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Greetings and thank you for being a subscriber. According to the weather bureau our monsoon season is taking a break and it is really hot without the clouds.

Took the grandchildren to "Tonto Natural Bridge State Park" yesterday (If you haven't been there you should go, nature at it's most primitive and best.) so if you tried to reach me on my office phone, you didn't. I do carry my cell phone so I am always accessible. While the spammers continue filling my email boxes with dead email I find it takes me longer to get my work done now. I am seriously considering killing www.envirodocs.com and will think on it a while longer, as that domain has been alive since 1997 and I would hate to start from scratch again... Bear with me if I do not get an reply fast...

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For Some, Aspirin May Not Help Hearts
By ANDREW POLLACK

More than 20 million Americans take aspirin regularly to help prevent heart attacks and strokes. But new evidence suggests that for many of them, the pills do little if any good. Recent studies have found that anywhere from 5 percent to more than 40 percent of aspirin users are "nonresponsive" or "resistant" to the medicine. That means that aspirin does not inhibit their blood from clotting, as it is supposed to.

"They are taking it for stroke and heart attack prevention, and it's not going to work," said Dr. Daniel I. Simon, the associate director of interventional cardiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and an associate professor at Harvard.

A vast majority of doctors do not test patients for aspirin resistance. Several doctors said even resistant patients would probably still be better off taking aspirin than dropping it. Also, people who use aspirin to fight pain or inflammation are not affected by the new findings.

Scientists are racing to clarify further the significance of aspirin resistance and how to counteract it. What they learn could influence how one of the oldest and most widely consumed medicines is used, perhaps leading to more customized therapies.

"You're talking about a huge number of people" who might not be benefiting, said Dr. Michael J. Domanski, head of the clinical trials unit of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

Although some experts have known about aspirin resistance for years, it is a topic of growing interest as studies have confirmed that aspirin takers who are resistant have a higher rate of heart attacks and strokes than nonresistant aspirin users.

"Aspirin resistance is associated with a worse outcome,"' Dr. Deepak L. Bhatt, director of the interventional cardiology fellowship program at the Cleveland Clinic, said. "The literature is pretty consistent about that."

New tests make it far easier than in the past to measure response to aspirin. Companies selling such tests are calling attention to aspirin resistance to help in their marketing.

Some experts caution that not enough is understood about the meaning of resistance to justify routine tests. Moreover, the experts say, it is unclear what to do for aspirin-resistant patients. Should aspirin be dropped? Should the doses be increased? Should patients be switched to other anticlotting drugs?

"For none of these tests is there evidence that altering treatment is beneficial to the patient," said Dr. Alan D. Michelson, director of the center for platelet function studies at the University of Massachusetts. "I don't think doctors should do these tests, and I don't think they should change treatments based on these tests."

A small but growing number of doctors are starting to test patients. They argue that even without conclusive evidence it is reasonable to alter therapy rather than have a patient continue to take a drug that a test shows is ineffective.

Dr. Mark A. Goodman, president of Cardiovascular Medical Associates in Garden City, N.Y., said he tested all his patients and found that 20 to 25 percent were aspirin resistant. For those people, Dr. Goodman said, he first tries a higher dose, because that is the least expensive alternative.

If that does not work - and it usually does not - he prescribes another anticlotting drug, Plavix, that can cost $3 or more a day, compared with pennies a day for aspirin.

Aspirin resistance could be one reason many people continue to have heart attacks and strokes even though they take aspirin. But, experts said, it is quite likely that some people have heart attacks or strokes even if aspirin is providing the desired anticlotting effect.

It is widely believed that the main way aspirin provides cardiovascular protection is by blocking the ability of platelets in the blood to stick together, a vital step in forming clots that can lead to a heart attack or stroke. Aspirin blocks an enzyme, cyclo-oxygenase, that is involved in producing thromboxane, a substance that induces platelets to clump.

