Archives for September 2006

Speaking of hormones and breast cancer, here's a disturbing (but not surprising – at least not to me) story that further proves what's been said by myself and others on the fringe of the medical mainstream for years…

In past Daily Doses, I've often extolled the upsides of organically reared beef, but perhaps have only touched on (instead of hammering in) many of the downsides of NOT seeking the most natural variety of this truly healthy health food. Until now, that is.

You've heard me talk about beef before – how it's chock full of lifesaving protein, fats, vitamins, minerals, omega-3 and omega-6 acids, and on and on and on.

In the last Daily Dose, I briefed you on the findings of 2500 "experts" at the International Congress on Obesity in Sydney, Australia (fitting, since recent evidence shows that Australia may soon be the world's fattest nation). Those findings: That there's a worldwide pandemic of obesity…

Was it that they simply opened their eyes and looked around them at all the fatties everywhere – across almost all cross sections of industrialized first-world society?

In the last Daily Dose, I wrote to you about a Washington town that's being overrun and terrorized by a group of roving raccoons. Pets have been killed, people bitten, and rabies shots administered, while attempts at control have been foiled.

In the last Daily Dose, I wrote to you about Washington state's sudden official witch hunt (they call it an "investigation") against a number of heretofore esteemed practitioners of alternative medicine. One of these in particular is having an especially hard time of it at the hands of that state's Gestap – er, Medical Quality Assurance Commission.

I was originally going to write about this in one of my "weird, wild, and wacky" compilations, but I realized that it's a worthy lead-in to a health-related topic worth talking about…

The raccoons are on the attack in Washington State!

It's time for another update on the strange-o news that's not really tailor made for a regular Daily Dose, yet is just too juicy, bizarre, or revealing about our culture and society not to pass along. Enjoy, lament, or just shake your head…

A couple of months ago (Daily Dose, April 14th), I wrote to you about a March drug trial gone horribly wrong in the UK. I promised you an update on the story if there were any new developments.