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The Week In Tragedy...5 Things we can Learn.

By Dr. Orrange June 30, 2009 9:12pm 38 Comments

1) Demerol: I'll never forget a lecture I attended as a resident by a well known toxicologist who said Demerol should be pulled from the market...that it doesn't work any better than any other pain medication and patients love the high it gives them. The American Pain Society said in 2003 that Demerol has no role in acute pain management …

Too much of a good thing? Transient heart dysfunction seen in young marathon runners.

By Dr. Orrange June 8, 2009 1:45am 7 Comments

This was the interesting study of the week for me, let's see what you think. No question both in San Diego and Los Angeles my clinics were busy right after marathons with electrolyte disturbances and seizures, joint aches and swelling among other things. As someone who runs (not marathons) and has marathoner-envy I found this interesting.

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What is the Mediterranean Diet and will it really save my Heart and Mind while I Lose Weight?

By Dr. Orrange March 28, 2009 1:22am 11 Comments

It seems every month there is a new study with the "Mediterranean" Diet making headlines. There is good evidence that this diet helps prevent heart disease, cognitive decline from Alzheimer's Dementia and results in weight loss. So what is this Mediterranean Diet that so successfully wards off all evil?

Why did we start to study this diet? The …

Weight Loss For Teens Information

This community focuses on weight loss issues for teenagers, and covers topics including strategies for weight loss and a discussion about what the appropriate weight expectations for teenagers should be. Weight loss, in the context of medicine or health or physical fitness, is a reduction of the total body weight, due to a mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose tissue and/or lean mass, namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon and other connective tissue.

Most teens gain weight more rapidly during this time as the amounts of muscle, fat, and bone in their bodies changes. All that new weight gain can be perfectly fine ? as long as body fat, muscle, and bone remain in correct proportion. Because some kids start developing as early as age 8 and some not until age 14 or so, it can be normal for two people who are the same height and age to have very different weights.

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