Archives for February 2004

Big News on Vitamin D

I'll tell you, my favorite vitamin – the big D – has sure been on a roll lately. First, research linking deficiencies of this sun-made vitamin to rising rates of many diseases…

Doctors Prescribe Drugs for Unapproved Uses

…the grassroots lobbying (see als bribing) of individual doctors to prescribe drugs for unapproved uses, the marketing of these patent medicines is OUT OF CONTROL.

Preparing for an Outbreak of Serious Disease

Only 9 out of 50 U.S. states are even HALFWAY PREPARED for an outbreak of serious disease, regardless of whether it arrives via bombs or birds.

Health Benefits of Moderate Red Wine Consumption

Ever since 1991, when the popular TV news program 60 Minutes the "French Paradox" (the apparent correlation between red wine consumption and decreased rates of heart disease in France), Americans have been wild about their wine, especially the red varieties.

British Fluoridation Plan

…The British government to court should the proposed national fluoridation plan become the law of the land. Currently, the legislation is being ram-rodded through the House of Commons, and the odds are good that it will pass easily.

ADHD drugs can have a lasting and negative effect on the developing brain

According to the article, several studies suggest that these controversial drugs can have a lasting and negative effect on the developing brain.

The Douglass Report February 2004

In fact, some of the “fittest” carb-loading marathon runners end up dropping dead of heart attacks long before some of their more sedentary, meat-eating peers.