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"The most favourable intervals for clearly catching the strokes were when they came at from 0.3 second to 0.18 second apart. Forty strokes might then be remembered as a whole, and identified without error when repeated, provided the mind grasped them in five sub-groups of eight, or in eight sub-groups of five strokes each. When no grouping of the strokes beyond making couples of them by the attention was allowed—and practically it was found impossible not to group them in at least this simplest of all ways?6 was the largest number that could be clearly apprehended as a whole." - Michael Lockwood, The Labyrinth of Time: Introducing the Universe (Get the book.)

"MRI scans can show smaller strokes, and that is helpful in the differential diagnosis of vascular dementia; but it also shows what we call "unidentified bright objects," which are of unclear significance and could indicate anything from small strokes, to normal aging, to other phenomena that we don't understand. PET (positron emission tomography) scanning shows the brain at work, i.e., a form of functional imaging. The most commonly used PET approach traces radioactively labeled glucose that has been introduced into the patient's body." - 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.)

"STROKE It is estimated that about fifteen million ministrokes and half a million full-blown strokes occur every year. Nearly 150,000 people die of strokes annually, and an additional 300,000 people are left crippled to some extent. Strokes are caused either by blocked blood vessels in the brain (ischemic stroke) or by ruptures in the brain's blood vessels (hemorrhagic stroke). Most are caused by the former." - Eric R. Braverman, The Edge Effect: Achieve Total Health and Longevity with the Balanced Brain Advantage (Get the book.)

"Forty strokes might then be remembered as a whole, and identified without error when repeated, provided the mind grasped them in five sub-groups of eight, or in eight sub-groups of five strokes each. When no grouping of the strokes beyond making couples of them by the attention was allowed—and practically it was found impossible not to group them in at least this simplest of all ways?6 was the largest number that could be clearly apprehended as a whole. This would make 40 times 0.3 second, or 12 seconds, to be the maximum filled duration of which we can be both distinctly and immediately aware." - Michael Lockwood, The Labyrinth of Time: Introducing the Universe (Get the book.)

"MRI scans can show smaller strokes, and that is helpful in the differential diagnosis of vascular dementia; but it also shows what we call "unidentified bright objects," which are of unclear significance and could indicate anything from small strokes, to normal aging, to other phenomena that we don't understand. PET (positron emission tomography) scanning shows the brain at work, i.e., a form of functional imaging. The most commonly used PET approach traces radioactively labeled glucose that has been introduced into the patient's body." - 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.)

"Over the next three to five years, there was a 17 percent reduction in the incidence of little strokes, which the doctors attributed to the C-complex therapy: only three of the test subjects had ministrokes. In the control group, eighteen had ministrokes, and eighteen severe strokes. Five of the severe strokes were fatal.19 In other experiments, some 75 out of 100 patients were protected from the possibility of stroke, apparently by bioflavonoid therapy, even though they all suffered from severe high blood pressure.20 Atherosclerosis is one of the leading "killer" diseases in our country." - Gary Null, The Complete Guide to Health and Nutrition (Get the book.)

"Every year he updated his survey of centenarians in Okinawa and found that Okinawans suffer significantly fewer strokes. He believed that it was related to diet, specifically the eating of less salt and more pork. "Okinawa people are able to grow vegetables in gardens all year long," he said, referring to the island's comparatively tropical climate. "They don't need to make pickles and preserve food as people do in Japan's northern islands." A salt-heavy diet may contribute to high blood pressure and weaken cerebral arteries, he said, causing micro-tears that are precursors to strokes." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"Forty strokes might then be remembered as a whole, and identified without error when repeated, provided the mind grasped them in five sub-groups of eight, or in eight sub-groups of five strokes each. When no grouping of the strokes beyond making couples of them by the attention was allowed—and practically it was found impossible not to group them in at least this simplest of all ways?6 was the largest number that could be clearly apprehended as a whole. This would make 40 times 0.3 second, or 12 seconds, to be the maximum filled duration of which we can be both distinctly and immediately aware." - Michael Lockwood, The Labyrinth of Time: Introducing the Universe (Get the book.)

"A group of doctors at Vanderbilt University reported in October 2002 that they had found that poor patients in Tennessee who were taking high doses of Vioxx had significantly more heart attacks and strokes than patients not using such high amounts. Merck kept selling. SIX Ghostwriters and Secret Studies Complete honesty is of course imperative in scientific work. —W.I.B. Beveridge in The Art of Scientific Investigation Executives at Novartis were in a quandary in the fall of 2002." - 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.)

