Blessings Everyone!

Interesting how things turn out. One of my favorite subjects is water. In this newsletter, we'll talk about water some more, from the rocket fuel ending up in it to the purest artesian well water on the planet. And just as we get ready to post this newsletter, we've learned of an International Water Conference, called Bridging the Water Gap, being held here in Minnesota, and we got everyone who reads this a discount on tuition. Dr Emoto, who has published a series of Messages in Water books (exhibiting the wide array of crystals he's discovered in different waters) will be one of the main speakers. Funny, but again, in this newsletter, in the article Healing Beyond Medicine, we have two pictures of his crystals. I'm told there are no coincidences. And I'm beginning to believe this.

Before Dr Emoto leaves America, rumor has it that he will establish one of his labs here in Minnesota.

Tap Water Before Prayer

Tap Water After Prayer

But for now, if you want to attend this conference (at a discount), here is your discount code: AERS4422

Here is where you can order tickets: Ticketweb.com

And here is the site to learn more about the conference (you can go to Ticketweb.com from there, but don't forget your code): AquaEssence ReSource

There are deadlines, and lots of hotels in Minnesota (and don't forget the famous Mall of America).

Any questions? Just write: info@mnwelldir.org

As we get ready to publish, I discovered a movie, What the Bleep Do We Know? in which Dr Emoto's work again appears. It is coming out on video/DVD soon, for those of you who've not seen the show (and it will be on Pay Per Vue).  You can go to the site and catch the Trailer on the show.

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But, when the wit began to wheeze,
And wine had warm'd the politician,
Cur'd yesterday of my disease,
I died last night of my physician.

Matthew Prior
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Warning!
People are like snowflakes: no two are alike. What works for one person doesn't necessarily have to work for another and can, at times, do damage. This information is presented to you as information only and is not designed for self-assessment or self-treatment. Never go it alone. Find a professional to help you on your way to perfect health.

 

1. Attention Gardeners - Get your healthy tomatoes early.

2. Vioxx Update - Deadly, but still FDA approved.

3. Bush Tort Reform: Executive Clemency For Executive Killers - by Greg Palast.

4. Rocket Fuel Found in Mother's Milk - Start your baby's day with a BLAST.

5. On Death and Dying - Meet one strong spirited kid.

6. CBS Hatchet Job on Alternative MD - The Red Herring of the Medical Industrial Complex.

7. Hydrogen Peroxide Doesn’t Kill Patients, Drugs Do - by Dr Robert Jay Rowen, MD.  

8. CODEX Update - It ain't goin away and even democrats (Sen Durbin from IL) are in the pockets of the drug interests.

9. Healing Beyond Medicine - Some amazing findings that seem to resist scientific explanation.

10. History of Medicine (1800 - 1850) - The first medical licensing laws legalized the most dangerous of the bunch.

11. Elizabeth Blackwell - First woman to earn her MD in the US.

12. Update on Miracle Skin - Great products, great results.

13. Anvirzel Update - A new drug appears, the older one might still be better.

14. On Cell Phones - Are they safe? Is there any good science behind the testing?

15. Microwaving Your Food Isn't Safe - We've known this for years, but some still haven't caught on.

16. Success Stories - These just keep me going.

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18. Coconut Oil Update - Even more benefits from this healing oil.

19. Palm Oil - Another healing oil; you gotta check this one out.

20. Original Himalayan Crystal Salt - Amazing salt backed by a controlled study (and you can try it yourself).

21. Stop Smoking Update - We review a Paraliminal/Holosync CD. Really well done. As good as hypnosis.

22. Eniva Vitamins - Some pretty darn good vitamins.

23. Soy Update - Two very good articles from the Gerson Institute.

24.  Raw Egg Update - From Dr Mercola

25. Discovery Shows New Vitamin C Health Benefits - And as we learn about these new benefits, the drug companies are trying to stop your access to this vitamin. In Germany, you can pay over $100.OO for a bottle of vitamin C, after you go to your doctor for a prescription.

26. The National Institutes of Health: Public Servant or Private Marketer? - by David Willman

27. Review: Cancer Salves - One of the best books I've read anywhere, any time.

28. Tidbits - Oh boy, we got a lot.

29. Laughter is the Best Medicine - And it still is.

 

Attention Gardeners!

Last year I introduced you to some new brands of healthy tomatoes. I had planned to get back to you and tell you how they worked out, but then we had the coolest summer on record and the tomatoes were still green at the end of August. However, the Health Kick tomato plant was filled with cooking/canning tomatoes. The Double Rich and the Peron were the tastiest in the garden. The Health Kick contains 50% more lycopene and the Double Rich and Peron are extra high in Vitamin C.

The entire garden was just a waste for the most part. It was a terribly cool summer. Most of my tomatoes were mushy and flavorless. However, I'm not going to let that stop me and this year, we'll try it again. Here are the places I get my tomatoes. They are great businesses that deserve to be patronized:

Knapps Fresh Vegies 

Sow Organic Seeds 

Seeds of Change

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Department of Little Victories

March 9, 2005

Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee rejected President Bush's air pollution plan a.k.a. "Clear Skies".

President Bush's corporate air pollution bill would have stopped the enforcement of the Clean Air Act, allowed the oldest, dirtiest power plants to increase pollution, and given power plants an extra 10 years to avoid reducing toxic mercury pollution.

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Anne Lamott
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Vioxx Update

Vioxx is even deadlier than first expected. The FDA whistleblower, Dr David Graham, released on Thursday, February 17th, that Vioxx at any dosage is deadly. It attacks the arteries and causes terrible damage, equal to the damage caused by smoking.

Since our last newsletter, the estimates of the number of people killed by Vioxx have been revised upwards. There were over 100,000 heart attacks and somewhere between 30,000 and 60,000 deaths.

At latest count, there were 685 lobbiests for the phamaceutical industry, but only two for patient rights.

I don't want to minimize the suffering of the tsunami victims, but when modern pharmaceuticals kill 200,000 Americans yearly, where is the outcry? Where are the relief web sites gathering donations to the families left behind by pharmaceutical deaths? Where are the benefit concerts hoping to raise money when the bread earner in American families is killed by prescription medications?

When will our government provide us with ex-presidents to give comfort and aid to the multitudes of ruined lives left in the wake of pharmaceutical tsunamis?

NEWS FLASH

Panel decides to keep Vioxx on the market because the benefits outweigh the risks.

Here is the timeline to this story.

Dr Graham reports that taking Vioxx is like being a full time smoker. Vioxx is much more dangerous than previously thought.

Within a week, President Bush signs the infamous "Tort Reform" bill into law, followed by applause, champagne, hand shakes, and pats on backs.

The next day, a panel of "experts" present their decision to keep Vioxx on the market. The experts all have connections to drug companies. Their official summary: The benefits outweigh the risks.

The benefits (billions in profits) outweigh the risks (the risks of class action law suits).

The system just flipped us the bird. They're free to kill 30,00 to 60,000 people yearly with hardly a risk of payback. And this is with just one pill: Vioxx.

I wonder if the Red States realized the Pinto would make a comeback.

Bush Tort Reform: Executive Clemency For Executive Killers
Friday, February 18, 2005
By Greg Palast

It's a great day for the Eichmanns of corporate America. President Bush minutes ago signed the ill-named 'tort reform' bill into law, limiting class action suits. Doubtless, Ken Lay, former Enron CEO, is grinning as are the corporate suite killers at drug maker Merck who are now safer from the widows and orphans of Vioxx victims. Closing the doors of justice to the ruined and wrecked families of boardroom bad guys is nothing less than executive clemency for executive executioners.

You think my accusation is over the top? Well, please talk with Elaine Levenson.

Levenson, a Cincinnati housewife, has been waiting for her heart to explode. In 1981, surgeons implanted a mechanical valve in her heart, the Bjork-Shiley, "the Rolls-Royce of valves," her doctor told her. What neither she nor her doctor knew was that several Bjork-Shiley valves had fractured during testing, years before her implant. The company that made the valve, a unit of the New York-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, never told the government.

At Pfizer's factory in the Caribbean, company inspectors found inferior equipment, which made poor welds. Rather than toss out bad valves, Pfizer management ordered the defects ground down, weakening the valves further but making them look smooth and perfect. Then Pfizer sold them worldwide.

When the valve's struts break and the heart contracts, it explodes. Two-thirds of the victims die, usually in minutes. In 1980, Dr. Viking Bjork, whose respected name helped sell the products, wrote to Pfizer demanding corrective action. He threatened to publish cases of valve strut failures.

