The recent New York Times article in the July 25, 2008 issue talks about Europe and their lack of endorsement of cloned animals and their milk for human consumption.  They maintain that there is inadequate studies, too many questions unanswered, and will not permit their import into Europe yet:

The European Food Safety Authority pulled back [...]

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It can hit unexpectedly—usually following a stressful occurrence or a heavy meal. You lie in bed, exhausted, needing to sleep, knowing you have a full day tomorrow. But your mind keeps racing, mulling over details, thinking through the events of today, evaluating what you need to do later, worrying about issues that lie ahead. As [...]

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RESEARCH
Another update on insulin resistance, the precursor to diabetes mellitus, type II.
From Journal of the American College of Nutrition, October 2007, Volume 26, Number 5; A MUFA-Rich Diet Improves Postprandial Glucose, Lipid and GLP-1 Responses in Insulin-Resistant Subjects, pp. 434-444. Authored by Juan A. Paniagua, MD, et. al., in Cordoba, Spain.

Eleven subjects with insulin [...]

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Poison ivy update—I had a patient show me a product he purchased called White Flower. He placed the liquid oily solution on the poison ivy reactions on his skin and experienced marked improvement. My patient is an individual who wears gloves, long sleeves, long pants and boots when he knows he will get [...]

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A Wall Street Journal article found in the July 8th edition entitled Pricey Drugs Put Squeeze on Doctors, by Marilyn Chase, describes the soaring price of chemotherapy in the cancer market. For instance, the average cost of a course of Avastin, which targets a type of lung cancer, is approximately

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Proverbs 23:7 “As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
In that rather fascinating scripture that represents a philosophy as old as time, assume we have a concept called the placebo effect.  A certain percentage of patients in trial studies are given “placebo” medicine.  Theoretically, if

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Pain is a familiar experience for everyone. Most pain is caused by inflammation, and most inflammation comes from tissue damage. Tissue damage may occur from

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Update:  I just came across an excellent article linking diabetes with thiamine deficiency.  Check out the article here.
(Can anyone get this information to Larry H. Miller?)
A patient recently came into my office for a consultation. She was in her early 50s, overweight, and was struggling with constant tiredness and a sense of being overwhelmed. [...]

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For years, my six sons and I, coming from the West, have been great Jazz fans. We love to watch and play basketball.  (Of course, now that I’m in Ohio, we’re also fans of LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers!).
I read an article about Jazz owner Larry H. Miller stepping down because of Type 2 [...]

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Update (July 17, 2008 7:10am):  Here is a link to the full article.
In reference to an article in the Wall Street Journal, July 7, 2008
Is there a way to detect and treat autism early? Can early intervention make a difference

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