by California Skeptics

over 1,000 articles (multiple articles often occur at same address)

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7/13/12

31.  INDEX  (home-m)     /index   TABLE OF CONTENTS WITH LINKS

QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE IN U.S.—W.H.O. STUDY/1

CANADA SYSTEM COMPARED TO U.S./7

BMJ ON MARKET FORCES AND US HEALTH CARE/8

BIAS EXPOSED--RAW DATA VERSUS JOURNAL ARTICLES/9

NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE BASED ON NEJM ARTICLE ABOVE/11

NEJM ARTICLE ON PHARMA AND DOCTORS PUBLISHED IN 1961/10

WEB STATS/3

MOTIVES AND GOALS/2

WHAT TO TAKE AND FUTURE TOPICS/12

PROBLEMS

#17 Quackery        (home -m)        /quackery 

HOW TO EVALUATE MEDICAL DISCOVERIES (link thereto)/ 8

MEDICINE AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BELIEF (link4/12)/13

CHIROPRATICS:  19^TH CENTURY QUACKERY/11-m

CHIROPRACTIS:  A MEDICAL ORGANIZATION’S POSITION PAPER/15

CHIROPRACTORS AND IMMUNIZATION/20

CHIROPRACTORS EVALUATED/14

HOMEOPATHY:  ITS HISTORY, ITS ABSURDITY (link thereto)/9 

MESSAGE THERAPY/19

CHELATION THERAPY/12

ABSOLUTELY SAFE AMALGAM FILLINGS/23-m

HERBAL REMEDIES, NCAHF POSITION PAPER/24

HERBAL HUCKSTERING ON TV:  AVLIMA STUDY/18--(JK)

ORGANIC NATURAL COMPOUNDS COMPARED TO SYNTHETIC ONES, A SUMMARY/17--(JK)

BAD DATA FROM DRUG COMPANIES—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN/25

HGH, A WIDELY USED HORMONE FOR INCREASING MUSCLE MASS (link45, 45/7)/21

ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS IMMUNE RESPONSE TO CANCER (link44)/16

WEIGHT LOSS PROMOTION/10

HIGH FIBER DIET AND SKEPTICISM/3      

FAD ANTIAGING EXPOSED/2

PROGBLEMS WITH FDA OVERSIGHT—CONSUMER REPORT/26 

MIGRAINES:  RESEARCH, AND QUESTIONABLE TREATMENTS/7

HYDRAZINE SULFATE NOT AN ANTI-CANCER AGENT/5

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS NOT A HAZARD/1

MAGNETIC & ELECTROMAGNETIC THERAPY/4             

GINKO FAILS THE TEST/6         

LINKS/22

135.  NSAIDS        (home)                 /nsaids

ASPIRIN PREVENTS MI, CANCER & ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE/14

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION WARNS NSAIDS CAUSE MI/3

COX-2 INHIBITORS, THEIR DEADLY MECHANISM/2

AHA ON COX INHIBITORS/10

NSAIDS USAGE ADVISORY—AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION/3

NSAIDS & MYOCARDIAL INFRACTIN RISK—ONLY ASPIRIN IS SAFE/4

HOW VIOX KILLS/7—-(JK)

CONTINUED RISK AFTER TAKING VIOXX/6

COX-2 INHIBITORS NOT AS GOOD AS IBUPROFEN/1

HYDROCODONE--OPIATES WORK FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT/5

WARFARIN NUMBER 1 CAUSE OF HOSPITAL EMERGENCIES--WP/13

ACETAMINOPHEN LEADING DRUG CASUE OF LIVER DAMAGE/8

ASCETAMINOPHEN CAUSES ASTHMA/12

PLAVIX HAS SERIOUS SIDE EFFECT—ASPIRIN PEFERRED/11

#102 Quacks, Theories & Practice              (home)        /kooks

QUACK THE MEANING/6

SCIENCE AND THE VITAMIN MYTH/11

HOW THE HALTH-FOOD INDUSTRY CREATED THE VITAMIN MYTH/12

IRIDOLOGY—DIAGNOSIS THROUGH LOOKING AT THE IRIS/1

TOUCH THERAPY—THE HEALING FINGER/2

ACUPUNTURE, THEORIES & PRACTICES IN CHINA/4

EYE CARE EXERCISE AND OTHER EYE CARE MYTHS/5

UDDER NONSENSE, EVIDENCE ON HOMRONES & ANTIBIOTICS/7

QUACK TREATMENTS EASILY EXPOSED/8-jk

ANTIAGING:  A POSITION PAPER ON MORE QUACKERY/9

PRAYERS HEAL, STUDY EXPLAINED/3

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, THEIR FAITH HEALING/10

THE SIMPLE TRUTH ABOUT VITAMINS—DR STEPHEN BARRETT/11

VITAMINS:  HOW BUSINESS MANUFACTURED A NEED—DR STEPHEN BARRETT-/12-

41.  MEDICAL CRAP     (home)    /medicalcrap

BEST EXPOSE’ ON BIG PHARMA/27

DIRECT TO CONSUMER ADVERTSING IS BAD/26

55,000 DIED FROM VIOXX, BOTH FDA & MERCK KNOW OF RISK/11

2008 REVIEW—MERCK KNEW OF VIOXX DEATHS/28

OPIOIDS ARE NOT ADDICTING IN MEDICINAL AMOUNTS—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN/21 METHAQUALONE:  HOW DRUG COMPANIES PROFITED/2