A panicked Pfizer executive telexed, "ATTN PROF BJORK, WE WOULD PREFER THAT YOU DID NOT PUBLISH THE DATA RELATIVE TO STRUT FRACTURE." The company man gave this reason for holding off public exposure of the deadly valve failures: "WE EXPECT A FEW MORE." His expectations were realized. The count has reached eight hundred fractures, five hundred dead-so far.

Dr. Bjork called it murder, but kept his public silence.

Eight months after the "don't publish" letter, a valve was implanted in Mrs. Levenson. In 1994, the U.S. Justice Department nabbed Pfizer. To avoid criminal charges, the company paid civil penalties-and about $200 million in restitution to victims. Without the damning evidence prized from Pfizer by a squadron of lawyers, the Justice Department would never have brought its case.

Pfizer moans that lawyers still hound the company with more demands. But that is partly because Pfizer recalled only the unused valves. The company refused to pay to replace valves of fearful recipients.

As we've all learned from watching episodes of LA Law, in America's courtrooms the rich get away with murder. Yet no matter the odds for the Average Joe, easy access to the courts is a right far more valuable than the quadrennial privilege of voting for the Philanderer-in-Chief. This wee bit of justice, when victim David can demand to face corporate Goliath, makes America feel like a democracy until today, when our President blocked the courtroom door with his 'tort-reform' laws.

We can even vent our fury on the führer. I have in my book a copy of a letter from Adolf Hitler. In it he's agreeing to Volkswagen's request for more slave laborers from concentration camps. This evidence would never have come to light were it not for lawsuits filed by bloodsucking lawyer leeches, as the corporate lobby would like to characterize class-action plaintiffs' attorneys. In this case, the firm of Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, DC, outed this document in a suit on behalf of slave workers whose children died in deadly "nurseries" run by the automakers VW, Ford, Daimler and others. (If Hitler had been captured, he might have used the defense, "I was only taking orders . . . from Volkswagen.")

But the Nazi profiteers have their friends in the corporate lobby. Victims' rights are under attack. Waving the banner of "Tort Reform," corporate America has funded an ad campaign portraying entrepreneurs held hostage by frivolous lawsuits. But proposed remedies stink of special exemptions from justice. One would give Pfizer a free ride for its deadly heart-attack machines. A ban on all lawsuits against makers of parts for body implants, even those with deadly defects, was slipped into patients' rights legislation by the Republican Senate leader. The clause, killed by exposure, was lobbied by the Health Industries Manufacturers Association, which is supported by-you guessed it-Pfizer.

At their best, tort lawyers are cops who police civil crime. Just as a wave of burglaries leads to demand for more policemen, the massive increase in litigation has a single cause: a corporate civil crime wave.

And today, the corporate killer gang received executive clemency from our President. They don't call him the 'Chief Executive' for nothing.

A decade ago, after eighteen buildings blew up in Chicago and killed four people, I searched through the records of the local private gas company on behalf of survivors. What I found would make you sick. I saw engineers' reports, from years earlier, with maps marking where explosions would be likely to take place. The company, People's Gas, could have bought the coffins in advance.

Management had rejected costly repairs as "not in the strategic plan." It's not planned evil at work here, but the enormity of corporate structures in which human consequences of financial acts are distant and unimaginable.

I admit, of the nearly one million lawyers in the United States, you could probably drown 90 percent and only their mothers would grieve. But as Mrs. Levenson told me, without her lawyer and the threat of a class action tort, Pfizer would not have paid her a dime of compensation.

The tort reformers' line is that fee-hungry lawyers are hawking bogus fears, poisoning Americans' faith in the basic decency of the business community, turning us into a nation of people who no longer trust each other. But whose fault is that? The lawyers? Elaine Levenson put her trust in Pfizer Pharmaceutical. Then they broke her heart.

Greg Palast is author of the New York Times bestseller, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. For more information go to http://www.gregpalast.com/

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And . . .

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2005

Contact
Sally Greenberg, (202) 462-6262

Consumers Union Calls Vote Today in Senate on Class Action Bill a “Sad Day For Consumers”

(Washington, D.C.) – Today’s 61-38 vote in the Senate against the pro-consumer Feinstein-Bingaman amendment on the class action bill is a sad day for consumers, said Sally Greenberg, senior product safety counsel for Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports.

“Consumers who are victims of fraud, who suffer toxic pollution of their air and water, or suffer discrimination in the workplace have precious few avenues of redress. Now, the U.S. Senate has closed off citizens’ ability to band together and have their claims heard by their own judges in their own state courts under their own state laws,” Greenberg said.

“The Feinstein-Bingaman amendment would have insured that consumers had a forum, and that a Federal Court couldn’t throw out a case because plaintiffs from too many states were involved. Without that protection, we fear that consumers will find themselves totally without a forum to have their cases heard.

“Consumers Union is greatly disappointed that members of the Senate have chosen to side with the largest corporations in America – many of whom lobbied heavily for this bill – and against the interests of regular people seeking access to justice,” Greenberg added.
 

In a related story.....

Rocket Fuel Found in Mother's Milk
from Organic Consumers Association

ALERT: STOP THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX FROM POLLUTING OUR FOOD & WATER This week [Jan 14th] the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released its long awaited report on perchlorates, a byproduct of rocket fuel that has contaminated water, vegetables, and dairy products across the United States. Perchlorates, recklessly discharged into streams and rivers near military bases and weapons manufacturing facilities, have contaminated drinking water in 35 states, and have been detected in measurable amounts in 93% of lettuce and milk samples as well, including organic products. The government funded NAS study has found that perchlorates are roughly ten times more toxic to humans than the Department of Defense has been claiming. Perchlorates can inhibit thyroid function, cause birth defects [brain damage in babies], and lower IQs [and can cause fatal anemia in adults]. Perchlorates are considered particularly dangerous to children. In monitoring wells across the U.S., scientists have found perchlorate levels as high as 30,000 times what the NAS report indicates would be "safe" exposure. Due to pressure exerted on Congress by military officials and defense contractors, there are currently no federal restrictions or tolerance levels regulating perchlorates. To date, only one Senator, Diane Feinstein from California, has had the backbone to propose legislation that would clean up perchlorate pollution and make the military (and other perchlorate polluters) pay for this clean-up. Please send a quick letter urging Congress to support Senator Feinstein's (CA) bill to create federal perchlorate safety regulations, and to allocate funding for its clean-up. Take action here: http://www.organicconsumers.org/perchlorate.htm

21st CENTURY TIMELINE OF U.S. ROCKET FUEL POLLUTION SCANDAL

2002: EPA releases draft report highlighting widespread water contamination of a toxic rocket fuel byproduct known as perchlorate. The report indicates that most of the pollution is coming from U.S. military sites. [Source]

January 2003: Courtroom proceedings reveal that aerospace and defense contractor Lockheed Martin was concealing documents for several years indicating the company knew about toxic levels of perchlorate contamination in the nation's vegetable produce. [Source]

March 2003: California's Senator Feinstein demands the military clean up perchlorate pollution as a matter of public safety. The Department of Defense responds by saying it should be exempt from perchlorate liability, as a matter of anti-terrorist "readiness." [Source].

April 2003: Bush Administration puts gag order on the Environmental Protection Agency, mandating complete silence regarding military perchlorate pollution and human health impacts. [Source]

November 2004: FDA finds perchlorate in 93% of lettuce and milk samples across the nation. Bush Administration requests no regulatory action take place until the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) concludes investigation of human health implications. [Source]

January 2005: NAS announces perchlorates are as much as ten times as toxic as what the Department of Defense had been claiming. Senator Feinstein of California announces forthcoming bill proposal to create federal perchlorate regulations and to allocate funding for clean-up of existing contamination. [Source]

February 2005: President Bush signed into legislation "tort reform" assuring the military, and industry in general, that they are no longer liable to the public and thus free to act with careless abandon.

Suggested Solutions

The amounts of perchlorate found in mother's milk has ranged from 10 parts per billion to 92 parts per billion. The acceptable limit, suggested by experts, is only 6 parts per billion.

Scientists, knowing that the situation will get worse before it gets worse, have suggested that pregnant and nursing mothers try to avoid the effects of perchlorate by supplementing their diets with iodide and by voting for Democrats in upcoming elections.

Red States are currently being asked to consider, in addition to cleaning up their water supply, focusing on real human values that do not poison off succeeding generations of democrats, republicans, and independents. Let's put the LIFE back in Pro Life, is the new battle cry.

