Most Recent Articles from Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients

• The malaria/DDT debate heats up 

  There is no argument about the need to combat malaria in poor countries around the world where the disease is rampant. The discussion quickly...

  05/01/07 by Rose Marie Williams · More from publication

• Naturopathic approaches to diabetic kidney disease 

  This article presents naturopathic treatments for diabetic kidney disease, also known as diabetic nephropathy. From the outset, it should be...

  05/01/07 by Alex Tan · More from publication

• Cod liver oil as a suitable source of vitamin D 

  In a recent statement in the Townsend Letter, Dr. John Cannell wrote that cod liver oil is not advisable as a source of vitamin D because of the...

  05/01/07 by Alan Gaby · More from publication

• A Lyme disease case illustrating crucial differences between IDSA and ILADS guidelines 

  A young urbanite living in the Northeastern US went for an outing in the country on one of those balmy days late last December. At a clearing in...

  05/01/07 by Marcus A. Cohen · More from publication

• Metabolic syndrome, syndrome X: syndrome X, Y, Z …? 

  Introduction Introduction Metabolic syndrome, or "Syndrome X," as it is often called, is the variable combination of obesity,...

  05/01/07 by Stephen Holt · More from publication

• Activating the longevity gene to restore insulin sensitivity and immune reciprocity in patients with metabolic syndrome 

  Metabolic Syndrome due to insulin resistance and aberrations in visceral-abdominal fat generates a cluster of physiological abnormalities: high...

  05/01/07 by Paul Yanick · More from publication

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