Vegetarianism May Cut Heart Disease Risk By Third: Study

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Lowered blood pressure, cholesterol levels may be the key, researchers say

By Robert Preidt

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Vegetarians, take heart: A new British study finds you may have about a third less risk of hospitalization or death from cardiovascular disease than meat-eaters do.

"Most of the difference in risk is probably caused by effects on cholesterol and blood pressure, and shows the important role of diet in the prevention of heart disease," lead researcher Dr. Francesca Crowe, of the cancer epidemiology unit at the University of Oxford, said in a university news release.

The study included nearly 45,000 people from England and Scotland, about a third of who were vegetarians. According to the research team, having such a large proportion of vegetarians in this type of study is rare and enabled a more precise comparison of heart disease risk between vegetarians and non-vegetarians.

The participants were recruited to the study throughout the 1990s, and all of them provided information about their health and lifestyle when they joined. About 20,000 of the volunteers also had their blood pressure and cholesterol levels checked, and follow-up continued until 2009.

During the follow-up period, heart disease was identified in more than 1,200 people, including 169 deaths from heart disease.

Crowe's team found that the vegetarians had a 32 percent lower chance of being hospitalized or dying from heart disease versus people who ate meat or fish. The vegetarians typically had lower blood pressures and cholesterol levels than non-vegetarians.

Vegetarians also tended to be slimmer and there were fewer cases of diabetes, but these two factors were not found to significantly affect the study results, the researchers reported in the January issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Still, the study could only show an association between a meat-free diet and better heart health, not a cause-and-effect link. And one U.S. expert said the research did have some limitations.

First of all, the vegetarians in the study "were roughly 10 years younger [on average] than nonvegetarians," possibly skewing the results, said Dr. Stephen Green, associate chairman of the department of cardiology at North Shore University Hospital, in Manhasset, N.Y. He also believes that the populations studied may not be equivalent to the average American.

"These people are much thinner than Americans, smoke less and are more active," Green noted. "With respect to this study, the average BMI [body-mass index, a measure of weight vs. height] in this study is between 23 and 24, an increasingly rare number for Americans. For instance, this would be 6 foot tall, 173 pounds or 5 foot 3 inches and 132 pounds. These sort of weights are becoming increasingly uncommon in America."

But another expert said the health benefits of vegetarianism are well-established.

"'Eat your veggies!' is a favorite saying of mothers everywhere. Now that same quote may be the best advice as you leave your cardiologist's office in search of advice to reduce the risk of a heart attack," said Dr. Kevin Marzo, chief of cardiology at Winthrop-University Hospital, in Mineola, NY.

Marzo also wondered about the effect on heart health of diets where meat and fish are lowered but not eliminated.

"Though not addressed in this important study, for those not ready for a meat-free diet, pesco-vegetarians (fish) and semi-vegetarians who limit animal products but still eat meat once or week or so, may have 'intermediate protection' against heart disease," he said.

SOURCES: Stephen Green, M.D., associate chairman, department of cardiology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY; Kevin Marzo, M.D., chief, cardiology, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, N.Y.; University of Oxford, news release, Jan. 30, 2013

Yoga may aid people with irregular heart rhythm

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By Genevra Pittman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Regular yoga classes could help people with a common heart rhythm problem manage their symptoms while also improving their state of mind, a new study suggests.

According to the American Heart Association, about 2.7 million people in the U.S. have atrial fibrillation (AF), in which the heart's upper chambers quiver chaotically instead of contracting normally.

People with AF are often prescribed drugs such as beta blockers to help control their heart rate and rhythm. But the medicines don't alleviate symptoms for all patients, researchers noted - which is where add-ons like yoga could come in.

"This may be something they should consider," said W. Todd Cade, a physical therapy researcher from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

"Yoga could be a beneficial treatment for people with atrial fibrillation. Obviously they should talk to their doctor before they start a program," Cade, who wasn't involved in the new research, told Reuters Health.

"There are a lot of other benefits of yoga, and there aren't a lot of negatives," he added.

The new study included 49 people who'd had AF for an average of five years. For three months, researchers led by Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy from the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City tracked study volunteers' heart symptoms and their blood pressure and heart rate, as well as their anxiety, depression and general quality of life.

For the second phase of the study, the same participants went to group yoga classes at least twice a week for an additional three months, again reporting on their symptoms and quality of life.

All of the patients were on stable medications throughout the study period.

Nonetheless, the number of times they reported heart quivering - which was confirmed by a heart monitor - dropped from almost four times during the first three months to twice during the yoga intervention phase. Their average heart rate also fell from 67 beats per minute at the start of the study to between 61 and 62 bpm post-yoga.

Participants' anxiety scores declined from an average of 34, on a scale of 20 to 80, to 25 after three months of yoga. Depression and general mental health improved as well, Lakkireddy and his colleagues reported Wednesday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

"People feel more empowered, they feel better, they feel stronger," Cade said. "There are probably a lot of benefits of the yoga besides on atrial fibrillation."

Lakkireddy told Reuters Health that to be helpful, yoga has to be incorporated into daily life - not just picked up for a few months at a time.

