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 articleCollapse )

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
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SOURCE
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/01/06/dr-shade-on-mercury-exposure.aspx?e_cid=20130106_SNL_Art_1
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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.

(in these notes IR = insulin resistance)
( notes from Miller endocrinology 2011Collapse )

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 diseaseCollapse )