Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Since its inception in 2002, BCA's Think Before You Pink campaign has been urging consumers to ask critical questions about the hundreds of pink ribbon products and promotions that are marketed every october in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCA calls it Breast Cancer Industry Month). Calling for transparency and accountability from companies that use pink ribbons to sell products, BCA believes that consumers can and should ask questions about how the money is being raised and where the money is going. |
| REPPED: You've already seen the headlines touting october as breast cancer awareness month. A zillion products are available in "pink" editions now, and gullible consumers snatch them up at retail outlets without knowing a single thing about where that money goes or even what percentage of their product sale is donated to cancer non-profits. (For many products, the amount donated is mere pennies, and much of the donated money goes to worthless cancer maintenance non-profits that have no interest in actually preventing cancer... |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 Nevertheless, on october 14, 2004, as reported in the New York Times on october 16, 2004 (Reed Abelson, "Pfizer Warns of Risks from Its Painkiller"), it sent a 'Dear Doctor' letter to health-care professionals warning of the possible risk of heart attack with Bextra.
Bextra also has been associated with rare occurrences of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a potentially fatal condition involving blistering all over the skin, mouth, and eyes. This and other problems led FDA whistle-blower Dr. David Graham to cite Bextra as one of the five most dangerous drugs on the market in November 2004. |
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
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 On october 9, 2005, Dick and his wife, Rosalind, came to Cleveland for counseling. They decided to try my approach at least until the December appointment with the heart surgeon. When the surgeon called to say there was an unexpected opening in his schedule, and gave Dick an earlier appointment on october 26, Dick thought about it, but decided to stick with our program for at least two months. By the time the surgeon called, just eleven days after our counseling session, he was no longer experiencing any chest pain during his walking workouts. |
Charles Barber
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 According to Nielsen Media Research, drug ads increased dramatically in the weeks after the attacks. In october 2001 alone, Glaxo spent $16 million on advertising Paxil, almost twice what they spent the previous october.102 It worked. Medicaid recipients, for example, who lived within three miles of the World Trade Center filed 18 percent more antidepressant prescriptions in the three months after the attacks.103 Some ads for Paxil appeared after shows depicting the World Trade Center towers collapsing. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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| Nevertheless, on october 14, 2004, as reported in the New York Times on october 16, 2004 (Reed Abelson, "Pfizer Warns of Risks from Its Painkiller"), it sent a 'Dear Doctor' letter to health-care professionals warning of the possible risk of heart attack with Bextra.
Bextra also has been associated with rare occurrences of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a potentially fatal condition involving blistering all over the skin, mouth, and eyes. This and other problems led FDA whistle-blower Dr. David Graham to cite Bextra as one of the five most dangerous drugs on the market in November 2004. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 But by January 2004 she began practicing with the team again, continued her strength and conditioning program, and played her first game since the surgery in october of 2005. She played in all thirty-four games as a cocaptain and was named USCHO.com National Offensive Player of the Week on october 29, 2006.
Carly is unusual. But her recovery—and her indomitable spirit—are an inspiration and proof that determination and strength can keep you from being a victim of your disease. |
Charles Barber
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| In october 2001 alone, Glaxo spent $16 million on advertising Paxil, almost twice what they spent the previous october.102 It worked. Medicaid recipients, for example, who lived within three miles of the World Trade Center filed 18 percent more antidepressant prescriptions in the three months after the attacks.103 Some ads for Paxil appeared after shows depicting the World Trade Center towers collapsing. One television viewer, Rebecca Ames, commented, "The drug companies have to push those drugs, but it does make my little eyebrow go up a bit. |
Kevin Trudeau
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 This letter that the FTC sent me on october 14, 2004, shows that this attitude permeates the organization.
On october 12, 2004,1 sent to the FTC Alternative Medicine magazine. This is a magazine that accepts advertising for health products.
The advertisers obviously encouraged the magazine to write positive stories about their products. The articles in this magazine have stories about particular branded products and how they can cure, prevent, and treat disease. They are written by "reporters." The magazine is full of ads for health products. The magazine is filled with health claims. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health as of october 2006.
Recommended Screening Tests and Immunizations for Women at Average Risk
Screening Tests Ages 18-39
Full checkup, including weight and height
Thyroid test (TSH)
Blood pressure test
Cholesterol test
Bone mineral density test
Blood glucose test
Mammogram
Pap test and pelvic exam
Chlamydia test
Discuss with your doctor or nurse.
Start at age 35, and then every 5 years
At least every 2 years
Start at age 20; discuss with your doctor or nurse.
