CONTENTS
1) Editorial
2) Issues Updates
-- Trade Agreement Could Terminate BC’s Climate Plan
-- Free Fluoride Video Worth One Million Words!
-- Protect North America’s Boreal Forest
-- Going to the Doctor 2005
3) Media Watch
-- MP Introduces Natural Health Products Bill to Cut GST
-- WHO Does What? World Health Organization Takes Illicit Donations From Drug Companies, Report Claims
-- Canada Gov’t Relents, Says Will Obey Pro-Kyoto Law
-- BC’s Deep Emissions Cuts: How?
-- All-Star Global Concerts Planned on Climate
-- Australians to Change Light-bulbs to Curb Global Warming
-- Consumers Alone Can’t Save Our Fish
-- Not Milk? FDA Okays Milk from Cloned Animals
-- Number One Milk Company Says No to Clones
-- A Decade of Debate Over Dolly
-- Federal Court Orders for the First Time a Halt to New Field Trials of Genetically Engineered Crops
-- Moratorium on All GM Trees and Ban on GM Forest Trees
-- Monsanto Seeks Approval for New GM Soybean
-- Organic-ize Me
-- Nearly 31 Million Certified Organic Hectares Worldwide
-- Why Going Organic Could Cost the Earth
-- Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan
-- The Calorically Restricted Ketogenic Diet, an Effective Alternative Therapy for Malignant Brain Cancer
-- Olive Oil May Prevent Ulcers
-- Reducing Harm From Radiotherapy
-- Using Lifestyle or Drug Interventions to Prevent or Delay Progression to Type 2 Diabetes
-- One Out of Five Cosmetics May be Contaminated With Cancer-Causing Impurity
4) Calendar of Events
-- German New Medicine Seminar TWO, Mar 3 and 4, Vancouver
-- Public Lecture on Biotechnology, Mar 6, Vancouver
-- Vegetarian Nutrition, Mar 6, North Vancouver
-- Stress and Infertility, Mar 9, Vancouver
-- Topical Natural Remedies: Making Herbal Infused Oil and Healing Salves, Mar 10, Surrey
-- How to Be Your Own Doctor, Mar 12, Delta
-- Nutrition for Older Adults, Mar 20, North Vancouver
-- Outreach Clinic for Children with Autism & ADHD, Mar 24-25, Vancouver
-- Foundation in Canine Healthcare, Mar 24-25, Coombs (Vancouver Island)
-- Yoga and Nutrition, Mar 27, North Vancouver
-- HANS Conversation on Health, Mar 29, Burnaby
-- Questioning Metastasis, Mar 29, Vancouver
-- Foundation in Canine Healthcare, Mar 31 & Apr 1, Coquitlam
-- German New Medicine Seminar Two, Mar 31 - Apr 1, Vancouver
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1) Editorial
Dear HANS Members and Friends;
On March 29th, we’re going to host a lecture with Dr Don Nixdorf and Rafe Mair. Why is this meeting so important to me? For one thing, I’ve known both men for at least 25 years and have admired them greatly. They’ve both been champions in their own ways. Dr Don Nixdorf is the Executive Director of the BC Chiropractic Association and has driven chiropractic through some pretty big times. And, Rafe, well...
I wrote to Rafe in 1985 when he was the BC Minister of Health, and I ranted on about how unfair the delivery of health services was in BC at that time. I used the tragic and very real example of how an acupuncturist had been so harassed that he’d taken his own life. Where was the justice, I demanded, when the only thing he was guilty of was practicing medicine? His own kind of medicine, where no-one died and people got well. Rafe wrote back to me and in so many words said, ‘What you are saying makes sense. Develop your constituency.”
Well, here we are, 25 years later, and our vital message at HANS has remained the same and we’re working just as hard to maintain it. Much in general has changed for the better. Use and acceptance of complimentary therapies has grown steadily. Acupuncture is an increasing regulated profession and some practitioners even earn the esteemed title of Doctor of traditional Chinese medicine.
