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Post by the Scribe on Nov 19, 2019 6:02:07 GMT -5
People aged 110 and older have ‘unique’ immune cells that may help them live longer, says studyYahoo Lifestyle Rachel Grumman Bender,Yahoo Lifestyle 10 hours ago www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/people-aged-110-and-older-have-unique-immune-cells-that-may-help-them-live-longer-says-study-231022651.html
People who live to be over 110 years old — known as supercentenarians — have a secret weapon in their immune system, according to a new study. (Photo: Getty Images)
People who live to be 110 years old and beyond — known as supercentenarians — have a secret weapon in their immune system, and it may be one of the reasons why they’re able to live such long, healthy lives.
In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Japanese researchers collected blood samples from seven supercentenarians and five control participants (ranging from their 50s to their 80s), isolated and analyzed their immune cells and then compared the two groups.
The researchers found that while supercentenarians have fewer B cells — white blood cells that secrete antibodies to fight pathogens — than the control group, they have significantly higher numbers of a rare type of T cell in their blood.
To give some background, there are two types of T cells: helper cells and killer cells (also known as “cytotoxic” cells, which means they can kill other cells, such as when fighting off virus-infected cells or tumor cells).
“Killer T cells, or cytotoxic T cells, usually have a marker on them called CD8 that allows them to peek into cells and see if there’s an infected cell,” Jonathan Schneck, MD, PhD, a professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “Immune cells function in a very orchestrated fashion. CD8 cells don’t function by themselves; they need help from other cells, and one of them that provides a lot of help is the CD4 helper T cell.”
In the case of the supercentenarians, however, the researchers found that most of their immune cells came from a subset of T cells called CD4 CTLs — a helper cell that can actually attack and kill other cells. “It is a relatively unique set of T cells,” Schneck says.
VJ Periyakoil, MD, director of the Stanford Successful Aging Program, explains to Yahoo Lifestyle that these are “very specialized immune cells that help our body in fighting virus infections and cancer. These cells secrete two compounds called granzyme B and perforin, which kill intruder cells upon direct contact.”
A 2017 study noted that these special T cells “play important roles in antiviral and antitumor immunity, as well as in inflammation.”
The study authors were surprised by the results. “This characteristic is very unique to supercentenarians,” they wrote, “because generally CD4 T cells have helper, but not cytotoxic, functions under physiological conditions.”
They added that these unique cells “may represent an essential adaptation to achieve exceptional longevity by sustaining immune responses to infections and diseases.”
“Maybe that’s helping in terms of getting past many of the challenges we have in terms of old age, as people become elderly and frail,” Schneck tells Yahoo Lifestyle, referring to the special cells. “Those cells may be helping them clear what could be nascent cancer cells, or they could help protect them from infection — all of the things that the very elderly are particularly susceptible to.”
Periyakoil says a robust immune system is necessary for a lengthy, healthy life, but parts of the immune system can weaken with age. “As we get older for most of us, the immune system becomes less efficient, putting us at risk for cancers and infections,” she says. “If your immune system continues to be very efficient in killing bugs and cancer cells, you are likely to lead a long and healthy life.”
In a statement to Live Science, study co-authors Kosuke Hashimoto, Nobuyoshi Hirose and Piero Carninci wrote: "The key will be to understand what is [the cells'] natural target, which may help to reveal what is needed for a healthy, long life.”
Supercentenarians are a rare club. According to the Gerontology Research Group, there are 31 validated supercentenarians living around the world (30 are women, one is male).
Read more from Yahoo Lifestyle:
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Dementia is the ‘top public health crisis,’ declare 4 former surgeons general www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/dementia-is-the-top-public-health-crisis-declare-former-surgeon-general-232655161.html
Genetics may be the reason why you hate vegetables, study shows www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/genetics-may-be-the-reason-why-you-hate-vegetables-study-shows-133618638.html
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 23, 2019 12:09:37 GMT -5
Foods such as cinnamon, garlic, raw honey, and others are not only delicious but contain many health benefits, that's why more and more people refer to them as “superfoods.”
How do they help us?
They support your body on a cellular level. They help with healing after exercise. And they provide you with energy. Dr. Budwig not only explained the value of these foods, but she also urged everyone to develop a healthy eating “lifestyle.” When eating well is our way of life, we supply our body with what it needs to thrive. As with most things in life, the more you know the value of something, the more you appreciate it and make use of it. With that aim, we have prepared a list of just a handful of superfoods that we recommend you incorporate into your diet.
Click the links below to learn more about these foods and how they can help you.
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You will also find the information provided in the Budwig Guide very useful, which includes an extensive list of foods to eat and foods to avoid if you follow the Budwig Diet.
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 26, 2019 23:47:16 GMT -5
This is more common than people think.Seeing Monsters? It Could Be The Nightmare Of Sleep ParalysisShort Wave www.npr.org/podcasts/510351/short-wave November 26, 20194:00 AM ET REBECCA RAMIREZ Emily Kwong
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Art historians point to images like John Henry Fuseli's 1754 painting "The Nightmare" as early depictions of sleep paralysis. UniversalImagesGroup/Getty Images
Josh Smith says it all started when he was five years old. He'd go to sleep and in the middle of the night, he'd wake up, his body rigid.
One night stood out to him in particular: He was 16. He'd just had sex with his girlfriend and it was stressing him out. Raised Evangelical, he wondered if he was going to hell for premarital sex.
He was already worried his parents might divorce; another source of profound stress in his life at the time.
He fell asleep. Then, Smith says, sometime around one or two o'clock in the morning, he woke up and couldn't move a muscle.
The bedroom was pitch black. And he had a terrifying hallucination.
"A figure appeared out of the left side of my peripheral," Smith recalls. "It was humanoid, and it was pale white. No pigment in the skin. No eyebrows, no facial hair — none of that. But the eyes were the deepest of deep. Just darkness." A hand crept into his vision until it was inches from his face.
But he still couldn't call out for help. His body was frozen.
Smith has never been diagnosed, but he thinks this was just another instance of sleep paralysis. Short Wave spoke with doctors who confirmed that Smith's symptoms are consistent with the disorder: complete immobility upon waking, a feeling of terror and occasionally, hallucinations.
But Smith says he didn't have the tools to understand this sleep disorder when he was a teenager. "I love my parents and everything, but they were not good at handling anything that wasn't 'normal.' So if you came to them with a nightmare, they would lock their door and tell you to go back to bed."
So that night? He began to call out the name of Jesus — over and over — in his head. After what Smith thinks amounted to 15 to 20 seconds, the figure disappeared.
Sleep paralysis is rooted in problems with REM sleep. There are two categories of sleep one experiences throughout the night: rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM sleep.
Dr. Clete Kushida, a neurologist and Division Chief and Medical Director of Stanford Sleep Medicine Center, says that as a person falls asleep, their heart rate slows, muscle activity decreases and brainwave activity slows in frequency. This is non-REM sleep.
During REM, however, a person's eyes will dart back and forth, but voluntary muscles are paralyzed (think your legs, not your heart). Kushida says this stage is when about 90% of dreams occur. Brain activity is similar to when a person is awake.
It's coming out of REM sleep, when a person's voluntary muscles are still paralyzed, that a person could experience an episode of sleep paralysis.
About 75% of the time, those experiencing sleep paralysis will hallucinate. "Most of the time, we'll hear that it's something frightening," Kushida says. "But there have been instances where a person will report that one of their loved ones was there."
In fact, the hallucinations typical of sleep paralysis are frequently influenced by a person's culture and described in terms of "paranormal activity." There are descriptions from Newfoundland of an "Old Hag," or witch sitting on the person's body. In Japanese folklore, the same phenomenon is called kanashibari, which means "bound in metal." Some researchers think sleep paralysis is to blame for reports of alien abductions.
This prevalence across cultures makes sense in light of Pennsylvania researchers' systematic review of scientific studies across a 50-year period. The review estimates that 8% of the general population has one episode of sleep paralysis in the course of their lifetime. The study found that this number is variable within populations. For example, more than 30% of psychiatric patients had an episode of sleep paralysis, and the disorder is most common in adolescents.
