Archive for February, 2009
Nutritional Intravenous Vitamin and Mineral Protocol
About the therapy
The Meyer’s Cocktail consists of a combination of vitamins and minerals which when given intravenously can assist in healing and repletion of energy. This cocktail includes 25 grams of Vitamin C which can help healing, assist the immune system in fighting off bacterial and viral infections and help certain metabolic processes work better.
Autism ruling fails to convince many vaccine-link believers
Families dealing with autism have mixed response to Thursday’s ruling
Scientific community says no credible research supports autism-vaccine link
Advocacy groups question credibility of the vaccine court
By Madison Park
CNN
A special court’s Thursday ruling that no proven link exists between autism and certain early childhood vaccines seems to have done little to change the sometimes-passionate opinion fueling the debate.
Wyeth Paid For Positive Articles On Their Drugs In Journals
Washington (dbTechno) - According to U.S. Senator Charles Grassley, the pharmaceutical company Wyeth paid to have positive articles written about their drugs in medical journals. Sen. Grassley is a Republican from Iowa and has been probing into this case for quite some time.
He started by looking into a medical writing company known as DesignWrite.
The Effects Of High-Dose Vitamin C On Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients
Scientists at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center have received approval for a first-of-its kind study on the effect high dose vitamin C has on non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Researchers from the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine and Kimmel Cancer Center in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health will study whether high doses of vitamin C can slow the progression of the deadly disease.
Cleaner air adds months to life
The study examined data from a 20-year period in 51 cities.
Cuts in air pollution in US cities over recent decades have added an average of five months of life to their inhabitants, research suggests.
The New England Journal of Medicine study matched air pollution and life expectancy statistics from 51 cities between 1980 and 2000.
Estrogen: A surprise treatment for metastatic breast cancer
By Sally Chew
Estrogen therapy is about the last thing you’d expect a doctor to prescribe for a woman with breast cancer: The hormone is famous for coaxing tumors to grow, not shrink. But in a new study, one out of three postmenopausal women with advanced cancer who were given a daily dose of estrogen saw their tumors slow to a stop, and in some cases, even get smaller.