That said, there’s still a long way to go before traditional Chinese medicine and other recognized integrative healing modalities are fully included in health care delivery. Dr Nixdorf and Rafe Mair will be discussing this very issue, and what we the health care consumer can do to address it, on March29th. I am honored that the event they’re speaking at will be HANS-sponsored.
Please make an effort to come because we need to fill that room. Details are at www.hans.org. It’s easy to register online!
Warm regards,
Lorna J Hancock
Executive Director & Founding Member
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2) ISSUE UPDATES
Trade Agreement Could Terminate BC’s Climate Plan
PRESS RELEASE February 14th
Gordon Campbell would like to think he’s upstaging Arnold Schwarzenegger by proposing strict new environmental regulations. But a little-known trade agreement with Alberta could end up terminating any effort to fight climate change, says the Council of Canadians.
On April 1, 2007, the relatively unknown Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) between BC and Alberta will go into effect. “After that date, both provinces can be sued by corporations or individuals for exactly the kind of regulatory changes BC Premier Gordon Campbell is proposing in his new environmental plan,” says Carleen Pickard, BC spokesperson for the Council of Canadians.
TILMA, which was signed into law without public debate last April, is a legally binding agreement between Alberta and B.C. that gives businesses and individuals the right to sue either province when they feel that any regulation or other government policy “restricts or impairs” investment. BC’s plan for higher tailpipe emissions standards on new vehicles, anti-idling measures for transport trucks, new low-carbon fuel standards and stricter rules on methane-capture at private landfills will all impair investment and are therefore vulnerable to attack under TILMA.
“TILMA also forbids the introduction of new standards or regulations after April 1, 2007,” adds Pickard. “BC’s proposed climate plan is clearly incompatible with this new trade and investment agreement, which is a perfect example of why TILMA should never have been signed in the first place.”
For more information:
Carleen Pickard, BC regional organizer for the Council of Canadians
Ph: 604-688-8846
E-mail: cpickard@canadians.org
Web: www.canadians.org
AND
Premier’s Shaky Global Warming Pitch
http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/02/14/GlobalWarmingPitc...
AND
Help the Planet, Buy a Car?
http://thetyee.ca/News/2007/02/15/Cars/?utm_source=m...
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Free Fluoride Video Worth One Million Words!
The powerful, videotaped interview with Chris Bryson, author of The Fluoride Deception, is readily available for free on the Internet, courtesy of the Fluoride Action Network. Access the tape for yourself at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=731975204235...
Currently, more than 18,000 people have clicked on this video and it still holds a five star rating. For continually updated headlines and news alerts on fluoride, visit www.FluorideAction.net
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Protect North America’s Boreal Forest
Can you imagine life without some of your favorite birds? If the summer breeding ground for more than 300 of North America’s bird species is not protected, we could lose some of these amazing birds forever. The Boreal Forest, known as North America's Bird Nursery, is one of the largest unspoiled ecosystems left on Earth - and it is under threat!
Several pipeline projects are planned for the Canadian Boreal region - and they are just the first step in opening up this unspoiled area to unsustainable mining, clear-cutting, and runaway development.
Please tell Canadian officials to protect the pristine Boreal Forest before it is irreversibly damaged at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/773182067?...
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Going to the Doctor 2005
More than three-quarters of Canadian adults reported that they had consulted a medical doctor at least once in 2004, and one-quarter had seen a specialist. A new study sheds light on the factors that play a role in determining whether Canadians see a physician or specialist.
The study, published today in Health Reports, shows that individual health needs, as measured by chronic conditions and self-perceived general and mental health, still have a strong impact on determining whether Canadians consult a doctor.
More at http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/070221/d070221b....
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3) MEDIA WATCH
MP Introduces Natural Health Products Bill to Cut GST
http://www.pqbnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=5...=
WHO Does What? World Health Organization Takes Illicit Donations From Drug Companies, Report Claims
http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?id=8981
Canada Gov’t Relents, Says Will Obey Pro-Kyoto Law
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/4...
BC’s Deep Emissions Cuts: How?
http://thetyee.ca/News/2007/02/26/EmissionsCuts/?utm...
All-Star Global Concerts Planned on Climate
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/4...