Though researchers still have a long way to go before pinpointing exactly what causes sleep paralysis, there are some leads. In 2012, researchers at the University of Toronto manipulated transmitters and receptors in the brains of rats and were able to provoke sleep paralysis. The hope is that by studying these mechanisms, researchers will ultimately be able to understand what mechanisms in the brain cause sleep paralysis in humans.
The disorder is also common in patients experiencing narcolepsy, a sleep disorder that can cause people to wake up frequently during the night. Sleep paralysis is considered a symptom of narcolepsy.
Researchers are hoping to one day locate the genetic markers for the disorder, which has been shown to run in families.
As for Smith, he's worked to manage his own stress over the years. Managing stress is crucial because stress is pervasive for those experiencing sleep paralysis.
Dr. Kushida has a couple takeaways for anyone who may be experiencing the disorder:
1. If the sleep paralysis episodes persist, go to a sleep specialist
Physicians there can run a sleep study and make a diagnosis. The physician will likely take into account the patient's sleep history and screen for things like sleep apnea. Though, Dr. Kushida notes, "a sleep study is not necessary for diagnosis."
2. If you suspect someone is going through this, provide comfort in those moments because it is pretty scary.
Dr. Kushida says that reassurance is important for those experiencing sleep paralysis, "because in most cases it just spontaneously disappears. But if it happens repetitively, then they should see a sleep specialist or a neurologist."
These specialists can further diagnose the patient and if needed, refer the patient to a specialist who can help tackle what's triggering the sleep paralysis — be it stress or something else.
This story is a listener question episode of Short Wave. Send us YOUR questions to shortwave@npr.org and the team may answer them.
This episode was produced by Rebecca Ramirez and edited by Viet Le.www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Understanding-Sleep www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082011/#ref9 psycnet.apa.org/record/1986-12193-001 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3629091 www.nytimes.com/1999/07/06/science/alien-abduction-science-calls-it-sleep-paralysis.html www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3156892/ www.jneurosci.org/content/jneuro/32/29/9785.full.pdf
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 27, 2019 1:00:03 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 27, 2019 10:50:20 GMT -5
crosspostThe first guest on this particular Coasttocoastam show was Christian Wilde www.myheartbook.com/ . Near the beginning of the interview he mentioned some famous people with Parkinson's among them Neil Diamond and Linda Ronstadt. And he RAVED about Linda and her talent. Then he mentioned her documentary The Sound of My Voice. He went on to talk about the benefits of Turmeric (Curcumin) for neurodegenerative disease among them Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Linda's PSP is also classified as neuro-degenrative and it would also be responsive to curcumin. As I mentioned in the last post there are improved curcumin products that make in highly absorbable but by itself turmeric does not absorb well so it is important to use one of those products. It is great for inflammation of all kinds. Something to think about.Turmeric Health Benefits / Ayahuasca & Healingwww.coasttocoastam.com/show/2019/11/26
DATE Tuesday - November 26, 2019 HOST George Noory GUESTS Christian Wilde, Spring Washam Show Audio Listen with Coast Player (Pop-up blockers may need to be disabled) Listen with Windows Player High Low Download MP3s Hour 1 Hour 2 Hour 3 Hour 4 IMPORTANT: Some mobile devices do not download MP3s. If this is the case, please use your desktop computer.
In the first half, researcher Christian Wilde detailed the health benefits of the natural spice turmeric, and its use as a treatment or preventative for such ailments as Parkinson's disease, MS, cancer, and Alzheimer's. According to his research, there are some 650 to 700 conditions that could benefit from turmeric supplementation. For people concerned about fluoride in their water supply, turmeric has been found to neutralize toxins, he noted, as well as having anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, anti-oxidant, anti-viral, and anti-fungal properties. The neurodegenerative disease Parkinson's involves the death of neurons in the brain, and patients have low levels of Vitamin D. Testing in Petri dishes has shown that neurons bathed in turmeric have 80% regrowth, and these results are being studied for further applications, he reported.
In China and India, the numbers for Alzheimer's patients are much lower, which may relate to the fact that they have more turmeric in their diet, he indicated. A study from Vanderbilt University found that curcumin (the active ingredient in turmeric) "has demonstrated ability to enter the brain, bind to, and destroy the beta-amyloid plaques present in Alzheimer's disease," Wilde quoted from the paper. Turmeric has also shown some promise as a cancer preventative and remedy. Working with the MD Anderson Cancer Centers, biochemist Bharat Aggarwal has said 'in 50 years of research, I have seen no cancer that has not benefited from turmeric.' It's well established, Wilde added, that turmeric kills cancer cells on contact but preserves healthy cells. Further, oncologists are now considering combining turmeric with chemotherapy treatments to enhance effectiveness.
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Meditation and dharma teacher, Spring Washam, leads retreats throughout the world, including deep into the Amazon. In the latter half, she spoke about her extensive training in indigenous healing practices and work with ayahuasca to bring about positive psychological changes and increased meaning in the lives of her clients. She believes that difficult moments can be doorways to new understandings, and that the challenges in our lives are opportunities for growth. She regards the South American brew, ayahuasca, as a kind of sacred plant medicine that has helped people (including herself) deal with unresolved traumas. The potent substance induces a 5-6 hour internal journey, and often results in significant personal clarity, she detailed.
At Washam's retreats in Peru, which include ayahuasca ceremonies, she works with two shamans who offer guidance and support in an atmosphere she characterized as a "spiritual hospital." The experience, she said, has proven useful in treating anxiety, phobias, and depression, and helps people to deal with and release emotions. Ayahuasca naturally boosts serotonin levels in the brain, and this is being studied in Brazil, where the medicinal brew is legal (as it is in most of South America). The ayahuasca experience, as well as deep meditative techniques, may not be right or beneficial for everyone, she conceded-- people with mental illness, for instance, could have difficulty handling the intense states. But for what she considers a global epidemic of "psycho-emotional illnesses" and an ever-increasing number of people yearning for 'something more' in life, plant medicine can be more effective than pharmaceutical medication.
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 29, 2019 4:31:07 GMT -5
We are all going to grow old with any luck. While alternative health and healing methods are critically important so too are making sure you have the basics.www.ncoa.org/Imagine Aging Well For AllNational Council on Aging692 subscribers Health. Security. Connections. These are the elements you need to age well.
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 9, 2019 0:51:37 GMT -5
The way I understand it gluten causes inflammation in the intestines which disallows proper digestion of foods and a lack of absorption of proper nutrients, vitamins and minerals. This causes all sorts of problems. Gluten isn't just in wheat. There are other types.
Is Gluten that bad for your health? | The Science
Is gluten bad? | Is going "gluten free" a fad?
The Gluten Killer - Dr. Joel Wallach
I have also heard we need more salt than we are led to believe.
Salt: Are you getting Enough? (More Sodium & Health)
Dr Wallach-You Need More Salt
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 11, 2019 3:03:59 GMT -5
www.drcowansgarden.com/THOMAS COWAN, M.D. Dr. Cowan is a longtime holistic physician living and practicing in San Francisco who specializes in helping people heal through diet and natural medicines. His book How (and Why) to Eat More Vegetables describes why eating small amounts of a wide variety of vegetables is key to optimal health. He is the author of Human Heart, Cosmic Heart, published by Chelsea Green in 2016, is the primary author of The Fourfold Path to Healing, and co-author, with Sally Fallon, of The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby and Child Care. He is one of the founding board members of the Weston A. Price Foundation, and he is trained and experienced in Anthroposophic medicine as well. He is also a passionate and knowledgeable grower of vegetables. He did, indeed, plant and tend many of the vegetables that were turned into these powders.
FOUNDING MISSION: TO IMPROVE HUMAN, ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC HEALTH BY INCREASING THE CULTIVATION AND CONSUMPTION OF PLANT DIVERSITY.
From Dr. Cowan: The philosophy behind our company is simple and emerges from my almost 40 years of studying food and nutrition and from working with my patients. My conception of a healthy diet is one that includes a liberal amount of healthy fats (grass-fed butter or ghee, coconut oil, olive oil) and proteins (wild fish, grass-fed land animals, pastured poultry and eggs) to build a healthy body, make hormones (fats), nourish our immune systems (fats and proteins) and obtain calories for energy (fats). These two categories of food should make up the bulk of most people's diets.
