Published June 24, 2009

A little-known arthritis treatment also lowers cholesterol

If your cholesterol levels remain stubbornly high, or you just can’t make the lifestyle changes, consider some tree bark. Tree bark?

I’m talking about a Chinese herb made from the tree bark phellodendron amurense. Researchers recently combined the particular tree bark with citrus peel and gave it to patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. They were hoping to find a pain remedy.

Instead, they found a combination that’s quite beneficial for blood lipids, blood pressure, and fasting glucose levels.

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Published June 19, 2009

Losing your hearing? This drug-free therapy might reverse it

If you have hearing loss, tinnitus, ear pressure, or ear pain, there’s a simple treatment that might reverse your condition. And it can do it without pills of any kind.

What most people don’t realize is that problems with your upper cervical spine can cause hearing loss and other ear ailments. The medical term for the condition is “vertebragenic” hearing disorders.

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Published June 18, 2009

If a low-sodium hasn’t reduced your blood pressure, add this to supercharge the results

If you have high blood pressure, your doctor may have told you to reduce your salt intake. Researchers have shown time and time again that a low-sodium diet can reduce hypertension. But a lot of my patients have eaten the bland diet and still have high blood pressure.

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