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FEBRUARY 17, 2003MONDAY EDITION — FREE RFD NEWSLETTER

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SECOND OPINION By Nicholas Regush

 

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SCREAM OF THE WEEK

US HEALTHCARE IN " IMMINENT DANGER OF COLLAPSE "

That’s the bold contention of Floyd Bloom, President of the American Association

for the Advancement of Science. We tend to agree with Bloom, but he may be too

generous in his assessment.

 

COLUMN

TREATING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: WHAT CAN YOU BELIEVE?

For those of us who enjoy the use of weasel words and non-scientific rubbish

dressed up as fact, this is indeed a grand territory to explore….

By RFD Columnist, Malcolm Kendrick

 

MEDICAL REVIEW

BIG TROUBLE: MEDS NOT TAKEN AS DIRECTED

About half of the medicines prescribed for patients with long term conditions

are not taken as prescribed!

 

SCANDALS

ARE WE " KNEE DEEP IN THE BIG MUDDY? "

Amid the glib reassurances, the unremitting claims that the " benefits of

vaccines outweigh their risks, " the CDC quietly released some of the results of

eleven years of vaccine adverse events….

By Sandy Mintz

 

 

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BEWARE OF DRUG COMPANY " FRONTS "

Is the drug industry funding " front groups " that claim to represent older

Americans but instead push industry friendly messages?

 

IF YOU ARE TAKING OR THINKING OF TAKING BABY OR COATED ASPIRIN TO REDUCE YOUR

RISK OF STROKE, READ THIS!

Some new and preliminary research raises some troubling questions

 

ALERT ON ROUTINE FETAL HEART MONITORING

Tracking a fetus’s heart rate prior to delivery does not increase the chance of

a positive birth outcome….A widespread and expensive practice is largely

unjustified….

 

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SELLS OUT TO THE FOOD INDUSTRY

Safety and nutrition are at stake. An international coalition of consumer

organizations takes aim at the agency

 

EVEN MORE REASON TO BE OUTRAGED ABOUT MENOPAUSE TREATMENT

Evidence in 1999 showed that long-term estrogen/progestin therapy to prevent

cardiovascular disease for menopausal women with previous myocardial infarction

would cause more harm than good.

 

WRONG AND DANGEROUS ASSUMPTIONS

It is typically argued that " background " levels of contamination are safe.

Recent research raises serious questions about the manner in which public health

safety standards are set.

 

 

 

SECOND OPINION

The Series: Heart Surgery Roulette

 

PART FIVE: AWAKENING - THE GREATEST GIFT

 

From Part Five

If you have never visited a hospital intensive care unit, I can tell you that it

can be a very disturbing place. Most patients are on life support. Some of the

sicker patients will survive intact; others will not. Yes, there is a lot of

medical science driving the established procedures in the ICU, but it is not

only science that guides decision-making….

 

 

 

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