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"Some of the findings are disconcertingly marginal: there is a suggestion that intensive therapies decreased the likelihood of some microvascular complications, notably the surrogate measures of leakage of protein from blood vessels in the retina or in the kidney. However, this ef- feet did not translate into fewer patients suffering from kidney or eye damage. Intensive therapy did not alter the likelihood of peripheral neuropathy." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"High Blood Pressure Increased resistance in the peripheral blood vessels is fundamental to the development of hypertension. In many cases, this increased resistance is due to changes in the vascular structure and abnormal vascular tone caused by biological alterations in the endothelial cells. Small changes in magnesium levels may have large effects on vascular tone, which directly affects blood pressure. This point was recently made in an animal study investigating the effect of low magnesium diets on the development of hypertension in stroke-prone, hypertensive rats." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"He suspected that senile dementia could be brought on by the thickening of the blood vessels of the brain—a condition called atheriosclerosis—and published an article, "Dementia Senilis and Brain Disease Based on Atheromatous Vessel Disease," in the Monthly Journal of Psychiatry, 1898. Nearly a year into Auguste D.'s illness, Dr. Alzheimer reviewed her hospital admission sheet, which would remain hidden away for the next ninety years." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"It causes a relaxation of the smooth muscles of blood vessels (except for cerebral blood vessels) and the bronchial tubes. Moreover, caffeine works as a short-lived diuretic and produces an increase of gastric secretions and the release of catecholamines. Caffeine works competitively to block adenosinal receptors which lie on cell surfaces in the brain, fat tissue, liver, kidneys, heart, and erythrocytes. Heart, circulation, vessels: People who normally do not drink coffee, react 1 hour after an intake of 250 gm, with an increase of 10 mm Hg in their systolic blood pressure." - Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D., PDR for Herbal Medicines (Get the book.)

"It seemed like an obvious, entirely logical extension to imagine that angioplasty and stents could also prevent heart attacks in patients with symptoms of serious heart disease, by keeping all of their blood vessels open. But when this idea has been measured in clinical trials, it hasn't panned out. "We know we can prevent heart attacks with aspirin, and with drugs called beta-blockers. We know that for certain," says Lange. "But it has turned out to be a little more mushy when it comes to the advanced technologies. Angioplasty and stenting have never been shown to improve survival." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.) "On the screen that shows the blood vessels, there is a silver-dollar-sized blank patch of heart where the branches of her arteries should have been. No blood is getting past the stent. Altschuler begins speaking quietly in the flattened-out, everything-is-going-to-be-fine tone that doctors use when a potential crisis looms. "The vessel's completely occluded . . . Puff," he says, as he moves the stent back and forth, millimeter by millimeter. "I can't tell. . . OK, yeah, yeah, yeah ... I see it, I see it." "Puff." On the screen, the stent is now in place inside the stenosis. " - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.) "He focused his practice on catheterization, an invasive procedure that involves snaking a thin catheter, or tube, up through a major blood vessel in the groin into the coronary arteries, the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle with oxygen. Moon also performed balloon angioplasties, threading a tiny balloon up a wire inside the catheter. When the balloon was inflated, it could smash a clot against the arterial wall, allowing blood to flow freely once again. By the 1990s, cardiologists were also employing stents, tiny mesh tubes that could prop open a blockage inside a coronary artery." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"It causes a relaxation of the smooth muscles of blood vessels (except for cerebral blood vessels) and the bronchial tubes. Moreover, caffeine works as a short-lived diuretic and produces an increase of gastric secretions and the release of catecholamines. Caffeine works competitively to block adenosinal receptors which lie on cell surfaces in the brain, fat tissue, liver, kidneys, heart, and erythrocytes. Heart, circulation, vessels: People who normally do not drink coffee, react 1 hour after an intake of 250 gm, with an increase of 10 mm Hg in their systolic blood pressure." - Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D., PDR for Herbal Medicines (Get the book.)

