More and more western medicine is acknowledging the importance and vital role that nutritional supplements contribute to health, successful aging and longevity. While other cultures have focused on this for centuries. The western world has embraced five decades of fast, convenient, and processed foods and in turn consumes 70 % of all presc [...]
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Nutritional Supplements and Their Rol...
More and more western medicine is acknowledging the importance and vital role that nutritional supplements contribute to health, successful aging and longevity. While other cultures have focused on this for centuries. The western world has embraced five decades of fast, convenient, and processed foods and in turn consumes 70 % of all presc [...]
Consumers, Supplements, and Clinical ...
In the last decade the National Institutes of Health has devoted over $2 billion to studying complementary and alternative medicine. This has included several major clinical trials on herbs, vitamins, and supplements. When supplement research results report harm, the published studies appear to be more influential to consumers and their phy [...]
Cancer Cells and Marijuana, Update US...
The following article is not endorsed by Wellness in Health or any subsidiary but we do believe in truthful information and being educated. Recently the National Cancer Institute of the NIH (National Institutes of Health) updated there website to include information regarding the medical benefits of Marijuana. We have incorporated a direct l [...]
Prostate Biopsy, MRI, PSA, and Prosta...
In the 1980s a technique was developed in which tissues samples were taken systematically from the prostate in hopes of locating a tumor within the prostate gland. Typically men whose physicians discover elevations in PSA levels, a common blood test to screen for prostate cancer, trigger over 1 million prostate biopsies annually. Most biopsi [...]
Medicine Cabinet Makeover
Integrative medicine is really gaining momentum and for good reason. It works. With any luck at all, pill popping will become a last resort rather than first line therapy for what ails us.
In our house we do not have antacids, ibuprofen, or antibacterial anything. We’ve been able to find natural replacements for all those things that n [...]
Statin Prescriptions, Safety, Cholest...
Almost thirty years ago I launched one of the first cholesterol lowering statin drugs while working for a large pharmaceutical company. Literally it was one of the first statin prescription products made available to physicians to prescribe for patients. First it is important to talk about what is a statin? The class of this prescription me [...]
Traditional Chinese Medicine Cooking
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Longevity and Preventing Future Illne...
The secret to longevity and a long life has always interested both men and women. More importantly if you are going to live a long life you want to be healthy. It is a known fact that fast food, and processed foods have a tremendous negative impact on the health of North Americans. Maybe it’s time to use our hindsight – they sa [...]
Natural Ways To Prevent The Flu
It’s that time of year again. Dare I say it? Winter is coming! And with it, the dreaded cold and flu season. Isn’t it crazy that something as annoying as a cold or the flu gets its own season? Being bedridden with either is not something I want to contemplate. So at this time of year, I run through my list of tried and true [...]
Integrative Medicine and Prostate He...
The concept of integrative medicine is guided by the principle to use therapies that have some high-quality evidence to support them. This would be inclusive of combining conventional Western medicine with alternative or complementary treatments, such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage, biofeedback, yoga, and stress reduction technique [...]