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"In this case it means that if the VIGOR study were repeated 100 times, more than 95 of those trials would show that the people who took Vioxx had at least twice as many heart attacks, strokes, and death from any cardiovascular event than the people who took naproxen. And in more than 99 out of those 100 studies, the people who took Vioxx would have at least four times as many heart attacks as the people who took naproxen. This "play of chance" caveat seemed like a not very well camouflaged attempt at damage control." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "The articles about statins and strokes had shown me how effectively the drug companies can spin their "scientific evidence." As I was about to find out, the articles about Celebrex and Vioxx went a step further. A SEARCH FOR THE REAL DATA One might assume that anyone who was willing to go to the trouble of verifying conclusions presented in medical journals could do so. This is not the case at all. Drug companies often keep the results of their studies secret, even from their own researchers, on the grounds that such results are "proprietary information" of economic value." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Gary Glass was fifty-two years old and was otherwise in good health when he developed an array of symptoms—numbness and tingling, dropping things, and short-term memory problems—that raised concerns that he might be suffering from small strokes or some other problem in his brain. He was sent for an MPvI. Although the MRI study would turn out negative and the symptoms would disappear, events surrounding the study would nearly destroy him. On two previous occasions Gary had become anxious when sliding inside the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"We bought some supplies, like a few cans of bright yellow paint, pulled her out of the water, scraped off years of barnacles, and began to lay on the first strokes of color. One by one, Rick's houseboat neighbors came by, each with the same response: "Is that The Martha? She looks beautiful! But, didn't you know? The Martha is mine!" After we finished our restoration and took out the newly gleaming Martha for her first spin, she became the hottest little boat in the marina. Everyone began to fight over her." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"This book discusses in depth the causes of heart disease, strokes, and high cholesterol, and shows the reader how to remove these causes quickly and safely. increasingly prevent oxygen, glucose, and even water from penetrating the protein barricades, thus depriving cells of their bare nutrient essentials. Less glucose makes its way to the cells. As a result, cell metabolism drops to a lower level of efficiency, and waste production increases, similar to a car engine that has not been tuned properly or given quality gas or oil." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"We are frightened by reports of cancer and strokes. But I am not talking about athlete-level megadoses of hormones here. I am talking about learning what is right for you to maintain balance and feel great. This book is about learning what too little hormone feels like, and understanding why our levels are low and how we can restore hormones safely to normal levels. When to Start Thinking about Supporting Your Hormones You should start to think about supporting your hormones when you start noticing that you just aren't feeling as good as you used to." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "A good estrone prevents your bones from crumbling and your vessels from becoming inflamed, thereby helping to ward off heart attacks and strokes. A good estrone will do you no harm and, in fact, will protect you from cancer, heart disease, bone loss, and memory loss. A bad estrone, on the other hand, can turn cells into cancer or make them grow into fibroids or cysts. It gives estrogen a bad reputation. So you need to produce lots of good estrones and not too many bad ones. Meet the Estrones Think of estrogen metabolites as in-laws." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Even though these foods are higher in calories and fats, their use is linked to lower risk of heart attacks and strokes. Keep lots of raw nuts, seeds, flaxseed, and avocados on hand because they are your preferred fatty food and should be used in salad dressings and other recipes. These foods are higher in calories, so if you are trying to lose weight it is helpful not to use more than half an avocado per day and limit the quantity of seeds and nuts to a one ounce serving per day for a female and less than two ounces (1/4 cup) a day for a male." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"Acupuncture will become mainstream for treating strokes. Targeted amino acid therapies will be used to treat depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Our serotonin and dopamine will be supported naturally, without medications that stifle your sex drive, drain your energy, or weaken your spirit. We will use herbs and supplements to improve our metabolism and enhance conventional treatments. In the future, our vitamins and antioxidants will be measured and monitored to make individualized vitamin supplements that will change as your environment changes." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Reed also did not talk about the triptans'possible side effects, which include rare heart attacks and strokes. If the risks were listed on one of her slides, she did not point them out, and they passed without notice. The twenty-three pages of prescribing instructions for Imitrex warn doctors not to prescribe it to people with heart disease or high blood pressure. The instructions say that some patients have suffered "serious cardiac adverse events" and died within a few hours of taking the drug. Some of those who died had no histories of heart disease." