Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/SBiSuettNcg

America’s favorite edible oil, known to drive obesity, fatty livers, and diabetes, now appears to negatively impact a key brain center.  Molecular biologists at UC-Riverside report their latest mouse model studies of soybean oil, frequently used to fry fast foods and nourish livestock.

The oil interferes with critical gene actions in the hypothalamus that control body temperature, body weight, and reproduction.  Soybean oil reduces production of oxytocin, the hormone involved in social interactions, reproduction, and parental-baby bonding.

Other soy products including soy sauce, soy milk, tofu, and edamame are not implicated.  Until we know more, don’t buy or use soybean oil and question the restaurants you frequent about which cooking oil they use.

Poonamjot Deol, Elena Kozlova, Matthew Valdez, Catherine Ho, Ei-Wen Yang, Holly Richardson, Gwendolyn Gonzalez, Edward Truong, Jack Reid, Joseph Valdez, Jonathan R Deans, Jose Martinez-Lomeli, Jane R Evans, Tao Jiang, Frances M Sladek, Margarita C Curras-Collazo. Dysregulation of Hypothalamic Gene Expression and the Oxytocinergic System by Soybean Oil Diets in Male Mice. Endocrinology, 2020; DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqz044

#soybeanoil #hypothalamus #obesity #diabetes #fattyliver

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/SBiSuettNcg

America’s favorite edible oil, known to drive obesity, fatty livers, and diabetes, now appears to negatively impact a key brain center.  Molecular biologists at UC-Riverside report their latest mouse model studies of soybean oil, frequently used to fry fast foods and nourish livestock.

The oil interferes with critical gene actions in the hypothalamus that control body temperature, body weight, and reproduction.  Soybean oil reduces production of oxytocin, the hormone involved in social interactions, reproduction, and parental-baby bonding.

Other soy products including soy sauce, soy milk, tofu, and edamame are not implicated.  Until we know more, don’t buy or use soybean oil and question the restaurants you frequent about which cooking oil they use.

Poonamjot Deol, Elena Kozlova, Matthew Valdez, Catherine Ho, Ei-Wen Yang, Holly Richardson, Gwendolyn Gonzalez, Edward Truong, Jack Reid, Joseph Valdez, Jonathan R Deans, Jose Martinez-Lomeli, Jane R Evans, Tao Jiang, Frances M Sladek, Margarita C Curras-Collazo. Dysregulation of Hypothalamic Gene Expression and the Oxytocinergic System by Soybean Oil Diets in Male Mice. Endocrinology, 2020; DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqz044

#soybeanoil #hypothalamus #obesity #diabetes #fattyliver

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/jUevWu4tDsQ

Reporting from NYC, here are this weeks health news capsules as of January 19, 2020.

They include medical, health, and wellness news and urgent bulletins as well as recalls of drugs, medical devices.

Many thanks to the health news aggregators: ScienceDaily, Reuters, Medical News Today, Medical News Bulletin, MedScape, NewsMax Health, Medical Express, Insider Health, the FDA, and the CDC.

RECALLS: Yes To Inc. Issues a voluntary recall of GRAPEFRUIT VITAMIN C GLOW BOOSTING UNICORN PAPER MASK due to skin irritation; -Lipari Foods has a voluntary recall on Premo and Fresh Grab Sandwiches due to Listeria contamination. 

Here’s the NEWS:

Weight Loss Drug #Belviq (#Lorcaserin) Linked to Cancer

US Coronavirus Screening

#Women’s Blood Vessels Age Faster Than Men’s

#ClinicalTrial Sponsors Failing To Report Negative Results

Teen Heavy# Marijuana Use Predicts Poor #Driving

Your #Fitbit Can Predict #Flu Epidemics

#FishOilSupplements Help Male #Fertility

Supreme Court To Review Obamacare Contraceptive Provision

Telling A Cold From The Flu

From the CDC: Latest on the #Ecigarette / #Vaping Lung Injury Epidemic

Risks of Weed During Pregnancy

Sugar Messes With Your Brain In Less Than 2 Weeks

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/jUevWu4tDsQ

Reporting from NYC, here are this weeks health news capsules as of January 19, 2020.

They include medical, health, and wellness news and urgent bulletins as well as recalls of drugs, medical devices.

Many thanks to the health news aggregators: ScienceDaily, Reuters, Medical News Today, Medical News Bulletin, MedScape, NewsMax Health, Medical Express, Insider Health, the FDA, and the CDC.

RECALLS: Yes To Inc. Issues a voluntary recall of GRAPEFRUIT VITAMIN C GLOW BOOSTING UNICORN PAPER MASK due to skin irritation; -Lipari Foods has a voluntary recall on Premo and Fresh Grab Sandwiches due to Listeria contamination. 

Here’s the NEWS:

Weight Loss Drug #Belviq (#Lorcaserin) Linked to Cancer

US Coronavirus Screening

#Women’s Blood Vessels Age Faster Than Men’s

#ClinicalTrial Sponsors Failing To Report Negative Results

Teen Heavy# Marijuana Use Predicts Poor #Driving

Your #Fitbit Can Predict #Flu Epidemics

#FishOilSupplements Help Male #Fertility

Supreme Court To Review Obamacare Contraceptive Provision

Telling A Cold From The Flu

From the CDC: Latest on the #Ecigarette / #Vaping Lung Injury Epidemic

Risks of Weed During Pregnancy

Sugar Messes With Your Brain In Less Than 2 Weeks

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/-WNqh7g7GLc

Regularly eating hot peppers reduces deaths due to cardiovascular disease by over 40% and deaths from strokes by over 60%.  An Italian study just published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology followed nearly 23,000 men and women tabulating their eating habits and serious disease over more than an 8 year follow up.

