To Your Health!

[Phoenix7]

AMBIEN WARNING!!


This Sleep Aid Raises Heart Attack Risk 50%
Posted by: Christian Goodman ( "An article I secured From The Web!)

A recent report presented by Taiwanese researchers at the American Heart Association’s annual meeting reveals a truly disturbing fact about a common sleeping aid.
It boosts the chances of cardiovascular disease, heart attack and stroke. And if that wasn’t enough, an unrelated, earlier study linked it to an uptick in cancer-related deaths.
The study conducted at the China Medical University in Taiwan, shows that a commonly used sleeping drug called Ambien (generic name Zoldipen ) is directly linked to massive increases in heart-related problems.
In fact researchers discovered that 60 pills taken per year spikes the risk of myocardial infarction ( heart attack) a whopping 50 percent.
Another study, presented at the same American Heart Association event in Dallas revealed that the Ambien also raises the risk of aortic dissection. A life-threatening condition where the aorta tears, causing internal bleeding.
Other studies conducted in a past revealed that Ambien stays in the system much longer than was generally thought.
If you suffer insomnia there is no need to put yourself at such great risk to get a good night’s sleep.

[billyjoe]

Phoenix, I have a sleep disorder and have taken many different drugs including Ambien. None of them made me sleep. Luckily I discontinued all of them. This might explain some unusual posting times on my part. Getting up at 4:30 A.M. seems to be working better last few days. Can only fall asleep when driving , reading, trying to listen to seminars, watching TV, but not in bed.

---------------------billy

[Phoenix7]

Billie a compound called Calms Forte may help .....look for it at pharmacies or GNC

[Phoenix7]

A physician was asked what is best for your health? Here is how she responded, " Nearly every day, a patient or two asks me which supplements I consider most important. The answer really depends on the individual's overall health and lifestyle, things such as diet, exercise, medications, sleep habits, and similar considerations. But as a rule, I most often recommend the following:
• A good comprehensive multivitamin
• An omega-3 supplement with a high DHA level
• Vitamin D3, and
• Curcumin"

I did take Circumin , but decided to look for the BEST Circumin out there ........and that may be "Super Circumin 1000 w Bioperine 1,000 mg - 100 Caplets $37.75 sold by AMAZON . Once again check with your physician before taking any supplement!

Here is a link to the company which supplies AMAZON http://www.physiciannaturals.com/sup...l#prod_content


Good Health To All!

[Duniyo]

I am balding, looking for cure

[Karel]

You have come to the right place. Many more here in the same
condition. But as long as your SO is prepared to show that (s)he
doesn’t care, things are not too bad.

Regards,

Karel

[Phoenix7]

Duniyo The ONLY thing which appears to stop falling hair is...........the bathroom floor. All kidding aside , The company my daughter works for sells a shampoo made by Redken called Extreme Shampoo whch is sold as a fortifier for distressed hair...I use the product and it appears to provide some support for your hair.
Another product is called Cloud 9 by Brocato described as a "Miracle Repair Shampoo' both have very pleasant scents and IMHO are better than conventional shampoos.




Duniyo Whilre reading "Prevention Magazine" the Jan 2014 issue there was an ad for "Hair Volume" apparently sold by Newnordicusa , a 1 a day pill that helps nourish your hair. It is available at Amazon , GNC, Walgreens, and CVS. Here is the link to the product .......try it out and let us know what happened. http://www.newnordicusa.com/hair-volume/

[riverbabe]

This is a fascinating article on the real mental health of CEOs and Entrepreneurs.

http://www.inc.com/magazine/201309/jessica-bruder/psychological-price-of-entrepreneurship.html

[Phoenix7]

This is a fascinating article on the real mental health of CEOs and Entrepreneurs.

http://www.inc.com/magazine/201309/j...eneurship.html

River better to be content and thankful for what you have that seems to be the moral of the story. My life is very stress free, and I like to keep it that way.

[Phoenix7]

7 FOODS PROVEN TO FIGHT CANCER!

From A "Bottom Line" Report!

Back during World War II Cancer claimed 1 out of 80, Today the numbers have switched to 1 out 3 who will get cancer! What happened , well no one can say with absolute certainty but diet and lifestyles are factors. Too many processed foods consumed by obese individuals who do little or no excercise.
What may help is eating healthier organic foods and exercising. Here are 7 foods proven to fight cancer!

1. Cabbage 3 or more one-half servings per week of cabbage recommended.

2. Flaxseeds 1 or 2 teaspoons of ground flaxseed daily

3. Mushrooms Eat 1/2 cup of button mushrooms , 3-4 times per week!

4. Olives Eatr 8 olivs per day green or black!

5. Onions 2/2 cup of onions raw or cooked 3 times per week

6. Pumpkin 3 or more 1/2 cup servings per week! Look for pumpkin recipies on line.

7. Raspberries Eat 1/2 cup of raspberries , 2 or 3 times per week. Costco has excellent prices on fresh raspberries, they also have frozen Organic mixed berries which are super!

