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Dear Readers,
Greetings!
I hope this finds you well. And if you are in Florida, I hope you're recovering from Hurricane Charley. Did you know a recent study found one in five seniors was prescribed the wrong drugs? Another study found that children given anti-depressants were twice as likely to be suicidal. See my comments on what to do about these situations. Have a great week.
- D.I. Minkoff, MD
One in Five Seniors Prescribed Wrong Drugs
A new study found that one in five seniors was prescribed risky, inappropriate drugs by his or her doctor. Because individuals over 65 have weaker kidneys and do not metabolize drugs as well as when they were younger, they are not allowed to take any prescription drugs listed on the "Beers List," but are instead to use safer, alternative drugs. read more ...»
"I could finally hear people on the phone!"
At the age of twelve, when I failed my third hearing test in a row, my mother was called in. After testing it was found that I had a significant hearing loss in my right ear, which was determined to have been impaired since birth. Recently, just a few months before my twentieth birthday, my left ear had also begun to lose its effective hearing, and I had to get hearing aids for both ears. For a twenty year old this was rare, to say the least. In a final analysis, the only option given to me by audiologists was surgery. I went to LifeWorks looking for an alternative. read
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Anti-Depressant Drugs May Double Child Suicide
A report suppressed by the FDA leaked into the public press last week, concluding that children on anti-depressant drugs were twice as likely to be suicidal than those on placebos. Dr. Mosholder, a government expert with the FDA's Office of Drugs Safety and author of the report, reviewed 22 studies and over 4,000 children to make his conclusion. Mosholder desired to make public the findings, but the FDA prohibited him from doing so, claiming his analysis was "premature." read
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Protect Your Baby from Toxins
Are you pregnant or know someone who is? The British Medical Journal reports that researchers are widely recognizing correlations between exposure to toxins and birth abnormalities. Specifically, researchers are recognizing links between the following:
- outdoor air pollution and sudden infant death syndrome
- pesticides and impaired growth
- cigarette smoke and pre-term birth
- PCBs and behavioral problems read the rest... »
Recipe of the Week: Carrot Cake
The Optimum Health Reports is trying to help guide you to live a healthier life through diet, exercise, and knowledge. We are posting a recipe each week from the cookbook, "Having It All Without Wheat, Dairy Or Sugar", by Gwynn Palmer.
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