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Chronic Pain
submitted by: admin on 09/19/2013
Half of all Americans have chronic pain that interfere with lifestyle. Back pain is most common. Solutions for pain relief are discussed including prayer! Drug and alcohol addictions are common. OTC drugss are common but are not safe.
Common Drugs Linked to Cognitive Decline
submitted by: admin on 09/19/2013
Medications with anticholinergic activity, which include many drugs taken by older adults, cause cognitive impairment. Over the counter sleeping aids such as Excedrin PM, Nytol, Sominex, Tylenol PM, and Unisom are especially problematic. Other drugs include Paxil, Detol, Demerol, and Elavil. Anticholinergics work by blocking the brain's neurotransmitter,...
Congestive Heart Failure
submitted by: admin on 02/19/2015
Congestive heart failure develops if there is sufficient death of heart muscle (myocardial infarction) and subsequent inability of the remaining normal heart tissue to pump enough blood to the body. Tissues that die obviously cannot contract, but there are also areas around the infarction, called the peri-infacrtion area, that are in shock and may not be...
Controlling Hypertension
submitted by: admin on 09/19/2013
Most hypertension is caused by chronic stress and an overactive sympathetic nervous system. Mainstream medicine uses drugs to suppress blood pressure numbers, but does not address the underlying causes except in a small minority of cases. This review of the causes and wide range of treatments is presented.
Conversations with Julia Ross
submitted by: admin on 11/21/2024
Carbohydrate addiction is very difficult to resolve. Sugars have a drug effect on the brain, but there are some quick and simple approaches to solve the problem. There are four areas that regulate this addiction. Serotonin, dopamine, gaba, and adrenalin receptor sites are involved. High glycemic index foods are the culprits. Protein diets help break the addiction.
Cough and Asthma with Dr. Fred Nachtway
submitted by: admin on 11/21/2024
Asthma is found across all age groups and it often presents as a cough. Allergic rhinitis and reflux esophagitis often cause cough too. Bronchial provocation testing helps identify those people with a cough who have asthma from those with esophagitis. The prevalence of asthma is increasing and air pollution is probably part of the reason. Taking a careful history...
Counterfit Drugs
submitted by: admin on 09/19/2013
Counterfit drugs are a $35 billion dollar a year business. 10-15% of drugs sold in pharmacies are counterfit! Canadian sales and Internet sales are popular because of discounted prices.
Cutting Through the Confusion About Ebola
submitted by: admin on 10/24/2014
Why has Ebola attracted international attention that is freaking out millions of people around the world? Is there an actual pandemic? True enough that there have been more deaths this year than combined since 1976, and that has people worried. However, this is not a pandemic.
Why is the US and WHO so interested in Ebola in West and Central Africa....
Do Americans Over Rely on Vitamins and Supplements?
submitted by: admin on 09/19/2013
We tend to ignore lifestyle and look to drugs and supplements to make up for it. A healthy lifestyle is by far the most powerful basis for good health. Some supplements actually increase the risk of diseases and examples are given. The situation in pregnancy is discussed. Situations where we're under physical or mental stress our needs go up are discussed;...
Do Herbal Supplements Interfere with Chemotherapy?
submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
Doctors tend to urge cancer patients to discuss supplements with their doctors before beginning treatment because they may negatively affect chemotherapy. Some herbs interfere with the metabolism of chemotherapy drugs. Another problem is that MDs are not trained in nutrition, herbs and supplements and generally discourage the use of any treatment they are unfamiliar....
Dr. Saputo Radio, Cutting Through the Confusion About Ebola
submitted by: admin on 10/18/2014
Dr. Len and nurse Vicki break down the real facts about Ebola in this 20 minute radio show!
Why has Ebola attracted international attention that is freaking out millions of people around the world? Is there an actual pandemic? True enough that there have been more deaths this year than combined since 1976, and that has people worried. However,...
Drug Dosing Confuses the Elderly
submitted by: admin on 11/21/2024
Many older patients, who take an average of seven medications a day, get confused by the vague instructions on the prescription bottles and they don’t take their medicines properly. Even well educated people may have some low “health literacy skills.” Patients often think they aren’t supposed to take their medications at the...
Drug Free Treatments for Headache's
submitted by: admin on 04/18/2015
Drugs are not necessary very often to relieve headaches, yet that is the approach taken by conventional medicine. Chiropractic adjustment of the neck is effective, especially if there is misalignment. Treating the triggers of headache can relieve the pain within minutes using infrared light treatments.
There are a wide range of disciplines, especially...
Drugs Make Some Depressed People Worse
submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
Up to a fifth of patients on SSRI antidepressants do worse than with placebo. There is no way to tell who will do worse. It is interesting that no comparison was made with exercise and no credit was given to placebo in this big pharma sponsored study published in Archives of Psychiatry in December of 2011. Little mention was made of the side effects such as GI...
Drugs That Cause Cognitive Decline
submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
Dr. Len and Nurse Vicki review the long list of drugs that have the potential to create cognitive decline in the elderly. The value and importance of lifestyle is highlighted and the lack of effectiveness of drugs to treat cognitive decline is revealed.
Drugs that Worsen Memory in the Elderly
submitted by: admin on 09/20/2013
A report from the Montreal Geriatric University Institute in November of 2012 reviewed 68 trials on benzodiazepines, 12 on antihistamines, and 15 on tricyclic antidepressants and concluded that these families of drugs have a significant negative impact on memory and concentration in the elderly. The American Geriatrics Society proclaimed that these...
Ebola Cure Suppressed with Robert Rowen, MD
submitted by: admin on 03/12/2020
Ebola has been all over the global news for months. The disease is extremely lethal and conventional treatments are ineffective. Research in the form of clinical trials are being conducted for vaccines and drugs. Despite the fact that Dr. Robert Rowen was invited by the Sierra Leone government to teach their MDs about ozone treatment for Ebola and it was enthusiastically...
Exercise as Effective as Drugs for Heart Disease, Pre-diabetes, and Stroke
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
A study published in the British Medical Journal in October of 2013 revealed that exercise is as good as medication to treat people with coronary heart disease and prediabetes and superior to in the treatment of stroke. This was a very large study that analyzed 305 studies that included 340,000 patients.
The World Health Organization considers lack...
Exercise Helps Congestive Heart Failure
submitted by: admin on 02/19/2015
Moderate exercise helps ease depression in patients with chronic congestive heart failure (CHF) and is also associated with a small reduction in death and hospitalizations. Even the failing heart can be strengthened by exercise as measured by peak oxygen consumption and longer duration of exercise that is done carefully under the supervision of a qualified...
Expected Deaths From Pharaceuticals in Hospitals
submitted by: admin on 11/21/2024
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that there are more than 100,000 deaths every year from the expected side effects of medications and more than two million hospitalizations as well.
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