The plants have a different purpose. We eat grains (for those that tolerate them) as an energy food, and fruits and vegetables for their concentrated vitamins, minerals and varied phytochemicals, which are so important for human health. Unlike animals, plants are stationary and use chemistry to defend themselves against predators and disease. These chemicals also provide vitamins, antioxidants and other healing elements for humans.
In fact, taking our lead from healthy traditional peoples, we should strive to eat at least 10 to 12 different plants a day: some roots (carrots, beets), some stems (celery, Brussels sprouts), some leaves (kale, chard), and some fruits and flowers (tomatoes, zucchini). Eating different plant parts and colors is the surest way to avail ourselves of all the nutrients plants have to offer. The problem is, even for someone with a large garden, it's challenging, if not practically impossible, to eat even five plants a day. Dr. Cowan's Garden powders were created to address this problem.
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heartattacknew.com/ notes:
Strophanthus www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/s/stroph96.html
Medicinal Action and Uses---The sole official use of Strophanthus in medicine is for its influence on the circulation, especially in cases of chronic heart weakness. As its action is the same as that of digitalis, although more likely to cause digestive disturbances (Many practitioners are of opinion that Strophanthus does not cause digestive disturbances. - EDITOR), it is often useful as an alternative or adjuvant to the drug. Believed to have greater diuretic power, it is esteemed of greater value in cases complicated with dropsies.
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 11, 2019 3:10:22 GMT -5
heartattacknew.com/Following a heart attack, a lot of people have a hard time getting back onto their feet. On this website Knut Sroka, MD gives detailed and understandable answers to the most frequently asked questions concerning heart attacks. Consequently, you will be able to make better decisions concerning your own treatment. This website has no commercial intentions.
Some highlights: Coronary bypass surgery does not prevent further heart attacks.
Balloon catheter and stents are suitable for reducing complaints. But heart catheter and stents do not prevent heart attacks and do not prolong life.
Too little cholesterol is damaging. Cholesterol inhibitors, „statins“, stimulate the process of aging.
“Ouabain” is an additional excellent medicine for the heart that is sadly almost unknown.
The purpose of the website The target group includes patients after a heart attack, patients with angina/heart seizures and their relatives and friends. This site is of interest for anybody who wants to prevent a heart attack.
The purpose of the website: Advice for an effective prevention of a heart attack.
The starting point: There is a substantial lack of knowledge about the ineffectiveness of heart catheter and stents and bypass surgery: Heart patients and people in general do not know that these treatments improve symptoms, but fail to deliver in terms of preventing subsequent heart attacks and in extending patients’ life expectancy. They fail to deliver where it matters most.
Patients undergo heart catheter/stenting and bypass surgery in the belief that these procedures are appropriate to protect them against a heart attack and will give them a chance to live longer. Everybody is persuaded of this. But the international studies to evaluate the sense of these interventions show clearly: – Balloon catheter and stents are suitable for reducing complaints. Heart catheter and stents do not prevent heart attacks(!) and do not prolong life(!). – Bypass surgery does not prevent further heart attacks(!). Patients who suffer only mild symptoms do not live a day longer as a result of the operation(!).
These facts are hard to believe, but these results are proven and evidenced as it is shown in detail in this website.
What is the reason for these deceptive results? Heart catheter and stents dilate coronary narrowings, by placing surgical bypasses the coronary stenoses are detoured. These interventions take the edge off the coronary plaque build up. Why do these measures not help?
The solution to the question lies in the capacity of the human body to build an extensive diversion around the severely blocked parts of the vessels, thereby creating a natural bypass system in the heart muscle. Nature is well capable of helping itself. If the blood flow in the coronary artery is severely constricted, the body develops a new bundle of vessel pathways to bypass the stenosis. This dense network of vessels prevents any damage to the heart muscles that could be caused by the stenosis. A surgical bypass cannot improve on this natural bypass network.
This website provides detailed and illustrative information about this topic. The best demonstration of this is to watch the 5-minutes-heart catheter film on this website. Anyone watching this short film will inevitably doubt the sense of heart catheter and bypass surgery.
Following a heart attack, a lot of people have a hard time getting back onto their feet. The huge amounts of pills these patients have to take do not seem to help. The medication often has the opposite effect from the intended. Patients experience a loss of vitality, a lack of drive and they suffer from mood swings. Some never actually manage to put the pieces back together again.
Statins, to lower cholesterol, are always part of the daily pill package of every heart patient. The benefit for a heart patient is ridiculous: around 200 patients have to take a statin every day over a year to prevent 1 heart attack of 1 single person. It is really more difficult to win by playing roulette than to be this lucky person.
On the other hand it is dangerous to take statins: statins stimulate the process of aging. And, too little cholesterol is damaging. It was striking that in various studies, many patients who died from cancer had low levels of cholesterol. Older people in particular appear to require higher (!) levels of cholesterol to live longer; lower levels are associated with an increased risk of mortality, particularly due to cancer and severe infections. The statins are big business without profit for the patients.
This website provides understandable explanations that heart attacks are caused by different reasons. Coronary plaques build-up is one of the many causes and certainly not the most important one. According to the latest research, heart attack patients suffer from a certain characteristic defect in the heart’s control system. The relaxation properties of these patients are seriously diminished, which leads to angina and heart attack.
What can be done better to prevent a heart attack? This website recommends strengthening the relaxation properties: stress relief, more sleep, earlier to bed, tender love care as a main healing and prophylactic measure, yoga and other Asian arts. Furthermore, a Mediterranean diet: olive oil, bread, a lot of fruit and vegetables, no day without fresh fruit, more fish than meat, preferably white meat in the form of poultry, and a glass of wine as is common in Mediterranean countries. And above all: Forget „Low cholesterol“, don’t be afraid of having an egg for breakfast.
Last not least: this website recommends the use of „Ouabain“ for heart patients. Ouabain was the leading medication for treating heart weakness in Germany for over half a century. Today it is sadly almost unknown, overrun by the cardiological „modern“ standard pill package.
Ouabain comes from the seeds of a liana that is mainly found in tropical Africa. Ouabain decreases the frequency of heart seizures. It allows patients with heart weakness to breathe better and increases their physical capacities, even in severe cases. It undoubtedly increases the well-being of patients after a heart attack. Dr. Sroka insists that taking ouabain plays an important role in preventing heart attacks.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I risk having bypass surgery? » What is the relationship between stress and heart attacks? » How dangerous are my blocked coronary arteries? » Classical Concept » Doubts » The Riddle’s Solution » Acute Blockage » The Small Plaques » Chances of Replacing the Classical View » What causes a heart attack? » Do heart catheters and the insertion of stents really help? » What is oxidative stress? » What is the connection between oxidative stress and heart attacks? » How useful are cholesterol inhibitors (“statins”)? » Is aspirin necessary and well-tolerated? » What can be done to prevent a heart attack? » Benefits for body and mind » „Ouabain“: the wasted opportunity » How to get „Ouabain“? » To sum up » Is it possible to measure the risk of heart attack? » Where can I read more on this subject? »„Ouabain“: the wasted opportunity„Ouabain“ is an additional excellent medicine for the heart that is sadly almost unknown. Ouabain comes from the seeds of a beautiful blooming liana that is mainly found in tropical Africa. Ouabain decreases the frequency of heart seizures; this can be observed in daily practice and has also been sufficiently scientifically proved. It allows patients with heart weakness to breathe better and increases their physical capacities, even in severe cases. It undoubtedly increases the well-being of patients after a heart attack. Ouabain plays an important role in the prevention of heart attacks.
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 11, 2019 14:06:01 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 20, 2019 3:24:57 GMT -5
ellenlanger.com/The 'counterclockwise' studyImagine, for a moment, living in a nursing home. Your meals are in a cafeteria, your recreation is at scheduled times, and you're surrounded by other old people, mostly strangers. You've been robbed of your autonomy, maybe even your identity — the very things that make you you may be more tied to your past than your present, and nobody expects very much of you anymore.