The standard test of how readily platelets clump is called aggregometry. It is usually performed in a specialized laboratory and can take two to three hours.

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LENA'S NOTE: There is perfectly healthy natural alternative that does not create stomach problems, bleeding or or known aspirin side effects, but the drug companies can't make a lot of money from it so it's left by the way and you are never told about it...Found at any good health food store.

You probably know that you shouldn't drink anything alcoholic on a really cold day because it makes you feel warmer, but it delays shivering, which is a normal method of generating body heat. Alcohol also gives a false sense of confidence, which can lead to doing foolish things. And it's a diuretic, so it reduces blood volume.

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FAT ANTIOXIDANTS AND YOU!

A research study done at the University of Maryland along
with several other studies have shown that you can reduce the
dangers of eating high-fat meals by very simple, safe and
inexpensive means. Taking a 1000-mg of Vitamin C and 800 IU
of Vitamin E before the meal is proven to blocked the harmful
effect on major blood vessels in the participants of the studies.
Taken from ?The Journal of the American Medical Association
(1997; 278:1682-1686)?

In March 1998 researchers from Harvard University found that
large dosages of vitamin C can help reduce the risk of blindness,
premature heart attacks and gangrene of the foot as seen in
many diabetics.

The latest study shows that doses of Vitamin C help heal
Bronchitis faster than antibiotics!

Antibiotic and OTC drugs decimate the natural antioxidants,
which our bodies produce. Dr. Willix states, "that antioxidants are the
most important medical discovery of the last fifty years and will
go into the millennium as such." This has been backed up by
several studies, one of which was published in The American
Journal of Cardiology. Lester Packer, Ph.D, a molecular and cell biologist at the University of California at Berkeley have also confirmed this.

Dr. Packer states, "More than 70% of Americans will die
prematurely from diseases caused by/or compounded by
deficiencies in antioxidants? Free radicals in our systems
are running rampant and causing all kinds of illnesses and
diseases."

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BGH Milk Additive Appears To Be Disappearing!

Monsanto Likely Phasing Out Controversial Bovine Growth Hormone

Are Rats Jumping Off Posilac Ship?

While Monsanto remains quiet about the fate of its genetically engineered cow hormone, Posilac, signs are that more rats are jumping off the ship.

In late January 2004, Monsanto announced a 50% reduction in sales of Posilac to regular customers. That followed a December 19, 2003 announcement of a 15% cutback.

The Milkweed reported of a Posilac sales force meeting in March, at which numerous sales persons were terminated by Monsanto. Other Posilac sales personnel are rumored to be aggressively seeking their next employment opportunity.

In early May, Brian Robert Lowry, Monsanto's dairy mouthpiece, departed dairy responsibilities at the company. Lowry had issued a typographical error-ridden media statement, on April 28, claiming that the March 29, 2004 FDA warning letter to Mosanto's Austrian-based Posilac supplier was merely business as usual. That warning letter blistered the Austrian manufacturer for many bad manufacturing practices and failed quality control oversight.

The latest "rat" to jump Monsanto's ship is the "Milk is Milk" website maintained by the Hudson Institute, a bunch of corporate yahoos. "Milk is Milk" was hatched in recent years to attack critics of milk from Posilac-injected dairy cows. The Hudson Institute uses Dennis Avery and his son Alex as a "hit squad" attacking persons opposing food biotechnology.

Monsanto has been both a member and a major contributor to the Hudson Institute. Since Monsanto is the only corporation selling recombinant bovine growth hormone (Posilac), it's presumed Monsanto has been the source of money for the "milk is milk" website. No More.

Perhaps the single biggest measure of Monsanto's future intentions for Posilac would be activity around and employment in Monsanto's U.S. plant near Augusta, Georgia, which was built to produce Posilac. But zero production of the drug for commercial sale is currently taking place in Georgia.

