Chuck: When I was going through my afib treatment with Dr. Natale I found it very beneficial to have an advocate with me when talking with him or other E. P.'s as my mind would be still processing something he said while he was moving on to something else but my wife advocate took notes which really helped. She also helped with questions that I had but forgot to bring up, etc. Gordonby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie: I've long wondered about the relationshiip of tumeric, curcumin and ginger since they always seems to be listed together. Dr. Weil has an excellent Q & A on that very subject which answered my questions and may help others as well. He notes that they have many additional health benefits to those you mention. Gordonby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lake: Also, Roger Winkle is a long time EP and well respected in the Bay Area: Gordonby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lake: If Drs. Hao and Hongo are booked that far out you might try Dr. Wang at Stanford: Gordonby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dean: I doubt you could find a mental health professional that has any expertise on afib; and evenif you could that professional wouldn't be board certified to treat you for it. When new to afib, we all have a lot of questions, doubts, anxieties, etc. Certainly an EP helps us deal with the physical aspects of afib and I think a mental health professional can be a wonderful aid in dealinby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
From the latest Scientific American: Gordonby ggheld - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
I used to think that almost all canned salmon had way too much salt but I just noticed a can of Trader Joe's canned salmon with only 60 mg of sodium in a 3 oz serving. I believe canned salmon is almost always free of heavy metals as well. Not sure you can say that about farmed salmon. Gordonby ggheld - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
I'll be there are a lot of us, like me, who've had successful single ablations years ago that are still hanging around regularly checking the website for what's new. While afib is no longer top of mind as it was when we were experiencing the symptoms we are always sensitive to our heartbeats and therefore want to stay current on the latest options even though we don't post reby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jim: I think the old adage of, "Follow the money trail," applies particularly well to the supplement, drug industry and maybe the whole medical field. For example, Dr. Offit no doubt makes a lot of money from his many books, etc., (see link below), so he needs to keep his name out there to keep selling them. I also wonder how much he makes in consulting fees from vaccine manufactby ggheld - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Joeh Fuhrman, MD, diet and nutrition author, also takes exception to the SELECT study as being invalid regarding associating Fish Oil and Omega 3 risks re prostate cancer; although he doesn't like fish oil for other reasons. Gordonby ggheld - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Taking omega-3 fish oil supplements may increase the risk of aggressive prostate cancer by 70% Supplement was also increased low-grade prostate cancer risk by 44% One theory is that pills may dampen down the immune system Omega-3 fish oils are one of the most popular supplements in the UK By Fiona Macrae PUBLISHED: 15:00 EST, 10 July 2013 | UPDATED: 19:50 EST, 10 July 2013by ggheld - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Most Statin Users Won't Have Major Side Effects However, large review found 9 percent higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- Statins -- the widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs -- have few serious side effects, although they do slightly raise the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a large new evidence rby ggheld - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Jackie: I appreciate that we're not debating. My thought was that people can more reasonably make up their minds if both sides of an issue are presented as Dr. Weil frequently does, not just one as you frequently do. Do you really see no use for any herbicides ever and do you never eat a GMO food? If so you must have a lot of weeds in your yard and not like veggies much. And I see orgby ggheld - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Jackie: Surely you can't expect a commercial organization like Vital Choice to be anywhere close to objective on anything connected to what they sell. To justify the prices they charge they have to reach way out there to destroy the competition. I have no idea who Craig Weatherby, the author you quote, is; and I see more references to Dr. Mercola, whom we all know for what he is. Perhaby ggheld - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Any single payer medical insurance plan can only increase rates for all since there is no competition and therefore no reason to be efficient, fair or responsible, as the patient has no choice to pay whatever asked, by legislation. California is looking at up to a 146% increase in health insurance premiums this year; one of the reasons being that several of the large medical insurance companieby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
Among the beneficial byproducts of taking statins: Statins Tied to Better Prostate Cancer Outcomes By NICHOLAS BAKALAR A new study suggests that men with prostate cancer who take statins may have a lower risk of dying from the disease than those who do not. Statins are not recommended for prostate cancer prevention or treatment. But researchers studied 1,001 prostate cancer patients diaby ggheld - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Below is a link to Dr. Foresman's article on meditati leading to a path to mental freedom. It might be particularly interesting for those who've always thought meditation was practiced only by, "people way out there". Gordonby ggheld - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Liz: I have bunions as well, to the point where one bunion has forced one of my middle toes up over another. You can easily go online to get the protocol for bunion surgery along with healing times, etc., so I won't go into that here. My podiatrist does many bunion surgeries and my point here is that he thinks custom designed inserts can be as effective in symptom relief as surgery. Tby ggheld - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hans: Dr. Sinatra, frequently qouted on this Board, prefers Ubiquinone soluable over Ubiquinol. Also, the Costco regular price for Qunol is $31.95, dropping to $25 when on sale. The Natural Factors is only in softgels, not shown in liquid. Gordonby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie: My functional med doc recommended the Qunol liquid brand of Ubiquinol from Costco. A regular month's supply is $32 but it goes on sale ever other month or so for about $25. Tastes good, too. It also comes in capsules but I suspect we all take more capsules and pills than we really want. Gordonby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
Janet: If you've developed a permanent habit of onset of middle of the night terrors and your change of afib treatment doesn't solve the problem it may be time for another medication to interrupt that cycle; perhaps some LTheanine, 5HTP, Melatonin or even an Ambien or Ativan OCCASIONALLY to sort of restart your system. Over the years, quite a few lone afibbers have reported on thisby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
John: If you're going to get your DHEA levels checked you should also get your Free Testosterone level checked as they're interrelated. Both can affect heart function and muscle tone. Here's a pointer to a book worth reading on that subject: Gordonby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
When I first developed afib 10 or so years ago I tried an MD/OMD for acupuncture in San Francisco's Chinatown. Although it certainly relaxed me during and for a while after the 4 treatments I had, it didn't seem to affect the frequency or intensity of my symptoms. They told me at the time that acupuncture was most effective in reducing chronic pain. However, I've seen a coupby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
I happened to have an appointment with my cardiologist yesterday and discussed this article briefly. His comments were that he sees a big difference between what people, including physicians, say what they want rationally when they're not in a crisis and the decisions they make when they are imminently approaching the Pearly Gates; which is almost always that they don't want to go throby ggheld - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
It certainly seems to me like the risk/return ratio for time spent researching something like this is high enoough to keep doing it. However, if you only want to do a little bit, go to one of the top 10 EP's and follow his advice. Procedures like that have not reached the back alley coat hanger stage quite yet. Gordonby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
My experience parallels afibhound99's above as I too had only noticed that I was quite hyper and nervous before my exam but put that off to white coat jitters. The medical tech taking my pulse took it 3 times and thought she was doing it wrong since she counted the rate as 144. Obviously she had never seen fib before. My Internest at the time made the diagnosis and referred me to a cardiby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
As everything seems to be both yin and yang, I wonder what the amount of sunlight to the body balance is to get all the good things the article mentions from it yet to minimnize skin cancer risk. Gordonby ggheld - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Gill: My functional medicine doc recommended one tablespoon of Carlson's liquid Fish Oil daily. 5 ml = 1 tsp and 3 tsp = 1 tbsp. Here's a link to what Carlson's contains in DHA/EPA: So, I'm getting 2400 mg of EPA and 1500 mg of DHA daily. I like the liquid as you can easily tell if it is fresh or rancid whereas you can't tell if it's in a capsule. Also,by ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM