According to an article written by journalist Jerome Corsi on Worldnetdaily.com,
The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America meeting in Canada released a plan that establishes United nations law along with regulations
by the World Trade Organization & World Health Organization as paramount over United Stated law during a pandemic while also laying the foundation for militarizing the management of health emergencies,
according to the report yesterday.
In the meantime, the U.S. Northern Command has established a website dedicated to the avian flu and has been running exercises for the possible use of United States forces in a domestic emergency involving avian flu or pandemic influenza.
Under this Partnership, the Commander & Chief stated that the United States would work through the United Nations system influenza coordinator to make a continental emergency response plan operating
through authorities under the World Trade Organization, the North American Free Trade Agreement as well as the United nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
Corsi see's a possible agenda because Dr. David Nabarro was appointed the first United nations system influenza coordinator, a position which also places him as a senior policy adviser to the U.N. director-general,
and it was Nabarro who earlier fueled speculation that an epidemic was basically inevitable.
Corsi stated that government websites document the increasing role for the U.S. military to be involved in domestic emergencies pertaining to health, such as the avian flu and pandemic influenza.
Corsi believes the threat of such a pandemic to be highly overblown, according to his site.

Much the information for the following article was gleamed from the AP and Forbes.com....
The outlook for universal health care in the golden state does not appear too great at this particular point in time,
and some analysts believe that a failure could set back similar efforts around the whole country for at least several years more, unfortunately.
All in all, a formidable federation of trade Unions, physicians & similiar power brokers are arrayed against the Governors twelve billion annual plan to
make health insurance a requirement. He has threatened to veto the Democrats' alternative and take his own plan to the ballot.
A faceoff is possible by tomorrow, when the the Democrats plan to put the Governator's proposal to vote in the Assembly. The goal would be to prove how little support it really has.
Of course, what happens in the California may have major ramifications elsewhere, since it is the countries biggest state in terms of population.
Following the course set by Massachusetts, which passed universal health care into law last year, Schwarzenegger stated his particular plan last January to provide everyone in the Golden State
with health insurance. Nearly seven million people in California, or a staggering 18.5 percent of the people, are uninsured here.
The reason there is so much opposition is because his plan would call for new fees on physicians, hospitals and also employers.

The following information was gleamed from the Trilogy August 2007 Health Newsletter.
The source of the following research was the Journal of Biological Chemistry (Aug. 3, 2007)
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Researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, published a study demonstrating that increased fish oil consumption and decreased vegetable oil consumption curbed the body’s overproduction of prostanoids. Additional information regarding this can be found at Pharmaceutical Grade Fish Oil Supps.

Prostanoids are valuable chemicals, as they help regulate blood pressure and reduce allergic reactions. But when prostanoids are produced excessively, it leads to inflammation of organ and other bodily tissues. This inflammation can cause redness, pain and, in some cases, visible swelling. Many believe that cellular inflammation is a major cause of multiple illnesses and disease states.

Researchers are hopeful that these findings will lead to new, more effective anti-inflammatory drugs, as current treatments are frequently accompanied by many side effects

Much of the following information was taken from the August Trilogy Health and Wellness newsletter:
The majority nutritionists and dieticians concur that dietary supplements may be quite useful for achieving a balanced diet. In addition, high-quality supplements
may help to prevent long-term nutritional deficiencies. Furthermore, stress and a bad diet may disrupt the body’s natural ability to process and effectively use vitamins and minerals.
Vitamins are in fact nutrients that have to come from outside sources, like food & nutritional supplements, since the body cannot manufacture them on it's own.
Holistic researchers say that highly processed foods have a reduced nutritional value. The vast majority of mass-produced food products are chock full of preservatives such as nitrites and MSG, and these
can cause negative reactions in certain individuals, unfortunately. Processing and refining foods may reduce the fiber content of some food products.
More than ever, individuals are trying to maintain low-calorie diets. As a result many do not eat the diversity of foods that is required for complete nutrition.

Clearly, some form of supplementation is warranted for many of us. Ultralogix Nutritional Supplements has risen to meet the demand for better nutrition with a unique line of vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements

Established nutritional guidelines dictate that you consume several servings of fruits and vegetables everyday.
But some believe that our current agricultural system is depleting the soil of the very nutrients that our bodies require, through over-farming and a heavy dependence upon chemical insect repellents. It is possible that even though you may eat the recommended servings of particular foods, you may not be getting all of the nutrition your body needs

