January 31st, 2007
Love it love it love it!!! King Pharmaceuticals has bought a Super Bowl XLI commercial for this Sunday, February 4th. They’re launching their three-year sponsorship of the American Heart Association high blood pressure website.
With the suspense and drama of a Hollywood action movie, “Heart Attack” features a Heart Man going about his everyday business when […]
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January 31st, 2007
In part 3 of our interview with Mark Herpel of Digital Money World, we find out how Mark manages to stay so positive and upbeat despite having lived with congestive heart failure for over a year. He also has some advice for how you can do the same no matter what chronic illness you may […]
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January 30th, 2007
Check this baby out! This is the pill stash of Mr. Beer Belly.
Arise & Shine Electro Life
Dr. Pacheco Ultra Nopal
Eniva Digest-EZ
Garden of Life Primal Defense
HealthForce Nutritionals Liver Rescue III
Jarrow CLA 750
Jarrow Q-absorb
MRM DHEA 50mg
Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega
Solaray Iron Free Spectro Vitamins
I’m not sure what half this stuff is but you can find out more in […]
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January 30th, 2007
Continuing with our interview with b5media’s Mark Herpel (see part 1), today we talk about his sodium-free diet and how it has helped him control the symptoms of congestive heart failure.
Hsien Lei (HL): You mentioned that your diet has been a challenge. What specifically have you had to change with respect to your diet and […]
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January 29th, 2007
Here’s a video of Dr. Sheldon Gottlieb of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center on dLifeTV talking about how diabetes increases the risk of heart disease.
HT: Stef
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January 29th, 2007
As I’ve been hinting at over the weekend, I have a special guest at A Hearty Life this week. Mark Herpel is a b5media colleague at Digital Money World who responded to my nosy question asking about the contents of people’s medicine chest (his will be featured later in the series). To my surprise, he […]
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January 29th, 2007
Within the next decade, it may be a matter of routine for heart patients to use their own stem cells harvested from bone marrow to rejuvenate their heart muscles. In addition to CNN journalist Charlie Hoff and Bobby Gregson, 73-year-old Bernie van Zyl received his own stem cells two years ago after open-heart surgery and […]
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January 27th, 2007
If you were a patient in The Examining Room of Dr. Charles, you’d find a sympathetic physician looking out for your good health. He presents two approaches for convincing patients to take statins in order to control their cholesterol levels.
Overwhelm them with study statistics showing the effects of high cholesterol and the benefits of taking […]
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January 27th, 2007
When it comes to stroke, speed is of the essence. NIH researchers have found that MRI is better than CT at diagnosing stroke.
MRI diagnoses acute strokes 83% of the time compared to CT at only 26% of the time
MRI is better than CT at diagnosing acute hemorrhagic stroke and chronic stroke
MRI was as good as […]
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January 26th, 2007
Could I be more of a health tyrant than I thought? Laura Bzowy of CFS Squared had this to say when I asked her what was in her medicine chest.
OK Hsien,
Don’t get mad ok…..please. Actual stuff in my medicine cupboard consists of the following: 3 bandaids with the scooby doo gang on them, toothpaste, 1 […]
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