The Milkweed contends that Monsanto is engaged in conduct that looks like intentionally sinking the ship. Is the company trying to finesse its way around potential liabilities for either human or animal health?

Posilac was the first major biotech food production product approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration. FDA's approval for recombinant bovine growth hormone remains as the most controversial issue in the agency's history. Posilac was views as a "must succeed" deal, because so much investment in food biotechnology was riding on that cow drug's gaining FDA approval. In the analysis of The Milkweed, FDA's review of human and animal safety for Posilac were criminally flawed.

So 10 years after Posilac was approved for commercial sale, sales are scaled back...and the rats are jumping ship. Dairy farmers must ask themselves if, over the past 10 years, they and their cows have fared better or worse during the "Posilac decade."

From Organic Consumers Org. http://www.organicconsumers.org

LENA'S NOTE: Sounds to me like Monsanto knows how bad BGH is and are cutting their losses as quietly as possible hoping that the future will not sink them with lawsuits! We can expect more blunders with the new HEED ( http://www.fic.nih.gov/programs/HEED.html )program at the National Institute of Health headquarters. The new leader wants things speeded up, so guess how many more bad drugs are going to get through! Probably double or triple what comes through now... My grandmother always said "Haste makes Waste." and in this instance that waste will be lives!

Chelating Detoxing Food

This week's food is generally thought of as a condiment in most societies, yet it is a very healthy and nutritious food. Also called an herb! Herbs are food you know! And is either loved or hated and not much in between.

A parsley-like herb used in a lot of Indian, Thai, Mexican and Central American cuisine is known as Cilantro or coriander. My own opinion of the taste of cilantro is that you either love it or hate it - there doesn't seem to be many people that just like it. Considered part of the carrot family? Now I don't know how they came to that conclusion but everything I read says it? The seeds are called coriander and the leaves cilantro.

Cilantro is also known as Mexican or Chinese parsley and can be used in salads, soups, stews. My favorite use is chopped fresh cilantro with sweet onions and put on everything in sight!

History:

Said to have originated in the southern parts of the Mediterranean. Coriander has been found in Egyptian tombs dating back 3000 years. It is even mentioned in the Bible in Exodus 16:31, where manna is described as "small round and white like coriander seed." The ancient Hebrews originally used cilantro root as the "bitter herb" in the symbolic Passover meal. I wasn't there so I can't vouch for the accuracy of that!

Loaded with minerals; Calcium, Iron, Thiamin, Manganese, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Niacin, Potassium, Pantothenic acid, Selenium and Sodium. Then great antioxidants and vitamins such as Vitamin E, Vitamin B-6, Zinc, Folate, Ash, Copper, riboflavin, Vitamin C, Vitamin B-12, Vitamin A and Vitamin K as well as protein and loaded with fiber. Should definitely be considered a great health food!

Known Medicinal Uses;

Cilantro is considered an aid to the digestive system. It is an appetite stimulant and aids in the secretion of gastric juices. Also may be used as a poultice (chopped seeds) and applied externally to relieve painful joints and arthritis pain. The essential oils of the cilantro leaves contain antibacterial properties and can be used as a fungicide. The seeds are said to have cholesterol lowering properties. Since it is a detoxing agent I would expect that to be very true. Asians used it as an aphrodisiac during the Han dynasty (207 BC-200 AD). The Romans used coriander with cumin and vinegar as a preservative, which they rubbed into meat. Those famous "sugarplums that danced in children's head" at Christmas time were originally sugar coated coriander, a treat that offered a sweet start and then a spicy burst of flavor. Later the recipe included small bits of fruit and became the confection we know today.

A theory from several natural physicians is: if you get rid of the heavy metals in your body, you've removed the source of millions of free radicals and the tissues of the body begin to heal themselves, sloughing off the calcium that causes hardening of the arteries.

