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More Years Obese Equals More Diabetes Risk

Copywriter 1 — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:08:46 +0000

By Chris Kaiser, Cardiology Editor, MedPage Today Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston. The longer one has an excessive body mass index, the greater the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but race and young age also are risk factors, a longitudinal analysis found. White men age 40 [...]

Calcium Supplementation Without Magnesium Can Increase Heart Attack Risk

Atlantic Medicine and Wellness — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:46:59 +0000

ORANGE, Calif., Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The British Medical Journal recently published a large analysis based on the results of 5 clinical trials conducted in the U.S., Great Britain and New Zealand that involved more than 8,000 people. The analysis concluded that, "Calcium supplements ... increase the risk of cardiovascular events, especially myocardial infarction (heart attack) ... A reassessment of [...]

Symptoms and Treatments for Osteoarthritis

Atlantic Medicine and Wellness — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:38:50 +0000

This from Arthritis Treatment Options. Nearly every person, above the course of their lives, will experience some sort of joint tenderness. Chronic tenderness during the form of osteoarthritis is the mot normal disorder affecting the joints and is nearly universal in men and women around the age of 80. For this reason, it will be [...]

Mucuna pruriens in Parkinson’s disease

Atlantic Medicine and Wellness — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:48:24 +0000

This abstract from the J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:1672-1677 Mucuna pruriens in Parkinson’s disease: a double blind clinical and pharmacological study

Background: The seed powder of the leguminous plant, Mucuna pruriens has long been used in traditional Ayurvedic Indian medicine for diseases including parkinsonism. We have assessed the clinical effects and levodopa (L-dopa) pharmacokinetics following [...]

FDA Clears Cymbalta For Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Atlantic Medicine and Wellness — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:57:55 +0000

This from Jennifer Corbett Dooren, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES. WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the use of Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) antidepressant Cymbalta to treat chronic musculoskeletal pain, including discomfort from osteoarthritis and chronic lower back pain. The approval marks the first non-traditional analgesic approved for chronic pain. [...]

Fracture Risk in Postmenopausal Women

Atlantic Medicine and Wellness — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:50:56 +0000

This from ModernMedicine's Fracture Risk Resource Center. If you care for postmenopausal women, you should check out this new ModernMedicine Fracture Risk Resource Center. Reducing fracture risk in postmenopausal women has major public health benefits. This ModernMedicine Resource Center offers brief instructional videos from Dr. Lubna Pal, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, [...]

High Intake of Dietary Vitamin E May Reduce Dementia Risk

Atlantic Medicine and Wellness — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:19:47 +0000

This from Food Consumer by David Liu. A recent study published in Archives of Neurology suggests that having high intake of dietary vitamin E may help prevent dementia. The study found people who had high intake of vitamin E were 25 percent less likely to develop dementia. For the study, Elizabeth E. at Erasmus Medical [...]

When Will Your Menopause Start?

Atlantic Medicine and Wellness — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:43:15 +0000

The following from Anna Rushton at BioIdentical Hormone Health. The first research from the Breakthrough Generations Study could lead to a test to predict a woman’s reproductive lifespan and predict early menopause. Of course it would be highly useful to know when your menopause might start for a whole number, and variety of reasons but [...]

5 Reasons to Eat Walnuts

Atlantic Medicine and Wellness — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:17:28 +0000

This brief from UK's Mirror by Miriam Stoppard. Nuts are the perfect portable health snack. Wherever I am, I always eat a handful of unsalted walnuts every day. They are one of the key ingredients in a classic Waldorf salad, you can sprinkle them on cereal and cook with walnut oil. 1 Walnuts help lower [...]

Vitamin D Studies Link Deficiency In Many Conditions

Atlantic Medicine and Wellness — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:45:59 +0000

This from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Amy M., 34 weeks into her second pregnancy with gestational diabetes, was in for a routine checkup in Bala Cynwyd: blood pressure (fine), fetal heartbeat (loud), review of home blood-sugar monitoring (time-consuming). A lab test for Vitamin D had come back low on a previous visit, and McDonald was now [...]