10.20.2015 Two-thirds of treated patients had decreases in alanine aminotransferase by Nancy Walsh Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today HONOLULU — Treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with vitamin E and pentoxifylline led to improvements in liver enzymes, a real-world study found. In a study that included 106 patients given NASH-specific therapy, those in the treatment group […]
Recent evidence supports early introduction of allergenic foods Date: October 19, 2015 Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal Summary: With food allergies in children on the rise, parents often ask the question, How do I prevent food allergies in my baby? A new review, based on the latest evidence, interprets new evidence to guide physicians and […]
Article · October 2015 with 3,708 Reads DOI: 10.4172/2329-6631.1000137 Abstract Nobel Laureate Charles Richet demonstrated over a hundred years ago that injecting a protein into animals or humans causes immune system sensitization to that protein. Subsequent exposure to the protein can result in allergic reactions or anaphylaxis. This fact has since been demonstrated over and over again […]
Associations of sugar and artificially sweetened soda with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 10/01/2015 Wijarnpreecha K, et al. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the major concern of public health worldwide. The risk of NAFLD in subjects who regularly drink soda is controversial. The aim […]
Date: September 22, 2015 Source: University of Chicago Medical Center Summary: The gut bacteria of infants who developed tolerance to cow’s milk after treatment with probiotic formula showed significant differences from those who remained allergic, according to a new study. The gut bacteria of infants who developed tolerance to cow’s milk after treatment with probiotic […]
Risk increases with the number of antihypertensive drugs taken WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Blood pressure medications may raise the risk of colorectal polyps, according to a study published online Sept. 10 in the Journal of Digestive Diseases. Yoshitaka Watanabe, from the University of Tokyo, and colleagues analyzed data from 1,318 consecutive patients […]
Date: August 18, 2015 Source: Cell Press Summary: One major cause of human blindness is autoimmune uveitis, which is triggered by the activation of T cells, but exactly how and where the T cells become activated in the first place has been a long-standing mystery. A study reveals that gut microbes produce a molecule that […]
Insider news from Dr. William Davis for readers of the Wheat Belly books and followers of Cureality.com I call the gastrointestinal tract “the first battleground” between wheat, grains, and your body. It is the first contact between the absorptive surface of your intestinal tract and the dozens of toxic compounds in wheat and grains. While […]
Date: August 5, 2015 Source: American Gastroenterological Association Summary: Intra-abdominal fat cells may contribute to the development and progression of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study. Intra-abdominal fat cells may contribute to the development and progression of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study1 published in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, […]
Expert Opinion / Commentary · August 04, 2015 Written by Wahida Karmally DrPH, RD, CDE, CLS, FNLA Sugar is on the FDA “generally recognized as safe” list despite the growing body of evidence that sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption is detrimental to health and has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease mortality,1 hypertension,2,3 liver […]
Date: July 29, 2015 Source: North Carolina State University Summary: An analysis of data on stomach acidity and diet in birds and mammals suggests that high levels of stomach acidity developed not to help animals break down food, but to defend animals against food poisoning. The work raises interesting questions about the evolution of stomach […]
July 24th, 2015 Thyroid Health Part II: The Gluten, Gut, and Thyroid Connection This is the second article in a multi-part series on the thyroid. Follow along as we explore how the thyroid works and how you can use The Myers Way® Four Pillars of Health to prevent, control, or reverse thyroid disease. Last week […]
July 23, 2015 Written by Sarah L Chamlin MD and Lisa Y Shen MD 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology Boston, MA; July 9-12, 2015 Speaker: John Lee (Boston Children’s Hospital) Clinical Director of the Food Allergy Program There has been a longstanding association between atopic dermatitis (AD) and food allergies. This […]
What effect does chiropractic treatment have on gastrointestinal (GI) disorders: a narrative review of the literature Katherine Angus, BSc(Kin), DC The purpose of this study was to provide a narrative review of the literature of studies describing the management of disorders of the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract using ‘chiropractic therapy’ broadly defined here as spinal manipulation […]
Eur J Nutr. 2015 Jul 1. [Epub ahead of print] Bashir M1, Prietl B, Tauschmann M, Mautner SI, Kump PK, Treiber G, Wurm P, Gorkiewicz G, Högenauer C, Pieber TR. Abstract PURPOSE: Vitamin D is well known for its effects on bone mineralisation but has also been attributed immunomodulatory properties. It positively influences human health, […]
by Amy Myers, M.D. Have you gone “number two” today? Yesterday? The day before that? In conventional medicine, the baseline requirement for regularity is three bowel movements a week, but a better indication of a truly healthy gut is going one to three times a day. Regular bowel movements are a key indication of a […]
Diana Phillips June 11, 2015 Regular consumption of sugared beverages is associated with a greater prevalence of fatty liver disease, even after adjusting for body mass index, according to a large observational study. Specifically, adults who drank more than one sugar-sweetened drink per day were 55% (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03 – 2.35) more likely […]
E. Richman; J. M. Rhodes Disclosures Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2013;38(10):1156-1171. Abstract Background The therapeutic effect of enteral nutrition in Crohn’s disease (CD) and the epidemiological associations between diet and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) implicate diet in IBD causation. There is little evidence, however, to support specific dietary changes and patients often receive contradictory advice. Aim […]
A daily sugar-sweetened beverage habit may increase the risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HRNCA) at Tufts University report in the Journal of Hepatology. The researchers analyzed 2,634 self-reported dietary questionnaires from mostly Caucasian middle-aged men and women enrolled in the National […]
Janis C. Kelly May 28, 2015 Acetaminophen (paracetamol) overdose caused one fifth of all cases of acute liver failure leading to the need for liver transplant (ALFT) in seven European countries, according to a study published online May 28 in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. However, when researchers compared in-country rates of acetaminophen-linked AFLT […]