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JAMA says doctors should stop accepting bribes from drug companies Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

An article in jama has come up with the suggestion -- aghast! -- that doctors should stop accepting bribes from drug companies. Most people didn't know that doctors routinely accept bribes (including hundreds of thousands of dollars in "contractor's fees" for signing patients up for drug trials), so this news may come as a bit of a shock to some. Big Pharma spends nearly $19 billion a year bribing and influencing physicians, by the way. That's billion with a "B." How much money is $19 billion?

The doctor bribery problem has reached such a high level of ridiculousness that even jama, which usually plays the role of blowing the pro-drug propaganda horn, has noticed there is a problem. In fact, it has suggested a course of action that, if adopted, might actually reign in drug company bribes and restore a bit of honesty to the world of medicine. But that's only if it is widely adopted, and that's about as likely as asking a heroin addict to agree to stop shooting up. Specifically, the anti-bribery proposal would: Prohibit doctors from accepting free drug samples.

The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S. See book keywords and concepts

And of course the jama study doesn't address the many other benefits of ginkgo—as an antioxidant and antiinflammatory, for example. (Interesting FYI: jama also published the above-mentioned study showing the benefit of ginkgo for patients with dementia and Alzheimer's!) "The value of any dietary supplement cannot be determined on the basis of one study alone," says Mark Blumenthal, executive director of the American Botanical Council. You need to consider the entire body of evidence that supports ginkgo's beneficial use.

Feel Better, Live Longer with Vitamin B-3 Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD See book keywords and concepts

A brief history of the enrichment of bread and flour. jama 1956;162:1539-1541. 8 Spies TD, Aring CD, Gelperin J, Bean BW. The mental symptoms of pellagra. Am J Med Science 19385196:461. 9 Evans VL. Pellagra with psychosis and minimal symptoms. jama 1939;112:1249-1250. 10 Green G. Subclinical pellagra. In: Orthomolecular Psychiatry: Treatment of Schizophrenia. Hawkins D, Pauling L (eds.). San Francisco, CA: WH Freeman & Co., 1973:411-33. 11 Hoffer A. Hoffer's A.B.C. of Natural Nutrition for Children.

Drugs That Don't Work and Natural Therapies That Do David Brownstein M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Randomized trial of estrogen plus progestin for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women. jama. Vol. 280 No. 7, 8/19/98 3 Circulation. July 24, 2001;104;459-503 4 New England Journal of Medicine. 8/24/00;343:522-529 5 J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 92(4) 328-332, 2000 6 Menopausal Estrogen and Estrogen-Progestin Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer Risk. jama. 1/26/2000. Vol. 283, No.4 7 The risk of breast cancer after estrogen and estrogen-progestin replacement. N. Engl. J. Med.

PDR for Herbal Medicines Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

In: jama 94:632-635. 1993. Jain RC, Vyas CR, (1974) Brit Med J 2:730. Jung F, Kiesewetter H, Mrowietz C, Pindur G, Heiden M, Miyashita C, Wenzel E, Akutwirkungen eines zusammengesetzten Knoblauchpraparates auf die Fliepfahigkeit des Blutes. In: ZPT 10(3):87. 1989. Kabelik J, (1970) Pharmazie 25:266. Koch HP, Der lange Weg zum "geruchlosen Knoblauch". In: PUZ 25(4):186-191. 1996. Koch HP, Epidemiologic der Knoblauchforschung. In: DAZ 132(40):2103. 1992. Koch HP, Hormonwirkungen bei Allium-Arten. In: ZPT 13(6): 177. 1992.

JAMA 236:473-476. Smith RM, (1979) Tetrahedron 35(3):437. Volz HP, (1995) Die anxiolytische Wirksamkeit von Kava-Spezialextrakt WS 1490 unter Langzeittherapie - eine randomisierte Doppelblindstudie. Z Phytother Abstractband, S 9. Volz HP, Hansel R, (1994) Kava-Kava und Kavain in der Psychopharmakotherapie. Psychopharmakotherapie 1:33-39. Warnecke G, Pfaender H, Gerster G, Gracza E, (1990) Wirksamkeit von Kawa-Kawa-Extrakt beim klimakterischen Syndrom. Z Phytother 11:81-86. Woelk H, Kapoula O, Lehrl S, Schroter K, Weinholz P, (1993) Behandlung von Angst-Patienten. Z Allg Med 69:271-277.

Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Outcomes of a Field Trial to Improve Children's Dietary Patterns and Physical Activity: The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH)." jama 275, no. 10 (1996): 768-76. McGinnis, Marianne. "Hold the Sugar: Kids Are Consuming Way More Than Is Healthy." Prevention, January 2005. Nader, P. R., E. J. Stone, L. A. Lytle, C. L. Perry, S. K. Osganian, S. Kelder, L. S. Webber, J. P. Elder, D. Montgomery, H. A. Feldman, M. Wu, C. Johnson, G. S. Parcel, and R. V. Luepker. "Three-Year Maintenance of Improved Diet and Physical Activity: The CATCH Cohort.

Editorial. jama 292 (2004), 978-79. Archer, S. L., K. Liu, A. R. Dyer, K. J. Ruth, D. R. Jacobs, Jr., L. Van Horn, J. E. Hilner, and P. J. Savage. "Relationship Between Changes in Dietary Sucrose and High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol: The CARDIA Study. Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults." Annals of Epidemiology 8, no. 7 (1998): 433-38 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=re-trieve&db=pubmed&list_ uids=9738689&dopt=Abstract. Augustin, L. S., L. Dal Maso, C. La Vecchia, M. Parpinel, E. Negri, S. Vaccarella, C. W. Kendall, D. J. Jenkins, and S. Francesch.

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Weight Gain, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Young and Middle-Aged Women." jama 292, no. 8 (2004): 927-34. Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/ sr_01/sr01_038.pdf. Sheard, N., et al. "Dietary Carbohydrate (Amount and Type) in the Prevention and Management of Diabetes." Diabetes Care 27 (2004): 2266-71. Shim, Hyunsuk, Yoon S. Chun, Brian C. Lewis, and Chi V. Dang. "A Unique Glucose-Dependent Apoptotic Pathway Induced by c-Myc." Proceedings from the National Academy of Sciences, USA 95, no.

Feel Better, Live Longer with Vitamin B-3 Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD See book keywords and concepts

Pellagra with psychosis and minimal symptoms. jama 1939;112:1249-1250. 10 Green G. Subclinical pellagra. In: Orthomolecular Psychiatry: Treatment of Schizophrenia. Hawkins D, Pauling L (eds.). San Francisco, CA: WH Freeman & Co., 1973:411-33. 11 Hoffer A. Hoffer's A.B.C. of Natural Nutrition for Children. Kingston, ON: Quarry Health Books, 1999; revised as Healing Children's Attention and Behavior Disorders, Toronto ON: CCNM Press, 2004. 12 Hoffer A. Hoffer's A.B.C. of Natural Nutrition for Children.

The big vitamin scare: American Medical Association claims vitamins may kill you (opinion) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Imagine the uproar if vitamins killed even a fraction of that number…) To avoid getting hoodwinked by questionable research on "vitamins," you have to strongly consider the financial interests of the source of this research. jama accepts millions of dollars in advertising from drug companies each year, and its pages are absolutely packed with drug ads. The American Medical Association, for its part, has long worked to discredit alternative medicine and has even been found guilty by U.S. federal courts of engaging in a conspiracy to destroy chiropractic medicine.

This research published in jama does remind us of one important point, however: synthetic chemicals are harmful to human health. If you take cheap "vitamins" made of these synthetic chemicals, you are doing yourself more harm than good. These cheap vitamin manufacturers, by the way, are usually owned by pharmaceutical firms. I would personally never take vitamins purchased at common retailers such as Wal-Mart or Walgreens. I only recommend and consume vitamins from high-end nutritional supplement companies.

Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

The Continuing Epidemics of Obesity and Diabetes in the United States." jama 286, no. 10 (2001): 1195-1200. Nader, Ralph. "Big Snapple? Selling the City, Drink by Drink." Common Dreams, September 15, 2003. http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0915-10.htm. The National Academies. "Food Marketing Aimed at Kids Influences Poor Nutritional Choices, IOM Study Finds; Broad Effort Needed to Promote Healthier Products and Diets." http:// www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309097134 ?OpenDocument. Nestle, Marion. Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health.

