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Dental Health · February 16, 2013
Do You Have Symptoms of Gingivitis? The Stats Are Surprising
To be exact, the symptoms of gingivitis are not as serious as periodontitis. Which makes the findings in this study that much more disconcerting… You may have read the title to this post, thought about the…
Vitamin B12 · February 14, 2013
How Much Vitamin B12 Should You Take? B12 Blood Test Info
Vitamin B12 is pretty darn important to our health, but how much vitamin B12 should you take? Better yet, is there a B12 blood test to see if you are deficient? Vitamin B12 is a critically important nutrient. It is…
Heart Disease · February 11, 2013
Vitamin C, inflammation and hardening of the arteries – (05-07-01)
Vit C, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Inflammation and Atherosclerosis This article puts more weight towards the recommendation of Vit C as an integral portion of any program designed to lower your risk of heart disease…
Heart Disease · February 11, 2013
Vitamin C and risk of coronary heart disease in women (07-21-03)
Vitamin C and risk of coronary heart disease in women Vitamin C is one of those supplements that has had an incredibly amount of research behind it. Although its benefits in cardiovascular disease has not been fully…
Heart Disease · February 11, 2013
Heart Plaque and Vitamin C – (03-28-02)
Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque and Ascorbic Acid Although this is a study done in mice, it should raise some naysayers of vitamin C for heart disease. This study shows that, although vitamin C does not affect the…
Heart Disease · February 11, 2013
Folic acid and B12 for heart disease – (08-23-01)
Cost-effectiveness of Vitamin Therapy to Lower Plasma Homocysteine Levels for the Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease This article supports the use of fortification of processed grains with folic acid and B12 from a…
Heart Disease · February 11, 2013
Flossing teeth to foil heart disease – (07-18-02)
Can flossing teeth foil heart disease? This short review supports further the notion that healthy gums means healthy heart. This may refer back to a few articles ago–the gums can be a route of infection into the human…
Chiropractic Care · February 11, 2013
Does Chiropractic Care Drive Up Health Insurance Costs?
Here in Arizona, chiropractic care is not included in the Medicaid system (termed AZ Health Care Cost Containment System, or AHCCCS). As an active member of my state association, I have been in the front lines trying to…
Acupuncture · February 11, 2013
Acupuncture blocks stress on the heart – (11-26-01)
Acupuncture Blocks Sympathetic Nerve Activity to Heart It is becoming more and more difficult to say that acupuncture has no effects on the human body… It is just so hard to accept the concept of a series of meridian…
Colic · February 9, 2013
2 More Reasons Breast Feeding Beats Even the Best Baby Formula
I hear it time and time again. “Baby Johnny didn’t have problems until I stopped breast feeding and switched to baby formula.” In the past, I have focused on the new food or formula being introduced. That has just been…
Allergies · February 8, 2013
Start Early to Protect Your New Baby From Allergies
Ask any allergy-suffering adult how much allergies suck and you’ll likely get an earful. Sneezing, watery eyes, sinus headaches, itchy eyes…it’s enough to make life miserable. When you combine this with asthma, curling…
Cholesterol · February 7, 2013
Should Eggs Add to Your Cholesterol Per Day: 4 Things to Change
There have been many bad recommendations perpetuated over the years about how much cholesterol per day you should take in. Do eggs count? This confusion has been created by national organizations (American Heart…
Depression · February 6, 2013
Depression Risk Factors: Watch Out For This Hidden Cause
I’ve covered many of the risk factors for depression over the years in this blog. Of course, top of the list of powerful tools to manage depression is exercise, but I understand that when you’re depressed, getting the…
Diabetes (Type 2) · February 5, 2013
Does Your Neuropathy Support Formula Include This?
As diabetes increases, so will peripheral neuropathy. Many turn to supplements for help, but you need to make sure your neuropathy support formula contains this. Diabetic neuropathy is serious stuff and can become one…
Heart Disease · February 3, 2013
Using CT scans to find heart disease – (04-30-01)
Electron-Beam CT in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease This method of looking for plaquing of the coronary arteries appears to be reliable. Being non-invasive, it is much safer than many other diagnostic…
Soy · February 3, 2013
Soy’s Protective Cardiovascular Effects – (07-12-01)
Soy Has Both Beneficial & Potentially Adverse Cardiovascular Effects This is another research article pointing to the beneficial effects of soy. This one does point out some of the potentially adverse effects, noting…
Heart Disease · February 3, 2013
Resistance exercise protects the heart – (03-28-02)
Improved Cardio After 6 Months Resistance Exercise in Elderly The days of viewing the elderly as “frail” and avoiding resistance training is long over. The benefits of weight/resistance training in the elderly is just…
Heart Disease · February 3, 2013
Protective compounds in tea and heart disease – (08-06-01)
Catechin intake and ischemic heart disease The benefits of tea are well known, and generally, whatever black tea does, green tea does many times over. One of the compounds believed to provide the beneficial effects is a…
Heart Disease · February 3, 2013
Legumes and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease – (11-26-01)
Legumes and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease This is another of those “how much did we spend on THIS??!!” studies. What is surprising is that 4 servings/wk lowered risk of CHD 22% and CVD (which would include strokes)…
Heart Disease · February 3, 2013
HRT and Heart Disease – (11-05-01)
HRT and Heart Disease Here’s another study not able to find a benefit of HRT on heart disease indices. Any women desiring to take HRT needs to fully evaluate what diseases she hopes to altered the path to. If lowering…
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