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DNA test for weight loss?

A few weeks ago an article titled Cheek swab to choose your diet plan by Jennifer Thomas of HealthDay News made headlines. The article stated that scientists at Stanford University had analysed data...

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Rooibos the new green tea

Foods essential to health Evidence based medicine” (meaning “proven to work”) now guides decisions about healthy choices or managing illness. Cellular inflammation (called oxidative stress) underlies...

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Does ‘Super Germs’ herald hard times for health & medical tourism?

 This week’s article in the NewScientist on hyper resistant bacteria originating in India and Pakistan, has alerted physicians around the world again to the prudent use of antibiotics and reminded all...

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Are DNA tests useful in personalized lifestyle holidays?

Recently the New York Times reported that the FDA got involved in “regulating consumer genetics”. This might be useful to ensure the value of DNA tests in a positive outcome. It is on this last point...

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Questions abound: can DNA tests be useful to those interested in maintaining...

After reading an excellent scholarly article recently on the “utility” of DNA tests, I thought this topic needs further elaboration. Utility here implies that the knowledge gained from the test enables...

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The anti-aging movement and Alzheimer’s Disease

Now, here’s the blog I’ve promised before and did not get around to. Yesterday I received about 10 tweets about anti-aging supplements – I am in that business you know. As a physician who’d like to...

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Stress, new science, old habits and new strategies

As we are planning the next Power Break for October, this article made for interesting reading. In the very same edition of the P4 blog Dr. Gary S. Firestein, dean of translational medicine at the...

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Learning new habits: Are there any shortcuts?

Last week I mentioned neuro-science. Now, if you have not noticed, it is one of the new buzzwords in coaching, leadership coaching in particular. Neuro-science has rapidly evolved in helping us to...

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