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100 Push-Ups (New Year's Resolution #1) by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise If you want to be able to do 100 pushups in a row, do not try to do as many pushups as possible every day. You'll probably injure yourself and end up unable to do any pushups ... Read on »

Acne patients improve on low-glycemic-index diet by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Most dermatologists tell their patients that diet has nothing to do with acne, but researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia presented a paper showing that an exp ... Read on »

Air Pollution Should Not Keep You From Exercising by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise It's healthful to exercise and harmful to breathe polluted air, so how can you decide whether you are doing more harm than good? The worst time for pollution is when clouds co ... Read on »

Algerian Vegetable Casserole by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking 3 cups bouillon 2 onions, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 red bell pepper, chopped 2 red potatoes, diced 1 small sweet potato, diced 1 28-oz. can plum tomatoes, cut in piece ... Read on »

Ammonia odor caused by common stomach bacteria by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Until recently, doctors couldn't explain why some people smell like ammonia when they exercise. A report from Japan tells us why. To smell like ammonia, you have to eat a lot ... Read on »

Angioplasty Patients Can and Should Exercise by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise If you have had angioplasty and your doctor does not already have you in as supervised exercise program, ask when you can start. In one study from Bern, Switzerland, researche ... Read on »

Antioxidant Supplements Harmful? How to Interpret the News by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise In 1956, Denham Harman at the University of Nebraska proposed that antioxidants would prolong life. He explained that the human body converts food to energy by stripping off e ... Read on »

Arch Height Should Guide Choice of Shoes for Running or Exercise Walking by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Check the height of your arches when you shop for new running or walking shoes. If you have high arches, you usually need shoes with good shock absorption. If you have low arc ... Read on »

Are "Slow Lifting" programs effective? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise The technique called super-slow weight lifting can help older people become very strong. When you move very slowly with a weight, your muscles fatigue and weaken so that the w ... Read on »

Are any weight loss drugs safe and effective for teenagers? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Researchers from St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia recently reported that metformin, a drug used to treat diabetes, can help obese, non-diabetic teenager ... Read on »

Are B12 injections necessary for pernicious anemia? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Most people with pernicious anemia can a cured by taking a 1000 microgram pill of vitamin B12 once a day; they usually do not need to take injections. Pernicious anemia is due ... Read on »

Are barbequed foods dangerous? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Eating any type of browned foods may contribute to heart attacks, strokes or nerve damage. Diabetics suffer a very high incidence of nerve, artery and kidney damage because hi ... Read on »

Are beta blockers the best drugs for lowering blood pressure? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Beta blockers are among the most-prescribed drugs to treat high blood pressure, but a study from Sweden shows that they can increase risk for strokes ( Lancet, October 29, 200 ... Read on »

Are blisters inevitable when I run? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Blisters don't just happen, you'll feel pain before they appear. If you feel pain in the skin of your feet while you're exercising, take off your shoes and look for a cause. U ... Read on »

Are bone-strengthening drugs good for the heart? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Almost all treatments for osteoporosis help to prevent arteriosclerosis also. A study in QJM helps to explain why. Statins such as Pravachol, Zocor and Lipitor, used to lower ... Read on »

Are breakfast cereals fortified with gingko biloba worth the extra cost? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise I hope that you will not be fooled by the unbelievable advertising on some food packages. For example, labels on ginseng tea and gingko-fortified cereal both claim they will p ... Read on »

Are cell phones safe? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Researchers at the Swedish National Institute for Working Life reported that people who use cell phones for more than an hour a day for ten years are at significantly increase ... Read on »

Are colon cleansers necessary for good health? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise No! Regular use of colon cleansers or laxatives can harm you by blocking the absorption of nutrients from your colon into your bloodstream. There are two absorption systems in ... Read on »

Are cortisone injections into joints safe? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Doctors often inject cortisone-type medications into painful damaged joints and tendons. Single injections can relieve pain and swelling and appear to be safe, but many studie ... Read on »

Are drugs necessary to lower cholesterol? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Many people can lower cholesterol with diet changes alone. A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (July 23, 2003) shows that a combination of cholesterol-l ... Read on »

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