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 Alternative medicine is often practiced with the limited mindset of conventional medicineBy Mike Adams, March 7 2005
You may be surprised to learn that as much as prescription drugs are now being shown to be dangerous for human health, there's also a big problem in the way people turn to alternative medicines such as Chinese herbs, Western herbs, nutritional supplements and superfood supplements. And that problem is not in those remedies themselves, but rather in the way people use them to address their health challenges.
But to fully explain that problem, let's take a closer look at how people view prescription...
 Dangerous chemicals in personal care products compromise healthBy Mike Adams, March 7 2005
Researchers are now finding that the active ingredient in antimicrobial soaps and personal care products causes nerve damage. This really isn't surprising: I've been warning readers about this for years. The ingredient is called MIT (methylisothiazolinone), and it is found in antimicrobial soaps, hand soaps, dish soaps and a surprising number of personal care products. People buy these personal care products thinking they're protecting themselves from infectious microbes. They think it makes them...
 Why we should bar smokers from taxpayer-funded health care coverageBy Mike Adams, March 6 2005
Is it time to ban cigarettes yet? In this essay, I'm going to give you three different perspectives on the issue. From one perspective, the public health view that says cigarettes are a deadly product that causes untold pain, suffering and death in the American population. From another view, I'll talk about the libertarian argument and the value of allowing people to have the choice to take care of their own health outcome, even if it's negative. And thirdly, I'll present an alternative solution...
 Trim Spa weight loss supplement is formulated with effective ingredientsBy Mike Adams, March 1 2005
By now, virtually everyone in the world has heard about the weight loss supplement called Trim Spa. You may be wondering, is this the real thing? Does it really work? Anna Nicole lost 60 or 70 pounds by taking this supplement, but is it just an overhyped weight loss pill, or is it something that actually works? In this review I'll give you the straight-up answers about Trim Spa, and tell you what I think about the ingredients and the product.
First off, given all of the hype and promotion surrounding...
 Plant-based diet greatly reduces risk of cancer, say studiesBy Mike Adams, February 28 2005
Three new studies published in the journal of the American Medical Association are proving the benefit of a plant-based diet in greatly reducing the risk of cancer. The studies show that high consumption of fruits and vegetables wards off a variety of cancers. (They also show that consuming red meat multiplies the risk of colon cancer.) Another study in the same issue shows that consuming olive oil reduces the risk of breast cancer.
So here we're talking about a wide variety of cancers: prostate...
 FDA censorship, suppression of its own scientists is routine, survey revealsBy Mike Adams, February 27 2005
Here's information you're not supposed to know about the FDA. It was uncovered through a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request that uncovered a 2002 Human and Health Services survey asking FDA scientists questions about the agency. Their answers reveal an astonishing lack of confidence at the Fraud and Drug Administration, not to mention the bullying of scientists by FDA bureaucrats to get drugs approved even though they were dangerous. Let's take a closer look at the results of this survey.
The...
 Ethics: the all-important lesson that's rarely taught in medical schools or public schoolsBy Mike Adams, February 22 2005
We teach a lot of subjects to a lot of people in this country, and as a result we produce great technicians: people who are masters of subjects like mathematics, chemistry, anatomy, biology, history, American literature and so on. But there's one subject we almost never teach. You won't find it taught in our public schools, it's never mentioned in medical schools and it's only rarely approached at universities. But it's perhaps the most important lesson of all, and it's something that's desperately...
 Disease-promoting ingredients in everyday foods and groceries are far more dangerous than terroristsBy Mike Adams, February 20 2005
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson resigned recently, and part of his outgoing statement included a warning to Americans that terrorists would strike the food supply. His words were "I can't believe terrorists haven't attacked the food supply yet."
But who needs terrorists when we've already got a food supply that is accelerating the deaths of literally millions of Americans each year? The toxic additives and ingredients found in our foods are directly causing chronic diseases...
 How the care of naturopathic physicians differs from that of conventional doctors: an interview with Dr. Joseph PizzornoBy Mike Adams, February 8 2005
Mike: For our readers who may not be familiar with naturopathic physicians, can you give a brief description of what an ND really is?
