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Aldous Huxley in his
(1932) novel, Brave New World, and George Orwell in his (1949)
classic book, 1984, predicted a future population of people
high on mood-enhancing drugs. The future is now. More than $8
billion annually in the USA, and $12 billion worldwide, are spent by
millions of people trying to improve their unhappy lives with
antidepressant medications.
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The March 2004 issue of the Mayo Clinic
Proceedings medical journal published a letter to the editor from me
which should help all doctors (and their patients) understand why they
should not be recommending the Atkins diet.
A head to head debate on the
Cheeseburger Bill a law that exempts the food industry from
lawsuits. My position was that even Neil Cavuto cannot keep
himself out of trouble (as smart as he claims he is) so how is the
average person to protect himself (herself) and family from lies from
the food industry? Neil Cavuto is obviously overweight and suffers
from a deadly dietary disease, multiple sclerosis (MS).
Gina Kolata, science writer for the New York Times, wrote an
article entitled, New Studies Question Value of Opening Arteries,
that was published in the
Times on March 21, 2004.
In this article she tells us, A new and emerging understanding of how
heart attacks occur indicates that increasingly popular aggressive
treatments may be doing little or nothing to prevent them.
The TV show McDougall, MD is reaching new markets. This show
has played for the last 10 years nationally, and now Trinity
Broadcasting Network (TBN) is airing it worldwide on hundreds more
stations (covers 95% of the world market). This opportunity may lead to
a whole new series with brand new shows starring, of course, me (John
McDougall, MD).
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