Brain Health & Food Addiction: February Top Reads Highlighted

By | February 11th, 2011|Naturopathic Medicine|

By Sarah A LoBisco, ND I have recently posted the Top Reads of the Month for February. Every month, I compile excerpts from my various on-line journal articles, newsletters, and practitioner blogs. The intention of these excerpts is to keep patients and blog lovers up to date on headlines from some of the top medical [...]

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Running on Empty or Barely Running?

By | February 4th, 2011|Naturopathic Medicine, Newsletter Postings, Saratoga Blog at Living Well|

If there is a malfunction on an airplane flight, we are warned to put our own oxygen mask on first. It's only when your oxygen is fully replenished that you can be available to help others. In our society, there are so many mixed messages about the importance of giving and self-sacrifice. Just as the [...]

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Releasing yourself from Movement Mania

By | January 19th, 2011|Naturopathic Medicine, Newsletter Postings, Saratoga Blog at Living Well|

  By: Sarah LoBisco, ND Anyone been in the health and fitness aisle of Borders lately? That aisle is enough for even a doctor who specializes in nutrition and lifestyle factors to feel overwhelmed, as one is successfully bombarded by mass marketing. In fact, the media is great at portraying various “experts in nutrition, health, [...]

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January 2011 Top Reads

By | January 13th, 2011|Top Reads of the Month|

Drug Updates Lipitor Recalled (webmd) Dec. 21, 2010 -- The Lipitor recall continues with Pfizer's recall of 19,000 more bottles of the popular cholesterol drug. A musty smell has led to four recalls, totaling 345,000 bottles since August 2010. The latest recall is dated Dec. 17 on Pfizer's web site. The 19,000 bottles represent a [...]

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August 2010 Top Reads

By | August 3rd, 2010|Naturopathic Medicine, Top Reads of the Month|

Drug Updates New Recommendations for Low Dose Aspirn (webmd) June 2, 2010 -- Women under 60 and men under 50 who have diabetes but no other major risk factors for heart disease probably should not be on low-dose aspirin therapy, new research suggests. The new recommendations are based on close examination of nine studies that [...]

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July 2010 Top Reads

By | July 1st, 2010|Naturopathic Medicine|

Drug Updates Diabetes Drug Linked to Cardiovascular Disease/Stroke (Webmd alert) June 28, 2010 -- Older patients who take Avandia have a higher risk of death, heart failure, and stroke than patients taking Actos, a similar diabetes drug, a new study finds. It's far from the first study to address Avandia safety, but it's by far the largest to date, says [...]

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Antidepressants-a pill for the common ill?

By | May 8th, 2010|Latest Articles, Newsletter Postings|

Studies say, not necessarily so. 10% of the US population is on them, though. A meta-analysis published in a 2010 JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) issue concluded the following: The magnitude of benefit of antidepressant medication compared with placebo increases with severity of depression symptoms and may be minimal or nonexistent, on average, in patients with mild [...]

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May 2010 Top Reads

By | April 30th, 2010|Top Reads of the Month|

The Journey Into Healing (Agni Newsletter) Like any other journey, the journey to perfect health can be made easier when we have a good map. As healthcare practitioners, we help create maps for our patients. As individuals, we learn to use these maps to guide us towards peace, harmony, and wholeness. For the journey to [...]

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By | April 20th, 2010|Saratoga Blog at Living Well|

Past archives The Future of Medicine is Here! Nutrigenomics Childhood Obesity Epidemic: Part II The Dangers of GMOs Healthy Body, Healthy Brain The Incredible...Mango (and Berries)?? & Red Rice Yeast vs. Statins Exercise, Mood, and Inflammation Update

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