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"Welcome to JoPM, a New Peer-Reviewed, Open Access Journal

Our mission is to transform the culture of medicine to be more participatory. This special introductory issue is a collection of essays that will serve as the 'launch pad' from which the journal will grow. We invite you to participate as we create a robust journal to empower and connect patients, caregivers, and health professionals."

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"British Journal of Pharmacology
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 158 Issue 4 , Pages 933 - 1172 (October 2009)
Special Issue: Themed Section: Mediators and Receptors in the Resolution of Inflammation: Guest Editor: AG Stewart"

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"(NaturalNews) People still don't get it: Vitamin D is the "miracle nutrient" that activates your immune system to defend you against invading microorganisms -- including seasonal flu and swine flu. Two months ago, an important study was published by researchers at Oregon State University. This study reveals something startling: Vitamin D is so crucial to the functioning of your immune system that the ability of vitamin D to boost immune function and destroy invading microorganisms has been conserved in the genome for over 60 million years of evolution.

As this press release from Oregon State University (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_relea...) explains:

The fact that this vitamin-D mediated immune response has been retained through millions of years of evolutionary selection, and is still found in species ranging from squirrel monkeys to baboons and humans, suggests that it must be critical to their survival, researchers say.

"The existence and importance of this part of our immune response makes it clear that humans and other primates need to maintain sufficient levels of vitamin D," said Adrian Gombart, an associate professor of biochemistry and a principal investigator with the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University."

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"Maybe vitamin D isn’t the answer after all.

Not only does the above statement ring true, it’s also the title of a recent post on “Dr. Len’s Cancer Blog” – a website written by Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the national office of the American Cancer Society, in order to facilitate communication with the public on important issues related to cancer. "

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Fats and Fatty Acids in Human Nutrition
Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 2009, Vol. 55, No. 1-3
Also available as ISBN 978-3-8055-9261-1

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"The Worst Mistake In The History Of The Human Race"
by Jared Diamond, Prof. UCLA School of Medicine
Discover-May 1987, pp. 64-66

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The scientific literature contains examples of cultures that don't suffer from the chronic non-communicable diseases that are so common in modern societies. Much of what I've read indicates that heart attacks are practically unique to cultures that have adopted industrial foodways and a modern lifestyle, being infrequent or entirely absent in those that have not.

I recently came across an incredible paper from 1964 in the American Journal of Cardiology, titled "Geographic Pathology of Myocardial Infarction", by lead author Dr. Kyu Taik Lee (Am. J. Cardiol. 13:30. 1964). This was published during a period of intense research into the cardiovascular health of non-industrial cultures, including Dr. George V. Mann's famous study of the Masai.

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What's a 46% fat diet?

Perhaps what our stone-age ancestors consumed during happy, reproductive, fertile times?


The diet compared 6% Sat Fat (low fat) to 18% Sat Fat (high fat) in a little discussed publication by Krauss et al, one of the founders of NMR lipoprotein density technology here in the Bay Area.

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Use of cod liver oil during the first year of life is associated with lower risk of childhood-onset type 1 diabetes: a large, population-based, case-control study.
Stene LC, Joner G; Norwegian Childhood Diabetes Study Group.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Dec;78(6):1128-34.
PMID: 14668274

Conclusion: Cod liver oil may reduce the risk of type 1 diabetes, perhaps through the antiinflammatory effects of long-chain n-3 fatty acids.

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The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) aims to promote the highest standards of medical training and medical practice in order to achieve the highest quality of health care for all patients in Europe.

CPME is also concerned with the promotion of public health, the relationship between patients and doctors and the free movement of doctors within the European Union.

CPME represents the National Medical Associations of 27 countries in Europe and works closely with the National Medical Associations of countries that have applied for EU membership as well as specialized European medical associations.

It is an international, not for profit association under Belgian Law composed of the National Medical Associations of the European Union.

To achieve its goals, CPME co-operates proactively with the Institutions of the European Union. Policies are being set both in answer to developments in Europe as well as by taking the lead in matters regarding the profession and patient care.

CPME offers broad expertise in matters related to medicine and the medical profession.

CPME is directed by a Board that is elected by the General Assembly for two years. The President and the Executive Committee are elected from the Board members also for a period of two years.

CPME has 4 subcommittees that prepare the basis of CPME policy as they are responsible for drafting CPME positions to be submitted to and approved by the governing bodies:
• Medical training, continuing professional development and quality improvement
• Ethics and professional codes
• Organisation of health care, social security and health economics
• Public Health, prevention and environment

Experts from each national member organisation, associate members and associated organisations as well as observers participate in these meetings.

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Articles about vitamin D and cancer

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Nutrition, chronic disease, and the problem of proof.
Heaney RP.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Sep;84(3):471-2. No abstract available.
PMID: 16960157

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Nutrients, endpoints, and the problem of proof.
Heaney RP.
2008 W. O. Atwater Memorial Lecture
J Nutr. 2008 Sep;138(9):1591-5.
PMID: 18716155

To sum up, I think that there would be general agreement to the effect that nutrition is important, despite the fact that the still growing number of failed trials of individual nutrients might suggest that no nutrient actually made much of a difference, a conclusion that is absurd on its face and ought to have alerted us to the possibility that there was something wrong with how we were investigating the matter. To provide the proof needed to sustain revised intake recommendations, we shall have to find a design better suited to nutrients than the randomized controlled trial as currently implemented, and we need to develop a series of global indices, nutrient by nutrient, which better capture the polyvalent nature of most nutrients. Perhaps it would be useful for the ASN, in collaboration with concerned governmental entities such as the USDA, to convene a workshop to address these structural issues. Such deliberation may well be arduous and frustrating, but it is terribly important and, in my view, well worth the effort.

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2009 February Issue Annals of Epidemiology annalsofepidemiology journal vitamin_D articles list links directory studies Holick Giovannucci cancer

SSeason of diagnosis is a prognostic factor in Hodgkin's lymphoma: a possible role of sun-induced vitamin D.
Porojnicu AC, Robsahm TE, Ree AH, Moan J.
Br J Cancer. 2005 Sep 5;93(5):571-4.
PMID: 16136030
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602722

Epidemiological data for this period indicate that season of diagnosis is a strong prognostic factor for Hodgkin's lymphoma, with approximately 20% lower case fatality for patients diagnosed during autumn vs winter diagnosis (RR = 0.783, 95% CI,-0.62 to 0.99; P = 0.041). Notably, the improved autumnal survival rate was higher than 60% (RR = 0.364, 95% CI, -0.15 to 0.87; P = 0.025) for patients younger than 30 years. This finding may be related to higher endogenous levels of vitamin D in autumn, with a favourable influence on the conventional therapy.

In conclusion, we have found that the prognosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma is significantly correlated with the season of diagnosis, particularly for patients younger than 30 years. This seasonal effect is presumably due to the vitamin D3 synthesis in skin during sun exposure. The present findings should encourage further investigations of the possible adjuvant role of vitamin D derivatives in cancer therapy

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YouTube - Vitamin D and Cancer Prevention. A presentation by Dr. Cedric Garland.

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Vitamin D and Prevention of Chronic Diseases. A presentation by professor Michael F. Holick

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Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention by Dr. David C. Sane

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