Category: Complementary medicine
-
What question do patients ask even during their first visit with me?
Making the diagnosis of asthma is tough for both patient and doctor. As an asthma specialist, I can tell you that patients want to know, “doc, when can I stop my medications?” This is often the first question they ask! Ruth Holroyd takes a very candid look at natural treatments for allergic asthma and I…
-
eCigarettes: A Smoking Gun?
Originally posted on Relief for your Nose: This week’s announcement that CVS pharmacies will stop selling cigarettes is welcome news to us. Aside from undisputed concerns about smoking leading to death and disease, our resident allergy and sinus expert often lectures patients about the allergic reactions smokers and their nearby victims can experience. The chemicals…
-
Lack of preciousss vitamin made Gollum a loser
CLINICALNEWS.ORG 15 Dec 2013 Paris (AFP) Think kindly of the dragon Smaug. Shed a tear for Gollum. And give an orc a hug. If only they had tucked into the occasional quiche and salad or a touch of smoked salmon, or had a few sessions on a sunbed. How much kinder history would have…
-
Why Does Vitamin D work?
Asthma sufferers may benefit more from inhaling vitamin D than the steroids usually prescribed for the condition. And besides, aren’t we all concerned with side effects from steroids? A new study from the U.K. identifies a mechanism through which the vitamin can significantly reduce asthma symptoms and suggests it may offer a new method of treatment.
-
Vitamin D isn’t just for Rickets anymore!
While on vacation in the Florida Keys, I was impressed with how quickly my legs and forehead turned from white to lobster red…ouch another sunburn! Surely there must be some benefit (and definitely beauty) for all this pain. Your answer awaits….it’s Vitamin D. Natural medicine and traditional medicine often don’t see “eye to eye”, but…
-
Don’t ask….don’t tell!
If patients don’t think you as a doctor are open to discussion about complementary medicine, guess what? They won’t talk! This web site is to prove that the Federal Government is interested in “bridging the gap” between traditional medicine and the complementary approach. I would advise you to visit with your doctor about complementary medicines…
-
Provocative study!
Or at least as sexy as you can get for a vitamin. Of all the vitamins out there, vitamin D has the most PROVEN benefit for allergies & asthma. Remember the cod liver oil? Of course you don’t….you’re not that old! Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012;12(1):13-17. © 2012 The importance of vitamin D as an essential nutrient is…
-
I usually don’t trash talk, but….
You should be concerned about the effects of asthma medication on the developing fetus; fortunately, birth defects are rare and often overstated, but you always have to maintain vigilance for new developments. Why the concern about atresia? Maternal Asthma Medication Use May Cause Certain Birth Defects Approximately 4% to 12% of pregnant women…
-
New book on the market–has anyone read this? Opinions are welcome!
I don’t usually post articles about political subjects in medicine, but this one caught my eye. Let me know what you think. ATLANTA – The woman walked quietly into the busy emergency room at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta’s safety net hospital for the poor and uninsured. She waited four or five hours to be seen, sitting…
TulsaAllergyNews 