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Table of Contents
. The wisdom of wisdom teeth removal
. Mammograms offer no health benefits whatsoever, doctors conclude
. Cancer risk slashed fifty percent or more by sunlight, vitamin D
. Dangers of fluoridated water confirmed
. Instead of hitting
. Quackbusters "on the ropes?"
. The truth can get you killed
. Tamiflu flu vaccine linked to self-injury
. Breastfeeding protects mother from heart attacks
. Texas governor's executive order mandating HPV vaccine dead on arrival
. Humor


The wisdom of wisdom teeth removal
I was a kid when I went to the hospital to visit someone who'd had her wisdom teeth pulled out. The woman, while lying in the hospital bed, turned and spit out lots of blood. Ugh! As the years passed, so many people seemed to be getting their wisdom teeth removed. This was something my parents' generation rarely had done. Why? Why do we suddenly have a new disease - wisdom teeth not fitting? Why weren't our jaws the right size anymore? The answer came in Gibraltar where I was lecturing a few years ago. Michael Pim, DC, who hosted the conference, handed me the book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price, DDS. I figured Price must be a new European researcher. Wrong! He was an American who had done over 40 years of the best nutrition research ever.

In the 1930s he performed experiments and discovered that when cats were fed refined foods they had, over generations, progressively narrowing skulls and dental arches compared to cats that ate non-refined foods. He studied humans, traveling all over the world (Europe, Polynesia, Melonesia, Asia, Africa), and discovered the same thing - refined food diets resulted in narrowing of the skull and the maxillary arch (among other things). When people from the same tribe were exposed to refined foods (from missionary influence, new roads being built, etc.) the changes in their offspring were dramatic - children's faces narrowed. Sometimes he examined families who ate traditional diets and then switched over, and the difference in the children from the same parents was striking.

Wisdom tooth "disease" is the result of our nutrient-poor diet. The Weston A. Price Foundation (www.westonaprice.org) promotes nutrient dense, traditional diets - the kind that have served humanity for thousands of years. Please visit their web site.

Mammograms offer no health benefits whatsoever, doctors conclude
An increasing number of doctors are contesting the claim that annual mammograms decrease women's risk of dying from breast cancer, other doctors have begun to assert that in addition to failing to offer protection, mammograms - which involve exposing patients to radiation -may actually increase women's risk of cancer. According to some authorities, the squeezing of women's breasts during mammograms may rupture blood vessels, causing cancer to spread to other parts of the body and actually increasing a patient's risk of death.
http://www.newstarget.com/021608.html

Cancer risk slashed fifty percent or more by sunlight, vitamin D
Increasing vitamin D intake through sunlight, diet or supplements may decrease a person's risk of contracting breast cancer by 50 percent and of contracting colorectal cancer by more than 65 percent, according to two recent studies conducted at the University of San Diego. The breast cancer study was published online in the most recent issue of the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The colorectal cancer study was published online in the February 6 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

The studies used meta-analysis to pool data from multiple previous studies, in order to increase precision and be able to draw conclusions that the original data did not allow. Researchers divided subjects into groups based on their blood levels of vitamin D, and compared the incidence of cancer between groups. "The data were very clear, showing that individuals in the group with the lowest blood levels had the highest rates of breast cancer, and the breast cancer rates dropped as the blood levels ... increased," said Cedric Garland, co-author of one of the studies.

Dangers of fluoridated water confirmed
On November 9, 2006 the American Dental Association (ADA) finally admitted that fluoride levels in common tap water could be dangerous for infants. The ADA recommended that fluoridated water should NOT be mixed into concentrated formula or foods intended for babies. The ADA's announcement comes on the heels of a National Research Council report that revealed fluoridation's adverse effects to the thyroid gland and to diabetics, kidney patients, high water drinkers and others. The Centers for Disease Control has added to the debate with a new report showing that fluoride absorbs into enamel topically. However, adverse effects occur upon ingestion.

http://alerts.organicconsumers.org/trk/click?ref=zqtbkk3um_0-60x3c6x3176152&

Pathways article on fluoride hazards: http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_97433.asp

Instead of hitting
"In Dolores Curran's book The Traits of Healthy Families she found that in healthy families no one family member is dominant. While corporal punishment of children produces short-term obedience, it has long-term negative consequences on character and behavior. Research at the University of New Hampshire found that children who are rarely or never spanked have higher scores on cognitive tests than children who are frequently spanked." Peggy O'Mara, Mothering, Nov/Dec 2004,p.8.

Quackbusters "On the Ropes?"
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen Friday, January 26th, 2007
Top "quackbuster" Robert S. Baratz MD, DDS, PhD was forcibly removed as a witness in a California case recently after it was pointed out to the State of California that Baratz was not quite what he claims to be. Cases all over the US, originally initiated by "quackbusters", are being dropped by state agencies - like hot potatoes.

Why? Probably because "the word is out" about the "quackbusters" - and no state agency, and certainly no individual medical or dental board member wants the personal liability attached to using fake witnesses. To read the entire article http://www.bolenreport.net

The truth can get you killed
This woman is amazing. Unfortunately she is most likely going to get her throat cut. What a huge pair of ovaries!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEoUOCYWNWo

Tamiflu flu vaccine linked to self-injury
On November 13, 2006, the FDA approved labeling changes for oseltamivir phosphate (Tamiflu) to advise of the risk for neuropsychiatry events associated with its use. particularly for children who might be at increased risk for self-injury and delirium. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/552171

Breastfeeding protects mother from heart attacks
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=244892007
Breastfeeding is known to boost an infant's health - and now it seems it may be good for the mother as well.  In a study of 96,648 nurses who gave birth between 1986 and 2002, those who had spent at least two years breastfeeding were 19% less likely to suffer a heart attack than those who had not breastfed at all. The leader of the study in New Scientist journal, Alison Steube of the Harvard Medical School, said that nursing a newborn may help a mother's metabolism switch from pregnancy mode back to normal. "Ultimately, when you decide to breastfeed your baby, what's foremost in your mind is not whether it will prevent you having a heart attack, but that it will be the best nutritional choice for your baby and an incredible bonding experience."

Texas governor's executive order mandating HPV vaccine dead on arrival
The order, issued on the Friday before the Super Bowl, mandating all sixth grade girls be vaccinated with Merck's HPV vaccine, Gardasil, is rescinded. Critics - including AHRP - recognized that "Perry's end run around the news cycle and the Legislature is less about women's health than it is about lobby dollars and commissions."

Indeed, Fox News reported that Merck doubled its spending on lobbyists in Texas this year, to between $150,000 and $250,000, as lawmakers consider the vaccine bill for girls entering the sixth grade.

 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,248781,00.html

Humor
Ten Thoughts to Ponder
Number 10 - Life is sexually transmitted.
Number 9 - Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
Number 8 - Men have two emotions: hungry and horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich!
Number 7 - Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the internet and they won't bother you for weeks.
Number 6 - Some people are like a slinky.....not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.
Number 5 - Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospitals dying of nothing.
Number 4 - All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
Number 3 - Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents?
Number 2 - In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
AND THE NUMBER 1 THOUGHT FOR 2007: We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America, but we haven't got a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration.