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The Ides of March bring not just wind but winnowing. This month, a new gluten sensitivity (GS) study by celiac disease pioneer Dr Fasano shows that gluten sensitivity affects about 6% of U.S. adults. GS is a different form of immune dysfunction than celiac disease (CD), which affects about [...]
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Why do patients stop taking their medication? 3 reasons: reminders, money and communication. Nonadherence is costly, physically dangerous, unnecessary and important. One in four patients prescribed antihypertensives stop them within 6 months. One in three patients are off their statins within [...]
One of the best ways to help people transform their lives and create their own food revolution is to write my patients’ stories: this is #5 of 7.* Tom’s case was a quandary: a Pulitzer-winning health reporter, he already exercised diligently, running about four miles most days. He had [...]
The March 19 2010FDA Warning about Zocor, a statin medication causing myopathy, and rare rhabdomyolysis, makes me think about other ways people who love food can lower their cholesterol too. The simple story is this: eating food with cholesterol in it doesn’t raise your cholesterol level, [...]
The new study from JAMA on omega-3 (EPA + DHA) levels in mostly white, middle aged men with heart disease strikes a little close. And not because I’m white and middle aged, and keen on living younger. It’s because so many of my patients are, who come in for [...]
A Reporter Eats His Way To Lower Cholesterol Growing Number of Doctors Emphasize Diet, Not Drugs By THOMAS M. BURTON Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL When it comes to lowering cholesterol, "diet and exercise" is often a throwaway line from doctors. As in: "If you don't get your [...]