PHARMACEUTICAL INDURSTY DATA/22

CRESTOR, A STATIN CAUSES RENAL FAILURE/14

BUSH’S TORT REFROM:  GOVERNMENT AS FRIEND OF INDUSTRY/19

FDA DEPENDS ON DRUG COMPANIES, CONSEQUENCES/16

HOW PROFITS CORRUPT MEDICAL SCIENCE AND TREATMENT/7—(JK)

BAD DATA FROM DRUG COMPANIES:  SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ARTICLE/1

PLACEBO—HOW TO VIOLATE A DOUBLE BLIND STUDY—Cochrane Review + (JK)/9

ACETAMINOPHEN THE GREAT DANGEROUS DRUG HOAX/4

ACETAMINOPHEN LEADING CASUE OF LIVER FAILURE/25

MEDICAL JOUNRAL, THEIR ADVERTISERS/20

HOW PROFITS CORRUPT MEDICAL AND TREATMENT—(JK)/7

NEEDLESS SURGERY/15

PHARMACEUTICAL SHOCKING FACTS/6

FDA SUPERVISION OF THE DRUG COMPANIES—Arianna Huffington /3

ACCUTANE 42% BIRTH DEFECTS RATE/13

DRUGS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS, A REVIEW/12

ANTIDEPRESSANT DOESN’T WORK, GIANT DRUG COMPANY SUPPRESS RESULTS/10

ASPIRIN, CHEAP, BEST NSAID—(JK)/8

WATCH OUT FOR NAPROXEN (ADVIL)/18

LINKS:  MEDICAL ADVOCACY/5

130.     MEDICAL CRAP, MORE        (home)      /mdcrap

THE MECIANISM OF HOW VIOXX KILLS/18

REFORMING BIG PHARMA—DR ANGELL/17

CLARATIN FAILS WELL DESIGNED STUDY/15

DIRECT TO CONUSMER ADVERTISING OUGHT TO BE BANNED AGAIN/14

FDA FAILED SUPERVISION—CONSUMER REPORT/13

BRITISH COMISSION’S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DRUG INDUSTRY REFORM/10

JOURNAL FAVORABLE RESULTS BIAS/4

ASTHMA MEDICATION CAUSES FATAL ASTHMA ATTACKS/12

DRUG ADVERTISING NOT GOOD MEDICINE/10

VIAGRA NOT LIKE VIOXX, ANOTHER HORROR/9

VIOXX AND CELEBREX OVER PRESCRIBED/6

50-YEAR OLD SCHIZOPHRENIA DRUG AS GOOD AS NEWER DRUGS & 1/10^TH THE PRICE/7

AVERAGE FAMILY HEALTH INSURANCE COST $11,000/8

ZOPICLONE (IMOVANE) INEFFECTIVE SLEEPING PILL/19

DRUGS & LOBBY:  NOT IN THE PUBLIC’S INTEREST/5

ERYTHROMYCIN DOUBLES SUDDEN CARDIO DEATH/3

IRESSA, ANOTHER KILLER DRUG/2

PSEUDOEPHEDRINE MINIMALLY EFFECTIVE, IF AT ALL/16

NAPROXEN, LEADING OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUG, A KILLER/1

132.   IMAGINARY CONDITIONS       (home)   /imcond

TOXIC MOLD SYNDROME, ANOTHER FAD/1

134.    ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE       (home)         /am

HIGH FIBER DIET/2

GLUCOSAMINE AND CHONDROITIN FOR TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS/3

VITAMIN USAGE AND ILLNESS/4

QUACK WATCH—jk/1

CHIROPRACTIC—H.L. MENCKEN/5

SCARE TACTICS, PROPYLENE GLYCOL--jk/6

136.  ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH      (home)    /eoh

WOOD DUST OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD/1

PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS MAJOR HEALTH RISK—BISPHONELS-SCAM/2

137.  DRUG NEWS DISAPPOINTING    (home     /dnd

BIAS 32% EXPOSED—RAW DATA VERSUS JOURNAL ARTICLES/10

FDA IN CRISIS/3

WRONG DRUGS USED IN DIMENTIA/12

BISPHONATES & CALCITONIN FOR OSTEOPOROSIS DON’T WORK/13

ANTIDEPRESSANTS DON’T WORK/14

DRUG ADS MAKE PEOOPLE SICK/1

ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS—FREQUENTLY/6

ATROVENT (IPRATROPIUM) ANOTHER KILLER/11

DRUGS AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT/7

LUNESTA, A SLEEPING PILL WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS/2

