After all these years of chanting “ABC” under our breaths when confronted with a collapsed patient, healthcare providers need to change their chant to “CAB.” The American Heart Association has issued new guidelines for emergency resuscitation. The new standards direct rescuers to use the mnemonic CAB to remind them to address the situation in the [...]
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Vitalism: Turn Your Power On Contributor: Dr. Ben Lerner If a mechanic disassembled the parts of a car engine, could he reassemble the parts and the engine function again? If a computer technician came to your house, disassembled your computer and reassembled the parts would it work again? Most would answer yes, of course [...]
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High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is made from a group of corn syrups that have undergone enzymatic processing to convert some of its glucose into fructose. Generally, it consists of 55 percent fructose and 45 percent glucose. The processing enhances the sweetness of the end product; HFCS is 2.3 times sweeter than glucose. It’s also [...]
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Contributor: Dr. Ben Rall Birth is a normal, natural process that has been around since the beginning of humanity. As with any other task the body was created to perform, when you support normal function, you have your best chance at success. The road down the birth canal and out into the world can be [...]
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Contributor: Dr. Ben Lerner Feb 18 2012 8:00 AM The pharmaceutical industry is raking in unheard-of profits (more than three times the average of the other Fortune 500 industries) even after counting research and development costs. Much of this is done under the guise of the greater good. However, the situation has become so out [...]
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The 5 Most Dangerous Pain Medications… Advil… Aleve… Bayer… Celebrex… Demerol… Motrin… Naproxen… Oxycontin… Percocet… Tylenol… Ultram… Vicodin… Find Out Which Are Safe and Which Can Be Deadly… When you think of dangerous drugs, what comes to mind first? Heroin?… Cocaine?… LSD?… … How about pain pills? Pain medications and adverse drug reactions are the [...]
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We’ve always suspected cholesterol is one of the big culprits in heart health. But we have come to find out that we’ve been looking at it all wrong: right culprit; wrong crime. Researchers have found a delicate gel lining inside our arteries, called the glycocalyx—an elegant chain of specialized sugar molecules linked to proteins that [...]
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