Newsletter Archive

Recent Issues

2008

December - The Woman with a Hole in her Heart
November - Women's Health: Osteoporosis, Hormones
October - Medical fads and fantasies, Flu Vaccine, Hepatitis
September - Managing Your Medications
August - Deodorant; Sprains and Strains
July - What About Hope?
June - The Heart Detective at Work
May - Alternative Medicine Hall of Shame
April - Integrating Western and Alternative Medicine
March - Evolution of a Doctor
February - Diagnostic Testing, Healthy Lifestyle Classes, Influenza
January - Love Your Colon: Honor Your Anus

2007

December - What I Learned in Jail
November - How to Talk to Your Doctor, Flu Vaccine, Vitamin D
October - What is Science? - Colon Cancer Screening Update
September - Prescription Medications - When to Use Them; When to Lose Them
August - Resist the Hype; Summertime Scrapes
July - Annual Pharmacy Price Update - Overseas Medicine
June - The Long and Winding Road
May - Depression, Dementia, and Lithium
April - Supplements: Beware the Lowest Bidder
March - Brain Health as We Age Part Twelve: The Final Chapter
February - Brain Health as We Age Part Eleven – Reason for Hope: Nutrients to Preserve Memory and Sharp Thinking
January - Brain Health as We Age Part Ten: The Hippocampus – The Seat of Memory

2006

December - Shingles Vaccine
November - Brain Health as We Age: Part Nine – Dementia – Know Thy Enemy
October - Brain Health as We Age: Part Eight – Phosphatidylserine Preserves Brain Function thru Membrane Support
September - Brain Health as We Age: Part Seven – Homocysteine, Folic Acid and Vitamin B-12
August - Health Care Finance Reform: Small Changes; Big Results
July - Brain Health as We Age: Part Six – Microinflammation and the Brain
June - Brain Health as We Age: Part Five – Inflammation
May - Glucosamine,  Brain Health as We Age: Part Four – Circulate and Stay Sharp
April - Brain Health as We Age: Part Three – The Little Engines That Could
March - Brain Health as We Age: Part Two – Oxidative Brain Injury of Aging
February - Brain Health as We Age: Part One – How the Brain Works
January - New Year's: Resolution or Action?

2005

December - How We Spend Our Lives, Holiday Wish
November Extra Edition - Getting Ready for the Flu, More on Physical Therapy
November - Physical Therapy
October - The Weight Control Issue
Mid-September - On-Line Evaluations of Physicians
September - Skin Cancers and Skin Lesions, Body Mapping, In Memorium: Rita Herkel
Mid-August - Melanoma Is Epidemic. Or Is It?
August - Water, Your Number One Home Remedy, Discount Drugs at Costco
July - Colon Cancer - Preventive Screening
Late June - New Food Pyramid, Help for Tired Legs
June - Health & Aging
May - The School Sisters of Notre Dame
April - A Second Look at Mammograms
March - Calcium, Leukemia Survivor, Save Money on Pharmaceuticals
February - The Secret Life of Glucose, We Get Mail, LASIK - Risky or Wonderful?
January - Medicine, Money & Your Health, Naproxin Update, Toxic Ayurvedic Remedies

2004

December - Folic Acid and Your Health, Wellness Tune-up
Mid-November - Vitamin E, Mixed Tocopherols, Mail Order Drugs
November - Nutritional Supplements, Combating the Flu
October - Aspirin and Heart Attacks, "Purifying" Rashes, Influenza Vaccine
September - A Letter to Our Readers, A Lesson in Acceptance
August - Natural Treatments for Osteoporosis, Headline Writers Boot it Again, Services for Business Needs
July - 2C9, Drug Detoxification, and Drug Side-Effects, Toenail Fungus Ads
June - Drugs and Their Side-Effects, Phen-fen: Good Drug or Bad?
May - Sun and Your Health, Puritanical about Pain
April - High-Dose Statin Drugs, When Pharmaceuticals Help, Head Lice Redux
March - Vitamin D, Sinusitis and Fungus, Antibiotic Resistance, Prescription Refills
February - Vitamin D, Television and Children, Estrogen, Malpractice Insurance
January - Chick-Chack for Lice, COX-2 Inhibitors, Estrogen, Health Savings Plans, Health Care Payment Wars

2003

December - Sleep, Medical Privacy, Seasonal Affective Disorder
November - Anxiety and Depression, Head Lice Hysteria
October - The AMA, Zinc and Macular Degeneration, Malpractice Law Reform, Glossy Brochures, Free Information
September - Supplements At Risk, Stopping the Niacin Flush, No-Fault Illness, "Solutions" Weight Loss Program
August - Vitamin A and Osteoporosis, Summer Hours
July - West Nile Virus, Sore Joints, Vitamin B12 Deficiency, SARS, Politics of Prescription Drugs, Same Day Service
June - Loss of your Privacy Rights, Natural Menopause, What's New in Medicine?
May - SARS, Disaster Preparedness, Coral Calcium, On-Line Pharmacies, Drug Pricing
March - Malpractice Insurance, Generic Drug Price Inflation, Smallpox Vaccination, Judging Supplement Quality, Pharmaceutical Advertising

2002

November - New Test for Heart Disease Risk, Medical Research Bought and Sold, Multilevel-Marketed Multiple Vitamins, Letters!
October - On-Line Pharmacies, Ear Candles, Flu Shots
August - New "Medical Privacy" Law, Discount Prescription Drugs, Exercise and Arthritis, Halitosis
July - Estrogen, No Cure-No Pay service, Vitamin A
June - Depression in the news, new Home Remedy service
February - Fitness ratings, toenail fungus, ear infections
January - Longevity Calculators

2001

December - Advertisements for Screening Tests
September - Vitamin C

2000

December - Nurse Practitioner, TV show

1999

May - Weight loss, male hormones, clinic services

Medicine for People! is published by Douwe Rienstra, MD at Port Townsend, Washington. Edited by Carolyn Latteier.

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