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AMA Wants Regulation of 'Bioidenticals'
Nov 15, 2006
By LINDSEY TANNER

CHICAGO (AP) - The American Medical Association has stepped into the controversy over alternative hormone treatments for aging that Suzanne Somers advocates in a hot new book.

The nation's largest doctors' group voted this week to seek stricter Food and Drug Administration oversight and regulation of these so-called "bioidentical" hormone compounds.

Some of the treatments are promoted as alternatives to estrogen and progestin supplements once widely used for hot flashes and other menopause symptoms. Somers' new book, "Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones" on national best-seller lists, maintains that these treatments also can reverse the aging process and keep people mentally sharp, physically fit and sexually active.

Some doctors who were quoted in "Ageless" say the book overpromises anti-aging benefits from these products and wrote a letter of complaint last month to the book's publisher.

The actress-fitness guru could not immediately be reached for comment, but she has defended the book and appeared Wednesday night on CNN's "Larry King Live" to address her critics.

"If we all figure out that we just put back the hormones we've lost in the aging process to the exact amount that we need, we won't need all the other drugs that we're being offered," she told CNN.

Landmark government research linking conventional hormone pills with health risks led many women to quit taking them.

But there's no evidence that bioidenticals are any safer and they may even have other risks, Dr. Robert Vigersky, a member of the Endocrine Society delegation to the AMA, said Wednesday. The society represents doctors who specialize in hormone-related disorders.

"This is a safety issue, there's no question about it," said Dr. Ardis Hoven, an AMA board member.

The products, sometimes called "natural" hormones, are compounds that have the same chemical and molecular structure as hormones that are produced in the human body. They are custom-mixed by special pharmacies according to a doctor's prescription.

Promoters say they are plant-based, but Vigersky said some contain synthetic products and their exact ingredients aren't always known because they are not FDA-approved.

"We think that people are being misled into thinking that they are safer and we're worried that they may be inappropriately prescribed," said Vigersky, an endocrinologist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He said he has no financial ties to pharmaceutical companies that produce hormone pills.

The AMA adopted the new policy at its interim meeting Monday in Las Vegas. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, which makes conventional hormone pills, requested similar scrutiny in an FDA petition earlier.

The AMA will urge the FDA to assess the purity of ingredients in the alternative compounds, evaluate any side effects and require manufacturers and compounding pharmacies to report any adverse events.

The doctors group also endorses creation of a registry of adverse events linked to bioidenticals, along with standard patient safety information on the product packaging.

While the custom compounds are not FDA-approved, the agency has regulatory authority over them because they are considered drugs. An FDA spokesman said the agency shares the AMA's concerns about potentially misleading claims and is paying close attention to the issue.

Dr. Erika Schwartz, a New York physician who objects to the wide-ranging claims in Somers' book, nevertheless criticized the AMA for taking the side of the pharmaceutical industry.

Schwartz said that while she shares the AMA's general concerns about safety, there's no evidence that the hormone compounds are not safe.

"I don't believe in overpromising," Schwartz said. "I believe hormones are only part of the anti-aging process. If you want to stay young and healthy, you need to eat right, to exercise, to deal with stress, to sleep," she said. "The hormones are one other option."

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LENA'S COMMENT: If they can't stop an idea they want to control it... I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with the bioidentical premise but I do know that if you make an informed search you can come to the conclusion of what is best for you without the AMA's authorization or need for their control!!! We, as adults, should have the freedom to choose whatever we want to in regards to our health without the AMA or someone else being our guardian... I thought God had left the Holy Spirit for our guide and not a human being... So-called dogooders who think they are the only ones that know what's best for me and should dictate my rights of choices in any place in my life really gets my dander up! I don't see deaths occurring with bioidenticals and even if there were it cannot come close to medication/OTC deaths that happen hourly with AMA's approval and control... I may disagree with a lot of things, and I will state that, but I have no right to force my opinion on anyone and neither should they!

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Benefiting from your cranberries this Thanksgiving! Choose either whole cranberry products or juice that has not been highly diluted, a recent study suggests. A higher concentration of either cranberry juice or tannins in the cranberries may be better at fighting infection. A number of studies over the years have reported the health benefits of cranberry juice, and now a new study sheds light on why it works so well in preventing urinary tract infections. Funded in part by the National Science Foundation, the latest information offers a more complete picture as to how the compounds in the juice work to fight illness at the biochemical level. The study also lends credence to the juice's use as an effective alternative to antibiotics, particularly for combating E. coli bacteria that have become resistant to conventional treatment.

