Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients

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Articles in Oct 2006 issue of Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients

• Consumerlab.com reports on 29 popular melatonin sleep supplements
• Low inositol diet for bipolar disorder
  by Alan R. Gaby
• My least favorite drugs
  by Marjorie Roswell
• Environmental health = public health
  by Katherine Duff
• Surgery and pre-op suggestion
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Call to action: doctors to help prevent environmental pollution; Sustainable health care practices provide alternatives to the threat of rising environmental toxicity
• High iodine intake associated with thyroiditis and hypothyroidism
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Antidepressant web resources
  by Marjorie Roswell
• Functional foods of the world
  by Irene Alleger
• Pain in surgical recovery and guided imagery
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Breakthrough technology for chronic pain sufferers
  by Vishal Verma
• N-acetylcysteine for polycystic ovary syndrome
  by Alan R. Gaby
• An elimination diet for fibromyalgia
  by Chuck Bates
• The Feldenkrais Method, Teaching by Handling
  by Beatrice Trum Hunter
• Low back pain and hypnosis
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Electrotherapy for the masses: distribution of FDA-cleared electrical device offers hope for millions
• Flavonoids for menorrhagia
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Chronic fatigue syndrome and autism
  by Richard A. Van Konynenburg
• Household Homeopathy
  by Beatrice Trum Hunter
• Stress, depression, and social adversity
  by Robert A. Anderson
• New laser technology offers breakthrough for pain relief and healing of many chronic conditions
• Stomach acid interacts with thyroid hormone treatment
  by Alan R. Gaby
• On Wayne Martin
  by Joan Priestley
• What's with Fiber?
  by Beatrice Trum Hunter
• Stress, depression, and glucocorticosteroids
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Standard Process, Inc. embarks on major building expansion project: nutrition products company plans to add 40 new jobs
• John weeks' new CAM-IM blog offers vibrant mix
  by Elaine Zablocki
• Biological liquid crystals
  by Ross Dedrickson
• Sauna Therapy for Detoxification and Healing
  by Beatrice Trum Hunter
• Vitamins to reduce pain
  by Melvyn R. Werbach
• Genes & chemical sensitivity
  by Jule Klotter
• Lindane: banned in 52 countries-still used on kids in US
  by Rose Marie Williams
• Lugols/lodine loading
  by William Rasmussen
• Hurt human habitat and energy deficit healing through the restoration of Krebs cycle chemistry
  by Majid Ali
• Both sides of the pharmaceutical death coin: Jon Rapporport reports
  by Jon Rappoport
• Chemical intolerance & addiction
  by Jule Klotter
• Celia Farber's Serious Adverse Events: An Uncensored History of AIDS
  by Marcus A. Cohen
• Umbilical discord
  by Alan Gaby
• Worried about the risk of atypical antipsychotics for your child? Homeopathic Medicine offers a safer alternative
  by Robert Ullman
• Manufacturers take the initiative to stop human growth hormone scams
• Fish oil for postpartum depression
  by Alan R. Gaby
• Sickness Syndrome: introduction to a new condition, Part 1
  by Gina L. Nick
• Connecting mind-body in CFS/FM
  by Katherine Duff
• Preoperative imagery and postoperative pain
  by Robert A. Anderson
• Anger in Indiana: the Cal Streeter story; Excerpts from an opinion by consumer advocate Tim Bolen
• Musculoskeletal pain due to vitamin D deficiency
  by Alan R. Gaby
• CFS and fibromyalgia: overlapping conditions that require different herbal strategies
  by Kerry Bone
• An optimistic outlook
  by Katherine Duff
• Self-hypnosis and post-operative pain and anxiety
  by Robert A. Anderson