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Are You Ready for Thanksgiving?
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoPaula and I would like to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving (or if you’re not in the U.S., happy Thursday!) It’s been our pleasure to serve you this year, and we’re thankful for your support. One of the questions that comes up year after year is how to deal with eating during the […]
PSA: Sharing the Decision
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoPSA screening is controversial because it may or may not indicate prostate cancer without additional testing and it may or may not indicate mortality from prostate cancer. As I said, many elderly men will die with prostate cancer but not of it. How do you know what to do? A recent study may provide some […]
Controversy: PSA Testing
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoMedical testing is a blessing at times, a curse at others, and a source of controversy in the medical profession itself. I recently wrote about colonoscopies and why they provide information other colon health tests do not. The PSA (protein specific antigen) screening for prostate cancer has also been controversial. Here’s why. If the PSA […]
Resolving Gas Problems
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoWhatever the cause, the question is how you can control any issues you have with intestinal gas. Once you realize how probiotics do what they do, and by that I mean via fermentation with the resultant gas, there are several strategies you can use to deal with it. Strategies for Gas Digestive enzymes can often […]
What Causes Increased Gas?
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoOver the years, I’ve learned this about people as it relates to their health: they notice every change in their digestive system. They have their own bathroom habits, and they don’t like anything that changes their pattern. If they make a change in their nutritional intake—whether it’s a food, a supplement, or a medication—and it […]
RSV in Infants
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoOur daughter-in-law, Kerri, is a pediatric respiratory therapist with 32 years of experience, so she was an obvious choice to talk to about RSV, especially in babies. You need to know more about RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), especially if you’re parents or grandparents of infants less than six months old. The CDC reference at the […]
Virus Update: RSV
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoWe have a viral uptick going on right now, and it’s not COVID. My health news feed has been sending warnings about an unusually high number of cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a very common respiratory virus that’s usually not problematic. It generally causes mild, cold-like symptoms, and most people recover in a week […]
Protect Your Colon Health: Do a Test
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoContinuing with our examination of the study on invited colonoscopies versus usual care, what could the researchers have said to cause any controversy? Remember, the comparative rates of diagnosing colorectal cancer were slightly lower in the invited group. The controversy came when they stated that there was no difference in mortality over the course of […]
Research Update on Colon Health
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoIf I were to take a poll, I’d wager that most people would skip a colonoscopy if there were an alternative that provided the same information on the health of your colon. The key words are “same information”—not only that, but provided the same diagnostic outcomes. Will the alternative test tell you whether you have […]
Yes, Fiber Is Healthy
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoAlmost all Americans need to increase their fiber intake by eating foods containing fiber as well as using supplemental fiber if needed. I do and will continue to do so with one caveat, which I’ll talk about later. Let’s get into the research that caused the headline about fiber and cancer. Genetic Defects Were the […]