Dr. Pizzorno: Well, if you think about health care, there are kind of two basic philosophies -- one is kind of the interventionist philosophy seen by conventional medical doctors, where the role of the doctor is to diagnose that disease and treat that disease. And the other side of the pendulum, you might say, is more of the natural oriented kind of practitioner...
 With COX-2 decision, no longer any doubt about FDA corruption and U.S. drug racketBy Mike Adams, February 18 2005
Following the death of as many as 60,000 Americans from COX-2 inhibitors (source: British Medical Journal, author Dr. David Graham, FDA drug safety researcher), an FDA advisory panel has now voted to allow the drugs to return to the market with full FDA safety approval. The fact that a single COX-2 drug has reportedly killed more Americans than the entire Vietnam War is apparently not sufficient for the FDA to characterize it as unsafe.
With this decision, a "safety approval" by the FDA has now...
 Mental health, Seasonal Affective Disorder, osteoporosis greatly improved by exposure to natural sunlight, vitamin D supplementsBy Mike Adams, January 1 2005
The following is part five of an eight-part interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths, facts and statistics page summarizing the key points of this interview.
Adams: Let's move on to discuss some of the other disorders or diseases that are correlated with vitamin D deficiency. Let's...
 Mandatory AIDS testing proposal is public health lunacyBy Mike Adams, February 16 2005
Based on a newly published report, some doctors are now actually calling for the nationwide, mandatory testing of all adults for AIDS. When I hear ridiculous public health ideas like this one, I have to stop and consider: what's the real motive behind this? It seems clear to me that the motive for this one is to sell more AIDS drugs. Because the first thing that will happen if you start testing the entire adult population for AIDS is you will get a lot of false positives.
In fact, there are an...
 MacNut Oil from Nature's Way makes heart-healthy oil available to mainstream grocery shoppersBy Mike Adams, February 15 2005
There's a new product now available at grocery stores that deserves some attention for people who want to be healthy and avoid heart disease. The product is Nature's Way MacNut Oil (macadamia nut oil). It has most likely been introduced in response to the popularity of the Hamptons diet, which espouses the health benefits of macadamia nuts and macadamia nut oil. Without question, macadamia nut oil is very good for your health; not just your cardiovascular health, but also the healthy function of...
 Spry dental gum prevents cavities with xylitolBy Mike Adams, February 14 2005
Let me introduce you to the gum you should be chewing if you're not chewing it already. This is a chewing gum product that has absolutely no dangerous ingredients like saccharine, aspartame, or sucrolose. It also has no refined carbohydrates such as sugar or high-fructose corn syrup. It has no artificial colors and actually contains an ingredient that prevents tooth decay. The product I'm talking about is called Spry. You can learn about it at www.sprydental.com
Before I get into the details here...
 How to be a skeptical health consumer and avoid bad health adviceBy Mike Adams, February 8 2005
When it comes to the world of health and wellness, there are thousands of sources of information from which you can get your news and commentary. There are so many sources, in fact, that most people are confused about which sources they should believe. They wonder, "Who should I listen to?" And by default they end up listening primarily to whatever person or group appears to have the most authority.
But in an attempt to cut through all of the noise about health, wellness and medicine, I offer...
 Body odor can be eliminated through a change in dietBy Mike Adams, February 8 2005
This article touches on a subject that's quite sensitive to many people: body odor. Here, we explore the link between the foods you choose to consume and the odor produced by your body (there is a direct correlation). With all the hundreds of millions of dollars spent each year on personal care products and deodorants, I'm amazed there's almost no discussion about reducing body odor by changing your diet. In fact, when I've mentioned this subject to some people, they look at me in bewilderment. They...
 The health effects of drinking soda - quotes from the expertsBy Mike Adams, January 8 2005
This is a compilation of quotes about the destructive health effects of soft drinks from some of the leading authors on health, nutrition and junk food. This full list, and much more information, is included in The Five Soft Drink Monsters downloadable ebook.