Australians to Change Light-bulbs to Curb Global Warming
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=12256
AND
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?3618
Consumers Alone Can’t Save Our Fish
http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/02/16/Seafood/?utm_sour...
Not Milk? FDA Okays Milk from Cloned Animals
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?3598
Number One Milk Company Says No to Clones
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=12279
A Decade of Debate Over Dolly
http://www.checkbiotech.org/root/index.cfm?fuseactio...
Federal Court Orders for the First Time a Halt to New Field Trials of Genetically Engineered Crops
http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/GTBC_DecisionPR_2...
Moratorium on All GM Trees and Ban on GM Forest Trees
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Moratorium_on_all_GM_Trees.p...
Monsanto Seeks Approval for New GM Soybean
http://www.checkbiotech.org/root/index.cfm?fuseactio...
Organic-ize Me
http://www.seattleweekly.com/2007-02-21/food/organic...
Nearly 31 Million Certified Organic Hectares Worldwide
http://www.organic-world.net/2007-pr.asp
Why Going Organic Could Cost the Earth
http://www.checkbiotech.org/root/index.cfm?fuseactio...
Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/7/26/abstract...
The Calorically Restricted Ketogenic Diet, an Effective Alternative Therapy for Malignant Brain Cancer
http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/4/1/5
Olive Oil May Prevent Ulcers
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?artic...
Reducing Harm From Radiotherapy
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/334/7588/272
Using Lifestyle or Drug Interventions to Prevent or Delay Progression to Type 2 Diabetes
http://general-medicine.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/...
One Out of Five Cosmetics May be Contaminated With Cancer-Causing Impurity
http://www.mercola.com/2007/mar/1/one-out-of-five-co...
For more current stories, check out “News” at www.hans.org.
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4) Calendar of Events
German New Medicine Seminar TWO
Who: Caroline Markolin, PhD
When: March 3-4, 2007; 9 am - 4 pm
Where: VEC-Vancouver English Centre, 250 Smithe Street
Cost: $250
Contact: 604-681-2474
E-mail: cmarkolin@germannewmedicine.ca
Web: www.germannewmedicine.ca
GNM Seminar TWO covers Dr Hamer’s medical findings about the emotional causes (“conflicts”) related to skin disorders (melanoma, shingles, acne, eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, herpes, warts, vitiligo), muscle disorders (Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson, ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease), epilepsy, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchial cancer, laryngeal cancer, laryngitis, liver cirrhosis, jaundice, hepatitis, gall stones, pancreatitis, pancreas cancer, stomach cancer, stomach ulcers, hemorrhoids, bladder and kidney disorders (infections, kidney stones), and thyroid disorders. The seminar presents a broad selection of Dr Hamer’s case studies. No prerequisites. Everybody is welcome!
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Public Lecture on Biotechnology
Who: Dr Brian Ellis (UBC) and Dr Pat Howard (SFU) on Genetic Engineering
When: March 6, 7pm
Where: University Women’s Club, 1489 McRae Ave, Vancouver
Cost: admission by donation
Contact: Rosie On at 604-731-4661
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Vegetarian Nutrition
Who: Sandra Tonn, RHN
When: Tuesday, March 6, 7-9 pm
Where: Parkgate Community Centre, Mary Hunter Hall (3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver)
Cost: $15.90
Contact: Call 604-987-7529
Web: register online at www.northvanrec.com
Whether you are vegetarian, want to become vegetarian, or simply want to eat less meat, this seminar will help you understand why and how a vegetarian diet can be a healthy choice. Practical information about vegetarianism in terms of both healing and preventing chronic disease will be provided, as well as tips for creating balanced and satisfying vegetarian meals.
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Stress and Infertility
Who: Gabor Mate, MD
When: March 9, 7 - 8:30 pm
Where: Canadian Memorial Centre For Peace, Great Room, 1825 West 16th Avenue, Vancouver
Cost: $10 per person or $15 per couple
Contact: 604-678-8600, admin@acubalance.ca
Web: www.acubalance.ca/event
Join Dr Gabor Maté, bestselling author of When the Body Says No, as he reveals recent scientific evidence about the connection between emotions and fertility. Learn how hidden sources of stress may be affecting your ability to conceive. Discover ways to relieve stress and start on the path to renewed reproductive well-being.
