Markers to Help Prevent Cardiac Catastrophe By Dr. Ayo Bankole In the United States, someone dies of heart disease every minute. Coronary artery disease (CAD)/coronary heart disease (CHD)/atherosclerosis is the number one cause of death here in the U. S. and...
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Increasing Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor to Improve Memory
Increasing Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor to Improve Memory By Dr. Ayo Bankole Age related cognitive decline is one of the most common complaints in primary care and has grown more prevalent as the size of the aging population increases. By 2040 adults 65 and...
Top Five Habits to Improve Your Health and Longevity
Often, the most important actions to follow are ones you know, ones you’ve read and heard time and time again. They are the everyday garden variety recommendations. This goes for my top five habits to improve your health and longevity. I’m going to ask you to read...
Regenerative Strategies to Prevent and Treat Osteoarthritis (Part 2 of 2)
Regenerative Strategies to Prevent and Treat Osteoarthritis (Part 2 of 2) By Dr. Ayo Bankole Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful degenerative and inflammatory condition of mostly, but not exclusive to large, weight bearing joints, namely the hips and knees. OA...
Regenerative Strategies to Prevent and Treat Osteoarthritis (Part 1 of 2)
Regenerative Strategies to Prevent and Treat Osteoarthritis (Part 1 of 2) By Dr. Ayo Bankole Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful degenerative and inflammatory condition of mostly, but not exclusive to large, weight bearing joints, namely the hips and knees. OA...
Why Regenerative Medicine Beats Medication for Chronic Joint Pain
My typical prolotherapy client is someone who’s suffered from years of hip, knee, shoulder, or low back pain. Chronic joint pain is most often the result of work-related injuries, old sport injuries, or simply, “wear and tear.” But factors like genetics, nutrition,...
What Makes Heavy Metal Toxicants So Dangerous
Heavy metal toxicants are ubiquitous in our environment and possess several characteristics that make them inherently and uniquely efficient at changing cellular behavior and contributing to our risk of chronic disease. Toxicant metals are even capable of causing...
How Vitamin C and D Promote a Proper Immune Response Against Viruses
Spread of the novel coronavirus that began in late 2019 in Wuhan province of China has long turned into a global pandemic according to the World Health Organization. It was in February 2020 when the first cases where reported in California. Currently there are at...
Men Suffer from Poor Health Seeking Behaviors
Sir, when did you last visit your doctor? The answer I get from the men I see in my practice is something like, “it’s been a long time, or I don’t remember.” The husbands, fathers, and adult sons in our lives tend to pay less attention to their health than the...
What Your Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness Tells You
Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States of America and in most developed countries. This is despite routine screening and treatment of diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol that are known to cause heart disease. ...