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The American Lung Association says tobacco contains more than 4,000 chemicals, 60 of which causes cancer. 
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Can you afford the liver killing, immune suppressing, non-effective prescriptions? Looks doubtful at this rate!

Wholesale Drug Prices Top Inflation
Aug 16, 2005
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
 
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wholesale prices for the brand-name prescription drugs widely used by older Americans rose at more than twice the rate of inflation during the year that ended March 31, the AARP says.

The price charged by manufacturers climbed 6.6 percent for a sample of 195 drugs. That's down from the 7.1 percent increase in the year that ended Dec. 31 but still well ahead of the 3 percent general inflation rate, the organization said in a report for release Tuesday.

"We are very disappointed that brand name manufacturers have failed to keep their price increases in line with inflation and we will continue to educate our members and the public about how best to find the most affordable prescription drugs to suit their needs," AARP chief executive William Novelli said.

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America accused AARP of using "fuzzy math."
 
Prescription drug prices have risen less than overall medical costs, the trade group said. And, PhRMA vice president Ken Johnson added, starting next January seniors will get savings on medicines by enrolling in Medicare's new prescription program.

The study by AARP's Public Policy Institute and the University of Minnesota found price increases for 110 brand-name drugs sampled.

For a typical older person taking three prescription drugs daily, the increase for the year ended March 31 translates to an extra $144.15 cost per year, if they use brand name products and the full price increase is passed along to the consumer, according to AARP,

Looking at the first three months of this year, the study found the biggest price increase, 6.1 percent, was for insulin sensitizing drugs for diabetics. Tied for second with 5.9 percent increases were two types of blood pressure drugs, angiotensin II receptor antagonists and calcium channel blockers.

The single largest increase was 9.5 percent for Combivent, an aerosol drug that improves breathing by helping open bronchial tubes.

The researchers also looked at generic prescription drugs. Overall costs were up 0.7 percent in a check of 75 drugs for the year ended March 31. Only three of the drugs had an increase in the first three months of this year, the report said.

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A Garden Produces More Than Just Veggies!

As I watched the bees buzz around our garden I got to thinking about the contribution that will come from their buzzing and gathering nectar… Honey being the top one along with a few others! A garden gives off more than just vegetables!

Bees, just like medicine, has their specialty field as you will see when reading this article.

Honey that has long been known in folk medicine circles as a "magic elixir" is known to have antioxidant properties, which we know is necessary to ward off illness and diseases. After adding 4 tablespoons of buckwheat honey (buckwheat honey comes from bees that gather their pollen from the buckwheat plant only) to their daily diet, participants in a study showed an increase in their levels of antioxidants in their blood. But when it comes to antioxidants, not all honey is created equal: The darker the honey, the more antioxidants it has.

Vitamins in honey are said to be A, B1 (Thiamin), B2 (Riboflavin), Nicotinic acid (niacin), B6 (Pyridoxine), B12 (Cyanocobaltamine, C (Ascorbic acid), D, E (Tocopherol), H (Biotin), Pantothenic acid and Folic acid. Minerals in honey are said to be Calcium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorous, Potassium, Sodium and Zinc. Honey has tested out to have antibacterial properties as well as sterilizing of wounds and sores. Whether it's the make up or the way the different vitamins and minerals are put together in honey, we don't know but it is a known medicinal addition.

Honey is known to improve food assimilation and useful for chronic and infective intestinal problems such as constipation, duodenal ulcers and liver disturbances. Reports abound with successful treatment of various gastrointestinal disorders. Honey, when poured into open wounds, bed sores, ulcers, varicose ulcers and burns, twice a day heals the worst of the worst. It prevents infections, promotes tissue regeneration, and reduces scarring best when used in its pure, unprocessed form. If applied immediately, honey reduces blistering of burns and speeds regeneration of new tissue. Many case histories are reported of this happening. Homogenized honey isn't useful for anything but a sweetener as the healing properties are removed in the homogenization process.

In the alternatives health communities non-homogenized honey is a well known remedy for colds and mouth, throat or bronchial irritations and infections. The benefits, apart from antibacterial effects, are assumed to relate to the soothing and relaxing effect of fructose.

Honey, beeswax, and various other bee products have quite a following in many Asian countries, as well as in Russia and the rest of Eastern Europe. One of the biggest health claims is that bee venom cures multiple sclerosis, but I find no historical cases to back up the claim even though I've read of people using bee stings for that purpose as well as for arthritis.  I don't doubt it though...

