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The Green Tea Book Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews See book keywords and concepts

When each patient was admitted to the hospital, personnel graded the patient's health status according to the standards adopted by the Second National Conference on Cerebrovascular Disease. According to those standards, the effects of stroke were slight in twenty-eight of the patients, medium in nine patients, and severe in three. The same grading scale was used to reevaluate the patients' health after four weeks of daily doses of polyphenols extracted from green tea. Following this therapeutic regimen, surprising improvements were observed in the patients.

Movie Review: I am Legend, Will Smith and the Dangers of Playing God with Food and Medicine Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

In this drug trial, which tested an experimental arthritis drug on volunteer patients, things went terribly wrong: After being injected with the anti-inflammatory drug TGN1412, patients began tearing their shirts off, screaming that their heads were going to explode. One patient's head swelled to triple its normal size, and patients were passing out, vomiting, or screaming in sheer terror. Within minutes after the injections, patients were suffering from severe breathing attacks, convulsions and excruciating pain. As reported in The Sun, a U.K.

Disease sniffer device could provide non-invasive early disease detection by "sniffing" patients Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

This is where you simply draw a small sample of the patient's blood -- a few drops -- look at it under a dark-field microscope, and from this you readily tell all sorts of things about the patient's health by simply examining the structure and characteristics of live blood samples. You can see red blood cells moving around; you can assess their shape, their viscosity, whether or not they stick together and so on. There are all kinds of things that you can diagnose from looking at blood, yet conventional medicine never does this.

Interview: the Cancer Control Society offers information and answers for cancer patients Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

They could integrate with their chemotherapy, they could integrate with their radiation, and the patient would be so much better. First of all, in some cases it only mitigates the negative side effects. In some cases, it prevents the negative side effects. So, we're not declaring war on conventional oncology, but we would like a little bit more reciprocity when it comes to working together with cooperation and sharing information. We're very happy to work with conventional medicine in providing alternatives that will help them better treat and better serve their patients.

Health care economics: Diseases are too profitable to prevent or cure Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

They really want to help people, but they soon find out that they can't stay in business if they're spending 20 minutes per patient. A clinic or a hospital won't hire them unless they can work faster and see more patients, spending an average of only 3 minutes per patient. What started out as a genuine desire to help people quickly degenerates into a drug-dispensing factory operation. Some of that responsibility, however, belongs with the patients. A lot of patients don't want real health solutions -- they just want a prescription.

Interview: the Cancer Control Society offers information and answers for cancer patients Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The state of California has come down very hard on doctors who put the patients' welfare first and their own welfare second, and work with the patient on a wide variety of things that maybe aren't approved, but certainly are safe. Mike: In various articles, I've often stated I believe cancer is almost universally preventable with nutrition and medicinal herbs and other therapies. In the vast majority of cases it is reversible if detected in the early stages. I'm just curious, is that a statement you agree with or disagree with, or what are your thoughts on that?

Naturopathic physicians treat the whole patient, not just the symptoms of disease: an interview with Dr. Joseph Pizzorno Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Now, juvenile onset diabetes actually describes what's going on in the patient physiologically. Basically NIDD1 means that their pancreatic cells are gone; they don't produce insulin. So there you have a good correlation between what's going on with the patient physiologically and the disease name they have. But if you look at NIDD2, or adult onset diabetes, there you have a situation where you have elevated blood sugar, and we call it diabetes.

Interview: the Cancer Control Society offers information and answers for cancer patients Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

As long as the patient maintains the healthy lifestyle, he can control that disease, and it won't interfere with his state of life. We've seen a number of cases with the disease totally under control and the person is back to work and back to living a normal life. Mike: I see. That’s very interesting. Isn't it also the case that the time at which many cancer patients ultimately choose to turn to alternative therapies is when the traditional therapies have given up on them? When the doctor says, "We can't help you any more.

Naturopathic physicians treat the whole patient, not just the symptoms of disease: an interview with Dr. Joseph Pizzorno Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Sometimes that's appropriate, but most of the time, that's not what's best for the patient. If I have someone with migraines, is it better to give them an expensive drug, like Sumtriptan, which has significant side effects, or is it better to say, "Your diet is deficient in magnesium -- consume foods richer in magnesium." Now, only 1 out of 6 patients with migraines need magnesium.