And in related news:

WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL NATION IS SICK
The World Health Organization has announced that the U.S. now has shorter life expectancies and higher infant and child mortality rates than Canada, Japan and all of Western Europe, except Portugal. Factors contributing to this decline in public health include weaker laws on toxic chemicals, higher levels of economic disparity, junk food diets, and a lack of health care access for millions of families. According to the Congressional Budget Office, average prices for pharmaceutical drugs in the top 25 industrialized nations of the world are 35% to 55% lower than in the United States, where profits of pharmaceutical companies are on the rise. Learn more... [ THIS IS A GREAT ARTICLE CALLED: American Drug Prices: Big Pharma's Dirty Little Secret .... A must read.] [Thank you Organic Consumers Association]

Special Treat for Our Readers

We've posted, from Infoplease, last years figures for longevity and infant mortality. We've sorted them for you by both Infant Mortality and Life Expectancy. We are ranked 20th in both. This year, sadly, we're a little worse off. Click Here to see the graphs.

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Outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson: "For the life of me, I cannot understand why the terrorists have not attacked our food supply because it is so easy to do," Thompson said. "We are importing a lot of food from the Middle East, and it would be easy to tamper with that."

Why should terrorists attack our food supply when our own people are attacking it daily? Our quote from our last issue:

"Frankly, if a group of people had gotten together in a room and plotted on how to destroy the health of our people, they could not have done a better job than is happening with the invasion of the refined and processed 'food' industry." Barbara R. Stitt, PhD

“Never murder a man who is committing suicide.” Woodrow Wilson
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"We do have great concerns about [Celebrex] and this class of products."
-- Acting FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford

"I don't think Celebrex or Vioxx should be pulled. The problem was there were millions of people taking them who shouldn't have been."
-- Pharmacologist Raymond Woosley, who says consumer marketing led to overprescribing

"We market all of our medicines consistent with regulation. Doctors and patients are in the best position to say which drugs are most appropriate for them." -- Pfizer spokeswoman

"I support the FDA. They do a spectacular job... They live up to the expectation of improving health care.'' Andrew Card, President Bush's chief of staff
 

 
"We need an FDA that looks out for the health of patients and not just the health of the pharmaceutical industry."
-- Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.

[And my personal favorite.]
"The thing that bugs me is that people think the FDA is protecting them. It isn't. What the FDA is doing and what the public thinks it's doing are as different as night and day." -- Former FDA Commissioner Dr Herbert Ley

 

Sources: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today

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Question:
Can you arrange the prescription drugs listed below in order of best selling to least best selling?

Antidepressants
Anti-ulcer Drugs
Cholesterol Lowering Drugs

See end of newsletter for the answer.
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On Death and Dying

Medicine today seems to forget that death is just a part of life. Death is the enemy. If a patient dies, many doctors feel that they have failed.

In fact, I recently received a letter from a reader who said that she had noticed that we ask people, in our Table of Contents, to remember us in their will. She had felt that on a site dedicated to wellness, that this request was self-defeating.

Death is not the enemy. It is simply a part of life. Being well is not about cheating life; it is about experiencing life to its fullest; it's about quality of life, not quantity.

We have a story for you that came from friends who lost their son. There is nothing more difficult in this life than to bury your own child.

The little boy, though dying, had some very life affirming advice for all of us. So, I'm going to reprint the eulogy his father gave:


Jarrett N. Young
12/21/1990 - 01/09/2005

The Courageous One

Webster defines courage as: The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery. I cannot think of any other description that fits Jarrett better that one given by Webster.

Every one of us is here today because in some way shape or form, Jarrett has touched all of our lives. Jarrett lived his life without fear of what was happening to him. He believed in the people who loved him. He knew he was loved.

I want to share a story about his courage and bravery. About 3 months ago we took one of his friends out to dinner to Kobe Steakhouse for Sushi. (Imagine that, huh) While we were waiting for the food to arrive he turned to his friend and asked him if he knew his tumor was growing back. His friend answered that he indeed knew. Jarrett then asked him if he knew what was going to happen if the tumor did not stop growing. His friend knowing the right answer told Jarrett that he was not sure what was going to happen. Jarrett proceeded to tell him that, and I quote “if my tumor does not stop growing, I am going to die, but you know what? I am not afraid to die. You know why? Because I know that I have lived a good life, my parents have always been there for me and have always gotten me everything I wanted. I have the dog I always wanted and I know that I am loved, so if I am going to die from this then it was meant to be.” Well, needless to say we about fell out of our seats. To our immediate right there was a couple who looked horrified at what Jarrett said, I apologized to them for Jarrett’s frankness. The man immediately told me there was no reason to apologize. He was not horrified at what Jarrett said but was in awe of Jarrett’s bravery and courage in accepting the situation. He said that it was the most sincere statement that he had ever heard in his life. Jarrett taught all of us a valuable lesson that day about courage. We decided at that very second that if this child could accept what was going to happen to him with all the grace and fearlessness in the world then we certainly could.

This is just a small anecdote about what this child was all about. There are hundreds of other stories just like this one that proves to us that he was truly the COURAGEOUS ONE.

In closing, I would just like to say to all of you please try to remember that Jarrett LIVED and do not dwell on the fact that he has died. He did die; He will always be a part of our hearts, our minds and more importantly our souls forever. When you go home tonight and hit your knees, please ask GOD to give you the strength and the courage that Jarrett possessed. We should all be so lucky.

Thank you.

Visit Jarrett's Guest Book
The Jarrett Young Memorial Fund

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Last year, 5,375 US soldiers returned from Iraq
diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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CBS Hatchet Job on Alternative MD

It's fun to be an investigative reporter and investigate other investigative reporters.

Someone called me and said, "Quick, turn on CBS. Sixty Minutes is doing a story on a doctor that killed two patients." I did not catch the entire program, so I went online to CBS to read up. Then I decided to do a little snooping.

The snooping turned up people (experts) who CBS had interviewed, but somehow these interviews never got aired. The story quotes doctors saying that Hydrogen Peroxide therapy is worthless and that there have never been any studies showing that it has any value. Had they aired the other interviews, you would have learned of the studies in which Hydrogen Peroxide has been tested successfully; that there is a great deal of value in Hydrogen Peroxide therapy.

When the program aired, CBS failed to tell its listeners that the case had already gone to civil court, but had been thrown out. However they were quick to point out that the board of licensing was trying to revoke the doctor in question's license. They ended their story thus:

Six months after Katherine Bibeau's death, South Carolina's board of medical examiners moved to suspend Shortt's license. A disciplinary hearing is scheduled for later this month.

For the time being, Shortt has agreed to stop using hydrogen peroxide, but he's still in business, still seeing patients. If you look him up tonight on the state licensing board's Web site, you'll find James Shortt listed as a doctor "in good standing."

In the wake of the Vioxx debacle, with 30,000 to 60,000 dropping dead, and the pharmaceutical company (Merck) knowing but covering up the dangers of Vioxx, it makes sense for moneyed interests to try to throw the spotlight on a doctor using a non-approved FDA therapy. Vioxx was FDA approved. This is the infamous Red Herring Approach.

Dr Shortt's main crime is that he cannot afford millions of dollars to advertise on CBS.

CBS owes the pharmaceutical industry an awful lot, and it seems that they finally came to collect. Next time you watch the evening news, count the number of drug commercials.

If you go read the original story, keep in mind that the State of South Carolina already tossed it out to let the silly people at the board of licensing deal with it, that no one from the International Oxidative Medical Association appeared in the story to back up the good Dr Shortt, and that the real criminal in this story is the coroner who wrote MURDER as the cause of death for these poor patients. This guy should be slapped with a counter lawsuit for malpractice and malfeasance. Read the article below by a real doctor, and you will learn the truth about oxidative medicine and why the coroner should be jailed, and not Dr Shortt.

And if you value your freedom, please read below on WHAT YOU CAN DO. Dr Shortt will need legal funds. The people attacking him have deep pockets. They can attack attack attack with no credibility whatsoever, and Dr Shortt will simply go broke and get put out of business. This is racketeering, plain and simple. We have to stop this by setting precedents. Please, chip in and send them some money, some moral support, and forward this story to your friends.

Hydrogen Peroxide Doesn’t Kill Patients, Drugs Do
By Dr. Robert Jay Rowen, MD  

This courageous doctor did everything right for his patient. Now they're trying to strip his license and throw him in prison. 

You may have heard about Dr. Jim Shortt in South Carolina. He’s accused of murdering one his patients, Mrs. Katherine Bibeau, by giving her intravenous hydrogen peroxide. Maybe you read the story in your local paper or saw the hatchet-job CBS did on 60 Minutes.

In charging Dr. Shortt with murder, the coroner and pathologist claim that Mrs. Bibeau died as a result of bubbles in her bloodstream. They allege these bubbles were caused by the hydrogen peroxide infusion Dr. Shortt gave his patient. But this is absolutely impossible. Let me tell you why.

