Published November 10, 2014

The surest and cheapest way to  detect cancer also shows how to treat it

What if you have cancer and the doctor you go to knows what substance feeds that cancer? You would expect your doctor to tell you to avoid that substance, right? Well, imagine that he tells you that you can eat as much of that substance as you want. That it somehow won't make any difference on your overall outcome. Does this make any sense at all? Of course not. But it happens all the time. In fact, in oncology (cancer) medicine, it's routine.

 

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Published November 7, 2014

When losing weight
could cause atrial fibrillation

Last week I had a patient come in who had an arrhythmia called atrial fibrillation. People with atrial fibrillation are roughly six times more likely to have a stroke. She developed it several days after having a lap band surgery. Now she has to be on medications for it for the rest of her life. And ironically enough, as much as she needs to exercise to help with her weight and overall health she is limited by the atrial fibrillation. She asked me if the arrhythmia could have been caused by the surgery. So I looked into it.

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Published November 5, 2014

What you should never drink when you eat carbohydrates

On Monday, I told you that a simple skin condition like acne can be misleading. Most doctors think it's just a teenage problem that's the result of changing hormones. But I showed you that acne is a condition of western civilization, and that teenagers in many non-western cultures don't have acne — at all.

 

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