Published December 12, 2017

Biotin supplements altered the results of 39% of the blood tests. Of these, 63% tested falsely high, and 27% tested falsely low. Another test that is altered by taking biotin is troponin. When a patient is having a heart attack, one of the ways a doctor can tell is if there is an elevation in the blood levels of troponin. The FDA has recently reported that a patient who was taking high levels of biotin died when a troponin test failed to show he was having a heart attack. On the other hand, some patients have been incorrectly diagnosed with hyperthyroidism (elevated thyroid hormones) because of the way biotin altered the test results.

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Published December 9, 2017

Researchers mapped out cancer cell metabolism, trying to find variations and abnormalities that spurred cancer growth. They found that consuming sugar creates a cycle of tumor growth that allowed cells to consume more sugar and create more cancerous cells.

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Published December 7, 2017

Researchers reviewed data from the Swedish Dementia Registry and the Swedish Stroke Registry for the years 2010 to 2014. They wanted to find out if stroke treatments caused further dementia. They identified 1,300 patients who had been diagnosed with dementia prior to suffering a stroke. They then evaluated the patients who had received the drug treatment and compared them to a control group. They concluded that patients with dementia did not suffer from an increased risk of death or other complications compared to patients with normal cognitive functioning.

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