He said people with AF shouldn't expect a cure, but that regular yoga may make their arrhythmia "more tolerable" and reduce visits to the emergency room when symptoms flare up.

"A lot of people ask, 'Can I just do yoga and do nothing else?'" Lakkireddy said. "I think that's the wrong approach to take. Yoga is not a cure in itself... it is a good adjunct to what else these patients should be doing."

Cade said future studies could look at whether yoga might help people with AF safely cut back on some of their medications.

Still, he noted, the effect of yoga seen here wasn't "huge," and any possible benefits among heart patients will need to be confirmed - and better explained - in further research.

Dr. Renato Lopes, who studies AF at the Duke Clinical Research Institute in Durham, North Carolina, agreed, adding that based on these findings, it's unclear exactly how yoga might work in the body to improve symptoms.

"We really would like to see a randomized, well-controlled study to really be able to assess the treatment effect of yoga in patients with atrial fibrillation," said Lopes, who wasn't part of the research team.

"Yoga is something that seems to be a good thing to do, regardless of if you have (AF)," he told Reuters Health. But, "To make a formal recommendation for patients with (AF) to do yoga, just based on this study, seems to be a little bit premature for me."

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/P8Btq1 Journal of the American College of Cardiology, online January 30, 2013.

Study tied foods like carrots, spinach and yams to lower risk of Lou Gehrig's disease.

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TUESDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Eating bright orange, red or yellow fruits and dark-green vegetables rich in antioxidants may help prevent or delay the onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, according to a new study.

Researchers found that increasing consumption of carotenoids, particularly beta-carotene and lutein, might reduce the risk for this progressive neurological disease, which attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

Carrots, yams and mangoes are rich in beta-carotenes, and spinach, collard greens and egg yolks are good sources of lutein.

The study found, however, that diets rich in the antioxidants lycopene, beta-cryptoxanthin and vitamin C do not apparently reduce the risk for ALS, which causes the muscles to waste away and eventually results in paralysis.

The study was published online Jan. 29 in the journal Annals of Neurology.

"ALS is a devastating degenerative disease that generally develops between the ages of 40 and 70, and affects more men than women," senior study author Dr. Alberto Ascherio, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health, said in a journal news release. "Understanding the impact of food consumption on ALS development is important."

Analyzing information on more than 1 million people, the researchers identified nearly 1,100 cases of ALS. The researchers found that increased overall carotenoid intake -- especially among those who ate diets rich in beta-carotene and lutein -- seemed to be linked to a lower risk for the devastating condition.

Those who ate more carotenoids daily also were more likely to exercise, have an advanced degree, have increased vitamin C intake and take vitamin C and E supplements.

The researchers pointed out, however, that long-term vitamin C supplements did not lower people's risk for this degenerative disease.

"Our findings suggest that consuming carotenoid-rich foods may help prevent or delay the onset of ALS," Ascherio concluded. "Further food-based analyses are needed to examine the impact of dietary nutrients on ALS."

The findings, which used data from five previous studies, do not establish a cause-and-effect protective relationship between carotenoid consumption and ALS risk.

About 20,000 to 30,000 Americans have ALS, and 5,000 more are diagnosed with the disease every year, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

More information

The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has more about ALS.

SOURCE: Annals of Neurology, news release, Jan. 29, 2013

Mediterranean diet may not protect the aging brain

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By Andrew M. Seaman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite hopes that a Mediterranean-style diet would be as good for the head as it is for the heart, a new study among French men and women found little benefit to aging brains.

The research, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, looked at the participants' dietary patterns in middle age and measured their cognitive performance at around age 65, but found no connection between Mediterranean eating and mental performance.

"They did as careful of a job as possible to find something, but they didn't find anything," said Teresa Fung, a professor of nutrition at Simmons College in Boston who was not involved in the study.

But, Fung said, the results don't definitively answer the question of whether a Mediterranean diet - rich in fruit, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, wine and olive oil - is linked to better brain health.

It's been suggested that the "good" fats in the Mediterranean diet might benefit the brain directly, or that low saturated fats and high fiber in the diet could help stave off cognitive decline indirectly by keeping blood vessels healthy.

And previous research has seemed to uphold that promise. One large study in the Midwest, for example, found that people in their 60s and older who ate a mostly Mediterranean diet were less prone to mental decline as they aged (see Reuters Health article of December 29, 2010 here: http://reut.rs/W2fy4L.)

In another study of older Americans, this time living in northern Manhattan, researchers linked Mediterranean-style diets to a 40 percent reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease.

Other studies, however, have not found a connection between Mediterranean eating patterns and cognitive decline with age.

In the new study, led by Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot at the nutritional epidemiology research center of the French national health research agency INSERM, the investigators used data on 3,083 people who were followed from the mid-1990s, when they were at least 45 years old.

At the beginning of the study period, participants recorded what they ate over one 24-hour period every two months, for a total of six dietary record samples per year.

Then, between 2007 and 2009 when the participants were about 65 years old, their memory and other mental abilities were measured.

