What Does a Low White Blood Cell Count Mean?
Since white blood cell count is a sign of systemic inflammation, it’s no surprise that those with lower white blood cell counts live longer.
All Videos for Appendicitis
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Microbiome: We Are What They Eat
What happens to our gut flora when we switch from a more animal-based diet to a more plant-based diet?
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HOW NOT TO DIE: The Role of Diet in Preventing, Arresting, & Reversing Our Top 15 Killers
In this “best-of” compilation of his last four year-in-review presentations, Dr. Greger explains what we can do about the #1 cause of death and disability: our diet.
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Lose Two Pounds in One Sitting: Taking the Mioscenic Route
Our physiology evolved for millions of years eating a plant-based diet. What would happen if researchers tried to recreate our ancestral diet in the lab?
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Should You Sit, Squat, or Lean During a Bowel Movement?
Squatting and leaning can help straighten the anorectal angle, but a healthy enough diet should make bowel movements effortless regardless of positioning.
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One in a Thousand: Ending the Heart Disease Epidemic
Many of our most common diseases found to be rare, or even nonexistent, among populations eating plant-based diets.
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More than an Apple a Day: Preventing the Most Common Diseases
Dr. Greger has scoured the world’s scholarly literature on clinical nutrition, and developed this brand-new live presentation on the latest in cutting-edge research on how a healthy diet can affect some of our most common medical conditions.
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Yersinia in Pork
This week Consumer Reports released a study showing the majority of retail pork tested was contaminated with antibiotic-resistant strains of the foodborne bacteria Yersinia enterocolitica.
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Stool Size Matters
Larger bowel movements are associated with lower risk of appendicitis, colon cancer, constipation, and diverticulitis.