Why Peroxide Therapy Is Safe

Hydrogen peroxide therapy uses the same stuff you pour on your cuts, but at much lower concentrations. The doctor takes a half-teaspoon of peroxide and dilutes it in 8-1/2 ounces of sugar water. That means the peroxide Mrs. Bibeau received was just 1/100th as strong as the stuff you put on your cuts.

When you put hydrogen peroxide on a cut, you get bubbles. Those bubbles are simply the hydrogen peroxide releasing oxygen.

When the peroxide enters the bloodstream, it releases oxygen there, too. The roughly half-teaspoon of peroxide the doctor uses will release about 25 cc of oxygen. And since it is administered through an IV, it doesn’t go in all at once but over the course of 2 hours.

Is that enough to have killed Mrs. Bibeau? Well, let’s look at what the mainstream medical literature says.

According to one physiology textbook, it takes 50 cc of air to cause damage to the body. That damage can include a sudden drop in blood pressure or changes to the heartbeat. But that 50 cc of air would have to be administered instantly in order to cause the damage.

In order to kill someone, the medical literature says it takes 300 cc of air administered instantly. (J Vasc Interv Radiol, 2001; 12:1291–1295)

At most, Mrs. Bibeau got only 25 cc of oxygen. So even if Dr. Shortt administered it instantly, it still would have been less than 10% of the amount needed to kill her!

And even if she had been given 10 times as much peroxide, it still wouldn’t have killed her. Why? Because there’s a huge difference between oxygen and air. Air is composed mostly of nitrogen, which remains in the blood for long periods of time and can do great harm (think of the bends in scuba divers.) Oxygen, on the other hand, is rapidly consumed, easy to absorb, and vital for good health.

Your Body Burns Oxygen Instantly

The pathologist claims that he found bubbles in Mrs. Bibeau’s bloodstream. Yet she died four days after her hydrogen peroxide treatment. Could those bubbles possibly be from the hydrogen peroxide therapy? Of course not! Any pre-med student will tell you that oxygen is consumed so quickly that it’s impossible any bubbles would have lasted all that time.

Even if she were given gallons of oxygen fast enough to kill her instantly, her body would have continued absorbing it, even after death. You see, cells remain active and continue using oxygen long after the heart stops.

But only 25 cc of oxygen … four days before … given during a two-hour IV? Your body burns that much oxygen in mere seconds! Oxygen in these amounts simply can’t kill someone. And doctors who administer hydrogen peroxide therapy have known this for decades.

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong!

Hydrogen peroxide is not the monster therapy the so-called authorities are making it out to be. The medical examiner is wrong. The coroner is wrong. 60 Minutes is wrong.

There are no medical reports ANYWHERE that indicate properly administered hydrogen peroxide could cause any of the skin markings, lab abnormalities, and/or clotting in Mrs. Bibeau when she arrived at the ER. On the contrary, hundreds of reputable doctors (including me) have given millions of peroxide treatments over many, many years. And thousands of grateful patients credit this amazing therapy with saving their lives!

Studies have shown that hydrogen peroxide is effective in the treatment of asthma … pneumonia … yeast infections … lupus … Legionnaire’s Disease … Crohn’s disease, and more. And I’ve personally witnessed dramatic improvements in people with cardiovascular disease, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and certain types of arthritis. And in all of those cases and all those patient histories, there has never been any proof that properly administered hydrogen peroxide causes any harm.

So What Killed Mrs. Bibeau?

Well, here’s something interesting. The coroner’s report said she was taking the drugs Tegretol and Copaxone. Look these drugs up in the Physician’s Desk Reference. You’ll find that they cause a variety of side affects including echymosis (bruising), infection, bleeding, metorrhagia, thrombosis, clotting problems, liver damage, and infections. These are the exact symptoms found in Mrs. Bibeau when she arrived at the hospital.

Peroxide has caused no significant harm in the millions of infusions worldwide given by doctors over a span of decades. Contrast that to a minimum of 140,000 deaths caused by drugs prescribed by doctors every year. That fact alone should force the pathologist to look first at the drugs as a primary cause of Mrs. Bibeau’s death, not peroxide.

So why is the system putting a spin on this death and covering up the real cause? Well, it wouldn’t be the first time that an effective alternative therapy and doctor was railroaded. It’s too easy for the pathologist, the coroner, and the mainstream media to attack what they don’t understand. Drugs are good, right? Peroxide must be bad, right? I hope you now know better!

What You Can Do

Please help spread the truth! Share this article with everyone you can. Send them to our website: http://www.secondopinionnewsletter.com/peroxide.asp

If you’re a South Carolina citizen, you must write your state-elected officials and demand an independent investigation into the coroner’s report. Demand that the death certificate reflect the real cause. You can find your state Senator’s information at http://www.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/senatemembers.html. Your state Representative’s information is at http://www.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/housemembers.html.

If you’re not a South Carolina resident, you can still help. Please consider a contribution to Dr. Shortt’s legal defense fund. Send your donation to: Free Choice Legal Defense Fund, c/o Transfer Point, 1073 Statler Rd., Columbia, SC 29210, Phone:877-407-399 and web site: www.transferpoint.com. Any funds left over will be used to secure protection for oxidation therapies and/or press for more medical freedom laws in still unprotected states.

An innocent man’s freedom is at stake. And a life-saving therapy is under attack. Please help!    

Yours for medical freedom, 
Robert J. Rowen, MD 

P.S. You can find the AP story on Dr. Shortt and the hatchet-job CBS did on 60 Minutes in these links:  

http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050102/NEWS/501020313/1014

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/12/60II/main666489.shtml  

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The people of Iraq, under the American Occupation have a 2.5 greater chance of dying than under the last year of Saddam Hussein.

Source: Harper's Index
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CODEX Update

THIS IS EXTREMELY SERIOUS.  PLEASE TAKE ACTION!

Can you afford to pay $100/Month for each and every vitamin and mineral supplement you take?

Read this very important health message below and contact everyone in the suggestions.

Your right to choose your herbal, mineral and other supplements may end in June of this year (2005).  After that U.S. supplements will be defined and controlled by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).  The CODEX ALIMENTARIUS (Food Code) is setting the supplement standards for all countries in the WTO.  They will be enforced by the WTO and will override U.S. laws.  The U.S. President and Congress agreed to this take-over when the WTO Treaty was signed. Violations are punished by WTO trade sanctions.

CODEX drastically restricts vitamins, minerals, herbs and other supplements. CODEX met secretly in November, 2004 and finalized Step 8 (the final stage) to begin implementation in June, 2005.

The CODE includes:

(1) No supplement can be sold for preventive or therapeutic use.

(2) Any potency higher than RDA (minimal strength) is a drug requiring a prescription and must be produced by drug companies. Over 5000 safe items now in health stores will be banned, terminating health stores as we now know them.

(3) CODEX regulations become binding internationally.

(4) New supplements are banned unless given very expensive CODEX testing and approval.

CODEX now applies to Norway and Germany, among others, where zinc tablets rose from $4 per bottle to $52.  Echinacea (an ancient immune-enhancement herb) rose from $14 to $153 (both examples are now allowed by prescription only).  They are now drugs.  Vitamin C above 200 mg, niacin above 32 mg, vitamin B6 above 4 mg, all are banned over-the-counter as drugs.  No amino acids (arginine, lysine, carnitine, etc. = essential amino acids!), essential fatty acids (omegas 3, 6, 9, etc.), or other essential supplements such as DMEA, DHEA, CoQ10, MSM, beta-carotene, etc. are allowed.

The CODEX rules are not based on real science.  They are made by a few people meeting in secret (see web sites below), not necessarily scientists.  In 1993 the FDA and drug corporations tried to put all supplements under restriction and prescription.  But over 4 million Americans told Congress and the President to protect their freedom of choice on health supplements.  The DSHEA Law was passed in 1994, which does protect our freedom of choice.  But this will be over ruled by CODEX and the World Trade Organization.  Virtually nothing about it has been in the media.  What the drug corporations have failed to do through Congress they have gotten by sneak attack through CODEX with the help of a silent media.

What can be done at this late hour?

(1) Spread the word as much as possible.  Inform yourselves fully at www.ahha.org, www.iahf.com, and www.alliance-natural-health.org.

(2) Oppose bills S.722 and H.R.3377.  These support the CODEX restrictions with U.S. laws, changing the DSHEA law.

(3) Support H. R.1146 which would restore the sovereignty of the U.S. Constitution over CODEX, etc.

