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Articles

Genetic Magic
PHO #13

Despite advances in our understanding of how genes actually work, many still cling to the misbegotten idea that genes cause disease.

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Stents
PHO #12

Stents: They’re very popular with cardiologists. And they solve a problem that doesn't exist.

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Heart Attacks
PHO #9

What Causes a Heart Attack: After decades of battling cardiovascular disease, heart attack remain the leading cause of death. Perhaps it's because the conventional explanation of what causes a heart attack is wrong.

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Hypertension All Around
PHO #8

Hypertension All Around: High blood pressure has been turned into a disease with vast amounts of effort and drugs thrown at treating it. But it's a symptom, not a disease.

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C-Reactive Protein
PHO #5

C-Reactive Protein and Heart Health: New research portrays C-reactive protein as a villain, but the research is really about promoting aggressive drug therapy

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Antioxidant Follies
PHO #4

Antioxidant Follies: Why recent research warning that vitamin E might be dangerous is wrong.

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Race-Based Drugs
PHO #4

Race-Based Drugs: Critics miss the point of drug research aimed at African- Americans

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Statins
PHO #2

Statins Uber Alles: There's a bandwagon for using statins. Should you be on it?

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Bad Cholesterol
PHO #1

Bad Cholesterol? Bad Science: Despite the hype, lowering cholesterol does not protect against heart disease

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Shows

Exercise and Disease Prevention

Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett PhD discuss the role of exercise in preventing disease including specific recommendations on forms of exercise and training regimes. Resources: Resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health; also resources on aging, cancer, heart health, insulin resistance, hormones, and stress

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Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment Part 2

Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss how to avoid common diagnoses and the medical interventions that are typically prescribed Resources: Resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity; Resources on cardiovascular and heart health; Resources on digestion and gut health; Resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health; Resources on aging;

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Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment Part 1

Health integrationist Layna Berman and health educator Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss how to avoid common diagnoses and the medical interventions that are typically prescribed Resources: Should I Be Tested For Cancer? by H. Gilbert Welch; Resources on cancer; Resources on mind, mood, and stress; Resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity

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Hypertension Revisited

Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the newest information on the causes of hypertension and its non-pharmaceutical treatment. Resources: “Hypertension All Around” in issue #8 of the Progressive Health Observer; resources on cardiovascular and heart health

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Public Health and Toxic Waste

David O. Carpenter MD, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University of Albany, where he is also professor of environmental health and toxicology and former dean of the School of Public Health, discusses where and how people are exposed to environmental stressors and what role of public health institutions in protecting us. Resources: Institute for Health and the Environment www.albany.edu/ihe/; Resources on environmental health, resources on detoxification, resources on diabetes, resources on heart health, resources on chronic illness, and resources on EMF and radiation

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Protect Yourself Against Stress-related Illness
An event presented on March 4, 2007

Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss how stress affects health and illness. Topics include
how stress is at the core of common diagnoses such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and autoimmune diseases;
how your body responds to stress and the cascade of metabolic events that lead to illness;
how to protect yourself from sources of stress;
how to increase your body's resilience in responding to stressors.
Resources: Resources on mind, mood, and stress; Resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity; Resources on cardiovascular and heart health; Resources on immunity;

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Heart Surgery Dangers

Non-invasive cardiologist Howard Wayne, MD discusses the dangers of angioplasty, bypass surgery, and stents to treat heart disease. Resources: Do You Really Need Bypass Surgery? A Second Opinion and How to Protect Your Heart From Your Doctor by Howard Wayne, MD and The Noninvasive Heart Center www.heartprotect.com

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Health News That Didn’t Fit

Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss important health news and research that was reported wrong or not at all. Resources: Draft Report of the Independent Vitamin Safety Review Panel on the NIH Conference Report; Resources on cardiovascular and heart health; Resources on food and nutrition; Resources on hormones

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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

Health educator Layna Berman discusses nutrient based therapies and new laboratory testing for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Resources: Resources on cardiovascular and heart health

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Statin Proliferation

Dr. Duane Graveline, MD cautions against the use of statin drugs. Resources: Statin Drugs: Side Effects and the Misguided War on Cholestrol and Lipitor: Thief of Memory by Duane Graveline, MD and The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics www.thincs.org

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Heart Disease: What Is It Really?

Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD and Malcolm Kendrick, MD destroy common myths about heart disease and its cause. Resources: Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm; Malcolm Kendrick, MD www.redflagsdaily.com

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Risk Factor Medicine

Jeffry Fawcett, PhD and health educator Layna Berman discuss how symptoms of metabolic disruption are treated as diseases by conventional medicine wtih pharmaceuticals. They contrast this with protective and preventive self-care that includes nutrient-based strategies. Resources: Resources mentioned on the show.

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Feed Your Genes Right

Nutrional journalist Jack Challem discusses his new book about a nutritional approach to turning off disease-causing genes Resources: Feed Your Genes Right by Jack Challem

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Genetics, Folate, and Disease

Orthomolecular physician Dr. Richard Kunin, MD discusses how treating genetically based nutrient deficiencies prevents disease. Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com ; Orthomolecular Medicne News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns

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Uncovering the Year's Health News

Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD, editors and publishers of "Progressive Health Observer", examine health news reported in the conventional media and discuss what wasn't covered. Resources: Resources on food, diet, and nutrition, resources on cardiovascular and heart health, and resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity

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More Cholesterol Myths

Physician and researcher Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD, examines credible research on the relationship between cholesterol levels and heart disease, and finds none. Resources: Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm

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Statins: Memory Destroying Drugs

Dr. Duane Graveline, MD, discusses his book "Lipitor, Thief of Memory" about the effect of cholesterol lowering statin drugs on memory Resources: Lipitor: Thief of Memory by Duane Graveline, MD and The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics www.thincs.org

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Heart Disease: Another Perspective

Health educator Layna Berman discusses the overlooked causes and nutritional prevention of heart disease. Resources: Resources on cardiovascular and heart health

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Medical Radiation in the Promotion of Cancer and Heart Disease

Dr. John Gofman, MD, PhD professor Emeritus, molecular and cell biology University of California, Berkeley, discusses his extensive research correlating cancer and heart disease to radiation exposure from

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Stop Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease

Health educator Layna Berman discusses non-pharmaceutical approaches to the prevention and treatment of hypertension.

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Heart Stopper: How a Low Fat Diet Can Kill You

Matthew Bayan discusses treatment of small particle LDL and heart disease Resources: Eat Fat, Be Healthy by Matthew Bayan

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Orthomolecular Medicine: Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies (two hour special)

Orthomolecular Physican Dr. Richard Kunin MD compares conventional medicine to nutrient based medicine. Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com ; Orthomolecular Medicne News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns

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Cholesterol Myths

Researcher Dr. Uffe Ravnskov MD, PhD, discusses the fallacies behind the heart-cholesterol theory Resources: Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm

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Insulin Resistance and Heart Disease

Dr. Gerald Reaven MD discusses his discovery of Syndrome X Resources: Syndrome X by Gerald Reaven

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The Heart Stopper Gene: Small Particle LDL

Matthew Bayan discusses his experiences with small particle LDL Resources: Eat Fat, Be Healthy by Matthew Bayan

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Obscure Diagnoses - Often missed ailments and their treatments

Orthomolecular Physican Dr. Richard Kunin Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com ; Orthomolecular Medicne News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns

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The Heart Revolution

Kilmer McCulley MD Pathologist and discoverer of the homocysteine-heart disease connection discusses his new book Resources: The Heart Revolution by Kilmer McCulley

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Cardiology and Complementary Medicine

Dr. Mehmet Oz, MD Resources: Healing From the Heart by Mehmet Oz

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Nutritional Strategies for Preventing Heart Disease

Nutritionist Robert Crayhon Resources: The Carnitine Miracle and Robert Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple by Robert Crayhon

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Hypertension and Amino Acid therapy

Dr. Eric Braverman MD

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Preventing Heart Disease Naturally

Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist

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How to Protect Your Heart From Your Doctor: Alternatives to Bypass Surgery and Angioplasty

Dr. Howard Wayne MD Resources: Do You Really Need Bypass Surgery? A Second Opinion and How to Protect Your Heart From Your Doctor by Howard Wayne, MD and The Noninvasive Heart Center www.heartprotect.com

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