Some of the mental tests included asking participants to remember words from a list and asking them to name as many animals as possible in two minutes.

The researchers then separated participants into three categories depending on how closely they adhered to a Mediterranean-style diet, and compared their mental ability test scores.

Overall, the researchers found the people who ate a diet closest to the Mediterranean ideal performed about the same as those who ate a non-restricted diet.

"Our study does not support the hypothesis of a significant neuroprotective effect of a (Mediterranean diet) on cognitive function," wrote the researchers, who did not respond to a request by Reuters Health for comment.

Dr. Nikos Scarmeas, who was not involved with the study but has researched the effects of food on brain health, said it's important to note that the new study had some limitations.

For instance, researchers only tested the participants' mental abilities once, making it impossible to track whether they got better or worse over time, said Scarmeas, an associate professor at New York's Columbia University Medical Center.

"This study will add to the evidence, but we still can't make a conclusion based on this study," Fung told Reuters Health.

Scarmeas agreed it's still too early to recommend a Mediterranean diet to improve or protect brain health.

"We don't have the strong evidence to go and tell people, 'Listen, if you follow this diet, it will improve cognition,'" he said.

Still, neither recommended against it. Both Fung and Scarmeas said that a Mediterranean diet is tied to better heart health, which some people may find appealing.

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/UZvTWG The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, February 2013.

Higher Fruit, Veggie Intake Tied to Lower Risk of a Tough-to-Treat Breast Cancer

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But study couldn't prove cause and effect, and risks for other forms of cancer weren't altered

By Robert Preidt

FRIDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables may lower women's risk for a tough-to-treat form of breast cancer, but it does not reduce their odds of getting breast cancer overall, a new study finds.

Specifically, the new study found lower rates of what's known as "estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer" among women who ate high amounts of fruits and vegetables.

These tumors -- which do not respond to circulating estrogen -- account for 15 percent to 20 percent of breast cancers, and have a lower survival rate than other types of breast cancer.

According to a team led by Seungyoun Jung, formerly at the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, previous research has suggested that consuming higher amounts of fruits and vegetables might lower breast cancer risk, but there haven't been enough data to prove it.

In their new investigation, Jung's team analyzed data from 20 prior studies of women who were followed for a maximum of 11 to 20 years.

They found a statistically significant link between higher fruit and vegetable consumption and a lower risk for estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer, but not with a lower risk of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers (those that do respond to estrogen) or for breast cancer overall.

The lower risk for estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer was mostly associated with higher intake of vegetables, Jung's team noted in a journal news release.

Two breast cancer experts responded to the findings with caution, noting that a cause-and-effect relationship is far from certain.

"It is plausible that estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer is influenced by nutritional factors," said Dr. Paolo Boffetta, director of the Institute for Translation Epidemiology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, in New York City.

"However, eating fruits and vegetables is closely tied to environmental factors and healthy lifestyle, such as weight control, physical activity and other healthy eating habits," he noted. "Since these are so closely tied together, it is difficult to disentangle the specific effect of fruits and vegetables."

And Dr. Stephanie Bernik, chief of surgical oncology at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, agreed.

"The study fails to control for some bias that may occur when observing the two populations," she said. "Perhaps the women that eat well also exercise, drink little alcohol, don't smoke and eat less animal fats overall."

Still, living healthily is always a good idea, and "the study does add some evidence that a healthy lifestyle can perhaps help decrease the risk of breast cancer," Bernik said.

The study was published Jan. 24 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

SOURCES: Paolo Boffetta, M.D., director, Institute for Translational Epidemiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City; Stephanie Bernik, M.D., chief of surgical oncology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; Journal of the National Cancer Institute, news release, Jan. 24, 2013

El remedio homeopático: el origen y las vías de administración

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The Synergy in Homeopathy, Dr Rajan Sankaran

Dr Rajan Sankaran

9-11 March 2013, London

Synergy

‘The discovery that each remedy has the qualities of its source has given a new dimension to our insights into Materia Medica.  Use of this thematic understanding according to Kingdom, Subkingdom and Source information, has been termed the Sensation Approach which addresses the conceptual side of homeopathy….. the most consistent results come when this, the artistic side and the logical, traditional side are integrated. When we see this integration, our prescriptions become more rounded, complete and sure and we are using an integrated approach and not a fragmented one.   I have found that this integration has given me the best results in thirty years of practice’

 

After twenty years taking us ever deeper into the nature of disease and healing, Dr Sankaran’s teachings have completed a full cycle in the evolution of the Sensation Approach. He will demonstrate, through live cases, how an integrated approach to case taking and analysis can help to match the deepest state of the patient. As always, he will share his wide knowledge of provings, materia medica and repertory, which are the bases of his practice and teaching.

For more information email: pinnacleseminars@dsl.pipex.com or telephone +44(0)20 8946 2650

Strawberries, blueberries may cut heart attack risk in women

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DALLAS, Jan. 14, 2013 – Eating three or more servings of blueberries and strawberries per week may help women reduce their risk of a heart attack by as much as one-third, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Blueberries and strawberries contain high levels of naturally occurring compounds called dietary flavonoids, also found in grapes and wine, blackberries, eggplant, and other fruits and vegetables. A specific sub-class of flavonoids, called anthocyanins, may help dilate arteries, counter the buildup of plaque and provide other cardiovascular benefits, according to the study.

