Mar 26, 2012

For Maryland Residents: How to Contact your Rep in Annapolis

Here is the source of all state officials for each residence.  Find your State Representative  Easy... I just wrote all my legislative reps about the travesty now unfolding in the legislature to privatize state assets, setting in process an invitation to official corruption.

Mar 14, 2012

Vitamin D and Alzheimers- Now we're REALLY getting serious!

Here's a piece from the National Library of Medicine's Medline news digest about D3's ability to clear amyloid beta from the brain.  Yeah, really, and turmeric too.  Ever cooked with turmeric?  Me, neither.  Makes me want to take a course on South Asian cuisines.

Mar 13, 2012

Jane Brody reviews evidence on Vitamin in NY Times today

It's hard for me to believe that Jane Brody is still writing columns, as she was a fixture way back when.  Maybe she takes Vitamin D supplements (ha ha).  Anyway, here is a link to her review of current issues in Vitamin D, in today's New York Times.

Mar 6, 2012

Vitamin D supplements prevent stress fractures in girls and young women

Here are the results of a very well designed longitudinal study (the Nurses' Health Study) that clearly shows that girls and young women who get lots of Vitamin D have fewer stress fractures.  Calcium was not that important, contrary to expectations.  It was Vitamin D, Lee!

Mar 1, 2012

A Great Guide to the Supreme Court's Upcoming Review of the Health Reform Law

The Supreme Court seems to be taking this seriously, admitting (???) that they need help in understanding the issues by scheduling 6 hours of argument (compared with usual 1 hour).  A great article in the New England Journal of Medicine, available without a subscription, lays out the issues and the timeline.  It's written for doctors, so it's actually readable for us all, since so many docs don't seem to understand anything about insurance markets and cost control (my editorial comment, of course).  Update as of Mar 15, another article in NEJM.  Clearly, the profession cares about this