Sales of tobacco at pharmacies can send the wrong message said Dr. Troyen Brennan of CVS
and Dr. Steven Schroeder of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center University of California San francisco in an editorial published online in the journal JAMA this morning.
The amount of lycopene in the diet of the women who consumed lycopene at the highest level in the study would be equal to eating four tomatoes daily said study researcher Dr. Won Jin Ho a medical
It's important to visit a doctor if flulike symptoms or a suspicious rash appear
Deborah Herlax Enos is certified a nutritionist and a health coach and weight loss expert in the Seattle area with more than 25 years of experience.
The lab section would have to replicate the atmospheric pressure suggested for future Mars habitats by Dr. Robert Zubrin President of The Mars Society.
Indeed the Mars Gravity Biosatellite competition (created by the Mars Society following a brainstorm session between Dr. Zubrin
#Dr Ian Macqueen then Aberdeen medical officer of health took control of the outbreak. Opinion in Aberdeen is divided still about how he handled it.
Shades of Dr Macqueen! This mistake illustrated the limits of modern lab technology. We might now be in a position where we could genome sequence E coli 0104:
Jayne Hurley a registered dietician at the Center for Science in the Public interest (CSPI) cringes
It's also a powerful antioxidant thought to have anti-inflammatory properties according to Victoria Jarzabkowski a nutritionist with the Fitness Institute of Texas at The University of Texas at Austin.
Op-Ed) Katherine Tallmadge M. A r. D. is registered a dietitian noted motivational and wellness speaker author of Diet Simple:
Is it true that a chocolate a day will keep the doctor away? That's what many chocolate companies would like you to believe in their Valentine's day advertisements.
The Dawn of Chocolate Discovered A rich history One doctor in the 1500s found cacao made people extraordinarily fat
I hurt my foot and had to hobble into the offices of physicians orthopedists and chiropractors in short anyone who might heal my affliction.
Like physicians shamans are not infallible and vary in abilities. I knew this shaman Amasina of the Trio tribe in southern Suriname to be a master of his craft.
The depth of shamans'knowledge on preventive medicine and diagnostics has astonished even physicians who have studied their approach.
Dr. Christopher Herndon a Yale-trained physician and ethnobotanist specializing in the Amazon recently noted
or ailments that physicians failed to cure that were treated then successfully by an uneducated herbalist or shaman.
when they are applied said CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden. 10 Easy Paths to Self destruction The rates decreased faster among men than among women.
and some nutritionists suggest that bromelain supplements may be helpful in prevention. Studies have not been done to determine if bromelain in pineapple form results in these same benefits.
We've shown quite clearly that lycopene improves the function of blood vessels in cardiovascular disease patients Dr. Joseph Cheriyan a consultant clinical pharmacologist
and physician at Addenbrooke's Hospital and associate lecturer at the University of Cambridge said in a statement.
This is a very well-done study said Dr. Stanley Hazen a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic who was involved not in the research calling the results promising.
It is a nice attempt to show how nutrition can improve blood-vessel function said Dr. Monica Aggarwal a cardiologist and a member of the Heart Center at Mercy Medical center in Baltimore.
Op-Ed) Dr. Jim Lebret is an assistant professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical center/Bellevue Hospital center.
But as a doctor I asked Will this save lives? For the moment the answer is no.
I asked her to see a nutritionist and to walk 15 minutes each day. They're on my to-do list she said
and clinicians who can leverage scientifically verified behavior modification programs and find a way to turn those techniques into apps that will motivate individuals like Linda to hurdle the obstacles between the couch and the gym.
Doc Reviews Food Words Used in Medicine From symptoms such as watermelon stomach to blueberry muffin rash food imagery has helped long doctors describe features of diseases and health conditions.
Now one doctor is calling to celebrate this centuries-old tradition and secure its place in medical teaching.
References to food items although sometimes stomach turning reinforce doctors'understanding of diseases and have enriched the medical lexicon said Dr. Ritu Lakhtakia head of the department of Pathology at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman.
A part of this curious tradition may owe its origins to practicing physicians and researchers catching up on their meals in clinical side rooms
or operating theatre offices or with an inevitably cold platter eaten with eyes glued to a microscope Lakhtakia wrote today (July 9) in the journal Medical Humanities.
and will continue to be a lively learning inducement for generations of budding physicians she said. 7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe From anchovy sauce to spaghetti and meatballs The food references in medicine range from beverages and fruits to dairy products
References to various types of cheese help doctors identify certain bacterial infections whereas egg shell crackling denotes the grating sound that indicates of a type of bone tumor that thins the bone surface as it expands.
