Tag Archives: Andover

Hypnosis for hot flashes? Hooray for complementary medicine.

Posted on January 2, 2013 by drlesliegreenberg

Hypnosis may ease severe postmenopausal hot flashes. Five sessions reduced severity of postmenopausal hot flashes by 80%. Wow! This study had 184 women with moderate to severe hot flashes. Hot flash frequency and severity fell by 70% at 5 weeks … Continue reading →

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Constipation

Posted on December 30, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

Constipation is a common digestive problem. Your stools may be very hard or you may have a sense of fullness even after a bowel movement. It’s not true that you must have a daily bowel movement to be “regular.” The … Continue reading →

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Multivitamins do not cut cardiovascular events

Posted on December 27, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

What does this mean? Behavioral interventions such as exercise and medications for cholesterol-lowering therapist CAN lower cardiovascular disease risk. Multivitamins daily did not provide any cardiovascular benefits. There was a study of nearly 15,000 male physicians and rate of cardiovascular … Continue reading →

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Wanting to avoid holiday weight gain?

Posted on December 12, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

Follow your bodies “satiety signals”– your body’s ability to gauge that you have eaten an appropriate amount. 1.  Mindless or distracted eating (like standing/talking/AND eating or eating while driving) can make food-intake-memory fuzzy.  This seems to override the effects of … Continue reading →

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Circumcision may lower prostate cancer risk

Posted on December 11, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

Interesting study involving 3,399 men. It was found that men who are circumcised before their first sexual intercourse have significantly lower risk for prostate cancer than do uncircumcised men (or men who are circumcised after their first sexual encounter). The … Continue reading →

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Breast cancer pill rethought

Posted on December 7, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

Tamoxifen is used in the hopes of stopping a  breast cancer recurrence.  For 15 years the standard has been to take a tamoxifen pill once a day for 5 years.  And then stop. There is new research that women who take … Continue reading →

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The race is on!

Posted on December 4, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

It’s off with a start!  Quickest start in 10 years!… I wish I were talking about the Kentucky Derby, but I am talking about the flu.  There is still time to get vaccinated. Who should be vaccinated?  Anyone older than … Continue reading →

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Carpal tunnel. Who? What? Why?

Posted on December 3, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

Who?  Anyone can suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome.  It is often associated with repetitive motion at work or play but also frequently occurs in people with diabetes, thyroid disease, or in pregnant patients. What?  Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the … Continue reading →

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Sleeping too much or too little has risk.

Posted on November 27, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

Heart health is tied to how much sleep you get.  There is an optimal amount of sleep: 6-8 hours per night. Those who slept less than 6 hours per night had twice the risk of heart attack or stroke compared … Continue reading →

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70 is the new 100!

Posted on November 19, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

What?  There are new guidelines on lowering cholesterol.  We have, for years, targeted  LDL (the bad cholesterol) to be under 100 in at-risk patients.  Now, the LDL target number is under 70! An LDL below 70 mg/dL should be the … Continue reading →

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