Posted by: drbretthill in Untagged on
MAY_SHORT 1, 2011
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Posted by: drbretthill in Pregnancy and birth, Eat on
JANUARY_SHORT 28, 2011
Dr Brett Says: Many Mum's think that they need to 'eat for two' throughout their pregnancy and sometimes even use that as a leave pass to eat lots of high sugar/high carbohyrdrate processed sweats and treats. This new research suggests that may not be the best idea for your baby and that keeping your blood sugars under control during pregnancy can help set up your baby for later in life.
From abc.net.au
PETER CAVE: It's increasingly common in Australia for women to develop diabetes during pregnancy. But the latest science should perhaps prompt expectant mums to get into shape - not just for their own health.
New research from Australia's Garvin Institute has found a clear link between gestational diabetes and fat babies. And scientists have found those same babies are likely to be overweight throughout their childhood and are at risk of developing diabetes themselves.
Emily Bourke reports.
EMILY BOURKE: Gestational diabetes is on the rise in Australia and Anna Dungan is among the 8 to 10 per cent of women who develop diabetes during pregnancy.
ANNA DUNGAN: I had a very healthy weight. I ate healthily. I exercised regularly. I don't have a family history and I don't belong to a high risk ethnic group either. So it was a little bit of a surprise.
Second time around I was expecting it because if you've had it the first time the chances are fairly high.
EMILY BOURKE: The latest research is sobering for expectant mums.
JENNY GUNTON: We found that if your mother has gestational diabetes - we looked at mice - then the offspring become fat, even though they tend to eat less.
EMILY BOURKE: Dr Jenny Gunton from the Garvan Institute led the research.
JENNY GUNTON: The blood sugar level in the mother during pregnancy was the thing that predicted all of the changes we found in the babies.
So the higher the blood sugar level during pregnancy, the fatter the babies. The higher the blood sugar level during pregnancy, the slower the metabolic rate in the offspring.
EMILY BOURKE: Anna Dungan's experience with her first born bears this out.
ANNA DUNGAN: He was a little large throughout my pregnancy. I think he was in the 90th or 95th percentile for weight towards the end. And I was induced two week early. So when I was induced he was born average weight for a full term baby.
EMILY BOURKE: Anna Dungan and her son are on a healthy diet and exercise plan.
But Dr Jenny Gunton says there are significant implications if mothers fail to bring their sugar levels under control.
JENNY GUNTON: Not just for the short term outcomes, not for the next 14 weeks of your pregnancy, but because your baby is going to be at risk of having diabetes and obesity and all of the other problems in the longer term if you aren't able to keep your blood sugar levels as well controlled as possible.
EMILY BOURKE: While the Garvin research was conducted on mice Dr Gunton says the findings put to bed many theories about overweight babies.
JENNY GUNTON: There's been a lot of debate over time about what was the underlying factor, whether it was the circulating fat levels like cholesterol or whether it was the blood sugar or whether it was the mother's weight or all sorts of things.
But in our study it's a really close relationship between the mother's blood sugar levels during pregnancy and all of the bad effects on the babies.
EMILY BOURKE: The risks also apply to women who have type one and two diabetes before pregnancy.
But for expectant mum Anna Dungan it's not all bad news.
ANNA DUNGAN: I don't see being diagnosed with gestational diabetes as a burden. I actually feel grateful that I've had a warning, a wake-up call early on.
You know the sorts of things that I have had to incorporate into my lifestyle to stay healthy are things that are good for ordinary people to follow as well.
PETER CAVE: And that was Anna Dungan ending Emily Bourke's report.
Posted by: drbretthill in Move on
JANUARY_SHORT 11, 2011
Dr Brett Says: A great article here from The Huffington Post on running technique.
Huffington Post
Does your back hurt? Or your neck? Or your hip? Or your knee? Or your ankle? Have you had to give up running or hiking?
Posted by: drbretthill in Eat on
JANUARY_SHORT 3, 2011
Dr Brett Says: Did you know the flouride in your drinking water and tooth paste may actually be bad for your kids teeth?
From PubMed
J Am Dent Assoc. 2010 Oct;141(10):1190-201.
