Topic: Health & Healing

Wide-spread ingredient quality concerns forced TSI Health Sciences to change direction.

In 2005, TSI Health Sciences, a well-respected $50 million dietary supplement industry ingredients supplier based in Missoula, Montana, then known as Technical Sourcing International, was drawn into a wide-spread quality issue with the company's primary Chinese manufacturers. One of their top selling ingredients, chondroitin (sulfate), a popular osteoarthritis ingredient used today by millions of Americans to treat joint pain and stiffness, was deliberately adulterated with a chemical that TSI chemists could not even identify.

A mysterious epidemic of thyroid disease among pet cats in the United States may be linked to exposure to dust shed from flame retardants in household carpeting, furniture, fabrics and pet food, scientists are reporting in a study scheduled for publication the Aug. 15 online issue of Environmental Science & Technology, a semi-monthly journal from the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.

A mysterious epidemic of thyroid disease among pet cats in the United States may be linked to exposure to dust shed from flame retardants in household carpeting, furniture, fabrics and pet food, scientists are reporting in a study published in the Aug. 15 online issue of Environmental Science & Technology, a semi-monthly journal from the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.

There may be some truth to the old adage, "I can forgive, but I can't forget." Emotionally charged memories seem to be the hardest to bury.

Painful, emotional memories that people would most like to forget may be the toughest to leave behind, especially when memories are created through visual cues, according to a new study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

"When you’re watching the news on television and see footage of wounded soldiers in Iraq or ongoing coverage of national tragedies, it may stick with you more than a newspaper headline," said the study’s lead author, Keith Payne, an assistant professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences.

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have discovered a treatment that counteracts the effects of cocaine on the human cardiovascular system, including lowering the elevated heart rate and blood pressure often found in cocaine users.

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have discovered a treatment that counteracts the effects of cocaine on the human cardiovascular system, including lowering the elevated heart rate and blood pressure often found in cocaine users.

Chemicals found in green tea boost production of a group of key detoxification enzymes in people with low levels of these proteins, according to research published in the journal "Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention."

Concentrated chemicals derived from green tea dramatically boosted production of a group of key detoxification enzymes in people with low levels of these beneficial proteins, according to researchers at Arizona Cancer Center.

Offering personal experience, Dr. Frances le Roux, Ph.D., discusses the benefits of using music as medicine in "Music is Healing."

Music is Healing, a new book by Dr. Frances le Roux, Ph.D., highlights the effect of music on the immune and endocrine systems, pain, emotions and spiritual well being.

In 1989, Nobel Prize winning chemist and world-famous scientist Linus Pauling, began his recommendations for large amounts of the amino acid lysine along with vitamin C for cardiovascular disease. He stated that these nontoxic substances are chemicals which inhibit the binding of lipoprotein(a) to the walls of arteries. A one-hour lecture containing this information is now available on DVD. Previously, the Linus Pauling lecture on the Unified Theory of Cardiovascular Disease was available on VHS video only. The new DVD "chapter" format makes this information easy to navigate and review.

Shortly after medical scientists discovered that Lp(a) causes plaques that narrow or even block arteries, Linus Pauling and Matthias Rath developed and published their Unified Theory of Cardiovascular Disease. Pauling lectured on the Unified Theory at college campuses and gatherings across the United States in the early 1990s. One of these lectures was video taped and is now available on DVD.

Drawing from a wide range of case studies that illustrate the potential effects of climate on disease dynamics, a series of presentations to be held at the joint meeting of the Ecological Society of America and the Society for Ecological Restoration will showcase what scientists are discovering about the links between climate and disease.

Climate change complicates everything. In addition to the much-talked about sea-level rise and its possible consequences, climate change has been implicated in the recent emergence of several infectious diseases. Drawing from a wide range of case studies that illustrate the potential effects of climate on disease dynamics, a series of presentations to be held at the joint meeting of the Ecological Society of America and the Society for Ecological Restoration will showcase what scientists are discovering about the links between climate and disease.

Soluble fiber -- from beans, some fruits and even coffee -- may help lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or “bad” cholesterol and blood sugar and may help protect against heart attack and stroke.

Soluble fiber -- from beans, some fruits and even coffee -- may help lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad" cholesterol and blood sugar and may help protect against heart attack and stroke.

Medical research has proven that Capsaicin, the predominant chemical found in hot peppers can increase blood flow, reduce inflammation, burn fat, alleviate pain and inhibit certain cancer cells.

Medical research has proven that Capsaicin, the predominant chemical found in hot peppers can increase blood flow, reduce inflammation, burn fat, alleviate pain and inhibit certain cancer cells. Yet capsaicin isn't the only medicinal chemical behind the spicy nature of hot peppers. One natural drug manufacturer has discovered an entirely new use for hot peppers that could lead to revolutionary treatments for a long list of diseases.