A Low-Fat Diet? Medical Tribune. Vol 36: #18:p20 Opinion/Editorial September 21, 1995 As in the movie Network, "I'm mad as H - - -, and I'm not going to take it anymore!" If I didn't appreciate Medical Tribune so much, I'd get upset, cancel my subscription, or something! But, despite your weaknesses, you continue to lead by reporting information insightfully … [Read more...]

Modern Slavery He was a 33-year old very decent and hard working slightly overweight man, a minimal smoker with an important family history for heart attack, who ate "sandwiches" for lunch. A sandwich to him was a ham and cheese, and he was now complaining of a "lump" on his right wrist. Chinese or Alternative medicine states what I believe to be the fact: the fat in his diet … [Read more...]

Parklands I mean to offend no one and so my apologies are first. Forgive me for everything I say. But, I have this memory/dream that in Europe the forests are wonderfully orderly. I don't recall what's true and what I am imagining about those forests. The image I have is that, over time, it is as if a gigantic comb was raked over/through these European forests such that downed … [Read more...]

WellNotes November 1992 Hi! Let's start with the good news. "Thank God things aren't worse than they are!" This letter is an encouragement of patience and patients, meditation-prayer, religious reference and my care-encouragement for you. The world, our nation, this state, each town and city, and most families are troubled! Fear, anxiety, tension, anger, depression, and all … [Read more...]

Protecting Health With the Power of the Market Much of this is a paraphrase of the "Environment and the Economy-A Special Report" Science 260:1883-1896, 6/25/93. To paraphrase then President-elect Clinton in a December '92 speech regarding the environment "our future depends on maintaining sustainable health and in doing that we can create economic opportunity." Looking at … [Read more...]