For additional information, see Live Blood Cell Analysis:Another
Gimmick to Sell You Something
###
"Top AIDS doctor" surrenders his California license.
Michael J. Scolaro, M.D., of Beverly Hills, California, has been
assessed $4,500 in costs and surrendered his license to practice
medicine to settle charges of negligence, incompetence, unprofessional
conduct and failing to keep required records in the treatment of three
patients. The Medical Board of California says that he gave an
unnecessary drugs, ordered excessive tests, failed to appropriately
monitor a patient's progress, and failed to obtain consultation when
needed. In 1994, the board placed Scolaro on three years' probation
for improperly experimenting on 11 terminally ill AIDS patients by
inoculating them with blood containing the human immunodeficiency
virus. Scolaro founded and operated a clinic called Let There Be Hope.
His Web site refers to him as "one of the world's top AIDS doctors."
###
Study finds vitamin E and aspirin won't prevent cancer in women.
Newly released data from the Women's Health Study do not support use
of vitamin E or aspirin to prevent cancer or heart disease in
apparently healthy women. The study involved 39,876 women aged age 45
years or older who were randomly assigned to receive vitamin E or
placebo and aspirin or placebo and were followed for an average of
10.1 years between 1992 and 2004. The study found no difference in
cancer death rate. Cardiovascular death rate was lower in the vitamin
E group, but there was no decrease in the overall death rate. [Lee I-M
and others. Vitamin E in the primary prevention of cardiovascular
disease and cancer. Journal of the American Medical Association
294:56-65, 2005]
http://tinyurl.com/aen76
The authors concluded:
**The data from this large trial indicated that 600 IU of
natural-source vitamin E taken every other day provided no overall
benefit for major cardiovascular events or cancer.
**The data do not support recommending vitamin E supplementation for
cardiovascular disease or cancer prevention among healthy women.
**The findings should be viewed in the context of the available
randomized evidence, as well as data that should be available over the
next several years from ongoing trials.
**The findings of decreased cardiovascular death rate with vitamin E
and decreased major cardiovascular events among women aged at least 65
years differ from the totality of evidence and should be explored
further.
**At present, in the primary prevention of CVD and cancer, therapeutic
lifestyle changes including a healthy diet and control of major risk
factors remain important clinical and public health strategies.
###
BMJ will stop posting letters from "AIDS deniers."
The British Medical Journal has announced that its criteria for
posting "rapid response" letters to its Web site have been
tighened.The rapid response program, which began in 1998, has resulted
in more than 50,000 posts. The editors like the program because it
enables important comments about articles to be made immediately.
However, the easy access has also resulted in what the editors call
the threat of "bores taking over." The new policy requires that
responses contribute substantially to the discussion and not be
repetitive. One topic that will be curbed is the denial that AIDS is
caused by the HIV virus. [Davies S, Delamonthe T. Revitalising rapid
responses. British Medical Journal 330:1284, 2005]
###
Astrologer sues NASA over comet crash.
Russian astrologer Marina Bai is suing the U.S. National Aeronautic
and Space Administration
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html?skipIntro=1, claiming that the
agency's bombardment of the Tempel 1 comet has "deformed" her
horoscope and violated her spiritual rights. A NASA probe rammed the
comet last week as part of an experiment that scientists hoped would
help reveal how the universe was formed. The suit asks for damages of
$300 million, which approximates the cost of the mission. The James
Randi Educational Foundation has posted this reaction from one of its
readers: "I certainly agree with . . . Ms. Bai that NASA has caused a
big difference in her life. Before Deep Impact hit the comet, she was
an unheard-of buffoon; now she's a well-known buffoon."
###
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