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Is cold weather bad for your blood pressure?
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Walking, the ancient form of transportation has now been revived for another use.
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Enough sleep and good sleep are important to keeping your immune system up.
Anti-Cancer Ingredient Found In Black Raspberries
Black raspberries may now be used for more than making jam.
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Pharmaceutical Industry is not in business to cure, so what are they offering?
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Potassium - Supplements Needed?
Do you need potassium?
From My Kitchen
Korean Cold Noodle
The key to seasoning in oriental cooking is to adjust the seasonings to your taste. The seasoning here is for suggestions. You need to add enough, so that the Korean glass noodles are totally coated.
FAQ
Q: I have heard a lot about using melatonin for jetlag. Is it also good as a sleeping pill?
A: As a sleep aid, melatonin works even better than synthetic sedatives such as barbiturates and benzodiazepines (like Valium). For starters, Melatonin is effective in small doses and produces no side effects. Plus, the hormone preserves the normal architecture of sleep, including the timing and duration of dream phases characterized by rapid eye movement (REM). The use of Melatonin has been especially effective for older people to help them get a good night's rest. However, you should not take melatonin if you are pregnant or lactating.
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Dr. Lam: Thank you for your continuing efforts to educate the population about illness/disease/aging/hormones and how they are related. This is a real problem for our aging adults, but even more important, the role this education will place on our children getting a healthier head start and hopefully warding off most diseases in their lives. I love your site, great information--what a difference you have made in my life and the lives of my loved ones, thank you for being here. Trish.
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Quote of the Week
The longer I live the less confidence I have in drugs and the greater is my confidence in the regulation and administration of diet and regimen. ~John Redman Coxe
Isn't it amazing that what is true over 200 years ago is even truer today? The widespread and sometimes indiscriminate use of medicine under the cover of "science" is truly scary. Many scientific papers are sponsored by pharmaceutical companies, and thus their conclusions are skewed. Statistics can lie, but your body never lies. It is constantly talking to you and sending you signals. Pain is a signal that the body is telling you when something is wrong. Until you listen, your body will continue to punish you. I want you to read this article to understand better how to get rid of pain initially through detoxification.
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That's A Good Question!
Question:
Other than olive oil, what are foods that are high in omega-9 fatty acids?
Answer: Here is a list for your reading:
omega-9: Oleic acid canola, olive, and peanut oils, animal products, avocado
omega-6: Linoleic acid corn, safflower, soybean, cottonseed, and sunflower oils.
Arachadonic acid animal products
omega-3: Alpha-linolenic acid canola and soybean oils, some nuts, flaxseed
Eicosapentaenoic acid- fish ; Docosahexainoic acid - fish
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That's A Good Question!
Question:
I am a 63 years old female. I received my results from Life Line Screening today. Possible Afib/Aflutter Incidental Findings Ectopy 73bpm. Please explain what this means.
Answer: Your heart rate is 73 beats per minute. There is some beating that is not regular. In your case, these irregular beats are called atrial fibrillation / atrial flutter. This condition is quite common. Its presentation can range from asymptomatic to advance states.
Here is an excerpt from my paper on AF which will give you a good start:
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is an abnormal, irregular and fast heart rate where electrical signals are generated chaotically throughout the upper chambers (atria) of the heart.
AF is common in the elderly. Its prevalence, estimated to be 2.3 percent in those over 40, increases to 5.9 percent in people 65 years and older. By age 70, 10 percent have this heart rhythm disorder. Seventy percent of the people who have AF are between 65 and 85 years old. It affects over 2 million Americans and is the cause of about one-third of all strokes in people over the age of 65. It is the most frequently diagnosed arrhythmia in the clinical setting.
Most of the older patients with AF have associated hypertension, ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, and underlying conditions such as mitral valve disease, hyperthyroidism, and pulmonary disease. In some families, AF appears to have an inherited basis (although most people with AF do not have an inherited form).
In those under 40, the prevalence of AF is estimated to be less than 0.004%. AF in younger and active patients is more likely to be a manifestation of congenital heart disease, hyperthyroidism, excess alcohol or other drug use, including caffeine, and exercise-induced catecholamine release. In this group, the exact cause often cannot be found. In young and otherwise asymptomatic patients with no risk factor, doctor may choose simply to observe and take no action. That is the most common outcome. The doctor may choose to do more workup and if there is other associated problems, then the treatment may be significantly different.
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Special Report
Natural Medicine and Cancer, Part 6 of 6
For the past five weeks, we have given you many ideas on what natural medicine is in relationship to cancer. This week, you are getting a whole cocktail of supplements that are beneficial for the body to help fight cancer. Always get the help of a doctor that is well versed with natural medicine to monitor your progress.
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