Fw: Natural HealthLine® for December 15, 1999

[Guest guest]

Here's something I subscribe too--completely off the but often has

interesting tidbits. Maybe some of you would want to get it too. I find

the author/editor responsible and sort of conservative for a guy who covers

alternative/complementary health care.

Aikya

Natural HealthLine® for December 15, 1999

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> Abram Hoffer, Md, PhD:

> A Natural Medicine Pioneer Looks Ahead

> (Part One)

>

> © by Chowka

>

> On Dec. 7 the New York Times published a positive article about research

> involving new treatments for schizophrenia. The treatments involve giving

> people who have no symptoms, but who are reportedly at risk of possibly

> developing mental illness, drugs that might " prevent " it. My first thought

> was, What would Dr. Abram Hoffer think of this news?

>

> I first met Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD six years ago, and have interviewed him

> several times and stayed in touch with him since then. On Dec. 7, I

e-mailed

> Dr. Hoffer the Times article, and before the end of the day he replied

with

> his usual well-informed and thoughtful analysis. This initial exchange

> inspired me to ask Hoffer if he would care to expand on the subject in a

> series of follow-up Q & A's, and he readily agreed.

>

> Over the course of the next several days, our electronic dialogue evolved

> and Hoffer went on to provide an expansive and provocative examination of

> his ideas about schizophrenia, mental illness, conventional diagnosis and

> treatment, and natural therapies.

>

> I am extremely pleased, and honored, that one of my last interviews of

this

> decade is with Abram Hoffer. In the view of many observers, including this

> writer, Hoffer is one of the leading figures of twentieth century natural

> medicine. While other clinicians, because of their more self-aggrandizing

> nature, may be somewhat more famous in the public's mind, Hoffer is well

> respected and widely known in the medical and scientific world and has

been

> extremely influential to his peers. He also has a significant following

> among the well-informed general public. MORE: http://naturalhealthline.com

>

>

> OTHER NEWS:

>

> Comment Period Extended for Medical Privacy Rule (IHF) -- The comment

period

> for Americans to share their opinions about pending medical privacy

> regulations has been extended to Feb. 17. MORE:

> http://naturalhealthline.com/newsletter/991215/privacy.htm

>

> New Study Suggests High-Dose Ginkgo Can Help Intermittent Claudication

> (TNP) -- Intermittent claudication is a painful condition caused by

blockage

> to the arteries in the leg. Similar blockages in the heart cause angina

and

> heart attacks, and in the brain, strokes. When the arteries in a person's

> legs become obstructed, severe pain will develop with exercise, even

> reaching a point where walking from the parking lot to a store is too

much.

> MORE: http://naturalhealthline.com/newsletter/991215/ginkgo.htm

>

> Lane Labs Denies

> FDA Charges (LaneLabs) -- Lane Labs-USA categorically denies charges

leveled

> by FDA that three of its natural products are illegally marketed as

> unapproved drugs. MORE:

> http://naturalhealthline.com/newsletter/991215/lanelabs.htm

>

> New CAM Institute Aims to Set Uniform Standards for Herbal Remedies

(USP) --

> In an effort to make herbal and other complementary medicines safer and

more

> effective, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP) is applying

its

> scientific and clinical resources to a new venture, the Complementary and

> Alternative Medicine Institute at USP. MORE:

> http://naturalhealthline.com/newsletter/991215/herbs.htm

>

> Consumerlab.com Testing Glucosamine, Chondroitin, and Saw Palmetto

> Supplements (Consumerlab) -- ConsumerLab.com announced that it is now

> testing Glucosamine, Chondroitin, and Saw Palmetto dietary supplements.

> MORE: http://naturalhealthline.com/newsletter/991215/consumerlab.htm

>

> New Law Makes Chiropractic More Accessible to Veterans (ACA) -- President

> Clinton has signed into law a bill that will make chiropractic care more

> accessible to U.S. veterans. MORE:

> http://naturalhealthline.com/newsletter/991215/chiro.htm

>

> Vitamin E Supplements Help Protect Against Heart Disease - Dietary Not

> Enough (Foods for the Future) -- Vitamin E supplements are the " only

> feasible way " for heart patients and others to receive appropriately large

> doses of Vitamin E, according to a clinical review in the medical journal

> Archives of Family Medicine. MORE:

> http://naturalhealthline.com/newsletter/991215/supplements.htm

>

> Studies Show Superior Bioavailability of Calcium Citrate (Mission

> Pharmacal) -- Two new studies published in the Nov. issue of The American

> Journal of Therapeutics provide additional scientific evidence that

calcium

> citrate may be the optimal form of calcium supplementation. MORE:

> http://naturalhealthline.com/newsletter/991215/calcium.htm

>

> Kaiser to Offer CAM

> (Kaiser) -- Kaiser Permanente of Ohio will soon be offering complementary

> and alternative medicine services. MORE:

> http://naturalhealthline.com/newsletter/991215/kaiser.htm

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