No matter your age, this is not an environment in which most people thrive. But Langer thought that maybe, just maybe, if you could put people in a psychologically better setting — one they would associate with a better, younger version of themselves — their bodies might follow along. "Wherever you put the mind, you're necessarily putting the body," she explained many years later, on CBS This Morning.
Since Langer couldn't actually send elderly people into the past, she decided to bring the past into the present. "We would recreate the world of 1959 and ask subjects to live as though it were twenty years earlier," she wrote, in her 2009 book "Counterclockwise."
How exactly did that work? Here's how Bruce Grierson described the beginning of this experiment in The New York Times Magazine:
Eight men in their 70s stepped out of a van in front of a converted monastery in New Hampshire. They shuffled forward, a few of them arthritically stooped, a couple with canes. Then they passed through the door and entered a time warp. Perry Como crooned on a vintage radio. Ed Sullivan welcomed guests on a black-and-white TV. Everything inside — including the books on the shelves and the magazines lying around — were designed to conjure 1959. The men didn't just reminisce about what things were like at that time (a control group did that). They were instructed to behave as if it were actually 1959, while the control group lived in a similar environment but didn't act as if it were decades ago.
They discussed historical events as if they were current news, and no provisions were made that acknowledged the men's weakened physical state; no one carried their bags or helped them up the stairs or treated them like they were old.
"Nothing — no mirrors, no modern-day clothing, no photos except portraits of their much younger selves — spoiled the illusion that they had shaken off 22 years," Grierson wrote.
A week later, both the control group and the experimental group showed improvements in "physical strength, manual dexterity, gait, posture, perception, memory, cognition, taste sensitivity, hearing, and vision," Langer wrote in "Counterclockwise."
And according to Langer's account, most of those improvements were much more significant in the group told to live as if it were actually 1959; a full 63% of them had better intelligence test scores at the end of the experiment than they did at the beginning, compared to 44% in the control group. Four independent volunteers, who knew nothing about the study, looked at before and after photos of the men in the experimental group and perceived those in the "after" photos as an average of two years younger than those in the "before."
On the last day of the study, Langer wrote, men "who had seemed so frail" just days before ended up playing "an impromptu touch football game on the front lawn."
In some ways, the results should not be surprising. Grierson writes that Langer actually said to the participants, "we have good reason to believe that if you are successful at this, you will feel as you did in 1959." When you believe that something will affect you in a particular way, it often does. That's why placebo controls are baked into every rigorous clinical trial.
Your own expectations, and the expectations of others, are powerful. And expectations of the declining cognitive and physical abilities that come with age are pervasive.
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 23, 2019 4:04:16 GMT -5
Travis ElliottA single drop of blood: No research or FDA approval behind doctor's testing methodsUSA TODAY www.yahoo.com/news/single-drop-blood-no-research-033339317.html Isaac Fornarola, Burlington Free Press,USA TODAY•December 21, 2019
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BURLINGTON, Vt. – Medical doctors couldn’t help a teenager with thyroid disease who had trouble getting out of bed. They had no remedy for a child with a common infection causing persistent skin lesions.
But by using a test on a single drop of blood, a test without research or FDA approval behind it, some naturopathic physicians say they’ve succeeded where modern medicine failed.
These are stories from a video series by Travis Elliott, a naturopath in Vermont, about the Bioresonance Analysis of Health, a method that claims to measure the electromagnetic frequencies of a single drop of blood and use it to pinpoint underlying dysfunction in the body.
“DID YOU KNOW A SINGLE DROP OF BLOOD CAN UNLOCK YOUR INDIVIDUAL PATHWAY TO HEALTH?” Elliott’s website asks.
The test has no evidence-based or peer-reviewed research behind it. It is not covered by insurance, and neither the method nor the device used to analyze the blood are FDA approved.
Practitioners throughout the country who are performing the test say it’s a revolutionary way to find solutions for conditions that are difficult to treat, and the efficacy of the test can’t be proved because it works outside of the traditional medical paradigm. Leading doctors and researchers in the field say the claims behind the test are too good to be true.
Travis Elliott at his office in Shelburne, Vermont, where he offers a test guiding treatment with a single drop of blood.
The test was invented by Thomas Szulc, a doctor in Huntington, New York, who runs a medical practice called the New York Center for Innovative Medicine. Szulc has trained and certified people across the world in the method, yet the test is not often used, even by naturopathic doctors like Elliott.
A spokesperson for the American Naturopathic Certification Board said the organization was familiar with the test, “however, it is not a modality that one of our traditional naturopaths would use."
Szulc co-owns a business, Innovative Medicine, with his son Casper that sells nutritional supplements and other products promising to “awaken your healing potential,” according to its website. Szulc’s methods, including the blood test, were featured in Goop, actress Gwenyth Paltrow’s lifestyle website.
Thomas and Casper Szulc did not return multiple calls and emails requesting comment for this story.
Elliott recommends patients undergo the test at least two to three times before deciding whether it’s right for them. A typical course of treatment, he said, would involve seven to eight tests, each of which costs $100, excluding the cost of office visits.
'Worse than Theranos' The bioresonance test analyzes levels in the body of things normally considered unquantifiable: Rather than measuring cholesterol or thyroid levels, practitioners claim they can identify underlying dysfunction by looking at the frequencies in the blood of Energy Anatomy and Emotions or Metabolic Toxicity.
Outside of the process of obtaining the initial drop of blood, it’s unclear exactly how the test is performed, and those who use it say patients and practitioners must be willing to accept some level of subjectivity and be comfortable with the unknown.
Elliott, who has a practice near Burlington, said that the way the test works is something even those in the field don’t fully understand. “Similar to other scientific advances, it’s possible to use a tool even if we don’t 100% understand how it works,” Elliott said.
Leading scientists in the field say such claims are unproven and untested, and the technology needed to use a single drop of blood to identify dysfunction in the entire body does not yet exist.
“In theory? Maybe. In practice? Almost impossible,” said Tim Hamill, who was the director of clinical laboratories at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center for 20 years.
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Hamill is no stranger to bold claims about single drops of blood. He was one of the scientists featured in John Carreyrou’s investigative series for the Wall Street Journal that exposed Theranos, a company that claimed to have developed a device that could perform all standard laboratory testing on a single drop of blood.
Carreyrou found that Theranos took billions from investors before developing a device that could actually achieve those results, and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, now faces up to 20 years of jail on multiple counts of fraud.
For Hamill, assessing the validity of the test boils down to one measure: If it works, then prove it.
Hamill said he couldn’t find anything in the literature about blood testing and bioresonance.
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Though Szulc’s website says the test “has been repeatedly shown to achieve extraordinary results,” none of the practitioners interviewed for this story who are using the test could point to a study or peer-reviewed research showing its methodology or efficacy.
“Those are just the huge red flags for me. If there’s nothing in the literature on blood bioresonance then my guess is it’s a hoax at this point until proven otherwise,” Hamill said.
George Church, a Harvard scientist who also was quoted in Carreyrou’s expose of Theranos, said the test had nothing substantive to back it up. “This seems even worse than Theranos,” Church said, “since there are few connections to any existing medicine.”
Finding 'causes,' not diagnoses Elliott and other practitioners using the test are, usually, careful not to make claims that the test can diagnose an illness.
Because the method has not been studied by the FDA, Szulc and his students are not legally allowed to claim the test can diagnose, treat, or cure a disease.
Those disclosures are interspersed sporadically throughout Elliott’s patient brochures, and often muddled by claims that the test can offer answers to those who have struggled to find them.
On one tab of his website, Elliott describes the test as “an advanced diagnostic and evaluation method.” But in other places, he draws a distinction between bioresonance analysis and diagnosis.
“We may talk about an infection like Lyme disease or a condition like heavy metal toxicity, but the BAH findings would not be used to diagnose you with either of these conditions," the patient orientation handout on his website states.
Melinda Beck, a former naturopathic practitioner says she was one of Szulc’s first students, is less discerning – or less careful – about describing the test as diagnostic.
“In my last couple of years of practice, that really was the only diagnostic means I used to devise a very individualized treatment plan,” Beck said.
