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Meditation is a Treatment for Heart Disease
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
A study published in the November 2012 edition of Circulation showed that people doing meditation (TM) had a 48% lower risk for a heart attack, stroke, or all cause mortality over 5 years compared to those who attended a health education class for the same time period. Meditators had a lower blood pressure and experienced less stress and anger.
Melatonin and Exercise Help in Alzheimers Disease
submitted by: admin on 05/24/2016
Research from Barcelona on mice with genetic predisposition for Alzheimer's Disease showed that a combination of melatonin and exercise lowered their risk for developing the disease. This combination protected the brain from oxidative stress and from excesses of amyloid and tau proteins. It also improves energy production in the brain, which is...
Mercury as a Cause of Heart Disease
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
Another link to heart disease is mercury. Mercury triggers plaque build up in the walls of blood vessels. Is there way to remedy this process? There is a lot of talk about mercury toxicity. Mercury is a neurotoxin that poisons nerves, and also suppresses the immune system. Dr. Len explains more about the recent research concerning plaque...
Methylation with Dick Kunin, MD
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
Why methyl groups are important in health and disease. Methyl groups direct the production of energy. Several B vitamins direct where methyl groups go and determine our state of health.
More About Vitamin D
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
Vitamin D is a hormone with a wide range of applications that are not appreciated. It boosts immunity, protects against and even treats a few cancers, prevents heart disease...mechanisms of action are discussed.
Natural News Radio Show 7.18.12
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Prescriptions for Health
How Iron Supplements Can Reduce Fatigue
A Nutrient Cocktail to Treat Alzheimers
Should You Be Told if a Trainee Does Your Surgery?
And much more!
Vicki’s 20:20 Health Tips:
Men Teaching Classes for Women (LOL)
Observations on Growing Older
New Breakthroughs in Pain Management with Richard Gracer, MD
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
The first step in considering treatment is to make an accurate diagnosis. The body heals itself and we need to support it to promote healing by looking at a wide range of therapies that range from nutrition to surgery. Lifestyle medicine is the first place to start. Having flexibility in choosing a treatment is key to finding the best treatment.
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New Lupus Drug is a Blockbuster
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Lupus erythematosis is a chronic auto-immune disease that affects millions of people. Scientists are not exactly sure if lupus is a genetic disease, environmental, or related to lifestyle. Lupus can also be drug induced. It can be very debilitating and can affect joints, blood cells, skin, as well as organs such as the kidneys, heart and lungs. Lupus...
NSAIDs and the Heart
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Even a few NSAIDs may be unsafe if you have heart disease. Shockingly data on 83,000 patients shows that even a week of treatment led to another heart attack or dying 45% more often if they had a prior heart attack. The percentage rose to 60% if treatment was for 30 days. There is no safe window for NSAIDs in people with a prior heart attack. There...
NSAIDs Linked to Atrial Fibrillation
submitted by: admin on 02/19/2015
NSAIDs have now been linked to an increased incidence of atrial fibrillation and flutter. The association was strongest for new users. The risk is increased by 40% for COX-1 inhibitors and 70% for COX-2 inhibitors such as Celebrex. This translates to 1 in 250 taking COX-1 drugs and 1 in 140 taking Celebrex. The risk is highest for the elderly, those with rheumatoid...
Options in Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Mainstream treatment for inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's Disease sometimes require very aggressive treatment with steroids, TNF alpha blockers, chemotherapy, and even surgery, but they also require nutritional support of the GI tract with probiotics, l-glutamine, quercetin, digestive enzymes, essential fatty acids, and optimal...
Osteoporosis News: Calcium Deficiency May Not Be the Cause
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Manganese deficiency could mean that calcium cannot stick to bone and cause osteoporosis. This can happen in the presence of sufficient calcium in the body. Manganese is extracted from bone when there are unmet needs for it in the brain, kidney, liver, and pancreas. Manganese deficiency could also play a role in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,...
Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Diseases and the Failure of ATP Production
submitted by: admin on 05/28/2016
Parkinson's disease is not cured by any treatments we have today. Treatment is centered on blocking the symptoms of this chronic disease. There is a failure of energy production in vital areas of the brain that make dopamine. The energy producing part of the cell, the mitochondria, don't make enough energy to make dopamine and Parkinson's disease...
Parkinson's Disease Overview
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Parkinson's Disease is a progressive neurological disease characterized by a pill rolling resting tremor, dementia, poor balance, stiffness, depression, and insomnia. There is a progressive loss of dopamine and treatment is oriented to restoring it through a variety of drugs. CAM approaches include the addition of glutathione intraveniously and coenzyme Q10....
Peripheral Neuropathy Overview (PowerPoint)
submitted by: admin on 05/13/2015
It seems that peripheral neuropathy (PN) is becoming more and more common in medical practice today. I have seen more than a thousand people with PN over the past 15 years. There are a wide range of causes for PN and fortunately there is treatment for it that is revolutionary in my opinion. In this PowerPoint presentation, which is being presented to Alta Bates...
Personality Types and Heart Disease
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Type A personalities and those who are self absorbed are at risk for heart attacks. Cynical distrust, chronic stress and depression are also likely related. There's much we can do to deal with this and lower inflammation.
Photonic Stimulation (Infrared Light Therapy)
submitted by: admin on 04/03/2014
Infrared light therapy is a new an amazingly superior way to manage most types of pain with immediate results. It's mechanisms of action are explained and the conditions it treats reviewed. Because it was only introduced into medical practice about 20 years ago, it is not widely available.
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...
Preventive Benefits of Medicare
submitted by: admin on 10/14/2013
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that 5 million Americans took advantage of one or more of the recommended preventive benefits available through the Affordable Care Act. Among the benefits is the new Annual Wellness Visit benefit. The idea is to either detect early or prevent chronic diseases with tests such as mammograms, bone...
Preview Alzheimer's Disease
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Alzheimer's disease is defined, its many memory loss and mood related symptoms described, and treatment reviewed. The role of drugs, nutrition, exercise, mental activity for Alzheimer sufferers, and challenges are revealed. The biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology are explained in simple language in this audio-only recording on many aspects of...
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