Gluten intolerance
Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a key molecule that could lead to new therapies for people with celiac disease, an ofte...

by Dr Ira Bernstein - The scientific benefits of vitamin D continue to come in. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide with 1.7 million new cases annually and approximately...
The effects of multivitamins are most often researched in the elderly. This is one of very few studies to assess the relationship between supplementation with vitamins/minerals and psychological f...
By Dr Ira Bernstein Once again, a group of obscure lab researchers went to the international press last week after publication of their research in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The...
By Dr Ira Bernstein Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a fairly common psychiatric condition that usually presents in childhood but also continues throughout adulthood. The diagnosis i...
By Dr Ira Bernstein Once again, a group of obscure lab researchers went to the international press last week after publication of their research in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The...
By Dr Ira Bernstein Vitamin D has been tossed onto the hot seat this week due to a meta analysis review article. What this means is the authors have not done any original research. They have...
Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a key molecule that could lead to new therapies for people with celiac disease, an often painful and currently untreatable autoimmune disorder. ...
by Dr Ira Bernstein - Fishy tales and hypertension guidelines: Today I will combine 3 newsworthy items into one. About one week ago, published online in Journal of the American Medical...
Vitamin C and E supplements hampers endurance training Vitamin C and E supplements may blunt the improvement of muscular endurance – by disrupting cellular adaptions in exercised muscles – s...
By Dr Ira Bernstein Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a fairly common psychiatric condition that usually presents in childhood but also continues throughout adulthood. The diagnosis i...
By Dr Ira Bernstein - The media has been having a frenzy the week before Christmas playing into the hands of the editors of the Anals of Internal Medicine (typo intentional). The headline ...
In the first study of its kind, two researchers have used popular music to help severely brain-injured patients recall personal memories. Amee Baird and Séverine Samson outline the results and conc...
Humans have two sets of teeth. The deciduous teeth, also known as primary, baby or milk teeth is the first one and becomes visible during infancy. The permanent teeth are the second set, and the fir...
By Dr Ira Bernstein Last winter at one of my presentations, I discussed the obesity epidemic and the serious health risks associated with obesity. It is certainly not surprising at all that the la...
Did you know that tea is one of the most consumed beverages in the world, second only to water? That’s not surprising if you consider that tea has been cultivated for centuries, beginning in India...
By Dr Ira Bernstein - It has been commonly stated that one should reduce the amount of red meat in one's diet. But, is that all there is to be said? There are two studies that s...
Vinegar is a product of fermentation, which is a process of using bacteria and yeast to break down sugars. Maybe you know more about this process if you link it to alcohol production. Alcohol is the...