Honey is far better to use as a sweetener for diabetics than sugar as insulin levels are lower when compared to the uptake of equal caloric values of other foods. My belief is, nature made our body's to react to natural substances better than man made sugar, and some data exists to back up that belief.

Then, there's the purity of beeswax candles compared to the paraffin candles most people burn in their homes. I hate to break it to you romantic types, but paraffin candles are just a spiffed-up version of petroleum products with large doses of chemical fragrance. And they release decidedly unromantic elements, such as soot and smoke, while burning.  Burning paraffin candles has been compared to breathing in diesel fumes. I don't know about you, but that would kill the mood for me. But beeswax candles don't have that problem. In fact, burning beeswax produces negative ions, which are nature's air purifiers.

Honey can be used as an alternative to sugar in baking, cereals and any thing you want to add a bit of flavor!

If you find yourself with a cough make your own cough syrup.

Herbal/Honey cough syrup

1 tablespoon licorice root
1 tablespoon marshmallow root
1 tablespoon plantain leaf
1 teaspoon thyme leaf
1 pint purified/filtered water
4 tablespoons honey
1/8 teaspoon anise essential oil (optional)

Prepare a triple-strength tea by simmering the herbs in water for 10 minutes, then steeping for 20 minutes. Strain the tea, then stir in honey and glycerin while the tea is still warm. Add optional essential oil. Take 1 tablespoon at a time. Stored in a cool place, this syrup will keep for 2 weeks. In the refrigerator, it will keep for several months.

This recipe is suitable for children, but not for infants, who should not have honey.

6 fresh garlic cloves (minced)
2 cups purified/filtered water
1 tablespoon white vinegar
3/4 cup honey

Bring water and minced garlic to a boil. Turn burner off and let steep for about 20 minutes.
Put into Vita Mixer and liquefy (no vitamixer - let set until cool, then strain). Add vinegar and honey mix well and let sit until cool, then refrigerate.
1 Tablespoon three or four times a day. Much better than OTC cough preparations!

Wishing you healthy eating!
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US Agriculture Department Finds 1,000 Violations of Mad Cow Rules
by Randy Fabi 
August 16, 2005
 

WASHINGTON - Federal food safety inspectors found more than 1,000 instances since 2004 where US meat plants cut corners or violated regulations aimed at preventing the spread of mad cow disease, the US Agriculture Department said Monday.
 
The USDA said it released documents to the American Meat Institute and the consumer group Public Citizen showing that federal inspectors filed 1,036 noncompliance reports from January 2004 to May 2005 involving the removal of the brain, skull and spinal cord of cattle aged 30 months and older.
The materials are considered to carry the highest risk in spreading the brain-wasting disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The USDA banned them from the human food supply a few days after the December 2003 discovery of the first US case of mad cow disease in a Washington state dairy cow.

The nation's second confirmed case of BSE was discovered earlier this summer in a Texas beef cow.

Public Citizen said the documents showed instances where US meat plants did not distinguish between older and younger animals, banned materials were not removed and tools not properly cleaned.

"I think there still has to be a concern about meat from an infected animal making it into the food supply," said Tony Corbo, legislative representative for Public Citizen. "It is not a fail-safe system."

The meat industry disagreed.

"Some groups will no doubt attempt to use this information as evidence of possible operational problems and even a food safety concern, when nothing is further from the truth," said Jim Hodges, president of the AMI Foundation.

AMI said the noncompliance reports represent just one-tenth of 1 percent of the 46 million cattle slaughtered nationwide during the 17-month period.

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service said its federal meat inspectors strictly enforced the regulations to keep BSE out of the human food supply.

"These data demonstrate inspection program personnel took immediate action when they determined that regulators were not being strictly followed. The analysis demonstrates public health was protected," the agency said in a statement posted on its Web site.

The documents were released to the industry and consumer groups in response to Freedom of Information Act requests, and were not made public by the USDA.

Public Citizen said it was still reviewing all the documents, and would need several days to summarize the noncompliance reports.

The US Food and Drug and Administration has separately been considering tougher safeguards against mad cow disease for the past 18 months. The FDA in 1997 banned the use of cattle remains as a protein supplement for cattle, but consumer groups have urged the FDA to extend the ban to feed for poultry, pigs and pet food.

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