| You are what you eat? Maybe
When I lived in Taiwan over 50 years ago, a young Chinese doctor asked if he could borrow the "V" volume of my World Book Encyclopedia. He was to address the local medical society on the subject of vitamins, and the encyclopedia was his source. In "The Hundred-Year Lie: How to Protect Yourself from the Chemicals that are Destroying Your Health," Randall Fitzgerald writes that the "traditional systems of medicine from India and China have developed over 4,000 years of knowledge based on trial-and-error testing of millions of people in the longest and most widespread clinical trial tests of plant based healing in human history." Fitzgerald, who has written investigative pieces for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, would have told my Chinese doctor friend that the natural vitamins dispensed by his ancestors were far more effective than the synthetic vitamins of modern times.
Studies Examine Racial Discrimination's Effect on Asian-Americans ...
Discrimination: Racial discrimination against Asian-Americans can cause stress and lead to chronic illness, according to a study published in the May issue of American Journal of Public Health, HealthDay/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. For the study, lead researcher Gilbert Gee, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and colleagues surveyed almost 2,100 Asian-American adults -- primarily of Chinese, Filipino or Vietnamese descent -- as part of the 2002-2003 National Latino and Asian American Study. Participants were asked about their experiences with discrimination and their health histories. Researchers found that everyday discrimination was associated with a variety of health conditions, such as chronic cardiovascular, respiratory, and pain-related health issues.
Chinese herbs can help control eczema: HK study
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A mixture of five traditional Chinese herbs can help control and manage eczema, a study by researchers in Hong Kong suggests. Considered a chronic condition, eczema is the inflammation of the upper layers of the skin that results in rashes, dryness, itching, flaking, even blistering and bleeding. While there is no definitive cure for it in Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine has long held that eczema can be countered by clearing heat and removing dampness in one's body and strengthening the spleen. .
Books by Nancy - July '07
Girls Gone Mild, Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It's Not Bad To Be Good, by Wendy Shalit, Random House, non-fiction, 312 pp., $25.95 If you have daughters, toddlers to college age, please read this book. With great depth of understanding and a considerable amount of humor, Shait tackles the really thorny issue of female sexuality today and how young girls are being primed for promiscuity and an unhealthy attitude about their roles in relationships. There's good news, however, as Shalit reports that the rates of virginity have risen for the tenth consecutive year. .
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