Vitamin D and Vitamin K2
Have you had your Vitamin D levels checked? If your doctor does not do this as part of your physical exam blood work, they are way behind...
Option 1, 2, or 3
How's this one, from WebMD: "From the homely aspirin to the most sophisticated prescription medicine on the market, all drugs come with...
Beyond the Love of Strength: Former USA Olympic Team Chiropractor, Dr. Steven Horwitz's athletic
Dragon Door: How did you originally become interested in fitness, strength training, and bodybuilding? Dr. Steven Horwitz: My original...
Idiopathic (primary) achalasia: a review
Here are my comments on the paper Idiopathic (primary) achalasia: a review The authors state that the incidence is increasing which is...
Fast Track Surgery and Enhanced Recovery Protocols
As a multi-surgery patient, I've got to say, this makes me very angry! "the concept of the "fast-track methodology" has uniformly...
Diagnosing Achalasia
A great paper was written by researchers in Norway and Germany discussing the misdiagnosis of Achalasia. Specifically, this paper...
Pre-surgical preparation and post-surgical recovery
"... your medical history and general overall health will impact your recovery from the operation and chances to develop a complication...
PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGEAL SURGERY
"Open esophageal surgery has long been associated with significant morbidity and pain. Upper abdominal incisions lead to respiratory...
Achalasia and cardiopulmonary arrest
"Respiratory distress and arrest from tracheal compression secondary to megaoesophagus are rare complications of achalasia. We present...
Interior Landscape Plants for Indoor Air Pollution Abatement
"... synthetic building materials, which are known to emit or "off-gas" various organic compounds, have been linked to numerous health...