Discuss with your doctor or nurse. |
| A very recent meta-analysis that revisited oral contraceptives and the risk of breast cancer, published in october 2006, concluded that oral contraceptives do increase the risk of premenopausal breast cancer.7 Thirty-four case-control studies of oral contraceptives and premenopausal breast cancer during or after 1980 were identified. Analysis of the data from these studies showed that the risk of breast cancer was slightly increased for both nulliparous (having never given birth) and parous (having birthed one or more times) women. |
Bottom Line Health
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| For that reason, if you have risk factors for developing complications from the flu (see below) and aren't eligible to use FluMist, I recommend that you consider getting a preservative-free flu shot in october or November. If a preservative-free vaccine is not available to you, you should still get a flu shot if you fall into any of the following groups...
•Anyone age 65 and older.
•Residents of nursing homes or other long-term-care facilities that house people of any age who have chronic medical conditions.
•Anyone who has chronic disorders of the pulmonary or cardiovascular system. |
| BACKGROUND
Pediatric use of antidepressant medications —especially SSRIs—has been the subject of extended controversy.
In october 2004, the FDA directed manufacturers of SSRIs, which include (citalopram) Celexa, (paroxetine) Paxil, (fluoxetine) Prozac and Zoloft, to put a special "black-box" warning on the drugs' labels to alert health-care providers of an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children and teens who are using the medications. |
| What you may not know: In october 2005, the Agricultural Appropriations Conference Committee voted to allow synthetic ingredients into foods labeled "organic." Therefore, yogurt, pudding and other items may be considered organic even if they contain synthetic additives.
What you can do: Whenever possible, buy organic meats and dairy products.
For produce, choose organic varieties if you're buying one of the items found by the Environmental Working Group (a nonprofit group of researchers who investigate environmental health threats) to be among the most contaminated (see chart on page 293). |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 The young lateral branches appear in october. They are dried rapidly in thin layers or bundles. The dried leaves are then stripped off. The harvest consists of approximately 10,000 kg of the leaf drug per hectare.
Other Names: Herb Louisa, Lemon-scented Verbena
ACTION AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Volatile oil: main constituents are geraniol and neral
Flavonoids: including apigenin-, diosmetin- and luteolin-7-O-glucosides, beyond that, mono-, di- and trimethoxyfla-vones, including eupatorin
Iridoid glycosides
EFFECTS
The leaves are antispasmodic, sedative and are a febrifuge. |
| Aloe is harvested from August until october. The juice is dried in various ways.
Cape aloe consists of the dried latex of the leaves of several species of the genus Aloe, especially Aloe ferox and its hybrids. The leaves are gathered by hand, and the collected liquid is thickened.
Not To Be Confused With: Aloe barbadensis and Aloe capensis have different properties. |
| Production: The herb is harvested from July to october and dried.
Not To Be Confused With: Erica tetralix. Other Names: Ling
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Flavonoids: including kaempferol, quercetin, myricetin, taxifolin
C+j-catechin
Catechin tannins
Oligomere proanthocyanidins
Triterpenes: including ursolic acid
Steroids: beta-sitosterol
EFFECTS
Heather is said to be a diuretic, antimicrobial, cholagogic, antirheumatic, and vulnary.
These effects have not yet been documented. |
David R. Montgomery
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 In the last week of october 1998, Hurricane Mitch dumped a year's worth of rain onto Central America. Landslides and floods killed more than ten thousand people, left three million displaced or homeless, and caused more than $5 billion in damage to the region's agricultural economy. Despite all the rain, the disaster was not entirely natural.
Mitch was not the first storm to dump that much rain on Central America, but it was the first to fall on the region's steep slopes after the rainforest had been converted into open fields. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| The ripe, shiny red fruit is harvested from August to october, mainly in Poland, Hungary, in the former Soviet Union, and in the former Czechoslovakia.
Other Names: Rowan Tree, Witchen, Sorb Apple
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Parasorboside (bitter): forming parasorbic acid through cell destruction (lactone of the (5S)-Hydroxyhex-2-en-acyl-l,
Kern W, List PH, Horhammer L (Hrsg.), Hagers Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 4. Aufl., Bde. 1-8: Springer Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1969.
Roth L, Daunderer M, Kormann K, Giftpflanzen, Pflanzengifte, 4. Aufl. |
| Production: The aerial parts are gathered between May and october in uncultivated regions, dried in the open air in the shade.
Not To Be Confused With: As an adulteration, the herbs of Geranium palustre and Geranium pratense are frequently found on the market. |
Marshall Editions
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 This may be in late September or october as the amount of daylight starts to wane.
DIAGNOSIS
Stress generally describes feelings of frustration, anger, or anxiety. It tends to be an inevitable component of modern living, and affects everyone from time to time. Common triggers include work, study and exams, relationship problems, financial worries, and feeling unable to cope. When we find ourselves in a stressful situation, the nervous system goes on red alert. The brain sends signals to the adrenal glands to release more adrenalin into the system. |
Mary-Ann Shearer
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 I read your book at the beginning of october this year and it has changed my life.
