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View Post: Covering Alternative Medicine---Another perspective : White Coat ...
18 Nov 2009
Integrative medicine is particularly useful in treating chronic diseases like diabetes, coronary artery disease and pain, which are all can be influenced by such lifestyle factors, such as diet and exercise. ... It's already happening: just think about how often you hear that regular exercise and a diet rich in antioxidant- packed fruits and vegetables and plant-based proteins (rather than proteins high in saturated fats) may prevent cancer and heart disease. ...
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View Post: L-carnitine not great for athletes, studies suggest : CAMLAW ...
28 Nov 2009
Dr. Joyce Frye, a professor of family and community medicine at the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, says she recommends the supplement to some of her heart patients. ... These may be side effects that patients with serious disease are willing to endure. But for those after a faster jog around the block, risking diarrhea and nausea -- absent any proof of benefit -- just might not be worth it. ...
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View Post: Chelation
19 Nov 2009 by Michelle Schiavo  
Iron is by far the most common of the heavy metals that predisposes individuals to heart disease. It promotes free radical activity and thereby leads to accelerated arterial damage. Lead and cadmium are common industrial pollutants that ...
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View Post: The Detox Delusion: Kudos to Duke Integrative Medicine ...
8 Nov 2009
Here's how I think about it, without being privy to any of the discussions at such institutions: large health systems like Duke's pay a collective price if one of their heart disease or diabetes patients suffers complications from use of ... With Ms Reardon, diabetic patients who wish to lose weight will then be counseled and prescribed a dietary regimen that won't complicate their disease. Of course, I'm not giving carte blanche to all integrative medicine centers ...
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View Post: Owning Our Boobs: An Integrative Medicine MD's Thoughts on the New ...
17 Nov 2009 by Lissa Rankin  
Owning Our Boobs: An Integrative Medicine MD's Thoughts on the New Mammography Recommendations. feel-your-boobies-breasts2 Hiya Pinkies. I already posted something for today, but a bunch of you have come to me begging me to don my white coat and comment on the new ..... I have a friend whose 34 yo daughter was recently diagnosed with breast cancer found by chance because she had tenderness, confirmed by needle biopsy and then by MRI to see extent of disease. ...
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View Post: Skeptic North: A Skeptic North Response to the Naturopaths' Rebuttal
4 hours ago by Jonathan Abrams  
That is why one of their many recommendations is, for example, vaccination to prevent disease. It's worth pointing out that naturopaths regularly oppose life-saving vaccines, which are one of the best ways to prevent a patient from .... In our developing model of integrative medicine, Naturopathic Doctors are not costing the system more money. Instead, they are decreasing the costs of care for patients with chronic illness while providing better access to primary care for ...
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View Post: Health Maven - Escape from the Medical Mafia Matrix: Yikes! The ...
29 Nov 2009 by paulsma@gmail.com (Health Maven)  
Among them are people who actually believe the small affirmative nods from politicians, in the direction of alternative medicine, are signaling an enlightened age under the Obama Star. ... This makes the medical system the third leading cause of death in America, behind heart disease and cancer. In the wake of Starfield's devastating report, other facts came to light: 2.1 million people in America, every year, are hospitalized as a result of reactions to FDA-approved ...
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View Post: The Natural Mom: Please don't take away my popcorn
19 Nov 2009 by The Natural Mom (Kate Pietrowski)  
NAS concluded that trans fats are more harmful than saturated fats and pose a greater risk for heart disease 4. In 2006 the New Journal of Medicine scientific review stated "The consumption of trans fatty acids results in considerable ...
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View Post: The Superstress Solution – Book Review
28 Nov 2009 by Caribousmom  
Flavonoids have been shown to lower high blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease and strokes. Chocolate is rich in magnesium and potassium, two minerals that help promote the “relaxation response,” as well as iron and zinc, ...
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