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I think we are getting better on the nutrition front. Here is an interesting study showing that eating for the first 8 hours of the day and then nothing for 16 hours may be the way to go. Intriguing and may give some credence to the IF people (intermittent fasting). Looks like both timing...
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This is a long NBC piece but it is done well. This is why medical marijuana is mostly BS and abused. Check out Venice Beach and the douchebag, sellout doctors who peddle their wares. I am not saying weed can’t be medicinal but it has to be done smartly with laws that can be enforced.
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A new study shows that people who drink coffee may live longer. So, as I write this, I am sipping on the fountain of youth. The researchers were able to tease this nugget out after they first realized that coffee drinkers were more likely to die at any given time. That is when...
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China, with its history of poor oversight, has once again been found to have produced something fraudulent. I blogged so many stories over the years about this trend it is getting boring already. Whether it is fake ED meds, cadmium in toys, or flawed medical trials, they seem to keep outdoing themselves. The newest...
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In the continuing saga of physician disrespect, the FDA is looking at more ways for patients to get prescriptions without seeing a doctor. This is the same country where many states don’t allow doctors to do telemedicine across state lines. So, in the latter case, doctors can’t give prescriptions but patients would be...
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Complements of the late, great Placebo Journal. Back issue packages available here.
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From the late, great Placebo Journal. Buy a back issue package here while the few supplies last!
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This is an ongoing list of “rules” that define what authentic medicine is all about. They are just some rough ideas. I would love some feedback and additions that you may give. Be present on the job Quality is flexible, subjective and sometimes indefinable Administrators should not be in charge of patient care Insurance...
There are thousands of you who read this blog. Most of you are in the healthcare field. All of us are patients. How would you fix the healthcare industry to make it better? I have been collecting some great ideas to spread them around. Read what people have sent in below. I am...
It looks like tons of studies on resveratrol were fabricated by Dr. Dipak Das. Ooops! Who is watching over these people? We interview him here.
Share on Facebook TweetAnyone else see the conflict of interest with Paula Deen pushing unhealthy food and then making money being a diabetes spokeswoman?
Do you think it is a conflict that Paula Deen is now a spokeswoman for a diabetes drug company? (Novo Nordisk)
A new study shows that texts from physicians can reduce unhealthy drinking by young adults. Yeah, that’s going to really happen
reference study:
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/12/26/hlsb1227.htm
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