Webmd recently posted an article associating the risk of common pain drugs to cardiovascular death. The original study, published by Circulation on June 8th, 2010, consisted of following 4,614,807 healthy Danish individuals from January 1997 to 2005. After controlling for...
Your thyroid, your health
According to webmd, approximately 25 million Americans have low thyroid function with about half being undiagnosed. The most common cause of hypothyroidism, low thyroid function, is related to an autoimmune disorder called hashimoto's thyroiditis. In this disorder, the body's immune...
Gluten on the Brain
Did you know that a food sensitivity to the most common foods and food additives, wheat, gluten, dairy, and soy, may play a role in your overall healing capacity? This is because improper digestion can lead to systemic inflammation, which...
De-coding Your Genes for Preventative Medicine- It’s now Becoming Mainstream!
The Link Between the Risk of Stroke and a Genetic VariantThis video from WebMD takes my previous post on single genetic polymorphisms (SNPs) to another level. It discusses the latest finding by a team of researchers associating the risk of...
Sale in Aisle 2 at Walgreens: $20 off your genetic test!
I'm not kidding! Walgreens has made public its desire to sell DNA kits which test for SNPs, single nucleotide polyphormisms. These SNPs are genetic markers that code for some of the most common diseases and can be used as guides...
Antidepressants…
Recent newsletter on this topic as well as discussion of treatmentt http://dr-lobisco.com/blog/?p=167...
Green Tea & Chocolate anyone?
I have good news for all you green tea drinkers and chocolate lovers! Your palate cravings could keep your heart and brain healthy!Recent studies, reported in the vital choice newsletter, confirms that green tea and dark chocolate provide protective affects against damage from...
Stress and the Brain
Studies have shown that stress increases excitatory neurotransmitters to a region of the brain, the hippocampus, causing it to shrink. Below, I discuss the concept of stress and the brain by highlighting some recent articles.The first article demonstrates how stress...
Exercise & Sports Update: The Power of Quercetin
Too Tired to Exercise? Maybe your allergies are bothering you so you are lacking oxygen reserve? Or do your joints ache and you just overall fatigued? Your answer could be found in apples and onions! A study in Sports Nutrition and...
The Incredible….Mango (and berries)?? & Statins vs. Red Rice Yeast.
The Incredible, Edible, Superfood.....Introducing....The Mango??!!!Yup, that's right! It's no chia or gogi berry, but in a recent article in Science Daily, the mango was shown to have potent anti-cancer effects, especially for breast and colon cancer lines. The polyphenolic calss...