Anti-aging Medicine Videos

The Real History of Medicine. Show Title: Analogy: Bio-Identical Hormones Today - Homeopathic Remedies in 1800s, in the Historic Struggle Between Empiricism and Rationalism. Bias and Error in MSNBC Story, Mainstream Doctors Join Anti-Aging Bandwagon. We discuss flaws in the story that are of importance to our listeners Contemporary Doctors Moving Toward Empiricism on the E-to-R Spectrum: The current shift in thinking from rationalism to empiricism is exemplified by the growing numbers of ‘anti-aging’ doctors, and the growth of other integrative medicine professional organizations – such as the American College for the Advancement of Medicine (ACAM) - embracing many healing approaches (not just anti-aging ). The Growing Use of Bio-identical Hormones: They’re among the most potent and powerful therapies in the modern-day empiricist’s medicine bag. The natural, normal hormone-receptor electromagnetic interactions are specific and delicate. Why should we be predominately using the foreign, ‘space alien,’ ‘designer drug’ hormones provided by the pharmaceutical industry, instead of the natural, bio-identical hormones? Anti-Aging Medicine = Modern-Day Empiricism, and Big Pharma Not Happy About It. Wyeth pharmaceuticals petitioned the FDA to regulate compounding pharmacies - our only source of the bioidentical hormones prescribed by integrative medicine doctors. Wyeth’s was successful: In January the FDA ordered a number of compounding pharmacies to stop using one of the three, normal, natural, bio-identical female hormones, estriol, in their compounded products. This is unprecedented in the history of medicine. It’s an obvious attack by a pharmaceutical giant colluding with the FDA. This latest assault on ‘natural medicine’ is part of the ongoing empiricist versus rationalist tensions throughout medical history. Big Pharma Via FDA Violating our Constitutional Rights? The FDA also ordered the compounding pharmacies to stop using the term “bio-identical” in their hormone replacement formulas. Now, like never before in the history of medicine, we need the new media of podcasting and probably the likes of Congressman Ron Paul to protect our medical freedoms, significantly limit government corruption by the pharmaceutical industry and allow for the advancement of good medicine. We need to continually remind ourselves and our government officials: They work for us. Take Action through the American Association for Health Freedom (AAHF): The FDA has banned the importation of the bio-identical, female hormone estriol into the United States, but a U.S. House resolution deemed FDA s ban on estriol to be not in the public interest. CLICK HERE to: tell your members of Congress to protect your access to natural, bio-identical hormone replacement therapy and to sponsor H. Con. Res. 342. Good Medicine Word of the Week: Bio-identical hormones. They re chemical messengers that have the same exact, unique structure that our bodies make naturally, and for which we have perfectly matching receptors on each of our cells. This is in contrast with pharmaceutical hormones: designer drugs with molecular structures similar enough to result in a similar effects on our cell receptors, but still without the same ‘perfect fit’ that the natural hormones have with our receptors. From earlier show: space alien molecules have space alien effects. Next Week’s Show: Historical importance of medical serendipity, adaptogens (natural anti-stress medicines), and much more.

This show was part of the XIV international Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine 2006, held on April 7-9, in Orlando, Fl.

This show was part of the XIV international Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine 2006, held on April 7-9, in Orlando, Fl.

This show was part of the XIV international Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine 2006, held on April 7-9, in Orlando, Fl.

This show was part of the XIV international Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine 2006, held on July 14-16, in Chicago, Il.

This show was part of the XIV international Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine 2006, held on July 14-16, in Chicago, Il.

This show was part of the XIV international Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine 2006, held on April 7-9, in Orlando, Fl.

This show was part of the XIV international Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine 2006, held on April 7-9, in Orlando, Fl.

This show was part of the XIV international Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine 2006, held on April 7-9, in Orlando, Fl.

This show was part of the XIV international Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine 2006, held on April 7-9, in Orlando, Fl.

This show was part of the XIV international Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine 2006, held on April 7-9, in Orlando, Fl.

This show was part of the XIV international Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine 2006, held on April 7-9, in Orlando, Fl.

BW's executive managing editor John Byrne talks with science editor Arlene Weintraub about her BW cover story on the anti-aging boom