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Your Alternative Health Newsletter--May 25 Update--www.altmedicine.com

 

 

*****ALTERNATIVE HEALTH NEWS ONLINE—May 25 Update*****

 

Named by Newsweek as its favorite alternative medicine site

and by Forbes as a " Best of the Web "

 

http://www.altmedicine.com

 

Frank Grazian, Editor & Publisher

05/26/2003

 

**********QUOTE OF THE WEEK**********

 

“Half the costs of illness are wasted on conditions that could be

prevented”--Dr. Joseph Pizzorno, from the book " Total Wellness. "

 

*********KEY ARTICLES SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE*********

 

NOTE: When you access the articles below, you will view them without our

usual frames. This means that they will spread out full screen and be a

bit difficult to read. We suggest that you minimize your screen.

 

FORM OF VITAMIN E FOUND EFFECTIVE AS AUXILIARY CANCER TREATMENT. Colorado

researchers have found that a form of vitamin E--alpha-tocopheryl

succinate—-has proved effective as an auxiliary cancer treatment. They

note that several studies have shown that alpha-tocopheryl succinate has

inhibited and killed both human and rodent cancer cells in test tubes (in

vitro) and later in the living body of rodents (in vivo)-—without causing

normal cells to proliferate.

 

http://www.altmedicine.com/Article.asp?ID=3524

 

COULD DRIVING YOUR CAR CAUSE WRINKLES, SKIN LESIONS? A dermatologist sees

more cases of wrinkles and precancerous skin lesions on the left side of

the face and forehead than on the right side. Why? The answer could be the

time you spend in your car during your daily commute.

 

http://www.altmedicine.com/Article.asp?ID=3527

 

STUDY: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE YIELDS TO SLOWER BREATHING. People with high

blood pressure (hypertension) that is resistant to treatment have achieved

goal blood pressure levels by using an inexpensive device that helps the

person to reduce the number of breaths per minute, according to a small

clinical study.

 

http://www.altmedicine.com/Article.asp?ID=3522

 

LOW VITAMIN B-6 LINKED TO INCREASED STROKE RISK. Researchers at

Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School have discovered

a strong association between a low vitamin B-6 blood level and the risk of

stroke and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). Using 327 subjects selected

from a primary care practice of more than 18,000 patients, the researchers

emphasized that the association was not due to elevated homocysteine

levels. They measured for pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP), the co-enzyme form

of vitamin B-6, produced by the liver when vitamin B-6 and other nutrients

are available.

 

http://www.altmedicine.com/Article.asp?ID=3521

 

EIGHT WAYS TO OUTSMART YOUR ALLERGIES. We cite eight tips on what to do

to avoid allergens in your environment, presented by Allergy Action in

association with the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America. EDITOR'S

NOTE: We are rerunning this popular article, which was published five

years ago, because of the severe pollen season this year in some parts of

the country.

 

http://www.altmedicine.com/Article.asp?ID=1145

 

 

EXTREME HEAT SEEN EFFECTIVE IN TREATING ADVANCED LUNG CANCER.

Radiofrequency ablation--the use of extreme heat--can ease pain, slow

tumor growth, and even destroy tumors in some patients with advanced lung

cancer, a new study shows. A related story, " Extreme Heat Destroys Some

Kidney Cancers, " is also accessible.

 

http://www.altmedicine.com/Article.asp?ID=3513

 

 

SHOULD WE BAN TRANS FATS? We've carried articles on the danger of trans

fats before, but now a nationwide controversy is brewing because a lawyer

who has spent much of his life enjoying Oreo cookies had sued Kraft Foods

Inc. seeking to ban the much-loved cookies in California because they

contain trans fat. He has also formed an advocacy group called

BanTransFats.com, Inc. You can access his website and discover other

over-the-counter foods that contain trans fats, by going to the URL below.

 

http://www.altmedicine.com/Article.asp?ID=3520

 

ASSESS YOUR LUNG CANCER RISK. Here's a prediction tool that can assess a

long-term smoker's risk of developing lung cancer in the next 10 years

based on the person's age, sex, smoking history, and asbestos exposure.

It's from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

 

http://www.altmedicine.com/Article.asp?ID=3518

 

ANTIOXIDANTS IMPROVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN RATS. New research has shown

that dietary antioxidant treatments of rats improve high blood pressure.

The antioxidants used were vitamin E, vitamin C, zinc and selenium. The

researchers conclude that their “data provide convincing evidence for the

role of antioxidants in the maintenance of hypertension.”

 

http://www.altmedicine.com/Article.asp?ID=3511

 

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