(4) Express your wishes to the President, Senators and Representatives  (Click the link to find yours.) ASAP.

(5) Contact multi-level health marketing groups that can get their members to inform the government.

(6) Send donations, however small, to the British Alliance for Natural Health (see web site above).  It has succeeded in challenging the CODEX directives in World Court later this month or next.  They need help financially, having carried the fight effectively for everyone.

CODEX and the FDA wish to protect us by controlling supplements in the same way they do prescription drugs.  A study of the latter by three medical scientists was reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association, April 15, 1998 Vol. 279, No. 15, p. 1200.  Incidence of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) was found to be extremely high.  Covering 30 years (1966 to 1996) it was found that in the U.S. an average of 106,000 hospitalized patients per year (290 per day) die from ADRs and 2,200,000 need more hospitalization for recovery.  These were FDA approved drugs, properly administered by competent professionals in hospitals --none were considered malpractice. This is the number four cause of death in the U.S. When combined, these account for 7% of all hospitalized patients.  This is equivalent to a 9-11 attack every ten days.  There are very few fatalities from supplements or the news would be on every front page.  There is no need for more FDA control of supplements than is already in place, which is substantial.  Instead of drastically restricting supplements, why doesn't the FDA better control and restrict the extremely dangerous pharmaceutical drugs which are now killing us at the rate of a major airline crash per day?

Wallace G. Heath, Ph.D.
1145 Marine Drive Bellingham , WA 98225

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Because America is part of the World Trade Organization, what happens in Europe, will happen here, and doesn't even require a vote in congress. How? The following is from the FDA's own web site:

International Harmonization
The harmonization of laws, regulations and standards between and among trading partners requires intense, complex, time-consuming negotiations by CFSAN officials. Harmonization must simultaneously facilitate international trade and promote mutual understanding, while protecting national interests and establish a basis to resolve food issues on sound scientific evidence in an objective atmosphere. Failure to reach a consistent, harmonized set of laws, regulations and standards within the freetrade agreements and the World Trade Organization Agreements can result in considerable economic repercussions. [http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/int-laws.html]

We are creating a page for updates on CODEX.
The latest update will be at the top.
Check often to see what
you can do:
CODEX

(put it in your favorite places and check back often)
Another good link is:
www.healthfreedomUSA.org

To see what CODEX is doing in Europe and how it WILL affect us, Click Here

 

NOW HEAR THIS
Senator Durbin Sponsors Dietary Supplement Congressional Briefing

Guess who he's meeting with to determine the "safety" of vitamins and supplements?

The American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (ASCPT), the American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), and the Society of Toxicology.

All of these organizations profit from our being ill. They WANT us to be ill, so they can sell us their drugs. They earn NOTHING if you are healthy.

Remember Ephedra? No one died last year due to Ephedra. They died abusing Ephedrine, a highly concentrated form of Ephedra.

One hundred people a year die from Tylenol. But they're not about to take it off the market.

The purpose of the January 31st briefing entitled, "Botanical Dietary Supplements: Scientific Perspectives and Public Health Pitfalls." was to reexamine dietary supplements and the scientific, legal and regulatory frameworks surrounding this multi-billion dollar industry. The briefing’s organizers have positions favoring strict regulation for dietary supplement and are heavily supported by pharmaceutical companies.

Time to contact Senator Durbin and explain to him that we know that the pharmaceutical industry has him in their deep pockets. That we will not allow anyone to restrict our freedoms to care for ourselves and choose health over pharmaceutical illness.

Write to him here: http://www.senate.gov/~durbin/sitepages/contact.cfm

Call his offices and make sure he knows that we know that he is derelict in his duty by supporting the moneyed interests and not his constituents.

Washington, DC
332 Dirksen Senate
Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2152
(202) 228-0400 - fax
Chicago
230 South Dearborn St.
Suite 3892
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 353-4952
(312) 353-0150 - fax
Springfield
525 South 8th St.
Springfield, IL 62703
(217 ) 492-4062
(217) 492-4382 - fax
Marion
701 N. Court St.
Marion, IL 62959
(618) 998-8812
(618) 997-0176 - fax

Beyond Durbin; Beyond CODEX...

Health freedom is still under attack in this country at this very moment and we're not going to stop telling you this till FREEDOM comes to America.

As Edward R Murrow once said, “We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.”

Anyone interested in Health Freedom must visit the Citizens For Health web site. Go to the Action Center and start writing letters. Write letters, get on the phone, make calls. When our Senators and Representatives introduce legislation or vote on legislation that restricts our choices, THEY ARE WORKING AGAINST THEIR CONSTITUENTS' INTERESTS. They are working FOR the Pharmaceutical Companies. In the end, it is we the people who determine who gets to serve us in Washington, and serve us they'd better.

Ephedra was taken off the market to protect the Pharmaceutical Industry, not to protect you. If you take Ephedra correctly, it is safer than Tylenol®.

There are more lobbyists for the Pharmaceutical Industry than there are representatives and senators. The Pharmaceutical Interests have very deep pockets, and they have nearly every one of the people we sent to Washington inside them.

At latest count, there were 685 lobbiests for the phamaceutical industry, but only two for patient rights.

Only 13% of Americans trust the Pharmaceutical Companies, but money talks and they still control legislation. If we don't do something quickly, we'll all be worse off for it. Visit Citizens For Health.

Volunteers Wanted

We would like to give each senator and representative (to include up and coming candidates for both positions) a report card on Health Care Freedom. We need people to investigate their senators and representatives from their states; look at their voting records; call their offices; ask some hard questions. If you are interested, please write to Yes I Want To Volunteer, and do it soon. We will disseminate this information to all health freedom sites so that those "servants" in Washington who are working against our best interests, working to restrict our freedoms are put on notice that they might soon be retired from office. Please help out. It is a lot harder to reverse a rotten law than it is to stop legislation from becoming a rotten law.

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“There is no obvious spiritual content to the clues of daily life. They are simply the first beckoning, a call to awaken."

Deepak Chopra
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Healing Beyond Medicine

A while back I wrote on Healing Beyond Medicine, it was referenced in a newsletter, but was never made available thru the table of contents. In it I quoted Dr Larry Dossey, MD quite a bit. So, as this trip of mine continues and I start to investigate more and more the subtle energies of healing, I set out to write a bit more on the subject. And sure enough, I'm handed, halfway thru the article I'm writing, another book by Dr Larry Dossey, MD Healing Beyond the Body.

So, we have two articles on Healing that takes place beyond conventional science and beyond the body. And Dr Dossey has once again helped us out. Some of you have read the first part and can go directly to the second, and some will have to read both. However, if you haven't read What is Biophysics yet, you really should.

Healing Beyond Medicine - Part I  
Healing Beyond Medicine - Part II New

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Iraq

Come for the weapons of mass destruction, stay for the democracy!
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History of Medicine
1800-1850

Learn about the first licensing laws, and how early Americans, knowing the price of freedom, fought back; how Homeopathy rose to challenge the regular physicians, and how the regulars began adopting many of the tenets of homeopathy; how women progressed in medicine, and much, much more:

The History of Medicine
1800-1850

Elizabeth Blackwell
First woman to earn her MD in the US.

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Daily Affirmation

“I will fill myself with love, and I will send that out into the world. How others treat me is their path. How I take it is mine."

Wayne Dyer
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Ron Salley's Amazing Herbal Creams
Miracle Skin
(reviewed here!)

Healon PFSugar FootWrinkle Cream
(Special Discounts for Our Readers)

Update on Miracle Skin
The Genius Products of our friend Ron Salley

Ron Salley isn't just a genius entrepreneur who created the best skin products we've had the honor of testing, he's a reader. He's been fighting a bit of prostate cancer, and he's been winning. He had a little setback, but I put him in touch with the people at Ultimateimmune.Com and they fixed him up. He calls me and updates me on his progress.

 Ultimate Immune made him up a dried raspberry extract. Ron called me once asking, "Hey, how the heck do I take this?" Apparently they'd sent him this brick sort of thing, big heavy, and red.

Ron eventually got it to blend into his smoothies, drank down a few gallons of electrolyzed water, and he tells me now that his tests are back to normal and he's feeling just fine.

However, one thing I did squeeze out of him is that our review here really didn't spark all that many sales. So, Simply The Best has created a site especially for our readers and you can get his wonderful products at a discount.

I have always asked my readers to support companies making good products because they've gone broke doing research and development, and if they come to us for help, they're scraping the bottom of the barrel, right?

