WHAT DOCTORS DON'T TELL YOU

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Subject: WDDTY e-News Service - 23 September 2004

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:54:44 +0100

WHAT DOCTORS DON'T TELL YOU - E-NEWS BROADCAST No. 99 - 23 September 2004

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DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN: Do Rosy's claims for a cancer (treatment)

cure stack up?

Anyone who claims a cure for cancer faces the vitriol of a medical

establishment that has struggled in vain to combat the disease. In

the UK there's even an Act of Parliament that prevents anyone other

than a doctor from making such a claim.

So we have to admire the courage of Dr Rosy , former head of the

pioneering Bristol Cancer Help Centre, who is staking her reputation

on an Indian herbal treatment that she believes could well be

medicine's holiest of grails - a cure for cancer.

The remedy she's promoting is Carctol, a herbal formulation developed

by Dr Nandlal Tiwari of Rajasthan, India, who has been treating cancer

patients with it for 20 years. He has case files of 1,900 patients

treated with Carctol, many of whom had been considered beyond medical

help. According to Tiwari's own records, 25 per cent of patients

reported a 75 per cent to 100 per cent improvement in their condition

while taking Carctol, and 30 per cent reported up to 75 per cent

improvement (although it's not clear what these percentages mean, or

how they were measured). Carctol appears to be especially effective

in treating gastro-intestinal and haemotological cancers.

Dr has been using the remedy since 2000 as an alternative

practitioner, and has prescribed it to 860 patients, a quarter of whom

were helped, and half were helped 'to some extent', she says - but,

again, these are vague terms that are difficult to measure.

Carctol is made up of Hemidesmus Indcus, Tribulus Terrestris, Piper

Cubeba Linn, Ammani Vesicatroria, Lepidium Sativum Linn, Blepharis

Edulis, Smilax China Linn, and Rheum Emodi Wall. Two capsules are

taken four times a day. Dr Tiwari also recommends a vegetarian diet,

and prohibits sour and acidic food and drink, and the patient must

drink up to six pints of boiled, refrigerated water a day. A patient

also has to take a digestive enzyme with the remedy.

None of the herbs in the formulation is a cancer fighter, so Dr

assumes there must be a synergistic effect. Several herbs in Carctol

are classed as medicines in the UK, and so only a doctor can prescribe

the remedy.

Nobody seems too clear how Carctol works, but it's thought to change

the body's pH from acid to alkaline. It's designed to strengthen the

immune system, neutralize toxicity from chemotherapy, support liver

and kidney function, and improve digestion.

Dr 's claims for Carctol have enraged the medical establishment,

which says she is irresponsible for raising false hopes, and making

assertions that are based on scant scientific data.

It costs many millions of pounds to produce scientific evidence that

would satisfy the medical establishment, and clearly neither Tiwari

nor has that sort of money.

And nobody seems too keen to point out that chemotherapy has an

overall success rate of just 3 per cent. Not that that makes 's

claims any more valid - but in the name of humanity, surely some means

can be put in place to test her beliefs, even if for once a

pharmaceutical company doesn't benefit.

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VACCINE LINKED TO MS: New study confirms worst suspicions over the

hepatitis B jab

After years of speculation, it's finally been confirmed that the

hepatitis B vaccine causes multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers from

Harvard estimate that it increases the risk by over three times, but

they're not sure if the vaccine causes MS in those prone to it, or if

it just speeds its progress.

This link may also mean that the vaccine could cause other serious

auto-immune diseases, as many have suspected.

Suspicions were first raised around 10 years ago when 200 people in

France developed MS shortly after being given the hepatitis B vaccine.

But an earlier Harvard study, published in 2001, could find no link.

Since then several members of the original research team have voiced

their concerns that their conclusions may have been wrong.

This time the Harvard team has been more emphatic, and has even said

that the benefits of the vaccine only might outweigh the risks. In

medicalese, that's a very big 'might'.

(Source: Neurology, 2004; 63: 838-42).

MMR AND AUTISM: Is it game over?

Many parents remain concerned about a possible link between the MMR

vaccine and autism, despite the latest research. Health officials

have chosen to ignore a far bigger study that proved that the vaccine

increased the risk of autism by nearly nine times - a study that was

carefully ignored by doctors and the media. So what is the truth?

What Doctors Don't Tell You is staging a major conference at the end

of October to give you the facts that you aren't getting from the

media or the government. Speakers on the day include Dr Carol Stott

of Cambridge University and a close associate of Dr Wakefield,

Shattock of the Autism Research Unit and Lynne McTaggart, editor

of What Doctors Don't Tell You. To find out more and to book your

place, click on this link:

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OLD HORIZON: Vitamin programme was unbalanced

Most journalists like to play it safe when it comes to reporting

science and medicine. It's a human enough reaction - they don't want

to appear stupid if they get it wrong when they stick their necks out.

