Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? That may be true. In a study published in the American Journal of Cardiology they used data from NHANES between 1984 and 1995 to try and decipher this question. NHANES is the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey where Americans of all [Read More]
Archives for April 2019
Herbal Supplement Linked to Deaths
Kratom which comes from a tree in Southeast Asia, Mitragyna speciosa, has been linked to over 100 deaths in the U.S. It is marketed as an herbal supplement and therefore bound by no regulations. In Thailand and Indonesia the people use it medicinally for it's opioid properties. It is used as a [Read More]
Do Dietary Supplements Work?
A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine this week discussed the contribution of dietary supplements to improving all cause mortality, cardiovascular deaths, and deaths from cancer. While there was an improvement in outcomes with Vitamin A, K, magnesium, and zinc, all the improvement was [Read More]
Preventing Measles from Spreading
This year we have the second highest outbreak of measles in a decade. The likely cause is foreign travel to places in which measles is still endemic then returning to an America where the unvaccinated rate is increasing. We had declared measles eradicated in the U.S in the year 2000. It has made a [Read More]
