Dr. Jonathan Prousky, BPHE, BSc, ND, FRSH
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 Is the anxiety constant or intermittent? If intermittent, the work-up should focus on psychomotor epilepsy, pheochromocytoma, insulinoma, or intermittent cardiac arrhythmia, such as paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia or atrial fibrillation.
2. What is the patient's age? Young or middle-aged patients likely have an anxiety disorder. Older patients, by contrast, might be suffering from cerebral arteriosclerosis or other types of dementia.
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3. Is the tachycardia present during sleep? |
Michael T. Murray
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 The most common symptoms of peripheral arterial disease are numbness, tingling, and intermittent claudication—a painful cramp or tightness produced with exertion. intermittent claudication usually affects the calf muscle. More than twenty double-blind clinical trials have shown GBE to be very effective in improving peripheral vascular disease and intermittent claudication. The recommended dosage is 120 to 240 mg per day.
Practical Guidelines
Remember, the key to making any program for diabetes effective is to monitor blood sugar and hemoglobin AjC levels. |
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
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 Magnesium has been shown to be effective in the treatment of intermittent claudication, a condition caused by atherosclerosis in the lower extremities. Individuals with intermittent claudication develop severe pain in their calf muscles after walking short distances, because their arteries cannot supply adequate amounts of blood to the leg muscles. In one study, 19 patients with intermittent claudication received 250 mg of magnesium hydroxide twice a day. After 60 days, these patients were able to walk an average of 82% farther than they could before receiving magnesium. |
Charles Barber
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 Respected Harvard researchers analyzed World Health Organization data and reported the alarming news that "intermittent explosive disorder" was far more common than previously thought. The disorder, according to the article, is characterized by tirades during which the sufferer destroys property, attempts to hurt or actually does hurt someone, or threatens to do so. Depending on how narrowly it is defined, the prevalence of intermittent explosive disorder ranges from 4 to 7 percent of the population, with a mean of forty-three lifetime attacks resulting in $1,359 in property damages. |
Michael T. Murray
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| The most common symptoms of peripheral arterial disease are numbness, tingling, and intermittent claudication—a painful cramp or tightness produced with exertion. intermittent claudication usually affects the calf muscle. More than twenty double-blind clinical trials have shown GBE to be very effective in improving peripheral vascular disease and intermittent claudication. The recommended dosage is 120 to 240 mg per day.
Practical Guidelines
Remember, the key to making any program for diabetes effective is to monitor blood sugar and hemoglobin AjC levels. |
Dr. Jonathan Prousky, BPHE, BSc, ND, FRSH
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| Is the anxiety constant or intermittent? If intermittent, the work-up should focus on psychomotor epilepsy, pheochromocytoma, insulinoma, or intermittent cardiac arrhythmia, such as paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia or atrial fibrillation.
2. What is the patient's age? Young or middle-aged patients likely have an anxiety disorder. Older patients, by contrast, might be suffering from cerebral arteriosclerosis or other types of dementia.
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3. Is the tachycardia present during sleep? |
Charles Barber
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| In 2006, The Archives of General Psychiatry soberly ran an article called "The Prevalence and Correlates of DSM-IV intermittent Explosive Disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication." Respected Harvard researchers analyzed World Health Organization data and reported the alarming news that "intermittent explosive disorder" was far more common than previously thought. The disorder, according to the article, is characterized by tirades during which the sufferer destroys property, attempts to hurt or actually does hurt someone, or threatens to do so. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Ginkgo is also recommended by the prestigious German Commission E for the treatment of intermittent claudication—the restricted circulation in the legs due to hardening of the arteries. One small study also suggested that ginkgo may be helpful in relieving some of the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.
My friend Daniel Amen, M.D., whom I consider to be one of the world's foremost experts on the brain, pioneered the SPECT method of brain scanning imagery and has a database of thousands of pictures of brains in every state imaginable. |
Michael Friedman, ND
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 Intermittent Claudication: The use of niacin esters for the treatment of intermittent claudication secondary to atherosclerosis has been examined extensively. Significant improvement has been reported by several investigators at dosages of 2 g twice daily, typically for at least 3 months. While arterial dilation may be a factor, it has been postulated that reduction in fibrinogen, improvement in blood viscosity, and resultant improvement in oxygen transport are involved in the therapeutic effects. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Symptoms include general fatigue, intermittent fever, mild jaundice, and pain on the right side of the abdomen below the ribs. (Learn more about Dr. Clark's research by viewing www.drhuldaclark. org).
