Month: August 2016
Heart Disease Remains #1 Killer (US)
Cancer was slated to overtake heart disease as America’s top killer — but it hasn’t https://t.co/7IFLp8kLb2 pic.twitter.com/Wr7MTRAUM2
— STAT (@statnews) August 24, 2016
An Interview with Guan Qingwei (TCM)
RT @confuciusmag: The philosophy of Chinese Medicine; An interview with Guan Qingwei #chinesemedicine https://t.co/yapPvq4xHh
— Catherine Browne LAc (@Ageless_Herbs) May 5, 2016
Migraines, Magnesium, and Brown Rice
Todd Caldecott recently released another article (he’s on a roll) titled Migraines, Magnesium, and Brown Rice. It is a discussion of several subjects, including the proper processing and preparation of cereals.
More on Paracetamol
Paracetamol (Tylenol): widely used and largely ineffective – via Evidently Cochrane https://t.co/n64MtsaPzl
— Medicalskeptic (@medskep) August 13, 2016
More Exercise than Currently Recommended Needed
Many of the traditional systems of health included exercise as part of the daily regiment and emphasized its importance in the maintenance of health and prevention of disease. Mainstream medicine also promotes physical activity but their recommendations may be falling short as this recent research paper in the British Medical Journal points out:
Conclusions People who achieve total physical activity levels several times higher than the current recommended minimum level have a significant reduction in the risk of the five diseases studied. More studies with detailed quantification of total physical activity will help to find more precise relative risk estimates for different levels of activity.
Vitamin D for UTIs
A five year-long randomized controlled trial discovered that #vitaminD supplements helped prevent #UTIs: https://t.co/YeRysNMGt9
— Vitamin D Council (@VitaminDCouncil) August 9, 2016