Archives: 2003 August 06
The Culture of Disease
August 6th, 2003, No Comments
[Harvey] Fierstein’s poignant OPED column, (“The Culture of Disease“), is not just a compelling story about one segment of society being railroaded into the acceptance of serious illness and death as their “birthright”. This graphic portrait paints a larger societal picture in which Americans have come to accept chronic illness and pain as our heritage. [...]
Lyndhurst, Ohio Prohibits Spraying for Mosquitos (West Nile Virus)
August 6th, 2003, 1 Comment
To the Editor, I am a resident of NY and can personally attest to the ineffectiveness of urban spraying and the strongly adverse effects of pesticides upon the populace. I myself was disabled by pesticide poisoning at the age of 45, cutting short a career in special education. Now a “burden upon society”, receiving disability [...]
Response from the Mayo Clinic
August 6th, 2003, No Comments
To the Mayo Clinic, I just read an article in the NY Times today about your sports medicine department’s inquiries into golfer’s “YIPS” and thought to “cc” you on the letter I sent to the Times editor: To the Editor, I certainly hope the Mayo Clinic protocol for investigating “YIPS” in golfers will include toxicological [...]
Paging Dr. Frist!
August 6th, 2003, No Comments
Oh, Dr. Frist! You are wanted on the phone. Another emergency has arisen… The facts and figures show an economy all askew as the fastest growing industry in America is the one guaranteed to be a drain on the GNP rather than a boost. Over 14% of our economy is now reported to belong to [...]
Toxic Mold
August 6th, 2003, No Comments
You do not see any scientists advocating that one ingest moldy food, inhale spores or continue to live with contamination after detection. Just why is that if the substance is truly benign or only dangerous to the “allergic” individual?
Homeland Security Act
August 6th, 2003, No Comments
[Also submitted as an OP-ED Piece] To the Editor, The Homeland Security Act’s provision protecting the manufacturers of a wide array of vaccines, not just those implicated in biological warfare. Any threat to industry must automatically be assumed a threat to national security in these times. The implications raised by Susan Warner’s article printed on [...]
Policy Formulation for Unethical Research Protocols
August 6th, 2003, No Comments
Letter to various medical societies To Whom it May Concern, If industry prevails in its bid to get the EPA to consider results of human trials on the effects of pesticide ingestion, their studies will require the assistance of licensed physicians to monitor test subjects for adverse reactions. I am writing you to urge passage [...]
Open Letter to the Department of Health
August 6th, 2003, No Comments
New York was once a great city, the embodiment of urban achievement and symbol of the multicultural make-up of our young country. It is now a byword for total lack of caring by a government wiling to sacrifice the citizenry to false reassurances in the various health crises we have faced over the past several [...]
Hello, I am an acceptable risk.
August 6th, 2003, No Comments
When meeting new people, it is customary to shake hands, reveal one’s name and what one “does” for a living. As I am not currently employable due to health conditions, this presents a dilemma in correct manners. Fortunately, I rarely meet new people who are not part of the medical profession so this dilemma does [...]