[riverbabe]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/03/health/rare-gene-protects-against-type-2-diabetes-even-in-obese-people.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20140303

Rare Mutation Kills Off Gene Responsible for Diabetes
By GINA KOLATA MARCH 2, 2014

A new study based on genetic testing of 150,000 people has found a rare mutation that protects even fat people from getting Type 2 diabetes. The effect is so pronounced — the mutation reduces risk by two-thirds — that it provides a promising new target for developing a drug to mimic the mutation’s effect.

The mutation destroys a gene used by pancreas cells where insulin is made. Those with the mutation seem to make slightly more insulin and have slightly lower blood glucose levels for their entire lives.

Already Pfizer, which helped finance the study, and Amgen, which owns a company whose data played a key role in the research, are starting programs aimed at developing drugs that act like the mutation, the companies said.

But Timothy Rolph, a Pfizer vice president, cautioned it can take 10 to 20 years to get a drug to market after discovering something new about human genetics and disease.

The study, published Sunday in Nature Genetics, involved a mutation so rare that finding it was only recently possible, with vast data from large numbers of people, researchers said.

“The study is a tour de force, and the authors are the top people in the field,” said Dr. Samuel Klein, director of the center for human nutrition at Washington University School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study.

This is the first time in diabetes research that a mutation that destroys a gene has proved beneficial, noted Louis Philipson, director of the Kovler Diabetes Center at the University of Chicago. For drug development, he said, “that is very powerful.”

For scientists, the result was a surprise because the same mutation that protects people from diabetes, by destroying one copy of the gene, known as ZnT8, has the opposite effect in some strains of mice. Destroying that gene actually causes diabetes in the animals.

The work began four years ago when a group of geneticists from academic institutions and Pfizer decided to search for gene mutations that protect against diabetes. Usually researchers look for mutations that increase — rather than decrease — the risk of diseases, with the aim of determining who gets a disease, and why.

The group started with populations in Finland and Sweden, where 28,000 people had been studied for years. The data included their ages, weights and diseases, including diabetes.

They compared people at either end of the spectrum of diabetes risk. One group of 352 people had Type 2 diabetes even though their risk seemed low. Their average age was about 50, they were lean and they did not smoke. The other group of 406 people was just the opposite. Their average age was about 80, and, Dr. Rolph said, “they had all the bad habits — they were overweight, they drank, they smoked.” And yet these people did not have diabetes.

Two of the fat older people who were free of diabetes turned out to have a mutation that destroyed one copy of the ZnT8 gene. It was intriguing, but hard to know if the association was meaningful with only two people.

So the researchers expanded their work, studying the genes of 18,000 people in Sweden, fat and thin, old and young, with diabetes and without. They found another 31 people who seemed protected from diabetes and had mutations that destroyed the ZnT8 gene.

Then Dr. David Altshuler, deputy director of the Broad Institute of Harvard and M.I.T. and the study’s lead author, met with Dr. Kari Stefanson, chief executive of deCODE Genetics, a company with data on genes and diseases for the entire population of Iceland. The American drug company, Amgen, bought deCODE and its valuable genetic database.

Dr. Stefanson searched deCODE’s database and quickly found 39 people out of 5,440 who had a mutation that destroyed the gene and who did not have diabetes. In contrast, just nine out of 3,727 diabetes patients had the mutation.

“It took us five minutes,” Dr. Stefanson said. “It was a lovely little afternoon in our conference room.”

At that point, Dr. Altshuler said, the group wrote a paper and submitted it to a medical journal. It was rejected, he said, after one of the reviewers said it must be wrong because it contradicted what was known from studies with mice.

The group went back for more data. They mapped the genes of 13,000 more people and once again found mutations destroying the same gene and associated with a markedly reduced risk of Type 2 diabetes.

This time their paper was accepted for publication by Nature Genetics, Dr. Altshuler said.

Now the researchers are asking whether the mutation has any bad health effects.

So far, Dr. Stefanson said, none has been found. With his data he has established that people with the mutation are no more likely to get 750 diseases he searched for.

[Phoenix7]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/03/he...it_th_20140303

Rare Mutation Kills Off Gene Responsible for Diabetes
By GINA KOLATA MARCH 2, 2014



A new study based on genetic testing of 150,000 people has found a rare mutation that protects even fat people from getting Type 2 diabetes. The effect is so pronounced — the mutation reduces risk by two-thirds — that it provides a promising new target for developing a drug to mimic the mutation’s effect.

The mutation destroys a gene used by pancreas cells where insulin is made. Those with the mutation seem to make slightly more insulin and have slightly lower blood glucose levels for their entire lives.

