Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke www.ninds.nih.gov
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases www.niams.nih.gov
National Institute on Aging www.nia.nih.gov
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders www.nidcd.nih.gov
National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov
National Medical Association www.nmanet.org
National Osteoporosis Foundation www.nof.org
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition www.ovarian.org
National Parkinson Foundation www.parkinson. |
Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George
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 NIH (www.NIH.gov), ADEAR (www.nia.nih .gov/alzheimers), and Healthwise (www.healthwise.org) contain pages upon pages of helpful information, as well as links to other sites that can inform your understanding of your condition and the treatments and tests you may receive.
Not only can such information clear up misapprehensions you might have, but the process of navigating the Web can also help you stay mentally active. Your use of the Internet need not be purely information-oriented. |
Shannon Brownlee
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 But the nih isn't actually set up to examine the medical practices of today; its primary mission is to perform basic research that will lead to the cures of tomorrow, and the institutes currently spend only a tiny fraction of their budgets on studies like the ALLHAT trial, research that could change current practice.There's a sense at the nih that such research, which would compare different drugs, for example, or test existing treatments, is somehow beneath the lofty goals of the agency. As nih director Elias Zer-houni recently put it, "We don't do Coke versus Pepsi. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 Total nih funding
?$5 billion Funding of relevant nih departments: Child Health, Mental Health,
?Environmental Health, Neurological Disorders
?LESS THAN $ 100 million* Portion of the $5 billion allocation that directly or indirectly impacts autism research.
•This represents 0.3% of total nih funding. MUCH MORE FUNDING is needed.
HOW DOES FUNDING FOR AUTISM COMPARE TO OTHER CHILDHOOD DISORDERS & DISEASES?
?Leukemia 1 in 25,000 Funding: $300 million
?Muscular Dystrophy 1 in 20,000 Funding: $160 million
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Hyla Cass, M.D.
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 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Vitamin and Mineral Supplement Fact Sheets— http://ods.od.nih.gov/Health_Information/Vitamin_and_Mineral_Supplement_Fact_She ets.aspx: nih fact sheets on vitamins and minerals.
Seafood Choices Alliance—www.seafoodchoices.org: Check this site to ensure that you are choosing seafood that is sustainable and as nontoxic as possible.
Website of medical writer and diabetes consultant David Mendosa—www.mendosa. com: Includes an extensive listing of glycemic indices of foods and information about diabetes. |
Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George
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| I sometimes tell my friends at the nih that global warming is a bigger threat than Alzheimer's disease and joke that when the ocean levels rise and flood Washington and the nih headquarters in Maryland, the "march to progress" against AD will look pretty inconsequential. It's a sardonic joke, of course, but the point about broadening and realigning our priorities is often well taken. alzheimer's goes to washington
In 1979 the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association was created in Washington, D.C. |
Bill Sardi
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 NIH researchers incorrectly claim that at single doses of 500 milligrams and higher, bioavailability declines and the absorbed amount is excreted. Vitamin C supplements are ignored in favor of 5 servings of fruits and vegetables which can provide ~200 milligrams of vitamin C. nih researchers claim that safe doses of vitamin C are below 1,000 mg daily, and that daily doses above 400 mg have no evident value. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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| Funding of relevant nih departments: Child Health, Mental Health,
?Environmental Health, Neurological Disorders
?LESS THAN $ 100 million* Portion of the $5 billion allocation that directly or indirectly impacts autism research.
•This represents 0.3% of total nih funding. MUCH MORE FUNDING is needed.
HOW DOES FUNDING FOR AUTISM COMPARE TO OTHER CHILDHOOD DISORDERS & DISEASES?
?Leukemia 1 in 25,000 Funding: $300 million
?Muscular Dystrophy 1 in 20,000 Funding: $160 million
?Cystic Fibrosis 1 in 5,000 Funding: $75 million ¦Juvenile Diabetes 1 in 500 Funding: $140 million
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Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD
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 National Institutes of Health News Release, April 20,1999. nih Research shows 100 to 200 mg of vitamin C daily may benefit healthy adults, http:www.nih.gov/ news/pr/apr99/niddk- 20.htm
5 Gupta C. Share the Wealth Newsletter. The Vitamin C Fanatics Were Right All Along. July 09, 2004. http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2004/07/09/ the_vitamin_c_fanatics_were_right.html
6 Loria M, Klag MJ, Caulfield LE, Whelton PK. Vitamin C status and mortality in US adults. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 July;72(i):i39-45.