“Blueberries and strawberries can easily be incorporated into what women eat every week,” said Eric Rimm D.Sc., senior author and Associate Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Mass. “This simple dietary change could have a significant impact on prevention efforts.”

Blueberries and strawberries were part of this analysis simply because they are the most-eaten berries in the United States. Thus, it’s possible that other foods could produce the same results, researchers said.

Scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health in the United States and the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom conducted a prospective study among 93,600 women ages 25 to 42 who were registered with the Nurses’ Health Study II. The women completed questionnaires about their diet every four years for 18 years.

During the study, 405 heart attacks occurred. Women who ate the most blueberries and strawberries had a 32-percent reduction in their risk of heart attack compared to women who ate the berries once a month or less – even in women who otherwise ate a diet rich in other fruits and vegetables.

“We have shown that even at an early age, eating more of these fruits may reduce risk of a heart attack later in life,” said Aedín Cassidy, Ph.D., lead author and head of the Department of Nutrition at Norwich Medical School of the University of East Anglia in Norwich, United Kingdom.

The findings were independent of other risk factors, such as age, high blood pressure, family history of heart attack, body mass, exercise, smoking, caffeine or alcohol intake.

The American Heart Association supports eating berries as part of an overall balanced diet that also includes other fruits, vegetables and whole-grain products. Eating a variety of foods is the best way to get the right amounts of nutrients.

Other co-authors are Kenneth J. Mukamal, M.D.; Lydia Liu, M.Sc.; Mary Franz, M.Sc. and A. Heather Eliassen, Sc.D..

Induction of apoptosis of tumor cells by some potentiated homeopathic drugs: implications on mechanism of action.

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Preethi K, Ellanghiyil S, Kuttan G, Kuttan R.

Source

Amala Cancer Research Centre, Thrissur, Kerala, India.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Homoeopathic medicines treat diseases, including cancer, using ultradiluted preparations. Earlier studies indicated that homoeopathic medicines are cytotoxic to tumor cells and reduced animal tumors. However, the mechanism of homoeopathic medicines at the cellular level is not known.

METHODS:

The following drugs were used in the study: Ruta 200C, Carcinosinum 200C, Hydrastis 200C, Thuja 200C, and Thuja 1M. These drugs were tested for their ability to induce apoptosis as seen by morphology, DNA laddering, expression of genes related to apoptosis, and TUNEL assay. Similarly, the effect of homoeopathic medicines on apoptosis was measured by microarray analysis. Activity of Ruta 200C was compared with that of the mother tincture.

RESULTS:

Ruta 200C produced morphological changes in the Dalton's lymphoma ascites tumor cells and induced DNA laddering. Carcinosinum 200C increased apoptotic gene p53 and Ruta 200C decreased antiapoptotic gene Bcl2. Administration of potentiated homoeopathic drugs to tumor-bearing mice induced TUNEL-positive cells in the tumor, showing increased apoptosis of tumor cells. Microarray analysis of cells treated with homoeopathic drugs indicated that many enzymes related to apoptosis were increased by homoeopathic drugs.

CONCLUSION:

These data indicate that apoptosis is one of the mechanisms of tumor reduction of homeopathic drugs. A comparison of potentiated drugs with their mother tincture indicated that the potentiated drugs have biological activity similar to that of their mother tincture in spite of ultradilution.

PMID:

21771822

[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Rhus toxicodendron, la visión de Shankaran

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Rhus toxicodendron

Rhus toxicodendron es un remedio de la planta.

Miasma subaguda o la fiebre tifoidea y es conocida por dicha patología.

Rhus toxicodendron tiene una ansiedad constante “, como si algo va a suceder”.

El paciente tiene muchos miedos: miedo al miedo del mal, de ser herido, de ser asesinado. Es muy supersticiosa. Esta ansiedad constante que le hace inquieto y no le permite descansar en cualquier posición.

Hay un sentimiento de impotencia, de ser abandonado por todos sus amigos, la sensación de que algo malo va a suceder. Y esta ansiedad es más dentro de la casa y se mejora por caminar al aire libre. A partir de este comprendí que Rhus toxicodendron enfrenta algún tipo de peligro de ataque de los miembros de su propia familia y se siente indefenso y abandonado por los demás. Dado que esta amenaza es desde el interior de la casa, que siempre tiene que estar en guardia. Si esta amenaza se fuera, podría recurrir a alguien para la ayuda, pero no es así. De ahí que en Rhus toxicodendron no hay apego, no hay deseo de compañía.