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Topical Natural Remedies: Making Herbal Infused Oil and Healing Salves
Who: Julieta Criollo, Clinical Herbalist, Wellness Trading Post
When: March 10, 9:00am – 4:00pm
Where: Douglas College, 10060 King George Hwy, Surrey
Cost: $69
Contact: Douglas College at 604-588-7772
This workshop will focus on the preparation of herbal oils that are soothing and/or healing to the skin, muscles and joints. You will learn how to make soothing massage oil to first-aid oils and ointments for eczema, acne, muscle/joint pain, insect bites, dry skin, and other minor skin problems. Handouts and ingredients are included in the cost of the course. Participants will take home two 100-ml herbal infused massage oils, and two 25-ml jar of herbal salves
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How to Be Your Own Doctor
Who: Janis Gordienko, Fourth Generation Herbalist, Clinical Practitioner, Radio/TV Herbalist
When: March 12, 7 – 9 pm
Where: Delta Town & Country Inn Where Hwy. 17 intersects with Hwy. 99 (exit #28 – off Hwy. 99 North and South) Enter through Shell Station
Cost: Registration - $10.00. Seating limited to 100. Partial proceeds donated to the Bev Friesen Wigs For Kids Program.
Contact: Barbara Bakke at 604-272-5544
Learn about acid reflux, gout, joint pain, allergies, PMS, menopause, post menopause, decreased, libido, prostate health, erectile dysfunction, and the depression/diabetes/obesity connection.
Janis Gordienko, fourth generation herbalist, clinical practitioner, and radio/TV herbalist will share her 70-plus years of herbal wisdom, life experiences, clinical findings, and common sense to help you find the answers to these and other 21st Century health challenges!
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Nutrition for Older Adults
Who: Sandra Tonn, RHN
When: March 20, 2007 7 - 9 pm
Where: Parkgate Community Centre, Mary Hunter Hall (3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver)
Cost: $15.90
Contact: Call 604-987-7529
Register online at: www.northvanrec.com
This seminar will provide information about how older adults can take advantage of the healing and protective powers of whole foods. Practical advice and lots of inspiration will be provided, including information about common nutrient deficiencies and tips about nutritional supplements.
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Outreach Clinic for Children with Autism & ADHD
Who: Consultations by Scott Clack, ND and Dr Anita Bratt, ND
When: March 24 - 25, 8:30am- 6:00pm by Appointment Only
Where: Alta Vista Naturopathic Clinic
210-2678 West Broadway
Cost: Varies depending on tests ordered, $200 for initial consult
Contact: Bryan Olson or Sarah Wickens at 913-341-8949
Email swickens@gpl4u.com,
Web: www.greatplainslaboratory.com or www.drbratt.com
The Great Plains Laboratory’s goal is to improve the health and well being of individuals using natural, holistic and integrative medicine, and biomedical treatment options. Specialized testing, not available at traditional labs, will be offered. These tests are designed to determine abnormalities associated with heavy metal toxins, intestinal pathogens, food allergies, nutritional deficiencies, and immune deficiencies. A personalized treatment plan will be developed for each patient according to the results of their testing. Please see The Great Plains Laboratory website to obtain further information.
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Foundation in Canine Healthcare
Who: Catherine O’Driscoll
When: March 24 - 25, 10 am to 5 pm
Where: Coombs, BC (Vancouver Island)
Contact: Chrissie Diron: 250-248-9992
E-mail: info@vitalk9.ca
Web: www.vitalk9.com
Catherine O’Driscoll is the founder of Canine Health Concern, which spearheads research and education by and for dog lovers to promote positive canine health. She is author of the books What Vets Don’t Tell You About Vaccines and Shock to the System, is a guest columnist for Dogs Today, and has helped to popularise natural feeding and complementary healthcare options among dog lovers on a worldwide basis.