Actually, they know they'll get an objective review if they come to us. I'm not going to be a nickel richer or a nickel poorer if I like or dislike a product. We've had the honor to discover Omegasentials, or Electrolyzed Water (link temporarily out of commission), and Miracle Skin. As I write these words, within my site is an open case of Electrolyzed water, a case of Omegasentials that just arrived, and next to me is a bottle of Salley's Healon PF. Yes, I use all my greatest discoveries.

I have NEVER run into a cream like Sugar Foot that can help heal deep cracks in your feet in less than two days. I am constantly amazed. This winter, three times I really needed Sugar Foot. I soaked my feet, dried them, and rubbed in the Sugar Foot. Every time, the deep cracks (and boy, do I get deep cracks) were gone in under two days.

We got a letter from a woman who was looking for Sugar Foot  on the web and came across our site. She sent us a great letter, but asked we not reprint it, though she did agree that we could pass on her story.

While she was in the hospital, preparing to give birth to her second baby, her contractions let up for a bit, and to pass the time she started chit-chatting with the nurse. She happened to mention that she wasn't looking forward to nursing again; that the last time it had been a very painful experience and she explained how her nipples, especially in the winter time, dried up and cracked when she'd nursed her first baby. The nurse told her she'd be right back, left her room for a few minutes, and returned with a jar of Sugar Foot. The nurse told her that took to work with her daily because of all the hand washing they do in obstetrics, and told her how her hands, before Sugar Foot, used to get so dry with deep cracks near the nails no matter what creams and moisturizers she used. The nurse told her that this cream was a miracle; that her hands no longer cracked. The nurse set the jar on her bedside stand and said, "Hope you don't mind if I used some, but there should be enough left in there for you," and then the nurse told her that she should apply it to her nipples after nursing. The only catch was, "You have to call me and tell me how it worked, so I can pass it onto other new mothers."

Well, long story short, she was just nutz about the Sugar Foot. She said she had called the hospital "maybe" on her third week home to thank that nurse for the bottle. She was absolutely amazed how soft and supple her nipples had stayed. She remembered that the first time she'd nursed; by the end of the first week her nipples were already dried, cracked, and painful. It's been three months now, and she's decided to continue nursing her baby one more month but was running out of the Sugar Foot. That's how she found our site, and when I heard her story, I went upstairs and found the last of my stash (gonna have to order more) and sent her the jar. I've got two half used jars left. One I carry with me wherever I go, and one I keep next to my bed. But I'm going to order more.

The stuff just heals deep cracks in your skin. I've never seen a product like it. And you don't have to take it every day, though preventive applications do make sense (I know, we all forget!). If you order it, it will be there when you need it.

We sent out bottles of Healon PF and everyone reported that their sores healed quicker with it; that diabetic sores healed that just wouldn't go away on anything else. This is another great product. The only medicine that even approaches Healon PF costs over $200.00 a little bottle. And it's not as good as the Healon PF. The podiatrists who try Healon PF, stick with Healon PF.

Simply the Best has offered our readers a discount on all of Ron Salley's Miracle Skin products. They are truly miracles.

Ron Salley's Amazing Herbal Creams
Miracle Skin
(reviewed here!)

Healon PFSugar FootWrinkle Cream
(Special Discounts for Our Readers)

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"Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential"

Liane Cordess
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Anvirzel Update

I was sent a letter from a person who has a NEW oleander extract that is currently in Phase II trials.

The new drug is called Xenavex  and you qualify for the study ONLY if you have Hep C, Cancer, or AIDS and have undergone treatments that were ineffective already.

Xenavexis already a prescription drug, a cardioglycoside (cardiac glycoside), like digitalis. It is used in Congestive Heart Failure and stimulates contractions improving cardiac output.

The phytochemical in Xenavex  that has anti-tumor properties is called oleandrin. According to the letter we received, oleandrin has been studied since 1995 as an anti-inflammatory.

Xenavex  differs from Anvirzel or Oleander Soup in both chemical composition and oleandrin content. The oleandrin content is much greater in Xenavex.

The oleandrin in Xenavex  is extracted using ethanol (alcohol). Anvirzel and Oleander Soup use a water extraction process.

Oleander soup and Anvirzel are both taken orally, except in some studies, Anvirzel is injected intramuscularly. Xenavex  is sprayed under the tongue.

Xenavex is made available at no charge to patients who qualify for single patient investigational new drug access guidelines, provided of course they meet FDA criteria. The Food and Drug Administration maintains an office that coordinates such applications, and routinely helps patients determine if their situation is such that they qualify for this type access. The pharmaceutical company can assist applicants' physicians in this process.

Xenavex is available for prescription delivery for its labeled indications (similar to the indications for Lanoxin/digoxin) and can be written by a physician "off-label" for cancer.

In an upcoming clinical trial for non-small cell lung cancer, the drug has been designated  as SAOB-0401, and the trial is designed as an "off label" trial of the drug in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients.

The web site www.shimoda-atlantic.com is where general information about the company is available, including other pipeline projects. Our field of research includes a nanotherapy/targeted delivery agent, a vaccine project and other related endeavors. With the exception of Xenavex, all of our projects are early stage projects.

If you fit the criteria to join this study, we suggest you contact the company through their webs site: www.shimoda-atlantic.com

However, after doing a little more research, it seems that along with the drug Xenavexyou get a hypodermic needle and a card instructing whoever finds you passed out to inject this into a vein. Just in the event of cardiac arrest.

You see, cardio glycosides are quite dangerous.

From the Harvard Medical School: "Oleander has similar cardiac glycoside properties to digoxin (Lanoxin), and the adverse effects of oleander on the heart are likely to be increased if it is taken with digoxin or digitoxin. Oleander may have significant adverse effects on the heart, resulting in complete heart block, extremely slow heart rhythms, irregular rhythms or rapid, pounding heartbeat."

OLEANDER BOOK IN PROGRESS

Your story can be part of this book. Since we published the recipe for Oleander Soup, many have started to use it. Tony Issacs and Ed Hensley have teamed up to write a book about Oleander, Anvirzel, and all the success stories from these two substances.

If you have a success story, please contact them at tmark1217@yahoo.com or ed4636@yahoo.com.  They don't need your full name, just your first name, your disorder, your success, and any other drugs you had been on and what they did for you.

When the book is released, you'll find out about it here, first!

 

Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Technology

Build stairways with your breath, meditate to open doors, and juggle balls with your laughter! The Journey to Wild Divine is the first biofeedback computer game that combines ancient yogic breathing and meditation with modern biofeedback technology for total wellness.

Leading experts in mind-body wellness (including Deepak Chopra, M.D.), the media, and thousands of players agree: Wild Divine is extraordinary, fun and effective. Get FREE shipping and a free bonus CD with Deepak Chopra when you order now
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Check out the Wild Divine NOW!

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"Is there no hope?" the sick man said,
The silent doctor shook his head,
And took his leave with signs of sorrow,
Despairing of his fee to-morrow.

John Gay
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On Cell Phones

Studies show this, studies show that. Who can you believe. We offer you the links (below) to better inform our readers. Cell phones are everywhere. They're not going away. So, be informed.

Grave Cell Phone Dangers Revealed

You Don't Deserve Brain Cancer
You Deserve the Facts

Cell Phone Health Effects | Busy Signals
Think Twice Before You Place That Call

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"Religion is a powerful healing force in a world torn apart . . . by religion"

Jon Stewart
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Microwaving Your Food Isn't Safe
by Larry Cook
Go to the original story.

If you have ever wondered whether or not microwaved food is safe, here's an experiment you can do at home. Plant seeds in two pots. Water one pot with water that has been microwaved, the other with regular tap. The seeds that received microwaved water won't sprout. If microwaved water can stop plants from growing, think of what microwaved food can do to your health!

In 1989, Swiss biologist and food scientist Dr. Hans Hertel studied the effects of microwaved food. Eight people participated in the study. For eight weeks, they lived in a controlled environment and intermittently ate raw foods, conventionally cooked foods and microwaved foods. Blood samples were tested after each meal. They discovered that eating microwaved food, over time, causes significant changes in blood chemistry:1 a decrease in hemoglobin and cholesterol values, in the HDL (good cholesterol) versus LDL (bad cholesterol) ratio and in white blood cells, weakening the immune system, and an increase in leukocyte levels, which tends to indicate poisoning and cell damage. [Click here to read about the study.]