So does it work? If the 28 five-star reviews on Google and glowing testimonials on his site are any indication, patients see a great deal of success with the bioresonance test, though Elliott acknowledges that the test isn't for everyone.
"No test is going to work for everybody and in all situations," Elliott said.
He does acknowledge there's a monetary risk, but particularly for those who are suffering without answers, he said it's worth a shot.
For Hamill, the doctor who worked on the Theranos story, it all boils down to the money.
"If they’ve got something that really does what they say this does," Hamill said, "then they should be getting venture capital, and this is a multibillion-dollar company." The science and the technology, he said, simply isn't there.
"And that's what we saw with Theranos," Hamill said. "They had an interesting idea, but in actual application, their box never worked. Now this may be a whole different technology I know nothing about, and this will come out and be the best thing since the invention of fire," he said.
"But until proven, I’m going to remain extremely skeptical that people aren’t just throwing away their money."
Follow Isaac Fornarola on Twitter: @isaacforn
This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont naturopathic doctor offers blood test that has no FDA approval
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 23, 2019 4:17:34 GMT -5
Eileen McKusick, MAtheshiftnetwork.com/Shift Your World. Awaken your full potential. Welcome to The Shift Network — Your Access to the Best Transformational Education, Media and Events on the Planet.
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Becoming part of The Shift Network connects you with a like-minded community — together, we can create a beautiful world that works for all.Eileen McKusick, MA, is a researcher, award-winning author, and the founder of Biofield Tuning, a groundbreaking sound-therapy modality.
Having spent over 20 years researching the electromagnetic field that surrounds the human body (the “biofield”), she has meticulously mapped it, revealing the influence of magnetic fields on our physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. Eileen has trained thousands of healers, clinicians, and practitioners to utilize Biofield Tuning in their healing practices.
A dynamic and inspiring speaker, she presents internationally on biofield science, therapeutic sound, consciousness, electricity and plasma, and human health and potential. She has presented at the Electric Universe Conference, UBUNTU Fest, the Global Sound Healing Conference, and many more professional gatherings.
Based on her master’s thesis, Exploring the Effects of Audible Sound on the Human Body and Its Biofield, Eileen’s book, Tuning the Human Biofield, won the Nautilus award and received widespread acclaim. She is currently working on her second book, which details the new paradigm of electro-sonic cosmology.
Eileen is the founder of the Biofield Tuning Institute, a Vermont-based 501(c)3 nonprofit, which is partnering with the Consciousness and Healing Initiative (CHI) and the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) to apply the scientific method to the Biofield Anatomy Hypothesis. The Biofield Tuning Institute is also spearheading the outreach program Tuners Without Borders, which seeks to bring Biofield Tuning to at-risk populations around the world.
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 24, 2019 2:49:17 GMT -5
Interesting study. Too bad these people weren't on all of these supplements before they got cancer. Fact is in and of itself chemotherapy can kill you. It destroys the immune system. Seems suspicious they are trying to blame it on supplements. Taking certain vitamins during breast cancer chemo tied to recurrence, deathReutersDecember 23, 2019, 2:28 PM MST www.yahoo.com/news/taking-certain-vitamins-during-breast-212802391.html
Shoppers browse for health products in an aisle stocked with vitamin supplements at a Mr Vitamins store in Sydney By Linda Carroll
(Reuters Health) - Patients with breast cancer who use supplements during chemotherapy may be at an increased risk of recurrence and death, a new study suggests.
Use of dietary supplements that boost levels of antioxidants, iron, vitamin B12 and omega-3 fatty acids appeared to lower the effectiveness of chemotherapy, researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
"From this study and others in the literature, it seems that it may not be wise to take supplements during chemotherapy," said Christine Ambrosone, chair of cancer prevention and control, and senior vice president for population sciences at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York.
"It's thought that antioxidants might interfere with the ability of chemotherapy to kill cancer cells," Ambrosone explained. "One way chemotherapy works is by generating lots of oxidative stress. The thinking is that antioxidants may block oxidative stress and make chemotherapy less effective."
Doctors have been advising patients for a number of years not to take antioxidants during chemotherapy, Ambrosone said. "But there was no strong empirical data for that recommendation," she added.
To take a closer look at whether supplement use might impact chemotherapy's effectiveness, Ambrosone and colleagues analyzed data from the Diet, Exercise, Lifestyle and Cancer Prognosis study, which was piggybacked onto a trial designed to determine the best dose and schedule of chemotherapy drugs.
Participants were queried about their use of supplements at the outset and during treatment, and about their lifestyle, diet and exercise habits.
The researchers focused on 1,134 patients who filled out the surveys and followed them for a median of six years. In this particular group of patients, supplement use was much lower than is typical, Ambrosone said, with 20% taking supplements prior to starting chemo and 13% during the treatments.
After accounting for other factors that might increase the risk of recurrence or death, they found patients who took any antioxidant at the outset and during chemotherapy - including carotenoids, Coenzyme Q10 and vitamins A, C, and E - were 41% more likely to have their breast cancer return and 40% more likely to die during follow-up compared to patients using no supplements.
The findings were similar for most individual antioxidants taken before and during chemo, particularly vitamin A. But for the others, the results were not statistically significant, meaning the differences were too small to rule out the possibility they were due to chance. Ambrosone attributes this to the small numbers of patients taking these supplements.
Those taking B12 and iron supplements were at greater risk of recurrence and those results were statistically significant. Women taking B12 were 83% more likely to experience a recurrence and 22% more likely to die during follow-up compared to those who did not take those supplements. Women taking omega-3 supplements before and during chemo had a 67% higher likelihood of recurrence and those taking iron supplements were 79% more likely to experience a recurrence.
Previous research has suggested that iron "can play a role in both cancer initiation as well as promotion," Ambrosone said.
Dr. Amy Tiersten welcomed the new research.
"I am really happy to see that this study has been done," said Tiersten, a professor of medicine, oncology and hematology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. "For years we have been cautioning patients about the use of vitamins, in particular anti-oxidants, during chemotherapy for breast cancer."
"There has been ongoing theoretical concern about the fact that while antioxidants may protect normal cells from the toxic effects of chemo, we don't know that they don't also protect the cancer cells," Tiersten said in an email. "Now we have solid data to back up that concern. I am a bit surprised by the magnitude of the effect, a 41% increase in the risk of recurrence for patients taking these supplements. I have always told patients on chemotherapy that the best way to get their vitamins is through a well-balanced diet and will continue to do so given these data."
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 26, 2019 22:47:45 GMT -5
EAT YOUR WAY TO A HEALTHIER LIFE Choose The Best Diet For YouEat Your Way To A Healthier Life December 26, 201912:01 AM ET www.npr.org/2019/12/26/676129278/choose-the-best-diet-for-you ALLISON AUBREY
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There are a lot of diets out there — the cayenne pepper diet, the baby food diet, that diet where you can only eat grapefruit and eggs. How do you sort through the fads and find a diet that's right (and healthy) for you? Jenna Sterner/NPR Fad diets come and go, and there's no one diet that's best for everyone. So, here are some simple tips to help you pick one that's best for you.
Before we start, here's an important concept to anchor your thinking: All the best diets have a lot in common. They nudge you to eat more fruits, vegetables and lean protein — while at the same time cutting back on refined sugars and packaged foods full of ultra-refined carbs.
Now, on to the tips. David Katz, a preventive health physician and the founding director of Yale University's Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, will be our guide. Then we'll discuss a few of the diets ranked most highly by U.S. News & World Report.
1. Pick a diet that's compatible with your life For a diet to be effective, it's got to be one you can stick with. So before you choose a diet, Katz says ask yourself these questions:
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Some popular diets get lower marks in Katz's book because they are difficult to maintain over time.
2. Good diets tend to have a lot in common Katz says that oftentimes, good diets sound more alike than different. Two of the most highly ranked diets on U.S. News list — the DASH diet and a Mediterranean diet — share a lot of the same building blocks of fruits, veggies and whole grains. They also allow for moderate amounts of eggs, poultry and dairy. Both diets recommend taking it easy on sweets, sugary drinks and red meat.
