MedicalXpress Breaking News-and-Events | October 27, 2021 A team of researchers from The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, the Southwest Research Institute and the Chan School of Public Health, has found phthalates in a wide variety of fast foods. In their paper published in Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, […]
Amy L. Meyers, DO; Michael P. Woodbury, DO; Ryan A. Nelson, DO Orthopedics. https://doi.org/10.3928/01477447-20200415-06 Posted April 23, 2020 Abstract Given the recent news regarding the water supply in Flint, Michigan, lead toxicity has become an increasingly important topic in health care. Lead toxicity can have a widespread effect on the human body. Because lead has […]
— And you can’t avoid it, researcher warns by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, MedPage Today June 4, 2020 Environmental exposure to certain synthetic chemicals was associated with early menopause, according to a new study. In an analysis of over 1,100 premenopausal women, those who fell into the highest tertile for exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl […]
MedicalXpress Breaking News-and-Events | May 12, 2020 Elevated blood levels of toxic chemicals found in pesticides, nonstick cookware, and fire retardants have been tied to an increased risk for celiac disease in young people, new research shows. According to NYU Grossman School of Medicine researchers who led the study, people with the immune disorder have severe gut […]
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. A recent patient was concerned that despite watching her diet and taking her diabetes medication her hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) keeps going up. Remember, HbA1c is a lab test that shows the average level of blood sugar (glucose) over the previous 3 months. It shows how well you are controlling […]
Melanie H Jacobson Journal of the Endocrine Society, js.2019-00201, https://doi.org/10.1210/js.2019-00201 Published: 25 July 2019 Abstract Bisphenol A (BPA) has been recognized as an endocrine disrupting chemical and identified as an obesogen. Although once ubiquitous, human exposure to BPA is declining due to its substitution with other bisphenols. Two structurally similar substitutes, bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol F […]
Exposure resulted from consumption of fish during pregnancy or early life by Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today July 09, 2019 Exposure to heavy metals through fish consumption in utero or during the first year of life was associated with a five-fold increased risk of subsequent development of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), Swedish researchers […]
JUNE 19, 2014 BY WESTON A PRICE FOUNDATION The FDA has long denied any harm from amalgam (mercurybased) dental fillings but a new study cites FDA data to demonstrate the fact that dental amalgam may indeed cause mercury poisoning in genetically susceptible children. The finding arises from a reanalysis of a key clinical trial cited […]
By Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS) is serious motor neuron diseases which falls in the same category as Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, etc. It simply means the nerves have been severely damaged and paralysis is expected to result as the disease progresses. Unfortunately, as with most diseases, medicine rarely […]
By Sarah Sloat on December 3, 2018 Filed Under Diseases, Environment & Health American girls are now going through puberty significantly earlier than in decades prior, a trend that’s been linked to physiological and psychological risks. The various factors thought to drive early puberty include obesity, toxic stress, and environmental elements. A landmark study published […]
BY J.B. HANDLEY April 2, 2018 Five clear, replicable, and related discoveries explaining how autism is triggered have formed an undeniably clear picture of autism’s causation, and possibly ways to alleviate the symptoms, too. Most of the research that has created this understanding has been published in the last 36 months, and largely from international […]
February 28, 2018 Healthline/Medical News Today The risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) may be increased for people who are frequently exposed to diesel exhaust, new research suggests. In a study of more than 1,600 adults, scientists working at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA, found that men with higher […]
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2018 (HealthDay News) — If you think that “vaping” is a safe alternative to smoking, new research suggests you might be inadvertently inhaling unsafe levels of toxic metals. Scientists say the tiny metal coils that heat the liquid nitrogen in e-cigarettes may contaminate the resulting vapor with lead, chromium, […]
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O.,D.A.C.B.N., MS, CFMP For over 30 years it has been known that many conditions treated by surgery could be totally cured with pennies worth of nutrients. But there’s no money in pennies of nutrients. Surgeon Dr. John Ellis wrote extensively about how vitamin B6 cleared the majority of carpal tunnel syndromes, and […]
– Data also shows rise in detectable levels of glyphosate metabolite by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, MedPage Today October 25, 2017 Exposure to glyphosate, an herbicide (and endocrine-disrupting chemical) commonly used in agriculture, has risen during the past few decades in the U.S., according to researchers. The prevalence rates of adults having detectable levels of […]
Metab Brain Dis. 2017; 32(5): 1335–1355. Published online 2017 Jul 27. doi: 10.1007/s11011-017-0077-2 PMCID: PMC5596046 PMID: 28752219 Gerwyn Morris Abstract The conceptualisation of autistic spectrum disorder and Alzheimer’s disease has undergone something of a paradigm shift in recent years and rather than being viewed as single illnesses with a unitary pathogenesis and pathophysiology they are […]
By Ronnie Cohen July 13, 2017 (Reuters Health) – African-American and white women who regularly chemically straighten their hair or dye it dark brown or black have an elevated risk of breast cancer, new research suggests. “I would be concerned about darker hair dye and hair straighteners,” epidemiologist Tamarra James-Todd said after reviewing the report online now […]
By James P. Meschino, DC, MS In modern society, we are constantly exposed to heavy metals such as cadmium, lead and mercury. These heavy metals have no essential biochemical roles in our body, and conversely, can cause us a great deal of harm if they build up to toxic levels. They bind to our tissues, […]
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S., CFMP An underappreciated highway danger has been shown to cause sudden cardiac arrest or clotting off of a coronary artery In addition, this highway danger has been found to cause sudden arrhythmia that makes a person pass out or have a heart attack. The highway danger I am referring […]
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. Millions of Americans have been led to believe that osteoporosis is simply a deficiency of the common drugs, Boniva, Evista, Actonel, or Fosamax. Many are prescribed the “knee-jerk” recommendation of 1500 mgs of calcium a day to prevent osteoporosis. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. It is […]