Comments (4) | Post a CommentShould Children Get Statins?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Aug 29, 2008, 9:56 am PDTSadly, high cholesterol is no longer a problem confined to adults. In the July issue of the journal Pediatrics, the Committee on Nutrition of the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended wider screening of,…Read More
Hormonal Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Pros and Cons
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Aug 26, 2008, 10:37 am PDTBecause testosterone stimulates the growth of most prostate cancer cells, reducing the formation of testosterone within the body is frequently used to treat prostate cancer. Production of testosterone can be…Read More
Aging Safely: Emergency Response Systems
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Aug 21, 2008, 2:29 pm PDTMuch has been written about the high frequency of fractures and other injuries suffered when elderly individuals fall. Recently, I was alerted to a less commonly mentioned, but also serious, complication of…Read More
Is Vitamin D a Genuine Lifesaver?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Mon, Aug 18, 2008, 5:48 pm PDTFor many years, doctors have recognized that ample blood levels of vitamin D are essential for lowering the risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures because this vitamin enhances calcium absorption from the…Read More
Diabetes Drug Benefits Update
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Aug 12, 2008, 12:09 pm PDTThe diabetes specialists at Hopkins have been using exenatide (Byetta®) in more and more patients since its approval by the FDA 3 years ago.Byetta is a synthetic medication that mimics the action of…Read More
Can You Trust What's Published in Medical Journals?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Aug 07, 2008, 12:48 pm PDTMore and more doctors are being urged to base their patient decisions on "evidence-based medicine," in which a doctor allows the results of clinical studies to guide his treatment choices.But obviously, if…Read More
Female Athletes More Prone To ACL Injuries
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Aug 05, 2008, 4:45 pm PDTOne of my granddaughters is a high school long-distance runner and another granddaughter plays just one sport (soccer) almost year round. So I was interested in an article by Michael Sokolove in the May 11…Read More
Heart Trouble: Should You Get a Defibrillator?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Aug 01, 2008, 8:36 am PDTFor most people, the answer is no. Automated external defibrillators (AEFs) provide an electric shock that can jolt the heart back to a normal rhythm, and they are proven lifesavers when prominently placed in…Read More
6 Red Flags That it's Not a Cancer Cure
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Mon, Jul 21, 2008, 10:12 am PDTOften desperate and filled with fear, cancer patients sometimes can't help grasping at straws — and so they start surfing the Internet in search of a cure. They will find many ineffective products cruelly…Read More
Cancer Risk and CT Scans: Should You Worry?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Jul 11, 2008, 4:42 pm PDTNew concerns about excessive doses of radiation from computed tomography (CT) imaging technology have been raised in articles by researchers from Columbia University Medical Center.Although CT can provide…Read More
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