A croissant in a cell nucleus cues doctors to diagnose benign growths on peripheral nerves and blueberry muffin rash is a sign of congenital rubella
With the names of fruits vegetables and legumes doctors can identify the shape of organs or the size of tumors.
Sometimes these alternative terms help doctors remember conditions described by difficult medical terms. Watermelon stomach euphemizes the vascular streaks seen in the unpronounceable condition gastric antral vascular ectasia Lakhtakia writes.
and sights of human affliction a physician has the stomach to think of food at all she wrote.
Victoria Jarzabkowski a nutritionist with the Fitness Institute of Texas at The University of Texas at Austin said that the fiber found in potatoes can help lower cholesterol by binding with cholesterol in the blood.
I am a great friend of Dr. Dudley's but found his drunken monkey hypothesis rather speculative and unsupported to say the least Miltontold Live Science in an email.
Kate Flinders is a member of the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) and as a member of this association she is accredited as an Accredited Practising Dietitan (APD) and Accredited Nutritionist (AN).
Chris Forbes-Ewan receives funding from the NHMRC. This article was published originally on The Conversation.
while the use of alternative tobacco products such as hookahs has increased by an alarming 123 percent said Dr. Michael Weitzman a professor of pediatrics
which bring on a gout flare Dr. N. Lawrence Edwards professor of medicine rheumatology and clinical immunology at the University of Florida and chairman and CEO of the Gout & Uric acid Education Society told Live Science.
Unfortunately when chronic it can involve many joints making it difficult to distinguish from rheumatoid arthritis Dr. Nathan Wei a rheumatologist
A doctor may extract a sample of joint fluid so it can be examined under a microscope for any presence of urate crystals according to the NIAMS.
If an infection is suspected the doctor may check joint fluid for bacteria. Blood tests can reveal the concentration of uric acid in the blood
Once the flare-up subsides the doctor may prescribe low daily doses of colchicine to ward off future attacks.
You should see a doctor if your diarrhea lasts more than 3 days or if you have dehydration symptoms severe abdominal or rectal pain a fever of 102 degrees Fahrenheit or higher or blood in your stools.
Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe Cow urine soda? Though Westerners may find the practice surprising if not outright disgusting the therapeutic use of cow urine has a long history in India particularly in Ayurvedic medicine an ancient health care tradition that has been practiced in India for at least 5000 years.
in treating or preventing cancer Dr. Donald Hensrud of the Mayo Clinic told ABC News. Nonetheless the product has been studied by a handful of researchers.
Just trust me on this this drink really will require flavoring Keith-Thomas Ayoob nutritionist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine told ABC News
While invoking not-so-delightful images food references in medical vernacular are useful aids in helping doctors identify many different ailments.
We believe that this may be preliminary evidence for the first treatment for autism that improves symptoms by apparently correcting some of the underlying cellular problems study author Dr. Paul Talalay a professor of pharmacology
Before the trial the participants'caregivers and physicians assessed the individuals'autistic traits using two standard scales with higher scores on each scale corresponding with lower abilities in verbal communication and social interactions.
which treatment the participants were receiving said study author Dr. Andrew Zimmerman now a professor of pediatric neurology at UMASS Memorial Medical center in Worcester Massachusetts.
but not others said Dr. Thomas Frazier the director of Cleveland Clinic's Autism School in Ohio.
Health professionals and parents appear to disagree about what determines children s food preferences. While the former often take the view that healthy foods
%The findings support the assertions of health professionals that the home environment exerts a strong influence on children s liking of the high-calorie foods implicated in excessive weight gain.
In February doctors reported the case of a man who developed an allergic reaction to his tattoo 20 years after getting inked as a side effect of a bone marrow transplant Follow Stephanie Pappas on Twitter and Google+.
whether the findings apply to humans as intriguing findings in mice don't always translate very well into recommendations for people said Dr. Victoria Hsiao an assistant professor of endocrinology
people with celiac disease who have an immune-system reaction to glutenand people who are gluten-sensitive who feel better after they cut gluten out of their diets said Cynthia Wu a clinical dietitian at the Ohio State university Wexner Medical center.
