by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jun 27, 2017 | Aging, Hormone Supplementation Therapy, Medications, Sleep, Testosterone
The Testosterone Trials: Looking for Complications in All the Wrong Places The NIH trials of testosterone replacement in older men (The TTrials) concluded in April. Over 50,00 volunteers were screened to create a study group of 790 men. The average age was 72; many...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Apr 11, 2017 | Allergies, Disease, Food, Health and Diet
Finally: An Explanation of Autism I have reprinted an opinion piece from The New York Times. It traces a significant part of the autism epidemic to inflammation of the immune system. The same system that fights infection attacks the developing brain of the child...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Aug 16, 2016 | Health and Diet, Health Supplements, Medications
The Good In its September 2016 magazine, Consumer Reports has an extensive review of dietary supplements. They present a very good history of the supplement industry, which got its impetus from Linus Pauling, two-time Nobel Prize winner, and his claims in the...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jan 25, 2016 | Health and Diet, Health Supplements
WGBH Frontline Slams Supplements There are many ongoing controversies about the use of supplements and their effects on people’s health. The supplement industry in the United States could best be described as a bazaar with various companies hawking their...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jan 11, 2016 | Heart Health, Hormone Supplementation Therapy, Testosterone
Proper Doses of Testosterone Reduces Heart Attack Risk A new Veteran’s Administration study looked at records of 83,000 men, average age 66, with no evidence of heart disease or stroke and low total testosterone (TT) at the beginning of the study. Only...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Aug 25, 2014 | Depression, Suicide
In his piece on Robin Williams, Andrew Solomon of The New Yorker states that every 40 seconds, someone commits suicide. Actually, it’s every second of every day, as people choose the action, or inaction, that will end their lives sooner. When the patient with...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jun 5, 2014 | Health Supplements, Medications, Patient Care, Preventative Medicine
A recent publication in the Journal of the American Medical Association found no benefit of 1 gram daily of fish oil in a review of 20 previous studies. Numerous major news and media outlets are interpreting these results to show that omega-3 is ineffective as a...