Michael Murray ND and Joseph Pizzorno ND
Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition
"The allergenicity of penicillin in the general population is thought to be at least ten percent. Nearly 25 percent of these individuals...
 How to (not!) get fat in five easy stepsBy Mike Adams, February 7 2005
You may think it's strange to find a "How-To" article focusing on five easy steps for adding fat to your body. You might say that we already know how to do that: two thirds of the people in the United States are overweight and one third are considered clinically obese. Obviously we've mastered this topic.
But I challenge that. I think even though we do tend to be overweight and obese as a nation, very few people are aware of how they actually got there. There's not a great deal of awareness of...
 Drug companies allegedly defraud state Medicaid programs with 54,000% markupsBy Mike Adams, February 7 2005
Where do you find a two-dollar bottle of sodium chloride selling for $928.51? In Big Pharma, of course, where 79 drug companies are now being accused of defrauding state Medicaid programs by artificially inflating the prices of drugs. According to the Department of Justice, the actual wholesale price of many drugs and medical supplies is a mere fraction of what is claimed by the drug companies. The difference -- the "price spread" -- is pure profit for drug companies who are profiting handsomely...
 The health insurance problem is not an insurance problem, it is a health problemBy Mike Adams, February 2 2005
When people start talking about health insurance reform and how to bring health insurance to the American people, they inevitably end up in a ridiculous discussion about how to negotiate the cost of drugs, how to provide drug discounts to senior citizens, or how to engage in a system of managed care that denies medical services to certain groups. It's all a rather useless exercise in shifting paperwork, blame, or money from the pockets of one organization to another. And in the end, it helps no one...
 Breakthrough cure for diabetes isn't so; news headlines mislead type 2 diabeticsBy Mike Adams, February 1 2005
Recent headlines proclaim, 'A cure for diabetes within ten years!' And as usual, the news has some diabetics thinking, 'Gee, I won't have to stop eating sugar, drinking soft drinks or avoiding ice cream now! The scientists are going to have a cure for diabetes.' And that is one way in which the mainstream media dangerously misleads the American public.
In reality, these headlines are talking about type 1 diabetes, the type that is increasingly rare in proportion to the number of people suffering...
 As scientific evidence mounts on health benefits of sun exposure and vitamin D, doctors are rethinking advice of sunlight avoidanceBy Mike Adams, January 1 2005
The following is part four of an eight-part interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths, facts and statistics page summarizing the key points of this interview.
Adams: Let me shift gears here and ask you about the controversy side of this. Sadly, I think your book has been attacked...
 Many automobile accidents may actually be caused by prescription drug side effectsBy Mike Adams, January 30 2005
I've often wondered how many traffic accidents are caused by people who are doped up on prescription drugs. If you think about it, most traffic accidents are actually caused by people who either make poor decisions or who have terrible reaction times. And so when some crazy driver pulls out in front of them, they don't have the quick reactions to prevent the accident and they just plow right into the other vehicle.
Given some of the well-documented side effects of many prescription drugs, I'm...
 The Cleveland Clinic battles with McDonald's over fast food in hospitalsBy Mike Adams, January 30 2005
One of the most ridiculous things about many hospitals and surgical centers is that they host fast food restaurants like McDonald's and Pizza Hut. Now making headlines is the heated debate between the Cleveland Clinic and McDonald's restaurants. Toby Cosgrove, director of the Cleveland Clinic and a cardiovascular surgeon, wants McDonald's out of the hospital. He says (paraphrased) it is ridiculous to offer foods that are inconsistent with the heart healthy advice doctors are attempting to give their...
 Soft drink company marketing tactics: the experts sound offBy Mike Adams, January 8 2005
This is a compilation of quotes about soft drink company marketing tactics from some of the leading authors on health, food marketing and food politics. This full list, and much more information, is included in The Five Soft Drink Monsters downloadable ebook.
Marion Nestle
Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
"In 1997 children spent nearly $8 billion of their own money on food and beverages, of which $1 billion each went for sweets and soft drinks. The amounts...
