Natural Cures and Natural Remedies

High Blood Pressure Lowered With Hibiscus Tea

Kevin Flatt — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:16:33 +0000

Drinking hibiscus tea lowered blood pressure in a group of pre-hypertensive (blood pressure levels that are above normal but not high enough to be called hypertension) and mildly hypertensive (high blood pressure) adults, according to a report being presented today by nutrition scientist Diane...

The Cholesterol Myth: Is Lowering Cholesterol a Good Thing?

Kevin Flatt — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:19:08 +0000

Cholesterol and Heart Disease-A Phony Issue - By Mary Enig, PhD The official advice to lower serum cholesterol levels has brought about numerous supplements with the attached claim that consuming them will lower cholesterol. In fact, the body uses cholesterol to repair and to protect. When...

Increase Bone Density Naturally

Kevin Flatt — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:23:34 +0000

A 3 year study has shown that, contrary to some evidence, bone mineral density may benefit from high protein diets, at least in older people. But the high potein diet must also meet the recommended dietary allowance for both calcium and vitamin D. This study looked at 342 men and women older than...

Leptin and Weight Loss: Does More leptin Help With Weight Loss?

Kevin Flatt — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:47:22 +0000

Recent research into leptin has revealed what is likely to be very important in the control of appetite, weight loss and the regulation of body weight. Advances in leptin research and its role in the control of obesity would lead to reductions in diabetes, coronary heart disease and many forms of...

Diet Rich in Algae Oil Can Lower Triglycerides

Kevin Flatt — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:14:52 +0000

Adding algae oil to your diet has been proved to lower high triglycerides. The benefits of fish oil include the ability to lower high triglycerides in the blood. Instead of using fish oil in this study, a natural oil extracted from golden algae that contains 40 percent DHA, but no EPA, was used to...

How Drug Reps Make Friends and Influence Doctors

Kevin Flatt — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:54:04 +0000

This article, which grew out of conversations between a former drug rep and a physician who researches pharmaceutical marketing, reveals the strategies used by reps to manipulate physician prescribing. The authors of the article are Adriane Fugh-Berman, an Associate Professor in the Department of...

Neurontin Used for Pain: Doctors Influenced by Drug Reps

Kevin Flatt — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:10:59 +0000

Neurontin was approved for the treatment of partial seizures in epilepsy but was increasingly used for pain management due to doctors being illegally influenced by a drug company. Drug company representatives frequently promoted non-approved uses of the drug gabapentin (Neurontin) to doctors and...

Herbal Remedies for Depression

Kevin Flatt — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:18:04 +0000

St. John’s Wort is one of the best natural herbal remedies for depression. New research provides support for the use of St. John’s wort extracts in treating major depression. A Cochrane Systematic Review backs up previous research that showed the plant extract is effective in treating...

Breast Cancer Risk Factors - Birth Size

Kevin Flatt — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:06:46 +0000

Scientists have identified several risk factors that increase a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer by comparing the characteristics of populations of women with and without breast cancer. Well-established risk factors for breast cancer include increasing age, not having children, and...

The Odds of Dying of Lung Cancer for Non Smokers

Kevin Flatt — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:48:09 +0000

Because lung cancer is so common, even the small fraction of lung cancer that occurs in lifelong nonsmokers represents a large number of people. For example, about 20,000 of this year’s US lung cancer deaths will be in never-smokers. Clinical studies have shown that lung tumors in...

Vitamin D Deficiency is Linked to Autism

Kevin Flatt — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:17:29 +0000

Dear Dr. Cannell: Anything new on your theory that vitamin D is involved in autism? Sally, New York Dear Sally: Science News reported that two Swedish doctors recently proposed vitamin D deficiency is linked to autism. Doctors eye vitamin D link to autism Another article looked at the amazingly...

Natural Ways to Lower Cholesterol

Kevin Flatt — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:23:10 +0000

Pterostilbene, a berry compound found in blueberries and grapes, can help lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease. It was found that pterostilbene was similar in activity to ciprofibrate, a commercial drug that lowers LDL cholesterol and triglycerides. Agricultural Research Service Chemist...

ADHD: FSA Recommends Phasing Out of Food Additives

Kevin Flatt — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:06:29 +0000

Association between the consumption of certain food colours (dyes) and children’s behaviour. On 14 April 2008 the Food Standards Agency announced its decision to recommend to Ministers the phasing out of six colours in food and drink in the EU. These six colours - sunset yellow (E110),...

Rheumatoid Arthritis Ring Splints Effective in Controlling Deformity of Finger Joints

Kevin Flatt — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:57:42 +0000

Research by academics at the University of Southampton in collaboration with occupational therapy clinicians into the effectiveness of wearing a particular type of silver ring to alleviate symptoms of arthritis has won an award. The research, which was carried out by academics in the...

Vitamin D Deficiency and Muscle Weakness

Kevin Flatt — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:14:01 +0000

Very severe vitamin D deficiency leads to muscle weakness. But less was known about milder vitamin D deficiency and muscle weakness or risk of falling. Now, according to an analysis by ARS-funded scientists and their colleagues, older adults who get supplemental vitamin D in their diets are less...

Diabetes: Kidney Damage Reversed

Kevin Flatt — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:42:35 +0000

A low carbohydrate diet may be appropriate to avoid the risk of kidney failure to already failing kidneys according to Swedish researchers. An obese patient with type 2 diabetes whose diet was changed from the recommended high-carbohydrate, low-fat type to a low-carbohydrate diet showed a...

Foods That Lower Blood Pressure

Kevin Flatt — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:38:08 +0000

Protein is a natural food to lower blood pressure. A diet with greater protein lowers blood pressure more than a diet high in carbohydrates. Replacing Some Carbohydrates with Protein and Unsaturated Fat May Enhance Heart Health Benefits: The types of food eaten in an effort to cut down on saturated...

Vitamin D Deficiency - A Leading Cause of Diseases

Kevin Flatt — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:59:12 +0000

Vitamin D deficency can lead to cancer, osteoporosis and bone fractures. Viatmin D, the classical vitamin related to bone health, improves bone strength mainly by increasing intestinal calcium absorption and reabsorption of calcium by the kidney. Several intervention studies demonstrated in humans...

Effects of Vitamin D Deficiency

Kevin Flatt — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:05:40 +0000

Vitamin D and Cancer There now seems to be a connection between breast, colon and prostate cancer and a lack of Vitamin D. Even more amazing, one expert believes 25 per cent of breast cancer deaths could be avoided if the women had maintained adequate vitamin D levels throughout their...

Intensive Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes May Be Fatal

Kevin Flatt — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:24:45 +0000

Intensively targeting blood sugar to near-normal levels in adults with type 2 diabetes at especially high risk for heart attack and stroke does not significantly reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events, such as fatal or nonfatal heart attacks or stroke, but increases risk of death,...