Published July 9, 2009

The safe hormone therapy that prevents calcified arteries

Have you stopped taking estrogen pills out of fear that they’re dangerous? If so, you’re not alone. But you don’t have to be afraid of hormones. Let me explain why.

About five years ago, the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) showed that “hormone replacement therapy” can increase your risk of heart disease, cancer, strokes, and dementia.

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Published July 8, 2009

How to reverse your failing vision without pills or surgery

Is your vision failing? Are you having trouble seeing things that were very clear just a few years ago? If so, you might be able to reverse the damage simply by changing your diet.

Kristen is young woman with a severe corneal disorder called keratoconus. It is a sharp steepening of the cornea. There isn’t a cure for the “disease.” It almost always worsens and then ruins vision. Eventually the cornea might ulcerate. Since her conventional physicians didn’t know what to do, they simply treated her with antidepressants.

Kristen decided to treat the disease on her own by changing her diet. When she saw her optometrist, he was amazed at what it did.

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Published July 3, 2009

Is vinpocetine as powerful as they say it is?

You may have read reports or ads recently about the supplement vinpocetine. These reports say the supplement enhances cognitive function. But does it?

According to a recent study, it does a lot more than that. The three-month clinical study followed 40 patients with chronic ischemic (low blood circulation). The researchers gave each of the cardiovascular patients an IV of vinpocetine in gradually increasing doses. They also took oral vinpocetine or a placebo.

The researchers then followed how well the patients’ blood flowed at one month and three months. They evaluated this by measuring hematocrit, fibrinogen, whole blood viscosity, red blood cell aggregation, and red cell deformability (stiffness of the cells). (I’ve discussed blood stickiness in previous issues.

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