DIABETES DRUG KILLS/4

ZYPREXA WEIGHT GAIN, LILLY SUED/5

DARVOCET PULLED IN GB, BUT NOT HERE/8

LEADER RESEARCHER CREATES FAVORABLE DATA/15

141.  BIG PHARMA AT WORK       (home)    /bpw

SHORTAGES IN ESSENTIAL DRUGS—BIG PHARMA AT WORK/24

MOST DRUGS ARE FROM CHINA AND INDIA/21

MEDICAL DEVICE MAKERS CANNOT BE SUED, SUPREME COURT RULES/3

GHOST WRITING THE NORM FOR OVER A DECADE/22

TOP 10 DRUG RECALLS AND WARNING OF 07/16

FDA FRAUD PROGRAM/25

BIG PHARMA GHOST WRITES JOURNAL ARTICLES/13

BIG PHARMA PAYS GENERIC MANUFACTURERS TO NOT …/2

NEW CANCER DRUGS ADD LITTLE TO LIFE EXPECTANCY—WHY/14

BIG PHARMA INFLUENCES THE DSM MANUAL/0

MOST DRUGS NOW ARE BOTH IMPORTED AND NOT TESTED FOR PURITY/5

SLASH TAXES OR WE MOVE OUR FACILITIES/1

RU-486 COMES FROM CHINA NOW—MORE TAINTED DRUGS/10

ANTIDEPRESSANTS PROVEN USELESS FOR MOST/4

HEART MEDICATON KILLS 22,000 IN 2 YEARS/6

STATIN COMBINATION VYTORIN DOESN’T WORK, ETC/7

OFF LABEL DRUG PUSHERS/12

OFF PRESCRIPTION MARKET LAW ELI LILLY VIOLATES FOR ZYPREXA/11

PRICE GOUGING FOR ORPHAN DRUGS/19

MARKET DEPARTMENT RAN MASSIVE DRUG TRIAL FOR VIOXX/20

DIRECT TO CONSUMERK SPENDING ON THE RISE/8

PHARMA LOBBY AND DEMOCRATS/15

U.S. PHARMA MOVES TO CHINA AND INDIA/17

RESEARCH AND PRODUCT MOVES TO CHINA AND INDIA/18

CANCER DRUG SHORTAGE INCREASES SALES OF PATENTED DRUGS/23

145. MANAGED HEALTH CARE       (home)    /mhc

MEDICAL PART D, A GIFT TO BIG PHARMA/2

CO-PAY RISING/1

JOURNAL COMMENTARY ON MOVIE SICKO/3s

146. FDA         (home)   /fda

BIAS 32%, RAW DATA TO JOURNAL COMPARED/2

FDA SUCKS—CONSUMER REPORT/3

FDA’S REPORT ON ITS PROBLEMS/4

FDA ALLOWS OFF-LBEL PUSHING OF DRUGS/1

WHAT CONGRESS DONE TO THE FDA IN 1992/5

147.  FOR THE CHILDREN       (home)    /ftc

STATINS FOR KIDS/2

VACCINES, 48 DOSES BY THE AGE OF 6/1

ADHD DRUGS BANNED IN ENGLAND/3

#148 CORPORATE DRUGS             (home)    /cd

STAGE IV STUDIES, A MARKETING PLOY/1

DRUGS FOR FLU TREATMENT AND PREVENTION FAIL/2

TAMIFLU AND ZANAMIVIR FLU DRUGS, CLINICAL TRIALS/3

$10 drug sold for $1,500/4

150.  BLOOD THINNERS AND ACETAMINOPHEN       (home)    /bta

LIVER FAILURE AND ASHTMA CAUSED BY ACETAMINOPHEN/2

ACETAMINOPHEN LEADING CAUSE OF ACUTE LIVER FAILURE/5

ACETAMINOPHEN AND ASTHMA/3

ACETAMINOPHEN CAUSES MALE INFERTILITY/4

WARFARIN CAUSES 33% OF EMERGENCY HOSPITLALIZATION FOR DRUG INTERACTIONS/1

WARFARIN SERIOUS BLEEDING, INTERACTIONS/6

PLAVIX CAUSES MAJOR STOMACH BLEEDS/7

152.  INDIGESTION DRUGS   (home)               /id

PPI INHIBITIORS LISTED, SHORT FDA FILING ARTICLE/3

PPI INHIBITORS SHOULDN’T BE TAKEN, ADDICTING/1

DETAILED FDA FILING ON PPI—WP/2

151.  FAILED DRUGS               (home)          /fd

VICTOZA (LIRAGLUTIDE) DIABETES NOT WORTH SIDE EFFECTS/1

DARVON PULLED AFTER 50 YEARS/2

GENERAL INFORMATION

32.  SITE LINKS    (HOME-m)    http://jerrymondo.tripod.com

OBESITY/10

DHEA—THE LAST CHEAP STEROID/11

FDA FAILS TO SUPERVISE—CONSUMER REPORT/8

JEREMY BENTHAM—UTILITARIAN/4-(JK)     

