Beautiful Views & Vistas Affect Our Brain 

We all like to look at beautiful vistas. Now researchers have reported that these views have a stimulating impact on a part of the brain called the parahippocampal cortex. There are opidid receptors in this part of the brain that release endorphins, which give us this positive feeling of awe and peace. So…the next time you look at a pretty view, enjoy the feelings it creates inside you.
(Reported July 2014 Prevention)

Upcoming: The Cure To Cancer Summit
I just ran across an online summit that will be happening that is looking at alternative and natural healing approaches to curing cancer. The summit is featuring world experts in the areas of cancer and cancer research who will be sharing the most up to date ,fascinating information on integrative solutions to cancer.
 

The best part of the summit is that it’s free. You can learn more about it by going to http://thecuretocancersummit.com/.

Acupuncture: The Better Treatment For Back Pain & Headaches

Researchers in Archives of Internal Medicine reported that acupuncture did a better job of reducing back pain and headaches when compared to the standard form of pain treatment. In addition, the researchers found that real acupuncture produced a slightly better result than fake acupuncture using sham needles.

In the study, patients started out by rating their pain on a 0 to 100 scale. The average rating was 60. The real acupuncture resulted in a 30 point drop which equaled a 50% reduction in pain levels. Sham needles had a 25 point drop and standard pain care had a 17% drop. This means that real acupuncture is almost twice as effective as standard pain care.

The World Health Organization has found that acupuncture is effective for many diseases and physical problems, such as:
 

1. Reduce adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy
2. Depression
3. Knee pain
4. Sciatica
5. Dysentery
6. Morning sickness
7. Sprains
8. Rheumatoid arthritis
9. Stroke
10. Tennis elbow

So, if you have an of these ailments or anything that is physically wrong, you might want to go to an acupuncturist before you go to a doctor, who will probably just give you a prescription drug (which is likely to have negative side effects)
 

(Reported Mercola.com March 3, 2013)

 
The Phony Cost Of Drug Research

Drug companies claim that developing a new drug costs an average of $1.3 billion. This results in charges for the drugs being extremely high. As an example, 11 of the 12 new cancer drugs approved in 2012 were priced above $10,000 per year for a patient to use. If a patient had a 20 to 30% copay, they simply might not be able to afford it.

So is the $1.3 billion figure for developing the new drug an accurate figure? First, consider not the cost but the effectiveness factor. Cancer oncologists find that most new cancer drugs provide few clinical advantages over existing ones. Only one of the 12 cancer drugs approved in 2012 helped patients survive more than 2 months.

When you start analyzing the $1.3 billion figure, a number of variables actually reduce the real cost of the drug research.

1. Half this amount is not research costs but a figure that the drug companies use to inflate the costs by including in the amount of money the company would have made if it just invested in stocks and bonds.
2. We taxpayers subsidize half the actual research costs through credits and deductions granted the companies.
3. The figure is based on the most costly fifth of new drugs and not the average for all drugs.
4. Clinical trials in the cancer area are smaller and shorter than trials for other diseases which reduces the cost.
5. An inflated cost is added for basic research which might not be an accurate figure. Also, basic research costs and thousands of clinical trials are paid for by the National Cancer Institute and foundations.
    

So when you deduct all these figures the price of new drug research drops to around $125 million per drug (and that may still be high). The authors of this study believe that the reason for these inflated figures is simply - price-gouging!

(Article by Donal W. Light and Hagop Kantarjian, Bulletin/ Real Possibilities, May 2014)

  
The Importance Of Love

Researchers from The Harvard Grant Study conducted a 75 year study that followed 268 male students through their entire life spans. The researchers were looking to uncover the value of love in maintaining a happy, meaningful life by looking at growth, development, value and purpose. The researchers found that our lives continue to evolve in our later years and often become more fulfilling..  

The researchers followed themen into their nineties and were able to document what it is like to flourish far beyond conventional retirement. They looked at all aspects of these men’s lives, including relationships, politics and religion, coping strategies, and alcohol use (alcohol abuse was by far the greatest disruptor of health and happiness for the study’s subjects).

Some of the interesting findings were that the people who did well in old age did not necessarily do so well in midlife, and vice versa.  While the study confirms that recovery from a lousy childhood is possible, memories of a happy childhood were a lifelong source of strength.

Marriages bring much more contentment after age 70, and physical aging after 80 is determined less by heredity than by habits formed prior to age 50.  The credit for growing old with grace and vitality, it seems, goes more to how we live our lives than to having a stellar genetic makeup.

The bottom line for the researchers was simply Happiness is Love – a powerful thought to remember! So…keep in mind that you are the one who will decide your happiness in life.
 

The Positive Impact of Wolves

You may have been reading about how a number of Western states are attempting to eliminate the wolves in their states. These wolves have recently been taken off the endangered species list and the states have begun to have the wolves killed because they are supposedly causing a reduction in the elk population.

Contrary to this view is a video I recently ran across about the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park and how even just a few wolves changed the environment in an extremely positive way. The wolves even changed the way the river flowed. This is a pretty amazing video and it’s only a few minutes long.

How Wolves Change Rivers

There’s also been other research studies that have been done that have found that wolves are not the problem in causing the reduction in the elk population. One study found using GPS data that the elk rarely encountered wolves. When they did encounter wolves, the elk didn’t bother to run away or even stop chewing unless the wolves were within a half mile away.

Another study found that wolves killed only 15% of the calves that were GPS tagged while grizzle bears killed 60% of the calves. The grizzlies favorite food is cutthroat trout. In the 1990’s, sport fishermen illegally released lake trout into Yellowstone Lake. The lake trout destroyed the cutthroat trout population. Also, the lake trout stayed in deeper water so that the grizzlies couldn’t get to them. Therefore, calves became a target of opportunity.

Finally, global warming is playing a roll in the reduction of elf calves being birthed. The severe droughts in the West are reducing grass productions in the area where the Elk go in the summer. This means the female Elk can’t meet their nutritional needs and are unable to conceive. So…the problem of Elk herds diminishing, is not being caused by wolves. And as the video above showed, wolves can have a tremendously positive impact on the entire ecosystem.

(Reported Discover May 2014)

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