Therefore the best person to perform a head check for lice may be trained someone to identify these parasites like a health care provider or school nurse.
The CDC recommends consulting with a doctor or pharmacist to determine what treatments are best to use.
and consult with your health care provider if you plan to use these treatments on a child under age 2 according to the CDC.
#St patrick's day Can Help Your Kids Eat Veggies (Op-Ed) Dr. Wendy Anderson-Willis is a pediatrician at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
if they have said these symptoms Vandana Sheth a registered dietitian nutritionist and spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
but dietitians recommend getting your Vitamin b12 from food if possible before trying a supplement. Many meat and dairy products have Vitamin b12.
You have to really work with a registered dietitian or do your homework. The average adult should get 2. 4 micrograms of Vitamin b12 per day.
Doctors may prescribe Vitamin b12 injections to treat people who have a deficiency but would not benefit from Vitamin b12 pills.
The NIH's Office of Dietary Supplements recommends that doctors monitor the Vitamin b12 status of patients on proton-pump inhibitors.
Babies still in the womb cannot have a pacemaker study researcher Dr. Eugenio Cingolani director of the Cardiogenetics-Familial Arrhythmia Clinic at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los angeles said in a statement.
but does not originate it study researcher Dr. Eduardo Marbã¡n director of the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute said in news conference about the findings.
and provide an encouraging indication that a biological pacemaker might eventually be ready for human translation Dr. Nikhil Munshi
but most women don't have problems getting enough of these foods in their diets said Sarah Krieger a registered dietitian and spokeswoman on prenatal nutrition for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in St petersburg Florida.
Our report was an attempt to do the most comprehensive assessment of fatty acids by combining data from all previous studies into a single investigation said study author Dr. Rajiv Chowdhury a cardiovascular epidemiologist
and a research nutritionist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of medicine in Chicago and American Heart Association spokeswoman who was involved not in the study.
since 2000 when voters approved an amendment to the state constitution allowing cannabis possession and use with a doctor's order.
#Dr. Oz's'Miracle'Diet Pills: 5 Controversial Supplements This week Dr. Mehmet Oz host of The Dr. Oz Show sat down to explain to senators why he as a surgeon
and popular doctor promotes what some experts have called unscientific claims about magical weight-loss products on his show.
Sen. Claire Mccaskill D-Mo. chairwoman of the U s. Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation's Subcommittee on Consumer Protection Product Safety and Insurance led a panel on Tuesday (June 17
We found the earliest evidence for a parasite that causes Schistosomiasis in humans said study co-author Dr. Piers Mitchell a biological anthropologist at the University of Cambridge in England.
Deborah Herlax Enos is certified a nutritionist and a coach and weight loss expert in the Seattle area with more than 20 years of experience.
This study provides clear evidence that regular consumption of red meat especially processed meat contributes substantially to premature death said review co-author Dr. Frank Hu in a press release issued by the Harvard School of Public health.
and a harsh allergy season in the spring doctors say. The freezing temperatures of the prolonged winter may have delayed the blooming of trees
because both of those things are going to be said blooming at the same time Dr. Lolita Mcdavid a pediatrician at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland Ohio.
Some doctors also contend that people have more allergies today perhaps because they are exposed less to allergens such as pollen than they used to be said Mcdavid.
and there's no need to suffer said Dr. Andy Nish president of Allergy and Asthma Care Center in Gainesville Ga. 9 Weirdest Allergies His first recommendation to people with allergies includes avoiding the outdoors on high pollen days changing clothes
and for those who are allergic to a number of allergens some doctors may recommend trying immunotherapy
Doctors recommend staying away from pollen lubricating the eye and taking allergy medicine for relief.
The babies nurse for six to eight weeks and when they're about 8 months old the babies are ready to have offspring of their own.
when defecating you should see a doctor. Perhaps surprising passing gas from morning through the night is normal and healthy the natural byproduct of your gut bacteria digesting your food.
Nevertheless doctors recommend more dietary fiber not more sitting to facilitate bulkier and faster bowel movements.
and was led by Dr. James Hardin of the Arnold School of Public health at the University of South carolina Columbia.
and on TV said Dr. James Thrasher a co-author on the study report also at the Arnold School of Public health.