Posted by: drbretthill in Eat on
DECEMBER_SHORT 27, 2010
Dr Brett Says: A good start. But don't be fooled to thinking it is organic meat. it is hormone free but that doesn't mean they havent used chemicals, herbicides and pesticides in it's production. What you want to look for is organic, free range, grass fed meats.
From MedIndia
The crusade for things organic is entering the meat area too in Australia. Coles, a prominent supermarket chain, has vowed to pull off beef beefed up by growth hormones. The announcement has sent shockwaves across the meat industry.
Experts predict higher beef prices as more customers demand hormone-free meat, which makes up about half of all beef sold in Australia.
Farmers have been able to use hormone growth promotants (HGPs) to boost muscle growth in cattle since 1979, backed by safety approval from health authorities.
HGPs are a group of veterinary drugs that mimic the hormones that influence cattle growth.
They
Posted by: drbretthill in Eat on
DECEMBER_SHORT 14, 2010
Dr Brett Says: The KFC gift card. The gift you buy for the person you want to die!
From News.com.au
FAST-food giant KFC has sparked outrage from health experts by offering Christmas gift cards worth up to $500 as the nation battles an obesity crisis.
Posted by: drbretthill in Untagged on
NOVEMBER_SHORT 15, 2010
Dr Brett Says: What a great study. This is what we should be studying! How to keep people healthy rather than spending all our time worrying about what to do once they are sick.
From Adelaide Now
ONE in two children who try a vegetable regularly will learn to like it, CSIRO research shows.
Posted by: drbretthill in Wellness, Medical intervention on
NOVEMBER_SHORT 2, 2010
Dr Brett Says: Scientists discover that the body is even better at fighting off virus' than we thought and their conclusion is that we need more drugs? When are we going to realise that we just need to help the body do what it does best rather than trying to create more and more drugs (and side effects).
From Adelaide Now
THE common cold virus could finally be defeated by a new class of antiviral drugs after a landmark discovery about the immune system by British scientists.
Posted by: drbretthill in Medical intervention on
SEPTEMBER_SHORT 14, 2010
Dr Brett Says: Once again people have assumed that just because it is allowed onto the market then it must be safe. WRONG! Common painkiller and anti-inflammatory Diclofenac (Voltaren) has been shown to increase the risk of stroke by 86%!! And Ibuprofen (Nurofen) was no angel either, it has been shown to increase the stroke risk by 30%. Chiropractic is a VERY safe alternative.
From The Age
ONE OF Australia's best-selling painkillers should be banned, according to the co-author of a study that linked it to an increased chance of stroke in healthy people.
Posted by: drbretthill in Medical intervention on
AUGUST_SHORT 15, 2010
Dr Brett Says: Did you know that over 50% of our kids have used some form of medication in the last 2 weeks? This might not horrify you as much as it does me right now but go and read the inserts on each of those drug packets and your tune will change. They all have serious side effects.
From LA Times
A major new international study released Friday has found that adolescents who take acetaminophen, better known under the brand name Tylenol, have a higher risk of asthma, allergic nasal conditions and the skin disorder eczema. Those who took the common painkiller as infrequently as once a month had twice the normal risk of developing the disorders. Experts noted, however, that the study does not show that the drug causes the problems. In fact, some said, it is equally likely that the children were taking the drug because they were already suffering from asthma.
Acetaminophen is widely viewed as a very safe drug-one reason why hospitals use it routinely as a painkiller instead of aspirin or ibuprofen. The major problem associated with it is liver damage caused by overdoses. Recently, however, there has been a growing drumbeat about possible dangers from the drug. One study, for example, found that acetaminophen increased the risk of hearing loss in men. And some others have hinted that the drug is linked to asthma in newborns whose mothers used the drug during pregnancy and in young children exposed to it.
The new findings were reported in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine by researchers in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood. The team, headed by epidemiologist Richard Beasley of the Medical Research Institute in Wellington, New Zealand, gave written questionnaires to 322,959 13- and 14-year-olds in 50 countries exploring their use of acetaminophen, other drugs, and asthma symptoms. They were also shown a video containing five scenes of clinical asthma and asked whether they had experienced any symptoms similar to those shown. About 73% of the teens said they had used acetaminophen at least once in the previous year and 30% said they had used it monthly.
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