CI DOCTOR'S NOTE:
After years of clinical experience and research, I firmly believe intestinal and liver flukes contribute significantly to the development of cancer. I also believe these flukes can be found in over 75% of people suffering from degenerative diseases. Why? I have seen dramatic changes in people's health after eliminating these and other harmful parasites from the body. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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 Sleep Apnea
It's estimated that more than 12 million Americans suffer from sleep apnea, a potentially life-threatening disorder in which the sleeper experiences intermittent cessation of breathing.11 The more common form of this condition is obstructive sleep apnea, in which the air passages become blocked, causing respiratory distress. Obstruction may be caused when the throat muscles and tongue relax during sleep, allowing the tongue and uvula (the small, fleshy tissue hanging from the back of the throat) to sag and block the airway. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 Effects of moderate-intensity endurance and high-intensity intermittent training on anaerobic capacity and V02max. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1996 Oct; 28(10):1327-30.
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Abidoff MT. Special clinical report on effects of glucose-6-phos-phatase on human subjects. Russian Ministry of Health, Moscow, 1999; unpublished study.
Alhamdani MS et al. Decreased formation of advanced glycation end-products in peritoneal fluid by carnosine and related peptides. Petit Diallnt 2007 Jan-Feb; 27(l):86-89.
American Diabetes Association. 66th Scientific Sessions, 2006, Abstract 327-OR.
Anderson RA. |
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
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| Individuals with intermittent claudication develop severe pain in their calf muscles after walking short distances, because their arteries cannot supply adequate amounts of blood to the leg muscles. In one study, 19 patients with intermittent claudication received 250 mg of magnesium hydroxide twice a day. After 60 days, these patients were able to walk an average of 82% farther than they could before receiving magnesium.5
In individuals with more severe cases of atherosclerosis, intravenous or intramuscular injections of magnesium have been found to be helpful. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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| Transient insomnia lasts one or several nights and is usually triggered by stress, excitement, or traveling across time zones (jet lag). intermittent insomnia occurs sporadically over a long period of time; it, too, is generally set off by stress. Chronic insomnia occurs on most nights and lasts a month or more, and may arise from various medical conditions, including depression, anxiety disorders, arthritis, asthma, some heart and lung diseases, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and chronic pain. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 Doctors, of whom Anderson saw dozens during office visits and intermittent hospital stays, were perpetually stumped. At times, she thought she must simply be insane. Not one doctor ever thought to test her for lupus. In 1989, her disability progressed to the point that when she did arrive at work, where her company enforced strict employee sick-day rules, coworkers would have to meet her at the door, put her in a rolling chair, and wheel her to her desk so she could start the day. |
| To be diagnosed requires having an experienced physician who is also educated enough about the disease to detect lupus's complex, often intermittent symptoms and make the judgment call to run specific blood tests. The primary test, known as an ANA, looks for unusual antibodies detectable in the blood called antinuclear antibodies, which are able to bind with the nuclei of tissue and organ cells and inflict damage. |
Charles Barber
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| Depending on how narrowly it is defined, the prevalence of intermittent explosive disorder ranges from 4 to 7 percent of the population, with a mean of forty-three lifetime attacks resulting in $1,359 in property damages.56 "We never thought we'd find such high prevalence rates for this condition," said the lead author, Dr. Ronald Kessler, apparently shocked that so many of his countrymen are so . . . well, angry.57 Shopaholism is also being explored as a bona fide psychiatric ailment. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| When you consume magnesium in optimal amounts it improves myriad heart conditions, including angina, arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, mitral valve prolapse, intermittent claudication, and low HDL (the "good" cholesterol). It improves energy production within the heart, dilating the arteries and helping blood do its job of delivering oxygen to the heart more effectively. Studies have shown that people dying of a heart attack have lower magnesium levels than people of the same age dying from other causes. |
Mark Lynas
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 For the most part savannah and thorn scrub, it is a climatic transition zone between the hyper-arid Sahara to the north and the lush tropical forests which grow nearer to the equator in the south. intermittent rains mean that nomadic cattle herding has long been a dominant way of life, with people wandering far and wide through the seasons in search of grazing for their livestock. It is often assumed that global warming will further desiccate the Sahel, allowing the Saharan dunes to march south into Nigeria and Ghana, and displacing millions in the process. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| In one study, the walking capacity of patients with intermittent claudication—a painful cramping sensation in the muscles of the legs due to decreased oxygen supply—improved significantly when they were given oral L-carnitine. In another study, patients with peripheral arterial disease of the legs were able to increase their walking distance by ninety-eight meters when supplemented with carnitine, almost twice what those given a placebo were able to do. Congestive heart failure patients have experienced an increase in exercise endurance on only 900 mg of carnitine per day. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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| If you're among the 60 million Americans suffering from chronic or intermittent sleep disorders each year,1 tossing and turning all night has likely beset you with a host of potentially debilitating conditions, including an inability to concentrate, fatigue, and poor immune function. But you don't have to accept sleep deprivation and the ills that accompany it. And you don't have to resort to pharmaceutical sleeping aids, which generally bring on their own set of disabling symptoms in the form of side effects. |
