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We need UVB light is necessary to make vitamin D. The amount of exposure to sunlight is reviewed. The production of vitamin D is also reviewed. Organs that are prone to cancer convert the circulating 25 hydroxy vitamin D to the hormonal form of 1, 25 dihydroxy vitamin D (calcitriol), which is 1000 times more effective in fighting cancer. Too much of...
submitted by: admin on 10/08/2013
Women who cut back on HRT are at lower risk for developing breast cancer within a year! Estrogen sensitive tumors are very responsive to estrogen. HRT and bio-identical hormones are contrasted and discussed in relation to the risk of cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and thromboses.
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You've just found out you have hypertension, what do you do now? What hypertension is, how you measure it and what the numbers mean, and how you make the diagnosis is reviewed. White coat syndrome is a very common cause of elevated blood pressure.
submitted by: admin on 10/08/2013
Drugs treat the symptoms, not the cause of hypertension. Stress is the predominant cause of hypertension. Lack of sleep also causes hypertension. Sedatives lower blood pressure as well as antihypertensive drugs.
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
Ibuprofen has been associated with an increase incidence of heart attacks. It also causes an increase of GI bleeds and perforations, strokes, and kidney failure. Over the last 10 years there have been over 400,000 deaths and 4 million hospitalizations caused by NSAIDS.
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Indigestion usually results from a weak gut lining caused by drugs such as aspirin, steroids and NSAIDs, and physical or emotional stress, depression. Treatment with drugs is dangerous and addicting.
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Can advertising in medical journals affect what pharmaceutal drugs are recommended? Research has shown that journals that are supported through advertising are more likely to support a new drug. Journals that get most of their income from subscriptions are more likely to publish articles and reports against a new drug.
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This show provides an overview of flu vaccines and questions the lack of science justifying their usage. The CDC's position is not science based and its recommendations are unjustified.
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The difference between influenza virus types and their immunology are reviewed. How widespread and serious is influenza? What is the Bird Flu?
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Insomnia causes a variety of diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and inflammation. Pain, anxiety, depression, and sleep apnea are the most common root causes. Antidepressants, anti-anxiety and sleeping pills are not a good solution. Patterns of insomnia are discussed.
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Dr. Len and Nurse Vicki review cancer treatments from the point of view of blending both mainstream and CAM approaches. Integrative strategies offer the best of all treatments. Cancer is very difficult to cure and we need all the help we can get no matter where it comes from.
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
Somatic means embodiment of who we are physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. We have natural healing mechanisms that keep us in a healthy balance. Where the life is in each person is very valuable information needed to begin the healing process. When we stop fighting there is a relaxation and silence and not knowing that allows what we don't...
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Avandia remains on the market in the US despite serious health issues that include more than a 50% increase in heart attacks and mortality. All three "glitazones" have safety issues. Rezulin was taken off the market more than a decade ago because of severe liver disease. The third drug, Actos, remains suspicious but up to this point seems to be somewhat...
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Pax tells the story of his having angina, a heart attack, his survival, and the importance of exercise.
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Dr. Len and Nurse Vicki, as she is so affectionately known, have been providing cutting edge mainstream and complementary and alternative health information for their audience for more than a decade. Their Prescriptions for Health live call in talk show is aired on KEST Radio every Friday from 9:00-11:00 am and their Fastrack Edition of Prescriptions for Health...
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Kidney Stones are very painful when they are passing into the ureter. They are generally made of calcium oxalate, uric acid or struvite. Collecting a 24 hour urine sample to analyze a stone is the best way to find out their composition. Treatment is centered on increasing water intake to a couple of quarts a day and managing the pain. Occasionally it is necessary...
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Long term complications of conventional treatment are reviewed. Quality of life issues such as fatigue, weight gain, peripheral neuropathy, lymphedema, anxiety, and depression need to be considered.
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Learning from how we breathe is a balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system and also between consciousnes and uncounscious. Listening to the breath has a profound effect on how we breathe. Balancing this with heart rate variability adds another powerful tool.
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Mainstream medicine looks at blood under a microscope after the cells have been dried and stained. It is possible to examine blood in the living state using a dark field microscope at 10,000 power. Both approaches offer different kinds of information and both are important. We can learn about coagulation, detoxification, fat content, evidence of heavy...
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Stress is universal, some internal and some external. Our minds can turn life events into something stressful and we dwell in the past. Identifying stress is the first step. Most stresses are internally generated and controllable. Worry and fear sustain stress.