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Pharmacist Ben Fuchs fills in for Dr. Wallach.  Ben starts the show discussing mineral deficiencies.  Asserting that 90% of Americans are deficient in chromium and vanadium.  The trace minerals are important in the human body's ability to control blood sugar levels.

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Doug Winfrey and Ben Fuchs discuss a news story about a chain of grocery stores that are now filling prescriptions for certain antibiotics for free.  Publix grocery store pharmacies are joining Walmart and Meijer stores in providing antibiotics for free.

Callers

• Richard has questions concerning the statin drug Zocor.
• Yossi has questions concerning his gall bladder that his doctor wants to remove.
• Marylin asks Ben about hypothryoid medications.
• Sheryl's son has a gall bladder that is only functioning at about 30%.

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Dr. Wallach discusses the fact that 15 million Americans are killed, injured and infected every year.  Dr. Wallach suggests that people should become more pro-active with their health care and take responsibility for their own health.  Outlining several strategies as to how people can educate themselves about their health.

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Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss a couple of recent news stories.  The first concerns a doctor who called in a bomb threat to get a plane he had missed to return to the airport.  The second story concerns a repiratory therapist who has been accused of molesting children under his care.

Callers

• Mary gives a testimonial regarding Youngevity's "Cocogevity" and how it helped alleviate her hayfever symptoms.
• Edith has questions concerning a recent colonoscopy.
• Florence has been diagnosed with polyps in her colon.
• Kyle has a rash on his inner thighs.
• Jim (email) has questions concerning IBS.

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Dr. Wallach discusses a recent study that indicates our children and grandchildren won't live as long as us.  The study found that of the children with the metabolic syndrome 1 out of 5 will die from stroke or heart attach in their 30's and 40's.  This compared to the norm which is one out of every sixty seven.

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Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss a couple of news articles.  The first concerns a statistics released by the Japanese government found that Japanese girls born last can expect to live to be 85.8 years old.  While men from Iceland will live the longest among men at an average of 79.4 years.  The second article concerns a study that found a more costly and less effective in vitro fertilization treatment has increased in use by 47%.

Callers

• Leigh's husband has been diagnosed with plaque in his aorta.
• Tim's wife has been suffering with adhesive lesion disease for several years.
• Elizabeth has a 5 year old daughter with extremely sensitive skin and bug bites take weeks to heal.
• Laura has a dog with an ear infection.
• Amy has a child with hypothyroidism.

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Nurse Joanne Conaway fills in for Dr. Wallach.  Joanne starts the show discussing genetically modified foods.  Asserting that most of are getting much more of these foods in our diets than we realize.  Contending that most pre-processed foods contain genetically modified foods mostly in the form of high fructose corn syrup.

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Doug Winfrey and Joanne Conaway discuss a couple of recent news stories.  The first conerns a FDA panel discision to leave the diabetes drug Avandia on the market.  Despite the fact that FDA advisor Dr. David Graham cited studies that indicate patients using Avandia have an increased risk of heart attack.  Next Doug and Joanne discuss a study that found 81% of children and teens who went to a doctor because of sleeping problems walked away with a prescription.  With all of the prescriptions being for drugs not approved by the FDA for use by children.

Callers

• Leonard has questions concerning advanced prostate cancer.
• Anna has been diagnosed with inflammatory lung disease.