| True preventive health care is
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| | Alzheimer's disease. Research money
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| nonexistent for most Americans. That's
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| | provided by corporations and advocacy
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| because traditional medicine focuses on
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| | organizations continues to fund the same
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| treatment of symptoms, and that's not
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| | unproductive "plaques and tangles" theory
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| prevention. Our health care system
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| | as the cause of AD.
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| operates like the old barn door - it's
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| | At the same time, credible Alzheimer's
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| left open and then the farmer tries to
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| | research at universities (with the help
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| figure out why the horses ran off.
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| | of government funding - not usually the
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| Preventive or "alternative" medicine is
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| | pharmaceutical industry) clearly shows
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| available, but it's not the norm. You
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| | there is a probable answer to AD but more
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| have to be informed enough, open minded
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| | research needs to confirm preliminary
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| enough and have enough money to get it.
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| | findings. Why isn't promising research
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| If you find a traditionally trained
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| | followed up by the entities that claim to
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| physician who integrates alternative
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| | want prevent or cure AD?This brings me to
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| medicine into his or her practice, and
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| | a true story. The husband of a close
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| still takes your insurance, you are in
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| | friend, Mary, was diagnosed with
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| luck.
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| | Parkinson's disease. In the early stage,
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| Most often you will not be in luck
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| | he had some hand tremor but what was most
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| because alternative practitioners are
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| | disturbing to Mary was evidence of
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| usually fed up with the traditional
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| | cognitive decline. A math whiz, her
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| system. Part of their gripe is dealing
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| | husband now had difficulty with simple
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| with insurance providers who dictate what
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| | arithmetic.
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| medications the insurer will pay for. So
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| | The doctor said medication was not yet
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| doctors stop taking insurance. The result
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| | indicated. He could offer nothing to help
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| is that patients seeking alternative
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| | the cognitive problem. Mary asked if I
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| medicine must either pay the entire cost
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| | knew anything that might help.
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| of care or do without.
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| | I had recently seen research that showed
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| Our overburdened health care system is
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| | progression of Parkinson's could be
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| controlled by the pharmaceutical and
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| | slowed a staggering 44 percent by taking
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| insurance industries. The pharmaceutical
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| | 1,200 mg. of CoQ10 a day. (Normal daily
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| industry holds the "solution"
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| | dose is 50-150 mg). The Life Extension
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| (prescription drugs) to medical problems.
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| | Foundation protocol for treatment of
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| That prescription drugs usually don't
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| | Parkinson's indicates up to 3,000 mg
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| cure a condition doesn't matter. Drug
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| | daily. There are no known side effects or
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| companies are not interested in finding
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| | contraindications for high doses of
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| cures. A cured condition does not require
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| | CoQ10.
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| medication. No profit it that!However, it
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| | Mary started her husband on 1,200 mg a
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| is profitable just to manage symptoms
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| | day and about two weeks later bumped up
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| (high blood pressure for example) with
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| | the dose up to 2,400 mg.
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| medication for years, or until the
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| | Within a month, her husband's cognition
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| patient changes lifestyle habits or the
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| | was almost back to normal. Was it luck?
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| patient dies.
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| | Was it a "miracle" that would have
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| If you think about how long it is taking
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| | occurred without the CoQ10, or was it the
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| to find a cure for cancer, diabetes,
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| | CoQ10 that produced the benefit? Will the
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| Alzheimer's and other devastating
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| | improvement last?Shall we wait for
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| diseases, you must conclude that
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| | Alzheimer's advocates or the
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| something doesn't add up. We are the most
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| | pharmaceutical industry to fund adequate
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| technologically and scientifically
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| | trials of CoQ10? We should not hold our
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| advanced country on the planet and it
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| | breath. CoQ10 is not patentable.
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| still takes forever to find cures.
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| | When the traditional health care system
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| Take the amount of time and money spent
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| | fails us all we can do is take personal
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| over the years to find a cure for cancer.
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| | responsibility and act on our own behalf
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| Yes, there are cures (which often become
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| | to the best of our ability.
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| relapses), but treatments that poison the
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| | Taking personal responsibility includes
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| entire body in an effort to get at the
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| | developing a prevention-oriented mindset
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| cancer and usually end up killing the
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| | - learning how to stay well without
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| patient are barbaric. There has to be a
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| | reliance on a health care system that
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| better way.
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| | talks a lot about prevention but doesn't
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| Look how long we have been dallying with
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| | seem to know how to provide it.
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