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Risk Factors For Heart Disease Increased By Fructose Consumption 29 Jul 2011 Medical News Today A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that adults who consumed high fructose corn syrup for two weeks as 25 percent of their daily calorie requirement had increased blood [...]
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Although at present I can find no research about increased risks from Plavix because of a trauma, this research about Warfarin suggests that it may be a problem. One is told to stop Plavix about ten days before surgery due to increased bleeding; this suggests that one should also stop Plavix ten days before any [...]
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These findings are not surprising, except how low they are. Why are 31% of Americans trusting Big Pharma? “ More than two thirds, or 69 percent, of consumers surveyed said they think drugmakers have too much influence on doctors’ decisions about which drug to prescribe. “ Health Blog August 4, 2010 Consumers say big pharma [...]
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It seems to me that if Macademia nuts are required for heart health, and medical expenses are tax deductible in the United States, that going to Hawaii to make sure you are eating quality, organic macademia nuts would be tax deductible. Macadamia Nuts Can Be Included In Heart Healthy Diet, Study Suggests ScienceDaily Apr. 14, [...]
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As a psychotherapist, I have spent much work life talking with folks about their lives. I certainly believe that it can be useful and meaningful. As a heart patient, I have found that the cardiology industry emphasizes drugs over lifestyle, facts over feelings. It is a disturbing trend that more and more people are being [...]
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Scientific American Observations August 2, 1010 Industry-sponsored drug trials more likely to report positive results Katherine Harmon Drugs being counted as trials backed by pharmaceutical companies are more likely to report positive resultsClinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of new drugs are expensive investments for pharmaceutical companies and other funding organizations—and failures can [...]
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What Broke My Father’s Heart New York Times June 14, 2010 Katy Butler Excerpt: And so my father’s electronically managed heart — now requiring frequent monitoring, paid by Medicare — became part of the $24 billion worldwide cardiac-device industry and an indirect subsidizer of the fiscal health of American hospitals. The profit margins that manufacturers [...]
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Boston Globe May 9, 2010 … A recent study by Harvard’s Kaptchuk suggests the importance of ritual and the doctor-patient relationship. A 2008 paper published in the British Medical Journal described experiments conducted on patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Two groups underwent sham acupuncture, while a third remained on a waiting list. The patients receiving [...]
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ABSTRACT Background: Dual antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel plus low-dose aspirin has not been studied in a broad population of patients at high risk for atherothrombotic events. Methods: We randomly assigned 15,603 patients with either clinically evident cardiovascular disease or multiple risk factors to receive clopidogrel (75 mg per day) plus low-dose aspirin (75 to 162 [...]
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TUESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — Chinese red yeast rice, a dietary supplement made by fermenting the yeast Monascus purpureus over rice, modestly lowers cholesterol in patients intolerant to statins, according to research published in the March 1 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology. Carmelo V. Venero, M.D., from the University of Tennessee Medical [...]
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