Medicine vs. healing, war vs. peace and male vs. female thinking (opinion) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Women in the healing arts, on the other hand, look at the whole patient. They talk about "supporting" the patient's own natural healing systems and creating a "healing" effect. They consider the multiple layers of the patient -- the physical, chemical, emotional and energetic -- and take time to listen to the patient's beliefs and concerns. To them, the patient is more than just a number, and their array of potential treatments may span several modalities, including herbs, therapeutic touch, homeopathy, acupuncture or nutritional therapies.

Bariatric surgery kills 5 percent of patients: Weight loss surgery takes deadly toll Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Everyone makes a buck when people have heart bypass surgery, but is the patient truly helped by it? More often than not, the patient isn't helped. In fact, they are harmed by it. The same thing happens with bariatric surgery, except in some ways it's even worse. You can't really grow back the stomach after a surgeon has cut half of it out. You can never fully recover from bariatric surgery. It is a permanent removal of vital organs and tissues that belong there. These are organs that you are supposed to have to be a healthy human being.

Disease sniffer device could provide non-invasive early disease detection by "sniffing" patients Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

This is where you simply draw a small sample of the patient's blood -- a few drops -- look at it under a dark-field microscope, and from this you readily tell all sorts of things about the patient's health by simply examining the structure and characteristics of live blood samples. You can see red blood cells moving around; you can assess their shape, their viscosity, whether or not they stick together and so on. There are all kinds of things that you can diagnose from looking at blood, yet conventional medicine never does this.

The media assault on Mexico's alternative cancer clinics Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

One it becomes obvious that no more profits can be extracted from the dying patient, and that even the patient's family has finally caught on to the truth that all these expensive conventional cancer treatments are only making the patient worse, oncologists finally admit what they suspected from the very beginning: "There's nothing we can do." By the way, one doctor commenting on alternative cancer clinics in a recent mainstream news article concludes that Mexico's clinics are useless because, "We just have not seen any cured patients coming back and telling us they've been cured.

Human medical experiments go terribly wrong in "nightmare" TGN1412 drug trial Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

After being injected with the anti-inflammatory drug TGN1412, patients began tearing their shirts off, screaming that their heads were going to explode. One patient's head swelled to triple its normal size, and patients were soon passing out, vomiting, or screaming in sheer terror. Within minutes after the injections, patients were suffering from severe breathing attacks, convulsions and excruciating pain. And now, after the incident, they are fighting for their lives after having their organs permanently damaged. Only the two who were given placebos escaped the horrors.

The media assault on Mexico's alternative cancer clinics Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

One it becomes obvious that no more profits can be extracted from the dying patient, and that even the patient's family has finally caught on to the truth that all these expensive conventional cancer treatments are only making the patient worse, oncologists finally admit what they suspected from the very beginning: "There's nothing we can do." By the way, one doctor commenting on alternative cancer clinics in a recent mainstream news article concludes that Mexico's clinics are useless because, "We just have not seen any cured patients coming back and telling us they've been cured.

Bariatric surgery kills 5 percent of patients: Weight loss surgery takes deadly toll Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

In this way, conventional medicine is clearly against patient education about disease prevention. The only "education" provided by conventional medicine is based on claims for a new drug or surgical procedure. But things are different here on NewsTarget.com. I want you to be a healthy, thin, fit person at your ideal bodyweight. I want you to avoid dangerous surgical procedures.

When this happens to you, you're put in a very difficult spot as the patient because the thing that's typically suggested to you to solve this problem of your pancreas producing "too much insulin" is to surgically remove part of your pancreas. How's that for brilliant? The surgeons harm your body with the first surgery, and then they create a condition where they get repeat business because they have to remove part of your pancreas to balance your blood sugar.

Hospitals may be hazardous to your health Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

A doctor wrote a prescription for some drops to be put in a patient's right ear, and on the script, he wrote, "R–ear" and the nurse read this and proceeded to administer the drops to the patient's anus (thinking the instructions said "rear"). Who puts eardrops in a patient's anus and calls it medicine? There was a trial in which people called nurses on the phone and pretended to be doctors. They asked the nurses to go get a certain drug and prescribe it to a patient down the hall. It turns out that the doses were fatal. Did the nurses notice that these doses were fatal? Of course not.

Bariatric surgery kills 5 percent of patients: Weight loss surgery takes deadly toll Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

More often than not, the patient isn't helped. In fact, they are harmed by it. The same thing happens with bariatric surgery, except in some ways it's even worse. You can't really grow back the stomach after a surgeon has cut half of it out. You can never fully recover from bariatric surgery. It is a permanent removal of vital organs and tissues that belong there. These are organs that you are supposed to have to be a healthy human being. Fraudulent marketing schemes fool people into getting bariatric surgery I strongly object to the kind of marketing being done to promote bariatric surgery.

