Published March 20, 2015

These antibiotics can cause heart problems, even death — but you don’t need to take them

There are a lot of problems with antibiotics. This is especially true of the newer antibiotics called macrolides and quinolones. These drugs can cause crippling tendon ruptures, debilitating muscle disease, severe diarrhea, yeast infections, and neuropathy. But don't go away yet. Now we are finding out that they can also cause heart arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats). And I'm not just talking about the kind of arrhythmias that are relatively benign. These drugs cause the kind of ventricular arrhythmias that lead to cardiac arrest and death!

 

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Published March 18, 2015

What to take with your memory formula to make it work even better

How's your memory these days? If you're like a lot of my patients, you could stand to have a little improvement. So what's the best way to go about that? A recent study is confirming what many previous studies have already shown. A nutrient by the name of phosphatidylserine might be the best single answer to that question. But this study added a new twist.

 

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Published March 16, 2015

How to lose weight and keep it off once and for all

I told you on Friday about a study that found out why so many dieters have trouble losing weight and keeping it off. A big part of the problem is that most of them don't eat enough protein. But the researchers also found that an herb can really help keep the wait off. In this study, the researchers did three phases to find their results. In the first phase, they gave 12 men and 12 women who were slightly overweight a calorie-restricted diet. In the second phase, they did the same thing, but gave them more protein. They found that the protein kept the dieters from getting hungry and going off their diet. Then, in the third phase, they tried capsaicin.

 

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