"Treating High Cholesterol Diabetics suffer heart attacks and strokes at a greatly increased rate compared with people without diabetes. People with diabetes almost always have high triglycerides, low good HDL, and high bad LDL levels, with a tendency to form small, dense, atherogenic (artery-clogging) LDL particles. Given that insulin resistance is a major cardiovascular disease risk factor, should all patients with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes be taking a cholesterol-lowering statin drug regardless of their cholesterol level? To get an answer to this question, read on." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"The condition of acidity thus may be a contributing factor to many different diseases, including piles, cancer, kidney and liver trouble, gallstones and gall bladder infections, impotency, high blood pressure and heart disease, strokes, asthma, and allergies. If the morning urine is consistently above 7.2, it is highly suggestive that the blood is too alkaline. Typical symptoms of excess alkalinity are muscle spasms, cramps, hyperreactivity, spaciness, a sense of ungroundedness, and mental imbalance." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Some of the reported benefits of the omega-3s include protection against heart disease, strokes, and clots in the lungs; anti-carcinogenic activity against tumors; protection against diabetes; prevention and treatment of arthritis; and treatment for asthma, PMS, allergies, inflammatory diseases, water retention, rough or dry skin, and multiple sclerosis. The omega-3 s are reported to increase vitality and contribute to smoother skin, shinier hair, softer hands, smoother muscle action, the normalization of blood sugar, increased cold weather resistance, and a generally improved immune system." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Numerous studies show that when people increase their intake of dark meat/cold-water fish, they have fewer heart attacks and strokes and fewer deaths from these causes. The omega-3 fats in these fish have always gotten credit for this improved health outcome, but these same dietary sources are also high in vitamin D. Vitamin D, Inflammation, and the Metabolic Syndrome Our understanding of cardiovascular disease has recently shifted from a simple focus on lipids to a focus on inflammation." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"In the summer of 2001 three cardiologists at the Cleveland Clinic, one of the top heart centers in the nation, reported that they had found that both Vioxx and Celebrex appeared to increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The three doctors focused more of their concern on Vioxx, however. In an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, they explained that the overall risk of heart attack when taking the drugs was low." - 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.)

"These changes also translate into a 50 percent lower risk of heart attacks and strokes. 10 The Vitamin D Cure for Mood and Memory V itamin D goes to work at the moment of conception and doesn't quit until someone's writing your epitaph. The fact is, if you have enough D and combine it with a healthy diet and exercise, you'll probably have a sharp mind when you're in your nineties and beyond. Vitamin D has a great deal to do with how well your brain works throughout your life. It's extremely important because D is essential to proper brain function." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "Numerous studies also point to a greater likelihood of obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart attacks, and strokes if you eat a diet low in omega-3 fatty acids and magnesium. SHARON'S WEIGHT GAIN AND PAIN When Sharon, forty-five, came to see me, she told me that she'd had three years of pain and stiffness in her knees, shoulders, and hands. One doctor had told her she had osteoarthritis in her knees and treated her with several nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, but since she had stopped taking Vioxx, her pain had increased." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "Katherine Esposito and her colleagues at the University of Naples in Italy also measured the levels of inflammatory substances associated with heart attacks and strokes and found that the study participants on the Mediterranean diet had lower levels of all inflammatory substances than those on the control diet. These same people also showed greatly improved blood vessel wall function, with dilation of blood vessels and decreased platelet sticking. Clearly, omega-3 fatty acids and monounsaturated fats, along with increased intake of vegetables and fruits, are important to your health." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"The CT scan can detect tumors, blood clots, or strokes, while blood tests are designed to detect metabolic disturbances or endocrine deficiencies. Expensive neuroimaging is the latest craze in the Alzheimer's field. Standard CT and MRI scans are a part of routine practice, although there is some controversy about when to use each. However, advanced and expensive neuroimaging techniques have been promoted extensively over the last quarter-century, promising much, but delivering relatively little. Imaging is categorized into two approaches: structural and functional." - 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.)

"Capsaicin lowers blood pressure and cholesterol and prevents heart attacks and strokes. It is a natural blood thinner. However, it is not safe for everyone to take this herb, because for those taking certain medications, such as Coumadin (warfarin), there could be contraindications. So you have to ask your physician if any prescription drug you are taking may prohibit the use of cayenne. This is very important. Otherwise, cayenne, best known as the spice cayenne pepper, should definitely be used, but carefully, because it is very hot!" - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Elevated serum cholesterol is not a cause of heart attacks and strokes, as previously thought. Eating foods high in cholesterol is not a cause of elevated serum cholesterol, and therefore eating high cholesterol foods is not a cause of heart attacks and strokes. In fact, foods high in cholesterol and saturated fats (such as eggs, meat, fish, and poultry) will actually keep serum cholesterol down to normal levels. This is not to suggest, however, that high serum cholesterol is good." - Richard, Dr. DiCenso, Beyond Medicine, exploring a new way of thinking (Get the book.)

