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Probiotics Benefit Hospitalized Patients Taking Antibiotics
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
According to a study published in the June 2013 issue of the journal, Open Medicine, 10% of people in the hospital treated with antibiotics will get diarrhea, and 15% of those will be C diff, which often causes severe, even life-threatening, colitis. The authors pooled 16 studies that included 3400 patients and tracked the incidence of those getting...
Some Doctors are Firing Patients Who Refuse Immunizations
submitted by: admin on 10/19/2019
Many pediatricians are firing patients and their families if they refuse vaccines for their children! Two studies on this subject showed that 20-30% of pediatricians have fired patient because of this. Patients are beginning to do their own research about the validity of immunizations and there is clearly room for controversy. Yet our pediatricians simply follow...
Stage 4 Chemotherapy Benefits Over-estimated by Patients and Doctors
submitted by: admin on 06/25/2016
Patients with advanced cancer have the mistaken belief that chemotherapy can cure their illness according to a New England Journal of Medicine article published in October of 2012. This Dana-Farber Cancer Institute study showe that 69% of advanced lung cancer and 81% of advanced colorectal cancer did not understand that chemotherapy was not at...
Supporting People With Cancer
submitted by: admin on 10/16/2013
Only a minority of patients over 40 with cancer are referred for emotional support. Yet we all need support. Support groups, psychotherapy, and hypnotherapy are very important forms of therapy. There are many studies showing that support groups can work better than chemotherapy. We have much to learn about supporting dying patients and about allocating money...
Telemedicine
submitted by: admin on 11/23/2024
Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could email your physician when you're too sick to go to his office! I do this regularly in my practice and don't even charge for emails. Patients love it and it saves time and builds excellent rapport with them; and that builds my practice. Email makes it possible to communicate when it is convenient to doctors and patients. Connection...
Traumatic Stress Linked to Elevated Inflammation in Heart Patients
submitted by: admin on 02/19/2015
Greater lifetime exposure to the stress of traumatic events is linked to higher levels of inflammatory markers in a study of about 1000 patients with heart disease. Heart disease patients with higher levels of inflammation tended to have worse outcomes. Traumatic stress can have a longterm negative effect even if PTSD is not apparent. People with a history of...
Vitamin D
submitted by: admin on 02/16/2015
Over the past decade we've come to understand that vitamin D is vital for normal cell biochemistry. When levels of vitamin D are low we are at high risk for many diseases that include type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart attacks, strokes, osteoporosis, autoimmune disorders, many cancers, depression, muscle and joint pains, Alzheimer's disease, and many...
Vitamin D3 Protects Against Viruses, Cancer, and Autoimmunity
submitted by: admin on 05/26/2016
A report in the journal, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, showed that levels of vitamin D3 below 20 ng/ml led to a higher incidence of viral infections, cancer, and autoimmune disorders. This, of course, suggests that supplementing with vitamin D3 could help prevent or treat these conditions.
Low levels of vitamin D3 lead to higher production of antibodies...
What Do Patients Want From Their Primary Care Physician?
submitted by: admin on 11/23/2024
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