3. Think about how your diet impacts the planet If you want to align your eating habits with a healthy planet, think about the environmental footprint of your diet.
"I don't think ... we can talk about diet and health and not factor in the health of the planet," Katz says. Consider this: Beef production uses about 20 times the land and emits 20 times the emissions compared to producing beans, per gram of protein. And, there's a consensus among many health experts around the globe that a diet low in red meat consumption is better for our health — and the planet's health. The EAT-Lancet Commission report recommends less than an ounce a day of red meat, or about a hamburger per week. (The folks at the World Resources Institute have calculated the greenhouse gas emissions associated with producing a gram of edible protein of various foods, from eggs, nuts and soy to poultry and beef.)
And now, for a look at some of the ranked diets from U.S. News:
The Mediterranean diet
Some populations with the longest life spans follow a Mediterranean diet, Katz says. He points to so-called blue zones. "There are five blue-zone populations identified to date," Katz says. "These are the people around the world who most routinely live to be 100 and don't get chronic disease," Katz says. Two of these zones are in Mediterranean areas: Ikaria, Greece, and Sardinia, Italy. The diet has been linked to lower rates of breast cancer and heart disease.
Here's how U.S. News describes the Mediterranean pattern of eating: "This diet emphasizes eating fruits, veggies, whole grains, beans, nuts, legumes, olive oil and flavorful herbs and spices, fish and seafood, at least a couple of times a week, and poultry, eggs, cheese and yogurt in moderation, while saving sweets and red meat for special occasions. Top it off with a splash of red wine if you want, and remember to stay physically active and you're set."
Who might this diet be good for? If you don't want to count calories and your goal is overall good health, you may want to give the Mediterranean diet a try. But make sure you buy good olive oil. Here's a hint: To get the freshest olive oil, look for a harvest date on the bottle.
The DASH diet
The DASH diet, which stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, is promoted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to do exactly that — prevent high blood pressure. It's not a sexy sounding diet, but it's tried and true — and routinely ranks as a best diet for health.
It emphasizes the food you've always been told to eat — fruits, veggies, whole grains, lean protein and low-fat dairy, which are high in blood pressure-deflating nutrients such as potassium, calcium, protein and fiber. And, of course, it recommends cutting back on sodium.
As we've reported, there's a lot of evidence pointing to the benefits of this pattern of eating — everything from weight loss, protection against heart disease and certain cancers, as well as diabetes prevention.
The keto diet
The keto diet emphasizes weight loss through burning fat. The goal is to quickly lose weight and ultimately feel better with fewer cravings while boosting your mood, mental focus and energy. It's an ultra low-carb diet.
"It tends to be a very low-fiber diet," Katz says. "That's bad for the gastrointestinal tract," Katz says, so he's not a big fan. The keto diet has come in last place in some of the U.S. News rankings because experts say it can be extreme and hard to stick to. Though, for people who do stick to it, it can lead to significant and fast weight loss. Why? When you deprive your body of carbohydrates, you begin to burn fat as a fuel source.
For Katz, losing weight shouldn't always be the main goal. "I think much of the focus, sadly, is still on losing weight. And all too often, it's on losing weight fast," he says. He prefers diets that people can stick to over their lifetime — not crash diets. And the most important goal is optimal health — not trying to become a size 2 — if that's not your body type.
Another knock on keto is that it can be hard on the environment. People who are on the keto diet tend to eat a lot of meat. He says the same goes for the paleo diet.
An alternative to keto is intermittent fasting. There's preliminary, new evidence that simply limiting your eating window to 10 hours a day (think 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.) can help nudge your body into low-grade ketosis, which can help burn fat.
Paleo diet
The thought behind the paleo diet is, if the cavemen didn't eat it, you shouldn't either. So you'll say goodbye to refined sugar, dairy, legumes and grains and hello to meat, fish, poultry, fruits and veggies.
Katz says this diet is "hard to practice because everything that cavemen ate is extinct. ... The best you can do is approximate it." He also says paleo can be used, "as an excuse to eat bacon, pepperoni and hamburgers."
When It Came To Food, Neanderthals Weren't Exactly Picky Eaters THE SALT www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/04/29/476032883/neanderthals-were-less-picky-eaters-than-early-humans When It Came To Food, Neanderthals Weren't Exactly Picky Eaters
Vegan diet
The vegan diet is basically a vegetarian diet with no animal products, so no eggs, cheese or other dairy.
Katz says there's often a fear that those who follow vegan diets may lack protein, but he says it's mostly an urban legend. "A well-balanced vegan diet readily provides all of the protein that we need." And it's healthy for the planet. Registered dietitians often recommend a B-12 supplement or other multivitamin for people following a vegan diet.
Ornish diet
The plant-based Ornish diet gets top marks. It was developed by Dean Ornish a physician and professor at UC San Francisco. The diet is also low in refined carbs and fat. In his book Spectrum, Ornish describes a range of healthy lifestyle choices, including exercise, yoga and meditation for stress management, as part of his overall wellness plan.
Katz says the Ornish diet is best known for actually reversing heart disease. The diet has been shown to reduce plaque in the coronary arteries and improve other measures linked to cardiovascular health in people who are at high risk of heart disease — or already have it.
Weight Watchers
According to U.S. News, "Weight Watchers assigns every food and beverage a point value based on its nutrition. The things you know you should eat, like fruits and vegetables, are zero points. Those foods help lay a foundation for a healthier pattern of eating. And there's a low risk for overeating them."
The Weight Watchers diet program is known for group meetings and weigh-ins. It tends to rank well because it gives you rules about what to eat and motivation to stick with it. "As soon as you impose any rules, you're better off in terms of weight, at least, and generally in terms of health, too," Katz says. "So these are approaches that basically put training wheels on the bike."
If you like to track what you eat and you like the idea of someone else holding you accountable, you might want to try Weight Watchers. And if you like the idea of someone else preparing your meals so you don't have to decide what to eat, maybe try Jenny Craig. You're going to have to pay for both of them.
This story was originally published on Jan. 21, 2019. The audio portion of the episode was produced by Chloee Weiner.
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 9, 2020 3:58:26 GMT -5
Doug LindsayMissouri man who cured his own mysterious disease now helping othersPOSTED 4:03 PM, AUGUST 3, 2019, BY FOX 4 NEWSROOM fox4kc.com/2019/08/03/missouri-man-who-cured-his-own-mysterious-disease-now-helping-others/
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KTVR)— A man who used his ingenuity to cure his own bizarre medical issues is now helping others find solutions to their problems.
Doug Lindsay was bedridden for 11 years after being medically incapacitated while going to college at Rockhurst University in Kansas City. He finally diagnosed his own rare medical condition, invented a surgery and then cured himself. The story went viral.
“The word I’m getting from CNN is that it was a story that was as big or on par with the Notre Dame fire, the Mueller Report, and the top health story of the year,” said Doug Lindsay.
Thousands of people are now reaching to Doug Lindsay, who isn’t a physician, looking for hope and maybe a new approach in figuring out their own medical mysteries.
“What I ended up doing was viewing myself as a scientist. Doctors offer medical opinions but in science, opinions aren’t facts,” said Doug Lindsay.
For 11 years doctors were baffled at what Lindsay was suffering from. But with hard work, a lot of studying, determination, and countless calls with medical professionals Lindsay successfully diagnosed himself an autonomic nervous system disorder. It attacked his heart rate, blood pressure, metabolism, digestion and more.
“I was able to say, ‘I think I have an autonomic problem.’ Doctors said, ‘problems like yours don’t exist.’ I said, ‘but they could.’ The idea that a system is in the body and nothing could go wrong with it sounded silly to me,” said Doug Lindsay.
He was right. But at the time no surgery was known to cure the problem. That was, no human surgery.
“I found the surgery that I needed, that people thought was impossible, was possible in rats. Then I dug further and found it was done in cats and dogs,” said Doug Lindsay.
Through more perseverance, he convinced the medical community and eventually a surgeon, to do the surgery. It was a success.
“Where I am now is more like somebody who is more healthy than I was. I still have struggles, but a lot of people do,” said Doug Lindsay.
Lindsay now travels and speaks to corporations, doctors and medical students. He has also spoken at Harvard. He is also helping individuals as a personal medical consultant.