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Administered soon after severe strokes, it may help restore some of the lost functions. I've been able to help many diabetic patients with eye and kidney problems, as well as postpone the need for amputations." Moreover, Holsworth reports, nattokinase works effectively as a natural option for patients who cannot use Coumadin or heparin, and preventively for people with thrombophilia, a largely genetic predisposition to form clots. Abnormal clot formation contributes significantly to deaths in the United States—more than six hundred thousand Americans each year." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "It leads to the weakening and eventual rupture of arterial plaques that directly trigger heart attacks and strokes. The CRP-inflammation link helps explain why more than half of heart attack and stroke victims have normal cholesterol levels. Medical research has introduced us to other far-reaching and complex risk factors that go beyond the solitary threat of high cholesterol. Indeed, we have moved so far forward in recent years that the familiar model of diseased arteries as a network of inanimate pipes clogged by cholesterol-laden plaque seems almost as outmoded as the typewriter." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "One difference in the brain is that some strokes are hemorrhagic in nature, meaning they result from a ruptured blood vessel. The local hemorrhage causes tissue damage. High blood pressure is the primary cause of hemorrhagic stroke. When a heart attack occurs, the heart muscle—the pump—has been affected. In a stroke, the occlusion or a bleed occurs in the brain circulation and the affected tissue in the brain. Both can and usually do occur abruptly. Angina (chest pain) is a warning sign of disturbed circulation in the heart and is transient. No damage is done, but it must be evaluated." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Calcium deposition in the arteries of the heart and brain can promote plaque formation and clots leading to heart attacks or strokes. Interestingly, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology in 2000 stated that having too low a level of vitamin K2 raised the risk of heart attacks by 2.4 times. We need vitamin K2 to help our bones and reduce our risk of heart attacks. Since probiotics help us create vitamin K2, one could say that we need probiotics for our bones and our hearts." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "High blood pressure can cause strokes, heart attacks and heart and kidney failure. It is also related to dementia and sexual problems. Blood pressure is the force on the walls of the arteries as the blood circulates. When it is too high, as in hypertension, the arteries can become damaged and disease can develop. Probiotics may help fight hypertension. Animal studies have found that Lactobacilli probiotics have a mild effect on blood pressure. This may have to do with the ability of probiotics to produce enzymes that break down proteins involved in blood pressure." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "Ensuring sufficient vitamin K2 is available in your body appears to be important to ensuring not just bone health, but also reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Probiotics enhance the conversion of vitamin Kl, the predominant form of vitamin K in the diet, into the bone healthy vitamin K2. Keeping your intestinal probiotic population at high levels throughout your life may help reduce the risk of bone loss and other diseases. Yogurt, supplements and prebiotics can help keep your probiotic colonies happy and healthy." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "Atherosclerosis hardens the arteries and leads to heart attacks and strokes. • Probiotics lower cholesterol levels. • Bile salt hydrolase in probiotics reduces the cholesterol reabsorption in the gut. • Bifidobacteria contain bile salt hydrolase as do some Lactobacilli species. • Probiotics may help your heart by lowering blood pressure. 1 1 I 1 I i i Heart disease is the number one killer in Western society. There are many factors that contribute to heart disease including stress, lack of exercise, diet and cholesterol. In fact, there are over 286 risk factors for heart disease." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"With music, it's different strokes for different folks. Just watch out for harsh discordant sounds—this type of music is good for release of powerful emotion, but a steady diet of it will drive too much negative energy into your subconscious mind and BioEM field. I have trouble listening to music without dancing. I may not be Fred Astaire, but I like to cut a rug now and then because it makes me feel good. Dance is therapeutic because of the vital connection between movement and the emotional, intellectual, and physical energies that make up your BioEM field." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"Diabetes can lead to kidney failure, heart disease, blindness, strokes, and limb amputations, as well as high-risk pregnancies and babies born with birth defects. The Children's Diabetes Foundation puts the cost of treating diabetes and its complications at more than $100 billion per year. And the crisis keeps getting worse. Type 1 diabetes, a genetic disease caused by a malfunctioning pancreas, used to be referred to as "juvenile diabetes." