DrCarney.com Blog Resources Category

These are some postings for the Resources Category on the DrCarney.com Blog Web Site.

1. Citrus fruits intake and oral cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

   ​A significant reduction in oral and pharyngeal cancer risk is associated with high consumption of citrus fruits.
   

2. Dairy Products Elevate Testicular Cancer Risk

   The incidence of testicular cancer is skyrocketing globally. About 1 out of every 100 cancers diagnosed in men is testicular cancer. Though this figure may not trigger alarm bells, the numbers do add up. Around 53,300 new cases of testicular cancer were estimated to be diagnosed worldwide in 2012.  In 2015, 257,823 men were estimated to b...

3. Developing COPD: a 25 year follow up study of the general population.

   ​Cigarette smokers are more likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than non-smokers.
   

4. Vegetables, fruit and risk of non-gallstone-related acute pancreatitis: a population-based prospective cohort study.

   ​The probability of developing non-gallstone-related acute pancreatitis is low among high consumers of fruits and vegetables.
   

5. Treatment with statins and peripheral neuropathy: results of 36-months a prospective clinical and neurophysiological follow-up.

   ​Long-term use of statins may facilitate the onset of peripheral neuropathy.
   

6. Cigarette smoking and risk of Hodgkin lymphoma: a population-based case-control study.

   ​Cigarette smokers may have a high tendency of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
   

7. Meta-analysis of relation between cigarette smoking and stroke.

   ​Active and former cigarette smokers may be highly vulnerable to stroke.
   

8. Sildenafil use and increased risk of incident melanoma in US men: a prospective cohort study.

   ​Regular users of sidenafil (viagra) may have a high risk of developing melanoma.
   

9. From Health Scare to Health Care

   My journey to health began in the wee hours of the morning in early 2014 when I awoke to an unsettling, fluttering sensation in my chest.  Lying in bed, I put my fingers to the side of my neck to check a pulse. I glanced at the bedside clock and timed the beats over one minute.  Two hundred and twenty beats. More than double a normal hear...

10. A plant-based diet and heart failure: case report and literature review.

    ​A plant-based diet may be beneficial in the treatment and prevention of heart failure.