Month: November 2015
Exercise Helps Memory in Older Adults
Study links physical activity to better #memory among #olderadults https://t.co/mZx2wARo2w
— Medical Xpress (@medical_xpress) November 24, 2015
Are Good Doctors Bad for Your Health?
MT @RFRedberg Provocative article by Zeke Emanuel. Are Good Doctors Bad for Your Health? https://t.co/H0tdXXaaOj
— Medicalskeptic (@medskep) November 23, 2015
About Those Statins…
Japanese Research Exposes Statin Scam: People with High Cholesterol Live Longer https://t.co/bAt2keqGiR
— Robert Scott Bell (@rsbellmedia) November 22, 2015
The Post-Antibiotic Era Creeps Ever so Closer
The implications for medicine of no longer being able to rely on antibiotics is quite serious. It would drastically change the medical landscape. This goes far beyond just the treatment of serious infections.
This recent study is very concerning: Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China: a microbiological and molecular biological study.
The BBC has a good write up on the above study which includes the following ominous quote from Professor Timothy Walsh:
“If MCR-1 becomes global, which is a case of when not if, and the gene aligns itself with other antibiotic resistance genes, which is inevitable, then we will have very likely reached the start of the post-antibiotic era.”
We have dedicated a whole new forum to this issue: Post-Antibiotic Era Forum on Ecoja
A Brief Review of Coffee Research
New research shows drinking coffee will extend your life. Should you believe the hype? https://t.co/93jFVTdEry pic.twitter.com/W47czq859J
— STAT (@statnews) November 17, 2015
Gut Mircobiota and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
The #gut microbiota's contribution to cardiovascular disease risk factors: https://t.co/shG2TpdmuB #CVD #risk #BMI #HDL #LDL #genes
— GutMicrobiota Health (@GMFHx) November 16, 2015
Vegetable Oil Toxicity
The Telegraph has an infographic in their article Cooking with vegetable oils releases toxic cancer-causing chemicals, say experts that is worth checking out. Spoiler alert: coconut, butter, and olive oil fair far better than the vegetable oils.
Todd Caldecott has an excellent article on fats and oils that you can read online (from his book Food as Medicine that we highly recommend).