prevention Archives

In a publication dated Jan. 5, 2015 there is a report showing that the cancer rates in the US are down in the past two decades. There has been a decline of 22% in cancer mortality over two decades, which translates into 1.5 million lives saved from cancer. The data was obtained from t

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May 13, 2015

by Ray Schilling

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advances in prevention, breast cancer screening, cancer, cancer rates, cancer types, colonoscopy, early detection of cancer, improvements in treatments, psa screening, reduction in mortality

Introduction A study published in the medical journal Stroke in Sept. 2014 showed that potassium can lower the risk of a stroke. 90,137 postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study. Specifically, they had no history of stroke in the beginning of t

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March 31, 2015

by Ray Schilling

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high blood pressure, ischemic strokes, potassium, potassium supplement, primary aldosteronism, risk of dying, stroke

This article is about the fact that calcium supplementation reduces mortality. Notably, a study in the American Journal of Nutrition (August 2014) looked at the effect of calcium intake in diabetics. To clarify, it also looked at their risk to develop heart disease. They failed to s

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March 25, 2015

by Ray Schilling

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atherosclerotic plaque, calcium intake, calcium supplementation, food questionnaires, heart disease, heart vessels, osteoporosis, vitamin D3, vitamin K2

Hardening Of Arteries Reversed With Supplements

A meta-analysis in the Journal of Nutrition from August 2014 indicates that hardening of arteries can be reversed with supplements. Ammar Ashor and colleagues took 20 randomized trials including 1909 subjects aged 22 to 63. Arterial stiffness was measured by pulse-wave velocity or sim

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February 24, 2015

by Ray Schilling

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arterial stiffness, free radicals, hardening of arteries, inflammation, magnesium supplementation, nitric oxide, pulse-wave velocity, telomere lengthening, vitamin C and E

Heart Failure Linked To Low Bone Density

Introduction This article is about the fact that heart failure is linked to low bone density. Indeed, a study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology analyzed the bone density of more than 13,000 healthy individuals. In addition, the researchers also examined their hearts

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January 19, 2015

by Ray Schilling

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bone density, broadband ultrasound attenuation, BUA, calcium, minerals, osteoporosis, vitamin K2

You heard that fiber is good for colon cancer prevention, but have you heard that fiber prolongs life after a heart attack? This is exactly what a study that appeared in the British Medical Journal in April 2014 showed. The lead investigator, Shanshan Li (Harvard School of Public Heal

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January 06, 2015

by Ray Schilling

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cardiovascular events, fiber, gastrointestinal cancers, heart attacks, LDL cholesterol, mortality, Pancreatic cancer, strokes, uterine cancer

An article in the Medical Science monitor dated May 4, 2014 reported about a small study from the Riordan Clinic in Wichita, Kansas. Nina Mikirova and Ronald Hunninghake treated 35 men and women with chronic fatigue syndrome and other conditions who had documented positive Epstein Bar

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December 02, 2014

by Ray Schilling

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Burkitt’s lymphoma, chronic fatigue syndrome, ebv, Epstein Barr virus, Hodgkin’s disease, intravenous vitamin C, mononucleosis, some autoimmune diseases

Alternative To Mammography Screening For Breast Cancer

The November issue of the Life Extension magazine contains an interesting article about alternatives to mammography. One mammography study exposes a woman to 0.4 mSV of radiation. This is the equivalent of about 7 weeks of background radiation from space and earth. A mammography expos

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November 23, 2014

by Ray Schilling

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accumulative radiation, breast cancer screening, mammography, MRI scans

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Cancer Rates Down In the US

Potassium Can Lower the Risk of a Stroke

Calcium Supplementation Reduces Mortality

Hardening Of Arteries Reversed With Supplements

Heart Failure is Linked to Low Bone Density

Fiber Prolongs Life After A Heart Attack

High Dose Vitamin C Helps Epstein Barr Infection

Alternative To Mammography Screening For Breast Cancer

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