Group Says Alli Causes Colon Cancer
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Saturday, 16 June 07 - 01:52 PM (GMT) By John Raymond Baker in General |
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My previous post talked about the diet drug ALLI flying off the shelves as people go into a feeding frenzy to purchase this drug, a drug in which many people are voicing serious concerns about its long term health effects.
Now, Public Citizen is issuing warnings about ALLI.
" Nonprofit group, Public Citizen is claiming that studies of the popular weight loss Alli drug show that it can increase a person's risk of developing colon cancer
The drug works by blocking fat absorption in the body after a person eats, resulting in the extra fat being excreted from the body via bowel movements.
The drug, which is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, has been shown in studies to cause pre-cancerous lesions in the colons of mice. There have not been any long term studies done of the drug's effectiveness and therefore the group believes that the FDA should not have approved it for use.
"What we do know is that these lesions occur much more frequently in people who do get colon cancer," said Dr. Sidney M. Wolfe, director of
Public Citizen’s Health Research Group. "Why do we recommend that everyone get a colonscopy at the age of 50? Because you pick up on these polyps when you do one. And, even though not all of the polyps are pre-cancerous, no (doctor) does a colonscopy without removing every single polyp that is found. And you do this because you know if you don't, it greatly increases the chances of getting cancer."
The FDA, responding to the group earlier in the year stated that there was not enough evidence linking the Alli drug to an increased risk of colon cancer.
“We conclude that the available evidence concerning orlistat's safety does not support a causal relationship between orlistat and colorectal carcinoma, nor does any of this information meet the criteria for market withdrawal,” the FDA wrote in its decision."
The above quote is from this site.
New diet drug touches off a feeding frenzy
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Saturday, 16 June 07 - 01:47 PM (GMT) By John Raymond Baker in General |
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Apparently, many people in Los Angeles think it is "better to look good than to feel good".
According to an article in the LA TIMES, despite warnings about the diet drug, people are buying the drug like hotcakes.
"At 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, 12 boxes of alli, the first FDA-sanctioned diet drug to be sold without a prescription, were placed on the top shelf of a Santa Monica Walgreens' diet section. Four hours later, all but one had been sold.
"I have never in my life experienced anything like this," store manager Roe Love, a pharmacist for 20 years, said as she eyed the empty space next to the last box of 90 capsules selling for $59.99."
TEXAS TRUE CHOICE- BAKER CHIROPRACTIC,PA announces its inclusion on the provider list for Texas True Choice
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Saturday, 16 June 07 - 01:21 PM (GMT) By John Raymond Baker in General |
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Baker Chiropractic,PA proudly announces its inclusion as a provider on the Texas True Choice insurance program. We are proud of this because, as Texas True Choice insures city workers of Longview Texas such as police officers, fire department workers, EMS, maintenance personnel, office workers, santitation workers, et al, we have an opportunity to help many more people.
For those on the Texas True Choice program,
BAKER CHIROPRACTIC , PA is very conveniently located in the Brookwood Shopping Village at 1420 McCann Road, in the same shopping village as EL SOMBRERO restaurant, Heartland Ham, Lifeway Christian bookstore, the Dollar store, the Mud Hut, etc.
Our hours are 9 am - 1 pm (closed 1-3 pm) 3 pm-6pm
Monday through Friday.
Our phone numbers are:
Voice phone: 903-753-5400 / Fax 903-757-5604
Our e-mail is " bakerchiropractic (at) gmail.com ".
So, if you are sick and tired of being sick and tired, get hurt on the job, get hurt in a car wreck, or are just fed up with doping yourself with pain killers and muscle relaxes, get hope that you can get off the dope...call
BAKER CHIROPRACTIC TODAY. Call 903-753-5400.
Please see the Map at the bottom of this page.
Thanks for visiting this page.
~Dr. John Raymond Baker,BS,DC
CHIROPRACTIC launches another BAKER CHIROPRACTIC INFORMATION PORTAL
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Saturday, 16 June 07 - 07:31 AM (GMT) in General |
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CHIROPRACTIC, powered by Terapad.com (http://www.terapad.com/) was launched today featuring blog, forums, image gallery, online shop, event calendar and more.
CHIROPRACTIC can be accessed at http://chiropractic.terapad.com/.
BAKER CHIROPRACTIC ,PA is a healthcare office located at 1420 McCann Road,
Longview Texas, 75601.
Our phone number is 903-753-5400 and our fax number is 903-757-5604.
Our hours are 9am-1pm (closed 1-3pm) 3pm-5pm Monday through Friday.
We accept Letters of Protection, Major Medical Insurance, Medicare, Cash, Checks, Workers Compensation Insurance, and even work out affordable payment plans where indicated.
As a courtesy, our office will also file your PIP (Personal Injury Protection) for you.
If you were hurt on the job, hurt in a wreck, or just hurting, call 903-753-5400 today.
If you are sick and tired of being sick and tired, calle 903-753-5400 today.
The Anatomy of Back Pain
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Sunday, 07 January 07 - 03:08 PM (GMT) By John Raymond Baker in General |
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There is a reason many days are lost from back pain every year.
One is that there are many potential sources of back pain. One very common one is the intervertebral disc. It used to be thought that the disc itself had no nerve supply, but since then, we have discovered that there is a sinuvertebral nerve supplying the outsiode of the disk than can cause considerable pain.
A herniated disc or protruding disc, can, depending on its size and position, press on the nerve root, spinal cord, or both. It can decrease the space for the nerve between the bones (the foraminal size, a decrease is stenosis of the foraminal opening or foraminal stenosis). This can serious problems that can even end up being permanent if one does not get prompt attention and/or surgical intervention.
Another source of pain is the zygapophyseal joints. These joints are also called "facet joints". Inflammed and damaged cervical zygapophyseal joints have, in the past few years, been found to be a great source of pain in folks injured in so-called "whiplash injuries" (a longer term is hyperextension / hyperflexion injuries resulting from hyperacceleration/hyperdeceleration forces).
An interesting article about these joints as a nocigenerative or pain causing element, is found at:
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2004, 5:15 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-5-15
Of course , torn muscles can be sources of pain as well, even without these more serious sources.
Swelling in the tissues around the nerves in or near the foraminal openings, can cause a relative increase in partial pressures exrerted on the nerve root, and can cause altered function, the results of which can include pain. This swelling can happen as a result of inflammation, but also, as a result of the paraspinal and deep muscles going into spasm after trauma, and locking the low back down, preventing the normal flexion, extension, and torsion, which helps to move fluids in and out of the area.
These are just a few of the pain causing factors in the low back, and in most of these, the answer is not a narcotic pain reliever, but using ice to reduce pain and spasms, stretching lumbar muscles, using digital pressure over the belly of the muscle to induce stretching, electrical muscle stimulation to fatigue muscles in spasm, intervertebral traction / intersegmental traction to stretch paraspinal muscles and to introduce added segmental motion in the axial plane. And, if it is not contraindicated by other factors, Chiropractic manipulation to increase movement and proper positioning of the osseous elements of the spinal joints.
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