| Dave Wickware 2004-08-28, 7:15 pm |
| What if nobody calls? Will Terry just make stuff up? Will he be sad?
"Nana Weedkiller" <nanaweedkiller@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8A1Yc.529$Cj5.23@trnddc04...
> As you know, the alt med vultures have invaded the breast implant
> community with their detoxes, hair analysis, live blood cell analysis,
> herbal remedies...etc.
>
> A major Canadian magazine is looking for personal anecdotes
> involving harm caused by herbal products.
> Please pass the word to get in touch with a Dr. Terry Polevoy of
> healthwatcher.net: email: <info@healthwatcher.net>
>
> <quote>
> These stories would include herbal products obtained from health food
> stores, pharmacies, direct sales organizations, multi-level marketers,
> and/or health professionals who sell them as part of their treatments,
> i.e. naturopaths (licensed and unlicensed), chiropractors, medical
> doctors, etc.
>
> They are interested in herbs that have also been obtained via mailorder,
> internet products that have not been cleared by Health Canada, but also
> serious reactions or side-effects.
>
> Also, they would like to hear from people who have been given incorrect
> advice from regulated health professionals, i.e. pharmacists, doctors,
> etc. That is to say that when someone goes to their health professional,
> or a store run be a health professional, they are unable to advise them
> about the herb in question, or have no idea of the possible interaction
> about these products.
>
> They want to use short personal stories, and they would like to be able
> to use their names in the article.
>
> The essence of the article will also be to explore why people are
> seeking out herbal remedies in the first place, and then what happens if
> they don't have the result that they think they were promised in the
> advertisment, by the label contents, or by the health professional or
> entrepreneurial sales force behind that product.
>
> So, if you know someone who can give their two-cents to help educate the
> public and would be willing to be identified, please get back to me ASAP.
>
> The deadline for the story is the end of the first week in September.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Terry Polevoy, MD
>
> </quote>
>
>
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