No puede convertir a cualquier persona en busca de ayuda y tiene que guardar silencio. Cuando la noche se acerca a la ansiedad crece. Alguien de dentro de la casa puede hacerle daño, creando el temor de homicidio, incluso después de la medianoche, cuando no puedo gritar, no puede decirle a nadie, y no hay apoyo. Uno puede imaginar la situación de una mujer que tiene niños pequeños y es solo en la casa con su marido violento, borracho que es muy capaz de matarla. Ella tiene que estar en guardia. Ella es vigilante, nervioso, tenso, triste, etc es melancólico, llorando e incapaz de expresar sus temores. Ella depende de su marido y preocupada por sus hijos. Todo esto puede hacer que su recurso a la oración y se puede llegar a ser supersticiosos.

También pueden tener miedo de que su marido va a morir y esto la hace aún más ansioso. En mi observación Rhus toxicodendron es una persona muy amable, tímido, suave y muy nervioso. Él es muy supersticiosa y esto puede ser expresado por sus palabras que la comida agria le da dolores en las articulaciones y el yogur para comer / rigidez en el cuello causa cuajada. Aquí puede ver la superstición y el miedo de ser envenenado.

Rhus toxicodendron niños no pueden sentarse en un solo lugar. Ellos están siempre en movimiento alrededor, inquieto, siempre en movimiento de una u otra parte del cuerpo. Este no es el deseo de caminar de un lado a otro como Arsenicum, ni es como la inquietud de que Aconitum es repentino, más intenso, vigoroso y agudo, con miedo intenso o ansiedad.

En Rhus toxicodendron es una inquietud constante física. Rhus toxicodendron los niños tienen dificultades para retener la orina, sino que a menudo se presenta micción involuntaria o enuresis nocturna. Ser una hiedra venenosa, Rhus toxicodendron ha intensa urticaria y reacciones alérgicas en la piel que en general se mejoran por el calor y las aplicaciones calientes. Cuando los síntomas de la piel son muy importantes, ven Rhus puede ser más adecuado.

Rhus tox es complementario a Calcarea carbonica y viceversa.Así como Calcarea frente a una amenaza desde el exterior puede entrar en un estado Stramonium, una persona Calcarea frente a una amenaza de su propia familia puede entrar en un estado Rhus tox. Calcarea personas también pueden necesitar Rhus toxicodendron después de levantar algo pesado o hacer esfuerzo y luego volver al estado de Calcarea carbonica. La inquietud de Rhus toxicodendron recuerda uno de Medorrhinum y Zincum. Los tres recursos son supersticiosos, sintiendo una ansiedad inexplicable manifestado por los pies inquietos.Zincum tiene “miedo, como si hubiera cometido un delito”, pero no sé qué. Medorrhinum tiene “miedo de la desgracia, como si algo va a pasar” y es clarividente. Rhus toxicodendron tiene temor nervioso, el temor, pero no sabe exactamente por qué.concomitantes físicos – Rhus toxicodendron anhela dulces y leche fría. He notado también un deseo para el helado. Otras características físicas concomitantes:

° Paciente friolento.
° Agr.Clima húmedo.
° Agr. Overlifting nada.
° Amel. Muy baño caliente.
° Otra confirmación de Rhus toxicodendron es la ansiedad, agr. sentado relajado o dobladas, Amel. erguido. El paciente se siente más cómodo sentado tieso y erguido en lugar de suelta y se inclinó.

Categorias
°  Angustia, la conducción de un lugar a otro.
° La ansiedad, la medianoche, después.
° La ansiedad, el aire, en sesión pública, mejora.
° Ansiedad, cama, cm – Ansiedad, solo, cuando.
° Ansiedad, casa, cm – Ansiedad, sentado doblado.
° Ilusión, el hogar, lejos de, lo es.
° Ilusión, asesinado, será.
° Ilusión, envenenada, que está a punto de ser.
° Ilusión, la itinerancia en los campos.
° Ilusión, miraba, ella se está.
° Habita en el pasado sucesos desagradables, la medianoche, después.
° El miedo, la noche.
° El miedo, la muerte, de la.
° El miedo, la muerte, de.
° El miedo, asesinado, de ser.
° El miedo, envenenado, del ser.
° El miedo, la superstición.
° Forsaken, aire mejorado, en abierto.
° Forsaken, amigos, por su, sensación de como si.
° Orar.
° Inquietud, noche, medianoche, después.
° Inquietud, ansiedad.
° Inquieto, cama, expulsando de.
° Inquietud, mover constantemente.
° Llorando, sin causa, sin saber por qué.

Kent

° Vértigo en personas de edad.
° Los deseos de leche.
° Micción involuntaria en los niños.
° Inquietud pies. Phatak – Cambio de posición, mejora.
° Refrigerada mientras esté caliente.
° El miedo, veneno.

Osteoporosis y homeopatía, ponencia del doctor Kerala

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Dr. Mansoor Ali

Gob. Colegio Médico Homeopático, Calicut.Kerala

(Ponencia presentada en la Conferencia Internacional sobre la Osteoporosis en Amala Cancer Research Centre. Kerala)

La homeopatía ha sido un modus operandi muy beneficioso en la lucha contra la osteoporosis.Los remedios homeopáticos no vayan a revertir la pérdida ósea existente, pero puede ayudar a controlar el dolor, se ralentizará o detener la pérdida ósea, puede promover la estabilidad y la curación.

