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"Vioxx and Friends It's worth spending some time looking at the stories of two COX-2 inhibitors that have been taken off the market, Vioxx and Bextra, as they help put in perspective the drugs still available (Celebrex, which I discuss later, is still available.) The stories of these drugs are also prime examples of why and how a rush to market can have devastating effects on the consumer." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"This is one of many good stories about premonitions and dreams foretelling the future that have entered into history. The problem for most scientists is how to test stories like this in the laboratory. How do you quantify and control for a premonition? The Maimonides dream laboratory had attempted just this ?to reproduce people's dreams about their own futures in a credible scientific experiment. They'd come up with a novel procedure, using a gifted English psychic called Malcolm Bessent." - Lynne Mctaggart, The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe (Get the book.)

"In the meantime, let's work with my hypothesis. The stories I have heard from my clients are too familiar and too consistent to be ignored any longer. Giving these stories a name and a solution is too important to wait for the approval of scientific authorities. I suggest you try the program I recommend as an answer to the sugar-sensitivity problem, take what fits for you and let go of the rest. This questionnaire doesn't have a score. Its purpose is to give you information about the relationship you have to the foods that are part of the sugar-sensitive profile." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.)

"These stories and many, many more just like them fill my files. They are testaments to the important contribution the energy-supplying nutrients coenzyme Q10, L-carnitine, and D-ribose make to the lives of patients with heart disease every day. But are these stories simply anecdotal? Or do they reveal important clues about a new and vital clinical therapy for heart disease? One of the most important discoveries physicians and scientists have made in recent years is the evolution of cellular energy, or bioenergetics, and the impact cellular energy metabolism has on heart function." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"Native Americans believed that blueberries had magical powers and told stories of how the Great Spirit sent "star berries" to feed children during times of famine? What 5 the Story? Blueberries belong to a group of flowering plants. The species are native to North America and eastern Asia. The two major types available in the United States are wild blueberries (lowbush) and cultivated blueberries (highbush). Wild blueberries are one of just three berries native to North America; the others are cranberries and Concord grapes. A Serving of Food Lore..." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"But the joke was not universally appreciated, apparendy; a number of respectable news oudets picked up the news release and published stories of the sensational new disorder "without a hint of skepticism."55 And so the developers of MoDed proved their point: how gullible our present culture is to the claims of new diseases and their remediation. Extreme anger is also, apparendy, a major mental illnesses." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"These stories and others like them are well documented in medical journals and books, and although they are different in detail they share a subtle commonality: the body was able to act to change its physical state. How the body was able to accomplish this is open to question, although this book offers one possible explanation. In the first example, you might be tempted to explain away the remission of MS by citing the mind-body connection, but if the woman's belief system or mind-set was the mechanism for healing, then the healing occurred without any conscious effort on her part." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.) "This especially becomes a problem throughout part 2, in which we tell the stories of our individual journeys toward health and collaboration to create NES. Therefore, simply as a matter of narrative convenience, we have chosen to refer to ourselves in the text by first name. When we probe to these levels of the body, our practical questions take on seemingly metaphysical overtones. How does a thinking, feeling, creative, intelligent human being arise from the fog of quantum particles?" - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.) "In part 3, we detail the varied aspects of the NES model of bioenergetic health and recount the stories of many of the thousands of people worldwide who have been helped by NES. We would like to close this introduction by reminding readers that no matter what beliefs they currently hold about what their bodies are made of and how healing works, nature always has the last word! Her truth will eventually be our truth. All that is required is that scientists, researchers, and healers be willing to follow where nature leads." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"In order to remember, they told stories to one another. A thousand stories of faraway lands, stories told in the night. At first it was a thousand nights of stories, but even numbers brought bad luck, so they added one. (Croutier 1989, 56) In Asia, opium was often used as an aphrodisiac in the erotic rituals of the Taoists and Tantrists (cf. Camellia sinensis, Oriental joy pills). In Asia, opium is still used today by fakirs, yogis, sadhus, and shamans (cf. Aconitum ferox, Cannabis indica)." - Christian Ratsch, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Get the book.)

