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Feb 15 - "KosAbility: Gender in Pharmacokinetics; Puberty Ed for Girls Globally; and other Women's Health Topics" by mettle fatigue
A surface skim of article titles in this 180+ sampling of links to fairly readable medical journal and other material on national and global women's health issues 2014 thru January 2015 (with a few earlier) conveys a grasp of the scope of health issues unique to women, as well as illnesses in which female patients outnumber males, and related factors/elements...
Feb 22 - "Can You Trust Your Supplements? Yes! Schneiderman Erred!
Recently, Eric Schneiderman, the Attorney General of New York State, had six of the most popular supplements tested: ginkgo, St. John's wort, echinacea, valerian root, garlic and ginseng. Samples were purchased from each of four major retailers: GNC, Target, Walgreen's and Wal-Mart, for 24 distinct products in all. In 19 of the 24 cases. the testing did not find the DNA of the herb listed on the label. Yet, numerous independent third parties have tested such supplements. As we shall see, in the vast majority of cases, supplements have been found to contain the listed active ingredient. How can this be? It turns out that 17 of the 19 failed supplements were extracts[1]. Can an extract contain the active ingredient but not the DNA? Let's find out...
March 1 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT & POTLUCK: bring a favorite bad joke!
Mar 8 - "A Disability Analyst's POV" by NancyWH, R.N., SSA Disability Analyst
HeyMikey posted this extreemly helpful comment on the different programs run by SSA.
This requires a fairly geeky level of understanding of how the retirement and disability programs work. But as Ross Perot said, hang in here with me for a minute...
Mar 15 tentative Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalitis SEID ("Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease") diary by Besame
Mar 22 "Alternative Medicine: Antidote for Severe Asthma" by wilderness voice
What does it mean to be "part of mainstream medicine" or "absorbed into the standard medical canon"? It means if you go to a doctor, s/he will recommend it as a treatment... It turns out that relying upon this is every bit as dangerous to your health as uncritically accepting unsubstantiated nostrums. As we shall see, there is no substitute for doing the research. It is your body and your health...
March 29 . . . . . . . . . your diary here!
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