“I’m not a physician but I can bring a level of problem-solving and medical sophistication to support doctors and patients who are stuck get unstuck,” said Doug Lindsay.
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 16, 2020 5:15:45 GMT -5
Dr. John DemartiniLots of excellent videos and information from John.www.youtube.com/user/DrDemartiniWho is Dr. John Demartini?
The Demartini Institute 19.2K subscribers John Fredrick Demartini (born November 25, 1954), is an American researcher, best selling author, international educator, public speaker in human behavior and former chiropractor.
He founded the Demartini Institute and has trademarked certain methodologies in human development, the primary two being the Demartini Method and the Demartini Value Determination Process.
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Demartini has also appeared in several films, including The Secret in 2006. He has also appeared in several documentaries and including Peter Rodger’s 2009 film Oh My God, and Overfed & Undernourished in 2014.
He is the author of nine internationally best selling published titles translated into 28 different languages, including The Breakthrough Experience, Inspired Destiny, Riches Within, Stress to Success, How to Make One Hell of a Profit and Still Get to Heaven, The Gratitude Effect, Wisdom of the Oracle, Count Your Blessings, The Heart of Love, You Can Have an Amazing Life in Just 60 Days and The Values Factor.
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 17, 2020 2:59:09 GMT -5
Sharry EdwardsSOUNDHEALTHThe Institute of BioAcoustic Biology & Sound Health has taught us that nothing is hidden from your own voice. You may be able to lie to your friends and deceive yourself with your words but the vocal frequencies do not lie. Vocal Profiling computer software can evaluate the frequencies, architectures and harmonics of your voice. Vast frequency based databanks can now be used to create a report of what you really think, who you are emotionally and the status of your health and wellness. The frequencies missing from your voice are just as important as those that are present. An entire matrix of information, from your DNA to your partner preferences can be evaluated.
The research being conducted by the Institute of BioAcoustic Biology is on the forefront of energy medicine; creating the doorway to our next dimension of health revolution. In addition, the techniques hold promise in answering questions about how our universe was formed, and how our aging and perception of time can be monitored using frequency.
About Sharry Edwards™
Named Scientist of the Year in 2001 for her work in BioAcoustic Biology by The International Association of New Science
Sharry Edwards™ is the pioneer in the study of Human BioAcoustic Biology. Her 30 years of research is being used at the Institute of BioAcoustic Biology in Albany, OH.
Sharry Edwards’ work is now included in The Duke University Encyclopedia of New Medicine, by Leonard A. Wisnecki and The Scientific Basis of Integrative Medicine, by Lucy Anderson. The effects of BioAcoustic Biology, now accepted by these prestigious medical encyclopedias, have unlimited health and wellness potential.
According to Edwards, “BioAcoustics Voice Spectral Analysis can detect hidden or underlying stresses in the body that are expressed as disease.” The vocal print can identify toxins, pathogens and nutritional supplements that are too low or too high. In addition, vocal print can be used to match the most compatible treatment remedy to each client. The introduction of the proper low frequency sound to the body, indicated through voice analysis, has been shown to control: pain, body temperature, heart rhythm, and blood pressure. It has also been shown to regenerate body tissue, and alleviate the symptoms of many diseases (in some cases, even those considered to be incurable).
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 23, 2020 3:36:21 GMT -5
John A. McDougall, MDwww.drmcdougall.com/ store.vegsource.com/A physician and nutrition expert who teaches better health through vegetarian cuisine, John A. McDougall, MD has been studying, writing, and speaking out about the effects of nutrition on disease for over 50 years. Dr. John and Mary McDougall believe that people should look and feel great for a lifetime. Unfortunately, many people unknowingly compromise their health through poor dietary habits.
Dr. McDougall is the founder and director of the nationally renowned McDougall Program: a ten-day residential program that he and Mary McDougall host at a luxury resort in Santa Rosa, CA where medical miracles occur through diet and lifestyle changes. In addition to her formal training as a nurse, Mary McDougall provides many of the delicious recipes that make the McDougall Program not only possible, but also a pleasure. Dr. McDougall has cared for thousands of patients for 5 decades. His program not only promotes a broad range of dramatic and lasting health benefits but, most importantly, can also reverse serious illnesses including high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and others, all without the use of drugs.
A graduate of Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine, Dr. McDougall performed his internship at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, and his medical residency at the University of Hawaii. He is certified as an internist by the Board of Internal Medicine and the National Board of Medical Examiners. He and Mary are also the authors of several nationally best-selling books as well as the co-founders of Dr. McDougall’s Right Foods, which produces high quality vegetarian cuisine to make it easier for people to eat well on the go.
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 28, 2020 6:32:17 GMT -5
Charles B. Simone, M.MS., M.D.www.drsimone.com/ www.youtube.com/user/DrCharlesSimoneWelcome! Charles B. Simone, M.MS., M.D. is an Internist (Cleveland Clinic 1975-77), Medical Oncologist (National Cancer Institute 1977-82), Tumor Immunologist (NCI 1977-82), and Radiation Oncologist (University of Pennsylvania 1982-85), and is the Founder of the Simone Protective Cancer Institute (1980). He wrote Cancer and Nutrition (1981, third revision 2005), The Truth About Breast Health - Breast Cancer (2002), The Truth About Prostate Health - Prostate Cancer (2005), How To Save Yourself From A Terrorist Attack (2001), Nutritional Hydration, Medical Strategy for Military and Athlete Warriors (2008), helped organize the Office of Alternative Medicine, NIH (1992), helped write the Dietary Supplement, Health and Education Act of 1994, helped win landmark cases against the FDA by showing they violated the First and Fifth Amendment rights of Americans, helped introduce the Health Freedom Protection Act of 2005 (H.R. 2117), was bestowed the first Bulwark of Liberty Award in 2001 by the American Preventive Association and the James Lind Scientific Achievement Award in 2004, and continues bench research with the NCI showing that proteomic patterns can diagnose specific cancers at earlier stages than we are currently able to do (Lancet Feb 2002, JNCI Nov 2002), as well as clinical research that shows in 61 human studies Antioxidants and Other Nutrients Do Not Interfere with Chemotherapy or Radiation, and Can Increase Kill, Decrease Side Effects, and Increase Survival (Altern Ther Health Med. 2007. 13(1):22-28; and 13(2):40-46; JNCI Nov 2008).
In 1980 Dr Simone founded the Simone KidStart Prevention Program, the first of its kind. Since 1980 he has worked with inner city churches to teach prevention, detection, and treatment. He is a consultant for heads of state of the US and other countries, celebrities, and advises many governments regarding health care. He testifies for the Senate and House on matters concerning health, cancer, disease prevention, children's health programs, FDA reform, and alternative medicine. He appears on 60 MINUTES, Prime Time Live, Fox News Channel, and others.
Dr Simone coaches some world-class elite endurance athletes, such as Khalid Khannouchi ("Greatest marathoner ever" USA Today Nov 2008), some Gold Medal Olympians, and others. He developed the patented Nutritional Hydration formula (Simone Super Energy) that was first used in desert warfare in 1990, worked closely with Special Operations Forces, and in December 2003 was presented with the Distinguished Speaker Award at the Special Operations Medical Conference in Tampa, FL. Dr Simone is currently working to improve combat effectiveness using nutritional hydration for the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, FL.
