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Blood pressure
Reversing Hypertension: A Vital New Program to Prevent, Treat, and Reduce High Blood Pressure – review
It Strikes One in Four Americans Without Warning… it triples your risk of dying from a heart attack…it increases your risk of stroke sevenfold…it can lead to kidney disease, diabetes, and blindness…and to fight it, you may be taking expensive-and dangerous-drugs.
Prevent a Second Heart Attack: 8 Foods, 8 Weeks to Reverse Heart Disease – review
Reverse Your Heart Disease in Just Eight Weeks – If you’re one of the 13 million Americans who have survived a heart attack or been diagnosed with heart disease, Dr. Janet Bond Brill offers a delicious and foolproof plan that can lower your risk of a second heart attack by up to 70 percent. Inspired by the heart-healthy Mediterranean diet, the Prevent a Second Heart Attack Plan is based on satisfaction, rather than deprivation.
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About: Hypertension – review
Houston offers a revolutionary, all-natural treatment program for reversing hypertension, the “silent killer” that affects more than 60 million Americans. Dr. Mark Houston is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Vanderbilt University Medical School and Director of the Hypertension Institute at St. Thomas Medical Group in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the co-author of The Handbook of Antihypertensive Therapy, a guidebook for doctors and medical professionals.
Spurious drugs under homeopathic label
In US, many people lost their sense of smell using Zicam nasal spray, a cold remedy they thought would be safer than other medicines because it was sold as homeopathic (!!). Zicam’s homeopathic label allowed it to be marketed for a decade without a review for safety or effectiveness by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Homeopathic products — over-the-counter remedies that use plant, mineral or animal derivatives — don’t need marketing clearance from the FDA under U.S. rules.