Integrative Cancer Treatment
The Statistics Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US and one of the leading causes around the world. According to the World Health Organization, in 2008 about 13% of deaths worldwide were due to cancer while in the US about 500,000 deaths per year are due to cancer. A 2005 report […]
HCG & Weight Loss
Losing up to a pound a day for twenty makes HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) a successful yet controversial method for weight loss. It was first used for weight loss about fifty years ago after being discovered by Italian physician, Dr Simeon. There are numerous modifications around, and HCG has been used in the US for about […]
Heart Screening Tests
How high is your cholesterol and should you care? If it is high, yes, but if it is normal then don’t rest easy… Would you believe only 50% of people who develop heart disease are identified using total cholesterol levels alone? This is true, according to data from the landmark Framingham Heart Study, which up […]
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Heart Muscle Regenerates Once damaged, heart muscle does not recover – or does it? British scientists have reported that it may be possible for the heart to repair itself after injury, and they have discovered a protein molecule that stimulates this process. Dr Peter Weissberg, medical director of the British Heart Foundation, which funded the […]
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Chocolate good for heart and brain Leave it to the French to present results of a new study showing that chocolate is good for the heart and brain. From Paris, France, investigators are reporting that individuals who ate the most chocolate had a 37% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a 29% lower risk of […]
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Heart Health A host of recent studies examine the role of diet in the risk for heart diseases, including high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke. Some may confirm what you already knew, but others might surprise you! An observational study of over 70,000 middle age Americans found that a vegetarian diet was associated with […]