Simone Protective Cancer Center 123 Franklin Corner Rd. Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 609-896-2646 www.PrincetonInstitute.com www.NutritionalHydration.com www.stopfdacensorship.org/
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 31, 2020 0:32:37 GMT -5
James Schwartzwww.rmhypnotherapy.com/ Board Certified Hypnotherapist, James Schwartz, is the author of the book The Mind-Body Fertility Connection, which explores the relationship between infertility and the subconscious mind. James is certified in Complementary Medical Hypnosis, NeuroLinguistic Programming and HypnoBirthing®. Here are some of the many areas where hypnosis might be able to assist you in making positive life changes:
Reducing stress/anxiety Self-esteem and confidence Infertility Relationship strengthening Insomnia IBS/Crohn's Disease Releasing phobias and fears Health issues Weight management Grief work Cellular release Sports performance Stroke Recovery Personal/spiritual growth Releasing Anger Study enhancement Smoking cessation Migraine headaches Pain management HypnoBirthing® Type II diabetes Nail biting Obsessive shopping Sexual dysfunction Past life regressions Healthy Heart Program Motivation Enhancing sales performance and much more...Sacred Wisdom w/ James Schwartz Lighting The Void Radio 5.31K subscribers www.lightingthevoid.com
Why are we here? What happens when we die? Is there such a thing as karma? Does the afterlife exist? Is there a secret to healing the physical body? Those were the mysteries James Schwartz set out to answer in One Voice, Sacred Wisdom, A groundbreaking exploration of spiritual questions we have all pondered. Using a process called alchemical hypnosis, James was able to gather information from clients who were in direct communication with their guides and angels. From those sessions about life, death, karma, parallel planes, healing, and why we exist come new insights that may challenge many of the spiritual beliefs that seekers have come to accept.
In One Voice Sacred Wisdom, there are actual transcripts of clients experiencing the phenomena of visiting different planes of existence during the clients hypnosis sessions. The guides explain how parallel planes can actually exist and how time operates to acommodate them.
James Schwartz, is a board certified hypnotherapist, NLP paracticioner, and founder of the Rocky Mountain Hypnotherapy Center in Lakewood, Colorado. He is a graduate of Cal State Dominguez Hills and Sand Diego State University. He is also a gifted teacher, speaker, writer and musician. He also wrote The Mind-Body Fertility Connection. A popular book in the fields of acupuncture, psychotherapy,hypnotherapy, and May massage. For more information visit www.rmhypnotherapy.comand Entertainment
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 31, 2020 1:25:06 GMT -5
The Psychology of Beating an Incurable Illness | Bob Cafaro | TEDxCharlottesville
After a shocking diagnosis that would begin stripping Bob Cafaro of his ability to perform, sheer willpower and changes to his daily life allow him to beat all odds.
Bob Cafaro played chamber music full time and served on the faculty of the University of Virginia until 1983 when he became a regular with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He later joined the Baltimore Symphony and in 1985 became a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 1999, Bob was stricken with a virulent case of Multiple Sclerosis, which left him nearly blind and without the use of his hands. Defying what doctors had told him, he made a complete and remarkable recovery and has since written a book, been a member of The Rachmaninov Trio since 2003, and has grown passionate in his involvement with volunteer and outreach activities.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Healing illness with the subconscious mind | Danna Pycher | TEDxPineCrestSchool
Surviving an accident was the easy part; coping with the chronic pain would prove more difficult. Danna Pycher shares her story about trauma and the transformative insight she gained that allowed her to harness the healing power of the subconscious mind.
Danna Pycher is a certified Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapist specializing in chronic illness and trauma. She is also a motivational speaker and coach. Her first book 3rd Generation and Beyond is a beautiful, powerful book of life philosophies according to a third generation Holocaust descendant. " A must read for the young and old who are trying to find an identity or just need a reminder on how to appreciate the little things in life." She enjoyed many years in broadcasting as an on-camera host, reporter, and producer working in the fields of health reporting and corporate productions. Her curiosity about the nature of human beings is what guides her professional pursuits.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 6, 2020 4:09:02 GMT -5
William Douglas The Gospel of ScienceINTERVIEW W/ AUTHOR OF "THE GOSPEL OF SCIENCE"Check out this great video of an interview with "The Gospel of Science" author, William Douglas, on how mind-body practices may already be evolving our planet in huge ways. See clips of the World Healing Day / World Tai Chi & Qigong Day event he founded, held in 100s of cities in over 80 nations each year--educating millions around the world about the science on mind-body practices.
smartaichi.com/gospelofscienceStress Relief Relaxation Calming Sitting Qigong Meditation MEDITATION: SITTING QIGONG, NEI GONG, ENERGY MEDITATION
Enjoy this acclaimed Meditation (Sitting Qigong / Nei Gong Energy Meditation).
"The Gospel of Science," author William Douglas leads you through a soothing experience, getting you in touch with your 'energetic nature.'
The author's Tai Chi Meditation Program (which includes this meditation) has changed the lives of people worldwide, including in his many local state university health network classes.
MORE MEDITATION VIDEOS COMING SOON! BOOKMARK THIS PAGE AND CHECK IN REGULARLY FOR MORE RESOURCES!Director X On Utilizing Meditation To Reduce Violence Within Communities
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 11, 2020 2:33:56 GMT -5
Dr. Joel Fuhrmanwww.drfuhrman.com/ www.youtube.com/user/drfuhrmanI Love Nutritional Science: Dr. Joel Fuhrman at TEDxCharlottesville 2013TEDx Talks 23M subscribers Joel Fuhrman, M.D., is a board-certified family physician, NYew York Times best-selling author and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. He is an internationally recognized expert on nutrition and natural healing, and has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows including The Dr. Oz Show, the Today Show, Good Morning America, and Live with Kelly. Fuhrman's own hugely successful PBS television shows, 3 Steps to Incredible Health! and Fuhrman's Immunity Solution! bring nutritional science to homes all across America.
As a former world class figure skater, Fuhrman placed second in the United States National Pairs Championships in 1973 and third in the 1976 World Professional Pairs Skating Championship in Jaca, Spain. Today, he is an active participant in multiple sports and is a health and fitness enthusiast. His dedication to sports medicine, foot and body alignment, injury prevention, and human performance and longevity speaks to these lifelong interests. Along with his nutritional expertise, Fuhrman has been involved professionally with sports medical committees, advised professional and Olympic athletes, and has lectured to athletic trainers and world-class athletes for maximizing performance and preventing injury.
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 11, 2020 2:43:40 GMT -5
Dr. Jeff Redigerdrjeffreyrediger.com/ When it comes to disease, who beats the odds – and why? When it comes to spontaneous healing, skepticism abounds. Doctors are taught that “miraculous” recoveries are flukes, and as a result they don’t study those cases or take them into account when treating patients.
Enter Dr. Jeff Rediger, who has spent over 15 years studying spontaneous healing, pioneering the use of scientific tools to investigate recoveries from incurable illnesses.
“Seasoned with the author’s penetrating insights about healing, clearly articulated science and illuminating case histories, Cured opens genuine vistas of transforming illness into health even in the face of diagnoses conventional medical thinking habitually dismisses as hopeless.”
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Post by musedeva on Feb 17, 2020 9:18:36 GMT -5
MODERATOR: This thread about the flu and "the cure" of coffee enemas has been moved to this thread so that "Linda on IG" can remain on topic. Thank you."
tired...but healing....household under flu,,,,,i drove down to SB last week, used the public computer in the library and even using chlorox wipes before touching anything, still got hit.....praying my elder doesnt catch it..two of us had 102 fever within 2 days of exposure.....
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Post by eddiejinnj on Feb 17, 2020 11:56:40 GMT -5
Wishing you and your loved ones a fast recovery. I got a bad cold about month ago. First time being sick in like 16 yrs (both of us had the flu then). Thank God, I had no major body aches without any fever. The fever and aches make the flu so bad imo. eddiejinnj
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 17, 2020 16:56:24 GMT -5
tired...but healing....household under flu,,,,,i drove down to SB last week, used the public computer in the library and even using chlorox wipes before touching anything, still got hit.....praying my elder doesn't catch it..two of us had 102 fever within 2 days of exposure..... Two words: coffee enema Make sure it is organic, high quality. Google "coffee enema for the flu" and you will find much information and guidelines. The flu virus lives and thrives in the colon/intestines. It doesn't like the coffee environment but drinking it wouldn't be as effective. Skip the cream and sugar. Flushes out yeast, flu, etc. and your desire to listen to Led Zeppelin as it flushes out heavy metals as well. Back in the 80's my doctor was Bill McGarey who wrote several books on the use of Edgar Cayce readings in his medical practice. Cayce also recommended Glyco Thymoline instead of the coffee. Dr. Bill was big on using the castor oil packs. www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AWilliam+A.+McGarey&s=relevancerank&text=William+A.+McGarey&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?pid=119825211
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