Archive for the Nutrition Category

News regarding Swine Flu

A review of the latest news in vaccines and potential pandemics, underscoring the need for more probing questions about vaccine safety and efficacy; vaccine trials; and the scientific evidence backing up current claims and recommendations. Financial motives behind the promotion of pandemics and the vaccines that go

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Prostate Ruling Prompts Backlash…..

You knew it was coming.  A couple of weeks ago the US Preventative Services Task Force recommended ending the routine screening for prostate cancer.  There has been uproar in the medical establishment. The article said that the current thought was that as most prostate cancers were very

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Arthritis pain

Today in The Houston Chronicle, I read an editorial about Arthritis.   Not a health report, but an editorial.   I suppose that the author is the Arthritis Foundation Texas, as that is the name of the authority at the bottom of the editorial. In a nutshell, the editorial

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High BP and aspirin therapy

So glad that the following story made the news.  Naturopaths and other holistic practitioners have known the risks of taking baby aspirin for some time.  Medical science is now in agreement.  Please take some time and read the story in the link below. Until next time, Polly

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Avastin for macular degeneration???

The off-label use of the dangerous cancer drug Avastin for macular degeneration appears to be based on one study, which showed Avastin worked just as well as Lucentis—a licensed but more expensive eye drug. Meanwhile, numerous studies exist demonstrating the treatment potential of astaxanthin for this eye

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