Iodine is an essential dietary element needed for proper thyroid function. In the US and many industrialized nations, dietary iodine is found in table salt – iodized salt. Without dietary iodine, hypothyroidism, goiter, weight gain, depression, fatigue ensue. Hypothyroidism, a result of iodine deficiency during pregnancy, is the leading cause of preventable mental retardation and […]
We hope it is not a secret that women can have different symptoms when having a heart attack than men do. Besides chest pain and discomfort, other symptoms include; shortness of breath, nausea, pain in the jaw or back can signal a heart attack. In a recent study published in JAMA, it was found that […]
Maybe not if you’re a big corporation (assuming of course, corporations are people). With new social media tools enabling mere citizens to stand together against decisions that affect them, even 4th graders can out maneuver a big corporation.Case and point, 4th graders from Brookline, Massachusetts were disappointed that Universal Studios’ interpretation of The Lorax contained […]
To assert the obvious, women are not men. Our anatomy, physiology and chemistry are different. This slide show illustrates how different. Real Women + Real Data = Real Answers View more PowerPoint from Lucine Biotechnology Related posts: Vitamin D3 and Thyroid Health
A blog post published earlier this month in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) caused quite a stir in the e-patient community. E-patients or empowered patients are driving discovery in healthcare by demanding participatory and personalized medicine. Healthcare is best when all involved are educated and responsible for the outcomes is a theme of the e-patient […]
Amidst the flurry of anti-consumer bills flooding the US Congress, is a new, more nefarious threat to patients and researchers everywhere. The Research Works Act, proposed by Representatives Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. would prohibit NIH from requiring NIH/taxpayer-funded scientists from publishing their work on the NIH funded, open source, publicly available search […]
Nutritional deficiency in obese individuals is rapidly becoming a modern health paradox. How is it possible in the land of modern agriculture and abundance to have what should be antiquated nutritional deficiencies? It is possible because caloric intake does not correspond with nutritional well-being. Indeed the relationship may be inverse; the higher the caloric load […]
On the January 4th broadcast of the Dr. Oz Show, Dr. Mercola, creator of the alternative heath site Mercola.com, touts the research linking low vitamin D concentrations with a bevy of health related issues. Dr. Mercola differs from many in this field by supporting sunshine for increasing vitamin D levels. He goes further by arguing […]