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Mar '99 - Antibiotics - this site has been pointing out the dangers of antibiotics since 1975 - endorsing the staement by Dr K. Harvey , Director of Microbiology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital that " antibiotics are the refuge of the diagnostically destitute " . He made this statement as MRSA was sweeping through his hospital and BEFORE MRSA reached the U.K. !!. Now the the pharmaceutical giants such as Glaxo , Bayer , SKB etc are very unhappy about low sales for a product that makes a fortune for them. Recently in Scandinavia they tried to get all teenagers tested and treated for Chlamydia using antibiotics. We took this approach to gonococcus in the 60's -- we would wipe out gonorrhea --- the result ?? -- the WHO recently declared gonorrhea OUT OF CONTROL. MRSA was a harmless throat infection [ staphlococcus ] - until indiscriminate use of antibiotics turned it into a monster. Now Azithromycin is being touted as a cure for clogged arteries - which MIGHT be caused by Chlamydia Pneumoniae . It does seem that the standard of scientific truth is now available to the highest bidder. Who is paying the bill for these trials ? . Some scientific body funded by the drug companies ?. The ruling criteria being CMB [ condition of my bank account ] . *************. After all the fuss about silicone breast implants, resulting in a rash of court cases , soybean oil implants are being withdrawn . Cases of swelling and inflammation [ at least 74 ] are reported . Concern that leaks " are not absorbed into blood vessels and removed from the body " have been raised. No one has so far asked if the soya bean oil contained GM products. ************* . Tinkering with the hormonal balances in the body is risky and at its worst in the HRT case can cause cancer [ BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHY } , Drug companies driven by the ' quick buck ' motive have synthesized insulin. Trouble with the product has been played down . Eli Lilly & Novo Nordisk deny any possibility that their drug could be responsible for problems. 3,000 letters of complaint have been sent to the British Diabetic Association , listing coma without warning, moody, confused, forgetful , aggressive results after the switch from animal to synthetic insulin. Only when a big uproar happens do drug companies take any notice . Did they also ignore these problems when the original research was done. Is this another case of buying the 'scientific ' results you want? . ************ . An instance of the way in which money can change the 'Science ' is the way that Dr. Pusztai was treated when Monsanto intervened in the affairs of the Rowatt Institute. Dr Pusztai was told to go ahead and give an interview to World In Action , on TV . When he said that the public was being used as 'guinea pigs ' . It was only a few days later when the excrement hit the fan , that Dr. Pusztai was sacked and condemned as muddled and incomplete researcher. After decades as a world renowned and respected figure !!!. Is it any wonder that the public distrusts scienc , drug companies & the medical field in general . ************** . We have a new panic as 28 people are hospital cases due to 0157 E.coli poisoning ,[ which in 1998 killed 21 people ]. Due we are told , to drinking 'raw' unpasturised milk. But one wonders , with all the back and forth from bovine and porcine animals if the production of Insulin FROM E.COLI may not have affected , or produced the virulent strain of E.coli ?.Too fantastic ? perhaps . ****************** . " Unintended injuries to patients , caused by doctors during treatment are far more common than was once believed. " says a Specialist Registrar , in the British Medical Journal . But courts rule that doctors are not obliged to admit or apologise for mistakes that result in injury!!. The GMC has changed its guidance in 'Good Medical Practice' - advising that a full and frank explanation and apology be given in every case. But the BMJ study shows that doctors are not ready to be so brutally honest. Wonder why ? Do Doctors only accept those rules that suit them ?. *********** . Bungled blood transfusions left nine patients DEAD and 178 ill last year - 197 patients were given incompatible blood. ********** . Lots of things getting bungled -- the bungled sale of Brompton Hospital cost the NHS £6.500,000. The developement as luxury flats has put loadsa money in many pockets -- money plundered from the pockets of the public. Health comes a long way behind profit !!. *********** . BSE , more research is needed - the scientists want an increase on the £23,000,000 already given. considering the cost to beef exports [ probably over £i billion by now ] one wonders if the money saved as profit by the Agricultural Industry [ when they fed scrapie infected sheep to cattle , and caused the epidemic ] - was worth while???. ************. Doctors not only accept only rules that suit them - they also make their own up as they go along !!!. An inquiry is under way at North Staffordshire hospital into 128 cases of babies treated . Death was the lot of 28 , with a further 15 suffering permanent injury. All were used to test anew ventilator for premature babies. Consent forms signed by parents were described as misleading , hoodwinking and duping. The local MP said that " parents did not properly understand what was going on , and this needs looking at ." Was profit a cause of death ??. ***************** . The USA would rather experiment on UK subjects than its own people [ probably because litigation awards are lower over here !.] Genzyme Corp'n