Los remedios homeopáticos permitirá a los minerales y nutrientes esenciales para ser absorbidos de manera más eficiente, por lo tanto, más allá prevenir fracturas óseas, o acelerar la curación de las fracturas existentes mediante el fortalecimiento de los huesos.

Enfoque homeopático constitucional tiene en cuenta los síntomas de una persona es característico, su estado general físico y mental y entiende la forma del cuerpo de una persona reacciona a la Osteoporosis.

El propósito del enfoque homeopático consiste en vitalizar la curación natural del cuerpo y la auto-reparación capacidad de crear el más alto estado de la salud y el bienestar.

El objetivo y el objetivo de la gestión homeopática se puede lograr mediante:

• La ingesta dietética de la ingesta de calcio requerido por el cuerpo.
• Corrección de la ingesta de calcio aparte formas de alimentos para regular el requerimiento diario de calcio.
• Corrección de la absorción intestinal de calcio.
• Corrección de asimilación de los canales de calcio en el cuerpo por vía constitucional.
• El ejercicio, en forma de ejercicios de luz y / o meditación.
• Corrección terapéutica en caso de que los criterios anteriores fallan o parcialmente mejorar al paciente.

La línea de tratamiento de la osteoporosis depende de la causa de la osteoporosis.

• La forma más común es la osteoporosis primaria, que es debido a la edad y por lo tanto se puede corregir por la ingesta dietética de calcio o suplementos de calcio. Los medicamentos homeopáticos como Calc carb., Calc phos., Calc IOD. Silicea, y han demostrado buenos resultados.
• En los trastornos que causan malabsorción GIT, medicamento homeopático se puede hacer en la totalidad de los síntomas con la que el paciente presenta al doctor. Se ve que el 60 – 80% del calcio se absorbe de la ingesta total de calcio tomada a través de la ruta oral, pero esto se puede reducir en los casos de alteración de la absorción intestinal de la medicación homeopática calcium.The aumentará la absorción intestinal y la asimilación del calcio .
• La osteoporosis como resultado de la inflamación de las articulaciones GIT o puede ser administrado por medicamentos como Argentum satisfechas., Asafoetida., Calc., Merc., Nit.ac., Florida. ac., Phytolacca., etc

Medicamentos clínicamente verificados mencionados en el Repertorio Homeopático (Síntesis)

• EXTREMIDADES – OSTEOPOROSIS: Bor-pur. cortiso. dys. Mucor
• GENERALES – OSTEOPOROSIS: arg-met. bacls-7. calc-f. cortico. cortiso. dys. fl-ac. morg-p.palo.
• GENERALIDADES – huesos frágiles – General: Asaf. banis-c. bar-c. bufo calc-f. Calc-p. Calc. carc. cor-r. Cupr. fl-ac. Lac-ac. lyc. Merc. par. ph-ac. pip-n. ruta SIL. sulph. Symph. Thuja.
• GENERALES – SUAVIZANTE huesos: . am-c . ASAF aur. bar-c. Bell. bufo calc-f. Calc-i. calc-p. CALC. causto. cic. con. Ferr-i. ferr-m. Ferr-p. ferr. guaj. Hecla Hep. iod. IP. Kali-i.Lac-c. Lyc. mag-f. mag-p. MERC. Gómez. Nit-ac. nux-m. Ol-j. parathyr. petr. ph-ac. Phos. plb. Psor. Puls. Rhod. ruta septiembre SIL. estafilococo. Sulph. sífilis. Ther. Thuja.
• GENERALES – huesos, las quejas de: . Arg-met . ASAF aur. campana-p-sp. Calc-f. Calc-p.Calc. ricino-eq. barbilla. Chlam-tr. COCC. Cupr. daph. eup-per. fl-ac. hep. Kali-bi. kali-i. lyc.merc-pr-r. merc. mez. Nit-ac. PH-AC. Phos. Phyt. PULS. Pyrog. Rhod. Rhus-t. Ruta sel. sil.estafilococos. Sulph. sífilis.

En el repertorio homeopático de Murphy -

GENERALES – OSTEOPOROSIS

EXTREMIDADES – OSTEOPOROSIS: Bor-pur. stj2 cortiso. mtf11 dys. mtf11 mucorales mtf11

Clínica – DESCALCIFICACIÓN, los huesos: . Calc mp1 . Calc-f mp1 . Calc-p mp1 . cor-r mp1 Heclamp1 . sil mp1 . Symph mp1

Arg-Met (plata) es muy adecuado para el tratamiento de la osteoporosis, y también está indicado para juveniles de trastornos de crecimiento de hueso y de las fracturas de los huesos metatarsianos, escafoides, tibia y tarso anterior.

Calc-carb (carbonato de calcio) es uno de los principales remedios homeopáticos para la osteoporosis.

Calc-phos (fosfato de calcio) es otro recurso principal para la osteoporosis. Puede ser utilizado para los deportes relacionados con las lesiones y enfermedades profesionales.

Calc-fluor (fluoruro de calcio) está indicado para la osteoporosis y otros trastornos tales como la enfermedad de Albright, enfermedad de Paget y enfermedad de Recklinghausen.

