Ray Schilling, Author at Net Health Book

Until not too long ago scientists considered the biology of aging as a one-way street. Your DNA ages, mitochondria, the cells’ power plants, age and the telomeres get shorter as we age. At the end we run out of steam and die. Telomeres and the biology of aging In one study the telomer

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February 01, 2017

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aging, exercise, growth hormone deficiency, marine omega-3 fatty acid, mediterranean diet, resveratrol, telomeres, vitamin c, vitamin D3, vitamin e

Medical News Today reported on Jan. 2, 2017 that inflammatory breast cancer is suppressed by chili pepper compound. This article was based on a research paper from the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany. Several other institutions collaborated in the study. The Augusta Clinic in Bochu

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January 25, 2017

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arvanil, breast cancer, capsaicin, estrogen-positive breast cancer, helional, HER2 positive breast cancer, olfactory receptor, progesterone-positive breast cancer, triple-negative breast cancer, trpv1 receptor

New earwax cleaning guidelines have been published on Jan. 3, 2017. They replace the older guidelines dated 2008. There is not much change between the old and the new guidelines. You may have the temptation to use a Q-tip and remove wax from the ear canal. The problem is that you coul

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January 18, 2017

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cleaning guidelines, cotton swabs, ear canal, eardrum perforation, earwax, hair pins, jaw motions, otitis externa, tinnitus, toothpicks

Melanoma Survival Improved With The Immunomodulator Opdivo®

A new study presented at an American Cancer Research Conference in New Orleans has shown that melanoma survival improved with the immunomodulator Opdivo®. After 5 years of treatment with Opdivo® 34% of patients were alive, while only 16% of melanoma patients receiving conventional tre

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January 11, 2017

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earlier stage melanoma, immune checkpoint inhibitors, immune response, immunomodulator, life expectancy, melanoma, melanoma patients, melanoma survival, opdivo, special proteins

A pilot study found that there was a shorter hospital stay with vitamin D treatments compared to a placebo group. The Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology published this paper in June of 2016. Critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation received high doses of vita

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December 28, 2016

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anemia, chronic disease, deficient for vitamin d, hepcidin levels, intubated patients, iron metabolism, mechanical ventilation, shorter hospital stay, vitamin D supplement, vitamin D treatments

1. The JAMA Network Journals reported about a study that showed that calorie restriction is beneficial. This study was published May 2, 2016 and involved 218 subjects, 30% men and 70% women. The body mass index of all participants was in the range of 22 to 28. The caloric intake was r

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December 21, 2016

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better mood, body mass index, c-reactive protein, calorie restriction, hdl cholesterol, heart attack risk, improved sex drive, insulin resistance, LDL cholesterol, prolong life

A study in JAMA Oncology dated May 19, 2016 reported that a healthy lifestyle prevents cancer. Two health studies were pooled, the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. This included 89,571 Caucasian women and 46,399 Caucasian men. These were divided into

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December 14, 2016

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cancer, cancer deaths, cardiovascular health, healthy lifestyle, low body mass index, lung cancer, moderate alcohol consumption, no smoking, prevent cancer, regular exercise

We all had the experience that we dropped food, but is dropped food contaminated? This is the question that a group of microbiologists from Rutgers University, New Jersey asked themselves. There is a saying called the 5-second rule. This suggests that eating food from the floor is saf

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December 07, 2016

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bacterial transfer rate, bread, carpet, ceramic tile, dropped food, enterobacter aerogenes, gummy candy, stainless steel, water melon, wood

A new study examined whether a male birth control injection would be effective. 320 healthy men aged between 18 and 45 in monogamous relationships received hormone injections every 8 weeks. 1000 mg of a synthetic testosterone (testosterone undecanoate) and 200 milligrams of norethiste

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November 30, 2016

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acne, contraception, depression, fertility, increased libido, intermittent sperm counts, male birth control injection, recurrence of the sperm rate, safety review committee, suicide

A new study has shown that antidepressants during pregnancy could cause children’s speech problems. Some pregnant women are depressed, but the physician must be careful to not just prescribe an antidepressant. Professor Alan Brown from Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health,

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November 23, 2016

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academic skills, antidepressants, autism, behavioral/cognitive therapy, depression, electroconvulsive therapy, pregnancy, speech/language skills, ssris, tests for motor disorders

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The Biology Of Aging

Inflammatory Breast Cancer Is Suppressed By Chili Pepper Compound

New Earwax Cleaning Guidelines

Melanoma Survival Improved With The Immunomodulator Opdivo®

Shorter Hospital Stay With Vitamin D

Calorie Restriction Is Beneficial

Healthy Lifestyle Prevents Cancer

Is Dropped Food Contaminated?

Male Birth Control Injection

Antidepressants During Pregnancy Could Cause Children’s Speech Problems

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