"You will find true stories of those given a death sentence by their doctor, due to supposedly incurable cancer that eventually was discovered actually curable. You will also learn more about what Poly-MVA actually is, and how it was developed. One thing unique about Poly-MVA is its ability to cross the blood-brain barrier, something chemotherapy is apparently incapable of. You can also find many success stories of survivors at http://www.polvmvasurvivors.com. Incidentally, Ken told me personally that he hadn't felt as good in years." - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.)

"The only guarantees are that the natural health principles contained in this book have proven to be true; the stories of healing are true. NEVER GIVE UP There Is Always Hope You've heard of the saying, "Where there's a will, there's a way." It's true. Your body always has the knowledge and roadmap to health. But, it needs inspiration. It needs you to have the will, so it can accomplish what it has set out to do. From this book, you have been presented with some of the best health knowledge available." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"The price activity that was once very local and confined to such events as the building of highways, canals, and railroads has become national and even international, and it is now connected to popular stories of new economic eras. The changing behavior of home prices is a sign of changing public impressions of the value of property, a heightening of attention to speculative price movements." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"The following two stories are in Michael's own words:1 Michael O'Brien—Colon Cancer, Liver Cirrhosis I had colon cancer, and also had cirrhosis of the liver. The doctors said that I would never get over that, but I got over both of them. The problem that people have is that, when they have been sick and become well again, they think they know the answers. When they think they know the answers, they think they can cheat again with their food." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "The Bible contains many stories of miracles as a result of prayer. But the big questions are: "If prayer works, how does it work and why? When people pray for others, why does one receive their "miracle healing," and the next one doesn't? If prayer works for one person, why doesn't it work for another? Is there more power in group prayer than in individual prayer?" These are valid questions for which some answers are beginning to emerge. In most European and Western cultures, the predominant faith is Christianity, and the main scriptures are the Bible." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "Their thoughts move out of the reality of the present and into the fantasy of the past and future in which the mind makes up stories in relation to their experiences. As a result, children begin to modify their behavior and pretend to be other than their natural spontaneous selves. They learn to bury their pain and hold back part of their complete true self. But this buried pain and pretend-self extract a price. The child self is repressed because of fear and the pretend adult self emerges as a protection. The result is a loss of the authentic self." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Some doctors blamed the patient for demanding antibiotic treatment, recounting stories of how these customers pressure doctors for prescriptions. What is the doctor to do? "In cases where antibiotics were clearly unnecessary," continued the editorial, "doctors often rationalized their prescribing practices by finding symptoms or assigning diagnoses to justify antibiotic use in order to satisfy the patient."9 "So physicians blame the patient for their inappropriate practice," I muttered. Indeed, both of us agreed that this explanation is disingenuous." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.) "The moral to these stories is that we were lucky. Not everyone is. There is another moral, but to understand that one we need to backtrack and work our way through the system of primary care medicine. WHO ARE THEY? WHAT DO THEY DO? If you are sick, or think you need some routine checkup, or a referral to some specialist, you are likely to see your regular physician. Who are these so-called primary care physicians? They are general practitioners, and a newer specialty called family practitioners, but also included are specialists in general internal medicine." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"But while salacious stories of Theodora abound—the historian Procopius describes the bearkeepers daughter as frequently appearing in public virtually naked, having sex with thirty or more men at orgies, and complaining that Nature had constructed her so that she could only have sex via three orifices—the most persuasive portrait is that of a racy comedienne whose interest in a sexually provocative image was largely its proven ability to fill seats." - William Rosen, Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire (Get the book.)