#and may have a role in preventing youth from initiating smoking and increasing cessation among adults said Dr. Andrea Villanti of the American Legacy Foundation (ALF) who was not part of the study.
I hear allergy myths all the time said Dr. John Costa medical director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Allergy and Clinical Immunology Practice in Boston.
Deborah Herlax Enos is certified a nutritionist and a health coach and weight loss expert in the Seattle area with more than 20 years of experience.
The good news is that seasonal allergies are said totally treatable Dr. Clifford Bassett medical director of Allergy
10 Amazing Facts About Your Heart The full analysis led by Dr. Yoko Yokoyama of the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Osaka Japan found that meat eaters with hypertension could gain the most by switching
and a 14-percent drop in stroke said Dr. Neal Barnard a co-author on the study and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Nutritionists and consumer advocates have voiced their desires for improvements such as a more prominent display of the number of calories or the inclusion of the level of added sugars.
The members of the group taking protein supplements were also less likely to visit doctors for infections during the study published in 2003 in the Journal of Applied Physiology.
A 2009 joint statement by the American Dietetic Association (ADA) Dietitians of Canada (DC) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) noted that eating protein during exercise did little to improve athletic performance.
It is best to talk to your doctor about your athletic goals and personal needs before starting protein supplements.
The lead researcher of the new study Dr. Kirsten Brandt at Newcastle University has been studying naturally occurring chemicals found in certain vegetables called polyacetylenes for many years.
Behavioral psychologists pharmacologists physicians epidemiologists and biologists among others also should weigh in. Protecting our families from harm should not be trumped by invented theories about lost pleasure.
which function as antioxidants#said Laura Flores a nutritionist based in San diego. These polyphenols are found in both the skin of the apples as well as in the meat
and nutritional powerhouse an apple a day really may keep the doctor away. Here are the nutrition facts from the U s. Food and Drug Administration
Dr. Dianne Hyson a research dietitian at the University of California Davis writes that laboratory tests have shown very low levels of pesticide residue on apple skins.
because until we see more than one case we want to make sure that this actually is something that is going to occur said Dr. Robert Hendrickson one of the authors of the case report.
or two but she didn't tell the doctor who prescribed her antidepressant that she had also been taking the weight-loss supplement Hendrickson said.
Therefore her doctor attributed her first case of serotonin toxicity to her first antidepressant and switched her to another one.
or flame-retardant chemicals said Dr. Naomi Stotland a professor of gynecology at the University of California San francisco (UCSF) and a physician at San francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.
In a focus group with some of the obstetricians the doctors said they didn't discuss environmental toxins
Some physicians also said they wanted to focus on a patient's more-urgent and chronic medical concerns.
Dr. Jeanne Conry president of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said she agreed with this stance.
Deborah Herlax Enos is certified a nutritionist and a health coach and weight loss expert in the Seattle area with more than 20 years of experience.
Laura Jeffers a registered dietician at the Cleveland Clinic who was not involved with the study said This is a good summary of research that has been done.
and hawked by people like Dr. Oz. Not so according to the researchers who conducted the China study who added their finding was a bit oversold in some news reports. 7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe Rather their small study showed that broccoli sprouts may help mitigate the toxic effects of a certain class
of pollutants on a daily level acting as a modest shield. The sprouts are no panacea for the ill effects of pollution in general.
In this new study a team led by Dr. Thomas Kensler who holds joint positions at Johns hopkins university in Baltimore
which Johns Hopkins researchers including Dr. Paul Talalay who participated in this latest study with Kensler discovered in the early 1990s.
Most practitioners of colonic cleansing are not doctors. In fact medical doctors consider the practice to be a waste of money and potentially dangerous.
The notion of whole body detox is plagued with ambiguity and is based on the idea that raw foods juices
Doctors know of no biological mechanism to enable this. Detox in this regard is more of a marketing concept than a biological one Talalay said.
Dr. Dorothy Roof SVF's Lab Director carefully catalogues and stores samples in SVF's cryo tanks.