Overall, the study suggested that eating microwaved foods can cause degenerative diseases and/or cancer.2 "The measurable effects on man through the ingestion of microwaved food, unlike untreated food, are blood alterations, that can also be found at the beginning of a pathological condition, also indicative of a beginning cancerous process," wrote Dr. Bernard Blanc, who assisted in the study.3 Microwave ovens "cook" food by forcing the atoms, molecules and cells within the food to reverse polarity billions of times per second, causing friction-the more the friction, the more the heat. This oscillation tears and deforms the molecular structure of food. New compounds are formed, called radiolytic [chemical decomposition by the action of radiation] compounds, which are not found in nature. Interestingly, microwaves are actually used in gene-altering technology to deliberately break cells and neutralize their "life-force" so they can be manipulated. Microwaves destroy the life-force that gives food its vitality and nourishment. When this life-force dissipates, microorganisms start breaking food down and it begins to rot.

In early 1991, a lawsuit was filed against an Oklahoma hospital because a patient died form receiving a microwaved blood transfusion. Hospitals routinely heat blood for transfusion, but not in a microwave.

The effects of microwaving breast milk have also been researched. John Kerner, M.D. and Richard Quin, M.D. from Stanford University said that "Microwaving human milk, even at a low setting, can destroy some of its important disease-fighting capabilities."4 After more research, Kerner wrote in the April 1992 issue of Pediatrics that "Microwaving itself may in fact cause some injury to the milk above and beyond the heating." And a radio announcement at the University of Minnesota said that "Microwaves are not recommended for heating a baby's bottle. Heating the bottle in a microwave can cause slight changes in the milk. In infant formulas there may be a loss of some vitamins. In expressed milk, some protective properties may be destroyed."5 Another study in Vienna warned that microwaving breast milk "can lead to structural, functional and immunological changes," and that microwaves transform the amino acid L-proline into D-proline, a proven toxin to the nervous system, liver and kidneys.6

In Russia, microwave ovens were banned in 1976 because of their negative health consequences and many studies were conducted on their use. Here are some of their findings on microwaving food:

1. Microwaved foods lose 60 ~ 90% of the vital-energy field and microwaving accelerates the structural disintegration of foods.

2. Microwaving creates cancer-causing agents within milk and cereals.

3. Microwaving alters elemental food-substances, causing digestive disorders.

4. Microwaving alters food chemistry, which can lead to malfunctions in the lymphatic system and degeneration of the body's ability to protect itself against cancerous growths.

5. Microwaved foods lead to a higher percentage of cancerous cells in the bloodstream.

6. Microwaving altered the breakdown of elemental substances when raw, cooked, or frozen vegetables were exposed for even a very short time and free radicals were formed.

7. Microwaved foods caused stomach and intestinal cancerous growths, a general degeneration of peripheral cellular tissues, and a gradual breakdown of the digestive and excretive systems in a statistically high percentage of people.

8. Microwaved foods lowered the body's ability of the body to utilize B-complex vitamins, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, essential minerals and lipotropics.

9. The microwave field next to a microwave oven caused a slew of health problems as well.

Aside form these studies, many people find that microwaving their food doesn't help them feel good. Stephanie Relfe, Kinesiologist, found herself feeling "grey and rather low" one day and discovered that she had inadvertently eaten microwaved food at a restaurant.8 In her practice, she found that all of her patients gave body signals of having allergic reactions to microwaved foods. Another Kinesiologist, David Bridgeman, said, "Of all the people I test for allergies, 99.9% so far show severe sensitivity to any microwaved food."

In conclusion then, the safest way to heat your food is to use your stove top and throw away your microwave!

Endnotes:
1 The Swiss Association of Dealers for Electroapparatuses for Households and Industry complained quite loudly about the findings, which caused a court order to ban Hans Hertel from talking about his findings about the dangers of microwaved food to the public. In 1998, the European Court of Human Rights held that there had been a violation of Hertel's rights in the 1993 decision, lifted the gag order and sentenced Switzerland to pay compensation of F 40,000. See "H.U.H. against Switzerland" at [http://www.dhcommhr.coe.fr/eng/huhvch.shn.html  link no longer exists]

2 The World Foundation for Natural Science : "Are Microwave Ovens a Source of Danger?," Microwave Oven Critique" http://www.naturalscience.org/en/frames.html, and "The Hidden Hazards of Microwave Cooking," http://www.nexusmagazine.com/microwave.html, from Nexus Magazine [has been taken off the web by Nexus].

3 The World Foundation for Natural Science : "Are Microwave Ovens a Source of Danger?", " Microwave Oven Critique" http://www.naturalscience.org/en/frames.html

4 Science News, 4/25/1992 issue and "The Hidden Hazards of Microwave Cooking," http://www.nexusmagazine.com/microwave.html, from Nexus Magazine

5 Health, Wealth & Happiness, "MICROWAVED FOOD: It's Like Eating Nuclear Waste!." http://www.relfe.com/microwave.html

6 Lubec, G. et al. (1989): Amino acid Isomerisation and Microwave Exposure. ? The Lancet, 2 (8676): 1392-93; and The World Foundation for Natural Science : "Are Microwave Ovens a Source of Danger?," Microwave Oven Critique" http://www.naturalscience.org/en/frames.html , and "The Hidden Hazards of Microwave Cooking," http://www.nexusmagazine.com/microwave.html, from Nexus Magazine [has been taken off the web by Nexus]  and "Healing with Whole Foods" by Paul Pitchford, pg. 20.

Written by Larry Cook (406-556-8089) Reprint from Natural Life News & Directory
 

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One doctor, singly like the sculler plies,
The patient struggles, and by inches dies;
But two physicians, like a pair of oars,
Waft him right swiftly to the Stygian shores.

Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

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Success Stories

It's funny, but we got three letters from readers (after our last newsletter) in which they told me that, if I wanted to publish their letters, I should re-write them. Ok, I understand.

But one letter we got, was part of a newsletter. Sharon and Ward Gillette wrote a newsletter that followed Sharon on her healing journey (funny, but that's the reason for this newsletter, site, and books). Much of what Sharon and Ward found, the tell me, was from this site. The last edition of their newsletter went out Feb 28, 2005. Sharon is healed. Here is her Success Story.

This next Success Story is from one of our contributors and most avid fans. So, since I've followed his healing and sent him to a variety of sites to order supplements, I'm going to tell you his story. Besides, Bill told me to tell his story for him.

In June of 2004, his doctors found a lump in Bill's prostate. His doctor referred him to another doctor, but Bill wrote to me telling me that he had a lump in is prostate (probably cancer, but he wasn't about to do a biopsy that might spread it), and that he had blood in his urine. I told him about our research into raspberries and prostate cancer, and that one study showed that one cup of raspberries per week stopped prostate cancer growth for a week. Then I told him how Ryan, the head of ultimateimmune.com, would make up (special orders only) a raspberry extract that was very potent. Bill contacted Ryan and a few days later, his extract arrived. I got a letter from Bill shortly after that. He was truly excited to tell me that the bleeding stopped right away. Then Bill got himself some Paw Paw and Graviola. He tried them for one month but found no shrinkage in his tumor. Next he found Dr David William's web site (his newsletter is called Alternatives) and learned of a product from Australia called HP8, for prostate support. Dr Williams claimed that it seemed to help prostate cancer patients. So, Bill ordered a few bottles. After one bottle, he finally decided to get a biopsy, and sure enough, his prostate was clear. Bill swears that the Raspberry Extract really went to work fast and kept his cancer from spreading and that the HP8 helped to finish it off. He even sent me a bottle of HP8 to try myself.

I'll tell you all about that in our next newsletter.

 

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There is a story of a man listening to a Zen master talking abut the benefits of practicing Zen. The master mentioned in his talk that everyone in this world always has 38 problems, so the man asks why bother to practice Zen if you are always going to have 38 problems anyway. The master replies that Zen helps you avoid the 39th problem. "And what is that?" the man asks. "Thinking that there is a problem with having 38 problems."
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Coconut Oil Update

In our original article on coconut oil, we focused on the many benefits of this wonderful and nutritious product. Well, there is more. There is a lot more.

For instance, the Department of Health in the Philippines (luckily for them they are not yet our 51st state) began a clinical study in February of 1999 to study the effectiveness, safety, and tolerability of coconut oil in the fight against the HIV virus.

The study began as the accumulation of anecdotal reports grew to the point where they could no longer be ignored.

Mary Enig from the Weston Price Foundation, a genius when it comes to oils of all kinds, had investigated an AIDS organization, Keep Hope Alive, in order to document the cases in which people with AIDS had their viral loads drop to undetectable levels by eating either a half a coconut a day or 3 ½ tablespoons of coconut oil, which is roughly 20-25 grams of lauric acid.

