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Peptic Ulcers affect up to 10% of us over our lifetime. Symptoms generally include burning in the upper abdomen, dull aching pain, and sometimes nausea and vomiting, especially if they are complicated by hemorrhaging or perforation of the intestinal wall. Peptic ulcers occur in the esophagus, stomach and duodenum. H. pylori is believed to cause about 50% of all...
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A study of professional baseball players showed that anabolic steroids are now commonplace. The reasons and ethics of using these drugs is discussed. There is a price to pay for the effects on health. Steroid usage is rampant among non-athletes as well for cosmetic reasons. Acne, testicular atrophy, and breast enlargement are side effects.
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...
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Personal responsibility is freedom. Expressing our self power though our thoughts and actions and how we breathe are critical. The body and mind are inseparable and affect one another constantly. Qigong maximizes a healthy bodymind. Being in the zone of the present time facilitates our self power. For more information on Qigong, please click here
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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...
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Many MDs are leaving practice as HMO medicine is becoming more prevalent. There is a high level of discontent that has led them to retire early or find other work that does not involve seeing patients.
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People go to medical school because they want to help people. Their training changes their personalities and directs them to become detached scientists. Yet the key aspects of healing have to do with the heart connection with people.
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Cancer is an environmental disease that occurs in individuals and treatment must be individualized to each person. Lifestyle affects the expression of cancer as well and should be addressed. Supporting the biological terrain is another aspect of treatment that is not addressed in mainstream oncology.
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Change often causes resistance for a lot of reasons. In medical practice there are both collegial and legal issues. The story of Dr. Len's transition in health care from disease care to health care and CAM is explored.
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According to an article published in the January issue of the journal, Pediatrics, placebo is as effective as drugs in preventing migraine headaches in children. Only two drugs, Topamax and trazadone, worked better than placebo, and the very minimal benefits were not worth the risks from side effects.
The benefit of placebo was a reduction...
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The Public Library of Science no longer will publish information funded by the tobacco industry because they have only one purpose...to sell tobacco. They believe their "scientific" papers are marred by conflicts of interest.
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This interesting derivative from cane sugar has the ability to lower total cholesterol, LDL, and raise HDL. Studies documenting its effects are reviewed and information on its use revealed.
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Environmental pollutants can cause obesity! Toxic chemicals cause inflammation and inflammation causes insulin resistance and leptin resistance. This combination increases our appetite and our tendency to store fat, and that leads to gaining weight.
submitted by: admin on 11/24/2024
It is possible to do applied kinesiology on one's self. It is possible to strengthen neural pathways in the brain and this is the basis for training to learn how to use kinesiology. Dr. Richman gives examples of how he uses this system.
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Is it more important to learn academics or to bond with parents and learn family values? There are factions in the US that want to increase the length of academic training to make the US more competitive in science.
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When doctors recommend the flu shot patients are 50 times more likely to take it. We need studies to prove that the flu shot is safer than not taking it...they don't exist. The rate of spontaneous abortions is an issue that is not worked out. Mercury is concentrated 15 times in the baby's blood stream over that which is in the mother; this...
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Premonitions are so innate that they can function unconscious both in dreams and in waking life. Dr. Dossey shares several stories that are amazing. Low attendance at events that were disasterous have been documented for airplane and train crashes and at the World Trade Center collapse.
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An article published in the August issue of the 2012 Archives of General Psychiatry showed a link between prenatal smoking and an increased risk for teen obesity. As little as one cigarette a day during the second trimester led to this finding. Previous studies have shown that prenatal smoking is linked to low birth weight, miscarriage, increased fetal...
submitted by: admin on 12/18/2013
Prescription drug overdoses are the leading cause of accidental deaths in the US. Forty percent of these deaths are from opioid prescriptions. Over the past three decades the number of drug poisonings has increased sixfold, and there are now more than 36,000 deaths annually in the US. Between 1999 and 2010 physician prescriptions for opioids increased fourfold....
submitted by: admin on 11/24/2024
Prescriptions for Health Radio Show May 6, 2011Dr. Len and Nurse VIcki explore the following topics:
The influence of salt in primary prevention of heart attacks and strokes
Intestinal microflora types
Diet for diabetics: The ketogenic diet
Insomnia causes type 2 diabetes
Why night owls tend to put on weight
Ideal blood sugars increase mortality in people...