wants to use cells got from pig embryo's to transplant into the brains of Parkinson's sufferers to see if dopamine production can be boosted. The proceedure is descrbed as controversial in the USA - as pig virus may also be transmitted [ as AIDS was supposed to be got from monkeys ] . *************. The WHO puts the UK near the bottom of the European countries treating cancer. In doing so it points out that there is no fault on the diagnosis side . At the same time Prof. Cree of Univ College London , is denied money to research how drugs affect individual tumors. He wishes to ensure that the NHS does not " waste money on highly toxic drugs that will do damage to the patient without affecting the tumor. Could these highly toxic [ and useless ] drugs be the reason that we in the UK are so bad at treating cancer ??. Anyone want to bet that the 'highly toxic drugs' are expensive and highly profitable to the producers ?. ************* . The human organism is highly resistant to learning -- in contrast to micro-organisms which can learn rapidly which shape [mutation ] to assume in order to evade the drug treatments devised by the human organism. Up to 30% of Americans , newly infected with HIV carry a form resistant to any of the 13 drug combinations that have been effective in recent times. 125 mutations have been tagged since 1992. As the Australian Prof of Microbiology said in 1972 [20 YEARS AGO ] " the bugs are proving to be smarter than the people ". Is humanity so stupid it cannot devise a new line of thought ??. ************. T.B which has been traced back to dinosaur bones , is a 'smart bug ' by right of longevity. We are now warned that an "explosion of this micro organism is under way among cattle. How long before it jumps species , like BSE jumped - to become nvCJD , Current anti-TB drugs are useless , where do we go from here people ??, ********* . Meningitis leads to septicaemia , where the blood leaks out of the veins and 'pools ' under the skin . Has anybody investigated the relationship of these phenomena to Ebbola virus - could they mutate to each other , are there similar mechanisms involved ??. **********. A DEFECTIVE GENE [ the 'mahogany ' mg gene ] in mice can allow people to eat up to 5 times the amount of fat normally consumed and suffer no ill effects. Investigations are under way . Point - if defective genes can be so beneficial why are we trying to eliminate so many of them . Come to think of it - how do you define a 'defective gene ??. ************. Litigation may be on the way to making doctors put their house in order, But when it fails who benefits ??. The cases of 127 women who were physically damaged by the routine radiation treatment after breast cancer operations have been a spectacular failure. Only 15 will get any money [£50/ 90,000 ] and those will lose about £30,000 in legal costs. The remainder will not only be physically damaged [ the worst has a useless arm that needs to be in splints- is also in permanent pain ! ] but financially damaged to the tune of up to £23,700. Justice may be alive and well -- but God knows where. Mind you the legal profession will benefit to the tune of some £3.000,000. !!!. ************* . The GM foods scandal has thrown up some interesting views of " science" . Prof. Chrispeels " These experiments could be interpreted in different ways " [ ? depending on who is paying for the work ?. ] . The embyologist L. Wolpert argued that " the practice of science was unnatural " and that scientific ideas often seemed to run against common sense . " Some sociologists argue that science is something humans invented and therefore has no more validity than any other belief system " . " Some scientists have been known to fake their findings , and some show an all-too-human tendency to dismiss the bad outcomes and highlight only the good results ." " Scientists are humans ; they make mistakes , cling to favorite ideas , hold loyalties AND SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE !!!. As far as I can see that just about sums up science , *************. " Bodies should become public property at death ." Says Prof J Harris of Manchester . " If we forfeited ownership of our bodies after death, the crisis for organs for transplants could be eased ." Tell that to the parents of the babies that were subjected to lethal carelessness in the Bristol scandal . These babies bodies were put to Medical use after death. Not a good advert for a " NHS which cares !". **************** . It took six years before Dr S . Bolsin's whistle blowing had any effect in the Bristol scandal. Now Dr A Cole Trust Medical Director , is saying " Some individual may have an element of blame , but by and large the system is at fault. " This man is astute. Systems are made up of individuals , who may be incompetent , corrupt , or psychologically maladjusted . If you blame the system then all the individuals are exonerated , [ it wasnt me guv , it was the system !! ] When legal claims for medical negligence rise by 15% EVERY YEAR , and a study of doctors performance found that 6% of CONSULTANTS were " guilty of conduct - including poor skills and sexual advances - serious enough to warrant disciplinary action. " Managers have voiced fears that they may not have the clout to tackle doctors head on over standards . S. Tyler , Deputy Director of the Institute of Health Service Management , argues that the existing rules are slow and cumbersome and there are no ways to " force doctors to retrain where their skills are noy up to scratch. !!! . *************. Latest from New York [USA] tells us that 35,000,000 lbs of hot dogs have been recalled , by part of Sara Lee Foods after an outbreak of Listeria [ the one that grows in air conditioning tanks and refridgerators ] . 