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...selective citation of the facts, disregarded contradictory science and omitted nonsupportive sources. The fact is, vinyl medical products have been used safely for more than 40 years. They have been subjected to decades of testing, and they have consistently delivered reliable service under the most demanding conditions, such as cardiac surgery, blood transfusions and kidney dialysis. You should have quoted the Food and Drug Administration on this issue. The FDA does not see this as a matter of pressing concern, nor do many other medical authorities whose views were not included in this piece. MARK A. SOFMAN MANAGER OF INDUSTRY...
Disturbing as those stories were, their significance pales in comparison to a far less sensational piece published in the New England Journal of Medicine. A carefully conducted study found that doctors were 40% less likely to order sophisticated cardiac tests for women and blacks who complained about chest pain than for men and whites with identical symptoms. After subjecting the data to statistical tests to assure its reliability, the study's authors concluded that the disparity in what are literally life-and-death decisions about medical care was most likely due to unconscious biases about gender and race...
...this untapped potential could be a terrific boon to medicine. Most diseases involve the death of healthy cells--brain cells in Alzheimer's, cardiac cells in heart disease, pancreatic cells in diabetes, to name a few. If doctors could isolate stem cells, then direct their growth, they might be able to furnish patients with healthy replacement tissue...
...drastically reduced fat in their diets, increased their exercise and learned to handle stress showed a marked reversal of coronary heart disease even after years of self-neglect. The five-year study found participants had, among other things, a more than 50% decrease in heart attacks and other cardiac events...
Some doctors believe everyone should be tested for hemochromatosis. But that could be a problem, since the tests aren't foolproof. At the very least, anyone with a family member who has hemochromatosis should get tested. In addition, if you have arthritis, diabetes or cardiac arrhythmia, your doctor should make sure that the difficulty isn't actually a result of iron overload...