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Every year there are deaths from rare food allergies in children. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia analyzed electronic health records of more than 200,000 children. Medical News Today reported about this research from Philadelphia. They found that eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)

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February 22, 2024

by Ray Schilling

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allergic disease, Allergic rhinitis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, egg allergy, eosinophilic esophagitis, food allergies, ige mediated food allergy, peanut allergy, shellfish allergy

It is important to realize that an important study showed that pollution increases mortality in older people. This US study from Boston, MA used 16 years of data, 68.5 million Medicare enrollees (65 years or older) and 570 million observations. Notably, it showed that the reduction of

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July 29, 2020

by Ray Schilling

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air quality standard, asthmatics, causation, chemical composition of the air, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, long-term exposure, mortality, mortality rate, particulate matter, pollution

There is confusion out there about vitamin D in health and disease. In other words, I thought it would be useful to review some basics about vitamin D and how it can help you to benefit from it. Last year an overview about this topic was published. Notably, a lack of vitamin D causes

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May 06, 2020

by Ray Schilling

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atopic dermatitis, better control of asthma, lack of vitamin D, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, respiratory syncytial virus, rickets in children, vitamin D, vitamin d deficiency, vitamin d supplementation

With wildfires burning everywhere the question is: how does wildfire smoke affect our health? Wildfires seem to occur more frequently during the summer and even in fall. The smoke from the wildfires in Northern California has reached the area where I live in British Columbia, Canada.

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September 12, 2018

by Ray Schilling

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air quality index, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, finer particles, hepa filter, inhaler medication, respiratory conditions, wildfire smoke, wildfires

The doctor who sees a patient with breathing problems will use a stethoscope to listen to abnormal breath sounds. Apart from history and general examination breath sounds reveal a lot about the lung condition that a patient has. This was a recent review in this publication. https://ww

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July 25, 2018

by Ray Schilling

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abnormal breath sounds, asthma, breathing problems, copd, crackles, pneumonia, rhonchi, stethoscope, stridor, wheezes

Dr. Mitchell Fleisher explained that good nutrition can manage chronic inflammation. He presented his talk at the 24th Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine (Dec. 9-11, 2016) in Las Vegas that I attended. It was entitled “Effective Anti-Aging Nutritional Management of Chronic I

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March 08, 2017

by Ray Schilling

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chronic inflammation, crohn’s disease, diabetes, free radicals, good nutrition, heart attack, integrative medicine, ionizing radiation, osteoporosis, ros production

Anxiety is a common human experience and there are commonly five diseases associated with anxiety. Anxiety can be due to the stress response (“fight or flight response”). This helps us cope with acute threats and is called “acute anxiety”. But anxiety can still be there long after the

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November 09, 2016

by Ray Schilling

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Testosterone Treatment Helps Older Males

At the 23rd Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine (Dec. 11-13, 2015) in Las Vegas Dr. Joel Heidelbaugh presented a talk entitled “Examining the Correlation Between Androgen Deficiency and Cardiometabolic Risk”. In the beginning he mentioned that in the last few years many physi

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January 20, 2016

by Ray Schilling

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asthma, coronary artery stenosis, erectile dysfunction, heart attack, high blood pressure, mortality, prostate disease, testosterone, testosterone levels, type 2 diabetes

Introduction I am reporting here about a publication that essentially says “inflammation extinguished by omega-3”. Since the mid 1990’s medical researchers knew that chronic inflammation causes a number of diseases. These are heart attacks, strokes, cancer, arthritis, diab

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September 03, 2014

by Ray Schilling

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c-reactive protein, DHA, interleukin 6, molecularly distilled fish oil, omega-3, tumor necrosis factor-alpha

Rare Food Allergies in Children

Pollution Increases Mortality in Older People

Vitamin D in Health and Disease

How Does Wildfire Smoke Affect Our Health?

Abnormal Breath Sounds

Good Nutrition Can Manage Chronic Inflammation

Five Diseases Associated With Anxiety

Testosterone Treatment Helps Older Males

Inflammation Extinguished By Omega-3

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