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Have Knee Arthritis? Get Your Magnesium Checked!

Long before almond and soy milk in every flavor, and those amazing kale chips you can get in health food stores, mothers used to tell their children to drink their milk and eat their spinach. We’ve already learned Mom was right about the milk; turns out she was right about the spinach too! Spinach is…read more

Curcumin and Bone Loss – Curry Anyone?

Bone loss can be a problem in many different situations, but it is a profound issue in astronauts who live in the microgravity of space for long periods of time, and, in people who suffer from the similar effects of dis-use as a result of being bedridden. There has been a significant amount of research lately into…read more

Cholesterol Drugs and Statins Diabetes Risk!

Every once in awhile I see a graph of clinical data that just blows me away. Eric Topol, a well known physician in the genetics and personalized medicine movement, tweeted this graph from a research study published in the medical journal Diabetologia. I was so floored that I had to pull down the paper. It…read more

In Yet Another Study Low Carb beats Low Fat…

America has a sugar problem. It also has a dietary tradition problem. Somewhere in the depths of the 1950s, based on flawed research and a government grappling with an epidemic of heart disease, the fat in our diets became vilified by a government panel. This stubborn notion that eating fat will make you fat has…read more

Stopping Motrin? Some Simple Steps Can Help and May Just Save Your Life

Is stopping Motrin easy? I meet some patients who are addicted to Motrin or Aleve or other prescription NSAID drugs like Celebrex. If they literally stop taking these for a day or two, they’ll be disabled or in loads of pain. Why? What can you do if this is you? First, why would you want…read more

Knee Arthritis Natural Treatments? Exercise Beats Glucosamine in Protecting Cartilage

How do knee arthritis natural treatments stack up? Can you protect the knee cartilage you have? Supplements like glucosamine and chondroitin have shown in some studies that they can help protect cartilage. Exercise has also shown some protective effects. How about when you compare the two head to head in a small study? At least…read more

Motrin Alternatives-Not Only Can Motrin Kill You, It Can Also Delay Rotator Cuff Tendon Healing

The Need for Motrin Alternatives is Ever Increasing You really have to find Motrin alternatives, as NSAIDs or anti-inflammatory drugs are awful. There really isn’t another drug that is so widely used by so many people that is so dangerous. Think about this for a second. What if I told you that there was a…read more

Does Male Hormone Optimization with Testosterone Help Stem Cell Production?

About two years ago, I came across the web-site of a doctor who had just begun to use fat stem cells, mostly for cosmetic uses, but also dabbling in knee arthritis. He claimed that many research studies showed that testosterone and other age management remedies dramatically increased stem cell production and quality. I immediately went onto…read more
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