 Every person needs sunlight exposure to create vitamin D, obesity impairs vitamin D absorptionBy Mike Adams, January 1 2005
The following is part three of an eight-part interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths, facts and statistics page summarizing the key points of this interview.
Adams: It appears that we have a nation suffering from chronic vitamin D deficiency, and that we are creating a whole new...
 Heavy metals warning for ayurvedic herbs is a distraction from the real threats to your healthBy Mike Adams, January 26 2005
The headlines were recently ablaze with warnings about Ayurvedic herbal products. A survey of such herbal remedies sourced from India and Pakistan found that one in five of them were contaminated with dangerous levels of heavy metals like lead, mercury and arsenic. This is an important finding and worthy of discussion but, once again, the mainstream press is blowing this all out of proportion by claiming that all Ayurvedic herbal remedies are contaminated with heavy metals.
The people behind this...
 Humanity cannot live without nature, but nature can live without humanityBy Mike Adams, January 23 2005
Just after Christmas Day, 2004, the Earth experienced one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history (a 9.0) under the waters of the Indian Ocean. We also witnessed a barrage of unusual hurricanes during the summer of 2004 off the coast of Florida and across the South Atlantic. And as I write this, a record blizzard is burying Boston under 40 - 50 inches of snow. Freak weather and natural disasters suddenly seems to be the norm.
Simultaneously, we're dealing with superbugs in our nation's...
 Walking the talk: the true story of my transformation from obesity and chronic disease to outstanding healthBy Mike Adams, January 20 2005
I was recently talking to a reader of this site, and he was commenting on some of the pictures (body shots) that he'd seen of me on the website. He said to me, "You know, you were born that way! You're just one of those people that's naturally thin, that naturally has defined muscle mass. You're just one of those lucky people, and you don't really have the right to talk about how other people can be healthy. Because it's so much more difficult for them."
And I was truly shocked by that statement...
 Five appetite control foods that suppress cravings without adding caloriesBy Mike Adams, January 20 2005
There is a reality about weight loss that people need to be aware of. Losing weight requires you to feel hungry from time to time. There is no way to lose weight without feeling some degree of hunger. Believe me, I have exhaustively explored this issue. I have tried appetite suppressants. I have tried food combinations. I have tried meal-timing strategies. I have tried just about everything natural under the sun to eliminate those hunger pangs and food cravings that you get when you are attempting...
 Former CEO of McDonald's dies of colon cancer at age of 44By Mike Adams, January 16 2005
Forty-four years of age is too young to die of anything, much less colon cancer. With this story being all over the news, there will no doubt be lots of articles pointing out the irony of it all, given the current awareness of the health risks associated with certain products served at fast food restaurants across America. But personally, I think we should let the guy rest in peace and focus our efforts on helping those who are still living. And, by the way, one of the big causes of colon cancer...
 Patients should demand full lifetime refunds on Vioxx, COX-2 inhibitors and other drugsBy Mike Adams, January 16 2005
Let's take a closer look at honesty in medicine. Over the last few months, the FDA and state legal authorities have been going after a company selling various supplements and herbal formulas that promised to enhance breast size. According to the news reports, these products were unproven and entirely worthless in enhancing breast size, and the company was ordered to not only stop selling the products, but to also repay customers who had purchased them.
I applaud this kind of action if indeed these...
 FDA panel says no to over-the-counter statin drugs; will the recommendation stand?By Mike Adams, January 14 2005
Merck and Johnson & Johnson are working hard to make statin drugs available without a prescription. The thought is downright horrifying to those who know the true dangers of statin drugs -- muscle wasting, brain fog, even the risk of birth defects -- but it's just "business as usual" at Big Pharma. The pharmaceutical industry has been selling so many dangerous drugs to so many people for so long, that adding another over-the-counter medication to the mix didn't seem like such a big deal, apparently...
