Supplements and Stroke

January 22, 2009

The Wall Street Journal has published a number of front page articles devoted to stroke in the U.S. Medical costs and disability has a direct effect on business and productivity. Click here to read some of their coverage

http://mednews.wustl.edu/clip/page/normal/7360.html
http://www.happinessonline.org/MoralDrift/p26.htm#1
http://www.ahrp.org/infomail/0403/11.php
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118109280100925907-search.html?KEYWORDS=CAVITT&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month

Strokes are on the rise in this country; there are 700,000 reported strokes each year in the U.S. They occur too frequently in those under the age of 30.

Yet, the long-term outlook for stroke victims has changed little in American medicine. Less than ¼ of stroke victims are administered clot busting drugs that can limit brain damage. Strokes are the leading cause of disability in this country, affecting as many as 9 million Americans. Consumers rarely see the promise offered by the field of integrative medicine to those affected by stroke.

In the online edition of Stroke published October 9, 2008, doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.523480, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that Ginkgo biloba can cut the damage from stroke in half. Ginkgo was also shown after just a week to reduce the amount of paralysis and limb weakness in an animal study. The animals that were given Ginkgo suffered 50.9% less neurological dysfunction following a stroke compared with mice that were not given the herb. The area of the brain damaged by the stroke was also 50 per cent smaller than that in the other group. Click here to read more http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9939.

Paula Bickford, PhD of University of South Florida published research, click here to read more http://www.worldhealth.net/news/spirulina_blocks_stroke_damage ,
that demonstrated spirulina, blue - green algae, could limit stroke associated lesions by up to 70%. Dr. Bickford expressed her amazement that a natural substance could demonstrate benefit to such an incredible extent.

Paul Harch, MD, author of The Oxygen Revolution http://www.harchhyperbarics.com/, is one of many researchers who have published the benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for stroke patients.

A Florida physician, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine by Congressman Michael Bilirakis, repairs the damaged blood vessels of stroke victims using novel topical agents including nitroglycerin and sublingual magnesium. William Hammesfahr, MD, who was the test case for the FL Access to Medical Treatment Act when the FL Board of Medicine targeted his practice, demonstrated to the satisfaction of Medicare that his multi-factorial therapy that includes hyperbaric oxygen, nutrition, and blood vessel damage repair can return stroke victims to normal decades after a stroke. Click here to find an integrative doctor like Dr. Hammesfahr in your area http://www.healthfreedom.net/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=294.

Stroke therapy is just one reason that supporting the right of practitioners to offer innovative science-based care is critical to each of us. Click here to become a member of AAHF https://secure.ga4.org/01/membership_application. Their mission is essential for every integrative practitioner and every consumer who wants more than the standard of care.

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