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Yes, breakfast is important for children but Kellog’s selection-biased “study” is pure marketing disguised as science
Health Headlines Commentary for August 23, 2017 Source: Students who go to school hungry lose 2 hours of productivity every day: report Reference: Here is the press release. I especially like the “About Kellog Canada Inc” blurb at the end that lists their sugar laden cereals under the guidance of good nutrition.
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Bone marrow tranplant turns off one facet of allergic asthma response in mice. No correlation to people yet.
Health Headlines Commentary for June 6, 2017 Source: This new gene therapy could help ‘turn-off’ asthma! Reference: Allergen-encoding bone marrow transfer inactivates allergic T cell responses, alleviating airway inflammation
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Sunday House Call, #616, June 4, 2017: Attention all shoppers, there is fluoride in you beer and pass the pasta!
Sunday House Call, #616, June 4, 2017 Topics today include:Organic acids in animal feed do just as well as antibiotics with causing antibiotic resistance, Big Pasta’s study showing how beneficial eating pasta is for kids (what a surprise), the measles outbreak in Minnesota now exceeds the total number of measles cases for the US in…
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Let your expert sushi chef be your protector from parasites
Health Headlines Commentary for May 12, 2017 Source: Parasites could be lurking in your sushi, doctors warn Reference: Anisakiasis: a growing cause of abdominal pain!
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Days after Boston snowstorms seem to be when heart attack risk rise is greatest.
Health Headlines Commentary for February 2, 2017 Source: Why your risk of heart attack, stroke or chest pain spikes 2 days after a snowstorm Reference: Time-Course of Cause-Specific Hospital Admissions During Snowstorms: An Analysis of Electronic Medical Records From Major Hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts
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Sunday House Call, #596, December 18, 2016: Your “natural, additive-free” cigarette. Marketing madness takes its next logical step.
Sunday House Call, #596, December 18, 2016 Topics today include: Why marketing products the word “natural” and “additive-free” means nothing yet carries strong emotional responses. The latest survey amongst cigarette smokers takes this response to new levels of misconception and misinformation. Your calls about shingles, vitamin C, urinary obstruction in a 90 year-old woman, and others.…
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No conclusive causation between use of artificial sweeteners and the development of obesity and heart disease
Health Headlines Commentary for October13 , 2016 Source: Why diet soda is NOT better than regular soda: Low-calorie drinks ‘just as likely to cause obesity and heart disease by confusing your brain’
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Sunday House Call, #587, October 2, 2016; Stacking the deck against home care support
Sunday House Call, #587, October 2, 2016 Topics today include: The story of an elderly couple desperately trying to stay at home and avoid hospitalization. Melasma treatment, cannabis oil for pain, atrial fibrillation, fatty liver treatment, Synalar for psoriasis, long term effects of allopurinol to prevent gout attacks, and still feeling pressure after bowel movement.
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Certain difficult-to-treat acid reflux patients may benefit from established minimally-invasive surgical procedure
Health Headlines Commentary for July 20, 2016 Source: Now acid reflux can be banished for good without surgery: New technique using electric needle toughens up your insides