ASPIRIN THE BEST NSAID/7

ASPIRIN THE ONLY NSAID THAT DOESN’T CAUSE HARDENING OF THE ARTIES/9

152. RECOMMENDATIONS--CONCISE (2-pages)   (home)    /rc

MARKETING SCIENCE AND MIS-INFORMATION/1

ASPIRIN FIGHTS AND PREVENTS CANCER, etc./2

CHOLESTEROL LOWERING DRUGS/4

ACETAMINOPHEN, LIVER AND ASTHMA

35.  HEALTH        (home-m)    /health

SMOKING TOBACCO:  ITS STATISTICAL CONSEQUENCES/2—(JK)-m

OBESITY:  ITS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES/3—(JK)-m

UNDERSTANDING ARTERIOSCLEROSIS/7

TOBACCO SMOKE/9-m

PHARMACOLOGY OF ALCOHOL/20-m

ASPIRIN REDUCES RISK OF COLON CANCER/14

HIGH DAIRY DIET ACCELERATES WEIGHT LOSS)/21 

FAT FACTS/4

DIET, TECHNIQUES AND PSYCHOLOGY/16—(JK)

DIET—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ARTICLE/19

HEARTBURN—GASTROESPHAGEAL REFLUX/23

OBESITY DRAMATICALLY INCREASES ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE/17

CLINICAL EVALUATIONS & TREATMENT OF HERNIATED LUMBAR DISC/6-m

ELITE ATHLETES HAVE MUCH LOWER MORALTIY RATE/1     

AIDS SCARE: OVERSTATED RISK FOR THE SAFEST GROUP/24—(JK)

EXERCISE GOOD FOR HEART/12

CALORIC RESTRICTION PROLONGS LIFE/5

BACK PAIN:  UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING/18—(JK)-m

1)FAT STATS; 2) STOMACH STAPLE/22        

36.  WOMEN'S MEDICAL ISSUES  (home-m)   /highinterestmedical       

KEEPING YOUR BELOVER CENTERED/6—(JK)

LIFE-LONG LOVERS:  HOW TO/18—(JK)

WHY WOMEN LIVE LONGER/2 –m

HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY REVIEW—WOMEN/3—(JK)-m

HRT IS SAFE—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN/28

ONE TYPE OF ESTROGENLOWERS THROMBOSIS RISK/26-m

POST MENOPAUSE WOMEN SEXUAL STATS/14

TAMOXIFEN SIDE EFFECTS—AVOID/27

PM WOMEN ON ESTROGEN LOOK YOUNGER/11

ESTROGEN SUPPLEMENT REDUCES HEART DISEASE/4

ORAL CONTRACEPTION NOT ASSOCIATED WITH BREAST CANCER/7

HRT—MORE STUDIES SUPPORT IT/12

HRT, SEVERAL STUDIES, ABSTRACTS/7

HRT LOWERS CONORAY RISK DRAMATICALLY/27

MECHANISM OF HOW ESTROGEN ACCELERATES CANCER/25

ACUPUNCTURE VERSUS ESTROGEN FOR HOT FLASHES/20

BRAIN AS CLOCK FOR MENOPAUSE—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN STUDY/13

ESTROGEN PREVENTS ARTHRITIS/17

OSTEOPOROSIS SCREENING; WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW/31