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Work out Your Arms to Help Your Legs!
By Julie Marks, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent

CHICAGO (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) may want to work out their arms for pain relief.

PAD is a progressive disease in which plaque builds up and narrows the arteries (usually in the legs), limiting blood supply during exertion. Because the muscles are starved for oxygen, they can cramp and hurt after patients walk -- even short distances. The leg pain goes away with a few minutes of rest.

Previous research has shown exercise training on a treadmill can help postpone leg pain and extend walking distance. However, researchers from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis studied an arm ergometer, which is a table-top device similar to bicycle pedals -- only it's operated with the arms rather than the legs.

For the study, three groups of patients exercised three times a week for 12 weeks, and one group did not exercise at all. Among the exercisers, one group exercised on a treadmill; another exercised on the arm ergometer, and the third group used both pieces of equipment.

After three months of training, patients in all three exercise groups showed improvement in the total distance they could walk. Patients in the treadmill group showed the most improvement, but those in the arm group also reported significant benefits compared to those who did not exercise. Both treadmill and arm exercisers showed similar results in how far they could walk without pain -- more than 100 meters, or about one and a half blocks.

"This is the first study showing that arm-only aerobics can provide results comparable to those seen with treadmill training," said Diane Treat-Jacobson, Ph.D., R.N., lead author of the study. "Our results provide evidence that aerobic upper-body exercise is a pain-free alternative for patients with PAD who cannot or do not wish to perform treadmill exercises because of leg pain or some other disability."

This article was reported by Ivanhoe.com newsalert

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Another Note On that Healthy Pomegranate

In a small clinical trial, 10 diabetics and 10 healthy individuals were asked to drink fresh-squeezed pomegranate juice for three months. The researchers were surprised to find that the juice did not elevate blood sugar levels, cholesterol, or triglycerides, parameters of diabetes that often worsen after consumption of fruit juice. While most other fruit juices contain free and harmful forms of sugars, pomegranate juice contains sugars that are attached to unique antioxidants, which makes the drink especially protective against atherosclerosis.

Those that drank the juice saw their serum lipid peroxide levels drop by 56 percent and their TBARS levels fall by 28 percent. TBARS is a measure of oxidation levels of LDL cholesterol.

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US Senator Raps UN 'Brainwashing' on Climate
by Deborah Zabarenko
November 17, 2006

WASHINGTON - The US Senate's most vocal global warming skeptic, James Inhofe, on Thursday dismissed a UN meeting on climate change as a "brainwashing" session.

Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican who will step down as chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee in January, told a news conference, "The idea that the science (on global warming) is settled is altogether wrong." A majority of scientists, many in the US government, accept that global warming is spurred by human actions and the emission of greenhouse gases. President George W. Bush said as much in July at a summit of industrialized nations.

Inhofe said he acknowledged that the planet is warming but disputed those who attribute it to human activity and the emission of greenhouse gases. Instead, he blamed climate change on natural cycles.

That puts him at odds with some in his own party, including Arizona Sen. John McCain, who on Thursday took the first step toward a White House run in 2008.

McCain said he and Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut Democrat, plan to re-introduce a bill on climate change on the first day of the new Congress.

"I think we've reached a tipping point in this debate, long overdue," McCain said at a forum on energy and the environment. "I think there's great urgency ... and the scientific evidence continues to accumulate."

'STATE OF DENIAL'

McCain said the US refusal to take action to mitigate global warming makes the United States unpopular with Europeans. he said some in the Bush administration "still believe incredibly that it's a myth ... who simply are in a state of denial."

In accusing the UN of environmental brainwashing at the Nairobi conference, Inhofe held up a of "Tore and the Town on Thin Ice," a children's book he said was distributed at the gathering.

He said the book, the tale of a fictional young Arctic villager who becomes aware of global warming when his dogsled crashes through thinning ice, relies on disputed science.

"This is paid for by the United Nations and it's brainwashing little kids," Inhofe said.

Inhofe did not attend the Nairobi meeting but said some of his staff did.

"What we learned in Nairobi is ... that the real focus has little to do with the fate of the planet and more to do with money -- who has it and who wants it," he said.

Inhofe will be the ranking Republican on the environment committee when the newly elected Democratic majority takes power in January. Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat with long-standing environmental credentials, will chair the committee.

Boxer and two other Democrats wrote a letter to Bush on Wednesday urging him to fight global warming by putting mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

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