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		<title>More on Charles Bonnet Syndrome</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the year 1760, a Swiss naturalist named Charles Bonnet became concerned when his grandfather Charles Lullin began to experience a parade of "amusing and magical visions." The eighty-nine-year-old Lullin was being visited by visions of people, birds, carriages, and buildings, all of which were invisible to everyone but him. Apparently these mysterious objects materialized spontaneously among the few bits of the world he was still able to perceive through his cataracts.]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know you were too dumb to order health products?

Well according to many nutritional companies, you are.
Its happening all over again and this time in the natural health industry.
Several major companies in the natural food industry are establishing hierarchical guidelines regarding the use of their products. Are their products any different than the ones [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC rejects Monsanto&#8217;s complaint against rBST-free dairies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The company said in its complaint that ads and labels including hormone-free production claims mislead consumers into believing that hormone-free dairy products are healthier and safer.While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved rBST in 1993, and finds no health risk, other governing agencies and associations disagree."Monsanto and the FDA claim that there is no scientific basis for rBST- and rBGH [recombinant bovine growth hormone]-free dairy being safer or healthier," said Charles Margulis, spokesman from the Center for Food Safety in San Francisco....  Organic dairy is regulated by the USDA and already prohibited from using any hormones in the cows or feed, as well as pesticides, fungicides or synthetic fertilizers, and therefore any production claims by organic dairy farmers would fall outside the scope of Monsanto's complaint.But for mainstream producers and packagers who choose to use the hormone-free production claim on their dairy, the FTC ruling can be seen as a small triumph."The agency rejected Monsanto's complaint, and that's a victory for consumers who demand to know what is in their milk," said Margulis.]]></description>
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		<title>Studies suggest natural treatment for menopause</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrB</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Studies suggest natural treatment for menopause:Studies suggest natural treatment for menopausePeter Rejcek9/4/2007 4:05:01 PMA couple of recent but unrelated studies have found that flaxseed and pine bark extract may help calm hot flashes and other symptoms associated with pre- and postmenopausal conditions.A small pilot study published in the summer issue of the Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology reported that the frequency of hot flashes fell by nearly 60 percent for postmenopausal women with hot flashes who took flaxseed but refrained from taking estrogen."Hot flashes are a bothersome issue for women experiencing menopause," said Dr. Sandhya Pruthi, the principal investigator for the Mayo Clinic team, in a release....  A 2006 study published in the journal Menopause reported that 99 postmenopausal women received no relief after eating muffins with 25 grams of crushed flax seeds for 16 weeks.Pruthi's research team hopes to begin a new, larger clinical trial in 2008 to evaluate flaxseed against a placebo to better refine the results, and to determine whether flaxseed is a viable treatment option for hot flashes in women.In a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, researchers found a possible link between pycnogenol, a pine bark extract from the French maritime pine tree, and the reduction of common symptoms associated with premenopause (also called perimenopause).The randomized, double-blind study involved 155 perimenopausal women.]]></description>
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		<title>Bush Plans to Veto Removal of Mercury From Infant Vaccines</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Despite a 2004 campaign promise to the contrary, President Bush continues to allow the mercury-containing vaccine preservative thimerosal to be added to childhood flu vaccines.
