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Dear Readers,
Greetings!
Hello. Welcome to this week's Optimum Health Report. The editorial this week by Dan Stradford is excellent. What could be worse to a parent than taking your youngster to a psychiatrist because you have a depressed child, and then have the medication you were led to believe would help be the cause your child's suicide? There is help for distraught children. Step one: go to www.AlternativeMentalHealth.com and get the information you need to really help your family. Have a good week.
- D.I. Minkoff, MD
FDA's Antidepressant Warning Misses Mark
Let's be honest: If you or I were as dependent on psychotropic drugs as America is, we'd be in rehab.
The FDA has finally proposed warning labels on antidepressants because they may promote suicidal tendencies - and we should be thankful. But isn't this just a small patch on a nasty wound? - By Dan Stradford
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Ten Things Your HMO Doctor Won't Tell You
Many people have health insurance with HMO's. Nothing wrong with that as long as you know what the limitations are - and how your doctor might have motives to restrict your care that are not in your best interest. Let me say that doctors don' like this system either. But they are profiled by the HMO and if they are too lenient with their care recommendations, they will be out of a job. - D.I. Minkoff, MD read
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Walnuts a Smart Choice for Heart
This study suggests that walnuts protect against coronary artery disease. This is the first time that a whole food has shown this disease stopping effect. Great! Yes, it was sponsored by the California Walnut Board, but so what? Aren't all the drug studies funded by drug companies? Of course they are. Bravo for the journal "Circulation" for publishing this. I applaud them for publishing a non-drug treatment that works. - D.I. Minkoff, MD read
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What Causes Chronic Illness?
In our experience, the chronic diseases of our nation are due mainly to three causative factors. Many of the chronic conditions named in our medical textbooks are for groups of symptoms that a patient may have. Of course, symptoms are the result of some cause, and if one is going to help the patient get better, those causes must be found. If we only treat symptoms we are often unsuccessful in the long run at restoring real optimum health. - D.I. Minkoff, MD learn
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There Are A Few Things You Should Know...
Do you reach for an NSAID (non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs) when you have a pain or discomfort?
Did you know that NSAIDs (like Advil, and Motrin) cause 103,000 hospitalizations per year? - D.I. Minkoff, MD learn
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Recipe of the Week - Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms with White Beans
The Optimum Health Reports is trying to help guide you to live a healthier life through diet, exercise, and knowledge. We are now going to post a recipe each week from the cookbook, "Having It All Without Wheat, Dairy Or Sugar," by Gwynn Palmer. See the recipe... »
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