Dr. Kevin Lindell a veterinarian from Tufts University evaluates and cryopreserves embryos at SVF. The two organizations have enjoyed a close collaboration
In her book Beauty Detox Solution (Harlequin 2011) nutritionist Kimberly Snyder shares a recipe for what she calls Probiotic Enzyme Salad
Deborah Herlax Enos is certified a nutritionist and a health coach and weight loss expert in the Seattle area with more than 20 years of experience.
and Body About 120000 patients are waiting for organ transplants in the United states far more people than the number of human donors said Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin chief of transplantationat the National institutes of health's National Heart Lung and Blood
Could an Avocado a Day Keep the Doctor Away? Here are the nutrition facts for avocados according to the U s. Food and Drug Administration
or are severe consult a doctor t
#Catching Hyenas on Camera (Op-Ed) This article was published originally at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices:
The American Academy of Family Physicians recommends that soon as he s born parents should wipe their baby s gums with a soft damp cloth after feeding.
According to Dr. Margaret Culotta-Norton a dentist in Washington D c. and former president of the D c. Dental Society this also helps babies become used to having something in their mouths
Usually children can safely suck their thumbs pacifiers or fingers until about age 4 with no tooth decay problems according to the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Here's the advice of Dr. Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public health Department of Nutrition:
The 3 Types of Fats Explained Dr. Thomas Brenna professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell University has done a thorough review of the literature on coconut oil.
As Dr. Willett points out coconut oil seems especially effective in giving HDL a boost. There are several forces creating this phenomenon.
and pectin a form of fiber said Laura Flores a San diego-based nutritionist. They can also be a good way to get magnesium and vitamins C and B6.
but with Facet doctors could make more accurate depression diagnoses and also determine whether their patients are responding well to their medication Bartlett said.
The physician Joseph Black first recognized magnesium as an element in 1755 but even before Black's time physicians were recommending the magnesium carbonate magnesia alba for people with an upset stomach.
Doctors sometimes recommend magnesium supplements to treat people with high blood pressure preeclampsia eclampsia heart attacks premenstrual syndrome (PMS) irregular heartbeat or an unhealthy ratio of HDL (high density-lipoprotein lipoprotein) cholesterol to LDL (low-density
In surgery the doctors removed the scar tissue from the men's remaining muscle then applied the scaffold to the area
Biological scaffolds when they degrade release signal molecules said Dr. Stephen Badylak of the University of Pittsburgh who led the study.
Three of the five patients improved enough for the doctors to call the operation a success;
The doctors intentionally studied patients with injuries that were years old. We wanted to make sure that all of the healing that was going to happen naturally had happened Badylak said.
This would ensure that the protein scaffold had the effect the doctors were seeking and any healing they saw was not due to some other factor.
The thinking in the field is that the pollen allergy is the driver behind the immune response to the food said Dr. Wayne Shreffler director of the Food Allergy Center at Massgeneral Hospital for Children in Boston.
The recommendations which appear in the June 30 issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition were spearheaded by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) a Washington D c.-based nonprofit group known for its advocacy of plant-based diets
But dieticians and doctors not involved with the report say the guidelines are reasonable. The guidelines are based on a review of published studies
or fried meats. 10 New Ways to Eat Well The overall recommendation is to favor plant-based foods said lead author Joseph Gonzales a registered dietician with the PCRM.
or alcohol as the PCRM recommends said Colleen Doyle a registered dietician and director for nutrition and physical activity for the American Cancer Society.
Most doctors agree. It is an incontrovertible fact that a plant-based diet lowers your risk of cancer
and heart disease said Dr. Paul Talalay a distinguished service professor at Johns hopkins university in Baltimore who was involved not in this study.
But as Deborah Enos a certified nutritionist and health coach explains in her column for Live Science people should use caution
but two Italian sausages it s clear that caloric extremism still rules the roost at many of America s chain restaurants said Paige Einstein a dietitian at CSPI.
And of course oranges are well known for their Vitamin c content said Laura Flores a San diego-based nutritionist.
unless a doctor advises it. Sweet potatoes and yams are used often interchangeably in recipes but they are quite different
You should make an appointment with your health care provider for a prenatal checkup. If the test is still negative take another test at five weeks.
Most practitioners don't see patients until they are eight weeks along so you may need to wait a few weeks before actually seeing a specialist.
or a history of problems in giving birth you should see the health care provider sooner than that.
Certain medications and foods should also be avoided consult with your health care provider to make sure none of your medications are harmful to the fetus.
talk to your health care provider about adding them to your diet. Leafy greens like spinach deliver both of these nutrients
The American Pregnancy Association recommends talking to your health care provider before beginning or continuing an exercise routine
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