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Everyone Is Having the Wrong Healthcare Debate
By STEVEN MERAHN, MD
In 1807, in an effort to spite the British and French for shipping interference (and forced recruitment of American citizens into military service), the United States Congress passed an Embargo Act, effectively shutting down trade with these two countries. Britain and France quickly found other trading partners; the US, then limited in our capacity to sell products outside our borders, was left with a devastated economy and a gaping hole in our face. It took only weeks before Congress passed a loophole; they repealed the act within 15 months of its passing. It was a great lesson in unintended co...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Politics Uncategorized Health care debate Health Care Reform Steven Merahn universal healthcare Source Type: blogs
Senescent Cells Increase Risk of Colon Cancer via Secretion of GDF15
In this study, we provide both correlative and functional evidence that senescent fibroblasts and an essential SASP factor, GDF15, induce physiological and molecular changes that promote the adenoma-carcinoma initiation and progression sequence in the colon.
We assessed the role of senescence and the SASP in CRC formation. Using primary human colon tissue, we found an accumulation of senescent fibroblasts in normal tissues from individuals with advanced adenomas or carcinomas in comparison with individuals with no polyps or CRC. In in vitro and ex vivo model systems, we induced senescence using oxidative stress in c...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 16, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Targeted Editing of Gut Microbe Populates Reduces Intestinal Cancer Incidence
The gut microbiome is influential on the progression of health, perhaps to a similar degree as regular moderate exercise. Age-related changes in these microbial populations can promote chronic inflammation and tissue dysfunction, though the direction of causation is still up for debate when it comes to many of the details of the relationship between tissue and immune issues in the intestine and an altered gut microbiome. Nonetheless, less desirable microbes undertake activities that can raise the risk of cancer resulting from inflammation of the intestines, occurring in conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease. Resear...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 12, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
What should you do if your blood pressure medication has been recalled?
Over the past several months, you may have heard that the FDA has recalled certain lots of angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) medications due to the presence of impurities.
These contaminants — nitrosamine impurities — may occur as a byproduct of the manufacturing process. They include N-Nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) and N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), which can potentially cause cancer. These substances are found in the environment as well in meats, dairy products, and water, but their presence in medications is not acceptable. Therefore, the FDA sets acceptable safety limits on the presence of these impurities in drug...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: James Yeh, MD, MPH Tags: Drugs and Supplements Health Hypertension and Stroke Source Type: blogs
A 60-something who has non-specific generalized malaise and is ill appearing.
An anonymous paramedic sent this.A 60-something with past history only of colon cancer called 911 for non-specific generalized malaise.The medics state that he was ill appearing.They recorded an ECG:What do you think?This is extremely wide, and even if it is VT, it is so wide that there must be hyperkalemia or a severe Na channel blocking overdose. The patient was not on a sodium channel blocker.The paramedic knew instantly what it was (he credits his regular reading of this blog!)The patient was only a couple blocks from the hospital, so there was no time for treatment before arrival.K was 8.9 mEq/L.Etiology was a c...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - July 29, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
From Brexit to TRexit: Transperineal biopsies pose a challenge to the traditional transrectal biopsy method
By now most of us are familiar with Brexit, the UK’s pending divorce with the European Union. But in a play on that term, British doctors are also moving towards an exit they’ve dubbed “TRexit” from the most common sort of prostate biopsy: the transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy, or TRUS.
Men who test positive on the PSA cancer screening test will usually have a prostate biopsy that’s performed in either of two ways. With a TRUS, doctors guided by an ultrasound machine can sample the prostate using a biopsy needle inserted through the rectum. Alternatively, the biopsy needle can be inserted (also under ultrasoun...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlie Schmidt Tags: Diagnosis Prostate Knowledge HPK Source Type: blogs
When colon cancer is diagnosed, it ’s also a difficult day for the gastroenterologist
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 15, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/michael-kirsch" rel="tag" > Michael Kirsch, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Gastroenterology Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
Is lactose intolerance really SIBO?
Evidence is growing demonstrating that intolerance to lactose is really just yet another manifestation of SIBO, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.
In a small Australian study, for instance, of 10 elderly people with lactose intolerance, 90% had SIBO (by lactulose H2 breath testing); eradication of SIBO reversed lactose intolerance in all initially SIBO-positive participants. Likewise, in an Italian study, lactose intolerance was associated with SIBO; eradication of SIBO resulted in most people being freed from lactose (as well as fructose and sorbitol) intolerance.
