2001 August

Through education and advancements in conventional and alternative medicine, early detection and new treatment options have been able to greatly improve survival rates for many when it is cancer. Unfortunately, pancreatic cancer remains a difficult cancer to diagnose and treat.

As usual, the medical establishment's main line of defense against high blood pressure is to recommend a variety of prescription drugs (diuretics, beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, and others). Sure, they'll lower your blood pressure, but according to the American Heart Association, you may have to put up with a lot of unpleasant side effects while taking them.

Comments on the combining of statin drugs with antioxidants.

According to the government's first-ever state-by-state survey, asthma now affects 15 million Americans – that's one in every 14 citizens! This number (which is probably still low) has doubled since 1980.

Once again, the spotlight shines on a side-effect-laden prescription drug rather than an effective, proven, side-effect-free alternative. Someone conducts a study that shows the two treatments don't work well together…and it is automatically decided that the natural alternative should be rejected in favor of the dangerous prescription drug.