not make things worse! When the scientific world looks at issues it does not understand it simply throws them out. This is not scientific!        

Does Salt Cause Heart Attacks?

submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
Researchers published in the Cochrane Library that there is no evidence that moderate cuts in salt intake reduce the risk of a heart attack or dying prematurely. Salt does lower blood pressure mildly. Yet salt is essential for survival. The difference between table, sea, and Himalayian salt are reviewed. The effect of salt intake in congestive heart failure and...

Does Smoking Cause Weight Gain

submitted by: admin on 11/24/2014
Many people fear quitting smoking because they fear gaining weight. We've all seen this happen. But, does smoking cause weight gain?  To the surprise of many, smoking does cause weight gain. Quitting smoking also causes weight gain!  A study from BYU published in the November 2014 issue of the American Journal of Physiology documents...

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