It is part of the disruption of the digestive process ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 9, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: SIBO a2 dairy grain-free lactose wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Into The Future of Gastroenterology With Digestibles And Microbiome Testing
Gluten? Lactose? Stomach pain? Digestive troubles? Way too many people suffer from gastrointestinal issues, and much less are aware of the digital technologies that can come to their aid. Did you know that digestibles could successfully replace the dreaded colonoscopy? Or have you heard about microbiome testing? What about the swarm of health apps supporting dietary restrictions? We took a deep breath and jumped into the universe of digital technologies just to bring you as much information about the future of gastroenterology as possible. Will you jump after us?
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Source: The Medical Futurist - July 4, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Genomics Health Sensors & Trackers diet dieting digestibles digestion digital health gastro gastroenterologist gastroenterology gastrointestinal gluten gut Innovation lactose microbiome stomach techno Source Type: blogs
Colorectal cancer screening before age 50?
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. There is strong evidence that screening for CRC with colonoscopy, other visual exams, or stool-based tests can reduce CRC mortality. As a result, several expert organizations have long recommended regular CRC screening for US adults ages 50 to 75.
In 2018, the American Cancer Society (ACS) became the first major organization to recommend CRC screening starting at 45.
Why did the ACS recommend CRC screening starting at 45?
The incidence of CRC and mortality from the disease has declined over the last several decades among adults over 5...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Chan, MD, MPH Tags: Cancer Health Prevention Screening Tests and procedures Source Type: blogs
Is it SAFE to be grain-free?
Listen to critics of the Wheat Belly lifestyle and you’d think that, by banishing all things wheat and grains from your life, you will be excommunicated from your church, tossed out of your club, ostracized by friends and family, and suffer dire health consequences like heart disease and colon cancer. After all, they say that you are eliminating an entire food group and will be crippled by lack of fiber and nutrients. Worse, our focus on increasing our intake of fats and oils will get you a heart attack, three stents, or bypass surgery and you’ll be obliged to take Lipitor and Repatha for a lifetime.
First of a...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 25, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle grain-free Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Fiber-full eating for better health and lower cholesterol
The American Heart Association and the FDA recommend that we all eat at least 25 grams of dietary fiber per day. But what is it, how do we know how much we’re eating, and where did that number come from, anyway?
What are the types of fiber?
Dietary fiber is a good carbohydrate, also known as roughage, found in plant foods (not supplements). There are two kinds, soluble or insoluble, and both are really good for us. Soluble fiber becomes a thick gel in our intestines, which slows digestion (which keeps blood sugars from spiking) and traps fats so they can’t all be absorbed (which lowers cholesterol levels). Sources of s...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Monique Tello, MD, MPH Tags: Food as medicine Healthy Eating Heart Health Source Type: blogs
Robot Navigates Tiny Ultrasound Pill Through Colon
While endoscopes give physicians a view into the interior of the GI tract, they are limited in the areas that they can reach and the imaging they can provide. Miniaturized imaging devices in the form of swallowable electronic pills have been around f...
Source: Medgadget - June 20, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: GI Source Type: blogs
H2 Breath Detection: Game-Changer for Gastrointestinal Health
Anyone who remembers the days before finger stick blood glucose meters became available to people with diabetes will recall how awful life was for diabetics. All they had was urine dipsticks which were sloppy, yielded only crude non-quantitative feedback on blood sugars, and gave you a gauge of what blood sugars were in the recent past, not the present. It meant that dosing insulin or diabetes drugs was grotesquely imprecise and accounted for many episodes of hypoglycemic coma and acceleration of diabetic complications. It was not uncommon in those days, for instance, for a type 1 diabetic to be blind and experience kidney...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 20, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: SIBO bowel flora Inflammation probiotic undoctored wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Tumors Grown in 3D from Cancer Patient Samples for Drug Screening
Cancerous tumors can be very inconsistent in how they respond to different therapies. While the tumor of one patient can rapidly shrink when exposed to a given medication, another patient suffering from the same kind of tumor may not get any benefit ...
Source: Medgadget - June 19, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Medicine Oncology Source Type: blogs