 Soy cheese products deceive consumers, violate vegansBy Mike Adams, January 12 2005
If you visit any natural grocery or health food store these days, you'll notice there are a lot of soy cheese products available. The implied message from the name of these products is that they are made with soy milk, not dairy products, and are therefore either healthier for you or appropriate for people who wish to avoid cow's milk for health reasons. But what they don't tell you is that virtually every soy cheese product on the market is made with a dairy product. That ingredient is casein, a...
 Popular shampoos contain toxic chemicals linked to nerve damageBy Mike Adams, January 11 2005
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found a correlation between an ingredient found in shampoos and nervous system damage. The experiments were conducted with the brain cells of rats and they show that contact with this ingredient called methylisothiazoline, or MIT, causes neurological damage.
Which products contain this chemical compound MIT? Head and Shoulders, Suave, Clairol and Pantene Hair Conditioner all contain this ingredient. Researchers are concerned that exposure...
 Vitamin D deficiency is widespread among U.S. population, expectant mothers are deficient and giving birth to deficient infantsBy Mike Adams, January 1 2005
The following is part two of an eight-part interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths, facts and statistics page summarizing the key points of this interview.
Adams: It seems like vitamin D is misnamed. It's not really a vitamin in the classic sense, is it?
Dr. Holick: It's a good...
 Direct-to-consumer advertising must be banned as part of FDA reformBy Mike Adams, January 6 2005
This is part two of an article on FDA reform. Return to part one.
The next thing that should be done in reforming the FDA is to reverse some of the dangerous and poorly made decisions put in place by the FDA over the last few years. The most obvious of these is the legalization of direct-to-consumer advertising by drug companies. This decision was made in 1997 and it allowed drug companies to place ads on television, in magazines, newspapers, billboards and other media with the purported goal...
 American Medical Association calls for wholesale reforms of the FDABy Mike Adams, January 6 2005
There's a major development unfolding in the world of conventional medicine. As you know, I've been calling for major reform of the FDA for several years. Other pioneering doctors and natural health physicians have been voicing such calls for decades. But recently, the journal of the American Medical Association joined us in calling for comprehensive, radical reforms of the FDA. This is unprecedented in the world of modern medicine.
In these calls for reform, which were published in a strongly...
 Healing with water: the work of "water cure" pioneer Dr. BatmanghelidjBy Mike Adams, January 6 2005
Those of you who are familiar with the work of the late Dr B. may own his book called "The Water Cure," or "Water for health, for Healing, for Life: You're Not Sick, You're Thirsty." He's also the author of "Your Body's Many Cries for Water." Essentially, Dr. B is the foremost authority on the relationship between the consumption of water and states of health or disease in the human body.
As he explains in great detail in his many books, most common diseases (for which there are a variety of names...
 Eli Lilly lied about Prozac, hid suicide evidence, charges Harvard psychiatristBy Mike Adams, January 6 2005
Eli Lilly treated the American public "like guinea pigs" says Harvard psychiatrist Martin Teicher. He goes on to explain how Eli Lilly was engaged in widespread scientific fraud in the cherry picking of individuals for drug trial results. Basically, if anyone in the drug trial began to show suicidal behavior, they were "excused" from the trial and removed from the outcome data. None of this is any surprise to readers of this website, of course. I went public with accusations about the suicide risk...
Vitamin D boosts calcium absorption, treats psoriasis, prevents osteoporosis and breast cancer: interview with Dr. Michael HolickBy Mike Adams, January 1 2005
The following is part one of an eight-part interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths, facts and statistics page summarizing the key points of this interview.
Adams: Today we're speaking with Dr Michael Holick, Thank you for joining us today Dr Holick.
Dr. Holick: Oh, it's my pleasure...
 Acomplia drug hype reveals mythology of prescription drugs, shortcut philosophy of American cultureBy Mike Adams, January 4 2005
A new weight loss drug, Acomplia, is all the rage, even though it hasn’t yet been approved! People are talking about the drug with such a degree of excitement that weight loss centers say virtually every patient who comes in is asking for Acomplia.
But what is it about this drug that's so appealing? And more importantly, why is news about it spreading in a way that could only be called viral marketing? The answer is that what's being marketed here, what's spreading through word-of-mouth from...
