Alternative Medicine News – April 28, 2014

Just 10 Hours of Brain Training Can Produce Benefits That Last 10 Years

As you age, even simple daily mental tasks can be harder.

But you don’t have to let this happen. And the solution may be easier than you think. A recent study proves it.

2,832 men and women were studied. Their average age was 74. All of them lived independently.

The training was focused on three things.

• How fast they processed information.
• How well they could reason.
• How well they remembered things.

The results were impressive. After only 10 sessions of less than 90 minutes each, their skills in all areas improved. Even better, these results lasted 10 years.

Learn more here.

Back Pain? Sit Like An Ape

You’ve been sitting like a human, instead of an ape.  And that is the problem…

Posture specialist Esther Gokhale made a video that reveals why you’ve been raised to sit the wrong way. And it also shows the negative health effects you experience because of it.

Fortunately there is an easy way to sit up, breath well, and eliminate back pain. At 4:25 in the clip, Esther shows how to reinvent the way you sit.

Try it out… you’ll sit tall and relaxed, perhaps for the first time in your life.

See the video here.

Top Ten Ways the American Health Care System Fails

More than half of all medical procedures are of no benefit. Many actually cause harm.

But this isn’t the only problem with health care today. This article offers some shocking information about other issues.

For example, we spend the most money on health care, but get the least in return. That’s worldwide.

The U.S. also has very high rates of chronic disease.

The list goes on.

If you live in America, you owe it to yourself to read this article. Learn more by clicking here.

These Drugs Make Your Brain Stop Working

There is a class of drugs that interferes with your brain.

Anticholinergics is the category. It contains many different drugs. These include over-the-counter (OTC) drugs as well as prescriptions.

Some of the OTC drugs include Benadryl and Dramamine. Excedrin PM and Tylenol PM are also on the list.

Prescription drugs in this class include Paxil, Demerol and Elavil.

How do they work? By interfering with nerve conduction. Hmmm… no wonder they can interfere with your brain.

Learn more about how these work and why to avoid them if possible. This article gives you the full story.

Vitamins and Antioxidants under Attack

Recent headlines might have you rethink taking supplements.

But should you? After all who wouldn’t when seeing headlines like these:

• Studies Suggest Multivitamins Are Useless and Possibly Dangerous
• When Vitamins Backfire
• Vitamin D health benefits found questionable at best
• Supplements Tied to Higher Prostate Cancer Risk
• Antioxidants may speed up lung cancer progression

But hold on just a second. These headlines are at best misleading. Unfortunately the studies they cite are all flawed. All of them.

Get the details about why taking vitamins still makes sense here.