7 Simon JA, Hudes ES, Browner WS. |
Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George
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| I sometimes tell my friends at the nih that global warming is a bigger threat than Alzheimer's disease and joke that when the ocean levels rise and flood Washington and the nih headquarters in Maryland, the "march to progress" against AD will look pretty inconsequential. It's a sardonic joke, of course, but the point about broadening and realigning our priorities is often well taken. alzheimer's goes to washington
In 1979 the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association was created in Washington, D.C. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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| NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases—National Resource Center www.niams.nih.gov/bone
North American Menopause Society www.menopause.org
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association www.pcosupport.org
Scleroderma Foundation www.scleroderma.org
Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation www.sjogrens.org
U.S. Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov
U.S. National Library of Medicine www.pubmed.gov
BOOKS
Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form Michael Sims Penguin, 2004
The Body Has a Head Dr. |
| National Medical Association www.nmanet.org
National Osteoporosis Foundation www.nof.org
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition www.ovarian.org
National Parkinson Foundation www.parkinson.org
National Scoliosis Foundation www.scoliosis.org
National Sleep Foundation www.sleepfoundation.org
National Women's Health Information Center www.womenshealth.gov
NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases—National Resource Center www.niams.nih.gov/bone
North American Menopause Society www.menopause.org
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association www.pcosupport.org
Scleroderma Foundation www.scleroderma. |
| National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders www.nidcd.nih.gov
National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov
National Medical Association www.nmanet.org
National Osteoporosis Foundation www.nof.org
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition www.ovarian.org
National Parkinson Foundation www.parkinson.org
National Scoliosis Foundation www.scoliosis.org
National Sleep Foundation www.sleepfoundation.org
National Women's Health Information Center www.womenshealth. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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 NIH spends on cancer research, only about 11% is for so-called prevention.35 The vast bulk of this money is spent on education for early detection, self-screening for breast cancer being one example. Unfortunately, as we show in chapter 2, this widely practiced screening (as well as most others) offers no advantage whatever in mortality—a surprising result but true nonetheless.
Real prevention, cleaning the air and water, for example, or purifying the food supply, are not even part of the nih mission. |
Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD
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| NIH Research shows 100 to 200 mg of vitamin C daily may benefit healthy adults, http:www.nih.gov/ news/pr/apr99/niddk- 20.htm
5 Gupta C. Share the Wealth Newsletter. The Vitamin C Fanatics Were Right All Along. July 09, 2004. http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2004/07/09/ the_vitamin_c_fanatics_were_right.html
6 Loria M, Klag MJ, Caulfield LE, Whelton PK. Vitamin C status and mortality in US adults. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 July;72(i):i39-45.
7 Simon JA, Hudes ES, Browner WS. Serum ascorbic acid and cardiovascular disease prevalence in US adults. Epidemiology 1999 May;9(3):3i6-2i.
8 ADVANCE. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 National Institutes of Health (NIH)
9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20892 www.nih.gov
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
2, rue Andre Pascal
F-75775 Paris, Cedex 16, France
Main switchboard, tel.: +33-1.45.24.82.00
Fax: +33-1.45.24.85.00 www.oecd.org
Pesticide Action Network North America
49 Powell St., Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94102 Phone:415-981-1771 Fax:415-981-1991 www.panna.org
World Health Organization (WHO)
Avenue Appia 20
CH -1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland
Phone:+41-22 791 2111
Fax:+41-22 791 3111 www.who.int/en/
U. S. |
Roberta Bivins
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 In 1991, Congress mandated the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate 'unconventional medicine'. The nih opened its Office of Alternative Medicine in 1992, but budgeted only a paltry $2 million for its operations?.02 per cent of its budget for research on therapies then used by an estimated 35 per cent of American citizens. After a bitter and protracted battle with Congress, that budget was increased to $50 million in the late 1990s—still less, as one dermatologist pointed out, than was spent on toenail fungus alone. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
1 Diabetes Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3560
800-438-5383 www.ndep.nih.gov The goal of the NDEP is to improve the treatment and prognosis of diabetics, to promote early diagnosis, and to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes.
