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Swine Flu. There are natural remedies. The US Government Ignores Them.

Thursday, September 17, 2009
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Centsible remedies exist.www.correctivehealth.org http://weeksmd.com/?p=1951 No one talks about them because they are inexpensive and the industry which is “health care delivery in America in 2009″ likes profitable options. Sadly, in the American health care system, if there is no profit to be made in the solution, then, well, there is no problem and equally, if the solution is inexpensive, the FDA (controlled by Big Pharma and special interests) will ban it..… continue reading

Melanoma

Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Melanoma “epidemic” may simply represent diagnostic drift Will Boggs, MD Reuters Health http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/resources/article.cfm?c=3&s=8&ss=23&Year=2009&Month=09&id=16452   (Reuters Health) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The widely reported melanoma epidemic may simply represent a drift in the diagnostic criteria for the malignancy, according to a report in the September British Journal of Dermatology.… continue reading

Melanoma epidemic: a midsummer night’s dream?

Wednesday, September 16, 2009
N.J. Levell, C.C. Beattie*, S. Shuster and D.C. Greenberg* Dermatology Department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich Eastern Cancer Registration and Information Centre (ECRIC), Cambridge CB22 3AD, U.K. Correspondence to Nick J. Levell. E-mail: nick.levell@nnuh.nhs.uk Conflicts of interest None declared. KEYWORDS aetiology • incidence • melanoma • stage • ultraviolet ABSTRACT Background The reported incidence of melanoma has greatly increased and this has been attributed to ultraviolet exposure.… continue reading

Health Unit’s view on tanning beds is misleading

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Health Unit’s view on tanning beds is misleading Friday August 14 2009 Recently the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified tanning beds as a Group 1 carcinogenic. Also in this Group 1 classification were arsenic, salted fish, birth control pills, plutonium, red wine and mustard gas.… continue reading

Restrict tanning bed use: P.E.I. doctors

Monday, September 14, 2009
By CBC News CBC News The Medical Society of P.E.I. wants the provincial health minister to ban the use of artificial tanning equipment for people under the age of 18. Members passed a unanimous motion to that effect on Saturday during the society’s annual general meeting in Stanhope, P.E.I.… continue reading

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