Wednesday, August 26
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - Lethal levels of a powerful anesthetic killed Michael Jackson, according to court documents that placed the pop star's personal physician under mounting police scrutiny.
The documents, which shed light on one of the last remaining questions about Jackson's sudden death two months ago, raised the possibility that the death will be ruled a homicide and that criminal charges will be brought against the singer's personal physician, who was with the star the morning he died.
Cardiologist Conrad Murray has been the target of a manslaughter investigation for weeks, but the Los Angeles County Coroner's office on Monday would not confirm or deny that the death was ruled a homicide.
"We have not released the findings and the case is still under a security hold," said Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County coroner's office.
Responding to reports that the coroner had declared Jackson's death a homicide, Winter told AFP: "We have not said that."
A fatal cocktail of drugs, including the anesthetic propofol, whose trade name is Diprivan, was administered to the pop icon hours before he died, according to the documents unsealed Monday in Houston, Texas and tied to the investigation into Jackson's death on June 25 at age 50.
Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran "reviewed the preliminary toxicology results and his preliminary assessment of Jackson's cause of death was due to lethal levels of propofol," according to the Los Angeles search warrant affidavit.
Murray administered propofol and other drugs to Jackson -- at the star's insistence -- to treat his insomnia, but was worried Jackson had developed an addiction and "tried to wean Jackson off of the drug," the affidavit said.
The Jackson family issued a brief statement, saying it "looks forward to the day that justice can be served," but noting it has "full confidence in the legal process."
La Toya Jackson -- the star's sister -- told ABC News that she is "thankful to the investigators for uncovering the truth to the world."
ABC television said La Toya would sit down for an interview with talkshow host Barbara Walters on September 11 to explain why she believes her brother was murdered.
The affidavit revealed that Murray confessed to investigators two days after the star died that he had been giving Jackson 50 milligrams of propofol nightly during the six weeks prior to the event that sent shockwaves throughout the world.
On June 22, he halved Jackson's propofol dose to wean him off the drug and also gave two other sedatives -- lorazepam and midazolam.
The following night, he administered the latter two drugs but withheld propofol, and the star was able to sleep. But throughout the next night, Jackson stayed awake.
"Jackson remained awake and at approximately 1040 hours, Murray finally administered 25 milligrams of propofol, diluted with lidocaine via IV drip to keep Jackson sedated, after repeated demands/requests from Jackson," according to the affidavit.
Murray was monitoring Jackson closely, it stated, but then stepped away from his bedside to use the bathroom. When he returned two minutes later, Jackson had stopped breathing.
His attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and the singer was declared dead at about 2:00 pm local time (2100 GMT).
As part of their investigation, police and federal agents raided Murray's offices in Las Vegas, Nevada and Houston, Texas, as well as a Las Vegas pharmacy that provided the drugs.
Murray told investigators he was not the first doctor to administer propofol to the King of Pop, who referred to the drug as his "milk," LAPD detective Orlando Martinez wrote in the affidavit, citing the cardiologist.
Medical experts said the cocktail of drugs apparently given to Jackson was extremely dangerous and police would need to determine whether administering it was tantamount to medical negligence.
"If all of these drugs... are also shown, this would be a classical case of acute combined drug toxicity," forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht told CNN.
Jackson is due to be buried at a cemetery in Glendale, California on September 3, his family announced last week. They had originally planned to bury him on August 29 -- the day he would have turned 51.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Drinking Kombucha for cure?
Kombucha Reconsidered
Written by RWM
Saturday, 08 August 2009
Kombucha Culture
I hadn't thought about drinking kombucha tea until recently, when I saw a row of brightly colored glass bottles on a shelf in my local supermarket. For the uninitiated, kombucha is a fermented drink popular in the Eastern half of the world, and goes by many names, including "Mongolian tea." Since at least the 1960s, it has been popular in natural food circles in the Western world as an alleged elixir. Some people claim that kombuchas has been around for centuries, but it more likely developed in Russia about 100 years ago. A similar product, called kvass, is still popular in Russia and Latvia.
It was surprising to see this odd-tasting cocktail holding its own against all the popular high-fructose corn syrup drinks in the supermarket's cooler section. Kombucha, at nearly $4 per bottle, is several times more expensive than its competitors. Breaking into the monopolistic beverage industry with an odd tasting health drink cannot have been easy, and yet a young man named G.T. Dave has done just that with his GT's Kombucha and Synergy lines of beverages. There was Mr. Dave's brand at eye-level, right next to the full line of Lipton and Snapple products. Mr. Dave started his Millennium company at age 16, while still a student at Beverly Hills High School.