Doctors, American Medical Association hawked cigarettes as healthy for consumers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Big Tobacco's suppression of scientific evidence At the same time that jama ran cigarette ads, it published in 1950 the first major study to causally link smoking to lung cancer. Morton Levin, then director of Cancer Control for the New York State Department of Health, surveyed patients in Buffalo, N.Y., from 1938 to 1950 and found that smokers were twice as likely to develop lung cancer as non-smokers. Cigarette producers may have hoped that the public would remain unaware of studies published in medical journals.

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Eye disease case-control study group. jama. 1994 Nov 9; 272(18):1413-1420. Wang Y, Chang C, Chou J, Chen H, Deng X, Harvey B, Cadet JL, Bickford PC. Dietary supplementation with blueberries, spinach, or spirulina reduces ischemic brain damage. Experimental Neurology. 2005 May;193(l):75-84. Strawberries www.calstrawberry.com; www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/strawberries/ Hannum SM. Potential impact of strawberries on human health: a review of the science. Cn't Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2004;44( 1): 1-17. McDougall GJ, Stewart D. The inhibitory effects of berry polyphenols on digestive enzymes. Biofactors.

NewsTarget readers demand retractions from major media outlets over erroneous reporting of antioxidant study Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The AMA's medical journal, jama, remains largely funded by drug company interests. Thus, it is no surprise that the AMA's spin on this recent antioxidant study seemed designed to make vitamins look useless, thereby dissuading consumers from taking substances that ultimately compete with pharmaceuticals. This behavior by the AMA is not unusual, nor unanticipated. What's shocking in all this is just how blindly the mainstream media swallowed the AMA's opinion on the facts of the study.

Breast Cancer Industry A Scam? Support Education, Not Medication Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The American Medical Association, by the way, used to actually run ads for cigarettes in its flagship medical journal, jama. Doctors can always be bought off and made to promote whatever poison is making the most money this decade (these people have no shame). In the 1950's, it was cigarettes. Today, it's pharmaceuticals and chemotherapy. Different drugs, same scam. But money was always -- and IS always -- the bottom line for conventional medicine. Today, doctors promote chemotherapy, which is far more toxic than smoking!

Processed Meat Unsafe For Human Consumption; Cancer Experts Warn of Dietary Dangers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

A decade after the scientific evidence was irrefutable, of course, but then again, the AMA was making money off Big Tobacco by running tobacco ads in jama...) What is "processed meat" exactly? A woman asked me this question at a recent live event where I was warning the audience about the dangers of chemicals found in popular grocery products. Frankly, I was surprised to hear the question. But I've since learned that many people really don't know the difference between processed meat and non-processed meat ("fresh" meat).

HPV Vaccine Hoax Exposed: FDA Documents Reveal HPV "Not Associated with Cervical Cancer" Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Why one shocking study published in jama (August, 2007) concluded, "No significant evidence of a vaccine therapeutic effect was observed..." and added, "... rates of viral clearance over a 12-month period are not influenced by vaccination." The real story behind the HPV vaccination frenzy: Disease mongering, corporate profits and junk science. These revelations (and more) are spelled out in detail in this new special report by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, a consumer health advocate and bioethicist who strongly opposes mandatory vaccination policies.

Fundamentals of Naturopathic Endocrinology Michael Friedman, ND See book keywords and concepts

Mammary gland dysplasia in iodine deficiency. jama 1967;200:115-19. 15. Eskin B. Iodine metabolism and breast cancer. Trans. New York Acad, of Sciences 1970;32:911-47. 16. Eskin B. Iodine and mammary cancer. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 1977;91:293-304. 17. Ghandrakant C, Kapdim MD, Wolfe JN. Breast cancer: Relationship to thyroid supplements for hypothyroidism. JAMA1976;238:1124. 18. Backwinkel K and Jackson AS. Some features of breast cancer and thyroid deficiency. Cancer 1964;17:1174-76. 19. Ghent W, Eskin B, Low D, Hill L. Iodine replacement in fibrocystic disease of the breast. Can. J. Surg.