Eli Lilly knew Prozac had 1200% higher suicide rate than other antidepressantsBy Mike Adams, January 3 2005
It's yet another example of the widespread negligent actions committed by Big Pharma in the quest for profits. It's not just Vioxx, Bextra or Celebrex. Now the truth is finally starting to come out on antidepressant drugs like Prozac. And what is the truth? That drug makers like Eli Lilly not only knew their star drugs were more dangerous than alternatives, but that they actively sought to suppress the release of that information in order to protect profits. What we are witnessing today is the...
 Vitamin D myths, facts and statisticsBy Mike Adams, January 1 2005
Fifteen facts you probably never knew about vitamin D and sunlight exposure.
(Compiled by Mike Adams, based on an interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author, The UV Advantage)
Vitamin D prevents osteoporosis, depression, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and even effects diabetes and obesity. Vitamin D is perhaps the single most underrated nutrient in the world of nutrition. That's probably because it's free: your body makes it when sunlight touches your skin. Drug companies can't sell you sunlight...
 Merck now under criminal investigation by the Justice Department for Vioxx scandalBy Mike Adams, January 1 2005
Pharmaceutical giant Merck is now under scrutiny by the Justice Department, which has begun a criminal investigation into the firm’s marketing of the painkiller Vioxx (withdrawn from the market on September 30, 2004). Since that time, the Vioxx scandal has expanded thanks in part to the publication of internal Merck e-mails by the Wall Street Journal. These e-mails showed that Merck was apparently aware of the dangers of Vioxx several years ago and yet attempted to construct clinical studies to obscure...
 Why more people are ditching their MDs and switching to naturopathic physiciansBy Mike Adams, December 29 2004
Throughout many of the articles on this site, I’m frequently recommending that people visit naturopathic physicians. You may wonder why I’m recommending N.D.s over traditionally-trained medical doctors. In this article, I’m offering some concrete answers on why you’re much better served visiting a naturopathic physician and what kind of differences in treatment you can expect.
The first and most obvious difference between naturopathic physicians and classically-trained western doctors is that...
 Drug company investors to experience accelerating losses as pharmaceutical company stock prices continue to fallBy Mike Adams, December 28 2004
The stock prices of drug companies have been hammered over the last six months thanks to a series of scandals regarding the safety of drugs that have long been approved by the FDA. It turns out that just because a drug is approved by the FDA doesn't at all mean it is safe. In fact, given the current evidence that is now surfacing, it appears that the FDA knowingly approves dangerous drugs and continues to support the use and marketing of those drugs to consumers, even while strong evidence exists...
 Merck now under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for possibly misleading investorsBy Mike Adams, December 27 2004
Merck, already under fire for its Vioxx scandal and now undergoing criminal investigation by the Justice Department, is now also being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). The SEC is wondering whether Merck misled investors by failing to disclose facts concerning the harmful nature of its drug Vioxx, which was taken by 20 million Americans, and may now be partly responsible for the heart attacks or deaths of tens of thousands of people.
The estimated liability from...
 Consumption of soft drinks and high-fructose corn syrup linked to obesity and diabetesBy Mike Adams, December 26 2004
New research published in the United States that followed 50,000 U.S. nurses reveals those who drank just one serving of soda or fruit punch a day gained weight more quickly than those who drank less than one soda a month. Those who drank more also had an 80% increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. This risk, by the way, was associated with those who drank drinks sweetened with either sugar or high-fructose corn syrup.
It seems that a soda a day does, in fact, promotes diabetes and weight...
 New research shows blueberries lower LDL cholesterol better than statin drugsBy Mike Adams, December 19 2004
New research reveals the exciting fact that blueberries provide an effective way to lower cholesterol without the dangers of statin drugs. In fact, the research shows that a compound in blueberries acts just as effectively as statin drugs to reduce the levels of bad cholesterol or LDL cholesterol in mice, but without the negative side effects of statin drugs (such as having your muscles waste away).
In response to these results, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) thinks that perhaps the...
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