| Symptoms of this imbalance are irritability or hypersensitivity, headaches, muscle tension or cramping, dizziness or vertigo, uneven or intermittent menstrual flow, and dry eyes, skin, hair, nails, or vaginal mucosa.42 success story
Acupuncture and Herbs Outperform Drugs
LYNN, A 28-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, was three months pregnant when she developed insomnia that kept her awake all night. Initially, she used conventional sedatives to try to get some sleep, but she was concerned about potential side effects, ranging from memory loss to headaches to poor muscle coordination. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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 The researchers then maintained intermittent contact with these women. By 1996, 180 had developed breast cancer. Women who years earlier had experienced five life events had a 1.31 "hazard rate" (compared to 1.00 for the general population of women with similar characteristics) of getting breast cancer. Women who had been divorced or lost a husband (again, between 1976 and 1981) had hazard ratios of 2.23 and 1.64, respectively.
In addition to the usual controls for economic status and obvious behaviors (smoking, drinking), the Finnish study had an additional design advantage. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 In folk medicine, the drug is used for diarrhea, intermittent fever, dropsy, bronchitis, colds, worms, leprosy, kidney inflammation and cystitis. Other uses include, headaches, flatulence, upper abdominal pains, chest infections, fever, diarrhea, colic, amenorrhea, and blood rushes. It is used externally for bruising, leech bites, festering eye infections, inflammation of the oral mucosa, inflammatory skin conditions, and infected wounds.
Efficacy of the folk indications are not proven. |
| INDICATIONS AND USAGE
¦ Organic brain dysfunction, symptomatic relief of
¦ intermittent claudication
¦ Vertigo (vascular origin)
¦ Tinnitus (vascular origin)
The Commission E approvals listed are limited to special standard extracts of Ginkgo.
The drug is used for disturbed brain functions, which result in dizziness, tinnitus, and headache with emotional lability and anxiety. Ginkgo has also been demonstrated to improve concentration and memory deficits as a result of peripheral arterial occlusive disease. |
| In folk medicine, wormwood preparations are used internally for gastric insufficiency, intestinal atonia, gastritis, stomachache, liver disorders, bloating, anemia, irregular menstruation, intermittent fever, loss of appetite, and worm infestation.
Externally, the drug is applied for poorly healing wounds, ulcers, skin blotches, and insect bites.
The above mentioned popular indications are insufficiently documented. |
Ray D. Strand
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 He slowly improved and required less and less pain medication, even though he still had intermittent bouts of pain. The process was long and hard as Matt continued to fight fatigue and the flulike symptoms.
By January Matt was feeling much better and was able to make up for lost time by getting back to working ten-hour days. He was thrilled because he had not been able to work at all for about four months. Being able to support his family financially was something Matt was not sure would ever be possible again. |
John J. Ratey, MD
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 Cotman concluded that every day is best but that even intermittent exercise works wonders. And I think it's important for people to recognize that exercise isn't an all-or-nothing proposition. If you miss a few days, or even a week or two, picture your hippocampus cranking out high levels of BDNF after just your second day back at it.
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
One of the best ways to get on a roll is to get in a group. The stimulus of social interaction starts your neurons firing like nothing else — it's complicated, challenging, rewarding, and fun. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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| The brain slows down into theta waves, with intermittent surges of rapid brain waves (spindles) followed by large, slow bursts of delta waves. Breathing, heat rate, metabolic rate, and body temperature continue to decline. You may be awakened easily by sound and movement.
Stage 3: As the brain progressively slows down to large, slow delta waves, you enter a deeper stage of sleep. Muscles go limp and breathing is slow and even. You may begin to sweat. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 If the patient has a negative laparoscopy and oral contraceptives or NSAIDs do not help the dysmenorrhea, she may be carefully watched and administered intermittent narcotic medications under the ongoing supervision of a physician. Narcotic medications should be avoided when possible because of the potential for tolerance and abuse. They should be used only when other options and diseases have been excluded.
The levonorgestrel intrauterine system in the Mirena IUD substantially reduces menstrual flow approximately 80 percent as a bonus to the excellent contraception it provides. |
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