Depressingly, this means the status quo is rarely if ever challenged.

This was amply demonstrated last week by BBC journalists on the

prestigious Horizon programme, which raised serious doubts about the

use of vitamins to maintain health.

The programme looked at just three vitamin groups: vitamins A (retinal

and beta-carotene), C and E. It produced a fair deal of old evidence

that pointed out, among other things, that smokers are more likely to

get lung cancer, despite taking vitamin A, and that vitamin C can only

help reduce the symptoms once you've got a cold.

This would hardly seem damning, but the use of sinister music and

images made it seem as though vitamin bottles contained weapons of

mass destruction (aah, so that's where they're hidden).

Instead, the journalists peddled the old line that everyone can get

all the nutrients they need from a balanced diet, forgetting to point

out that depleted soil has eroded the goodness of our food.

Still, it prepares a nation for the day next year when many high-dose

vitamins suddenly disappear from the shops, courtesy of an EU clamp-down.

One nice thing about the BBC is that if at least 10 people complain

about any programme, the corporation has to launch an inquiry, so let

your fingers do the talking. If you feel the programme was unbalanced

or against the public interest, you can make a complaint via:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/contactus/serious_form.shtml. Written

complaints can also be sent to: Head of Programme Complaints, BBC

Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA. You'll be asked to give full

details about the programme, which are: BBC2, The Truth About

Vitamins, 16 September, 9pm.

* What is the truth about vitamins? Which makes are the most

effective? How many do you need to take in order to maintain good

health? These questions, and many more besides, are answered in our

Good Supplement Guide.

STATISTIC OF THE WEEK

Virtually every doctor and practice nurse polled by the charity

Cholesterol UK did not know that a high cholesterol level was not the

most important risk factor in heart disease. A shocking statistic if

you happen to be a doctor, as that's stage one healthcare - but

perfectly understandable if you happen to be a regular WDDTY reader as

you'd know cholesterol is one of medicine's great red herrings of the

last century.

DRUGS THAT LEAD TO DIABETES: Antipsychotic manufacturers forced to

issue new warning

Antipsychotic drugs, often used to treat schizophrenia, can cause

hyperglycemia and diabetes, a new alert has revealed.

First off the mark with a new warning is Geodon (ziprasidone), which

urges doctors to think carefully about prescribing the drug to any

patient who is at greater risk of developing diabetes through family

history or obesity. Patients should begin a fast if they develop

hyperglycaemia while on the drug - or, heaven forbid, they could just

stop taking the drug. When drug treatment is stopped, the problem

tends to go away, the warning admits.

Other reactions already known include irregular heart rhythms or

palpitations, loss of consciousness, nausea, constipation, and

abnormal muscle movements including tremor.

(Source: Food and Drug Administration web site)

[Guest guest]

Sheila no wonder my surgery have flags up all round trying to off load this flu

jab on the elderly and sick. Could the pention problem be tied up with this as

well.

Kathleen

> Just to bear out the comments I made to Kathleen yesterday about doctors

> persuading everybody to have the 'flu vaccine and pushing Statins for

> everybody. All because they need to get rid of what they ordered. DO NOT

> ALLOW YOUR DOCTOR TO PERSUADE YOU!

>

> Luv - Sheila

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

AND each practice gets 7 pounds of for each jab! A friend told me of her

mother's experience at her practice this week. She said thw two nurses were

behaving like they were in a competition as to who could do the most...

Mo

>

> Just to bear out the comments I made to Kathleen yesterday about doctors

> persuading everybody to have the 'flu vaccine and pushing Statins for

> everybody. All because they need to get rid of what they ordered. DO NOT

> ALLOW YOUR DOCTOR TO PERSUADE YOU!

>

> Luv - Sheila

>

>

>

> Untested swine flu vaccine offloaded on elderly and sick

>

[Guest guest]

I sent a copy of the article to Cwm Taf health board, and their response is >>>>

Thank you for your enquiry about flu immunisation. I would like to reassure you

that as with all new medicines, all vaccines are extensively tested for safety

before they're made routinely available to the general public.