"I never dismiss strange stories like this," Peter stated. "I am always curious enough to follow up on them. That particular result was pretty strange, and it sent me back into the lab to see what that could be about. I found through my matching tests that the segment of the spine she was talking about actually was related energetically to the stomach! I had never thought to test the two for a match, but it turns out that they are connected, they match, they 'talk' to each other—whatever you want to call it. You could say NES links with osteopathy and chiropractic!" - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"Details of the very latest in diagnosis and treatment find their way into the headlines of print media and the feature stories of broadcast media. We are told to expect cures. All of us respond with great anticipation, some with speculative investing. Hidden in the bluster is another realm of advancement where contemporary science offers more than promise. We are witness to a revolution in our understanding of the aspects of life in "advanced" societies that foster or compromise our sense of well-being and thereby our sense of invincibility." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"The Power of Envisioning In each of the stories you just read, envisioning is used to generate positive emotions. It works so well because the brain, as the master planner for the body, begins preparing for virtually any physical state the mind creates. Before making an important presentation at a meeting, imagine yourself as a brilliant, confident, capable expert who will sweep in and knock the audience off its feet. Your imaginings can have the power to override any unconscious physical sabotage stemming from your anxiety and visions of poor performance." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"Vitamins promise to continue to unfold as one of the great and hopeful health stories of our day." The Medical Post, April 23,1992, reported that vitamin C may lower heart disease risk, and on May 8,1992 the New York Times reported, "Vitamin C Linked to Heart Benefit: It May Also Help Prevent an Early Death from Other Disease." Newsweek finally joined ranks on May 8, 1992, with their story "Live Longer With Vitamin C." The Harvard Health Letter, Johns Hopkins Medical Letter, and the Diet-Heart Newsletter have reported with similar stories. Finally, the U.S." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"There were many anecdotal stories of doctors, who upon opening a patient up, would see a tumor and comment out loud that it looked malignant. And then, even though the tumor would later prove to be nonmalignant, the patient nevertheless would fade rapidly and be dead in a matter of days. Well, new studies are now proving that not only is this true, but to a degtee far higher than previously imagined. Dr." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) "Herbs are being featured in the cover stories of major magazines such as Time and Newsweek. Sales of herbs are well into the billions of dollars a year. This is a time for herbalists and alternative healers to celebrate. Right? Not necessarily. While many in the alternative health community have fought for recognition from the medical establishment, personally, I have been very wary of it. And now that tecognition has come, I believe we are about to pay the price. What specifically is the problem?" - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) "We've all heard stories of the man who smoked and drank like a fiend for 80 years, only to be shot to death by a jealous husband when the smoker was discovered in bed with the other man's 20-year-old wife.) On the other hand, there's no question that your "odds" of having emphysema or lung cancer or of having parts of your mouth, lips, and tongue surgically removed increase dramatically if you smoke. It's all a question of "odds." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"What a lot of the media stories buried inches deep in the text was the fact that sertraline, a.k.a. Zoloft, didn't help them either.) So what should you conclude from this one study? Does it mean you shouldn't try St. John's Wort if you are mildly depressed? Not at all. While it's true that in the JAMA study, St. John's Wort didn't show much effect on the most intractable and difficult of depressions, dozens of other studies—and the experience of an enormous number of people—suggest that St." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "Faulty Studies and the Fine Print In this book, you'll read a number of stories about studies that were used to debunk the effects of food or supplements. One example comes from an old, poorly designed study on chocolate that was funded by the chocolate manufacturers and used for decades as "proof that diet has no effect on acne. (You'll read about that on page 203). Another is the phenomenally dishonest reporting on the "ineffectiveness" of St. John's Wort for depression. The study examined subjects with an extraordinarily difficult form of depression that didn't respond to St." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"The notion that existing companies will benefit from the Internet revolution is belied by the stories of eBay, ETrade.com, Amazon.com, and other upstarts, which did not even exist before the early 1990s. Still more new companies will appear in the future, in the United States and abroad, and these will compete with the companies in which we invest today. Simply put, the effect of new technology on existing companies could go either way: it could boost or depress their profits." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.)

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