C M G Buttery

And we think a lot of people are Obese Now? According to new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health “National survey data show that the prevalence of overweight and obese adults in the U.S. has increased steadily over the past three decades,” said Youfa Wang, MD, PhD, lead author of the [...]

While many are applauding the ‘House’, this is the usual political approach of appearing to do something that will accomplish little. Some health groups are happy with the bill but they have not done a good job of analysis.The FDA does not have, and will not have, the manpower to enforce any tobacco rules. There [...]

In the New York Times’s (7/29, F6) Well column, Tara Parker-Pope writes that a “growing chorus of discontent suggests that the once-revered doctor-patient relationship is on the rocks.” This “relationship is the cornerstone of the medical system — nobody can be helped if doctors and patients aren’t getting along. But, increasingly, research and anecdotal reports [...]

The FDA has released a warning about Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP), and warns against eating the liver (the green substance) of lobsters, and stick to the white meat. Remember that the dose makes the poison. We are not told what the level of PSPs is in the lobster livers, or how much you would have [...]

Now, after New York’s lead. California has banned transfats in foods prepared in restaurants. This is not a clear cut health issue. There is research showing both hazards and benefits from using trans-fats. It is government intervention in an unproven area. Once more it gives the perception that government is protecting its citizens by intruding [...]

In a study from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio researchers found A genetic variation that may have protected people of African descent against a pandemic of malaria long ago now appears to increase their susceptibility to HIV infection, a report published this week shows that a variation, described in the [...]

The president is reported ready to veto the Tobacco Bill if passed as currently formulated. This bill, favored by Phillip-Morris is flawed in several ways. First the FDA already has too much on its plate. While Congress has increased its appropriations it is not nearly enough to manage its current responsibilities. That is a reason [...]

In a story if today’s Dallas Morning News is an article decrying increasing waiting time in doctor’s offices. There are two problems with the story, if true. First, the comcern is about waiting times of more than an hour. There is no excuse for waiting times in either the waiting room or examining room of [...]

In a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week the authors recommend that “immigrants to the U.S. from Africa and Southeast Asia should be tested and treated for tuberculosis (TB) before they arrive, to prevent importing the disease. For example “screening immigrants and refugees from the Philippines and Vietnam would [...]

Reported in the July 8 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory found that a previously unsuspected set of genes links nature and nurture during a crucial period of brain development. Researchers believe autism spectrum disorders are tied to brain changes that occur [...]