October 5, 2007
Dear Patients
The company that publishes my blog now has their health-oriented TV channel up and running. If you have satellite service from DISH, go to 9575 for Veria TV. Last night I recorded a program about homeopathy that included some of my oldest friends in the homeopathic community so it should be good. Let me know what you think of the programming.
To keep up with my blog for Veria, go to
http://www.veria.com
Best
Michael Carlston, MD
www.carlstonmd.com
- Sonoma County Getting Drugs Out Of The Water
- The Underappreciated Appendix
- Oversized Impact From Fast Food Film
Sonoma County Getting Drugs Out Of The Water
Frequent readers of this newsletter will remember my comments about groundwater contamination from prescription medications. The US Geological Survey reports that 80% of America’s streams are contaminated with detectable levels of prescription medication. There is good news report now locally. As a test project, pharmacies in Sonoma and Guerneville are now accepting unwanted medications for safe disposal.
The Underappreciated Appendix
Thanks to a patient who is a chiropractor who sent this link to an article he knew would interest me and you. <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071005/ap_on_he_me/appendix_s_purpose>
There is speculation that the appendix might not be a mistake. Instead the appendix might be a reservoir of “good” bacteria capable of restocking intestines recovering from devastating “bad” bacterial infection. In my experience, the parts of biological systems that we don’t understand tend not to be mistakes. Rather these “mistakes” are evidence of our own ignorance.
Oversized Impact From Fast Food Film
Most people think that research must be really tedious and boring. Speaking from my decades of research experience, I will tell you that, well, you are right to assume that. It can be enjoyable and certainly a well-designed trial can lead to important, interesting and maybe even fun findings. This following study was fun through and through.
Investigators tested a group of young adults about their knowledge of fast-food nutrition and healthy food-related behaviors. Then they showed them a movie. Then they retested the young adults. Those that saw just any old movie did not improve their scores but those who saw one movie, learned a lot about fast-food risks and how to effectively change habits. As you have already figured out, the movie with such a great impact was not a 1950’s era educational film narrated by a middle-aged man in a white lab coat. The film was SUPERSIZE ME.
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