FEMUR FRACTURES BISPHOSPHONATE TREATMENT/32

RUNNERS 40% GREATER BONE DENSITY/33

GENETIC RISK FOR BREAST CANCER/29

OVARIAN CYSTS, AN OVERVIEW/23

TESTOSTERONE FOR WOMEN?/10

55% BREAST IMPLANT LEAK RATE—FDA STUDY/21-M

GENETIC RISK FOR BREAST CANCER/29

CERVICAL CANCER RISK FACTORS/15

POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME/22

PAP SMEAR ONCE EVERY 5 YEARS/19

BREAST CANCER TESTS FREQUENTLY WRONG/28

FDA ARTICLE ON MENOPAUSE/1

ASPIRIN REDUCES CESAREAN SECTIONS 400% ALSO BREAST CANCER/5

DOWNERS DURING PREGNANCY HARM BABY/24

WOMEN HEALTH LINKS/8

45.   MALE HORMONES       (home-m)             /malehormones

DHEA, CHEAP LEGAL POPULAR STEROID/22

VIAGRA AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION/21

TESTOSTERONE—CONCISE NOTES/10--JK

TESTOSTERONE EXTENSIVE NOTES/2

PHARAMCOLOGY TEXTBOOK ON TTT/9

METHODS OF TESTOSTERONE SUPPLEMENTATION/3

TESTOSTERONE FOR WOMEN?/17

TTT GOOD FOR THE BRAIN-2 ARTICLES/16

MALE MENOPAUSE—SECOND ARTICLE/11

MALE MENOPAUSE/4

DOUBTS ON TTT & ANDROSTENE

OVER-THE-COUNTER SOLUTION/12—JK

HOT NUTS:  THE CONSEQUENCES/6

ORAL HGH, WHAT WORKS, (link to quakwatch-17-21)/7

HGH-HYPE & FACTS, (link to quackwatch on HGH-17-21)/14

HGH-POSITIVE FINDINGS—HARVARD/15

TESTOSTERONE NOT LINKED TO PROSTATE CANCER LATEST STUDY SHOWS/1

CIALIS BETTER THAN VIAGRA/18

VIAGRA SAFE/19

CIRCUMCISM REDUCES HIV RISK 60%/20

PROSTATE DISEASE/23

PROSTATE BIOPSY, PSA TEST, PROSTATECTOMY—UROLOGY TEXTBOOK/24

PROSTATE CANCER & BLOCKING TESTOSTERONE/25

LINKS/13

#148 FEMALE HORMONE REPLACEMENT  (home-m)       /FHR

HRT THE SMART CHOICE FOR POST MENOPAUSAL WOMEN/19

HRT FOR POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN, AND PHARMA PROFITS FIRST/2

10 REASONS FOR HRT/14

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT WITH JOURNAL ARTICLES/3

MORE SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT/4

BREAST-FIRMER-HRT/9

INCREASED LIBIDO (SEX DRIVE)/13

MORE MORE SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT/1

HEALTHER SKIN WITH HRT/11

BIOIDENTICAL HORMONE THERAPY ADVICE/17

HRT BENEFITS JOURNALS/5

CHOICE OF PROGESTAGEN COMPONENT IN HRT AFFECTS INCIDENCE OF BREAST CANCER/12

HRT & HEART BENEFITS--ETC/6

ARTHRITIS EFFECTIVE TREATMENT HRT/10

TESTOSTERONE, SEX DRIVE, FEELING BETTER, ETC--MAYO CLINIC/7

FDA ARTICLE ON MENOPAUSE AND HRT/8

PREMPRO SETTLEMENT $330m/16

ALCOHOL AND HIGHER ESTRADIOL AND TESTOSTERONE LEVELS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN/15

154  SEX      (home)      /sex

50.   ASPIRIN:  THE BEST NSAID  (home-m)    /aspirin

ASPIRIN PREVENTS MI, CANCER, AND ALZHEIMER’S—A SUMMARY—JK/30

ASPIRIN, VARIOUS BENEFITS/2-m

ASPIRIN:  HISTORY & STRUCTURE/3-m

ASPIRIN REDUCES CANCER METASTASIS, SURVIVAL UP 43%/26

ALL NON-ASPIRIN NSAIDS INCREASE MI/17

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION WARNS NSAIDS CAUSE MI/23

ASPIRIN REDUCES CANCER RISK/28

ASPIRIN MEACHANISM CANCER SURVIVAL/29

ASPIRIN & CANCER, MECHANISM, ETC./21

NAPROXIN CAUSED 50% MORE CORONARY EVENTS THAN PLACEBO/1

REYES SYNDROM--PHARMA’S ATTACK UPON ASPIRIN/27

ASPIRIN REDUCES C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (MI REDUCTION)/24

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE RISK REDEUCED 60%/25

ASPIRIN COATED SAFE AS OTHER NSAIDS/20

MORE ARTICLE ON THE VARIOUS BENEFITS OF ASPIRIN/18

UNDERSTANDING THROMBI & COAGULATION/12

ASPIRIN REDUCES CORONARY THROMBOSIS 23%/4

ASPIRIN BEFORE BYPASS SURGERY SAVES LIVES/13

ASPIRIN FOR THOSE WITH BYPASS SURGERY/14

HOW ASPIRIN PROTECTS AGAINST COLON CANCER/19

ASPIRIN REDUCES RISK OF COLON CANCER 50%/7

THE MORE YOU TAKE THE LOWER THE RISK OF COLON CANCER/22

VIOXX MECHANSIM (COX-2 & 2) EXPLAINED/15

WHY COX-2 INHIBITORS (VIOXX) KILL, MECHANISM EXPLAINED/16

VIOXX, BROTHERS, PROFITS:  THE ASPIRIN ALTHERNATIVES/5

PREXIGE WORKS LIKE ASPIRIN AND VIOXX/6

WHICH NSAID, IBUPROFIN OR ASPIRIN?/9--JK

WOMEN BENEFITS, BREAST CANCER AND C-SECTION/8

ASPIRIN PREVENTS PREGNANCY COMPLICAITON/11

WARFARIN & COUMADIN WARNINGS/10

133.   THE HEART      (home-m)   /heart

STATINS, INFLAMMATION & ATHEROGENESIS—THEIR FAILURE/23

UNDERSTANDING HEART ATTACKS/5

LIPIDS, LIPOPROTEINS, THE BASICS/6

UNDERSTANDING ATHEROSCLEROSIS & ITS mi LINK--/15(JK)

