Tyler Durden on 02/06/2015 Authored by Lee Hieb, M.D., originally published at World Net Daily, via Alt-Market blog, Gov. Chris Christie has been vilified for making a very simple statement – that parents (and presumably patients themselves) should have the freedom to choose whether to vaccinate their children. I have been asked for years what I […]
Should the Recently Vaccinated be Quarantined to Prevent Outbreaks? February 02, 2015 14:34 ET Source: Weston A. Price Foundation Washington, D.C., Feb. 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Health officials are blaming unvaccinated children for the recent measles outbreak that started at Disneyland. However, with no blood tests proving the outbreak is from wild measles, the […]
Published 2:34 PM ET Mon, 2 Feb 2015 Globe Newswire Washington, D.C., Feb. 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Health officials are blaming unvaccinated children for the recent measles outbreak that started at Disneyland. However, with no blood tests proving the outbreak is from wild measles, the most likely source of the outbreak is a recently vaccinated […]
– Lori A. Burkhart ACCORDING TO THE SPONDYLITIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a form of arthritis that primarily affects the spine, although other joints can become involved. It causes inflammation of the vertebrae, which can lead to severe, chronic pain and discomfort. In the most advanced cases (but not in all), this […]
Endgame for Polio Eradication Ricki Lewis, PhD December 29, 2014 The World Health Organization’s strategy for eradicating polio will remove serotype 2 poliovirus from the oral polio vaccine (OPV) because this component causes many of the few new cases, according to a new clinical report. Walter A. Orenstein, MD, professor and associate director of the Emory Vaccine […]
by Diana Swift Contributing Writer, MedPage Today A family history of arthritis-related conditions, such as osteoarthritis (OA) or unspecified arthralgia, was not markedly predictive of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a Swedish study. “Although statistically significant familial co-aggregation was found for RA to every non-RA arthritis-related disease group — interestingly with no pronounced difference […]
What is vitamin D’s role in multiple sclerosis? Four experts gave us their thoughts: Nancy L. Sicotte, MD, of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles; Peter Riskind, MD, PhD, of University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass.; Aaron Miller, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine and Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City; […]
Published: Dec 11, 2014 By Andrew Buelt, DO Story Source Action Points The author discusses his reasons for a belief that there is no clinical benefit associated with the use of Tamiflu. Pointless Prescribing I think there comes a time when everyone realizes that the easy, well-worn path is not always the best option. For […]
Tracy Hampton, PhD JAMA. 2014;312(21):2202. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.16227. EXTRACT Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)—the coenzyme form of the vitamin niacin and a natural molecule found in all living cells—may help protect against autoimmune diseases by regulating how CD4+ T cells differentiate, researchers report (Tullius SG et al. Nat Commun. 2014;5:5101). A team led by investigators at Brigham and […]
REVIEW · November 20, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this systematic review of 20 studies with 545 patients evaluated the relationship between tonsillectomy and psoriasis. Approximately 70% of patients with psoriasis who underwent tonsillectomy experienced improvement in psoriasis. While some patients had sustained improvements, others later relapsed. There is insufficient evidence to recommend tonsillectomy […]
December 9, 2014 People born by C-section, more often suffer from chronic disorders such as asthma, rheumatism, allergies, bowel disorders, and leukaemia than people born naturally. Babies who enter the world through a Caesarean delivery face much greater risks of developing a range of chronic immune disorders caused by defects in the immune system, compared […]
— The intestinal microbiota may act as a trigger in pediatric enthesitis-related arthritis. by Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today December 3, 2014 Alterations in the intestinal microbiota have been identified in children with enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA), suggesting the possibility that the microbiome may play a triggering role in the disease, researchers reported. Among […]
Pam Harrison November 18, 2014 Exposure to antibiotics during childhood significantly increases the risk for juvenile idiopathic arthritis in a dose-dependent manner, say investigators reporting at the American College of Rheumatology 2014 Annual Meeting in Boston. They suggest that alterations in the human microbiome might be implicated in the development of the disease. “The more […]
A Disease We Thought Was History Is Making An Alarming Comeback Business Insider By Lauren F Friedman Nov 13, 2014 7:46 PM Story Source We worry about dying in a plane crash, not a car accident — even though the latter has a far greater risk. So it goes with diseases, where Americans tend to fear […]
By Pete D’amato for MailOnline 06:01 03 Nov 2014 Marysue Grivna, 10, developed acute disseminated encephalomyelitis days after getting her seasonal flu shot that has left her paralyzed The condition, an infection of the brain, affects about 8 in 1,000,000 people In about five percent of ADEM cases, the patient had been immunized shortly before […]
BMJ. 2014; 349: g6182. Published online 2014 Oct 20. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g6182 PMCID: PMC4202689 PMID: 25331457 No Holds Barred Margaret McCartney: What use is mass flu vaccination? Margaret McCartney, general practitioner, Glasgow It’s flu vaccination season again. People over 65 and those aged six months to 65 years who have a clinical risk factor (such as […]
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. If you are one of the 33 million people suffering with a sinus infection, then this special report will be of great interest. Not a day goes by in my office that I don’t see a patient who is complaining of a runny nose, facial pain, “sinus” headache.. you […]
Annals of Internal Medicine, 10/15/2014 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article Dunn AG, et al. – Industry funding and financial conflicts of interest may contribute to bias in the synthesis and interpretation of scientific evidence. To examine the association between financial conflicts of interest and characteristics of systematic reviews of neuraminidase inhibitors. Reviewers with financial conflicts […]