Hormone Replacement?

By Mehmet Oz, MD and Michael Roizen, MD:

We wouldn’t blame you if the latest round of horror story headlines about hormone therapy (HT) and breast cancer inspired you to flush your pills. Scary? Absolutely. But less so and in fact even misleading when you know three things.

Yes, we beg to differ strongly that scariness is BS (bad interpretation of science, and maybe just bad science). Here are three things you should know:

1. Estrogen used alone in this study decreased the risk of breast cancer in this and other studies, strongly suggesting the problem was with the combo.

2. Today’s hormone therapy can be safer than that used in the study. So safe, in fact, that it’s an intelligent option for the one in three women with nasty menopausal symptoms.

3. The safest HT also protects you from the number one killer of women: heart disease. If you’re among the 83 million women in North America who are nearing or going through menopause, here’s the science. Yes, we’re going against the establishment, but you deserve the real data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) — not the BS headlines from people who seem not to have cared about what the data in the study were — and from other studies.

What are the newer, safer forms?

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The Importance of Vitamin D

By Cathie Dunal MD, MPH: The list of Vitamin D’s impact has expanded to both physical and psychological health:

•. Lower rates of colon, lung, breast, and prostate cancer and melanoma
•. Less risk for stroke and heart attacks
•. Less risk for allergies and autoimmune disease
•. Prevents osteoporosis, through its role in assisting calcium absorption
•. Better immunity—fewer colds and flu
•. Lower risk of Alzheimer’s
•. Improved mood
•. Lower rates of multiple sclerosis.  (However, this may be a false association because the lower rates are also associated with lower latitudes and more sun—it could be due to another component of sunshine.)

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‘Stand Up to Cancer’ or Prevent It?

By Christina Pirello: Time and time again Americans are asked to donate to the cause of curing cancer. We write checks, walk, run, climb, row, swim, bike, host parties, buy t-shirts, bumper stickers, hats and pink-ribbons … everything in an attempt to stem the tide of this disease that threatens to swallow us alive.

Now we are being asked once again to “Stand Up to Cancer” and contribute money to research so that scientific dream teams can come up with a cure once and for all and “so no child ever gets cancer again,” according to their pitch.

Doe-eyed ingénues and established Hollywood heavyweights fill our television screens asking Americans to open their threadbare wallets and give more money for more research that seems to get us nowhere fast. Hundreds of millions of dollars ($4.8 billion actually, according to the National Cancer Institute) are poured into cancer research annually and yet still no cure.

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Global & Personal Energies

“If you just painted all the black tarpaper roofs on apartment houses in New York City white — if you just did that one thing — it would save a huge amount of electricity, cut greenhouse gasses and put hundreds and hundreds of people to work.” — President Bill Clinton

Green rooftops would be good too, and maybe produce some foods! — Dr. Cathie

About his nearly-vegan diet:

“Since 1986 several hundred people who have tried essentially a plant-based diet — not ingesting any cholesterol from any source — have seen their bodies start to heal themselves; break up the arterial blockage, break up the calcium deposits around the heart. 82% of the people who’ve done this have had that result, so I wanna see if I can be one of them.” — ibid.

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"No Is a Complete Sentence"

From Judith Orloff MD: Define and honor your empathic needs. Safeguard your sensitivities. Here’s how.

• If someone asks too much of you, politely tell them “no.” It’s not necessary to explain why. As the saying goes, “No is a complete sentence.”
• If your comfort level is three hours max for socializing–even if you adore the people–take your own car or have an alternate transportation plan so you’re not stranded.
• If crowds are overwhelming, eat a high-protein meal beforehand (this grounds you) and sit in the far corner of, say, a theatre or party, not dead center.
• If you feel nuked by perfume, nicely request that your friends refrain from wearing it around you. If you can’t avoid it, stand near a window or take frequent breaks to catch a breath of fresh air outdoors.
• If you overeat to numb negative emotions, practice the guerrilla meditation mentioned above, before you’re lured to the refrigerator, a potential vortex of temptation. As an emergency measure, keep a cushion by the fridge so you can be poised to meditate instead of binge.
• Carve out private space at home. Then you won’t be stricken by the feeling of too much togetherness.

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