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Controlling the COX-2 Enzyme Can Reduce or Eliminate Pain After Surgery?
My wife had major surgery five days ago. She remained overnight and came home on Wednesday afternoon. She followed all the pre-op instructions about eating, clear liquids, and more before surgery. However, she also started taking whole fruit mangosteen juice and turmeric with piperine several days before surgery and immediately
Ultra-High Dose of Vitamin B-12 Offers Optimism For Early Onset Lou Gehrig’s Disease
An article last month in the JAMA Neurology gives hope to those who have Lou Gehrig’s disease – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This nervous system disease impacts muscle strength and function. https://www.als.org/understanding-als/what-is-als Patients with ALS have nerve cells that break down and limit muscle functionality. There is no cure, and some
Eye Health Factors You Must Know to Enjoy Life After 40
Our health tends to deteriorate incrementally after the age of 40. Our eyes are not excluded. Some understanding and prevention now can significantly improve your quality of life down the road. Eye Health https://www.nei.nih.gov/learn-about-eye-health/healthy-vision/keep-your-eyes-healthy. Initially, health improvement (and many other subjects) begins with awareness, then education, and finally action. What
NAC Supports Healthy Levels of Glutathione to Improve Immune Response and Much More
N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine (NAC) is created from the nonessential amino acid cysteine in your liver. Foods high in protein (meat, fish, seafood, chicken, turkey, eggs, etc.) are good sources of cysteine. Conversely, your body can produce it in your liver from other amino acids when your diet is deficient in cysteine. NAC
Chicken Little and Einstein Are Absolutely Right About the Pandemic!
There are two quotes afforded to Einstein. One is that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result. The second quote is about solving a problem with the same thinking that created it. We have been in this pandemic for nearly two and
How I Learn to Stop Worrying and Love COVID
I am recovering from my second bout of COVID-19 today. My first was eight months ago. The Delta variant was more vicious of the two. However, if this is the worst that can happen every eight to twelve months, then there probably is not much worry about it – or
Some Health Studies Are Guaranteed to Fail
I caught this headline today and shook my head in disbelief – Vitamin D Supplements Do Not Reduce Bone Fractures Large Study Finds. https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/bone-fracture-vitamin-d/2022/07/28/id/1080741/. It makes me wonder what the agenda is when I see headlines that do not align with conventional wisdom. Bone formation chemistry https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2011/8/the-little-known-link-between-bone-health-and-total-health. Calcium is needed for
Alzheimer’s Risk Lowered by Brain Training – or NOT!
I read an article last night that sounds good, but I believe it cannot work. The headline is, How to Train Your Brain to Prevent Dementia. (https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/brain-dementia-alzheimers/2022/08/19/id/1083866/) The underlying assumption is that athletes train to become better. Other professionals do the same. It makes sense that brain training would stave
One Size Does Not Fit All When It Comes to Pandemic Applications
This week, Columbia University and Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center researchers reported their assessment of the newly approved COVID-19 booster shot. Unfortunately, the recent release by the FDA of the newest booster shot is not improving our chances of becoming infected by the newer strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Columbia
