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- Pneumonia and Statins by docroberts.com on Sep 24, 2009
A new study demonstrates that older people are more likely to get pneumonia if they use statin drugs. Statin drugs are the current rage for treating people with "high cholesterol". If you have not yet read my Cholesterol Article, please do--this ar...
- Good ole' Vitamin D by docroberts.com on Sep 2, 2009
Vitamin D has been getting a lot of press lately, and rightly so. If your read my blog you know that supplementing with some vitamins increases your chance of disease--specifically, supplemental vitamin C has been shown to increase cancer and cardio...
- What You're Up Against by docroberts.com on Sep 1, 2009
I was amazed to see an article posing as a study recently titled "Can dietary Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) Improve the Health of the Elderly?" The article makes the case that since MSG excites taste buds and parts of the gut, it will make the elderly...
- Autism and Omega-3's by docroberts.com on Aug 31, 2009
Another study demonstrates the benefits of omega-3's in the treatment of autism. The study was small, involving 9 children given 1 gram of omega-3's per day for 12 weeks. Eight of the 9 children had significant improvement on a well studied Autism...
- Natural Flu Remedy by docroberts.com on Aug 15, 2009
With flu season about to arrive, and increased worry due to the swine flu, I wanted to remind you about Andrographis Paniculata. This herb, known as Kan Jang in China and as Kalmegh in India, is potent against the flu. One study conducted on 540 pe...
- Recover Quicker with Laser by docroberts.com on Aug 12, 2009
A new study shows that athletes who use low-level laser prior to exercise recover significantly faster. The study design used an 830nm laser (I have one in my office) or a placebo laser on athletes prior to exercise. The treated group had much lowe...