None of the seasonal influenza vaccines for the 2010/11 season contains

thiomersal added as a preservative. However, the product sheet (SPC) for one

brand, Fluvirin® states that it contains traces of thiomersal left over from the

manufacturing process.The Committee on Safety of Medicines has reviewed

thiomersal, and concluded that there is no evidence of risk from

thiomersal-containing vaccines, including for children, pregnant women and their

offspring.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) monitors influenza viruses throughout the

world and makes recommendations each year about the strains to be included in

vaccines for the forthcoming winter.The swine flu influenza A (H1N1)v strain is

expected to be the predominant influenza strain once again during the 2010/11

influenza season. For this reason, WHO has recommended that this strain be

included in the trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine for the 2010/11 influenza

season.<<<<<

Carole

>

>

>

> Untested swine flu vaccine offloaded on elderly and sick

>

> 22 September 2010

>

> The untested swine flu vaccine is being included in the annual flu jab being

> given to the elderly this winter. Although health officials claim that swine

> flu could still become a major epidemic, it is being done to reduce enormous

> stock levels of the vaccine that governments were conned into ordering by

> the pharmaceutical industry. The policy, however, is exposing large numbers

> of vulnerable people – including the elderly, those with heart disease and

> chest problems, and diabetics - to the possible effects of the swine flu

> vaccine. The vaccine has never been properly tested, and contains

> thiosermal, a mercury-based preservative. Key workers who were vaccinated

> last year against the supposed swine flu pandemic reported having headaches,

> sleeplessness and stomach cramps. Despite credit-crunch times, governments

> around the world ordered billions of vaccines, after the World Health

> Organization – influenced by drug company advisers – declared that swine flu

> (the H1N1 virus) would become a pandemic, killing millions of people. This,

> in turn, triggered clauses in contracts that forced governments into

> ordering the vaccine. The UK government admits it wasted £200m on useless

> stocks of the vaccine, and has been one of the first to include it in the

> latest round of seasonal flu jabs. Other governments are expected to follow,

> and will use the WHO as the reason. The WHO has urged health agencies to

> remain vigilant, even though it accepts that swine flu will not be an

> epidemic, let alone a pandemic. (Sources: Sunday Times, September 19, 2010).

>

[Guest guest]

I would recommend you join The One-Click Group Carole, and then

decide whether or not you wish to take the Cwm Taf Health Board's assurance

into consideration http://mailer.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/tocg

.. They have a lot to say about the problems caused through vaccines.

Luv - Sheila

I sent a copy of the article to Cwm Taf health

board, and their response is >>>>

Thank you for your enquiry about flu immunisation. I would like to reassure you

that as with all new medicines, all vaccines are extensively tested for safety

before they're made routinely available to the general public.

None of the seasonal influenza vaccines for the 2010/11 season contains thiomersal

added as a preservative. However, the product sheet (SPC) for one brand,

Fluvirin® states that it contains traces of thiomersal left over from the

manufacturing process.The Committee on Safety of Medicines has reviewed

thiomersal, and concluded that there is no evidence of risk from

thiomersal-containing vaccines, including for children, pregnant women and

their offspring.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) monitors influenza viruses throughout the

world and makes recommendations each year about the strains to be included in

vaccines for the forthcoming winter.The swine flu influenza A (H1N1)v strain is

expected to be the predominant influenza strain once again during the 2010/11

influenza season. For this reason, WHO has recommended that this strain be

included in the trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine for the 2010/11 influenza

season.<<<<<

Carole

>

>

>

> Untested swine flu vaccine offloaded on elderly and sick

>

> 22 September 2010

>

> The untested swine flu vaccine is being included in the annual flu jab

being

> given to the elderly this winter. Although health officials claim that

swine

> flu could still become a major epidemic, it is being done to reduce

enormous

> stock levels of the vaccine that governments were conned into ordering by

> the pharmaceutical industry. The policy, however, is exposing large

numbers

> of vulnerable people – including the elderly, those with heart

disease and

> chest problems, and diabetics - to the possible effects of the swine flu

> vaccine. The vaccine has never been properly tested, and contains

> thiosermal, a mercury-based preservative. Key workers who were vaccinated

> last year against the supposed swine flu pandemic reported having

headaches,

> sleeplessness and stomach cramps. Despite credit-crunch times, governments

> around the world ordered billions of vaccines, after the World Health

> Organization – influenced by drug company advisers – declared

that swine flu

> (the H1N1 virus) would become a pandemic, killing millions of people.

This,

> in turn, triggered clauses in contracts that forced governments into

> ordering the vaccine. The UK government admits it wasted £200m on useless

> stocks of the vaccine, and has been one of the first to include it in the

> latest round of seasonal flu jabs. Other governments are expected to

follow,

> and will use the WHO as the reason. The WHO has urged health agencies to

> remain vigilant, even though it accepts that swine flu will not be an

> epidemic, let alone a pandemic. (Sources: Sunday Times, September 19, 2010).

