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  1. Study could not establish causality between overtime work hours and heart disease risk
  2. Dairy fat reduces heart attack risk? A lesson on how not to do a study
  3. Addition of fibrates to conventional treatments does not reduce heart attack risk in type II diabetics
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 6 , 2010

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Cortisol Levels In Hair Linked To Heart Attack Risk

Reference:

Hair cortisol and the risk for acute myocardial infarction in adult men

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  2. Dairy fat reduces heart attack risk? A lesson on how not to do a study
  3. Addition of fibrates to conventional treatments does not reduce heart attack risk in type II diabetics

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  1. Vitamin D Awareness Month
  2. Vitamin D deficiency and effect on cancer risk
  3. Lifestyle’s influence on breast cancer risk
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 25, 2010

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Genetic effects of vitamin D studied

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  1. Vitamin D Awareness Month
  2. Vitamin D deficiency and effect on cancer risk
  3. Lifestyle’s influence on breast cancer risk

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  1. Progress in understanding how aging contributes to the development of Alzheimer Disease
  2. New understanding how cannabis may affect brain chemistry and its relation to mood disorder risk
  3. Fish oil trial shows some benefit for people with depression but without anxiety
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 20, 2010

Source:

‘Magic drug’ gives hope to bipolar patients

Reference:

“mTOR-Dependent Synapse Formation Underlies the Rapid Antidepressant Effects of NMDA Antagonists.”
Nanxin Li, Boyoung Lee, Rong-Jian Liu, Mounira Banasr, Jason M. Dwyer, Masaaki Iwata, Xiao-Yuan Li, George Aghajanian, Ronald S. Duman
Science, 20 August 2010: Vol. 329. no. 5994, pp. 959 – 964
DOI: 10.1126/science.1190287

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  1. Progress in understanding how aging contributes to the development of Alzheimer Disease
  2. New understanding how cannabis may affect brain chemistry and its relation to mood disorder risk
  3. Fish oil trial shows some benefit for people with depression but without anxiety

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  1. Yoga has positive impact on cancer therapy and quality of life
  2. Vitamin D receptors identified on genome: How does this influence the expression of certain diseases?
  3. The complicated genetic weave that can lead to autism
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Madely Health Headlines for  July 2, 2010

Source:

Live Long and Proper: Genetic Factors Associated with Increased Longevity Identified

Reference:

Genetic Signatures of Exceptional Longevity in Humans

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  1. Yoga has positive impact on cancer therapy and quality of life
  2. Vitamin D receptors identified on genome: How does this influence the expression of certain diseases?
  3. The complicated genetic weave that can lead to autism

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  2. Elevated potassium levels in the elderly more commonly seen with sulpha antibiotic and certain blood pressure meds: study
  3. Nuts lower blood cholesterol levels
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Madely Health Headlines for  June 29, 2010

Source:
Cholesterol drugs for the healthy still debatable
Reference:

Cholesterol Lowering, Cardiovascular Diseases, and the Rosuvastatin-JUPITER Controversy

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  1. StatsCan report on high cholesterol levels needs context
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  3. Nuts lower blood cholesterol levels

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  • Cortisol levels in hair may be an indicator of heart attack in men who are already at risk of heart disease
  • Do not conclude just yet that chocolate alone reduces heart and stroke risk
  • Study could not establish causality between overtime work hours and heart disease risk
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    Madely Health Headlines for  June 11, 2010

    Source:

    Study backs heart-healthy effect of dairy fat

    Resources:

    Dr. Yoni Freehoff provides an excellent analysis of the “study” and its many methodological flaws. Please see his June 10, 2010 post.

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    3. Study could not establish causality between overtime work hours and heart disease risk

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    2. Early research on new prostate cancer genetic screening tests reported
    3. MMR/autism paper fully retracted by the Lancet
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    Madely Health Headlines for  June 10, 2010

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    Genetic finding paves way for controversial autism testing

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    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 28, 2010

    Source:

    Immune System Troubles Could Spark Behavior Woes

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    2. Cell phone link to brain cancer is tenuous at best
    3. Nanospheres repair spinal cord compression injury, human studies to follow
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    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 13, 2010

    Source:

    Cancer’s sweet tooth becomes a target

    Reference:

    Metabolic Modulation of Glioblastoma with Dichloroacetate

    ftp://awfulbarry@ftp.thejohnrobson.com/MHH/10/100513-DCA-and-cancer-research.mp3

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    1. Antibody helps trigger ovarian cancer cell death
    2. Cell phone link to brain cancer is tenuous at best
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    3. Why more studies are needed to establish if CCSVI is linked to MS
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    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 6, 2010

    Source:

    MS patients rally to demand CCSVI treatment

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