MONDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Gulf War illness, dismissed by some as a psychosomatic disorder, is a very real illness that affects at least 25 percent of the 700,000 U.S. veterans who took part in the 1991 Gulf War.
It's likely cause was exposure to toxic chemicals that included pesticides that were often overused during the war, as well as a drug given to U.S. troops to protect them from nerve gas, a frequent weapon of choice of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
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One hot-button subject in the presidential election was the subject of healthcare reform. Everyone admits that healthcare is a problem in the United States, a big one. From that point, the clarity of what the real issues are gets decidedly more cloudy.
The candidates made populist appeals towards "fixing healthcare" and offering "universal healthcare." But as politicians often due, each conveniently glossed over the difficult issues that face us. I'm not convinced that throwing more money at the problem in the form of universal healthcare is the answer, not yet at least.
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By GARDINER HARRIS
Published: October 22, 2008
Half of all American doctors responding to a nationwide survey say they regularly prescribe placebos to patients. The results trouble medical ethicists, who say more research is needed to determine whether doctors must deceive patients in order for placebos to work.
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In the study, being published Thursday in The New England Journal
of Medicine, 86 patients who had the operation fared no better over two
years than 86 who had conservative treatment (ice, rehab, anti-inflammatories).
But experts are divided about what effects the two studies will have.
Unlike conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), which discloses only anatomy and pathology, functional MRI is a non-invasive neuroimaging technique which demonstrates alterations in brain physiology. The technique relies on the relationship between neuronal synaptic activity, energy metabolism, and blood circulation.]]>
Our clinic treats many patients with Fibromyalgia.
One of the biggest problems that people struggle with is that it produces so many symptoms! Each of these symptoms can flare up or get better on it's own. A symptom may jump around from one area of the body to the other and then clear up suddenly, only to return with great force. Each one of these symptoms could be a separate focus of your doctor. This is one reason why symptom management doesn't work as a treatment approach, the disease changes too quickly!
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Many
of our brave soldiers serving overseas have been promised Chiropractic Care in their health care benefits, but are not able to access them
because there are no Chiropractors commissioned in the military to be
stationed overseas with them.
Physical activity may reduce the risk of obesity in people with a genetic mutation that predisposes them to high body-mass index (BMI), says a U.S. study.
Recent research has shown a link between BMI and variants of the fat mass and obesity associated with the (FTO) gene. The mutations connected with obesity occur in about 30 percent of European populations and are associated with a 1.75-kilogram (3.9-lb.) increase in body weight, according to background information in the study.
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People at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes might be able to delay or prevent the disease by taking certain food supplements and making lifestyle changes, according to a new book by Dr. James W. Anderson, an internationally recognized authority on metabolic diseases and weight loss and professor emeritus of medicine and clinical nutrition at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.
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Low levels of Vitamin D may increase the risk of death from all causes by 26 percent, suggests a study with 13,000 initially healthy men and women.
Methotrexate has been tied to an increased risk of melanoma, as well as other malignancies, for rheumatoid arthritispatients treated with the medication. An Australian study compared 459 rheumatoid arthritis patients (309 women and 150 men who started taking methotrexate before June 1986) to the general population to determine cancer risk.
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It's about time something like this hit the media! The people "in charge" of addressing our nation's obesity epidemic have been asleep at the wheel on this subject.
High-Fructose Corn Syrup = Weight Gain, Type II Diabetes
Don't worry, I'll be addressing this in more detail in subsequent posts. Until then, go through your cupboards and find how many things you eat or drink contain HFCS. Getting rid of them, is a good first step to losing weight.
You may not be aware but there are two competing paradigms within healthcare. The first focuses on symptom-management, emergency medicine, and empowering the doctors. The second involves taking care of yourself, the conservative use of healthcare, and empowering the individual.
Have you heard of the health benefits of Dark Chocolate, Green Tea, and Red Wine? Each of these items has been shown in clinical studies to be helpful in enhancing and protecting human health. Dark Chocolate, Green Tea, and Red Wine contain compounds called "Polyphenols."]]>