by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Mar 31, 2016 | Physicians Corner, Research
Disclaimer: Joe DeLamielleure is not a representative of Carolina HealthSpan Institute or any technology used in his treatment. He received no payment for participation in this study and has no financial interest in the outcome. Joe has given permission to use his...
by Dr. Russo | Mar 23, 2016 | Health Blogs
Omega-3 ranks among the most important essential nutrients out there today. Here’s a short list of omega-3 benefits: 1. Omega-3 benefits your heart health: An Italian study of 11,324 heart attack survivors found that patients supplementing with fish oils markedly...
by Dr. Russo | Mar 15, 2016 | Health Blogs
The cruciferous (or Brassica) vegetables Broccoli, Kale, Collards, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage and others all have some pretty powerful substances that clearly work in the battle against cancer. The term cruciferous is used because during growth, the four flowers petals...
by Dr. Russo | Mar 2, 2016 | Education For Professionals, Health Blogs, Research
No, Bio-Identical Hormones do not cause cancer. A very large study called the Woman’s Health Initiative (WHI-1) looking at hormone replacement and chronic disease unfortunately gave the false impression that hormone replacement was unsafe. This study used the...
by Dr. Russo | Feb 17, 2016 | Health Blogs
Findings derived from the Nurses’ Health Study suggest a protective effect for magnesium against the risk of ischemic stroke in women. The study, described in the October 2014 issue of the American Heart Association journal Stroke, included 459 Nurses’...
by Dr. Russo | Feb 11, 2016 | Health Blogs, Physicians Corner
Are you looking for natural sexual enhancement or help with issues such as urinary incontinence? Look no further than the O-Shot®! In this short video, Kathleen Russo, MD explains the benefits of the O-Shot along with the science behind why it works so well for so...
by Dr. Russo | Feb 9, 2016 | Education For Professionals, Health Blogs
The most common urogenital symptom associated with menopause is dryness, followed by irritation or itching, discharge, and dysuria (burning with urination). These symptoms are the result of vulvovaginal atrophy that occurs with the absence of estrogen. We know that...
by Dr. Russo | Jan 27, 2016 | Health Blogs
Your heart beats about 100,000 times a day and is fueled by CoQ10. When your heart has the high levels of CoQ10 it needs, it works like a charm. The mitochondria (the cells’ energy factories) need CoQ10 to generate ATP energy to keep your heart cells functioning and...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Jan 20, 2016 | Education For Professionals, Health Blogs, Physicians Corner, Research
One of the biggest worries we hear from men considering Hormone Replacement Therapy, or from their primary care physicians, is that Testosterone therapy will increase their risk of Prostate Cancer. This skepticism has remained for decades in sections of the medical...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Jan 14, 2016 | Health Blogs, Research
Last week, Lumosity, a popular “brain training” game found on phones and tablets everywhere, was fined $2,000,000 by the FTC over its claims of helping users excel at work and school and reduce or delay “cognitive impairment associated with age and other serious...
