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Posted on 2011-04-19 06:00:00 in Cancer | Death and Dying | Healthcare and Information |

2011 Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer finds that the rate of death in the US from all cancers for men and women continues a steady decline.

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Posted on 2010-02-15 06:00:00 in Healthcare and Information |
Majority of American Adults Rely on Internet for Health Information

US National Health Interview Survey reveals that more than half of American adults use the Internet to look up health information.

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Millions of Americans are being exposed to potentially cancer-causing levels of radiation from medical imaging tests. Per capita radiation doses in the U.S. have risen sixfold since the early 1980's, and according to Reza Fazel, MD of Atlanta's Emory University School of Medicine, "Our study shows that a lot of people are getting high doses of radiation." Continue reading…
Week of August 24, 2009

Carolyn McMakin, MA,DC

Dr. McMakin maintains a clinical practice, does research and teaches Frequency Specific Microcurrent seminars in the United States and internationally. She has lectured at the National Institutes of Health and at numerous medical and alternative medicine conferences on the differential diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain and fibromyalgia.

At the upcoming Anti-Aging Conference: Clinical Applications for In-Office Procedures in San Jose, California (September 9-12, 2009), Dr. McMakin will present, Reduction of Elevated Liver Enzymes Using Frequency Modulated Microamperage Current, on Friday, September 11, 2009.

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By Gordon Pedersen Ph.D.

H1N1 is a serious threat to our health and way of life. The best way to treat it influenza is to prevent it and employ healthy hygiene. Drugs have serious side effects and cannot be used by the entire population and should not be used for long periods of time.

In order to control an epidemic all types of treatment should be employed including prescription drugs (ACE, ARB's, TNF-alpha blockers, anti-viral and anti-bacterial) vitamins, mineral, antioxidant herbs, proper hygiene, air filtration, water filtration and the proper use of diet and nutritional supplements, especially the newly patented, FDA approved Silver Sol technology. Silver Sol destroys bacteria, viruses, and mold so it demonstrates broader spectrum of activity than any antibiotic or antiviral drug. It can be taken daily due the fact that it passes through the body unchanged, and can prevent viral infections, treat them and work synergistically with antibiotics to produce as much as a ten fold increase in activity against the bacteria that cause death in influenza. Continue reading…
Although soy contains phytoestrogens -- naturally occuring plant estrogens -- soyfoods and soy isoflavone supplements have no significant impact on male reproductive hormone levels in men, a new study published by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine finds. Continue reading…

The A4M unveils an innovative, technology-based fix to healthcare with the potential to:
- Increase the lifespan, or improve the healthspan, of all Americans by 29+ years;
- Slash healthcare costs, saving $3.7 Trillion; and
- Replace the disease-based approach to medicine with a wellness-oriented model Continue reading…
Canada's Minister of Health announced a major new study -- the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging -- to examine critical health issues over a period of two decades. Continue reading…
The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) Conference Program Committee would like to invite you to submit an abstract for poster presentation and/or speaking at the 17th Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine & Regenerative Biomedical Technologies to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 9-12, 2009.

ABSTRACTS DUE: JUNE 30, 2009

All abstracts should be focused on clinical interventions and be applicable to the specialty of Anti-Aging Medicine. Those abstracts that focus on current events in disease and society will be given priority. All content should be absent of commercial statements and/or product endorsement. Please include a minimum of 4 references. Continue reading…
New research from the University of California, San Francisco shows that adding a 30-minute one-on-one educational session to an asthma patient’s self-management program improves their adherence to medications and helps patients better control their disease. Continue reading…
ANTI-AGING TIP OF THE DAY
Exercise Your Anti-Cancer Option
Among women, regular exercise in their 40s slashes breast cancer risk. Among men, routine physical activity exerts a protective effect against prostate cancer.
    US National Cancer Institute(Maryland, USA) researchers have found that regular moderate-to-vigorous exercise in the ten-year period preceding menopause may help reduce the risk of breast cancer later in life. Studying 118,899 postmenopausal women...