Dr. Ashley Riskin, MD

10/29/2018

In a study, those who ate more organic produce, dairy, meat and other products had 25 percent fewer cancer diagnoses over all, especially lymphoma and breast cancer.

04/17/2018

https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-japan-trial-world-urine-cancer.html

A Japanese firm is poised to carry out what it hailed as the world's first experiment to test for cancer using urine samples, which would greatly facilitate screening for the deadly disease.

04/14/2018

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17224984/artificial-intelligence-idxdr-fda-eye-disease-diabetic-rethinopathy

AI and health. Lots of potential

"It makes the clinical decision on its own"

03/09/2018

This randomized clinical trial investigates whether a mixture of oral probiotics is safe and effective in the treatment of atopic dermatitis symptoms and evaluates its influence on the use of topical steroids in children.

02/03/2018

Much like a real vaccine, the treatment taps into the potential of a patient's own immune cells to fight off cancer.

12/29/2017

Eat your veggies.

A salad a day may keep your brain running better for longer.

11/03/2017

http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/health/baby-gene-therapy-study-offers-hope-for-fatal-muscle-disease-1.3659418

Slippery slope but medicine is heading in this direction. Potentially profound benefit for patients like these little infants.

A first attempt at gene therapy for a disease that leaves babies unable to move, swallow and, eventually, breathe has extended the tots' lives, and some began to roll over, sit and stand on their own, researchers reported Wednesday.

11/02/2017

Well this is awkward. A drug never meant for long term use that the seems the be prescribed like candy...

There are more than 50m prescriptions for proton pump inhibitors in the UK, though they have previously been linked to side-effects and increased risk of death