Yay for the USA!!In yet another version of “follow the money…”(For more information about my practice, please click here.)“Overexposed: Imaging tests boost U.S. radiation doseCHICAGO (Reuters) – Americans are exposed to seven times more radiation from diagnostic scans than in 1980, a report found on Tuesday as experts said doctors are overusing the tests for profit and raising health risks…
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Is electromagnetic radiation dangerous?
This topic has been an interest of mine for a few years. An electrical engineering colleague of mine, Jim Andrews, and I took EMF readings along the route of the wiring for the new Lucas center in the Presidio. We did this so we would have baseline data to compare to once the Lucas center was at full capacity.February 10th,…
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Acupuncture effective for migraine prophylaxis
The same authors as in my previous post also did a survey of the literature for migraine prophylaxis.MAIN RESULTS: Twenty-two trials with 4419 participants (mean 201, median 42, range 27 to 1715) met the inclusion criteria. Six trials (including two large trials with 401 and 1715 patients) compared acupuncture to no prophylactic treatment or routine care only. After 3 to…
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Acupuncture effective for tension-type headache
Yet another study, this time from Germany, shows that acupuncture is more effective than routine care for headaches, this time for tension headaches specifically. This is another study looks at studies already performed and compiles the data. Two large trials compared acupuncture to treatment of acute headaches or routine care only. Both found statistically significant and clinically relevant short-term (up…
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