I recently became aware of American research linking lead to tooth decay. The research does not appear to be well known in this country. It was only recently published in a medical journal (JAMA, 1999, Jun 23-30).
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For this, our hundredth issue, What Doctors Don't Tell You offers the best of the advice we've offered over the years for leading a long and healthy life. ...
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In this month's cover story, Paul Shattock, with Andrew Wakefield and his team, are among a small band of renegades attempting to demonstrate that diseases like autism result from an environmental ...
The Countess of Mar, who sits in the British House of Lords, developed MCS after over exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides contained in sheep dip on her Worcestershire farm. ... ...
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