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Download from our website: Download this Podcast here The following is a KSCO commentary. Here is Kay Zwerling: I wrote this story about my mother in 1981, two years after her death. I was studying clinical philosophy at that time, a new discipline, which was deep, personal, and analytical, and while I was still missing my mom, I thought about her a great deal then.Parents and children have powerful and intimate relationships and perspectives about each other. Sometimes positive, sometimes negative, and sometimes neutral. Here I reveal my mother through my own appreciation of being a child, a parent, and a grandparent. I address a philosophical problem, that of finding a sense of groundedness in response to the universal human problem of the abyss ? that is, the lack of meaning and aloneness ? or nothingness. My mother found her ground in God, and in so many ways, now I do, too. This is called ?My Mother’s Ground?.She came to America from Greece in 1912, or thereabouts, at the age of 16. The fourth in a family of six children, quite poor, she had been a young schoolteacher in her village. Her sister and brother-in-law living in New York sent her the fare to join them in the land of hope and opportunity.She met and married my father, had three children, became a widow at 42. With the three of us married, or gone soon after, she remained alone in the big house, and somehow managed to make the money last.I worried and wondered at her aloneness every night. She would say to me ?God will take care of me, I?m not afraid. God was my mother’s ground. An invalid for six years, and in need of continual custodial care, my 82-year-old mother spent her final years in a local convalescent home. At times, she was amazingly alert. Other times, forgetful. Most often, strangely peaceful and content. In the early days of her confinement, she would often ask in bewilderment ?Por que el Dios me hizo esto ? (Why did God do this to me?)Interestingly, after her second stroke, she communicated almost exclusively in Spanish, her native tongue, despite the fact that she had been quite articulate in English.What made it possible for my mother to face each day with valor, even a smile? Her philosophy, which she affirmed each day when we were together ?Todo lo que hace Dios es para bien? (Everything that God does is for good). God was my mother’s ground.In a way, I envied her very much, for I don?t believe she ever allowed herself to see the abyss. She chose very early in her life to insulate herself from the anxiety of nihilism by a total and daily commitment to the will of God.What a fascinating and incongruous polarity of personality was my mother: A most gentle benign imposition of an iron will in areas concerning her children, and a personal complete and total surrender to the will of God. Indeed, God was my mother’s ground. For KSCO and KOMY, this is Kay Zwerling. Copyright 2008

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Pharmacist Ben Fuchs fills in for Dr. Wallach.  Ben starts the show discussing the prevalence of inflammed bowel disease in the U.S.   Contending that this disorder is not a drug deficiency, but a nutritional deficiency.  He then outlines a strategy for dealing with this through supplementation.

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Doug Winfrey and Ben Fuchs discuss a news article conerning a study on cholesterol lowering statin drugs.  The study found that there was a link between a gene variation and those more prone to muscle pain and weakness associated with statin drugs.  Ben asserts that there is no reason to take statins as cholesterol levels and heart disease have never been directly linked.

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• Ethel has questions concerning the use of pro-biotics.
• Becky has questions regarding the "Gluco Gel" product from Youngevity.
• John has been experiencing reflux and GERD for several years.
• Margaret's 46 year old daughter recently suffered a stroke.

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Nurse Joanne Conaway fills in for Dr. Wallach.  Joanne starts the show discuss a study that has found the cholesterol drug Vytorin does not work.  It doesn't control plaque buildup in the arteries as advertised.  It has also been linked to an increased risk of cancer in patients taking the drug.

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Doug Winfrey and Joanne Conaway discuss a study that concluded most patients leaving the ER after treatment don't understand the post-treatment instructions they are given by hospital staff.  In fact 78% of patients did not understand at least one of the following; the diagnosis, cause of symptoms, the care received, discharge recommendations or return visit instructions.  While 80% were unaware that they did not understand all they were told in the ER.

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• Heather is 31 and scheduled to have a hyterectomy but isn't keen on the idea.
• Carol has questions concerning cholesterol deposits in her arteries.

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Dr. Wallach starts the show discussing longevity.  Outlines the death of the chief surgeon at Harvard Medical School who died at age 60 with MS, lymphoma and melanoma.  Then compares this to a man who has lived 58 years in a mental institution and is 112 years old and still going strong.

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Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss a news story regarding a probe now underway investigating the FDA.  Lawmakers are looking into whether or not the FDA was aware of fraudulent data that was used by Ranboxy Laboratories Inc. to get drugs approved for sale in the U.S.  There are allegations that the FDA was aware of the fraudulent data and manufacturing violations and did nothing to pull the drugs off the market.

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• Nick relates an ER horror story to Dr. Wallach.
• Tereasa has questions about dealing with high cholesterol with nutritional supplementation.
• Janie asks Dr. Wallach about recurring candida.
• Kathy's father's red blood cells aren't maturing and has tested negative for leukemia.

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Dr. Wallach starts the show today discussing the merger between Youngevity and the Suzanne company.  Outlining all of the wonderful beauty products, jewelry, wines, spices, foods and snacks now available to all Youngevity distributors.  Doc is especially excited about the high quality Napa valley wines available through the Suzanne company.

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Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss two news articles the first concerns an L.A. doctor now facing 19 additional counts of sexually abusing his patients.  In fact one count is for rape and more for lewd acts with a 15 year old minor.  Second they discuss a recent study that found Schering-Plough and Merck's cholesterol drug Vytorin does not live up to it's expectations in treating aortic stenosis.

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• Martin is disabled due to severe osteoporosis and an irregular heart beat.
• Kathy has been diagnosed with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
• Paul has a client diagnosed with schizophrenia.

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Dr. Wallach starts todays show discussing weight loss.  Asserting that Youngevity's "TRU Chocolate" available through a partnership the Suzanne company is a great weight loss aid.  Allowing people to satisfy their chocolate with a great tasting healthy chocolate that helps burn calories.

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Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss a news article on a study concerning a link between fruit juices and type II diabetes.  The study part of the "Nurses' Health Study" found that women who drank one or more servings of fruit juice daily were 18% more likely to develope type II diabetes than women who consumed three serving of whole fruit or one serving of green leafy vegetables.

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• Angelica has a friend diagnosed with lung cancer.
• Greg has developed thin skin on his hands that often manifests small watery blisters.
• Bruce had a stroke and now his doctor wants to operate on his clogged arteries.

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Dr. Wallach starts the show discussing the fact that Nelson Mandela just turned 90 years old.  Doc then outlines his theory on the principles of longevity and what people can do if they want to live long healthy lives.

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Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss a news article concerning a misdiagnosis of Lyme's disease.  Several doctors in the UK saw a 13 year old girl and diagnosed her meningitis-like symptoms including severe headaches and shortness of breath.  As meningitis, Epstein-Bar virus, tumors and one doctor even thought the girl needed a psychiatrist.  Eventually the girls mother made the correct diagnosis by using the internet.

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• Jim has a friend diagnosed as being obese with type II diabetes and hypertension.
• Marge has questions concerning Youngevity's chocolate product.
• LuAnne has been diagnosed with an inflammed bladder.
• Carol has an English bulldog with skin allergies.