( more Gerber lecture )

Notes from Lecture by Gerber
( more )

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/business/08labtest.html
( notes from NTY article )

What is the most common hereditary clotting problem?
--Von Willebrand's Dz (factor is absent or abnormal, many varieties)

What do you call an inactive enzyme precursor in the clotting cascade?
--a zymogen

What do you call a coagulation deficiency from to a deficiency of Factor VIII due to an X-linked recessive gene?
( answer and more self-quiz )

The Canadian Cancer Society is now recommending vitamin D for all adults based on a study that was performed in Nebraska. Let's see how long it takes the US to catch up ( Read more... )

from the Medical Herbalism Eletter
Periodically published by the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism
Contact them at http://medherb.com or http://naimh.com
December 2008
( article text )

New data shows that vitamin D has more biochemical actions that anticipated ( Read more... )

Mercola offers this article:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/11/25/why-sunlight-is-your-best-source-of-vitamin-d.aspx

He says that a study on people with repeated respiratory ( Read more... )

( Notes on research showing that it is better to eat oranges than to drink OJ, better to drink juice than to take vitamin C supplements, and better to take supplements than to not get any vitamin C. And a little bit about the constituents of oranges that are anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory etc. )

This makes me wonder. Mercola isn't sure what is going on either, but it's interesting to contemplate that one might be forced to get a prescription to get basic supplements....please let me know if you find out more ( Read more... )