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		<title>Antioxidants</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the top ten antioxidants for kidney health, see my article on empowher.com. Here are the References from the medical literature:  Chade AR et al, “Beneficial effects of antioxidant vitamins on the stenotic kidney”, Hypertension 2003; 42:605-612. Bertelli AA et al, “Resveratrol, a component of wine and grapes, in the prevention of kidney disease”, Ann [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siderealobserver.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7849381&amp;post=38&amp;subd=siderealobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Polycystic Kidney Disease</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote an article about polycystic kidney disease for EmpowHer.com. See http://www.empowher.com/news/herarticle/2009/09/21/polycystic-kidney-disease-review-cleveland-clinic<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siderealobserver.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7849381&amp;post=36&amp;subd=siderealobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Probiotic Vaginal Suppositories</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote an article about probiotic vaginal suppositories for the EmpowHer.com women&#8217;s health web site. Here&#8217;s a link: http://www.empowher.com/news/herarticle/2009/08/12/probiotic-vaginal-suppositories<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siderealobserver.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7849381&amp;post=34&amp;subd=siderealobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paying for Health Care Reform</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This was published as a Letter to the Editor in the Austin American-Statesman on July 22, 2009.) Paying for health care reform is the easiest part. We have about 40,000 uninsured people who can pay premiums if they have a decent group plan available. Insurance works on numbers. Large companies have big enough groups to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siderealobserver.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7849381&amp;post=32&amp;subd=siderealobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform: What&#8217;s in it for us?</title>
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		<title>Guinea Pig&#8217;s Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm a scientist as well as a guinea pig, so I usually focus on the technical details of psychotropic drug dependency and withdrawal. But I recognize that the human issues are just as important.

I'll call my third psychiatrist Dr. Smith. On my first visit, he said, “I will find something that makes you feel better.” 
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		<title>The Ghost of Adam Smith</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The father of capitalist economics taught us to fear government action.

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		<title>Double Standard at the FDA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should dietary supplements be held to higher regulatory standards than prescription drugs? Common sense says no, but the FDA says yes.

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		<title>Should Viagra Be Tested on Children?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 03:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FDA's Pediatric Exclusivity Provision offers incentives to drug manufacturers to test their products on children.

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