Catherine will cover such topics as vaccines, diet, genetics, environmental toxins, conventional drugs, stress, complementary health care options. For further information: www.canine-health-concern.org.uk
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Yoga and Nutrition
Who: Sandra Tonn, RHN
When: March 27
Where: Parkgate Community Centre, Mary Hunter Hall (3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver)
Cost: $15.90
Contact: Call 604-987-7529
Register online at: www.northvanrec.com
Most people do not consider nutrition a part of yoga but it is. Shopping, cooking and eating are all opportunities to practice yoga. This seminar will provide valuable information for the modern day yogi by relating the diet to yoga’s ten living principles, the Yamas and Niyamas. Topics will include conscious shopping, food quality, balanced eating, how yoga improves digestion, and more.
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HANS CONVERSATION ON HEALTH
“Radical change in health care delivery the ONLY solution,” BC experts say.
Who: RAFE MAIR AND DR DON NIXDORF
When: March 29
Where: Firefighters’ Banquet Club,
Cost: Pre-Reg: $10 for HANS members, $15 for non-members At the Door: $15 for HANS members, $20 for non-members
Contact: 604)-435-0512
E-mail: events@hans.org
Former Minister of Health, popular talk show host and author of seven books, Rafe Mair, along with Executive Director of the BC Chiropractic Association and author of Squandering Billions, Dr Don Nixdorf, will be addressing the public for the first time!
They are proposing radical changes to outdated and wasteful use of funds in our current health care system. This thought-provoking lecture comes at a time when the BC Government is encouraging individuals to express their thoughts onthe future of BC's health delivery.
Due to be a great lecture so please book early!
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Questioning “Metastasis”
Who: Caroline Markolin, PhD
When: March 29, 7:15 - 9:45 pm
Where: Best Western Sands Hotel, Banquet Room, 1755 Davie St. (x Denman), West End, Vancouver
Cost: $20 (at the door)
Contact: 604-681-2474. Registration not necessary.
Website: www.germannewmedicine.ca
This GNM presentation takes a critical look at the standard theory of metastasis. Based on Dr Hamer’s finding about the nature of tumors, you will learn that the hypothesis that cancer cells travel to other parts of the body to cause a new tumor at a new site can no longer be maintained. GNM does not dispute secondary cancers, but on the basis that each type of cancer is the natural biological response to a specific kind of unexpected emotional distress, secondary cancers are the result of additional conflicts, often initiated by a diagnosis or prognosis shock. GNM is the ultimate preventive medicine!
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Foundation in Canine Healthcare
Who: Catherine O’Driscoll
When: March 31 - April 1, 10 am to 5 pm
Where: Executive Plaza Hotel, Coquitlam, BC
Contact: Wendy Galt at 604-464-9133
E-mail: wgalt@telus.net
Web: www.grcbc.org
Catherine O’Driscoll is the founder of Canine Health Concern, which spearheads research and education by and for dog lovers to promote positive canine health. She is author of the books What Vets Don’t Tell You About Vaccines, and Shock to the System, is a guest columnist for Dogs Today, and has helped to popularise natural feeding and complementary healthcare options among dog lovers on a worldwide basis.
Catherine will cover such topics as vaccines, diet, genetics, environmental toxins, conventional drugs, stress, complementary health care options. For further information: www.canine-health-concern.org.uk
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German New Medicine Seminar TWO
Who: Caroline Markolin, PhD
When: March 31 - April 1, 9 am - 4 pm
Where: VEC-Vancouver English Centre, 250 Smithe Street
Cost: $250
Ph: 604-681-2474
E-mail: cmarkolin@germannewmedicine.ca
Web: www.germannewmedicine.ca
Content: GNM Seminar TWO covers Dr Hamer’s medical findings about the emotional causes (“conflicts”) related to skin disorders (melanoma, shingles, acne, eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, herpes, warts, vitiligo), muscle disorders (Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson, ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease), epilepsy, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchial cancer, laryngeal cancer, laryngitis, liver cirrhosis, jaundice, hepatitis, gall stones, pancreatitis, pancreas cancer, stomach cancer, stomach ulcers, hemorrhoids, bladder and kidney disorders (infections, kidney stones), and thyroid disorders. The seminar presents a broad selection of Dr Hamer’s case studies. No prerequisites. Everybody is welcome!
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