TABLE OF RISK FACTORS/8

NICIAN PREVENTS MI 25%/24

INFLAMMATION, OBESITY AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS/14

RISK FACTORS ATHEREOSCLEROSIS/9

HIGH CHOLESTEROL AND TREATMENTS/7

STATINS LOWERING CHOLESTEROL DOESN’T PROLONG LIFE/13

HIGH HDL NOT PROPHYLACTIC/22

OTHER MARKERS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE/21

WHY IMPROVING CHOLESTEROL PROFILE WITH STATINS HAS LITTLE EFFECT/17

STATINS SIDE EFFECTS/11

STATINS OVERPRESCRIBED/10

RECOMMENDATINS FOR YOUR HEART/16

MAJOR NEW STUDY PANS STATINS/19

STATIN COMBO, NO BENEFITS/12

OZONE & CHOLESTEROL COMBINE TO CAUSE HEART DISEASE/4

SERIOUS COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT FROM BYPASS OPERATION—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN/3

ARRHTYHMIA, SUDDEN EARLY DEATH AND PREVENTION FOR RELATIVES/2

STEM CELLS GROW HEART MUSCLE/1

BYPASS & STENTS OVER SOLD/20

144. HEART MEDICATIONS & TREATMENTS (home-m) /heartmedications&tretments

NIACIN IS BETTER THAN THE COMBO OF STATIN AND NIACIN/2

ANTI-ARRHYTHJIC DRUG DOUBLES DEATH RATE/1

44.  ON CANCER     (home-m)     /ocot

CANCER NOTES:  UNDERSANDING CANCER/4—(JK)

CANCER:  A SUMMARY IN SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN/9

CANCER NOTES:  SELECTED IMPORTANT THECHNICAL TOPICS/5—(JK)

SIGNALING THAT PROMOTES CANCER METASTASIS/25

STEM CELLS & DEADLY CNACERS—NEW FINDINGS/7

BACTERIA & CANCER, THE COMPLEX ECOLOGY/17

CHEMOBRAIN:  COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT FROM CHEMOTHERAPY/24

DRUG TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER QUESTIONED—BRITISH STUDY/23

TOBACCO:  NUMBER OF DEAD AND CAUSES/3

TOBACCO SMOKE/6—(JK)

CHEMICALS FOUND IN TOBACCO AND THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES/1

THE CHEMICAL CAUSE OF CORONARY DISEASE IN SMOKERS/8

METASTASIS NEW PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT/15

CANCER RISKS STANDARDS OF EVALUATION/18

T-CELL TRIUMPH—SUCCESS WITH TERMINAL SKIN CANCER PATIENTS/12

T-CELL THEREAPY USING MODIFY BACTERIA/22

COLON CANCER, AN EXCELLENT OVERVIEW13

COATED ASPIRIN LOWERS GASTIRC MUCOSAL DAMAGE/20

ASPIRIN & CANCER MECHANISM, ETC./19

TERMINAL CANCER—CHEMOTHERAPY MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE/14

ALTERNATE TREATMENT & INDUCED IMMUNE RESPONSE/10

2002 LUNG CANCER STATS/16

COLON CANCER, SIGMOIDOSCOPY, COLONOSCOPY, & VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY/11-m

BASIC FACTS ABOUT BREAST CANCER/2

CANCER & METHYLATION/21

139.  CANCER VARIOUS TISSUES    (home)   /cvt

CANCER, CLASSIFICATION OF CELL TYPES/10

LUNG CANCER TYPES AND TREATMENTS/9

OBESITY INCREASES CANCER RISK/5

PROSTATE CANCER OVERVIEW/3

PSA SCREEN NOT RECOMMENDED/8

PROSTATE CONDITIONS AND EXAMINATION/2

ELEVEN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT PROSTATE CANCER/6

HYPERPLASIAS AND BREAST CANCER RISK/1

GUAGING BREAST CANCER RISK/4

CERVICAL CANCER/7

148. CONDITIONS & TREATMENTS   (home)      /cat

BARIATRIC (OBESITY) SURGERY/1

AVASTIN CANCER DRUG AVOID/2

49.  TOBACCO     (home-m)      /tobacco

TOBACO SMOKE, AN OVERVIEW/2—(JK)-m

TWINS COMPARISON 14 YEARS LATER/13

TOBACCO CAUSES ERTICLE DISFUNCTION/10

TOBACCO SMOKE, ITS STATISTICAL CONSEQUENCES/3—(JK)-m

THE CHEMICAL CAUSE OF CORONARY DISEASE IN SMOKERS/7—(JK ET AL)-m

CHEMICALS FOUND IN TOBACCO, THEIR ACTION/5—(JK & WONG)

