Editorials

Editorial Issue 127

I have long been discovering that much that I had once been taught about science or health is incorrect, or that the information was presented with a biased agenda.

This process started for me in the mid-1980s when I moved from being a molecular biology researcher to a nutrition and health researcher. I will never forget being interviewed on radio regarding my book about organic germanium, with an opposing 'expert' who stated that there was no research behind the published data regarding organic germanium's immune enhancing properties. This despite the more than 100 references to the published scientific literature, of which this 'expert' had obviously no knowledge.

Editorial Issue 126

A longitudinal investigation of 143, 325 individuals, initiated in 1992 by the American Cancer Society and followed up in 1997, 1999 and 2001, examined whether people exposed to pesticides had a higher risk of Parkinson's Disease (PD) than those not exposed. The team, led by Professor Alberto Ascherio of the Harvard School of Public Health, published their findings in Annals on Neurology.[1]
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Editorial Issue 125

My father died at the end of 2005, just prior to the New Year. The immediate cause of his death was the inability of his diabetic leg ulcers to heal; these had become infected and gangrenous. The medical team were unable to fight the infection with intravenous antibiotics, and the family and medical team decided, upon medical and quality of life grounds, that amputation was not an option.
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Editorial Issue 124

In the Research Updates of this issue (see page 38 under Antioxidants), K Landmark from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway has published a review of the literature regarding the relationship of vitamins C and E and the development of Alzheimer's disease. The results of this literature review (several observational studies and two controlled clinical trials) indicated that vitamins C and E from both food and supplement sources, may have beneficial effects upon the development of Alzheimer's disease.

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