Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients

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Articles in May 2002 issue of Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients

• American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine official response statement to February 12, 2002 "silver fleece awards target anti-aging hype" - A4M Responds
• Mold-resistant steel - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Giving new meaning to the placebo effect - Literature Review & Commentary - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• The nearest thing to a perfect food - Why Organic Food is Better, part 1
  by Joseph G. Hattersley
• Homeopathy best treatment in pregnancy - Letter to the Editor
• Learning Natural Medicine from Case Studies. - Case Studies in Natural Medicine - book review
  by Hyla Cass
• The treatment of sinus tachycardia as a result of antipsychotic drugs with Chinese Medicine - Chinese Medicine Update
  by Bob Flaws
• Physical activity and coronary heart disease - Women's Health Update
  by Tori Hudson
• Dreaming with two feet on the ground: acupuncture in Cuba - Medicine in Cuba
  by Harriet Beinfield
• The National Foundation for Alternative Medicine - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• More on quercetin and chronic prostatitis - Literature Review & Commentary - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Natural weight-loss supplements: Are safe alternatives available? - Weight Loss
  by Mark A. Brudnak
• DIM versus I3C effect on estrogen metabolism - Letter to the Editor
• Dietary treatment for over 300 illnesses based on each of the Human Blood Types. . - Book Corners - reviews of: "Eat Right 4 Your Type: Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia" and "The A-Z Reference Guide for the Blood Type Connection to Symptoms, Disease, Con
  by Morton Walker
• Support-group therapy enhances quality of life for breast cancer survivors - Women's Health Update
  by Tori Hudson
• A diet for rheumatoid arthritis - Nutritional Influences on Illness
  by Melvyn R. Werbach
• Survey shows most Canadian universities no longer use live animal laboratories in medical school curricula
• Rimadyl - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• The war on cancer
  by Ralph W. Moss
• Xylitol — cavity-fighting sweetener a possible solution for osteoporosis
  by Ward Dean
• Alternatives to aspirin for prevention of heart attack and stroke - Letter to the Editor
• Nutritional science & weight loss. - Fat Flush Plan - book review
  by Jonny Bowden
• Postmenopausal HRT and uterine fibroids - Women's Health Update
  by Tori Hudson
• Calendar
• UConn Health Center researchers looking at novel approach to osteoporosis prevention and treatment
• Toxic air near ground zero - Shorts - World Trade Center - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology - Review and Commentary
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Angiogenesis inhibition derived from bindweed herbal extract - Medical Journalist Report of Innovative Biologics - VascuStatin from Allergy Research Group
  by Morton Walker
• Politics in medicine - Letter to the Editor
• Self-Help for Arthritis. - Preventing and Reversing Arthritis Naturally - book review
  by Irene Alleger
• Too much exercise may be problematic for bone health - Women's Health Update
  by Tori Hudson
• Drug shortage - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Borage seed oil effective against rheumatoid arthritis - Literature Review & Commentary - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Mycoplasma: Its hidden role in rheumatoid arthritis and other clinical syndromes - Quantum Medicine Update
  by Paul Jr. Yanick
• The European alternative to cholesterol blockers - European Alternative - artichoke leaf extract
  by Andreas Marx
• Kildare councillors reveal alarmingly high fluoride intake - Kildare County, Ireland - Letter to the Editor
• Arthritis: The Great Crippler. . - Book Corners - review of "Preventing Arthritis" - book review
  by Irene Alleger
• Walking and cognition - Women's Health Update
  by Tori Hudson
• Vibrational frequencies that heal - Shorts
  by Jule Klotter
• Niacinamide for osteoarthritis - Literature Review & Commentary - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Multiple uses of antibiotics
  by Harold W. Clark
• Nutrients to help fight arthritis!
• Encouraging news, asthma and allergy medications may not have had "active" medication in them - Letter to the Editor
• All about Candida Albicans. . - Book Corners - reviews of: "Tired — So Tired!," "The Yeast Connection," and "Yeast Connection Success Stories" - book review
  by Beatrice Trum Hunter
• Caffeine and Parkinson's - Women's Health Update
  by Tori Hudson
• Mycoplasma experiments - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Journal bashes alternative remedy - Literature Review & Commentary - colloidal silver - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• New studies identify foods found to cause pain, swelling and stiffness
  by Ed Wendlocher
• Women's Health Risks Associated with Orthodox Medicine - Letter to the Editor
• Correction notice: Jawbone cavitations - Correction Notice - Letter to the Editor
• AIDS and Complementary Alternative Therapy. . - Book Notice - book review
• Red clover and hot flashes - Women's Health Update
  by Tori Hudson
• California dental board dismissed - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Eicosapentaenoic acid effective in treatment-resistance depression - Literature Review & Commentary - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Arthritis
  by Anthony di Fabio
• Regards to Dr. Lendon Smith - Letter to the Editor
• Are we still burning "witches"? - the case of Andrea Yates - Editorial
  by Irene Alleger
• The cultural creative and other faces of holism: Interview with Stefani Quane, holistic attorney - Faces of Holism
  by Lily G. Casura
• Black cohosh for hot flashes in breast cancer survivors - Women's Health Update
  by Tori Hudson
• Letter from the publisher
• Codex Alimentarius Commission - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Recurrent kidney stones: Do not restrict dietary calcium - Literature Review & Commentary - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Liquid cartilage extract decreases symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis - Liquid Cartilage for RA
  by Alain Thibodeau
• Help requested to quit smoking - Letter to the Editor
• License naturopaths - Editorial
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Out on a limb cases we never would have gotten without the "new" homeopathic thinking - Healing with Homeopathy
  by Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman
• Propolis ointment for genital herpes - Women's Health Update
  by Tori Hudson
• First Longevity and Preventive Medicine Symposium sets precedents
  by Sunny Willmington
• Deluxe physician services - Shorts - Brief Article
  by Jule Klotter
• Consider St. John's wort as alternative to kava - Literature Review & Commentary - Brief Article
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Willow bark: A high potency extract for pain management - Phytotherapy Review & Commentary
  by Kerry Bone
• Ear candles not effective - Letter to the Editor
• Looking for new solutions - Editorial
  by Jule Klotter
• Ethnomedicine for arthritis - Medical Anthropology
  by Tim Batchelder
• Smoking during pregnancy and infant colic - Women's Health Update
  by Tori Hudson