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How much iron do you need?
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Iron balance is critical. Too little and kids will be retarded, and too much and we age prematurely. About five percent of the population has the recessive gene for iron overload. Iron metabolism should be a routine assessment.
How Safe are X-rays?
submitted by: admin on 09/24/2013
Doctors rely on x-rays in a lot for diagnostic purposes. They do a lot of very good things, particularly in trauma situations. They can tell us if something is fractured, or if there is an organ that is ruptured, or if there is some bleeding internally. They are not necessarily all that safe, and there are a lot of complications from x-rays that we need...
Hypertension: Using Lifestyle to Manage It
submitted by: admin on 02/19/2015
Hypertension does not have to be permanent. It is related to the style in which we live our lives and we can modify that. Underlying causes and tools for treatment are described.
Infrared Light For Back Pain
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
The story of how Dr. Len discovered infrared light therapy and how it works is shared. The role of infrared imaging during treatment is discussed and its application in integrative medicine reviewed. Its mechanism of action is explained.
Iron: How Much Do You Need?
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
Iron overload in the body leads to accelerated aging through oxidative stress. Five percent of the population has the recessive gene for this problem. The mechanisms of this process are reviewed and treatment discussed.
Marie-Veronique Nadeau
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Marie-Veronique Nadeau has devoted a good portion of her adult life to the study of the cosmetics industry, with a view to providing safe alternatives to the frequently quite toxic products currently on offer to the public. This research has taken her into fields as diverse as sun protection, anti-aging, the safety of products designed for...
Middle Aged Running Speed Predicts Heart Attacks
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
How fast you can run a mile at age 55 is predictive of your risk for a heart attack. If you can run a mile in 15 minutes your lifetime risk of a heart attack is 30%. If you can run a mile in 8 minutes, your risk is under 10%. Exercise benefits our risk for hypertension, type 2 diabetes, being overweight, depression, anxiety, insomnia, and fitness....
Molecular Breast Imaging for Breast Cancer Screening
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
A novel new test is described that has not yet come into clinical practice that takes up a radioactive dye that puts out gamma rays. It is accurate but obviously has dangers related to radiation exposure. This is a potential way of screening women with dense breasts (fibrocystic breasts).
Mammograms are not either an accurate or sensitive test in women with...
One Session of the Relaxation Response Alters Gene Expression
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
According to an article published in the May 2013 issue of PLoS ONE, a single session of the relaxation response produced immediate changes in gene expression of immunity, energy metabolism, and insulin secretion. Investigators from Harvard analyzed the expression of more than 22,000 genes and found that the relaxation response alleviates symptoms...
Overview on the Importance of Exercise
submitted by: admin on 02/19/2015
Lifestyle is our most potent medicine and exercise is especially important for quality of life and longevity. There is no more powerful anti-aging medicine on the planet! The amount and intensity are important and the value of interval training is discussed. There are a myriad of benefits of exercise that include raising HDL cholesterol, lowering blood...
Phthalates Linked to Type 2 Diabetes
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
The journal Diabetes Care came out with an article in April of 2012 showing a link between high levels of phthalates and double the risk for type 2 diabetes. They also found that certain phthalates disrupted insulin production in the pancreas. This is the tip of the iceberg regarding severe pollution of the planet. The Environmental Working Group did a study...
Poor Sleep in Adolescents Leads to Premature Disease
submitted by: admin on 03/20/2014
A study published in the Journal of Pediatrics in March of 2014 on obese adolescents showed that inadequate sleep led to the premature development of a number of chronic diseases that includes type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. The University of Michigan and Baylor Universities teamed up to study 37 obese kids between the ages of 11-17 and monitored...
Preview, Infrared Light for Backpain
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
The story of how Dr. Len discovered infrared light therapy and how it works is shared. The role of infrared imaging during treatment is discussed and its application in integrative medicine reviewed. Its mechanism of action is explained.
Preview, Managing Cancer with Lifestyle
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Lifestyle is our most potent treatment by far. Yet we tend to think of chemo, surgery, and radiation as what is most beneficial. Examples are discussed.
Reaching 100 Years
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
Reaching 100 years of age is now within the realm of possibility more than ever before. How you adapt to stress and cope with it is more predictive of who has a better chance of living to 100. Staying physically, socially, mentally active and adapting to life's stresses is a recipe for longevity. A sense of humor and having a positive attitude also promote...
Shifting From Disease Care to Health Care with Richard Miles
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Today’s MDs are faced with adapting from looking at the universe as potentially hostile to the concept that it is intelligent and self managing. An intervention imperative has emerged for financial and technological reasons.
Solving the World's Biggest Problem
submitted by: admin on 12/11/2013
Health care in the world has become unaffordable and we can no longer sustain our present health care paradigm. Unless we take care of ourselves by living a healthy lifestyle we will not be able to survive financially. People are living much longer today than even a decade ago and the younger generation is unable to pay for the cost of the epidemic of chronic...
Staying Young Forever with Lani Simpson, DC
submitted by: admin on 10/16/2013
Anti-aging strategies and dangers of Premarin, Provera, and Botox are discussed. Big Pharma can sell most anything to both patients and doctors. The Women's Health Initiative Study showed how dangerous HRT is.
The Choices We Can Make About Covid 19
submitted by: admin on 09/11/2020
We can and must make choices about our destiny, especially when it comes to the mandates about Covid 19. We must not acquiesce to lockdowns, face masks, or social distancing. We don't have to take the vaccine for Covid 19. We are not bound by the mandates of the FDA, CDC, NIH, or WHO. Time is running out and we cannot continue to be victims. What we can do...
The Importance of Iron in Infections and Cancer
submitted by: admin on 06/24/2016
According to the December 2012 issue of PLOS ONE, Iron plays a key role in metabolism that leads to bacteria and human beings competing to prevent the other from obtaining it. Bacteria are obligated to acquire iron to gain foothold to grow in host tissues. Cancer cells also sequester iron more effectively than normal cells. This is one of the reasons...
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