"Averaging less than one-tenth of an inch in thickness, a square-inch of it holds about twenty blood vessels, 650 sweat glands, and 1,000 nerve endings. Your skin is enough of a barrier to keep fluids within your body (except for its controlled release of perspiration through sweat glands), but it also readily absorbs many things with which it comes into contact. When your skin wrinkles after being immersed in water, for example, it does so because it has expanded from absorbing some of that water." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"The doctor can widen the blood vessels or slow down the heart by use of drugs to reduce blood pressure. Or the patient can undergo surgery (which we are not covering at this point). All the drugs prescribed for heart disease have side effects. Take Coumadin, for example. It thins the blood by blocking the coagulating action of the blood cells. Very nice, one might think, since it is the blood clots forming in the plaque-clogged artery that causes the heart attack in the first place. But look again. The clotting of the blood is one of the body's natural functions." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"Many parallels have been drawn between similar causative mechanisms in AD and vascular dementia by focusing on pathology in blood vessels. It has long been known that strokes, sudden blockage or rupture of a blood vessel supplying a part of the brain, can lead to the death of brain tissue, which causes cognitive impairment. Strokes that damage the left hemisphere of the brain can cause language impairment (aphasia), while strokes on the right can cause visual-spatial problems—for example, poor drawing skills, getting lost, or having difficulty tying shoes." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"In ischemic heart conditions, the vaso-dilatory effect of adenosine helps open the blood vessels, allowing more blood and oxygen to flow to the heart tissue. How Much Fuel Is in the Tank? Measuring Cellular Energy Enzymes are proteins that help complete specific biochemical reactions in the cell. In chemistry, catalysts are compounds that allow reactions to occur but do not become part of the reaction themselves. In this sense, enzymes are biochemical catalysts. There are hundreds of different kinds of enzymes found in every cell in the body, and each performs a specific duty." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"Muscle contractions generate a magnetic field, as do changes in blood flow, the increasing or decreasing dilation of blood vessels, the body's current volume of liquid, or even the flow of electrolytes. Skin, sweat glands, change of temperature, neural induction—all generate magnetic fields. His guess was that healing resulted from a summation of multiple biological processes that are mediated magnetically. But the possibility that healing might be a magnetic effect did not explain long-distance remote healing." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.) "Miller discovered that if he stimulated the pleasure center in the brain, his rats could be trained to decrease their heart rate at will, control the rate at which urine filled their kidneys, even create different dilations in the blood vessels of each ear.40 If relatively simple animals like rats could achieve this remarkable level of internal control, Miller figured, couldn't human beings, with their greater intelligence, regulate more bodily processes?" - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.) "Biofeedback is particularly useful to treat Raynaud's disease, a vascular condition in which blood vessels are constricted when exposed to cold, causing extremities to grow cold, pale, and even blue.43 During a biofeedback treatment, a patient is hooked up to a computer. Transducers applied to different parts of his or her body send information to a visual display, which registers activities of the autonomic nervous system, such as brain waves, blood pressure and heart rate, or muscle contractions." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"In addition, gingko oxygenates the blood, increases circulation, and strengthens blood vessels. And finally, its anti-inflammatory, lung-relaxant properties have proven useful in the treatment of asthma, where it eases coughing and reduces tissue inflammation. Curcumin?20 mg Curcumin is what gives turmeric its yellow color. Studies have shown that it can inhibit colon cancer cells by some 96% in a matter of hours. It also appears to have great potential in counteting the effects of prostate cancer and breast cancer." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) "In addition, the bilberry bioflavonoids are beneficial to the connective tissue that lines blood vessels and binds ligaments throughout the body. • Alpha lipoic acid?00 mg Sometimes called the "Mother" antioxidant, alpha lipoic acid (ALA) plays a major role in helping recycle vitamins E and C so that they can be used over and over again by your body. In its own right, ALA is one of the main boosters of glutathione levels in body cells, and is one of the key co-factors involved in generating energy in the cells mitochondria." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) "Adrenaline, for example, is produced in the adrenal glands, but serves to tell the heart to speed up and the blood vessels to narrow in times of stress. HGH, on the other hand is produced in the pituitary gland. It is released in a series of 9-24 microscopic "pulses" throughout the day (mostly in the evening), and it signals a number of body functions relative to aging 'Because of the cost involved, growth hormone injections became known as the secret youth formula of movie stars and the very rich." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) "Root canals If a tooth's pulp, which contains nerves and blood vessels becomes infected or damaged because of decay or injury, your options are often limited. Effectively, your dentist will offer you two options. You can either have the tooth pulled or the nerve removed—better known as a "root canal treatment." A root canal consists of removing the infected or diseased pulp from the tooth and sterilizing and 'A number of studies have shown removing amalgam fillings can cause T-Cell counts to rise anywhere from 50-300%." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Their framework is made of cartilage, which contains no blood vessels. It is made of lipids, proteins, minerals, and acids, which act as "angiogenic inhibitors." In other words, they prevent development of blood vessels. Humans also have cartilage. When humans consume shark cartilage extracts, new blood vessels cannot form. Cancer tumors require new blood vessels to grow and spread—the blood brings the tumor nutrients and carries away its waste products. Stopping vessel development also stops the cancer, and eventually starves it to death." - William L. Fischer, How to Fight Cancer & Win (Get the book.)

