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July 2011 Blog Posts (19)

Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases For Saving Cost

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[JEV News, July 29, 2011] Yesterday, Robert Su, Pharm.B., M.D. mentioned to JEV News an article published in the July 25, 2011 online issue of heartwire, “As treatment costs soar, AHA preaches prevention as…

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Added by Robert Su on July 29, 2011 at 7:45am — No Comments

Listener’s Roundtable 7 – Obesity and Weight-Loss Resistance

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In relation to this special podcast series on obesity, today I have the privilege of inviting Dr. Mary VernonDr. Eric Westman, and Ms. C. Tressider as my featured guests for the seventh edition of The Listener’s Roundtable Discussion.…

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Added by Robert Su on July 27, 2011 at 4:49pm — No Comments

Pearl of The Kitava Study (1 of 2)

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In the October1997 issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Dr. Staffan Lindeberg and his colleagues published an article, “Age relations of cardiovascular risk factors in a traditional Melanesian society: the Kitava Study.”  [1] This article has become a hot topic, even now, after its publication…

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Added by Robert Su on July 25, 2011 at 6:30am — No Comments

Childhood Obesity and Child Custody

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[JEV News, July 22, 2011] On July 14, 2011, Dr. Michael Grodin with the Boston University School of Public Health said that the parents of extremely obese children should lose their custody for failing to controlling their children’s weight.This news…

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Added by Robert Su on July 22, 2011 at 7:23am — No Comments

Amanda Dupont, MD on Obesity and Its Related Issues

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Amanda Dupont, M.D. is my featured guest for today’s episode of The Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast, which is the third episode of a special podcast series on obesity.

 

Dr. Dupont, certified by both the American Board of Emergency Medicine and the American Board of Bariatric Medicine, is very knowledgeable in general…

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Added by Robert Su on July 20, 2011 at 7:33pm — No Comments

Breaking News: Dr. Robert Su Meets Ms. Connie Bennett

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[JEV News, July 19, 2011] Robert Su, Pharm.B., M.D., author ofCarbohydrates Can Kill and podcast host of the Carbohydrates Can Kill Show, will be interviewed live by Ms. …

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Added by Robert Su on July 19, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

BMI & HWI

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As the trend in obesity continues to rise in both the US and the world, more studies have found obesity is linked to many diseases including, but not limited to, diabetes mellitus, arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis, and hypertension, and stroke. Often, many studies used body mass index (BMI) to represent the severity of the individuals’ obesity and to compare its…

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Added by Robert Su on July 18, 2011 at 9:04am — No Comments

Repeated Hyperglycemia Is The Real Risk Factor

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[JEV News, July 15, 2011]  In the article, Carbohydrate and Macula Degeneration, published on July 11, 2011, in The Blog, Dr. Robert Su cited the risk factors of age-related macula degeneration (AMD), which include age, smoking, obesity, race, family history, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes mellitus. However, he suggested that avoiding repeated…

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Added by Robert Su on July 15, 2011 at 9:14am — No Comments

57: Dr. James Carlson on Dietary treatment for Obesity, Dangers of diet drugs and more!

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Today, I have the greatest pleasure of inviting Dr. James Carlson back to this podcast as a featured guest for the second episode of the special series on obesity. 

As a family practitioner with a wealth of knowledge in nutrition and health, Dr. Carlson is one of the few physicians who criticize organized medicine about the unscientific advice it is…

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Added by Robert Su on July 13, 2011 at 2:37pm — No Comments

Are You In the Know About the New ACLS Guidelines?

In late 2010, the American Heart Association released updated recommendations for the delivery of life-saving care. Updated every five years, these recommendations directly impact ACLS training guidelines.

 

ACLS is a strategic and organized set of clinical interventions developed to provide urgent treatment to patients of sudden cardiac arrest. Proper knowledge and hands-on…

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Added by Rebecca Howard on July 12, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Online Nursing Courses, Nursing Employment Options and Outlook Highlighted in New HealthEdSolutions.com Nursing Special Section

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment for registered nurses will grow by 22 percent between 2008 and 2018 and by 21 percent for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in the same timeframe. Health Education Solutions, a leading provider of…

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Added by Rebecca Howard on July 12, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Carbohydrate and Macula Degeneration

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Macula degeneration is usually age-related, thus, is commonly called age-related macula degeneration or AMD. Macula degeneration is an eye disease involving the central portion of the retina. Retina is the area in the back of the eye where receives the light or image and relates it in electrical signals through the optical nerve to the brain. Therefore, damage of the…

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Added by Robert Su on July 11, 2011 at 8:36am — No Comments

What A Diabetes Expert!

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[JEV News, July 8, 2011] In the June 28, 2011 issue of Diabetes Health Magazine (online), Hope Warshaw, MMSc, Rd, CDE, published an article, “Type 2 Diabetes: From Old Dogmas to New Realities – Part 2.” She…

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Added by Robert Su on July 8, 2011 at 9:22am — No Comments

Thunder & Lightning! Thunderstorm on Saturn Releases a Septillion Joules of Energy

The largest and most intense storm of the last 20 years was recently discovered on the planet Saturn. Initial measurement data on this thunderstorm is published today as the cover story of the journal nature. This is a further highlight for an Austrian Science Fund FWF project which has been running for two years. The project focuses on analysing data from NASA’s space probe Cassini – however, for the latest storm a global network of amateur astronomers was also called up for duty. It was…

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Added by Till C. Jelitto on July 7, 2011 at 6:51am — No Comments

Is Diabetes Health Magazine helping people with diabetes?

I think not.

I also think using censorship to cover up an obvious blunder which could inflict danger on people with a diabetes is wrong.  

I was horrified to read in an article written by Hope Warshaw, a frequent Diabetes Health Magazine & ADA article contributor as well as Diabetes "Educator", that she suggested it…

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Added by Laurie on July 6, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

56: Drs Eric Westman and Mary Vernon on Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity

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Just look at a crowd at anytime, anywhere; so many more people are either overweight or obese. Obesity has been increasing as a serious health hazard for the US and the world. Unfortunately, it is because of the ill dietary advice from the medical establishment, health agencies, and nutrition or dietetic professionals. To stop and reverse the rising trends in obesity,…

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Added by Robert Su on July 6, 2011 at 2:24pm — No Comments

Do the New Life Support Guidelines Mean You Have To Take a New ACLS Test? Questions and Answers

Every five years, the American Heart Association releases new guidelines for first aid and life support courses. As new 2010 guidelines are incorporated into ACLS modules and ACLS test questions, certification courses and online classes will undergo some changes. But the question is…if you were certified under the 2005 guidelines, do you need to…
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Added by Rebecca Howard on July 6, 2011 at 12:35pm — No Comments

Diabetes Mellitus Myth #5: I Am Not A Diabetic. Am I?

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“I am not a diabetic. Am I?” is a question frequently heard from an individual in the discussion of his blood glucose test results with his physician or friend who might be knowledgeable in blood chemistry. Clinically, the answer to that question is varied depending on where the individual’s blood glucose test results fit into the diagnostic criteria for diabetes…

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Added by Robert Su on July 4, 2011 at 9:33am — No Comments

Numbers Can Be Misleading!

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[JEV News, July 1, 2011] “Be careful with number. It can be misleading,” Robert Su, M.D. warned JEV News yesterday. Dr. Su, author of Carbohydrates Can Kill and podcast host of the Carbohydrates Can Kill Show, wrote comments on two…

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Added by Robert Su on July 1, 2011 at 8:54am — No Comments

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