Cortisona potenciado tiene la acción exacto opuesto de su forma farmacéutica.Sobreprescripción cortisona regular causa una reducción en la matriz ósea y puede inducir osteoporosis. En dosis homeopáticas, cortisona ayuda a revertir esta condición.

Symphytum está indicado para la osteoporosis y es conocido por ‘tejer’ huesos que se niegan a reparar o son lentos para fundir después de una fractura o rotura.

Dos hallazgos de la investigación

1. Uso terapéutico comparativo de risedronato y Calcarea phosphorica-alopatía frente a la homeopatía en la reparación ósea en ratas castradas.

Werkman C, GS Senra, da Rocha RF, Brandão AA.

Fuente: Departamento de Biociencias y Diagnóstico Oral, Escuela de Odontología de São José dos Campos, São Paulo State University.

Resultado

El objetivo de este trabajo fue estudiar los efectos del risedronato (medicina alopática) y Calcarea phosphorica 6CH (medicina homeopática) en la reparación de lesiones óseas en ratas macho con osteoporosis inducida por la castración. Ochenta y cuatro de tres meses de edad, las ratas que se dividieron en cuatro grupos de veintiún animales cada uno. Tres grupos en los castrados y un grupo fue sometido a una cirugía simulada. Un mes más tarde, las lesiones corticales se realizaron en todas las tibias de los animales y, después de un día, los tratamientos experimentales diferentes se inició de acuerdo con los siguientes grupos: CR-castrated/Risedronate (1 mg / kg / día); CCp-castrated/Calcarea phosphorica 6 canales (3 gotas / día); CP-castrated/placebo y SP-Sham/placebo. Los animales se sacrificaron a las siete, catorce y veintiocho días después del comienzo de los tratamientos y tenían su tibias eliminado.Radiografías digitales de las tibias y se analizaron con el fin de evaluar la densidad óptica de la zona del defecto. A continuación, se descalcificaron y se procesaron para análisis histológico e histomorfométrico. Los datos se sometieron a análisis de varianza, y a la Tukey y pruebas de Dunnett (5%). Los tratamientos alopáticos y homeopáticos condujo a la formación de hueso diferente cuanto a la remodelación y los aspectos de maduración. Más investigación es necesaria para acceder a la resistencia y la calidad del hueso recién formado.

2. La osteogénesis in vitro en ratas tibia derivadas de los osteoblastos es promovido por la preparación homeopática, FMS * Calciumfluor.

Palermo C, Filanti C, Poggi S, Manduca P.

Fuente : Genética, Departamento de Oncología de la Universidad de Génova, 26 C. Europa, Genova, 16132, Italia.

Resumen

Se estudiaron los efectos de tratamiento in vitro de la diferenciación de células osteogénicas con FMS * Calciumfluor, para determinar si es causado cambios en el potencial proliferativo o de la diferenciación de los osteoblastos. FMS * Calciumfluor fue desarrollado para el tratamiento de la osteoporosis post-menopáusica y relacionados con la edad sobre la base de los principios de la homeopatía resonancia y prueba de Vega VTR. Su uso terapéutico prescrito diario es de aproximadamente 30.000 veces menos en la concentración de fluoruro a la recomendada para NaF asociado con monofosfato de calcio. Rata tibial osteoblastos (ROB) cultivos primarios representan poblaciones de osteoblastos principios y sus culturas derivadas de más de un 60 duplicación de la población acumulativa (CPD) representan células osteogénicas más maduras.Estas dos poblaciones se muestran a someterse a la diferenciación in vitro, tal como se comprueba por la expresión secuencial de marcadores que definen las etapas de la progresión osteogénico. Aquí mostramos que el tratamiento continuo de ROB durante la osteogénesis con FMS * Calciumfluor modula la expresión de marcadores osteogénicos críticos: fosfatasa alcalina (AP), un indicador de la maduración de los osteoblastos, y (45) Ca incorporación en la matriz y la formación de nódulos, los eventos de la última fase de la osteogénesis y una medida de la mineralización osteoide. El tratamiento no afectó a la proliferación, o la expresión y activación de las metaloproteinasas (MMP). Actividad AP y niveles de ARNm de AP se aumentaron por tratamiento con FMS * Calciumfluor; la incorporación de Ca radiomarcado en la matriz también se aumentó y se produjo la formación de nódulos en un tiempo más corto y con una frecuencia más alta que en los cultivos de control no tratados. Los efectos de FMS * Calciumfluor eran dependiente de la concentración y específica para sus modalidades de preparación, y se observaron a una concentración de alrededor de tres órdenes de magnitud más bajo que efectos similares descritos en la literatura por el tratamiento de cultivos de osteoblastos in vitro con NaF.

3. Un importante ensayo clínico publicado en la revista de la Asociación Médica de Estados Unidos mostraron que las mujeres con terapia de reemplazo hormonal para las varias dolencias como la menopausia y SOP tenían un riesgo mucho mayor de cáncer de mama, enfermedades del corazón y osteoporosis que los que utilizan la homeopatía.