HOW TOBACCO KILLS—A 1922 MEDICAL SUMMARY/8

TOBACCO STUDIES (3)/12

CENSORSHIP OF ADVERSE FACTS ON TOBACCO/11

NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY/4

TEETH & TOBACCO/6

11 OVERLOOKED EFFECTS OF SMOKING/1

SMOKING TRIPPLES MUSCULAR DEGENERATION RISK/10

131.      LONGEVITY         (home-m)         /lgev {NO ID 10-14}

HUMAN AGING, POSITION PAPER/8

FREE RADICALS PART OF AGING PROCESS/3

FAD AGING CURES EXPOSED BY LEADIDNG SCIENTISTS/7

GENESE THAT SLOW AGING/18

GENES AND AGING/19

INSULIN’S EFFECT UPON THE SKN-1 GENE AND AGING/17

TELEMORES, SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM AND GENDER GAP IN LIFE EXPECTANCY/1

SKIN AGING:  CAUSES & TREATEMENT/9

BIOCHEMCIAL APPROACHES TO AGING:  1984 SUMMATION/5

ALZHEIMER;S DISEASE/16

LEFT HANDERS EARLY DEATH MYSTERY, 5 ARTICLES THEREON/6

CARBOHYDRATES AND AGING AND AGE RELATED DISEASES/15

ARTHRITIS REDUCED WITH VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY/4

WHY WOMEN LIVE LONGER THAN MEN/2

143.  OBESITY        (home-m)    /fatso

OBESITY:  ITS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES/2

CONTROLING EATING BEHAVIOR/3—(JK)

FAT FACTS/4

BARIATRIC (OBESITY) SURGERY/1

BARIATRIC SURGERY, WEIGHT LOSS AND LONGEVITY/5

FAT NOT OKAY—CONTRARY TO POPULAR PRESS/6

OBESITY & CANCER DEATHS UP OVER 60%

46.  MEDICAL SCIENCE   (home-m)      /medicalscience

INSULIN RESISTANCE AND DISEASES/19

FRAGILE X SYNDROME AND STEM CELL RESEARCH/18

BACTERIA & CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE + OXIDATIVE DAMAGE/11

STEM CELL—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN/2-m

SEROTONIN—A DETAILED OVERVIEW/3

DNA REPAIR MECHANISM REVEALED/4

CANCER CLASSIFICATION OF ALL TYPES/9

INTRONS:  VITAL ROLES REVEALED/10

HEPATITIS VIRUSES A THROUGH G/5

ULCERS ARE CAUSED BY BACTERIUM/6-m

SEX LINKED BRAIN DIFFERENCES—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN/8

HEADACHES/7

HEGEHOG GENES & EMBRYON DEVELOPMENT/16

GENE FOR DIABETES FOUND/14

MORE DETAILS ON STEM CELL DEVELOPMENT/19

METABOLITE PROFILING/1

WHY PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT BLOOD TYPES/12

DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE:  MOST COMMON CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE/13

NEW MECHANISM FOR OBSERVING SUPEROXIDES/17

47.   MEDICAL NEWS  (home-m)       /mednews

MORE DETAILS ON STEM CELL DEVELOPMENT/19

IMMUNE RESPONSE TO CANCER OBSERVED/17

VISUALIZATION METHOD FOR SUPEROXIDES DEVELOPED/20

DIABETES GENE FOUND/7-m

GENES FOR DIABETES FOUND/15

MEDIA MEDICAL NEWS (QUALITY OF)/16

WORK ON DNA VACCINES/14

COMMON DRUGS THAT INCREASE CARDIAC ARREST, NEW FINDINGS/13

VITAMIN E LINKED TO 9,000/MILLION DEATHS/11-m

COMMON ANTIBIOTIC DOUBLES RISK OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH/12

