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My notes are behind the cut. These ladies review some recent FDA approvals and critique the process. The upshot is that the FDA is fast-tracking drugs without following their own rules regarding the supposedly scientific and independent review process. My take: Don't Use New RX drugs until they've been on the market at least 10 years. Otherwise YOU are part of the longterm followup studies that they aren't doing before approval.

SOURCE
http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2013/01/25/antibiotics-when-science-and-wishful-thinking-collide/
my notes on Zuckerman & Yttri article )
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Mitigating the harmful effects of Galectin-3 with Modified Citrus Pectin
03/27/2013
Issac Eliaz, MD, LAc, MS
integrative physician who treats cancer and chronic illness
Modified Citrus Pectin (MCP) is a proven natural galectin-3 inhibitor
note )
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Sodium bicarbonate in the form of baking soda: cheap medicine for maintaining a favorable acid-base balance in human metabolism. So many things can throw this balance off, that it's silly not to have some baking soda on hand--for any home or field hospital. The article recommends that we stock up with some 25-30 pounds of the stuff. There are some other good ideas in here too.
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congenital = present at birth
hereditary = inherited
familial = runs in family
genetic = caused by gene

reduced penetrance often at work in dominant diseases: genotype does not "penetrate" to phenotype

notes on osteogenesis imperfecta, neurofibromatosis, achondroplasia, marfan syndrome, polycystic kidney disease )
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What causes a granular surface on the kidneys?
benign nephrosclerosis-->patchy ischemic atrophy-->focal loss of parenchyma-->granular surface
common in diabetics, also dt HTN
from Miller's notes )
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Name the rash that SSL is going to ask about on the final exam.
necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum

Where does diabetes rank in the leading causes of death in the US?
7th

Approximately how many people in the US are affected?
16 million
half undiagnosed

Define diabetes.
A group of metabolic disorders of impaired glucose tolerance causing hyperglycemia, as well as abnormal and and protein metabolism.
Self-quiz from SSL's lecture and powerpoint )
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What can you diagnose by measuring vanillyl mandelic acid in the urine?
pheochromocytoma and neuroblastoma

How much do the adrenals glands weigh? (each)
self quiz and lecture notes from lecture on this date by SSL )
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LAB Dx Lecture
FINAL EXAM STUDY OBJECTIVES
FALL TERM 2008
another look into the material )

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