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This is a fact: death from heart disease has been declining for the last 15-20 years. The main reason is better management of this disease using medications and medical approaches. Nothing has been done when it comes to prevention. All the efforts, money, and energy have been spent on disease management, after the fact that …
I got a lot of questions on my post on bio-identical hormones and the risks of using them. This is a topic that is very confusing and every doctor I talked to seems to have their own opinion on this topic. But let’s look at the science of what we know about those “bio-identical” hormones. …
We have known this for about 2 decades: hormonal therapy causes cancer. No woman should be on any hormones! You can read the latest article published about this topic: “Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence” in the journal The Lancet. All types …
We hear a lot about MTHFR mutations and their supposedly impact on our health. More than 600 conditions are being blamed on these mutations. But the problem is that genes do not cause health issues (or it is very rare), epigenetics is the key to health, environmental factors are involved. People rather blame their genes …
I am SO relieved that I am not part of this sick system anymore 😊 I am relieved that I am not part of the third cause of death in the US. As a health care provider, I could not accept the fact that the western medical system is based on a capitalistic model. In …
A systematic review and meta-analysis of nine prospective observational studies, including more than 300,000 participants and more than 23,000 cases of type 2 diabetes (T2D), developed a clear association between plant-based dietary patterns and the risk of T2D in adults. A study published by Harvard researchers support this claim: “Association Between Plant-Based Dietary Patterns and …
Over the last several decades, LDL or low-density lipoprotein has been given a bad rap. Ever since someone decided to call it “bad cholesterol” it has been demonized as being responsible for just about everything bad in the world from heart disease, cancer, diabetes, inflammation, among others. Medical doctors and cardiologists in specific have joined …