LIPITOR, LIMITS ON ITS USAGE/10-m

STATINS:  LIPITOR BETTER THAN PRAVACHOL/2-m

BIND AND FLAG DNA MUTATIION DEVELOPED—MANY USES/8

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR FOR VISUAL SYSTEM FOUND/9

BREAST CANCER SURVIVAL RATE RISING/3

DNA MECHANISM REVEALED/4-m

PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME SUSPECT/5

BREAK THROUGH IN MAKING DRUG LIKE PROTEINS/6

TOXICOLOGY DATA BEING SET UP BY FDA/1

48. DRUGS & CONDITIONS    (home-m)    /drugscond

ASPIRIN, THE COLLECTION OF ARTICLES ON ITS MANY SURPRISING BENEFITS/5

ASPIRIN ALTERNATIVES ARE POOR ALTERNATIVES/6

OBESITY MEDICATION, A GENERAL OVERVIEW/4

MIGRANE DRUG TREATMENT/3

CEBERAL PALSY A CONSENSUS SUMMARY/1

48. CONDITIONS & TREATMENTS    (home-m)    /condt

BARIATRIC (OBESITY) SURGERY/1

137. HEALTH & BODY        (home-m)    /hb

SUGARS, AN OVERVIEW/2

138.  DISEASES        (home-m)    /dis

HEPATITIS C/1

HEMACHROMATOSIS—THE MOST COMMON DEADLY GENETIC DISEASE/2

WAARDEMBIRG SYNDROME/3

VASCULAR DEMENTIA/4

142.  GERIATRIC ISSUES       (home-m)     /gerp

FLU VACCINE MUCH LESS EFFECTIVE FOR THOSE OVER 70/6

OSTEOPOROSIS/5

VASCULAR DEMENTIA—2^ND MOST COMMON FORM/3

VIGOROUR ACTIVITY—BENEFITS/4

BRITISH REVIEW OF STATINS—OVER SOLD/1

QUESTIONING STATINS/2

149.  PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS       (home-m)     /dta

THE BIOPOLAR BAMBOOZLE/6

PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS 32% BIAS REPORTING IN JOURNAL ARTICLES/5

RITALIN AND OTHER ADHA DRUGS FAIL/2

RISPERDAL AND OTHER DIMENTIA DRUGS FAIL/1

INCREASED MORTALITY WITH DIMENTIA DRUGS/3

PROZAC FAILS/4

152  NATURALISTIC TREATMENTS (positive)       (home)    /ntp

CHOLESTEROL FIGHTERS NIACIN AND INOSITOL/3

META-ANALYSIS OF NIACIN ON CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS/2

STUDIES SUGGEST THAT NIACIN IS BETTER THAN STATINS/1

#153 EFFECTIVE DRUGS         (home)       /ed

JK LITERARY + misc.

37.  BIOGRAPHICAL    (home)      /biographical  (links:  Jeremy Bentham, James Mill, John Stuart Mill, Denis Diederot, Samuel Butler)

VOLTAIRE:  THE INCOMPARABLE INFIDEL/2

DAVID HUME/3

DAVID HUME:  HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY & A BIBLIOGRAPHY/8

ARIANNE HUFFINGTON/4

STEPHEN JAY GOULD/6

PIERRE GASSENDI/4

LUCIAN:  ROMAN SATIRIST/1

LUCRETIUS, ROMAN POET AND PHILOSOPHER/12

JOSEPHUS, HISTORIAN OF THE JEWS INCLUDING THE PERIOD OF JESUS/9

FAMOUS NONTHEISTS/10

CHARLES DARWIN, HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ITS SECTION ON RELIGION/11

38.  LINKS ELSEWHERE  (home)     /linkselsewhere

GREEKS GAVE THE WORLD PHILOSOPHY/2

LINKS SKEPTICAL/3—(JK)

MEDICAL INFORMATION WEBSTIES/4

MEDICAL & HEALTHCARE SITES/1

GOOGLE SCHOLAR/5

33.  PROSE SATIRE  (home-m)—(JK)      /prosesatire

PRISON LIFE/2—(JK)     

34.  RHYMED POEMS HUMOR    (home)—(JK)      /rhymedpoems

OLD LADY, NIX UPON DEMOCRACY, WHO’S SQUEEZIN ME SQUEEZEN/3      THE HOUR GLASS (Three versions, by Ben Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coldridge, & JK)/7     JUST ANOTHER DALLANCE, TRADITION, LATE ALONE/5    FAMILY DEBATE,  EMPTY FACE/2     BLAND BLAIRS, AN EPITAPTH (Matthew Prior)/1     

39.  RHYMED POEMS ROMANTIC   (home)—(JK)    /rhymedpoemsromantic

GRAY THREADS       TO THEE MY LOVE

40.  RHYMED POEMS MELONCHOLY  (home)—(JK) /rhymedpoemsmelancholy

THE DREAMER      THE JAGERNAUT     LATE ALONE

42.  RHYMED SOCIAL MESSAGE    (home)—(JK)     /rhysocmes

READING GAOL:  A REWORK OF A POEM BY WILDE/3      

TO THALES:  A DIATRIBE ON FOLLY/2

 43.  RHYMED SATIRE   (home)-(JK)      /rhysat

TWO BROTHERS:  CHRISTIAN VS SCIENTIST/2         LIFE IS HARD WHEN YOUR DUMB/3      TO THEE MY LORD/5

#210 SHORT STORY, ETC.     (home)—jk        /ss

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