Health Letter Index

Healing*Edge Sciences Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 1

Wellness and Disease Prevention

We know from a great deal of scientific research, as well as our inner wisdom, that love is essential for good health and that the happiness love brings is healing. People who are in a committed relationship are happier and healthier than people who are not...
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Age is only a number

Many scientists believe that from the second of conception you are set up with a certain amount of time in the body into which you are born. Others believe that lifespan is far less 'programmed' and far more 'programmable,' and that with the help of scientific advances in medicine and nutrition we can dramatically extend the human lifespan regardless of genetics...
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Medicine - Science, Theory or Science Fiction?

There's a dictum that doctors hear during their years in medical school. It goes something like this: "Fifty percent of what you learn here will turn out to be false. Unfortunately, we don't know which half..."
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Liver health, detoxification, and aging

The common notion of aging has to do with the degeneration of the body's organs and organ systems, but this degenerative process can be managed to some extent. A big part of this management can be achieved with appropriate attention to the health and function of the liver...
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Cholesterol, Type II Diabetes, Hypertension

The truth is that cholesterol is not really the villain as it is portrayed in pharmaceutical ads. It is actually a vital substance needed in every cell of the body. It is the chemical precursor from which the body produces bile acids, provitamin D3, male and female sex hormones, and adrenal hormones (hydrocortisone and aldosterone, which regulate sodium and potassium balance). Cholesterol is needed to construct the membranes that surround each cell....
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