Mr. Dave believes that his mother's kombucha habit kept her breast cancer from metastasizing or recurring. "After a week of emotional turmoil," according to the Synergy Web site, G.T. "was relieved to find out that her breast cancer had not spread and that the pungent tasting cultured tea that she had been drinking was part of the reason why."
I was amused to read his description of the Synergy kombucha manufacturing process: "Each batch is gently placed in a warm and spiritual environment where the walls are painted purple and spiritual music is played. Though it may sound silly, the most important thing that we do when making our batches is to give them LOTS of love."
So I bought a bottle of the cranberry flavored drink and had it with my lunch. Kombucha is a fermented mixture of fungi, bacteria, black tea and sugar. Little white strands of fungi appear in the drink and are supposedly an integral part of the fizzy drink. There is also a small amount of alcohol. I found it all pleasant in a weird way. I liked the way it made me feel and I have been consuming one bottle per week.
I thought this would make a good feel-good, end-of-summer type article for the newsletter, a sort of "go thou and do likewise" for our health conscious readers. When I began investigated the actual medicinal properties of Kombucha tea, I thought I would be overwhelmed with information. Not so. For something that has been around for so long, there are only 38 scientific articles in PubMed on the topic of kombucha. Most of these are technical studies on the nature of the bacteria and yeast in the brew. Only a few of these are clinical. Compare this to the more than 3,000 PubMed-listed articles on regular "Chinese" green tea!
The word "kombucha" doesn't seem to have entered the English language until about 1990. The first PubMed-listed article on kombucha was published in that year and was an attempt to debunk German health claims made by and for Dr. R. Sklenar's Mushroom Infusion.
In the 1990s, kombucha became popular in certain circles, especially among people with HIV/AIDS. Some doctors began to express concern over this development, since they felt — without much evidence — that the bacteria or yeast in kombucha might badly affect people with compromised immune systems (Gamundi 1995). In the same year, 1995, that the enterprising Mr. Dave founded his Millennium company there was however the first report of serious harm associated with use of this type of beverage. But it was not to be the last.
TO BE CONCLUDED, WITH REFERENCES, NEXT WEEK
Signature
--Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
Written by RWM
Saturday, 08 August 2009
Kombucha Culture
I hadn't thought about drinking kombucha tea until recently, when I saw a row of brightly colored glass bottles on a shelf in my local supermarket. For the uninitiated, kombucha is a fermented drink popular in the Eastern half of the world, and goes by many names, including "Mongolian tea." Since at least the 1960s, it has been popular in natural food circles in the Western world as an alleged elixir. Some people claim that kombuchas has been around for centuries, but it more likely developed in Russia about 100 years ago. A similar product, called kvass, is still popular in Russia and Latvia.
It was surprising to see this odd-tasting cocktail holding its own against all the popular high-fructose corn syrup drinks in the supermarket's cooler section. Kombucha, at nearly $4 per bottle, is several times more expensive than its competitors. Breaking into the monopolistic beverage industry with an odd tasting health drink cannot have been easy, and yet a young man named G.T. Dave has done just that with his GT's Kombucha and Synergy lines of beverages. There was Mr. Dave's brand at eye-level, right next to the full line of Lipton and Snapple products. Mr. Dave started his Millennium company at age 16, while still a student at Beverly Hills High School.
Mr. Dave believes that his mother's kombucha habit kept her breast cancer from metastasizing or recurring. "After a week of emotional turmoil," according to the Synergy Web site, G.T. "was relieved to find out that her breast cancer had not spread and that the pungent tasting cultured tea that she had been drinking was part of the reason why."
I was amused to read his description of the Synergy kombucha manufacturing process: "Each batch is gently placed in a warm and spiritual environment where the walls are painted purple and spiritual music is played. Though it may sound silly, the most important thing that we do when making our batches is to give them LOTS of love."
So I bought a bottle of the cranberry flavored drink and had it with my lunch. Kombucha is a fermented mixture of fungi, bacteria, black tea and sugar. Little white strands of fungi appear in the drink and are supposedly an integral part of the fizzy drink. There is also a small amount of alcohol. I found it all pleasant in a weird way. I liked the way it made me feel and I have been consuming one bottle per week.
