Published March 10, 2010

Just say no to drugs for headaches

Ask most Americans what the most effective treatment for a headache is, and you can guess their answer. They’ll tell you aspirin, Tylenol, or one of the other over-the-counter pain medications. But a new study says it’s not true — no matter what type of headache you have.

In this study, the researchers reviewed 31 randomized, controlled trials. They looked at how acupuncture works on all forms of headaches. They found that acupuncture treatment was superior to drugs in reducing the frequency and intensity of chronic headaches. And they found that actual acupuncture was superior to sham acupuncture (placebo). So, it’s not just needling. Proper placement of the needles is necessary to see results.

I strongly support acupuncture over any conventional chemical headache therapy. I had acupuncture training many years ago. So did my wife. And she still performs it with a lot of success. We’ve seen it work.

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Published March 5, 2010

Is your osteoporosis treatment increasing
your risk for colon cancer?

If you’re following conventional medicine’s advice for your bones, you may be increasing your risk for colon cancer.

Conventional medicine says you should take lots of calcium for your bones. On the surface, the advice makes sense, as calcium does help bones stay strong. However, your body keeps most calcium outside of your cells. So taking a lot of it really doesn’t help your bones. But it could increase your risk of colon cancer.

A large clinical trial has shown that calcium plays a major role in reducing colon cancer. But not in the way you might think. You see, calcium’s beneficial effect on reducing colon cancer is based on a low calcium to magnesium ratio. That means that you want higher magnesium levels compared to your calcium levels. In people with the highest magnesium to calcium ratio, the risk of colorectal cancer adenoma recurrence was 32% less than those with lower ratios.

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Published March 4, 2010

10 times more likely to die of a heart attack
without this nutrient

There aren’t that many supplements that you can take that can decrease your risk of death more than 10%. But one of them has been shown to do exactly that. What’s more, you can buy it at any health food store.

A new study out of Italy shows that anyone who wants to avoid a heart attack should be taking this essential nutrient.

The researchers looked at 160 men and women between the ages of 39 and 86 years. All of these people had one thing in common. They had just recently checked out of the hospital after having had a myocardial infarction. Myocardial infarction is the ten-dollar term for heart attack.

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