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A New Breed of Doctors
"While going to university, [medical doctors] are somehow taught to close their minds." So said Vancouver talkshow host Croft Woodruff in a recent interview.

Victory For Medical Choices
Charges against Dr Hulda Regehr Clark were recently dismissed, as happy supporters prepared to continue the battle. Attorney Steve Dillon’s office gave notice that the judge granted the defence Motion to Dismiss. Clark was charged with practicing medicine without a license in Indiana.

Doctors Under Fire
Canadian doctors are being harasse.

Transfusions
Blood has become one of the most scrutinized fluids of our time. Canada’s tainted blood scandal left thousands of people infected with hepatitis C and shook public confidence in the Canadian Red Cross. Yet there is more information threatening to rock the medical establishment and causing people to demand safer alternatives..

Beware Nursing Home Nutrition
Hospitals and nursing home dieticians don’t seem to have the recipe for good nutrition. Caregivers don’t know how much of anything patients are really consuming.

Native Health Problems are Not Solved with a Prescription.

The Third Way To Health?
The principles of health are simple. The politics of health get more and more convolute.

Dr. Krop Loses, Environmental Medicine Wins
Dr. Krop’s case has brought about a revolution in the highercourt of public opinion, which demands safe medicine and a return tounpolluted planetary life-support systems.The 13-year trial of Dr. Jozef Krop may be over, but its impact on thefuture of environmental medicine in Canada will be lasting.

Taxes That Make Sense
Every time there’s a national election, candidates make promises about tax cuts. We hear endless dialogue in the media about the inadequacies of our universal health-care program and the out-of-control costs of funding that system.

Backward Medicine
“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” Thomas A.

Lifesaver or Billion-Dollar Industry?
Coronary artery bypass surgery took centre stage in 2004 when former US President Bill Clinton underwent emergency bypass surgery.

Reviewing the Romanow Report

BC Naturopathic Doctors Fight for their Rights—and Ours!

First Steps Toward a Healthier Future
If you’ve ever suffered a health problem or been close to someone who has, you know how improving nutrition can improve health. Knowing what foods to eat is just as important as knowing why we need to eat them.

Holistic Health: A Hit at University Conference

Canada Lacks Environmental Illness Clinics

A Prescription For Better Doctor/Patient Communication

Growing Doses of Acceptance for Complementary Medicine
Jill Franklin’s story is a tribute to the power of human spirit. It also exemplifies the state of complementary and alternative medicine in Canada.

A Question of Ethics or Ethical Questions?
You may have heard some fairly wild claims made by proponents of natural products. Even wilder claims, however, seem to be coming from the pharmaceutical industry. To find out more, you might want to start by asking your physician, but medical doctors usually have little or no training in natural remedies.

Consumer Confidence— at a Cost
Consumers can expect to pay more for natural health products in the coming years. But at least they’ll know what they’re getting. New Health Canada regulations will affect everything from manufacturing and distributing to licensing and labelling.