>

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[Guest guest]

4. Safety Fears Over Vaccines &

Conflicts Of Interest

Australia's health authorities are failing to uphold the public safety of

vaccines because of the confused and flawed monitoring of side effects, the

Consumer Health Forum says. In unusually outspoken criticism, the forum, which

is funded by the federal government, has called for an urgent public

explanation of why the CSL-produced Fluvax vaccine triggered a higher rate of

hospital admissions than it prevented. The forum's chief, Carol ,

writing in the Herald today, said the saga over Fluvax, which has been linked

to 1000 adverse reactions, including 100 cases of convulsion in infants under

five, pointed to the need for reform. The Commonwealth's Chief Medical Officer,

Professor Jim Bishop, issued a final recommendation against the use of Fluvax

in infants under five, more than three months after the high rate of

convulsions surfaced in Western Australia early this year. The Therapeutic

Goods Administration assessment was that the benefits of Fluv ax outweighed the

risks. Ms said there was also a perception of conflict of interest in

the TGA's role as both assessing and listing drugs and then monitoring safety

in a system that was funded by charges imposed on drug companies it regulated.

Mark Metherell, Sydney

Morning Herald

Related

[Guest guest]

I used to get the flu vaccine every year because of my Crohns but was told last

year I wouldn't be getting it again as I now had an auto immune disease.....

I didn't know at the time that Crohns is auto immune too?

My Mum was telling me earlier today that she was offered hers last week but my

Dad wouldn't be getting it this year because of his arthritis......Mum told the

nurse

she had arthritis too and why was she getting it when my Dad wasn't.

The nurse smiled and said " Oh aren't you lucky then " !!! Mum said she'd just

leave

it until she'd spoken to doctor about it.

There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to who gets it at my doctors surgery,

not that I want it anyway but what do they base there reasoning on.....luck!

Love Tess

>

> Just to bear out the comments I made to Kathleen yesterday about doctors

> persuading everybody to have the 'flu vaccine and pushing Statins for

> everybody. All because they need to get rid of what they ordered. DO NOT

> ALLOW YOUR DOCTOR TO PERSUADE YOU!

>

> Luv - Sheila

>

>

>

> Untested swine flu vaccine offloaded on elderly and sick

>

> 22 September 2010

>

> The untested swine flu vaccine is being included in the annual flu jab being

> given to the elderly this winter. Although health officials claim that swine

).

>

[Guest guest]

Sheila, I realize most of the members of this group are in the UK. But there is

a plan for seniors in America to receive a QUADRUPLE dose of the flu antigen --

and the relative effectiveness of this formulation has not been tested (see

below) Who knows whether the thimerosol and other contaminants will also be

quadrupled? It is possible that the government of the UK may be planning

something similar.

http://www.ct.gov/dph/lib/dph/infectious_diseases/immunization/flu2010-2011/flu_\

2010-2011_provisional_recommendations_3-1-10.pdf

Exerpt: A higher dose formulation of an inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine

(Fluzone High-Dose, manufactured by sanofi pasteur, licensed by FDA on December

23, 2009) for use in people age 65 years and older will be available in the

2010-11 influenza season. & #8727; Fluzone High-Dose contains four times the

amount of influenza antigen compared to other inactivated seasonal influenza

vaccines. Fluzone High-Dose vaccine in one study of people age 65 years and

older produced higher antibody levels, but slightly higher frequency of local

reactions. Studies are underway to assess the relative effectiveness of Fluzone

High-Dose compared to standard dose inactivated influenza vaccine, but results

from those studies will not be available before the 2010-11 influenza season.

[Guest guest]

was in the pharmacy today and i heard the pharmacist say she'd never have the

flu jab. wonder what she knows that we don't/(or they think we don't)?

>

> Sheila no wonder my surgery have flags up all round trying to off load this

flu jab on the elderly and sick. Could the pention problem be tied up with this

as well.

> Kathleen

> > >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, This fills me with horror! I know they mean well ( and want to make a profit) but I plan to stay away from large groups of people indoors if the flu strikes here. > thyroid treatment > From: ymiranthis@...> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 17:23:38 +0000> Subject: Re: What Doctors Don't Tell You> > Sheila, I realize most of the members of this group are in the UK. But there is a plan for seniors in America to receive a QUADRUPLE dose of the flu antigen -- and the relative effectiveness of this formulation has not been tested (see below) Who knows whether the thimerosol and other contaminants will also be quadrupled? It is possible that the government of the UK may be planning something similar. > > http://www.ct.gov/dph/lib/dph/infectious_diseases/immunization/flu2010-2011/flu_2010-2011_provisional_recommendations_3-1-10.pdf> .> > > > > ------------------------------------> > TPA is not medically qualified. Consult with a qualified medical practitioner before changing medication.> >