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Avandia, Heart Attacks, and Bone Fractures
There is an increased risk for both heart attacks, congestive hert failure, and bone fractures with the use of Avandia. It inhibits the formation of new bone and increases of bone breakdown.
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Avastin: Good or Bad?
Avastin for breast cancer is controversial because it does not extend life or its quality and it is expensive. It costs $88,000 per year of treatment. There are conflicts of interest for the oncologists who make a profit from the chemotherapies they sell to their patients. Big pharma is insensitive to what this drug actually does; it is primarily ...
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Avoid the Swine Flu Vaccine—And Boost Your Own Immunity
Our nearly seventy combined years of practicing medicine [note: this piece is coauthored by Len Saputo, MD and Stacia Lansman, MD, with Byron Belitsos] has taught us this, if anything: Be wary whenever “big pharma” is part of any health campaign from which it stands to profit. And this ...
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Avoid the Swine Flu Vaccine—And Boost Your Own Immunity (Updated Oct 22)
"A Return to Healing" Blog: Thu, 10/22/2009 - 17:34 — BBelitsos
[Authored by Len Saputo, MD and Stacia Lansman, MD, with Byron Belitsos—October 22, 2009.] Our nearly sixty combined years of practicing medicine has taught us this, if anything: Be wary whenever “big pharma” is part of any health campaign from which it ...
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Awakening to the New Medicine with Byron Belitsos
Byron interviews Len Saputo about his militaristic medical treatment. 11% of medical students consider suicide. Creating a healing relationship is primary in medical practice. Keeping an open mind about other discipines is critical. The story of my wife's illness led to finding a solution outside of medicine that finally led me to an integrative ...
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Ayurveda as Lifestyle Medicine with Vijaya Stallings, PhD
This practice of holistic medicine from India is the oldest of all lifestyles. It is about the knowledge of life. It originated as a preventive approach. There are 20 universal principles of Ayurveda that are used to evaluate all symptoms. Deficiencies and excesses are determined from the pulses and examing the tongue. Western medicine looks at the ...
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Ayurveda with Vijaya Stallings, PhD
The principles of Ayurveda are reviewed and the scope of its practice reviewed. Body types, diet and personality characteristics are explored. Ayurveda is more than a health care discipline, it is a lifestyle practice.
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