If there’s one thing I’ve become utterly disgusted with in the time since I first became interested in science-based medicine as a concept, its promotion, and the refutation of quackery and medical pseudoscience, it’s empty-brained celebrities with an agenda. Be it from imbibing the atmosphere within the bubble of woo-friendly southern California or taking a crash course at the University of Google and, through the arrogance of ignorance , concluding that they know more than scientists who have

Neal Barnard, MD I’ve been researching the most common and devastating diseases Americans are dealing with, with the aim of finding a common thread running throughout both cause and reversal. As it is now, one out of every two of us will get cancer or heart disease, and one out of every three children born after the year 2000 will be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. These are devastating diseases, certainly to those who are burdened by them, but also to a health care system that is struggling

A genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 22 loci associated with eight hematological parameters in the HaemGen consortium : The number and volume of cells in the blood affect a wide range of disorders including cancer and cardiovascular, metabolic, infectious and immune conditions. We consider here the genetic variation in eight clinically relevant hematological parameters, including hemoglobin levels, red and white blood cell counts and platelet counts and volume. We describe common variants wit

The 45th annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) took place in Vienna, Austria, from September 30th to October 2nd The town centre and all places of interest were flooded with the bright red congress-rucksacks. The first main point of interest focused on the possible association between cancer and insulin therapy. The discussion whether insulin analogues could cause cancer had been stirred up in the weeks before the meeting. Edwin Gale, the UK editor of D

Ionamin is a drug to treat obesity. The generic of this drug is phentermine. This will discuss the use of the drug and its availability through prescription. Obesity is very common problem in the U. S., and its importance cannot be stressed enough because it can lead to diseases such as from diabetes to cancer. There are many causes, and there are different forms of treatment. This will review the issues of obesity further. Females seem to have an increased chance of being obese over their ma