I was surprised to find the addition of a special “V” section when I opened my Globe and Mail newspaper this morning.  The headline of this special insert is “Front Line Medicine” and is  prefaced by a blurb about the proud history of research and development of vaccinations in Canada. Yep, this special informational supplement...
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According to Dr. Rodney S. Van Pelt, MD in his article in the Journal Of Prolotherapy, there’s about a 90% success rate using prolotherapy injections in and around the elbow. Tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis, results from repetitive forceful extension of the elbow. As the name suggests, this injury occurs very commonly...
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Needless to say, there is a lot of money that goes into marketing “health foods” to people.  You don’t have to look any further than the sponsors of the 2010 Winter Olympics to see the extent that companies will go to convince you that their product is good for you. Everybody knows that you need...
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The perfect recipe for osteoarthritis is repetitive trauma to your joints.  Well, imagine your knees absorbing the impact of 60 moguls and 2 jumps (each with a force of about 2000 pounds of pressure!) in under 24 seconds.  Now imagine practicing doing that hundreds of times day after day in the pursuit of becoming...
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On the eve of the Olympics, I find myself feeling so inspired by the dedication of all the athletes who will be competing. All the training and dieting takes a tremendous amount of discipline and the mind is at least as equally as important as the body if you want to go for...
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The cover story of the most recent issue of the Journal of Prolotherapy features the connection between ligaments, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (known as NSAIDs), and degenerative osteoarthritis. Common NSAIDs include Aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve), and Celebrex.  Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is not included in this group of drugs because it is a pain killer but...
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Any loving parent would do whatever they could to help their sick or injured child.  That includes ordering any tests and medical imaging studies.  There is a recent move in the medical community to establish stricter guidelines for the use of CT scans for children after mounting evidence that shows these scans may potentially...
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Metro Vancouver put out a campaign to encourage everyone to stop buying bottled water and start drinking tap water to reduce waste from all the plastic bottles.  In terms of the environment, it’s a great idea.  But is it healthy? The method of putting chlorine in water to get rid of bacteria has been used...
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A lot of people complain to me about feeling bloated.  Well, when everything is working efficiently, you don’t think much about your digestion, but it’s actually quite a complex chemical process.  There are a number of different steps that take place in order for your body to eventually absorb the nutrients from your meal. ...
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The scientific community is up in arms and the prestigious British medical journal, “The Lancet“, has been pressured to retract a study that it published in 1998.  This particular study shocked parents when it concluded that there was a causal link between the MMR vaccination (measles, mumps, rubella) and autism.  As a direct result...
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