I have not been on any medication since then, have not been to any doctors since then, have not had dairy, only a little bit of whole wheat bread now and again. I have boundless energy, go to the gym regularly, and work much better, as I am not so tired. And the real cherry on top is that I am no longer constantly dieting to control my weight. I have lost 15 pounds since october, have kept it off, and I know the rest will follow in good time.
Thanks so much for all your advice. It is so simple and logical. |
Too Profitable to CureBrent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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| Julie Appleby, USA Today, 15 october 2004.
• Nausea and Vomiting Due to Insulin Glargine Patient with Type I Diabetes Mellitus. Dixon and Bau, British Medical Journal 2005: 330-455
• Bungled Insulin Production May Be Culprit in Diabetes. , March 6, 2005.
• Insulin's Other Role in Diabetes. . 5/14/2005.
• The New Insulin Analog Aspart Is Not the Almighty Solution for Insulin Allergy Takata et al., Diabetes Care 26:253-254, 2003.
Diabetes, Hypoglycemia (Hypoglycemia, Insulin Shock, Insulin Reaction) and Drug Capacity. Cox et al. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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 Oil production is controlled and regulated by hormones (Sources: Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, october 2001, pages 600-607; and Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery, September 2001, pages 144-153). If dry skin could induce oil production, then everyone with dry skin would be oozing oil, but they aren't, because physiologically that isn't how skin works (and the insanity of that hurts my brain). All skin types need healthy state-of-the-art ingredients, but they do not have to come in a lotion, balm, or cream form; gels, liquids, and serums serve that purpose perfectly. |
| As a general rule, for all forms of breakouts, including blackheads, BHA is preferred over AHA because BHA is better at cutting through the oil inside the pore (Source: Cosmetic Dermatology, october 2001, pages 65-72). Penetrating the pore is necessary to exfoliate the pore lining. However, some people (including those allergic to aspirin) can't use BHA, so an AHA is the next option to consider.
A topical scrub or a washcloth can be used as a mechanical exfoliant. |
| Research indicates that dietary supplements, such as zinc or vitamin A, are most likely not effective in the treatment of acne, and these supplements may very well be unhealthy if too much is taken (Sources: Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, october 2002, pages 582-584; Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, August 2002, pages 231-240; and European Journal of Dermatology, June 2000, pages 269-273).
For optimal results when fighting blemishes and acne:
• Reduce oil to eliminate the environment in which acne-causing bacteria thrive. |
| Which one is optimal for you is best determined by a skilled dermatologist who has a practice that incorporates a variety of different lasers (Sources: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, May
2006, Supplemental, pages 262-271; Dermatologic Therapy, January 2001, page 46; Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy, March 2005, pages 39^3; Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery, April 2004, pages 97-102; Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, November-December 2005, pages 770-774; Dermatologic Surgery, october 2005, page 1263; and Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, April 2000, pages 376-379). |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 Port Washington, NY, october 13, 2004. http://www.npdfoodworld.com/foodServlet?nextpage=pr_body.html& content_id=2026.
-. "Eating Patterns in America: Want to Understand the Impact of the Low Carb Craze, Spot
Trends in America's Eating Habits and Track the Restaurant Industry?" http://www.npd xom/foodpress/epa.html.
National Restaurant Association. "The Restaurant Industry 2000 Year in Review." http://www .restaurant.org/research/year_in_review.cfm.
Novis. "Consumers Baffled by GI Labels." NUTRAingredients.com, November 24, 2004. http:// nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp? |
| News release, october 21, 1998. http://www.cspinet.org/new/soda_10_21_98.htm. -. "Statement of CSPI Nutrition Policy Director Margo Wootan on the Findings of 'From Wallet to Waistline.'" http://www.cspinet.org/new/pdf/margo_w2w_statement.pdf. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "National Agenda for Public Health Action: A National
Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women's Health." http://www.cdc.gov/DIABETES/ pubs/action/facts.htm.
-. National Center for Health Statistics. "Deaths: Final Data for 2003." http://www.cdc
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Bill Sardi
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 Since the Is' of october I have been taking the following alternatives to help me.
NO IRON RICH FOODS (RED MEAT) NO IRON SUPPLEMENTS
AND HAVE BEEN GETTING AS MUCH SUNLIGHT AS POSSIBLE & EATING LOTS OF ORGANIC VEGETABLES & THANKING GOD FOR HIS DAILY BLESSINGS. I am feeling uplifted and can move much easier, no pain pills, and am able to sleep at night for longer periods. Most important of all, my husband Al and I have just thrown ourselves at the mercy of God and asked for his divine help. |
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