"A salt-heavy diet may contribute to high blood pressure and weaken cerebral arteries, he said, causing micro-tears that are precursors to strokes. Consuming a balance of both animal and plant protein through pork may help repair or retard those tears. It has long been an Okinawan custom to butcher a family pig in celebration of the lunar New Year. The pig is cooked for a long time, the fat is skimmed off, and the rest of the animal is used in a stewlike dish. "Okinawa people eat most every part of the pig," Taira said. " - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"Because HBOT increases perfusion, increases oxygenation in all body tissues, and decreases swelling, it is used rather commonly for wound healing and as an off-label use for strokes, brain injury, cerebral palsy, and vascular disease. In autistic children, it is believed that HBOT helps to reduce inflammation, increase perfusion to the brain, and may alleviate oxidative stress in some cases. Some physicians, including Jeff Bradstreet, M.D., who uses it extensively, have reported positive results among autistic patients, including improved language, cognitive ability, and social skills." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"James White had a series of strokes in his 30s and 40s. Ellen G. White took him to a sanatorium, or "water-cure place," and helped him rehabilitate through physical therapy baths and massages and walking. Then she had this prophetic vision that the body is important. "Adventists believe in the body and soul as one," Giang said, "that when you die there isn't a conscious soul floating around, but that Ellen G. White was one of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. you are lying in an unconscious state and God will resurrect you later upon the return of Christ." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"Even the prayed-for-but-didn't-know-it group suffered slightly more heart attacks and strokes than those who had not been given prayer. Among the uninformed patients who had received prayers, 10 percent suffered major complications of the surgery, compared with 13 percent of those who did not receive prayer.10 Benson and his coauthors didn't know what to make of these results. They even wondered if the patients had suffered from a type of "performance anxiety" as a result of the undue pressure and expectations created by the prayers." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"They include cardiovascular complications, strokes, heart attacks, anemia, psychosis, anorexia, and even death. Tragically, it took the FDA until 2006 to urge doctors to monitor for these complications, and until 2007 to order manufacturers of Ritalin and all other ADHD medications to include a "black box" warning label listing the risks. The move came after data revealed that fifty-one deaths in the United States between 1999 and 2003 may have been linked to use of Ritalin or Adderall. Howard Pleper says, "This is scary." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "Other important substances include garlic (1,000 to 5,000 mg), onion (a raw onion a day helps keep strokes and heart attacks away), and L-carnitine (500 to 1,000 mg). L-carnitine increases energy by burning fat within the cell's mitochondria. This helps the body to recover quickly from fatigue." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"During the entire examination, he will assess whether you appear to be engaged in the task or distracted by depression, anxiety, or other psychiatric symptoms, and will be looking for evidence of small strokes, brain tumors, Parkinson's disease, fluid accumulation on the brain, and other conditions that may impair memory or cognition. Be warned that the doctor will also be looking to see if you behave socially appropriately or not. So if you have a ribald sense of humor, try to button it down on your first visit, even if you are someone who copes with adversity by using humor." - 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.)

"Vitamin C 400-800 mg 100-300 mg or more 1-3 g 10-15 g 6-8 g 1 oz twice a week Nattokinase: 4,000 units a day. For strokes, 6,000 units. Lumbrokinase: Two 20 mg capsules thirty minutes before meals, three times daily for four weeks. Then one capsule three times daily. At least 1,000 mg The most effective multiformulas require that you take several or more capsules/tablets daily. Be sure the product you take is pharmaceutical grade—that is, free of contaminants. The label will tell you. See chapter 7 for dosage and form specifics." - 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.)

"Black mulberries contain deoxynojirimycin, a chemical that combats HIV Mars chocolates have launched a new line of medical products using cocoa to treat diabetes, strokes and vascular disease. Grapefruit, it's been revealed, can disrupt a variety of medications including antidepressants and high-blood pressure pills. Anise fruit's carminative properties earned it the name tut-te see-hau—meaning "it expels the wind"—among certain Native American tribes. It is also antiseptic, antispasmodic, soporific and a few seeds taken with water can cure hiccups." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"But the skills and sweat that go into those sports—kicking and passing a soccer ball, dribbling and passing a basketball, or practicing tennis strokes against a wall—can be done by families of two, three, or four. Practicing all these skills will make joining a team or reentering a team easier and more fun. Activities to Keep Them Interested Children with ADD/ADHD often have clever minds, and they may get bored more quickly than other children. Use your imagination to think of new activities and games to keep them interested. If you're having trouble, here are some suggestions." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

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