Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients

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Articles in August-Sept 2002 issue of Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients

• US Congress considers bill to ban mercury fillings! - Brief Article
• Cocoa prevents hypertension - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Does vitamin K deficiency cause arteries to calcify? - Literature Review & Commentary - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Whole food protection: regulating insulin levels and preventing atherosclerosis - Medicinal Properties in Whole Foods
  by Gina L. Nick
• The prudent heart diet and cholesterol lowering drugs: why they don't prevent heart disease - Orthodox Medicine & Heart Disease
  by Wayne Martin
• Soy Controversy - Letter to the Editor
• Federation of State Medical Boards regulation of CAM - Letter to the Editor
• Medical misconduct reform in New York state patients take on the Office of Professional Medical Conduct - OPMC
  by Monica Miller
• Hospitals raise rates - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Soy isoflavones relieve menopausal symptoms and improve lipid levels - Literature Review & Commentary - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Cardiovascular activity of garlic powder products - Phytotherapy Review & Commentary
  by Kerry Bone
• The Beard centenary
  by Ralph W. Moss
• Cocoa butter composition requires correction - Letters to the Editor - Letter to the Editor
• Bakery illustration on may TLfDP cover - Letter to the Editor
• "The shame of America" fact sheet about Dr. Serafina Corsello and her "war" with the New York State Department of Health — OPMC - Office of Professional Medical Conduct
• Take a hint from those with lactose intolerance: limit problem foods from your diet - Brief Article
  by Stephen M. Paul
• Parathyroid hypertensive factor - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Soy does not relieve menopausal symptoms: bad treatment or bad research? - Literature Review & Commentary - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology review and commentary - "unity of mental, neurological, hormonal and immune functions"
  by Robert A. Anderson
• A pilot study comparing AAACa a calcium citrate supplementation in menopausal US women
  by Suisan E. Brown
• Tribute to Dr. Keith W. Sehnert by his daughter - Letter to the Editor
• Health care costs out of control again - Editorials
• The evolution of a longterm case - Healing with Homeopathy - finding the simillimum, the best homeopathic medicine for patient with blood sugar imbalance, stress and anxiety problems
  by Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman
• Thousands walking towards better health through the "Conchathons" fitness program - http://www.walkwithremar.com
• Grapefruit pectin and cholesterol levels - Shorts - reduction of cholesterol levels with grapefruit
  by Jule Klotter
• Fungus allergy as a cause of sinusitis - Literature Review & Commentary - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Selenoproteins, stealth infections, and faulty brain proprioception in cardiovascular disease - Quantum Medicine Update
  by Paul Yanick
• An appeal for clean air in the workplace
  by Harold Buttram
• Animal products, not total dietary fat, implicated in breast and prostate cancer risk - Letter to the Editor
• EDTA intravenous chelation demonstrated effective in coronary artery disease by Electron Beam Tomography - Editorials
• Strange brew: what's really in our drinking water, bottle and otherwise
  by Lily G. Casura
• Dr. Julian M. Whitaker petitions FDA to include Co-enzyme Q10 use recommendation in all statin drug labeling - Brief Article
• Polyvinyl chloride & breast milk - Shorts
  by Jule Klotter
• Wheat grass juice for ulcerative colitis - Literature Review & Commentary
  by Alan R. Gaby
• My turn: a doctor's case of high blood pressure
  by Arabinda Das
• Natural approach to migraine headaches
  by Dr. Farhang Khosh
• History repeats itself - Letter to the Editor
• Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China: Plurality and Synthesis. - book review
  by Bob Flaws
• Can herbal medicine help people with anxiety, panic & PTSD? - Ask the Herbalist - post-traumatic stress disorder
  by Andrew Gaeddert
• Physician supply and demand: to recruit physicians in today's hot specialties, employers are being forced to open their minds as well as their wallets
• Sea salt - Shorts
  by Jule Klotter
• Diet and exercise improves hepatitis C - Literature Review & Commentary - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Audit of the York Nutritional Laboratory survey
• Cell therapy protein analysis and amino acid composition
  by R.T. Clement
• Medical fees compared to take-out pizza - Letter to the Editor
• The Anti-Aging Exercise. - review of "Yoga for the Young at Heart" - book review
  by Irene Alleger
• Calendar
• Letter from the publisher - Brief Article
• Arginine & heart disease - Shorts - arganine use as a preventative for blood platelet aggregation - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Vitamin C & congestive heart failure - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Frequently occurring &/or Multifocal Premature Ventricular Beats & Chinese Medicine - Chinese Medicine Update
  by Bob Flaws
• Interview with Elizabeth Baker - interview with author of several natural nutrition book who overcame Addison's disease and colorectal cancer with diet therapy
  by Kathy Parslow
• The clinical benefits of Acetyl-L-Carnitine
  by Robert Crayhon
• What if you were on trial and - Letter to the Editor
• Gulf War Syndrome: Legacy of a Perfect War. - book review
  by Katherine Duff
• Obesity in women - Women's Health Update
  by Tori Hudson
• Dr. David Perlmutter receives Linus Pauling Functional Medicine Award - Brief Article
• Chelation therapy - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• The energetics of the heart - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Heart disease and environment - Health Risks and Environmental Issues
  by Rose Marie Williams
• Clinically proven treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome RM-10™: the newest breakthrough in immune system enhancement—Part 3 - Medical Journalist Report of Innovative Biologics
  by Morton Walker
• Standardized hawthorn extract WS 1442 — herbal approach to congestive heart failure
  by Donald J. Brown
• Jet lag - Letter to the Editor
• The Scientific Validation for Low-Carbohydrate Nutrition. - review of "Life Without Bread: How a Low-Carbohydrate Diet Can Save Your Life" - book review
  by Stephen Byrnes
• Atherosclerosis and vitamin E - Nutritional Influences on Illness
  by Melvyn R. Werbach
• Earth Day Award - Brief Article
• Synthetic progesterone & heart disease - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Problem with American Heart Association "Step 1" diet - Literature Review & Commentary - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• The war on cancer
  by Ralph W. Moss
• Beyond insulin resistance and syndrome X: the oxidative-dysoxygenative insulin dysfunction model - ODID - part 1
  by Majid Ali
• Bio-energetic medicine is sufficiently mature to be incorporated into standard medical practice
  by Dr. Hartwig Schuldt
• Lysozyme activity of red vs. green grapes - Letter to the Editor
• Basic Research on the Cell. - review of "Life at the Cell and Below-Cell Level: The Hidden History of a Fundamental Revolution in Biology" - book review
  by Perry A. Chapdelaine
• Apitherapist uses bee venom to treat arthritis - Brief Article
  by Kim Lamb Gregory
• Smaller heart-lung machine - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Can food allergy trigger myocardial infarction? - Literature Review & Commentary - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Heart disease, obesity and modernization - Medical Anthropology
  by Tim Batchelder
• The long neglected theory of cardiovascular and heart disease
  by Owen Richard Fonorow
• Correction notice - to 'The Nearest Thing to a Perfect Food,' in issue #227 - Correction Notice
• Federation of State Medical Boards regulation of CAM - Letter to the Editor