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"It is oxidation and inflammation, not the fats, that lead to heart attacks and strokes. It is believed that much of the effectiveness of many lipid-lowering drugs is their ability to reduce inflammation, not fat. Everyone needs fat in their diet, but how much you need and how much your body makes are two different things. Our liver produces most of the cholesterol in our bodies; our diet contributes only about 4 percent. When your diet is low in cholesterol, your liver is programmed to make more. This is one reason that low-cholesterol diets don't lower cholesterol long-term." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Many women who were taking hormone therapy for prevention of heart disease and osteoporosis were instructed to stop their hormones, because the WHI suggested that there might be a slight increase in breast cancer and strokes in asymptomatic women taking hormones. We have known that there is a slight increase in deep venous thrombosis, which was confirmed by this study. The study also showed an improvement in prevention of osteoporosis and colon cancer, but these beneficial effects were considered not to be worth the risk." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"It almost always involves problems in circulation and is a great predictor of strokes and heart attacks. Whether in the inner part of the arteries (endothelium) or in the sex organs, poor circulation and impaired blood flow show up as dysfunction—and both are helped greatly by getting your heart pumping and your tissues flooded with blood and nutrients. Plus the improved mood, outlook, and physical appearance that go with regular exercise never hurt anyone in the bedroom department. It's hard to feel sexy (and to perform) if you're feeling crummy all the time." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "Huperzine A has been shown to improve memory, thinking, and behavioral function in people with Alzheimer's disease, dementia caused by multiple strokes, and senile dementia." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "Parkinson's disease, dementia that results from multiple strokes, multiple sclerosis, and schizophrenia, are all, like Alzheimer's, associated with lower levels of acetylcholine in the brain. Acetylcholine is broken down in the brain by an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase. If you could somehow inhibit the action of this enzyme— making it perform its job less efficiently—you'd have more acetylcholine hanging around in the brain. Some Alzheimer's medicines—notably Aricept—work in just this way. Can Huperzine A Help? Maybe! Enter huperzine A, a natural acetylcholinesterase inhibitor." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "Endothelial dysfunction is often a predictor of later vascular events like heart attacks and strokes.) What's the connection to sexual performance? Simple: circulation. "I've almost never seen a case of erectile dysfunction that didn't also have a component of the other ED—endothelial dysfunction," says Mark Houston, M.D. "They frequently go together." Let's be clear. Impotence has multiple causes. If you're not turned on by your partner, if you're depressed, or if you've got a ton of things on your mind, you may not be in the mood for love." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"In spite of new efforts by townspeople to cut down on smoking and fat consumption, coronary heart disease more than doubled through the 1970s, hypertension tripled, and there was a substantial increase in strokes. By the end of the decade, the number of fatal heart attacks in the town had risen to the national average. Wolf's prediction, it seemed clear, had come tragically true." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"As many as a quarter of women with recurrent miscarriages end up being diagnosed with the autoimmune disease APS, and one in five women who've suffered blood clots in the legs or strokes in the prime of life test positive for APS, making it more prevalent in women than leukemia and ovarian cancer combined. No, the real reason doctors missed Jan's syndrome is because APS falls into the category of one of nearly one hundred autoimmune diseases that doctors have only in the last decade begun to recognize and understand." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"All the interventional procedures carry considerable risk of morbidity, including new heart attacks, strokes, infections, and, for some, an inevitable loss of cognition. Mine carries none. And the benefits of intervention erode with the passage of time; eventually, you have to have another angioplasty, another bypass procedure, another stent. By contrast, the benefits of my program actually grow with time. The longer you follow it, the healthier you will be." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.) "Between them, they had diabetes; strokes; prostate, colon, and lung cancer; and coronary artery disease. About three years before my father died of heart disease in 1975, he said something that has stayed with me ever since: "Someday, we're just going to have to get smarter about showing people how to live healthier lives." Everything in my professional experience underscored the importance of that declaration." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.) "A few years later, he had bypass surgery—and then, in rapid succession, three more strokes. He was in dreadful shape, relying on nitroglycerin to get him through days of terribly constricted activity. "Any walking brought on the angina," says Emil. "I could shower, shave, read the paper. And I was pretty good at sitting down." Surgery was out of the question—likely to kill him, the cardiologist explained. After years of agony, the cardiologist told Emil about Dr. Esselstyn, and suggested that he have a talk with me. His back was against the wall." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

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