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		<title>Exploding Field of Dreams</title>
		<link>http://tomballard.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/exploding-field-of-dreams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Ballard, RN, ND</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you think of American agriculture do you think of vast fields of corn or acts of terrorism? Ammonia, the source of nitrogen that stimulates crops to grow large is also what was used to blow up the Oklahoma courthouse as well as other acts of terrorism. Nitrogen, while necessary in the right balance, is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomballard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4007397&amp;post=211&amp;subd=tomballard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drugs: No Comparison</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Ballard, RN, ND</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from Harvard, writing for the Journal of the American Medical Association, have concluded that, “Many of our nation’s research priorities are driven by the pharmaceutical industry. These companies, not surprisingly, focus most of their attention on new therapies.” This is what I’ve been writing about for years. How can we improve our health when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomballard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4007397&amp;post=208&amp;subd=tomballard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drug Side Effects in the Elderly</title>
		<link>http://tomballard.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/drug-side-effects-elderly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Ballard, RN, ND</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adverse reactions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The elderly aren’t the only ones being prescribed pharmaceuticals, but they’re more likely to be taking several. Along with children, the elderly are most likely to have adverse reactions to medicines. This is mostly due to their lessened ability to detoxify and remove chemicals from the body. From: Worstpills.com (Public Citizen) Each year, more than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomballard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4007397&amp;post=205&amp;subd=tomballard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Caution: Supplements are Deadly</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Ballard, RN, ND</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oops, I’m wrong, as are all the other dire warnings you’ve heard about vitamin, mineral, and herbal supplements. In fact, there were NO REPORTED DEATHS from supplements in 2008 (the most recent information collected by the National Poison Data System) This included all the vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and herbal products, even the much-feared kava [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomballard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4007397&amp;post=158&amp;subd=tomballard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Corruption in Drugville?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Ballard, RN, ND</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Corruption in the pharmaceutical sector occurs throughout all stages of the medicine chain, from research and development to dispensing and promotion,” from a World Health Organization (WHO) fact sheet.  According to WHO data, unethical practices such as falsification of evidence, bribery, and mismanagement of conflicts of interest are “common and throughout the medicine chain.” The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomballard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4007397&amp;post=200&amp;subd=tomballard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Antibiotics Make Us Fat</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just to show how complex we are, research published in Scientific American and Science magazine has shown that antibiotic use contributes to weight gain. Apparently the disruption of healthy gut bacteria slows the burning of fat. Antibiotics are not the only drug feeding the obesity problem. According to Lawrence Cheskin, MD, Director of the Johns [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomballard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4007397&amp;post=197&amp;subd=tomballard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ADHD and Pesticides</title>
		<link>http://tomballard.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/adhd-and-pesticides/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Ballard, RN, ND</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is thought to affect 3 to 7 percent of U.S. children. Various reasons for the increasing incidence have been proposed, including mercury preservative in vaccines, food additives, dietary sugar, and the ubiquitous “genetics.” New research out of Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley have added pesticides to the list [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomballard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4007397&amp;post=194&amp;subd=tomballard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weight Watchers Endorses McDonalds</title>
		<link>http://tomballard.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/weight-watchers-endorses-mcdonalds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Ballard, RN, ND</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[diet]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[McDonalds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some nutritionists (although not nearly enough) were shocked when Weight Watchers (WW) endorsed Chicken McNuggets as a “healthy meal.” I wasn’t. Weight Watchers has a long history of recommending questionable foods. More importantly, their entire approach to losing weight – cut fat and calories – has a 95% failure rate. It does not work for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomballard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4007397&amp;post=191&amp;subd=tomballard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Low-Fat Lie</title>
		<link>http://tomballard.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/the-low-fat-lie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Ballard, RN, ND</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[heart disease]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What have government programs, doctors and most nutritionists been telling us for the past 30 years? The message that has been drummed into us is: Eat less fat, more carbs. This message has been so broadcasted that it is now considered common knowledge. If you can just follow this simple advice you’ll save yourself from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomballard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4007397&amp;post=188&amp;subd=tomballard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Statins Harm More than Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Ballard, RN, ND</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cholesterol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JUPITER]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may seem like I’m picking on statin (cholesterol) drugs, but they’re such an easy target for scorn.  They’re such a good example of how bad science and greed walk hand in hand in our current medical system. Example 1: You may have read reports of the push to prescribe statins to younger, healthy people. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomballard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4007397&amp;post=185&amp;subd=tomballard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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