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC) http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/overview/index .htm
The mission of the NDIC is to increase knowledge and understanding about diabetes among the general public, patients, and health-care professionals.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases www. |
Bill Sardi
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| National Cancer Institute press release, April 17, 2006] The nih study said that Tamoxifen reduces the risk for invasive breast cancer by about 50% (in hard numbers, it's a reduction of only about 1.2%) and that Raloxifene results in about the same reduction, with fewer side effects. According to the nih press release, Raloxifene reduces the risk for blood clots in the legs (deep vein thrombosis) by about 29%, and the risk for uterine cancer by 36%. Forgotten is the evidence that high-dose vitamin D can reduce the overall risk for breast cancer by about 50%. |
Dr. Vern Cherewatenko and Paul Perry
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 General information on diabetes, digestive, and kidney diseases
National Institutes for Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov
Access to the nih and all the organizations that come under it.
National Network for Health http://www.nnh.org
Collaborative site for health education.
Online Health Library http://wwtv.healthfinder.gov
Online health information resources site.
SimpleCare http://www.simplecare.com
Information on low-cost, cash-based health care resources.
U.S. National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov
The nih source for detailed medical information. Vegsource http://www. |
| National Eye Institute http://www.nei.nih.gov Information about eyes.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease
(NIDDK) http: / / www.niddk.nih.gov
General information on diabetes, digestive, and kidney diseases
National Institutes for Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov
Access to the nih and all the organizations that come under it.
National Network for Health http://www.nnh.org
Collaborative site for health education.
Online Health Library http://wwtv.healthfinder.gov
Online health information resources site.
SimpleCare http://www.simplecare. |
Shannon Brownlee
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| There's a sense at the nih that such research, which would compare different drugs, for example, or test existing treatments, is somehow beneath the lofty goals of the agency. As nih director Elias Zer-houni recently put it, "We don't do Coke versus Pepsi."
We need an institution that is dedicated to providing independent, reputable medical research that can lead directly to improving clinical practice.
Less is riore
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One of its first jobs would be assessing the current evidence available for drugs. |
Andreas Moritz
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 The studies are sponsored by nih subdivisions; many are cosponsored by the pharmaceutical companies that manufacture the drugs being tested. The studies use the standard AIDS drugs: nucleoside analogues, protease inhibitors and Nevirapine. |
| James R Shannon of nih understood this when he said "No vaccination can be proven safe before it is given to children."
Immunization programs against polio have no benefits other than economic ones for vaccine producers. The scientist who eliminated polio now suspects that the handful of polio cases which have occurred in the U.S. since the seventies are caused by the live viruses that were used as vaccines. In Finland and Sweden, where the use of live vaccines for polio is prohibited, there has not been a single case of polio in ten years. |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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 Proposed research must be "new and innovative and lead to greater understanding of how soy can affect human health," be "deemed acceptable" by the USB and require an annual budget to be funded primarily by the nih (i.e. the American taxpayer) of between $150,000 and $500,000 in direct costs annually for at least three years. This is the sixth year of the Soy Health Research Program and nih grants won have returned the USB's investment many times over.
SOURCE: Yancey, Sarah. Letter to researchers about incentive grants available through the Soy Health Research Program, December 7, 2004. |
| QUERY=SOY proposals submitted to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a strategy that in its second year turned $30,000 worth of assistance into $4 million worth of tax-payer funded nih grants.20
These ploys have led to industry-sponsored "checkbook" research, generously funded university departments, well-publicized symposia, advertising control of the media, the courting of journalists and aggressive lobbying in Washington, D.C. And because scientists have been unable to prove the health benefits of soy, industry efforts have also led to a mastery of the art of ambiguous health claims. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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| A longitudinal study of more than a half million adults aged fifty to seventy, sponsored jointly by the nih and AARP, found that overweight and obesity were associated with higher death rates for all demographic categories. Increased risk was highest for those who never smoked: death rates were
20-40 percent higher for the overweight, and two to three times higher for the obese.20 According to one estimate for the year 2000, obesity was responsible for 111,909 excessive deaths.21
WTiat has been the medical community's response to this major threat to our health? |
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