REFERENCE INFORMATION

Arthritis Reference Material

The site www.symptoms101.com/med/archives/musculoskeletal/arthritis with the creation 1987/modified may 15, 2005.

Information from American College of Rheumatology.

Also, the site www.symptoms101.com/med/archives/2005/05/osteoarthritis.php in addition the site with the modification date may 15, 2005.

Diabetes Reference Material

The site www.symptoms101.com/med/archives/2005/05/diabetes.php with medical symptoms information from three different sources.

-Tabers cyclopedic medical dictionary created 2001

-The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy 17^th edition created 1999 edited by Mark H Beers and Robert Berkow. The modification is the 18^th edition from 2006.

-Harrisons Manual of Medicine by Eugene Braunwald created February 16, 2005. There aren’t any modifications to this manual indicated on this website.

The site www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6823/315

-The diabetes control and complications trial research group. The effect of intensive treatment of diabetes on the development and progression of long term complications in insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. The New England Journal of Medicine created 1993. There are no modifications of this journal on this site.

-The epidemiology of diabetes mellitus. Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus textbook of diabetes. Edited by: pickup JC, Williams G. Blackwell Science Limited, created Oxford 1997. There are no modifications of this material on this site.

European Diabetes policy group: A desktop guide to type-1 ( Insulin Dependent ) diabetes mellitus: Guidelines for diabetes care, Brussels, Belgium, Int, Diab, Federation, created European Region 1998. There are no modifications listed on this site.

Also http://digg.com under top warning signs of diabetes. This site in particular is tied to overcoming diabetes.

The reference information on Diabetes information is as follows

www.symptoms101.com/med/archives/2005/05/diabetes.php and http://digg.com

Osteoporosis Reference Material

Information from www.clinicalmolecularallergy.com/content/2/1/9

-National Institute of Health Osteoporosis and related bone disease national resource center created in 1996.

-Riggs BL, Melton, 3^rd. The worldwide problem of osteoporosis: insights afforded by epidemiology. Bone 1995, 17 ( 5 suppl ) ; 505s-511s.

-Burr D: microdamage and bone strength. Osteoporosis Int created in 2003, 14 ( supp 5 )

Dawson-Hughes B, Harris SS, Krall EA, Dallal GE, Effects of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements on bone density in men and women 65 years of age and older N England J med 1997, 337: 670-676 [ PubMed Abstract ]

-Jarup: Hazards of heavy metal contamination Br Med Bull 2003, 68: 167-182 [ PubMed Absract ]

-Jarup L, Berglund M, Elinder CG, Nordberg G Vahter M: Health Effects of cadmium exposure a review of the literature and a risk estimate Scand J work environment health created 1998, 24 suppl: 1-51 [ PubMed Abstract ]

-Kazantzis G: Cadmium, Osteoporosis and Calcium Metabolism Biometals 2004, 17 (5): 493-498. [ PubMed Abstract]

-Jarup L, Alfren T, Persson B, Toss G, Elinder CG: Cadmium may be a risk for Osteoporosis. Occup Envioron Med 1998, 55 (7) : 435-439 [PubMed Abstract]

-Berglund M, Akesson A, Bjellerupp, Vahter M: Metal Bone interactions toxicol Lett created 2000, 112-113: 219-225 [PubMed Abstract]

Also site www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/2/7 there are no more modifications on this site for osteoporosis at this time.

Digestive Disorder Reference Material

The site at www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230x/4/2 has reference information on diverticulitis. The information was created on Sept 16, 2003 and modified on February 2, 2004.

Also www.symptoms101.com/med/archives/2005/05/heartburn.php in addition site www.symptoms101.com/med/archives/2005/05/gerd.php and www.symptoms101.com/med/archives/digestive_disorders/index.php

-Tabers Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary created in 2001.

-The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy 17^th edition created 1999. Edited by Mark H Beers and Robert Berkow.

-Harrison’s manual of medicine by Eugene Braunwald created February 16, 2005.

Other sites www.nutritionj.com/content/5/1/16 ,

www.progressivev.org/144143-146, www.progressivev.org/160000

Cholesterol and Triglyceride Reference Material

Site www.ojrd.com/content/1/1/47 contains the first reference information.

-Berginger VM, Abeliovich D: Genetics of Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis: An autosomal recessive trait with high gene frequency in Sephardim of Moroccan origin AM J Med Genet created in 1981, 10: 151-157

-Moghadasian MH: Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis: clinical course, genotype and metabolic backgrounds. Clin Invest Med created in 2004, 27: 42-50

-Meiner V, Laeitevsdorf E: Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis. In handbook of ataxias. Edited by: Klockgether T. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc 2000: 257-269.

Other sites www.joi.ito.com/archives/2007/01/19, www.kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/cholesterol.html , http://www.hedir.com/

-Mary L. Gavin MD September 2006

-Mazza, G ed (1998) functional foods: Biochemical and processing aspects Lancaster, PA: technomic publishing.

-Wildman, Robert E. C, ed (2001). Handbook of Nutraceuticals and functional foods Boca Raton, FL.

- www.symptoms101.com/ and www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/6/147 for triglyceride information.

http://www.healthatoz.com/

-Roger S. Blumenthal MD. F. A.C.C Associate Professor of Medicine John Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore Md.

Cancer Reference Material

Site information from http://www.healthatoz.com/, www.symptoms101.com/med/archives

-Roger S. Blumenthal MD. F. A.C.C Associate Professor of Medicine John Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD.

-Derrick Wong MD U.C.S.F Division of Hematology and Oncology, San Francisco Ca.

Other site information from www.symptoms101.com/med/archives/2005/06/bone_cancer.php , www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/6/62 , http://www.healthatoz.com/

-Holland, Jimmie C., and Sheldon Lewis. The human side of cancer: Living with hope, coping with uncertainty. New York: Harper Collins, 2000.

-Runowicz, Carolyn D., Jeanne A. Petrek, and Ted S. Gansler. Women and Cancer: A thorough and compassionate resource for patients and their families. New York: Villard Books, 1999.

-Brooks JD, Paton VG, Vidanes G: Potent induction of phase 2 enzymes in human prostate cells by sulforaphane. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers prev 2001, 10 (9): 949-954

-Jemal A, Murray T, Samuels A, Ghafor A, Ward E, Thun MJ: Cancer Statistics, 2003 CA Cancer J clin 2003, 53: 5-26

-Cancer Care, Inc. 1180 Avenue of The Americas, New York, NY 10036

-Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Published December, 2002 by the Gale Group

-Journal of the American Medical Association

-Dollinger M, Rosenbaum, EH, Tempero M., et al. Everyone’s Guide to Cancer Therapy, Fourth Edition, Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews Mcmeel publishing 2002.

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME AND FOOD ALLERGY REFERENCE MATERIAL

The first website is http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ibs/

- International Foundation For Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse

The second website is http://www.symptoms101.com/med/archives/2005/05/irritable_bowel.php

The third website is http://www.nutritionj.com/content/5/1/16

Kalliomaki MA: Food allergy and irritable bowel syndrome.

Current Opinion in gastroenterology 2005, 21:708-711.

Gil A: Modulation of the immune response mediated by dietary nucleotides.

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2002, 56 (Suppl 3) : S1-4