20 people died in the outbreak. The item mentions that " Full blown listeriosis can cause meningitis and encephalitis among vulnerable groups . " It mentions that the numbers of people with weakened immune systems is on the increase. ---- Questions === how can listeriosis turn into meningitis ??? , does it mutate inside the body ??? . Why are immune depleted people on the increase ???. Can it be due to the indiscriminate use of antibiotics ???. ********** . Leigonniare's disease has culled 13 people in the Netherlands , north of Amsterdam - any bets that this is a mutation of an STD ??. ************ . Talking of mutation a new strain of 'japanese ' encephalitis has popped up in Malaysia. It has infected pigs in Negri Sembilan- where there is panic - as well as some of the largest pig farms in South East Asia. Want to bet that part of the intensive pig farming system calls for the use of antibiotics. That the indiscriminate use of antibiotics has created a new microbial monster - just as MRSA was created the same way , but in humans , in the 1970's. Will we ever learn ???. ********* . Jabs / injections -- The Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin has strong criticism for Hay Fever injections " While steroids taken by mouth last a limited time and patients can stop taking them if they suffer a bad reaction , injections such as triamcinolone are long lasting - You can't stop if there are side effects , steroid injections can cause glucose intolerance [ diabetic ?. ] , menstrual irregularity [ interference with the hormonal system ?? ] , increased susceptability to infection [ depressing the immune system ] and in the long term osteoporosis ." Do we want to 'cure ' hay fever at this cost ??. *************** . Jabs / injections part 2 - Part of Doctor's income and the profits of the pharmaceutical giants [ such as Glaxo & SKB , etc ] come from vaccines. Sensible parents have had doubts about vaccines for some time . There is an association for vaccine damaged children. At long last [ despite pressure from profit hungry pharmeceuticals ] some medical scientists are expressing doubts about current vaccination practices. The research at the Royal Free Hospital claimed links between vaccination and Crohn's disease [ IBS ] , and Autism setting in at the age of 18 MONTHS ! . The Japanese have no doubts , they have banned vaccination BEFORE the age of TWO years . An immune system is rudimentary prior to the age of 2. But still they try to pressure / panic parents into vaccination within weeks of birth . Will we never learn ? . *************. You are what you eat !. Monsanto [ our friends who genetically modify vegetables ] are now into a dispute with the Vets of Europe. The problem is the milk hormone BST { bad choice of name - bit too close to BSE ! ] . The Vets say that they are banning BST because it causes pain to cattle and can have knock on effects for humans. I suppose they have forgotten the scandal of hormones fed to chicken , which caused men to grow breasts . Perhaps they hope we have forgotten !!. Monsanto said it's product was safe - wonder if they had a financial bias !! . ************. The urine of pregnant women contains many things ! . But a new one recently added is its effectiveness against HIV. The proteins lysozyme and ribonuclease are the effective agents .********** . Enterovirus are smart little bugs. Found not only in athletic adults who drop dead of LVD [ left ventricular disease ] but also in respiratory tracts , enterovirus 71 is also found in meningitis and encephalitis . It is also described as a " flu-like virus " , shape shifters have nothing on the viral mutations ! . ********** .

Feb '99 - Nurses , normally caring people , well deserving more pay and consideration. But even here we get the odd rotten apple. A recent report shows that in St Pancreas's geriatric unit Beech House , 13 geriatrics were hit, abused , made to take cold showers , verbally bullied and made to move at night without any reason. When manager and doctors threatened to expose this scandal they were abused and told they would not be believed because they were black!!. Happily the unit is now closed. ************. The son of Mrs Roberts flew home from Australia to attend his mothers funeral. On arrival at Heathrow he was told that there was a mixup and that the dead Mrs Roberts was not his mother. ************** . A man from Dayton , Ohio is suing his doctor and two clinics for apparently misdiagnosing him as HIV positive and feeding him AZT and other potent drugs for a period of six years. Both painful and expensive disgnostic error !!. ********* . Some cheering news - a scheme is being instituted to ensure that doctors update their skills , particularly surgeons [ after the many surgical deaths and injuries at Bristol ] . Only trouble is that it will be run by the GMC . Bit like setting the fox to guard the chicken - still we must hope that it works. Doctors who fail may be struck off, *************. "Shit-for-brains " is a common expression , [ even heard on the telly ] , but a new development which uses sertoli cells from testicles may help repair brains damaged by strokes. This is because sertoli cells , due to their function in reproduction do not provoke an immune rejection response. A good bit of work that goes along with nature rather than defeating it. Also it may give rise to a new "bolloks-for-brains " epithet that may be literal. .