Chili pepper eaters had 61% fewer stroke deaths, 44% fewer heart attack deaths, and 33% fewer deaths from any cause.  Despite these very positive findings, the researchers dissuade us from wolfing down hot chili peppers or pouring tabasco sauce on all our food.

Instead, they urge us to adopt the predominately plant-based low-fat Mediterranean diet.

Marialaura Bonaccio, Augusto Di Castelnuovo, Simona Costanzo, Emilia Ruggiero, Amalia De Curtis, Mariarosaria Persichillo, Claudio Tabolacci, Francesco Facchiano, Chiara Cerletti, Maria Benedetta Donati, Giovanni de Gaetano, Licia Iacoviello, on behalf of the Moli-sani Study Investigators

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Dec, 74 (25) 3139-3149.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.09.068

#Chilipeppers #hotsauce #heartdisease #stroke #mediterraneandiet

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/-WNqh7g7GLc

Regularly eating hot peppers reduces deaths due to cardiovascular disease by over 40% and deaths from strokes by over 60%.  An Italian study just published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology followed nearly 23,000 men and women tabulating their eating habits and serious disease over more than an 8 year follow up.

Chili pepper eaters had 61% fewer stroke deaths, 44% fewer heart attack deaths, and 33% fewer deaths from any cause.  Despite these very positive findings, the researchers dissuade us from wolfing down hot chili peppers or pouring tabasco sauce on all our food.

Instead, they urge us to adopt the predominately plant-based low-fat Mediterranean diet.

Marialaura Bonaccio, Augusto Di Castelnuovo, Simona Costanzo, Emilia Ruggiero, Amalia De Curtis, Mariarosaria Persichillo, Claudio Tabolacci, Francesco Facchiano, Chiara Cerletti, Maria Benedetta Donati, Giovanni de Gaetano, Licia Iacoviello, on behalf of the Moli-sani Study Investigators

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Dec, 74 (25) 3139-3149.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.09.068

#Chilipeppers #hotsauce #heartdisease #stroke #mediterraneandiet

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/FmLGGpsgAGU

Focused protons kill cancers with fewer side effects and unplanned hospitalizations to treat complications.  A new study from the University of Pennsylvania reviewed data on nearly 1500 cancer patients with a variety of tumors undergoing simultaneous radiation and chemotherapy.

Those receiving proton beam suffered 42% fewer side effects and two-thirds less severe toxicity than those given external beam radiation.  Of most importance, both groups experienced similar disease-free and overall survivals.

If you’re a cancer patient facing radiotherapy, don’t be afraid to ask your doctors whether proton beam would be an appropriate alternative to conventional external beam radiation.  If your local facility doesn’t offer it, try to find another close by that does.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191226134054.htm 

#Protonbeam #externalbeam #radiationtherapy

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/FmLGGpsgAGU

Focused protons kill cancers with fewer side effects and unplanned hospitalizations to treat complications.  A new study from the University of Pennsylvania reviewed data on nearly 1500 cancer patients with a variety of tumors undergoing simultaneous radiation and chemotherapy.

Those receiving proton beam suffered 42% fewer side effects and two-thirds less severe toxicity than those given external beam radiation.  Of most importance, both groups experienced similar disease-free and overall survivals.

If you’re a cancer patient facing radiotherapy, don’t be afraid to ask your doctors whether proton beam would be an appropriate alternative to conventional external beam radiation.  If your local facility doesn’t offer it, try to find another close by that does.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191226134054.htm 

#Protonbeam #externalbeam #radiationtherapy

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/_0E5ElQsAbQ

Mindfulness training with a smartphone app can effectively suppress a conditioned fear reaction.  A Scandinavian collaborative study of 26 predominately female subjects 35 yrs of age on average employed the Headspace meditation app to deliver mindfulness exercises.

The experimental fear trigger was a mild electric shock in association with an associated image.  Fear was measured by induced sweat.

Those participants finishing the mindfulness training effectively extinguished their fears.  The controls did not.

Fear is a leading cause of human immobilization.  Many fail to achieve because they are afraid to try.  The Headspace mindfulness app is readily available on the Apple and Android app stores.  This study suggests it can suppress your fears and unlock your potential.

Björkstrand, J., Schiller, D., Li, J. et al. The effect of mindfulness training on extinction retention. Sci Rep 9, 19896 (2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-56167-7

#fear #mindfulness #success

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/_0E5ElQsAbQ

Mindfulness training with a smartphone app can effectively suppress a conditioned fear reaction.  A Scandinavian collaborative study of 26 predominately female subjects 35 yrs of age on average employed the Headspace meditation app to deliver mindfulness exercises.

The experimental fear trigger was a mild electric shock in association with an associated image.  Fear was measured by induced sweat.

Those participants finishing the mindfulness training effectively extinguished their fears.  The controls did not.

Fear is a leading cause of human immobilization.  Many fail to achieve because they are afraid to try.  The Headspace mindfulness app is readily available on the Apple and Android app stores.  This study suggests it can suppress your fears and unlock your potential.

Björkstrand, J., Schiller, D., Li, J. et al. The effect of mindfulness training on extinction retention. Sci Rep 9, 19896 (2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-56167-7

#fear #mindfulness #success