Comments (2) | Post a CommentRheumatoid Arthritis and Heart Disease
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Sat, Jan 03, 2009, 7:36 pm PSTStudies carried out more that a decade ago showed that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which affects about 1 percent of the general population, had an increased risk of premature death, largely as the…Read More
Statins for Healthy Older People?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Sat, Dec 27, 2008, 7:27 pm PSTThe results of the JUPITER trial, published in an online version of the New England Journal of Medicine, have created a near frenzy in the media and among cardiologists. In the trial, 17,802 men and women were…Read More
Cancer: True or False
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Dec 19, 2008, 2:22 pm PSTGrab a pen and paper and test your cancer knowledge. It just might save your life. (No cheating!)Questions:People who smoke pipes and cigars are not at increased risk of cancer. Saccharine does not increase the…Read More
FDA Bans 2 Dietary Weight-Loss Supplements
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Wed, Dec 17, 2008, 5:12 pm PSTOne way for a company to be sure that its over-the-Internet weight-loss supplement will be successful is to secretly and illegally add a prescription drug that is known to cause weight loss.The Food and Drug…Read More
Do Supplements Prevent Prostate Cancer?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Dec 16, 2008, 5:07 pm PSTThe idea that selenium protects against prostate cancer got its start when a small study found that men with skin cancer who were given selenium supplements had 52 percent fewer prostate cancers than men who…Read More
Depression: Common, Miserable and Dangerous
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Dec 02, 2008, 12:27 pm PSTDepression is common. Major depression affects an estimated 15 million U.S. adults each year, and as many as 8 percent of men and 16 percent of women will suffer a bout of major depression at some time during…Read More
Prostate and Colon Screenings for Ages 75
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Nov 21, 2008, 2:05 pm PSTIn August of this year, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a government-appointed panel of medical experts, said they were moderately certain that, for men aged 75 years or older, the potential…Read More
Aspirin: Will It Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Wed, Nov 19, 2008, 3:42 pm PSTIt depends on whether you have been diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cerebrovascular disease. For people who have angina or a history of a heart attack, stroke, or transient ischemic attack, the effort…Read More
What's Causing That Pain in Your Feet?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Nov 14, 2008, 4:25 pm PSTI developed plantar fasciitis about 20 years ago. The most prominent symptom for me, as for many others, was terrible pain on first putting my feet on the floor when getting out of bed in the morning. These…Read More
Should You Be Screened for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Oct 30, 2008, 5:23 pm PDTAn aortic aneurysm is a local enlargement or bulge in the aorta, the body's largest artery. The aorta originates at the left ventricle of the heart, travels through the chest and abdomen, and supplies blood to…Read More
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