US Government Subsidizes Obesity-Inducing Food and Diabetes Treatment Too

"There’s more money in amputating the limbs of diabetics than in counseling them on diet and exercise."

( Read Michael Pollan's NYTimes Op-Ed from 9/10/09, on the food industry's part in the healthcare boondoggle. )

Treatments that Increase Serotonin Also Lower Bone Density

widespread assumption: serotonin is benign substance that makes people happier
widely accepted that both l-tryp and 5HTP ameliorate depression w/o SEs
but serotonin DOES have SEs
research suggests serotonin hinders formation of new bone-->net loss
supplements increasing serotonin, 5HTP, melatonin, or L-tryptophan detrimental to bone???

Literature Review (September 2009)
Serotonin Production And Bone Health
By Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO
from: http://www.naturalmedicinejournal.com/pdf/liit_rev_seratonin.pdf
( notes )

Treat Vascular Risk Factors to Slow Alzheimer's Progression

pearl: statins and fibrates both affect amyloid protein and reduce cognitive decline in hyperlipidemic patients until the decline less that patients without hyperlipidemia in the first place
pearl: treating atherosclerosis slows progression of dementia

notes from medscape
( Treating Vascular Risk Factors Slows Cognitive Decline in Alzheimers Disease )