I thought this would make a good feel-good, end-of-summer type article for the newsletter, a sort of "go thou and do likewise" for our health conscious readers. When I began investigated the actual medicinal properties of Kombucha tea, I thought I would be overwhelmed with information. Not so. For something that has been around for so long, there are only 38 scientific articles in PubMed on the topic of kombucha. Most of these are technical studies on the nature of the bacteria and yeast in the brew. Only a few of these are clinical. Compare this to the more than 3,000 PubMed-listed articles on regular "Chinese" green tea!
The word "kombucha" doesn't seem to have entered the English language until about 1990. The first PubMed-listed article on kombucha was published in that year and was an attempt to debunk German health claims made by and for Dr. R. Sklenar's Mushroom Infusion.
In the 1990s, kombucha became popular in certain circles, especially among people with HIV/AIDS. Some doctors began to express concern over this development, since they felt — without much evidence — that the bacteria or yeast in kombucha might badly affect people with compromised immune systems (Gamundi 1995). In the same year, 1995, that the enterprising Mr. Dave founded his Millennium company there was however the first report of serious harm associated with use of this type of beverage. But it was not to be the last.
TO BE CONCLUDED, WITH REFERENCES, NEXT WEEK
Signature
--Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
White House Chef, Cristeta Pasia-Comerford
She is one of 3 to be honored this year by the Bank of Philippines as an outstanding Filipino overseas.
For the United States, White House Chef, serving homegrown vegetables straight from the garden is just like preparing food in her native Philippines - healthy and simple.
This Filipino-American Cristeta Pasia-Comerford, the first woman and first minority to serve on the executive Chef in the USA White House, credited the American First Lady for making sure her family eats steamed, organic vegetables from the garden Michelle Obama planted in April.
Mrs.Obama is a very hands-on person when it comes to knowing healthy meals for the family.
For the United States, White House Chef, serving homegrown vegetables straight from the garden is just like preparing food in her native Philippines - healthy and simple.
This Filipino-American Cristeta Pasia-Comerford, the first woman and first minority to serve on the executive Chef in the USA White House, credited the American First Lady for making sure her family eats steamed, organic vegetables from the garden Michelle Obama planted in April.
Mrs.Obama is a very hands-on person when it comes to knowing healthy meals for the family.
lung cancer patient still living: herbs help
Lung Cancer: She Is Still Alive After Stopping Treatment
Two Other Friends Died After Five Treatments
Swee was diagnosed with lung cancer. She went to China for treatment: chemotherapy, cyroablation and radioacative iodine seeds implantation. Her son said: The doctors assured us that the tumour will go away but at the same time warned that the cancer can spread to other parts of the body. There is no guarantee that it will not spread. Swee was asked to continue going back to China but she ran out of funding – the only way was to sell the family house where 5 of her children were living in. Desperate the son came to see our help.
Swee was prescribed herbs. In August 2009, nearly two years on herbs, Swee’s son came to our centre.
Chris: Besides taking our herbs, did she take any other medicine from elsewhere?
Son: No. She only took your herbs.
C: Any complaints?
Son: So far, everything is okay. No complaints.
C: It’s been two years since you first came to see me.
Son: Yes, about two years.
C: I heard about her friends who went to China . . . . .
Son: They had all passed away.
C: How do you know?
Son: They all stayed nearby our place in Medan . There were three of them who went together to China for treatment. Out of the three, my mother is the only one who survived until now.
If you wish to read this story, click this link:
http://cacare.com/index.php?option=com_easyfaq&task=view&id=207&Itemid=39
Happy reading.
Two Other Friends Died After Five Treatments
Swee was diagnosed with lung cancer. She went to China for treatment: chemotherapy, cyroablation and radioacative iodine seeds implantation. Her son said: The doctors assured us that the tumour will go away but at the same time warned that the cancer can spread to other parts of the body. There is no guarantee that it will not spread. Swee was asked to continue going back to China but she ran out of funding – the only way was to sell the family house where 5 of her children were living in. Desperate the son came to see our help.
Swee was prescribed herbs. In August 2009, nearly two years on herbs, Swee’s son came to our centre.
Chris: Besides taking our herbs, did she take any other medicine from elsewhere?
Son: No. She only took your herbs.
C: Any complaints?
Son: So far, everything is okay. No complaints.
