Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients

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Articles in Feb-March 2005 issue of Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients

• ConsumerLab.com reports improvement in quality of SAMe supplements used for osteoarthritis and depression
• Does high-dose vitamin E kill people?
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Managing repetitive strain injuries with channel-based acumoxa therapy
  by Honora Lee Wolfe
• In god we trust, all others show data: a reply to the NCI director's "challenge vision"
  by Ralph W. Moss
• Well done, wellness undone
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Congestive heart failure and biofeedback
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Longevity and self-perceptions
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Carctol
  by Jule Klotter
• Hypertension and meditation
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Facilitating dialogue among ourselves
  by Kelly Green Jennings
• Best of natural herbal/nutritional pain therapies
  by Jacob Teitelbaum
• Nutritional support for vaccine recipients
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Vitamin E prevents radiation side effect
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Hypertension and breathing
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Atherosclerosis and meditation
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Attention seniors: it's never too late to start exercising; New book from National Institute on aging promises healthier golden years
• Colds & flu and the science behind ColdQuell
  by Bob Flaws
• A revolutionary clinic design
  by Jule Klotter
• Ayurvedic science updates
  by Virender Sodhi
• Breath control for stress
  by Jule Klotter
• Calcium enhances weight loss
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Myocardial infarction and depression
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and prayer
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Heart defects & genetics
  by Jule Klotter
• Detoxification as a primary treatment modality for chronic pain—Part II
  by Gina L. Nick
• Quantum mechanics as a medical strategy
  by Jule Klotter
• Calendar
• National Foundation of Alternative Medicine
  by Jule Klotter
• Loss of smell following use of intranasal zinc
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Depression and yoga
  by Robert A. Anderson
• The naturopathic approach to adrenal dysfunction
  by Jason Barker
• Hugh D. Riordan, MD
  by Ralph W. Moss
• Traditional bone broth in modern health and disease
  by Allison Siebecker
• TM & Criminal Rehabilitation
  by Jule Klotter
• Naturopathic medicine and women's health: sample treatment plans
  by Tori Hudson
• Epistemology of naturopathic medicine: toward a model of clinical investigation culminating in transformative experience
  by Richard M. Krebs
• PET scans for Alzheimer's
  by Jule Klotter
• Hibiscus tea for hypertension
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Longevity and attitudes
  by Robert A. Anderson
• The anthropology of place: searching for home
  by Tim Batchelder
• Kudzu & alcohol craving
  by Jule Klotter
• "Melatonin, menstruation, and the moon"
  by Sari Cohen
• Natural medicine for animals too
  by Irene Alleger
• Dietary influences on learning
  by Melvyn R. Werbach
• Aspartame risk
  by Beverly A. Hall
• Water
  by Jule Klotter
• Erratic eating leads to insulin resistance
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Longevity and optimism
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Orthomolecular treatment of anxiety disorders
  by Jonathan E. Prousky
• Bastyr University
  by Jule Klotter
• Health and temperament
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Book needed for Complementary Medicine and Neurology
  by Anne Ivers
• Chemicals damage your body, brain, behavior, and sex
  by Irene Alleger
• Interview with Monica Miller, FAIM's legislative affairs consultant, on 2004 bills to minimize due process abuse by the OPMC
  by Marcus A. Cohen
• The best in phytotherapy in 2004: solving the Echinacea puzzle
  by Kerry Bone
• Illness and hostility
  by Robert A. Anderson
• An in-office evaluation of four dietary supplements on natural killer cell activity
  by James Belanger
• CAM on the Internet
  by Jule Klotter
• Yurko victory
  by Alan R. Yurko
• Naturopathic physician on her career choice: "no regrets"
  by Elaine Zablocki
• Web page potpourri: links, links, links! A column devoted to informative alternative health resources on the internet
  by Marjorie Roswell
• Survival and hostility
  by Robert A. Anderson
• School children at increased aspartame risk
  by Robert Anderson
• Coronary artery disease and social isolation
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Surviving an "incurable" brain tumor
  by Bill Asenjo
• Hypoadrenia: a causative factor in MCS and impaired enzymatic detoxification
  by Paul Yanick, Jr.
• When homeopathy is the best of naturopathic medicine: types of patients to consider first; Following in the footsteps of Dr. John Bastyr, quintessential N.D
  by Robert Ullman
• Low back pain and biofeedback
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Hypertension and Qi gong
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Reflections on civil inaction: the need for input about toxic exposure by corporate-neutral physicians
  by H.J. Roberts
• Grapefruit seed extract antibiotic activity is due to preservative compounds
  by Todd Caldecott
• CDC survey of CAM use
  by Jule Klotter
• Good health and metabolic balance
  by Harold J. Kristal
• Prevention of the Iraq War-associated sickness : a prediction and a challenge to the Department of Defense
  by Majid Ali
• The great leap forward in marketing alternative health: why alternative health practitioners should do more to educate the public
  by Andrea H. Brockman
• Eradicating Helicobacter pylori with garlic
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Dialysis and biofeedback
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Cardiac death and stress
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Critique of negative vitamin E study
  by Wayne Martin