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As I just completed my article on the recent guidelines of the American Heart Associationof normal blood pressure (BP), I chanced to see this heading in an edition of the British Medical Journal written by Ray Moynihan and colleagues. Together, they made so much sense that I was compelled to...

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“Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.”— Anon   Nothing is independent in this world. The most dominant rhythm controls the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 May 2018
Findings from two studies, presented at the experimental biology 2018 annual meeting in San Diego, show that consumption of dark chocolate that has a high concentration of cacao (minimally 70% cacao, 30% organic cane sugar) has positive effects on stress levels, inflammation, mood, memory and...

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Anybody who has followed the frequent changes in these guidelines in the recent few months is bound to get confused. The 2013 guidelines of the joint national committee-VIII (JNC-VIII) on prevention, detection, evaluation and treatment of high blood pressure (BP)comes from some of the best...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 April 2018
Doctors and academics are increasingly speaking up against patients being given unnecessary medication—such as statins, blood pressure pills and glucose-lowering drugs for type-2 diabetics which have no effect and burn holes in the pockets of the people. They leave many people suffering...

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“An effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.” This is how the dictionary describes miracles. One such event was brought to my attention by one of the most sceptic Indian news channels—News18....

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 April 2018
Orthopaedic doctors and general physicians are quick to prescribe calcium supplements as being good for our bones. They are already 10 years behind. A 2008 study in New Zealand found that excess calcium (caused by calcium supplements) in the gut could lead to mal-absorption of fat, reducing...

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As a researcher in the field for the past half a century, I fail to understand any scientific basis for blood pressure (BP) guidelines. But the drug companies keep coming out with expensive new BP-lowering drugs without any long-term experiential wisdom. Obviously, the reasons for changes in...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 April 2018
Alternative thinking on healthcare is entering the mainstream. Dr Aseem Malhotra, a star cardiologist in the UK, author of Poppi Diet (reviewed in Moneylife) and anchor of several television shows, has scored a huge success in his fight against conventional diet and medicine. He has managed...

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To understand the science of hypertension, or high blood pressure (BP), let us begin with an experiment with the help of a BP apparatus. Check the BP of 10 healthy adults. Take an average which we shall consider as normal. Next, see if any one of them matches it. You will be shocked to see...

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Some top-selling diabetes drugs in India may not be safe for patients, says a team of international experts, according to whom, the country's drug regulatory system allows use of a treatment that has not been found effective or safe.   For their study, published in the British Medical...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 February 2018
The conventional solution for weight gain is to cut calories. It’s the ‘what you don’t put in, you don’t put on’ theory which has been questioned by many thoughtful researchers; but the mainstream doctors and dieticians have continued to hold on to it. Now, a brand new study, quite a large...

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Clinical trials are research studies that aim to establish whether a medical strategy, treatment or device is safe for use or consumption by humans. These studies may also suggest which medical approaches prove most effective for specific conditions or groups of people. They advance medical...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 February 2018
Quick, are these statements true or false?   • Oatmeal is a healthy breakfast and prevents heart disease. • Butter causes heart disease. • Egg whites are healthier than whole eggs. • Red meat causes cancer. • Gluten-free food is healthy. • Dairy is necessary for...

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 January 2018
One by one, various countries are making it tougher for food companies to continue to function as before. Among the latest to target food and supplement companies is China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP), which wants to prevent illegal advertising for food, drugs and wellness products....

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 January 2018
According to the latest findings by a team of German researchers, a diet rich in fibre could help in chronic inflammatory joint diseases because fibre may produce short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) in the microbiome, leading to stronger bones.    The research team led by Dr Mario Zaiss,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 January 2018
General practitioners (GPs) and patients are being put at risk by health guidelines because of an ‘epidemic of misinformation’ generated by the pharma industry in collusion with the medical community, Dr Aseem Malhotra, a top cardiologist in London, has warned. He argued that this was the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 January 2018
According to a new research report, one daily serving of green leafy vegetables would help you achieve cognitive abilities similar to those over a decade younger in age. The chemicals in the vegetables that do this trick are: vitamin K, lutein, nitrate and folate. Vegetables that have vitamin...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 December 2017
French drugmaker Sanofi has come under fire as Philippines has suspended the company’s Dengvaxia vaccine — the first promising vaccine for dengue— amid widespread fears about its safety and growing public anger over its use in 830,000 schoolchildren, reports The New York Times. Dengue is a...

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Terry Wahls, a doctor, used to run marathons and climb mountains in Nepal. She earned a black belt in tae kwon do and competed multiple times in the American Birkebeiner 54-kilometer cross-country ski marathon. Then she developed multiple sclerosis (MS). By 2000, the disease had spread....

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