Why cancer comes back following chemotherapy, radiation or surgery Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Conventional cancer treatments actually harm the patient and the patient's immune system, making it even more difficult to overcome cancer in the future. Chemotherapy harms the immune system and impairs organs such as the brain, liver, and the heart. It's sort of like using TNT to blow out the water leaking through the dam. You destroy the dam at the same time. It leaves the patient unable to stop the progression of the cancer. The real answers to cancer prevention and cure are found in nutrition, exercise, reduction of stress, and avoidance of environmental chemicals and toxins.

Pretend medicine: Let's play doctor! Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Old-School Doctors: Old-school MDs pretend to treat patients suffering from chronic disease, but in reality most of these so-called treatments are little more than a chemical hijacking of the patient's body with harmful synthetic chemicals (prescription drugs). The overzealous writing of prescriptions to a never-ending line of symptomatic patients isn't real medicine, it's just old fashioned drug dealing and snake oil salesmanship. Real doctors -- that is, the good ones practicing today -- actually help educate patients about health and only turn to drugs as a last resort.

Interview: the Cancer Control Society offers information and answers for cancer patients Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Before they do that, they give the patient things that will boost the healthy cells. Then, when they get through with whatever the conventional modality is, they do things that detoxify from the negative effects. I personally wouldn't do that first, but there are so many people who are so tied into insurance, so tied into a medical plan or they have this mental construct that will not allow them to go against what the doctor says. We encourage the doctor to include some of these things with what they're doing. Mike: I love that philosophy.

We have the patient list and we have the doctor list. The other is, call Lorraine Rosenthal at CCS headquarters in Los Angeles, (323)663-7801, and ask for a packet of information. Come on one of our tours of the Tijuana clinics. If somebody has the time to do that, throughout the year we have organized tours. We leave Los Angeles on a tour bus and we visit six of the clinics, give people an overview and we also give them quite a bit of printed information to help them make a decision.

Naturopathic physicians treat the whole patient, not just the symptoms of disease: an interview with Dr. Joseph Pizzorno Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

So there you have a good correlation between what's going on with the patient physiologically and the disease name they have. But if you look at NIDD2, or adult onset diabetes, there you have a situation where you have elevated blood sugar, and we call it diabetes.

So from my perspective, the term "diabetes" actually obfuscates what's going on with the patient physiologically. So, while I won't put a disease label on someone with insulin insensitivity on a cellular level, what I do is I try to reverse that insulin insensitivity so that the cells respond to insulin the way they're supposed to. Now it turns out that this is a very common cause of adult onset diabetes, and one of the primary reasons is because the standard American diet is very low in a trace mineral called chromium. Without chromium, the insulin receptor sites won't work properly.

One is, if you have a patient, for example, who just wants to use drugs, doesn't want to change their diet -- well, fine, use the statin drugs, because they are pretty effective. But also realize that the statin drugs have some significant side effects, and a lot of those side effects are due to the fact that statin drugs poison the enzymes of the mitochondria that produce coenzyme Q10. So if a person takes statin drugs, I would give that person an additional amount of coenzyme Q10 to help relieve the side effects of the prescription drugs.

Alternative medicine is often practiced with the limited mindset of conventional medicine Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

If they have pain, they want a pill that will eliminate the pain, and the only difference in this example between patients who turn to conventional medicine and patients who turn to natural medicine is that the natural patient wants a pain pill from a plant. The problem with both patients is that they fail to recognize the internal cause of their pain, or they fail to take ownership of their role in creating the disease they are currently expressing.

Disease names like diabetes and osteoporosis are misleading and misinform patients about disease prevention Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

But of course that would be far too simple for the medical community, so the disease must be given a complex name such as diabetes that puts its solution out of reach of the average patient. Another disease that is named after its symptom is cancer. In fact, to this day, most doctors and many patients still believe that cancer is a physical thing: a tumor. In reality, a tumor is only a side effect of cancer, not its cause. A tumor is simply a physical manifestation of a cancer pattern that is expressed by the body. When a person "has cancer," what they really have is a sluggish immune system.

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

Since its beginnings the patient group has built that social movement with support from drug makers and their money. Famously CHADD accepted three-quarters of a million dollars in the early 1990s from Ciba-Geigy, the chemical company that manufactured Ritalin. In the $500-billion world of the prescription drug business, less than a lousy million may not sound like much at all. Yet anyone who has ever tried to run an advocacy group would well appreciate the value of such an investment, particularly in a young organization still finding its feet.

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