Dr. Philip Lee Miller Reports on Health and Wellness

Treat and Prevent Iron Deficiency Anemia

May 24, 2018 Philip Miller Comments 0 Comment

This is the last in our series on Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia. In parts I, II, III, and IV, I talked about all aspects of the essentiality of iron. How to diagnose iron deficiency anemia. Various controversies surrounding iron supplementation. And the relationship of iron to various inflammatory states including cancer. Let’s recap this series with specific treatment routines. I encourage you to read this final wrap-up containing new and revolutionary medical paradigms. [If you want the nitty gritty,…

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Five Quick Health Tips

April 28, 2018 Philip Miller Comments 0 Comment

Five Vital Health Tips Here’s a quick overview of five health recommendations that can make a huge difference in the your health and longevity. These are not easy recommendations. But think how you can start these today. 1. Never drink tap water. Obviously, tap water varies from locality to locality. We certainly have catastrophic examples in the past such as Love Canal and more recently Flint, Michigan. But even in the Silicon Valley the groundwater is contaminated. Toxic chemicals are…

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Facebook and Privacy

March 24, 2018 Philip Miller Comments 0 Comment

I have been warning everyone for the last 20 years about privacy issues. Nobody seemed to care much. We had an early warning from Jeffrey Rothfeder, Privacy for Sale: How Computerization Has Made Everyone’s Private Life an Open Secret published in 1992. This was before the Internet was born in its current GUI format. To prove how we were losing privacy even 26 years ago he was interviewed on a major show. The interviewer asked him just how fast he could…

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My Daily Personal Nutrition Routine

March 14, 2018 Philip Miller Comments 2 comments

People ask me what is your personal nutrition routine? What do you take on a daily basis? What supplements and micronutrient do you take yourself for optimal nutrition? To achieve optimal health and well being in a high stress world today. Personal Goal A personal goal and my mission for all of you is health and well-being. Longevity with vigor. Protection from cognitive decline. Prevention of diabetes, arthritis and cardiovascular disease. Growing older without aging. It was the famous British…

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Looking for Prescription Drug Medication information

March 8, 2018 Philip Miller Comments 0 Comment

How do you personally find valuable and appropriate information about prescription drug medications today? What is your best source? How do you balance the need to know with overly cautious or scary warnings? Even I have difficulty locating information unless I use a physician-only proprietary database such as Epocrates. Today I want to introduce you to Consumer Safety, a valuable source of drug information. This site provides notable “black box” warnings. The really serious adverse effects that you might want…

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Not So Random Thoughts on Aging

March 4, 2018 Philip Miller Comments 4 comments

Why Are Baby Boomers Dying Prematurely? I am a pioneer antiaging/age management physician. I co-authored the best-selling book on the age management – The Life Extension Revolution: the New Science of Growing Older without Aging. I was the founder of the Los Gatos longevity Institute rebranded as California Age Management Institute. These credentials are well known. I have been giving serious thought and reflection on an alarming dichotomy of generations. It appears that so many individuals who were born in…

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Iron Deficiency Signs and Symptoms -Part IV

February 18, 2018 Philip Miller Comments 2 comments

Symptoms of Iron Deficiency Anemia: Iron is essential for oxygen carrying capacity. Iron deficiency and anemia decreases oxygen delivery to all major organs of the body. Most especially the brain, heart and muscles. Iron deficiency manifests with easily identified symptoms and conditions. Here is a quick overview followed by a more detailed description. Mental Fatigue and Cognitive Impairment. Iron is an essential cofactor for neurotransmitter and myelin synthesis. Brain neuronal cells require iron for DNA synthesis, mitochondrial respiration, and…

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Iron Therapy and Oxidative Free Radicals – Part III

January 30, 2018 Philip Miller Comments 0 Comment

We talked about the essentials of iron metabolism, iron uptake and iron control in part 1 and 2. Now let’s try to unravel the mystery of iron therapy. But first we take a side trip into oxygenation, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and free radicals. In reading through the literature it is obvious this is a very complex subject. Far more complex than is usually admitted. And I have alluded to many controversies where another binary choice is offered. Either you…

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Iron Regulation Part II: Transport Signaling

January 21, 2018 Philip Miller Comments 0 Comment

All these years I was trying to understand the relationship between serum free iron, bound transferrin iron, storage as ferritin iron and anemia. What is the control mechanism? What is the cause of iron deficiency? How is this related to chronic anemia? How much lab data do we need to determine true iron status? OK. So let’s review iron cycling through each body compartment. Bivalent Iron You want lab data that measures all these forms of iron transport and storage…

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Iron Metabolism Part I: Sources, Transport, Testing

January 11, 2018 Philip Miller Comments 0 Comment

The Essentiality of Elemental iron Iron is essential for healthy red blood cell hemoglobin levels. Red blood cell hemoglobin is essential for oxygen transport. Oxygen and glucose are absolutely essential for brain function. The topic of today’s review. I think iron metabolism, assimilation and transport is highly misunderstood. And the subject of great controversy. Here is why. Hemoglobin is the essence of red blood cell function. And you can see in figure 1, iron is the essential core of hemoglobin….

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