September 2nd, 2009
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Managing Editor, Total Health Breakthroughs
Several months ago we had the pleasure of introducing heart surgeon, Dr. Dwight Lundell to our readers. The response to his highly controversial two-part article was overwhelming. Dr. Lundell has taken the courageous [...]
Tags: cholesterol, cholesterol lowering drugs, diabetes, health, heart atack, statin
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August 26th, 2009
August 26, 2009
By Melanie Segala
Managing Editor, Total Health Breakthroughs
Most of us in the alternative health field have reservations about the government’s rush to inoculate nearly everyone with the swine flu vaccine this fall and winter. With the possibility of adverse effects from the vaccine itself and the heavy metals that are used as preservatives, [...]
Tags: flu, health, swine flu, vaccination
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August 19th, 2009
Joseph McCaffrey, MD, FACS
Most of us know we should reduce the salt (sodium chloride) in our diet to help control blood pressure and reduce the risk of having a heart attack or stroke. While the amount of sodium we eat is important, it’s not the whole story. A recent study has confirmed what other studies [...]
Tags: cholesterol, General Health, health, heart atack, high blood pressure, stroke
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August 14th, 2009
By Al Sears, MD
I just finished reading the British Medical Journal … there was an article by a group of researchers telling doctors they should put everyone over 40 on blood pressure drugs — even if they don’t have high blood pressure!1
According to the study’s authors, “Guidelines on the use of blood pressure lowering drugs [...]
Tags: General Health, health, heart atack, high blood pressure, stroke
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August 7th, 2009
By Carolyn Dean, MD, ND
Do you have restless legs syndrome? Maybe you just think you do thanks to the advertising savvy of pharmaceutical companies who make millions exaggerating this rare condition. They’ve been so successful, that it’s become an epidemic in a population of restless yet inactive people who may really just be suffering [...]
Tags: General Health, health, Restless leg syndrome
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July 25th, 2009
By Carolyn Dean, MD, ND
With the forced chemotherapy treatment of young Daniel Hauser from Minnesota in the news recently, the 15-year-old story of Billy Best and his survival from cancer has returned to mainstream media.
Billy Best suffered cancer of the lymph nodes. After one ineffective round of chemotherapy, he fled south from [...]
Tags: Cancer, chemotherapy, health
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July 14th, 2009
By Missy Hawthorne, RN BSN, CSCS
Om…some say it’s the most perfect sound. As I sit in my yoga class, my legs crossed, eyes closed, I repeat this single, syllable tone over and over again. I soon begin to realize that this low, sustained sound is having an effect on me. The effect is subtle, [...]
Tags: alternative medicine, General Health, health, yoga
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July 14th, 2009
By James LaValle, R.Ph, ND, CCN
Here we are in the middle of summer. The weather is nice. The food is fresh. We’re more active and happy — and hopefully feeling good.
At LMI, we use a lot of nutritional supplements to help people regain their health and vitality. Too many times though, we find [...]
Tags: General Health, health, insurance, nutrition
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May 18th, 2009
By James LaValle, R.Ph, ND, CCN
I was recently made aware of huge news on statin drugs from the labs at Iowa State University, where a researcher has confirmed something I have long suspected regarding cholesterol-lowering drugs — that they could seriously harm brain health.
The concern comes from simply knowing that brain cells, like liver [...]
Tags: cholesterol, cholesterol lowering drugs, health, heart atack, statin
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April 16th, 2009
April 15, 2009
By Melanie Segala
Managing Editor, Total Health Breakthroughs
How close were we to a deadly pandemic in January of this year?
According to several published sources, we were teetering on the brink. That’s because seasonal flu vaccines manufactured by US-based pharmaceutical company Baxter International had been contaminated with the deadly avian flu virus called [...]
Tags: flu shot, General Health, health, vaccine
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