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Genetic switch may help heal heart after heart attack but application is years away
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 5, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Winnipeg scientist says gene could heal heart damage Reference:
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Be careful when correlating one nutrient with improved cognitive function and assume that it is a causal relationship
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 1, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: A Diet Rich in Fish May Help the Aging Brain
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Medications seem to work as well as stents for people with stable heart disease
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 1, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Pills as good as stentsĀ for someĀ patients: study Reference: Initial Coronary Stent Implantation With Medical Therapy vs Medical Therapy Alone for Stable Coronary Artery Disease
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FDA issues advisory of rare side effects of statin use. As always, you need to consider risk vs benefit
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 29, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: FDA Warns on Statin Drugs
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Do sleeping pills cause cancer? Show me how this happens and I might accept it otherwise it is another correlation/causation misperception
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 28, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Sleeping Pill Death Toll May Top 500,000
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Colonoscopy meta-analysis study demonstrates life-saving results
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 27, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Colonoscopy meta-analysis study demonstrates life-saving results Reference: Colonoscopic Polypectomy and Long-Term Prevention of Colorectal-Cancer Deaths
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Senators goaltender Anderson knife injury to his thumb
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February , 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Not a home handyman:Senators goaltender Anderson out indefinitely after kitchen mishap with knife
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Family history is important to assess cardiovascular disease risk
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 23, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Seeking Clues to Heart Risk in a Patient’s Family Tree
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Endometriosis link to some forms of ovarian cancer risk requires further evaluation of how this occurs
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 22, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Endometriosis linked to 3 types of ovarian cancer Reference: Association between endometriosis and risk of histological subtypes of ovarian cancer: a pooled analysis of case-control studies