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Legislation Would Bar Industry-Connected Scientists From Reviewing Drugs
Scientists with financial ties to drug makers or other medical companies would be prohibited from serving on federal advisory committees charged with reviewing the safety of drugs, if reform legislation becomes law. The FDA currently begins virtually every advisory panel reviewing a new product with a statement waiving the prohibition on conflicts of interest for some of the scientists on the panel. The new bill would prohibit those waivers.

Leading Patient Safety Advocates Assess Progress in Reducing Medical Error Five Years After Landmark IOM Report, To Err is Human
It has been five years since the release of the Institute of Medicine's landmark report on medical errors. The authors found that the report had a positive impact in three important areas of health care; how health care views the task of error prevention, enlisting support of stakeholders and changing practices. While the progress that has been made in improving patient safety is encouraging, it has been much too slow.

Trade Associations Unite on Ephedra
Three dietary supplement trade associations sent a unified message to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the recent Utah District Court ruling on low-dose ephedra products. The joint letter urged the FDA to address issues raised by that ruling promptly. The Court ruled that the FDA failed to meet its burden of proof that a dosage of 10 milligrams or less per day of ephedrine alkaloids presents an unreasonable risk of illness or injury when the agency banned all ephedrine-containing dietary supplements last year. The Court also concluded that FDA's use of a risk-benefit analysis in determining an unreasonable risk of ephedrine-containing dietary supplements was "improper."

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LOVE ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE? FRUSTRATED WITH HEALTH INSURANCE?

Health Insurance Off the Grid helps you pay the least in insurance and make the most of alternative medicine in your daily life. Especially created for the self-employed or underinsured, this book gives you easy steps and templates to reduce your health insurance costs by thousands each year and focus your healthcare money on safe, effective, less expensive holistic practices like herbs, vitamins, yoga, naturopathy, acupuncture and reiki. Highly recommended! Click here for more info or to order

CONTINUING OUR 12-STAGE JOURNEY TO WELLNESS
This week our journey focuses on the power of THINKING, the 7th of 12 keys to wellness drawn from the Wellness Inventory whole person assessment program. This stage of the journey relates thinking to physical and mental health, and offers some creative options for using thinking to improve your wellbeing.

Ask Dr. Orloff About Intutive Healing
We all have a choice about our health. In "Step One of Intuitive Healing: Notice Your Beliefs" Judith Orloff, M.D. reminds us that our mind and body are linked by an intricate intuitive circuitry. Notice the pattern of any recurring beliefs or emotions that occur before an illness. They may well be premonitions. We need to be aware of our thinking, notice when fear takes over, and begin to reprogram our thoughts.

OLA LOA - A NUTRITIONAL BREAKTHROUGH

Ola Loa Energy is an effervescent, great tasting multi-vitamin vitamin powder that provides quick recovery from stress, sports and the rigors of daily life, with all the natural energy boosters and a doctor's selection of strategic nutrients providing greater absorption. Designed by renowned nutrition pioneer, Richard A. Kunin, M.D., Ola Loa is so gentle on the body it can be taken anytime. Just place Ola Loa Tropical Power Powder into an empty glass, add a few ounces of water or juice, and watch it stir itself. Enjoy the Ola Loa feeling!

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Integrative Dentistry
Confused by all of the different types of toothpaste on the market? In "Are All Toothpaste the Same?" Flora Parsa Stay, D.D.S. offers very specific evaluations of the ingredients in each of the specialty toothpastes - most of which are damaging, not helpful. The natural types of toothpastes without the added artificial ingredients are much safer and just as effective as the popular commercial ones. In the end proper brushing and flossing and good diet are the best way to prevent cavities and gum disease."

Healthy Alternatives
Physicians and healers of all forms and from all cultures have used hands-on manipulation throughout history as an integral part of health care practice. In "Massage Therapy and Bodywork: Healing Through Touch" William Collinge, M.P.H., Ph.D. provides an in-depth explanation of this form of healthcare.

Healthy Woman Update
Bladder infections are no fun, as any of you who have suffered from the burning pain and nonstop, often urgent, trips to the bathroom will agree. In "Bladder Infections: Rapid Relief" Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, N.D., M.S.W., DHANP offers tips for how to recognize when you have one, common causes, and natural alternatives for treatment, including drinking as much water as you possibly can.