Thousands of parents believe the preservative has caused mercury poisoning and autism in their children. Still, President Bush plans to veto the HHS-Labor-Education Appropriations Bill, which includes a measure to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charles Bonnet syndrome—elderly people and visual hallucinations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Bonnet syndrome—elderly people and visual hallucinations
Anu Jacob, research fellow1, Sanjeev Prasad2, Mike Boggild, consultant neurologist3, Sanjeev Chandratre, consultant4
1 Department of Neurosciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L9 7LJ, 2 Care of the Elderly, Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax HX3 0PW, 3 Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool L9 7LJ, 4 Care of the Elderly, Calderdale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating Blueberries Slashes Colon Cancer Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eating Blueberries Slashes Colon Cancer Risk:Adding blueberries to your diet may be a natural way to prevent colon cancer, according to researchers at Rutgers University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.In a study of 18 rats with colon cancer, those fed a diet supplemented with blueberry compound pterostilbene had 57 percent fewer pre-cancerous lesions after eight weeks compared to the control group....  Adding blueberries to your ground meat before cooking it (ideally at low temperatures) is also an ideal way to prevent cancer-causing heterocyclic amines (HCA) from forming.Though blueberries are low in sugar, it&#8217;s best to eat them in moderation to keep your insulin levels from spiking.As for colon cancer, now the second leading cause of death from cancer in the United States, it&#8217;s considered one of the most preventable forms of cancer.]]></description>
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		<title>European Union Considers Banning Deadly Mercury-Containing Tooth Fillings</title>
		<link>http://www.pacifichealth.info/health-controversies/european-union-considers-banning-deadly-mercury-containing-tooth-fillings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[European Union Considers Banning Deadly Mercury-Containing Tooth Fillings:The European Union is currently debating the issue of whether or not to ban mercury fillings....  The EU has commissioned two working groups to sort out the potential health hazards, and environmental risks, and to report back by the end of 2007.Mercury is fatal in high doses, but even low doses have been linked to a wide variety of adverse symptoms and illnesses, including:mild tremorsneurological damagekidney problemsautismAlzheimer's diseaseIf you have not yet seen the telling video Mercury In Your Teeth?, then make it a point to watch it now.]]></description>
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		<title>The 26 Beliefs That Drive Modern Medicine and the FDA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 26 Beliefs That Drive Modern Medicine and the FDA:Many levelheaded, rational, natural-health consumers are&#160;baffled by the seemingly unending ignorance of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the industry it serves.It would seem as though the promoters of modern medicine, and the FDA decision makers, live in a world that is not of this world&#8212;a world that operates from a different set of beliefs and biological laws.This Newstarget article spells out these &#8220;other-worldly&#8221; beliefs that are the bedrock of modern medicine and the FDA, including:Nature cannot be trusted, and scientific progress is measured by the degree to which man dominates nature.Vitamins and dietary supplements are both useless and dangerous, and they interfere with the action of pharmaceuticals.&#160;Allowing the public to have access to information about dietary supplements is dangerous; as people may be fooled into thinking they don&#8217;t need medical intervention.Diseases are caused by pharmaceutical deficiencies, which can only be treated with patent drugs.The only use for plant chemicals is to serve as ideas from which drug companies can synthesize patented drugs&#8212;by removing and using only the active ingredient....  I simply represent, in a very marked way, the importance of nutrition and physical exercise as ways of achieving and maintaining optimal health.It&#8217;s both aggravating and sad that the few pieces of information that are the basic cornerstones of good health, longevity, and freedom from disease are so threatening to this establishment that you have tofight for your right to get it&#8212;and I have to fight for the right to give it to you.But I will, and I know you will too, or else you wouldn&#8217;t be reading this.]]></description>
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		<title>Drug Company Reps are Using Psychological Warfare Techniques on Your Doctor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reneging on the prescriptions-for-dinner bargain gets broadcast over the jungle drums, and suddenly reps don&#8217;t come-a-knocking with goodies anymore&#8230;High-prescribers receive better presents, including unrestricted &#8220;educational&#8221; grants that essentially amount to cold-hard cash.Competing-drug prescribers are deftly manipulated into understanding how the drug will work better than the competitor&#8217;s for a certain patient niche (in order to circumvent their reluctance to switch).Acquiescent doc&#8217;s, who foolishly imagine that simply agreeing will get rid of the nuisance, realize all too late that there&#8217;s no such thing as a free lunch....  Sales numbers shows it works like a charm.The hard-to-see physicians are actually not dissed by drug reps, because they&#8217;ve found that a good hand-delivered lunch to the office staff, followed by snooping under the guise of a friendly chitchat can work even better than talking to the doctor to find the right hot buttons.A certain class of doctors&#8212;charismatic, highly credentialed with an aura of integrity&#8212;is chosen as &#8220;thought leaders&#8221; to enhance and further certain drugs.]]></description>
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