It just so happens that while Dr. Omura was testing for these toxic metals, he noticed that mercury levels in the urine increased after one consumed a healthy serving of Vietnamese soup. The soup contained Chinese parsley, or as it is better known in the U.S. cilantro. Further testing revealed that eating cilantro also increased the urinary excretion of lead and aluminum. And when cilantro was used concurrently with the antibiotics or natural antiviral agents and/or fatty acids, Herpes Simplex types I & II or
Cytomegalovirus infections could be eliminated for good.

If you are one of those who hate cilantro but experience lots of illnesses through out the year, it would be smart to give cilantro another try and include it as part of your healthy food.

Here is a pesto recipe I use for spring cleaning of my body and a rejuvenator during the hot months. Give it a try!

Cilantro Chelation Pesto

1 clove garlic
1/2 cup almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds or other nuts
1 cup fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tsp Liquid Minerals (order online)
6 Tablespoons Virgin Olive Oil
Sea salt to taste

Put the cilantro and olive oil in blender and process until the cilantro is chopped. Add the rest of the ingredients and process to a lumpy paste. You may need to add a splash of hot water and scrape the side of the blender. You can change the consistency by altering the amount of olive oil and lemon juice, but keep the ratio 3:1 of oil and juice. It freezes well so you can make several batches and freeze.

Mix with pasta, stuff a cherry tomato or use on crackers or toast for a healthy detoxing food! Have Herpes or lots of viral infections; add a Tablespoon of Ionic Silver Water to the mix and you may just beat that problem!

Can you imagine eating and detoxing? Yes by adding cilantro to your foods that's exactly what happens! Chelate your body by eating a couple of teaspoons of cilantro a day for two weeks (mix it any way you wish), then two or three times a year and be healthy!

Wishing you great health!
Lena

***Lena Sanchez a happy retired Medical Office
Nurse/Administrator/Consultant who took charge of her life 12
years ago found pain relief and committed to helping others
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Prognosis: Living Wills and Dying at Home
By JOHN O'NEIL

A study released 7/18/04 found that older people with living wills were more likely to die at home instead of in a hospital than people who had not made such wills.

Millions of Americans have living wills - formal statements of how they want their medical care handled if they become too ill to make decisions or to communicate their wishes. But whether the documents are effective in limiting end-of-life care has been a matter of debate, in part because most studies have looked only at the effects on hospitalized patients, said Dr. Howard B. Degenholtz of the University of Pittsburgh, the lead author of the new report.

The study, published in The Annals of Internal Medicine, looked at a group of people in their 70's who were living at home or in nursing homes when the study began. Over the next two years, 539 of 8,000 died. According to information from their survivors, 40 percent of those who died had living wills.

For people living at home when the study began, having living wills reduced the chance of dying in a hospital by about a quarter. For those in nursing homes, the chances of a hospital death dropped by almost two-thirds.

The relatives also reported that the people with living wills were more likely to have had some treatments withheld and to have received aggressive treatment for pain. Dr. Degenholtz said he suspected that the findings meant that the best way to avoid unwanted care was "through avoiding hospitalization, rather than directing treatment of people in the hospital."

"People often have images of not dying with a lot of tubes or on a ventilator," he said of discussions on living wills. "I would recommend that these conversations include discussion of the setting, such as in your own home or in a hospice." www.nytimes.com

LENA'S NOTE: Doctors and hospitals will naturally speak against such freedoms, they lose money... My husband and I made our living will and trust years ago with that very intent in mind. No tubes or respirators for me thank you, give me dignity in dying! I might also add that if you have a will and not a trust your assets will go into the attorney's pockets and not your relatives that you would wish to have them. We learned that with our neighbors that we took care of until they died. They did not set up a trust and we were unable to follow through with their wishes and the only person who benefited from their deaths was the attorney, as their attorney did not advise us very well and we did not know better. A living trust also keeps your assets private and not published. With a will or without a will your assets are published three times, in most states, for the whole world to see. Most attorney's will tell you that a will is sufficient, but for their pocket book not yours...

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