"Vitamin C and E Vitamin C is useful for healing and strengthening the blood vessels. Another vitamin, namely vitamin E, is excellent for that as well. Take 1,000 to 2,000 mgs of vitamin C daily. Take 400 IU of vitamin E per day. HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR HEMORRHOIDS There are many good homeopathic remedies that help hemorrhoids. Some of the more common remedies are listed with their symptoms here. For more information on how to self prescribe a homeopathic remedy, go to Chapter Two." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"By shrinking chemical particles to 100 nanometers wide, or about 1/100,000 of the thickness of this sheet of paper and far smaller than the smallest blood vessels, these "nanoparticles" are able to penetrate human skin more rapidly and much more deeply that was ever before possible. Nanotechnology has been put to good use in a variety of products: stain-resistant clothing and textiles, computer microchips, plastics, and even razors and food-storage containers, to which nanoparticles of silver have been added as an antibacterial agent." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Silicon (Si) strengthens connective tissue such as bones, cartilage, blood vessels, and tendons. Silicon is found in whole grains and fresh vegetables. VANADIUM Vanadium (V) is named after the Norse goddess of love and beauty. Vanadium plays a role in bone growth. COBALT Cobalt (Co) is the central atom in the vitamin B]2 molecule. While vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient, cobalt has not been established as an essential nutrient. BORON Boron (B) has been found to be important for mental acuity and brain function. Boron may also be important for the functioning of membranes." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"Take another look at the statistics and we see that the next one in line is cerebrovascular diseases (diseases of or relating to the blood vessels that supply the brain, otherwise known as strokes), which accounts for 6.7%. The rest comes to even lesser percentages. Doesn't this make one wonder if, somehow, heart disease and cancer is being created within the human species? Do animals suffer the same percentages of heart disease and cancer? We will answer these questions later in this chapter." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.) "Elevated concentrations in the blood are thought to increase the risk for heart disease by damaging the lining of blood vessels and enhancing blood clotting. 314 Ibid. p.20 R.N. Warren, "Metabolism of Xanthenes Alkaloids in Man," Journal of Chronalography, 1969; 40, pp.468 - 69 315 Stephen Cherniske, Caffeine Blues, (New York: Warner Books, 1998), p. 54 As well, coffee today reduces the brain's ability to solve problems, increases the risk of gastrointestinal disease, increases the chance of having a heart attack or stroke, suppresses the immunity and causes one to age faster." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"Hazelnuts are a rich source of the amino acid arginine that relaxes blood vessels. Hazelnuts have the highest concentration of folate among all of the tree nuts. Folate reduces the risk of neural tube birth defects, and may help to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, Alzheimer's disease, and depression. Hazelnuts also contain the blood pressure-lowering minerals calcium, magnesium, and potassium." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "It is also high in rutin, a flavonoid that is thought to have anti-inflammatory properties, strengthen blood vessels, and protect against oxidative damage. Asparagus is also high in glutathione, an antioxidant that protects cells from damage. Protodioscin is a plant chemical found in asparagus that has been found to reduce bone loss, improve sexual desire, enhance erection, and possess cancer cell-killing ability against a number of different forms of cancer. Fresh purple asparagus has a fruity flavor and is high in the phytochemical anthocyanin." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "They are also high in the amino acid arginine, which may help dilate blood vessels to enhance blood flow to all areas of the body, and are the richest source of the phytochemical lutein, excellent for eye health, compared to any other tree nut. Throw Me a Lifesaver! CANCER: The pistachio is second only to wine as a tremendous source of the plant chemical resveratrol. This substance may play a role in fighting cancer and heart disease." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"If you have a stuffy nose and take a decongestant, the stuffy nose goes away, even though that stuffiness comes from blood vessels dilated to deliver more white blood cells to an infected area. Complementary medicine usually works much more slowly and gradually with the body's normal physiology. Again, this is a simplification, but it's a pretty accurate one. Mind and Bod Families that deal with ADD/ADHD know very well that the mind and the body are closely linked. Even a small junk-food binge can send our children right over the edge." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"But even this statement carried a rider to warn off the experimentally inclined European laity: 'taking care only not to prick any nerves, tendons, or considerable blood vessels'.45 Given the unfamiliarity of the technique, its tools, and even of the idea of deliberately running a needle into one's own flesh, acupuncture would hardly have seemed an easy option. As the next chapter will detail, radical changes in the focus both of practitioners and patients were required to bring acupuncture into the medical spotlight." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.)

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