Conclusión

La homeopatía ofrece remedios eficaces que no sólo ayudan a prevenir la enfermedad, sino también a minimize.It es una manera segura y suave para hacer frente a la osteoporosis.Funciona tanto para corregir la osteoporosis y prevenir la deficiencia nutricional adicional.

Referencias

1. Hershoff A. Homeopatía para la curación musculoesquelético. Berkeley (CA): North Atlantic Books, 1996. GPS. p 157, 161, 233, 247, 257.
2. Julian OA. Materia Medica de nuevos remedios homeopáticos. Beaconsfield (UK): Beaconsfield Publishers Ltd., 1990. GPS. p 77, 192, 357, 384, 392, 476, 607.
3. Schroyens Frederick – Repertorium Homeopathicum Syntheticum 2010 edn
4. Richard Hahnemann, investigador y consultor homeopático en Arizona.
5. Murphy Robin – Médica Homeopática Repertorio 3 ª ed

Anticancer activities of Nigella sativa (black cumin).

(Extraído de PubMed.gov)

Khan MA, Chen HC, Tania M, Zhang DZ.

Source

Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological Science and Technology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, P R China.

Abstract

Nigella sativa has been used as traditional medicine for centuries. The crude oil and thymoquinone (TQ) extracted from its seeds and oil are effective against many diseases like cancer, cardiovascular complications, diabetes, asthma, kidney disease etc. It is effective against cancer in blood system, lung, kidney, liver, prostate, breast, cervix, skin with much safety. The molecular mechanisms behind its anticancer role is still not clearly understood, however, some studies showed that TQ has antioxidant role and improves body's defense system, induces apoptosis and controls Akt pathway. Although the anti-cancer activity of N. sativa components was recognized thousands of years ago but proper scientific research with this important traditional medicine is a history of last 2∼3 decades. There are not so many research works done with this important traditional medicine and very few reports exist in the scientific database. In this article, we have summarized the actions of TQ and crude oil of N. sativa against different cancers with their molecular mechanisms.

The quality of selected South African and international homoeopathic mother tinctures.

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Scheepmaker MM, Gower NT.

Source

Department of Homoeopathy, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, PO Box 254 Auckland Park 2006, South Africa.

Abstract

The high potential variability of chemical composition of the plant material involved in the manufacture of homoeopathic mother tinctures (a common source of homoeopathic medicines), renders both their quality control and assurance a significant challenge (Pande and Pathak, 2006). The absence of significant regulations regarding the quality of Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) in South Africa contributes to this challenge (Gqaleni et al, 2007). In order to assess any quality differences between local and international manufacturers, the following homoeopathic mother tinctures, Artemisia absinthium, Rosmarinus officinalis e foliis recentibus, Salvia officinalis and Sambucus nigra, were chosen on the basis that they can be grown both locally in South Africa and internationally and are prepared according to the German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia (GHP), method 3a. Colour analysis was followed by thin layer chromatographic (TLC) analysis on each selected sample and relevant reference sample using both aluminum-backed TLC plates and glass-backed HPTLC plates. Photographs were taken of the resultant chromatograms, active components were identified, comparisons to the reference chromatograms were made and the overall quality of each homoeopathic mother tincture deduced. The quality of all nine of the selected samples manufactured internationally complied with the minimum quality standards set by the GHP. Five out of the six local samples complied with the minimum standards of the GHP._Notwithstanding the minimum GHP standards, the superior number of high quality international samples implies that their quality exceeded that of the locally manufactured tinctures. Greater regulation regarding the quality of these types of products has therefore been identified.

Debate of Homeopathy

Debate about Homeopathy between Professor Joe
Schwarcz from the Office of Science& Society and Dr Andre Saine from the Canadian Academy of Homeopathy.

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Breast Milk Contains More Than 700 Bacteria Types: Study

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This may play a helpful role in babies' digestion, immune systems.

TUESDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Breast milk contains more than 700 species of bacteria, which is more than previously believed, according to a new study.

Breast milk from overweight mothers or those who put on more weight than recommended during pregnancy, however, had fewer species of bacteria, according to the Spanish researchers.

They also found that mothers who had a planned cesarean-section delivery had fewer species of bacteria in their breast milk than those who had a vaginal birth, while mothers who had an unplanned C-section had about the same number of species of those who had a vaginal birth.

This suggests that a mother's hormonal state at the time of birth may affect the diversity of bacteria species in her breast milk, according to the study by Raul Cabrera-Rubio and colleagues, which was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Breast milk plays an important role in determining the composition of the bacterial community in a child's digestive system, noted a news release from the Spanish Foundation of Science and Technology.

The study authors are now trying to determine if bacteria in breast milk help babies digest the milk or if they play a role in immune system development. The investigators said their research could lead to improved child nutrition.

"If the breast milk bacteria discovered in this study were important for the development of the immune system, its addition to infant formula could decrease the risk of allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases," they wrote.

More information

The U.S. Office on Women's Health has more about breast-feeding.

SOURCE: Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology, news release, Jan. 4, 2013