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H1N1 vaccine: Canadian product package insert

November 8th, 2009

Consumer beware:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodpharma/legislation/interimorders-arretesurgence/prodinfo-vaccin-eng.php#a43

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homeopathic vaccination schedule

November 2nd, 2009

HOMEOPATHIC IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE

Disease/Homeopathic Immunizing Nosode

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Tags: Articles · Infection · Respiratory

excellent Atlantic Monthly article on H1N1 vaccine

October 30th, 2009

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200911/brownlee-h1n1/3

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update on preventing H1N1

October 20th, 2009

The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it’s almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions.  Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as is proliferationof the virus.

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Tags: Articles · Cold & Flu · Digestive health · Health Care · Infection · News & Info · Opinion - Editorials · Oral & Dental Health · Respiratory

New Yorker magazine takes on Swine Flu

October 6th, 2009

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2009/10/12/091012taco_talk_specter

I agree with a good amount of this article EXCEPT the implication at the end that one should receive the vaccine.  My husband had the swine flu 2 weeks ago.  It was uncomfortable for a few days, but not a big deal.  The more relevant concern about the vaccine, and flu shots in general, is that they do NOT change the mortality nor mordibity based on analysis of many decades of annual influenza episodes.  See an earlier post about vaccines not preventing flu.  In other words, since flu shots became readily available, the only entities to reliably benefit are the vaccine manufacturers. Vaccines have not changed the course of seasonal flus.   Additionally, I have personally experienced, as well as witnessed in numerous patients, becoming quite ill with the flu directly after receiving a flu shot.  I only got one, many years ago.  That was my last!  The only time I will recommend a flu shot is to an elderely, immuno-compromised person especially if they need to be hospitalized or institutionalized.  In just about any other situation, in my opinion, the risk:benefit ratio doesn’t cut it.

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Lowering TRIGLYCERIDES

October 1st, 2009

Do you have labs results with HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES?

Is your conventionally trained physician just telling you to take drugs?

Yikes! High triglycerides can usually be spotted even without lab tests because they look like belly fat, or the classic apple shape body. [Read more →]

Tags: Addiction · Articles · Diabetes · Digestive health · Exercise · Head Space · Healthy Diet · Healthy Eyes · Heart Disease · Weight Management

Overheard at Rainbow Foods

September 30th, 2009

Overheard in the Healthfood Store

Two friends, Linda and Jenna, who work at Rainbow Foods in beautiful downtown Juneau, Alaska, agreed to pick out a few quirky popular requests from customers and pass them along to me. [Read more →]

Tags: Acupuncture · Articles · Chinese Medicine · Constipation · Digestive health · Health Care · Healthy Diet · Herbs & Supplements · Women's Health

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

September 30th, 2009

Q: I’m not sure I am absorbing my nutrition.  I try to eat well; no alcohol, sodas or fried food.  Despite that I continue to gain weight, become hypoglycemic easily, have low energy and sometimes break out in hives.  My bowel function is all over the place.  Please tell me what I’m doing wrong — I have spent thousands of dollars on doctors already!

A: Sounds like you may have “Irritable Bowel Syndrome” or IBS. [Read more →]

Tags: Addiction · Articles · Constipation · Digestive health · Health Care · Healthy Diet · Weight Management

Natural Strategies to Prevent “Swine Flu”

September 7th, 2009

Healthcare providers and concerned citizens worldwide want to prevent H1N1 flu, now considered a pandemic, from infecting their communities, schools, hospitals and families. [Read more →]

Tags: Articles · Cold & Flu · Herbs & Supplements · Infection

Pills that make us Fat

August 30th, 2009

published in the March 8, 2008 issue of New Scientist Magazine by Harvard researcher Paula J. Caplan

Walk down any street in America and you’ll see the effects of the “obesity epidemic”. Two-thirds of adults, more than 130 million people, are now considered overweight, and nearly half of these are classified as obese. [Read more →]

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