The initial studies in the Philippines are completed and they did confirm that coconut oil does have an antiviral effect. However, not all people in the study benefited, and as most “initial” studies conclude: “More and longer therapies using monolaurin [the anti-viral part of lauric acid] will have to be designed and done before the definite role of such coco products can be determined.” [http://www.doh.gov.ph/sars/coconut_oil.htm]

I was on the phone to our suppliers, Wilderness Family Naturals, when Annette told me some stories about the performance enhancement qualities of coconut oil. I went online and sure enough, I found nearly everything she’d talked about. We found this by Dr Bruce Fife (whose book we have reviewed in our original article on Coconut Oil):

The fact that MCFA digest immediately to produce energy and stimulate metabolism has led athletes to use them as a means to enhance exercise performance.  There are several studies showing this to be true.  For example, in one study, investigators tested the physical endurance of mice who were given MCFA in their daily diet against those that weren't.   The study extended over a six week period.  The mice were subjected to a swimming endurance test every other day.  They were placed in a pool of water with a constant current flow like that found in a river.  The total swimming time until exhaustion was measured.  While at first there was little difference between the groups of mice, those fed MCFA quickly began to out-perform the others and continued to improve throughout the testing period. [http://www.coconut-connections.com/hypothyroidism.htm]

A bit later, refining my web search, I found the actual study:

The effect of chronic administration of medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) on swimming endurance (swim capacity) was investigated in male Std ddY mice. The mice were fed a diet containing 80 g MCT + 20 g long-chain triglycerides (LCT)/kg diet for 6 wk; mice fed diet containing 100 g LCT/kg diet were used as controls. After being accustomed to swimming, the mice were subjected to forced swimming every 2 d in the current water pool that we had developed, and the total swimming period until exhaustion was measured. The total swimming period was used as the index of swim capacity. The group fed MCT showed significantly greater swim capacity than the control group (89.5 +/- 2.5 vs. 80.2 +/- 2.0 min). In another experiment, after 4 wk of MCT diet consumption, significantly greater swim capacity was found in untrained mice. The major metabolic consequences of the adaptations of muscle to prolonged MCT administration during endurance training were higher activities of 3-oxo acid CoA-transferase (P < 0.01), citrate synthase (P < 0.1) and malate dehydrogenase (P < 0.1). These findings suggest that increases in the enzyme activities of the tricarboxylic acid cycle and ketone body utilization associated with the chronic administration of an MCT-containing diet enhance swim capacity in mice. [Fushiki, T and Matsumoto, K 1995,  Swimming endurance capacity of mice is increased by consumption of medium-chain triglycerides.  Journal of Nutrition  125:531]

The information we could not find is the following. Keep in mind that in investigative journalism, nothing is confirmed till you get three different sources to confirm it. So, this information, for the present, has just one source.

In France, in the race that Lance Armstrong has won 6 years in a row, there are many cyclists. The French team conducted a double blind study. All the riders got a new blend of Gatorade®. They all got a coconut flavored Gatorade® except that in reality, half the team got coconut flavored while the other half got real coconut in theirs. The half of the team that got the real deal came in ahead of the other half (that got the flavored brand) in the Tour de France.

Additionally, more and more horse trainers from the Blue Grass state are feeding their horses coconut oil. I chased down the trainer to last years Kentucky Derby winner, but he’d not heard of coconut oil. Those who are using it, report back to the people at Wilderness Family Naturals that their horses are running better and that they don’t need to worm the horses because coconut oil is anti-parasitic.

So, that’s our update for now. If any of this information is confirmed, we’ll be the first to tell you. If any more information comes in, we’ll gladly update you. And if any of you out there have a story to tell about your use of coconut oil, please, feel free to send it along to Coconut Stories.

For the best coconut oil around, shop where we shop:

 

Palm Oil

We've discovered another VERY healthy oil. You just gotta read about this: Palm Oil.

 

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“But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having studied nature from his youth, knows the properties of the human body, the diseases which assail it, the remedies which will benefit it, exercises his art with caution, and pays equal attention to the rich and the poor.”

Voltaire
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Original Himalayan Crystal Salt

Funny how things come together. We've been talking about Biophysics and Healing Beyond Science/Medicine and subtle energies. They all come together in our review of Original Himalayan Crystal Salt.

One of our readers sent me some salt. It was wonderful. It's minimally processed, charged with minerals, and is very pure with no pollutants whatsoever, since the salt mines are cut off from our human polluting societies. The salt also contains a very subtle energy, which you will see later in a double blind study conducted.

Many of you know how I use Celtic Sea Salt® Brand (original article). Many of the people selling Original Himalayan Crystal Salt once used Celtic Sea Salt® Brand. However, those who will tell you that Celtic Sea Salt® Brand is polluted (since it comes from the ocean) are basically talking out of their pants. 

Salt is a mineral. Minerals cannot bond with other chemicals easily. If salt were covered by an oil spill, once washed off, the salt would contain no petrochemicals. Some detractors say that the mercury content in Celtic Sea Salt® Brand has increased because the ocean is toxic. We've seen the latest assays, and the mercury content has not increased.

The main difference "physical" between Celtic Sea Salt® Brand and Original Himalayan Crystal Salt is that the sodium content of the Celtic Sea Salt® Brand is less (hence the mineral content is greater) but the biophysical difference is that the Original Himalayan Crystal Salt contains subtle energies that are "probably" purer.

This latter point, the purer subtle energies, is something that is difficult to prove. However, just as Emoto has shown us magnificent crystals from Artesian wells, where water lives within the bowels of the planet absorbing the ancient earth energies, I'm sure he could show us some wondrous crystals from the Original Himalayan Crystal Salt since the salt mines are far from polluting energies.

Click here to read about Original Himalayan Crystal Salt, the testimonials, uses, and the double blind study conducted.

Because of the study and because of Original Himalayan Crystal Salt™ market success, there are many knockoffs and pretenders on the market. Please be sure to look for the full name: Original Himalayan Crystal Salt™; the product is trademarked.

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“Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.”

Voltaire
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Ultimate Cancer Breakthroughs
Find out things that we don't even have at this site!
If you purchase this book, please, we want to hear from you. We are hoping to get reviews from readers that we can pass on to others.

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“Nature is the physician of man.”

Hippocrates, “the father of medicine”
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Stop Smoking Update

We received a CD from Learning Strategies Corporation that uses their own Paraliminal Technology along with something we're currently investigating, Holosync Technology.

The Paraliminal Technology was developed by Learning Strategies. It consists of simultaneous messages that, if you are wearing headphones, are different for each ear. The messages blend in your mind into one message.

Holosync Technology plays subtle tones into your ears, each ear getting different tones. Studies on this technology show that people are able to go into deeply meditative states quite quickly, which used to take masters years to accomplish. We will be reviewing an entire Holosync Program someday soon.

All in all, the CD that Learning Strategies sent us is an excellent tool for quitting smoking. We listened to it and passed it onto people who wanted to quit smoking. It is a very powerful tool in helping to quit smoking, and in our estimate, as effective as hypnosis when used regularly, even after you've quit.

If you want to learn more, just go here: Smoke Free Paraliminal CD. While you're there, take a look at the other CDs. We'll be reviewing more of them in our next newsletter.

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"The simplicity of truth is annoying to man."

Goethe
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Omegasentials

Since we first discovered this wonderful product, we've always have a supply on hand.

As a reader of the International Wellness Directory, you can now order Omegasentials at an even greater discount than before: Go Here!

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“Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always.”

Chinese Proverb
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Eniva Vitamins

We have decided that starting immediately, we will no longer review Multilevel Marketing products. Yes, there are some very amazing products out there that are good for you. But with our experience with Master's Miracle, and other's we've just decided to avoid them. They have too many things in common: hardly anyone buys retail, members are forced to buy more of the product than they need, and some people make tons of money while others, working just as hard, make nothing. 

So, our last Multi-level Marketing product happens to be one of the best we've come across. They make very good vitamin and mineral products: Eniva.

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“I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, and all the worse for the fishes.”

Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Soy Update

God bless our readers. They send me so much stuff that I no longer have to go searching for subjects to write on. Sometimes they send me a question or a quotation from someone or entire articles that just incite me to go find out more. This time, they sent me an article that must be reprinted.

It's from the Gerson Institute's Newsletter.

Say No to Soy Milk and Rice Milk

By Dr. Ben Kim
Life Essentials Health Clinic

With greater awareness of the many health problems associated with pasteurized dairy products, many people are turning to vegetarian milk substitutes like soy milk and rice milk. I’m not a big fan of either. Here are some reasons why I don’t think soy or rice milk should be staples in your diet:

1. Many brands of soy and rice milk contain polyunsaturated vegetable oils which can contribute to an imbalance of essential fatty acids in your body. As harmless as this might sound, I am convinced that a chronic imbalance