The Hospital Water Supply as a Source of Nosocomial Infections I’ve always said that hospitals are a dangerous place to be!! Chalk up yet another reason. I have to relay a recent experience. I had one of my oldest patient fall and break her hip. Hip replacement surgery followed and she was placed into a […]
Vitamins Use in a Male Physicians and Subsequent CVD This article found no protective effect for multivitamins or vitamins C or E on cardiovascular disease. Before you run to the cabinet and throw away your Centrum multis (on second thought…if you are taking Centrum….) consider a few things. These articles rarely look into the type […]
Maternal Vitamin Use and Reduced Risk of Neuroblastoma Considering that many prenatal vitamins (preferably the non-pharmaceutical brands…) are high in folic acid, the results of this study are not surprising. Folic acid is essential for proper differentiation of many types of cells. Providing adequate levels of folic acid may help ensure that cells of the […]
Mg citrate found more bioavailable than other Mg preparations It’s always good to know what forms of vitamins and minerals are better absorbed, and it’s even better when the studies confirm what you’ve been telling patients for years, now. Magnesium oxide was no different from placebo. Let me put this simply. Magnesium–important. Magnesium–common deficiency. Magnesium […]
Incidence of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism After Treatment w/ Vitamin K Antagonists in Relation to Time Since First Event This one is kind of an important one for me because I’ve had numerous patients in my office who have been on blood thinners for years for an isolated event many, many years ago. Basically, there doctors […]