Find an Alternative Healthcare Professional
The Professional Referral Network contains searchable directories for 20 leading professional associations in complementary and integrative health care, with over 17,000 professionals. Looking for a healthcare professional specializing in progressive treatment of the eyes? The Vision Care/Vision Training section includes the Optometric Extension Program member database.

Healthy Bookstore - The Handbook of Clinically Tested Herbal Remedies

"The Handbook of Clinically Tested Herbal Remedies" (Volumes 1 and 2) by Marilyn Barrett, Ph.D. is single source for accurate scientific information on herbal remedies! It is the reference tool you need to distinguish those herbal products that have been clinically tested from those for which there is little or no real evidence that substantiates or disputes their claims of efficacy. This essential volume provides a snapshot of 160 herbal products that have been tested in clinical trials. Details of the products and the clinical trials they underwent are here in an easy-to-read, at-a-glance format.

Nutrition Tips
In the United States more than four billion chickens are consumed each year; that is more than fifty pounds per person. The next most common bird is turkey, which has been associated with holiday celebrations and feasts. In "Poultry and Eggs" Elson M. Haas, M.D. covers the nutritional value, calories, and cooking options, plus benefits of finding the more "natural" or "organic" chickens and eggs for consumption.

IMPROVE YOUR EYESIGHT NATURALLY

You have the power to improve your eyesight—naturally. Building on techniques pioneered by ophthalmologist William Bates, Meir Schneider created an effective approach for self-healing and used it to reverse his own blindness. With The Natural Vision Improvement Kit, Schneider teaches his innovative methods for exercising your eyes back to health. Use these proven techniques to see your world with less strain, greater acuity, and a more spacious visual field. 2 audio CD learning sessions, 90-page illustrated guidebook, 13 photo-illustratred practice cards, 2 eye charts.

Mind Over Matter
A child frequently complains "My tummy hurts and I can't get back to sleep." This condition, called "recurrent abdominal pain" (RAP), is extraordinarily difficult to diagnose and treat, and often evolves into an ongoing source of frustration for kids, their parents and physicians. In "My Tummy Hurts: A New Elixir for a Frustrating Problem" Barry Bittman, M.D. looks at the role that stress may play in this condition. He outlines stress reduction options, such as hugs and creative visualization.

Music and Wellness
In "Drum Circles: An Ancient Methodology for a Modern World" Remo Belli explains how the ancient practice of drum circles has become a modern group activity being used as a tool for wellness and community building. This form of musical expression is more than entertainment, it has health promoting value.

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ASSOCIATION NETWORK -- HOT PICK

The American Association for Health Freedom (AAHF) is the political voice for health care practitioners and their patients who use complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) to treat and prevent disease. AAHF focuses on federal legislation and regulation affecting patients' access to alternative therapies; increasing the flow of information to patients and practitioners; and increasing research on CAM.

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Botanical Medicine Sourcebooks & Textbooks

What Doctor's Don't Tell You (newsletter)

Medicines from the Earth
Symposium on Botanical Medicine
Black Mountain, NC USA
June 4-6, 2005
Contact: Herbal Educational Services - 800-252-0688

The 13th Annual Congress on Women's Health
Hilton Head, SC USA
June 4-7, 2005
Contact: Journal of Women's Health and University of South Florida - 800-5-BIOCON

Journey Into Healing
An Exploration of the Mind-Body Connection
La Costa, CA USA
June 8-10, 2005
Contact: The Chopra Center - 888-424-6772

Food as Medicine
Integrating nutrition into clinical practice and medical education
Berkeley, CA USA
June 19-25, 2005
Contact: Center for Mind-Body Medicine - 202-966-7338

15th Annual ISSSEEM Conference
Science, Mysticism, and The MIND: Transforming Life As We Live It
Colorado Springs, CO USA
June 23-29, 2005
Contact: International Sociey for the Study of Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine - 303-425-4625

Cancer as a Turning Point
Greenville, SD USA
June 25-26, 2005
Contact: Healing Journeys - 800-423-9882

Consciousness & Healing: Essential shifts for personal, social, and global transformation
Arlington, VA USA
July 6-11, 2005
Contact: Institute of Noetic Sciences - 800.583.3063

NNFA 2005
Las Vegas, NV USA
July 15-17, 2005
Contact: National Nutritional Foods Association - 800-966-6632

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