From medical at olympus.net Thu Jan 4 11:55:36 2007 From: medical at olympus.net (Douwe Rienstra) Date: Thu Jan 4 11:57:16 2007 Subject: [Medicine-for-people] Brain Health; Overdiagnosis- TIME SENSITIVE Message-ID: ========================================== Medicine for People! January, 2007 ---------------------------------------- Contents Are Doctors Making You Sick? !!! Time sensitive article !!! Brain Health as We Age Part 10: The Hippocampus - The Seat of Memory A Thank You ----------------------------------------- *** Are Doctors Making You Sick? *** A major threat to your health is overdiagnosis. When we tell people they have fibrocystic breast disease, mitral valve prolapse, or any of a number of other non-diseases, we sow anxiety, unneeded medical procedures, and unnecessary expense. This article in the New York Times with more details is available free until January 8th at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/health/02essa.html?em&ex=1167973200&en=8ea b6866ab9bd19d&ei=5087%0A. *** Brain Health as We Age Part 10: The Hippocampus - The Seat of Memory *** The tenth in our series of articles entitled "Brain Health as We Age" is available at http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2007/2007Jan.html. It includes some excellent visual aids that would be cumbersome to send and download. Topics are - Key to the Brain - Seahorse of the Brain - Neuroplasticity - The Secret's in the Stem Cell - Neurotrophins Enable the Birth of New Cells - Brain Regeneration - Depression and the Brain - Alcohol and the Brain - Coming Soon We encourage you to access and read this article soon. We may remove it from our website at some future date in order to re-publish this important information in book form. *** A New Year's Thank You *** We enjoy being able to render care to you. We know you have a choice when you need to purchase medical care, and appreciate that you choose us. Thank you for making our work possible and our days pleasant. All of us at the office- Bonnie, Dixie, Pat, Mary and I - wish you a fruitful year to come. Douwe Rienstra, MD ========================================== === Recent issues of Medicine for People! === December, 2006 The Shingles Vaccine: Is it Right for You? http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Dec.html November, 2006 Brain Health As We Age Part 9 - Dementia - Know Thy Enemy http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Nov.html October, 2006 Brain Health As We Age Part 8 - Phosphatidylserine Preserves Brain Function thru Membrane Support; Not-For-Profit Nutritional Dispensary http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Oct.html September 2006 Brain Health as We Age Part 7 - Homocysteine, Folic Acid and Vitamin B-12 http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Sep.html August, 2006 Health Care Finance Reform: Small Changes; Big Results http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Aug.html July, 2006 Brain Health as We Age Part 6 - Microinflammation and the Brain http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Jul.html June, 2006 Brain Health As We Age Part 5 - Inflamation, Nutritional Dispensary Now Not For Profit http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006June.html May, 2006 - Brain Health As We Age Part 4 - Circulate and Stay Sharp http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006May.html ========================================== === Reader Alert === We publish this newsletter monthly. If you do not receive every issue, your spam filter may be intercepting it. Please add us to your email "accept list." ========================================== Medicine for People! is written by Douwe Rienstra MD, edited by Carolyn Latteier, and published at Port Townsend, Washington. Copyright January, 2007. Click here: http://lists.olympus.net/mailman/listinfo/medicine-for-people to subscribe. Click here: http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/archive.html for previous issues. Write Dr Rienstra here: MedicineForPeople@RienstraClinic.com. More information about the clinic: http://www.rienstraclinic.com/