Archives for May 2002

You might think this is just one isolated case – our RESPONSIBLE medical community would NEVER push a prescription down our throats when an herbal supplement performs better, right? Hmmm…

According to a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, milk thistle may be effective in the treatment of prostate cancer.

The Annals of Internal Medicine that patients be screened for depression during the PCP's annual medical exam. Are people still doing THAT? Won't they ever learn that if they feel well it's best to avoid doctors?

Corruption has become so endemic and intellectual integrity so compromised in pharmaceutical research that drug companies and their collaborators in government (and universities) can now get away with open fraud…

The 38 "experts" of the NIH are promoting (surprise) condoms for the prevention of venereal disease.

There is a small coalition of doctors who are using medicine to hide their REAL political agenda – gun control.

The common herb echinacea appears to have cancer-ameliorating properties… Although light exercise has some value, moderate and vigorous exercise is now considered more favorable for health.

Young people in Asia have turned away from their vegetarian roots and have teamed up with decadent Westerners to eat dead animals…. Preventive bypass surgery may cause you to have a stroke.

There is a chemical in broccoli called sulforaphane that stimulates certain "phase II" enzymes that have been found to inhibit the growth of cancer in laboratory mice…

This therapy was common practice during the 19th century. Antibiotics and topical ointments did not exist yet, and antiseptics could irritate the tissue and make things worse. As a medical therapy, maggots worked well. The treatment was simple. Doctors placed maggot larvae on the wound and then bound it with gauze dressing. In less than a week, the wound would be nice and clean.

2. Researchers in England have confirmed that reasonable alcohol consumption can prolong your life.

3. In early 2001, a Swedish study warned that people allergic to nickel -one of the key components in several euro coins-could develop allergic dermatitis (or, worse, the dreaded and difficult-to-treat eczema) from handling the coins.

4. Last month, I reported to you about the benefits of folic acid (folate) in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Well, it seems that researchers are just beginning to grasp folate’s wide potential. A study done at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has found a link between low levels of folic acid and incidence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).