Study "Disproving" Mercury-Autism Link Published in Journal with Financial Ties to Vaccine Manufacturers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The Journal, the Archives of General Psychiatry, is the pro-drug psychiatric arm of the American Medical Association, a pill-pushing organization tarnished by a history of conspiracy against alternative medicine and the promotion of toxic substances like cigarettes with full-page ads in its flagship publication, jama. From the outset, the fact that this study appears in a pro-drug, pro-psychiatry journal should bring pause to any scientific-minded person.

The big vitamin scare: American Medical Association claims vitamins may kill you (opinion) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Now, here's a common sense way to quickly realize the jama research is complete nonsense. Round up 100 people who are taking multiple pharmaceuticals, and compare their health to 100 people who are taking vitamins and nutritional supplements. Guess who's healthier? The supplement crowd will be healthier every time. It's the obvious question: If vitamins are so dangerous, where are all the dead vitamin takers? And if pharmaceuticals are so safe, where are all the super-healthy prescription drug patients? They are nowhere to be found.

What If Medicine Disappeared? Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea See book keywords and concepts

Indeed a 2003 study published in jama found double the false positives in the United States compared with Great Britain, a finding attributed to inferior mammogram training and fear of malpractice suits. "Very clear and specific standards and targets need to be set for interpretation of mammography," said the study's lead author. "Radiologists who perform outside acceptable ranges need to be told: 'that's not acceptable.'"37 We are not saying that a substantial proportion of physicians are incompetent.

The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S. See book keywords and concepts

Ginkgo's reputation took a big hit when a study published in jama concluded that there were no differences in the memory abilities of people treated with ginkgo and people who weren't. But there were a lot of problems with this study, not least of which was the fact that it only went on for six weeks (many researchers believe the effects don't show up until after at least twelve weeks of taking it). Only participants with no previous memory problems participated, and it's hard to demonstrate improved memory with people who don't have memory issues to begin with!

In the jama study, they used whatever the dose was at the time, and they never even mentioned the type of citrate that they used. You have to give enough so that it reaches the sites in the body that it needs to reach." Preuss points out that there are different forms of hydroxycitrates. "If you have almost a pure calcium hydroxycitrate, it's just not going to work," he told me. He prefers hydroxycitrate bound to both calcium and potassium, which dramatically increases the absorption and effectiveness of HCA. (One brand that meets that requirement is Super CitriMax.

While it's true that in the jama study, St. John's Wort didn't show much effect on the most intractable and difficult of depressions, dozens of other studies—and the experience of an enormous number of people—suggest that St. John's Wort may be very effective for some of the lighter varieties of depression, which afflict untold numbers of people. An Historic and Helpful Herb St. John's Wort is actually a perennial herb with many flowers that can be found growing wild in much of the world (the word "wort" just means plant).

Interesting FYI: jama also published the above-mentioned study showing the benefit of ginkgo for patients with dementia and Alzheimer's!) "The value of any dietary supplement cannot be determined on the basis of one study alone," says Mark Blumenthal, executive director of the American Botanical Council. You need to consider the entire body of evidence that supports ginkgo's beneficial use. Natural Prescription for Memory Enhancement Standardized ginkgo extract: 40 mg, three times a day (total 120 mg) You can also take 60 mg, twice a day, or double up with 120 mg, twice a day.

The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine Anne Harrington See book keywords and concepts

Steven Ringel, the author of the 2003 jama essay, mused on the meaning of Linda's defensiveness; her clarity that, if her suffering was not strictly physical in origin, it was also not strictly real. She was not wrong to be defensive. In fact, patients like Linda, lacking clear physical markers of disease, are generally not taken seriously by their doctors: Over the years I've learned that almost every aspect of our health care system is more responsive to the needs of patients with major organ failure.

Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All into Patients Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels See book keywords and concepts

Coincidentally it was a University of Chicago sociology professor who first made the 43 percent figure famous, when he published it in an article in jama in I999.23The figure has been used constantly in marketing materials and media stories to suggest almost half of all women suffer with a medical condition, a "dysfunction" or a disease, called FSD. In actual fact the paper in jama suggested nothing of the sort. The 43 percent figure will likely go down in history as one of the most abused medical statistics of our time.

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