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Something To Think About
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Parkinson's Drug Taken Off Market - Permax Voluntarily Removed From Market Due to Risk of Heart Valve Problems
By Miranda Hitti

March 29, 2007 -- The FDA today announced that the Parkinson's disease drug Permax and its generic versions (pergolide) are being voluntarily taken off the U.S. market because of the risk of serious damage to the heart's valves.

Pergolide, approved by the FDA in 1988, already carried a "black box" warning on its label about the risk of leaky heart valves in the drug's users.

The drug's removal is based on two European studies showing that Parkinson's patients taking pergolide were about five times as likely to have leaky heart valves as those not taking pergolide.

WebMD reported on those studies in January 2007, when the studies appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Advice for Patients

Patients shouldn't stop taking pergolide instantly. They should talk to their doctors first, says Robert Temple, MD, director of medical policy for the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

An estimated 12,000 people in the U.S. received pergolide prescriptions in 2006, according to the FDA. Temple says the drug's use had dropped in light of the heart valve risk.

Pergolide won't disappear from the market right away. It will be phased out to allow people to make other treatment plans.

"We didn't want to have people being completely without it abruptly," Temple says.

"The basic conclusion we've reached is that pergolide had no demonstrated or particularly plausible advantage over any of the other therapies for Parkinson's disease," Temple says.

The FDA is trying to reach an agreement with pergolide's makers to keep the drug available under certain restrictions for people "who find that they simply cannot be without the drug," Temple says.

He's not sure how many patients will be in that situation but expects such cases to be rare. "We believe almost all patients can be converted to another drug," Temple says.

Full article Parkinsons' disease news

LENA'S COMMENT: The month is a big one for pulling heart killing drugs from the market but sadly too many people have already been affected by them...

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Cancer Continues to Worsen
March 20, 2007

America's aging population will increase the number of cancer patients 55 percent by 2020, and doctors may not be able to cope with the additional burden.

Today, 11.7 million people, or one in 26, have been diagnosed with the illness.

Analyses predict that the number of Americans who are diagnosed with cancer will grow to 18.2 million by 2020, about one in 19 Americans. There may not be enough doctors to care for so many sick people; if current trends continue, the country could face a shortage of up to 4,000 cancer specialists.

Increases in cancer have paralleled the increase in the number of Americans over 65. The country can also expect to see increases in heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease as the population ages.

Journal of Oncology Practice Vol. 3, No. 2, March 2007: 79-86

USA Today March 14, 2007

LENA'S COMMENT: With added supplements of minerals, vitamins and probiotic this would not have to be so horrific. True our air quality and foods are full of cancer causing chemicals but with a few supplements daily most could skirt that problem. Will they, probably not as it takes time and commitment to do it...

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FOOD OF THE WEEK
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A Spring Shoot You Can Eat And Lose Weight!

A fantastic food that has almost no calories if you leave off the butter!

These little green heads are popping through the ground here in our high country. We are a bit later than other areas, but it says colder longer so they sleep a bit longer? Those little green heads have promises of health and weight maintenance more than most vegetables? Here is what I found on investigation!

Green heads are the beginning of spring Asparagus: A great source of vitamin E, asparagus (asparagi´) are also loaded with known phytochemicals to help fight cancer (glutathione, for example) and as a natural diuretic, will help get rid of that excess water weight.

The asparagus we eat are actually shoots from the earth-covered root of the asparagus plant. The shoots are cut after 3 to 7 days of growth. Come in both White and green shoots!

Asparagus exceeds other vegetables as the leading supplier of Folic Acid. Providing folacin. Folacin is necessary for blood cell formation, growth, and prevention of liver disease. Clinical trials have demonstrated a significant link between Folic Acid intake and the prevention of neural tube defects that can cause paralysis and death in babies. - Low in Calories, less than 4 calories per average spear.

     - Very Low in Sodium
     - Vegetable Protein
     - A source of Fiber
     - Contains Vitamin A
     - Contains Potassium
     - Contains Vitamin E
     - A significant source of Vitamin B6
     - A significant source of Thiamine
     - One of the richest sources of Rutin, a strengthener of capillary walls
     - Contains Glutathione.
Glutathione (GSH) is one of the strongest Anti-Carcinogens and
Antioxidants found in the body. Glutathione has a function to protect cells from oxidative damage and detoxify carcinogenic electrophiles, consequently preventing damage to DNA. Therefore Glutathione functions as a primary defence against chemicals that can cause cell transformation or cell death. Asparagus was found to have the highest Glutathione content of several foods that were tested.

BUYING ASPARAGUS: Select asparagus with tightly bunched tips (pass if the tips are loose), and minimum of woody white stalk at the bottom. Wrinkled or pithing stalks indicate age and dehydration and the taste may not be as good. When asparagus is fresh, there is no difference in taste or texture between thin and fat stalks (no matter what you've heard!).

Cooking Asparagus: Since most of asparagus nutrients are in the tip, its best to cook it upright in a tall container. Tie the asparagus in a bunch after cleaning, place in standing position in 1-2 inches of boiling water. Cook just until stalks soften.

If you don't have a pan tall enough, try this: make a very light butter sauce ? I find that half butter and half virgin olive oil makes a healthy and tasty sauce - in a wide, flat cool pan. Add a touch of water and heat on top of the stove. Lay the washed wet asparagus in, cover and steam or simmer for 3 to 4 minutes. I have a steamer that I lay the cleaned asparagus in and steam, without butter or water, for about 5 minutes for crunchy goodness. Sprinkle with seasoned rice vinegar or lemon for a real treat!

Enjoy!
Lena

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HEALTH TODAY
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Why Eat Organic?

Plants contain a secret defense system. When stressed by insects, plants produce higher levels of polyphenolic compounds, which are natural pesticides. And these compounds just happen to be potent antioxidants. But when chemical pesticides are used on crops, extra protection isn't needed, so fewer polyphenolics develop and antioxidant content is depleted.

This is just one of the arguments in support of going to the extra trouble and expense to purchase organically grown foods. And a new study bears this out.

In a 2003 issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, another University of California-Davis team reported on a study in which they assessed the nutritional differences of marionberries (a type of blackberry), strawberries, and corn raised by three different methods:

Organically - no pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers were used
Sustainably - no pesticides or herbicides were used, but crops were treated with artificial fertilizers
Conventionally - chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizer were used
Results showed that the plants grown organically and sustainably had far more polyphenolic content (and antioxidant activity) than those grown conventionally.

And in 2002, British researchers evaluated 35 different brands of vegetable soup, both organic and non-organic. They found that on average, the organic brands contained nearly six times as much salicylic acid, a natural anti-inflammatory agent. One of the organic soups contained nearly 50 times the concentration of salicylic acid as the typical non-organic soup.