Friday, August 29, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
1000 mg of olive leaf extract per day was helpful in lowering mildly elevated blood pressure and reducing LDL cholesterol.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Postmenopausal women have another good reason to do everything they can to help maintain healthy bone density – the failure to do so is now linked to an increase in plaque in the carotid artery
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
In a major shot fired across the bow of the statin marketing machine, the levels of LDL cholesterol that are the artificial targets of “health” promoted by the American Heart Association (AHA) are now found to be associated with a significant increased risk of cancer and death.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The New England Journal of Medicine reports on a detailed analysis of the human genome in those with statin-induced muscle damage. Scientists have uncovered an alteration in a gene that causes statin drugs to be more readily absorbed by the liver, thereby making the drug very toxic. 15% of our population has the risk-related gene variant.
Monday, August 25, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study shows that fat around your arteries is a direct predictor of plaque within your arteries.
Sunday, August 24, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study in mice indicates that a diet too high in fat programs several generations of mice to be at higher risk of diabetes even if they do not eat a high fat diet.
Friday, August 22, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study published in JAMA is sure to have an unintended result – dramatically boosting the sales of colloidal silver around the country as a powerful immune support mineral. The study was actually about the use of silver-coated tubes in hospital patients, and it showed a 36 percent reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), with a 48% reduction over the first 10 days (the common length of tube use for many).
Thursday, August 21, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Candida albicans overgrowth can form biofilms in your oral cavity that coat the subgingival area and drive the process of periodontal infection. A recent study of 53 otherwise healthy patients with periodontitis found that 40% of them had such a problem with Candida.
Thursday, August 21, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study associates Candida albicans allergenic byproducts with asthma (52% of patients) and eczema (54% of patients).
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study clearly associates vitamin D deficiency with an increased risk of hip fracture, dispelling any uncertainty about this link.
Saturday, August 16, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A study in the August issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that eating oily fish at least once per week cuts the risk for developing age-related macular degeneration in half.
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Before the dust settles on the Bernie Mac tragedy it is important for everyone to understand two things:
1) It is abnormal to die from pneumonia at age 50.
2) There are millions of Americans with autoimmune problems of one type or another at risk for the same fate as Bernie Mac.
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
It is well established in the scientific literature that subclinical hypothyroid as well as frank hypothyroid are associated with increased levels of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and lipoprotein(a).
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The impact of thyroid function on arterial stiffness and consequent elevation in blood pressure is a new finding helping to explain yet another adverse consequence of poor thyroid function on cardiovascular health. Researchers showed that correcting sluggish thyroid function (subclinical hypothyroid) enabled a return of better blood pressure function.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Several studies now point out that sluggish thyroid function (subclinical hypothyroid) is associated with early adverse changes in the electrical function of the heart.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A 20-year study has shown that running has profound health benefits, cutting the rate of early death by more than half. Researchers found that running slowed cardiovascular disease, cancer deaths, cognitive decline, and poor immunity. The runners experienced no more wear and tear to their joints than non-runners.
Monday, August 11, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Women who have sluggish thyroid function, meaning that they are not hypothyroid by lab test but have many of the symptoms of poorly functioning thyroid and their thyroid scores are close to lower limits of “normal,” have 57% increased risk for developing heart disease. This relationship does not exist after age 65, which is also an interesting point.
Sunday, August 10, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study finds that women in the sluggish thyroid category had more than double the risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Friday, August 08, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
New research is proposing overactive thyroid is protective against breast cancer because of the extra free radicals the condition generates that induce cell death in breast cancer cells. Conversely, a sluggish thyroid would have less ability to exert such influence on cancer cells, thus the higher rate of breast cancer.
Thursday, August 07, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Several articles in recent months have called attention to the severity of the statin fraud....
Thursday, August 07, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Researchers found that common herbs and spices from the grocery store had potent antioxidant activity which they showed helped protect against the damage caused by elevated blood sugar.
Monday, August 04, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Not only does your heart and circulatory system love DHA, so does your brain. A variety of new animal studies illustrate the brain power of DHA.
Sunday, August 03, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Japanese men have half the heart disease compared to any other industrialized country in the world. This is true even though they smoke more and have similar rates of cholesterol problems, blood pressure issues, and diabetes. Living in Japan, they eat fish every day and their blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids (DHA/EPA) are twice as high as Japanese men living in America and white American men.
Friday, August 01, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study identifies early adverse brain changes in the healthy children of Alzheimer patients, long before any symptoms appear.
