Even a little overweight is still overweight…

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A new report in Circulation, taking away with one hand while giving back with the other, shows conclusively that being even a little overweight still increases your likelihood of heart disease. The good news is that it also shows that even a little exercise decreases your risk.

The study, which followed […]

Good and Green

I was immensely flattered to be named a hero-of-the-week at Tonic News in their Green Dimes section.

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Annie Scott referred to me as “the Dave Barry of medicine.” For those of you who’ve followed my Dave Barry obsession (I’ve had the shakes ever since they closed the Dave-Barry-for-President forum), you’ll understand why […]

Sugar for the Celiac!

Sweet news indeed. Sugars that are added to foods are often derived from wheat-based starch

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hydrolysates, like dextrose, malto-dextrin and glucose syrups. Studies have shown that these substances are present in over 50% of European processed foods (not sure how prevalent in the U.S., but I’d bet at least as common, if […]

Best Of Grand Rounds!

Laurie, over at A Chronic Dose, has pulled together an amazing Grand Rounds. In fact, if you’ve never taken

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the time to dive into this weekly round-up of the health blogosphere, this is when you want to take the plunge! It’s the Best Of edition – every poster was asked to submit […]

Brainy Grand Rounds

Check out this week’s round-up of the world’s healthcare blogs over at Brain Fitness Revolution. It’s a sharp,

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stimulating group of challenging ideas and essays – all ready for you to dive in and enjoy. Check out the other posts at the site for ways to keep your brain fit and flexible. […]

BOGUS Bonanza!

Admit it. After a lull of several weeks, you thought we here at Doc Gurley had become softer, gentler, more tolerant of our fellow human’s capacity for healthnews BOGUS-ity. But noooo. Oh sure, while we’ve been waiting for a truly BOGUS bit of health reporting to appear, we did drop our guard and become more […]