| 06/30/2006 - Sciatica |
| Sciatica - leg and buttock pain caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve - can often be treated without painkillers. |
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| 06/29/2006 - Transcendental meditation and your health |
| Studies have shown that a popular form of meditation known as transcendental meditation (TM) may help patients control blood pressure. A team of researchers recently mounted a study to test the effects of TM on subjects with coronary heart... |
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| 06/29/2006 - Transcendental meditation and your health |
| Studies have shown that a popular form of meditation known as transcendental meditation (TM) may help patients control blood pressure. A team of researchers recently mounted a study to test the effects of TM on subjects with coronary heart... |
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| 06/28/2006 - KFC Sued over Trans Fats |
| A family-size bucket of litigation was just dropped on KFC. |
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| 06/28/2006 - Arrhythmias and fish oil |
| There are several types of arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms); some cause only mild chest discomfort, while others prompt heart attacks and strokes. |
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| 06/27/2006 - Benefits of Folate (Folic Acid) |
| How important is folate? That's easily answered by looking at four health risks associated with folate deficiency: heart disease, stroke, cognitive decline and birth defects. |
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| 06/26/2006 - Shingles treatment and relief |
| "Please, need information on Shingles. What can we do for the pain of shingles? Please help." The tone of that request - from an HSI member named Theresa - reveals just how painful and debilitating a case of the shingles can be. Fortunately there... |
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| 06/26/2006 - Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) |
| Fooling Mother Nature can sometimes make you feel better. But there's often a price to pay. |
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| 06/23/2006 - Natural treatments for hair loss |
| "Does anyone know of any natural cure for hair loss (male pattern baldness)? I heard a cream made of pectin works. Any other ideas?" |
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| 06/22/2006 - Gardasil - HPV Vaccine |
| I'm sure you heard the big news in health care a few days ago. The FDA approved the first cervical cancer vaccine. |
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| 06/22/2006 - Coffee shown to protect liver from damage |
| Heavy alcohol intake puts a terrible stress on the liver. But coffee may offer some protection. |
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| 06/21/2006 - Hair loss and iron deficiency |
| When Cleveland Clinic researchers reviewed four decades of research and case studies that examined the association between hair loss and iron deficiency, they found a strong link between low levels of the mineral and several of the most |
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| 06/21/2006 - Olive Oil - Bad for Cooking? |
| An HSI member named Deborah writes: "Olive oil gives me stomach aches, so I use canola oil. I read your article about how heating the oil changes it to a dangerous oil. My question is: Is organic, expeller pressed canola oil also dangerous?" |
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| 06/20/2006 - Solar Flares and Strokes Linked? |
| About 20 years ago, Dr. Michal Kovac began to notice a pattern in the rates of strokes and brain hemorrhages in Nove Zamky, a small town in southwest Slovakia. |
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| 06/20/2006 - Thyroid hormones |
| You'll never give a passing thought to thyroid hormones when they're in proper balance. But for millions of people, over production of thyroid hormones (hyperthyroidism) and under production of the hormones (hypothyroidism) disrupt... |
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| 06/19/2006 - Benefits of eating Avacado |
| For many years we've heard speculation about why the Mediterranean diet tends to support heart health and prevent cancer. It could be the olive oil; it could be the abundance of fresh, uncontaminated fruits and vegetables; it could be the |
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| 06/19/2006 - Statins May Cause Memory Problems |
| Studies have shown that the use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may cause mild memory lapses. But in the worst cases, the side effect is known as total global amnesia (TGA). |
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| 06/16/2006 - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug |
| If there's no way around it - if a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) must be used - what nutrients might minimize the potential problems (which include liver and kidney impairment as well as gastrointestinal bleeding)? |
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| 06/15/2006 - Sunscreen Myths |
| "The snake oil of the 21st Century." That's how New York attorney Sam Rudman refers to sunscreen. But Mr. Rudman isn't exactly a disinterested party. |
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| 06/15/2006 - Pharmaceutical Influence Peddling |
| Anyone who was born yesterday will enjoy this heart-warming fairy tale about how drug companies work tirelessly to help "educate" our elected officials. |
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| 06/14/2006 - Vitamin C and Weight Loss |
| Want to get rid of body fat? Then just move fat molecules to the place in tissue cells where fat is oxidized. Easy. But to make that happen you'll need a fat molecule mover called carnitine. |
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| 06/14/2006 - Coffee and Heart Health |
| Greek study caught some media attention with the finding that caffeine intake might increase the risk of aortic stiffness, which in turn could raise the risk of heart disease. But just last month, coffee lovers who fear for their heart received some |
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| 06/13/2006 - Policosanol |
| Policosanol must be getting too close for comfort. Too close to being proven effective, that is. How can you tell? It appears that mainstream medicine is going on the attack. |
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| 06/13/2006 - HP Photosmart Diet |
| For those who have struggled and failed to lose weight with a variety of different diets, here's one that's guaranteed to work: It's the HP Photosmart Diet. |
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| 06/12/2006 - The Arrogance of Mainstream Medicine |
| I'd like to see mainstream medicine develop a medication that could reduce the colossal arrogance of mainstream medicine. Talk about a miracle drug! |
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| 06/12/2006 - Could free radical damage contribute to migraine headaches? |
| Could free radical damage contribute to migraine headaches? Dr. Sirichai Chayasirisobhon of Kaiser Permanente Medical Center set out to address that question when he recruited a dozen patients, each with a long-term history of little or no |
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| 06/09/2006 - Cell phones and brain tumors |
| Here's a headline that will not be welcome to the ever-growing army of us folks who never leave home without our cell phones: "Cell Phone Users 240% More Likely to Get Brain Tumor" |
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| 06/08/2006 - Synthetic marijuana |
| Has the FDA opened the door to the black market sale of synthetic pot on the Internet? |
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| 06/08/2006 - High Blood Pressure Drugs May Cause Diabetes |
| The May 2006 issue of Diabetes Care contains a study that shows how two types of high blood pressure medications may raise the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. |
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| 06/07/2006 - Lemonade for Kidney Stones? |
| Sounds pretty inviting, doesn't it? What's not so inviting is the uncomfortable, sometimes excruciating health problem that lemonade therapy is used to address: kidney stones. |
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| 06/07/2006 - Recent ruling by the FDA |
| It may come as no surprise to you that I'm referring to a recent ruling by the FDA. But what might surprise you is just how blatant the hypocrisy is this time. |
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| 06/06/2006 - Dietary benefits of fish |
| Confusion about healthcare often exceeds actual information about healthcare in the mainstream media Tower of Babel. And when a cockamamie study comes along and receives media attention, the roar of confusion just grows louder. |
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