C: It’s been two years since you first came to see me.
Son: Yes, about two years.
C: I heard about her friends who went to China . . . . .
Son: They had all passed away.
C: How do you know?
Son: They all stayed nearby our place in Medan . There were three of them who went together to China for treatment. Out of the three, my mother is the only one who survived until now.
If you wish to read this story, click this link:
http://cacare.com/index.php?option=com_easyfaq&task=view&id=207&Itemid=39
Happy reading.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
We Can Stop "hate speech"
Just stop hate speech.
Our best insurance (if any) against the spread of violent teaching and hatred is not the court, but our education system, and in a democracy, by using free speech to fight/stop hate speech. Our society at large, 44 years old, is mature and wise enough to tell what's right and wrong.
Rather than relying on the police, this time around, all members of the public should be encouraged to report hate speeches. This is part of Republic Singaporeans' civic duty as much as their obligation to report on suspicious activities in their neighbourhood. Let the court decide when free speech croses the limit of tolerance and becomes hate speech.
A miracle or mirage?
Our best insurance (if any) against the spread of violent teaching and hatred is not the court, but our education system, and in a democracy, by using free speech to fight/stop hate speech. Our society at large, 44 years old, is mature and wise enough to tell what's right and wrong.
Rather than relying on the police, this time around, all members of the public should be encouraged to report hate speeches. This is part of Republic Singaporeans' civic duty as much as their obligation to report on suspicious activities in their neighbourhood. Let the court decide when free speech croses the limit of tolerance and becomes hate speech.
A miracle or mirage?
Iron deficiency causes Chronic cough?
Yes, women, men, and children need iron.
Iron deficiency may help explain why some/many otherwise healthy, non-smoking women/men had persistent coughs.
Tests on women with chronic coughs and iron deficiency showed that a simple iron supplement often cleared up the coughs.
Women also are more likely than men to suffer from otherwise unexplained chronic coughs.
During period-menstruation women lost much iron and blood.
Body immune function can be affected by iron deficiency, which is defined as having low iron levels, sometimes to the point of anemia.
A study on women with chronic cough who were found to have normal lung function, with no signs of asthma or other respiratory disease and no evidence of acid stomach reflux that could explain their coughing. All of them had iron deficiencies. And they all had signs of swelling in the back of the mouth, and red, inflamed mucous membranes. Their vocal cords were also very sensitive, making them cough and choke easily, such as after vigorous laughing.
One Dr Caterina Bucca (University of Turin) gave these women iron supplements to improve their iron stores. When these had normalized - after about 2 months - they were checked again. After iron supplementation, coughing and signs of inflammation in the mouth and vocal cords were improved or completely resolved. It was found that the hypersensitivity was nearly gone or vastly improved in all of these women.
Because iron helps regulate the production of protein in human immune system that control inflammation, an iron deficiency might make the upper airway more prone to inflammation, leading to this chronic cough.
Not drinking enough water for one's body weight will also cause inflammation. Follow water-cure protocol formula:
Iron deficiency may help explain why some/many otherwise healthy, non-smoking women/men had persistent coughs.
Tests on women with chronic coughs and iron deficiency showed that a simple iron supplement often cleared up the coughs.
Women also are more likely than men to suffer from otherwise unexplained chronic coughs.
During period-menstruation women lost much iron and blood.
Body immune function can be affected by iron deficiency, which is defined as having low iron levels, sometimes to the point of anemia.
A study on women with chronic cough who were found to have normal lung function, with no signs of asthma or other respiratory disease and no evidence of acid stomach reflux that could explain their coughing. All of them had iron deficiencies. And they all had signs of swelling in the back of the mouth, and red, inflamed mucous membranes. Their vocal cords were also very sensitive, making them cough and choke easily, such as after vigorous laughing.
One Dr Caterina Bucca (University of Turin) gave these women iron supplements to improve their iron stores. When these had normalized - after about 2 months - they were checked again. After iron supplementation, coughing and signs of inflammation in the mouth and vocal cords were improved or completely resolved. It was found that the hypersensitivity was nearly gone or vastly improved in all of these women.
Because iron helps regulate the production of protein in human immune system that control inflammation, an iron deficiency might make the upper airway more prone to inflammation, leading to this chronic cough.
Not drinking enough water for one's body weight will also cause inflammation. Follow water-cure protocol formula:
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