Already Pfizer, which helped finance the study, and Amgen, which owns a company whose data played a key role in the research, are starting programs aimed at developing drugs that act like the mutation, the companies said.

But Timothy Rolph, a Pfizer vice president, cautioned it can take 10 to 20 years to get a drug to market after discovering something new about human genetics and disease.

The study, published Sunday in Nature Genetics, involved a mutation so rare that finding it was only recently possible, with vast data from large numbers of people, researchers said.

“The study is a tour de force, and the authors are the top people in the field,” said Dr. Samuel Klein, director of the center for human nutrition at Washington University School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study.

This is the first time in diabetes research that a mutation that destroys a gene has proved beneficial, noted Louis Philipson, director of the Kovler Diabetes Center at the University of Chicago. For drug development, he said, “that is very powerful.”

For scientists, the result was a surprise because the same mutation that protects people from diabetes, by destroying one copy of the gene, known as ZnT8, has the opposite effect in some strains of mice. Destroying that gene actually causes diabetes in the animals.

The work began four years ago when a group of geneticists from academic institutions and Pfizer decided to search for gene mutations that protect against diabetes. Usually researchers look for mutations that increase — rather than decrease — the risk of diseases, with the aim of determining who gets a disease, and why.

The group started with populations in Finland and Sweden, where 28,000 people had been studied for years. The data included their ages, weights and diseases, including diabetes.

They compared people at either end of the spectrum of diabetes risk. One group of 352 people had Type 2 diabetes even though their risk seemed low. Their average age was about 50, they were lean and they did not smoke. The other group of 406 people was just the opposite. Their average age was about 80, and, Dr. Rolph said, “they had all the bad habits — they were overweight, they drank, they smoked.” And yet these people did not have diabetes.

Two of the fat older people who were free of diabetes turned out to have a mutation that destroyed one copy of the ZnT8 gene. It was intriguing, but hard to know if the association was meaningful with only two people.

So the researchers expanded their work, studying the genes of 18,000 people in Sweden, fat and thin, old and young, with diabetes and without. They found another 31 people who seemed protected from diabetes and had mutations that destroyed the ZnT8 gene.

Then Dr. David Altshuler, deputy director of the Broad Institute of Harvard and M.I.T. and the study’s lead author, met with Dr. Kari Stefanson, chief executive of deCODE Genetics, a company with data on genes and diseases for the entire population of Iceland. The American drug company, Amgen, bought deCODE and its valuable genetic database.

Dr. Stefanson searched deCODE’s database and quickly found 39 people out of 5,440 who had a mutation that destroyed the gene and who did not have diabetes. In contrast, just nine out of 3,727 diabetes patients had the mutation.

“It took us five minutes,” Dr. Stefanson said. “It was a lovely little afternoon in our conference room.”

At that point, Dr. Altshuler said, the group wrote a paper and submitted it to a medical journal. It was rejected, he said, after one of the reviewers said it must be wrong because it contradicted what was known from studies with mice.

The group went back for more data. They mapped the genes of 13,000 more people and once again found mutations destroying the same gene and associated with a markedly reduced risk of Type 2 diabetes.

This time their paper was accepted for publication by Nature Genetics, Dr. Altshuler said.

Now the researchers are asking whether the mutation has any bad health effects.

So far, Dr. Stefanson said, none has been found. With his data he has established that people with the mutation are no more likely to get 750 diseases he searched for.

Interesting Study Thank You!

[Phoenix7]

AMAZING POMEGRANATE JUICE!

As we age a major concern is artery blockage especially the carotid arteries.
An Israeli Study over 3 years consisted of 19 men and women , ages 65 to 75 with severe carotid artery blockage. 10 Participants drank 50 ml or about 2 ounces per day of 100% pomegranate juice,and 9 drank a placebo.
Among the pomegranate juice drinkers , plaque thickness decreased by an average of 13% after 3 months and 35% after one year.
FOLKS this is truly amazing because NO drug came close to reducing plaque like this.

I use Trader Joe's 100% Certified Pomegranate Juice with nothing added. I dilute 2 ounces with 2 ounces of water and drink this before a meal.

Other juices like POM are not that good because they contain too much sugar!

[Phoenix7]

Tumeric or Circumin research is indicating that curcumin may be among the most powerful and versatile health supplements impacting everything from colds to cancer.

In fact, important new findings have determined that this spice can:
• Protect against the ravages of aging
• Enhance heart health and inhibit the formation of LDL (bad) cholesterol
• Help protect against age related memory loss
• Help maintain healthy cells and neutralize damaging free radicals
• Maintain healthy, pain-free joints
• Reduce chronic and damaging inflammation
• Counteract damage caused by radiation
• Support healthy kidneys and liver
• Encourage the body's own detoxification efforts and help eliminate such health-damaging contaminants as heavy metals
• Help prevent blood platelets from sticking together, thereby improving circulation

[Phoenix7]

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