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Gallbladder "Attacks" and Gallstones
Written by Wellness Club on January 28, 2009 – 4:23 pm -How to End the Pain and Save Your Gallbladder Nearly half a million gallbladder surgeries — removal, or cholecystectomy to be precise — are performed each year in the US. Many of the people who give up their gallbladders to such surgery appear to be fine, and the pain of their gallbladder attacks are over. […]
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Antibiotics For Everything! A pill For Every Ill!
Written by Wellness Club on January 26, 2009 – 10:18 pm -How "Drug Resistant" Superbugs Are Born… Commentary by Nurse Mark Here is an interesting series of correspondence, and one that shows just how well the drug companies have conditioned us to believe that the only answer for any malady is a prescription drug, and just how casual conventional medicine practitioners have become about prescribing powerful […]
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We get Questions! Can Niacin Raise Blood Pressure?
Written by Wellness Club on January 26, 2009 – 7:41 pm -We get Questions! Can Niacin Raise Blood Pressure? By Nurse Mark One of our HealthBeat Subscribers writes occasionally with questions – and that is a good thing, because there is some serious misinformation out there in internet-land! There are plenty of competing interests, all wanting you to believe that what they tell you is the […]
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What’s Burning You?
Written by Wellness Club on January 16, 2009 – 7:51 pm -What’s Burning You? The REAL Cause of Heartburn, Indigestion and GERD (and How To Correct It) By Dr. Dana Myatt Older people have considerably more digestive problems than younger folks, and this has typically but incorrectly been blamed on over-production of stomach acid. Not only have medical studies debunked excess stomach acid as the cause […]
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7 Good Reasons To Take Take Grape Seed Extract
Written by Wellness Club on January 16, 2009 – 6:01 pm -7 Good Reasons To Take Take Grape Seed Extract by Dr. Dana Myatt Grape seed extract is on my list of "must take" supplements." Here’s why. Grape Seed Extract Lowers Risk of Heart Disease Proanthocyanidin (OPC), a powerful antioxidant found in grape seeds, grape skins, strawberries and French maritime pine bark, has anti-inflammatory properties which […]
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