************* . A public health emergency was declared in South Wales. Six people died of meningitis and six schoolchildren are in hospital. " A new and agressive strain of meningitis is rampant. Doctors are handing out antibiotics ." As it is recognised that the use of antibiotics simply makes any disease organism mutate , mainly in the direction of increased virulence. Why are doctors handing out antibiotics. Do they wish to make the outbreak more virulent and more widespread ?. A programme of immunisation is being implemented - to what end ?. Experience with the 'Flu vaccine has shown that its takes months to prepare a vaccine of the current disease - - and that by the time a correct vaccine is available the disease has moved on and mutated again. Stop press; the doctors step up the battle against meningitis. Many children will be vaccinated and some will die - always some will die . Statistical investigations in the past have shown that comparisons between vaccinated and unvaccinated , show that equivalent numbers are affected by the disease but vaccinated people show slightly different symptom pictures. The only people to profit are the people who supply vaccines.********** . The Nurses disciplinary body is to be replaced with a larger organisation including a substantial lay member element. This is due to recent scandals of maltreatment , allowing sex offenders to work after being debarred etc, This is in line with the Royal Colleges of Surgeons ; et al , reforms. One could wish that the doctors would follow the nurses example and include a large lay memeber element. But the male is noticeably recalcitrant in following the female !. stop press " A strong challenge is posed by a group of doctors opposed to the GMC's proposal to put quality control checks on doctors work ,!! The doctors wish to keep self regulation , but its only a short while ago they were dead against self regulation for Practitioners of Alternative Therapies . !!! . Well they did it the GMC 's scheme is a 'go' , but only after the government threatened that if the GMC didn' t put it's own house in order then the government would step in and do it. ************* . Another cancer cell check recall. In Doncaster " thousands of cell biopsies are being reviewed. 47 women are recalled for cancer checks and a further 65 are being contacted. the pathologist responsible has resigned. How can you be ' responsible ' and escape that resposibility by resigning. If that is the case were you ever ' responsible ' ? . ************* . Mr J . Thornton , a consultant gynacologist , says that cervical smears , ante-natal tests and breast cancer screening should all be privatised and paid for by the individual . Another proof if one were needed that medicine is about money - not health. *************. A study in the Lancet shows that young children who go to pre school nurseries and get common infections [ coughs , colds, 'flu & diarrhoea ] develop better and stronger immune systems. Amazing how , after the expenditure of much time and money , science struggles to arrive at the same conclusion as common sense. *********** . Healthcare rationing -- Sir Michael Rawlins who chairs the National Institute of Clinical Excellence [NICE } said " It is no good us recommending a therapy if there is not the money available " . Many people are not happy about this frank approach but it must be time to cut expenditure ; and in so doing , implicitly acknowledge that much of the medical expenditure is due to problems created by medicine.!!. ******** . A senior prison doctor is accused of a catalogue of irresponsible decisions that led to the deaths of three inmates of Brixton prison. Dr A. Alexander is facing charges of gross professional misconduct before the GMC. ********** . French ex-PM is on trial for implication in the Aids infected blood supplied to haemophiliacs. Four health service officials are already serving prison sentences for allowing the use of old stocks of infected blood while the Pasteur Institute developed its own test , rather than accept American prceedures , and blood. Out of 2,500 registered haemophiliacs 1,348 were infected and 600 have since died. Once again proof that money [ and possibly national pride ] is more important than the health of the individual. **********. We seem to have sunk to the moral basement level . How can we condem Pinochet and the China people who execute criminals and sell their organ on the open market. When , it is now revealed , the horrific Bristol Baby Death Scandal has for 16 years , been removing the organs of dead babies and using them . It would be interesting to know if any have been used for transplants. ********** . Food is creating an impact on the health market. So many cases of food poisoning , salmonella etc have resulted in an uproar over genetically modified foods [GM] . Which are all set to make a fortune for Monsanto and other biotech companies. Once again it is shown that Mammon Rules - ok!!, When millions have been invested in food production then BSE is swept under the carpet - until a nation's health is under threat. Now GM foods seem to be a major cause for concern. As with BSE we have reputable scientists on both sides !!. If scientific truth is objective and infallable how can this be ? . Presumably because pressure and money are weighing down on the side that is profitable. An MP has claimed that GM foods have caused 37 deaths and 1,500 ailing consumers of these foods. A respected scientist Dr Pusztai , with a world wide reputation , has condemmed GM foods as deforming internal organs and harming the immune system. Shortly after he issued his findings and gave interviews - he was sacked !!. What pressures went on behind the scenes ?.