According to an August 22nd article ron the News Inferno website,
Salmonella-tainted dog food is being recalled in number of states around the country.
The Mars Petcare US Corporation based in of Tennessee announced the recall a few days ago on the 21st. The firm
stated that it is recalling their five pound bags of Krasdale Gravy Dry Dog Food due to Salmonella contamination which can cause both pets and humans alike to get ill,
unfortunately. The FDA has stated that the dog food in question bears the UPC code 753062596
and a “best buy” date of July 16, 2008 and July 17, 2008. FDA tests on a sample of this dog food discovered the Salmonella bacteria. Any individuals who bought the dog food should throw it
out and return the bags for a full refund.
Animals can get quite ill from Salmonella if they eat the tainted Krasdale Gravy Dry Dog Food. In addition, humans can get sick also via cross-contamination. To help avoid this fate, individuals handling all non-premium pet food should
wash their hands thoroughly when they are finished feeding their animals. Furthermore, pet food bowls, dishes and scooping utensils should likewise be washed after use. Dry food should be stored in a cool dry place in the original bag or a container with a lid.
Pet food also should not be stored or handled in the same places that the food is stored or prepared.

Workers Comp and the Committee on Health and Safety...
Honest employers, partricularly those in the various blue-collar fields, might be over-paying rates for workers' compensation insurance due to the fact that their less than honest industry peers are cheating, a California advisory committee stated recently.

The report, which was in excess of forty pages long from the Committee on Health and Safety & Workers' Compensation stated that this lack of integrity means that honest firms in a broad range of risky blue-collar fields may be paying as much as a staggering 8 times more for workers' compensation insurance than they should be!

The 8 person advisory committee, which was commisioned by the governor and Legislature, sent the report to Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, who has quickly formed an anti-fraud force.

Under the existing law, firms have to purchase workers' compensation insurance for every single individual that works for them. The costs for this insurance is relative to the risk of the particular work being done. As a general example, a secretary would be at much lower risk than the employee who uses power tools.
For such a a blue collar worker, the hirer might be required to pay a dollar in workers' comp premium for every single dollar in payroll. Therefore, it obviously costs the honest firm around two times the amount to send such a worker up on the roof than the paycheck might suggest. In contrast, however, to get workers' comp coverage for a secretary in the same
firm, he or she might have to add only one cent in workers' comp costs for every dollar.
So the honest firms will eventually get hit with a further rate increase to make up for the less than honest ones, unfortunately.
A San Francisco based insurance agent who heads a confederation of home and small-business owners and is involved in the anti-fraud campaign mentioned earlier, stated that officials have come to percieve that this particular kind of fraud is running amok. Yet he also stated that he did not fully understand how rates could really be 8 times bigger,
although any increase was too much and cannot be tolerated.

According to a recent article on sciencedaily.com, Internet Addiction is in fact a very real problem.
Apparently it affects about 10% or so of all of all world wide web surfers and it goes by the technical name of “Internet addiction disorder”.
This condition can lead to both anxiety and eventually major depression.
Some experts even suggest that it be included along with other types of addictive disorders like drug addiction and kleptomania.
At this point in time, world wide web surfing addiction is officially classified as an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD. This is a moderate to severe mental health
condition which eventually results in a desire to engage in ritualistic thoughts & behavior, like excessive handwashing for example.
It appears that there are 2 distinct groups of people who are at greatest risk from this particular disorder, according to the experts. One group is teenagers. Perhaps more of a surprise however, the other risk group is males and females
in their mid-50s suffering from a sort of mid-life crises. The symptoms of WWW addiction in both of these groups are
somewhat vague and are very often touph to diagnose. Sufferers might experience a difficult time sleeping, anxiety attacks while not web surfing, isolation factors,
less prduction at work, and of course time periods of depression, unfortunately.
Recent research findings of this disorder have recently been published on the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology.
Some experts state that web addicts are inevitable and are simply a product of modernization.

The high profile Toxic Toy crises has not just hit the United Stated hard, unfortunately.
Canadian Health Minister Tony Clement has launched a comprehensive review of safety standards as the list of tainted Chinese-made
products continues to grow. Meanwhile, the ministry will reporting very soon on whether or not new measures are going to be required to protect consumers.
The Mattel corporation, a toy making giant, has announced 2 huge worldwide recalls of toys coated in highly toxic lead paint after earlier reports of tainted goods, including toothpaste, pet food and even defective tires.
It all adds up to increasing weariness regarding products from China. Sue Huh, a mother of 2 small children, says she has been deliberately avoiding toys made in China in recent months. Don't want junior to accendially swallow that Matchbox racecar.
The NY Times newspaper has reported that certain vinyl baby bibs from China have paint levels of a staggering 3 times the acceptable maximum of lead.
Finally, the governments of Canada, the United States and Mexico are ready to consider joint action.
The 3 leaders will be discussing safety standards for these products from a "continental perspective".
Health officials such as the federal Public Health Agency are on increased alert for any examples of lead poisoning, yet there have been no reports of any such illnesses up to this point, luckily.
The toys being recalled are small enough to fit into a kid's mouth, and saliva can dissolve lead from paint.
Legal fforts to reduce the lead in the environment, such as a ban on leaded gasoline, have succeeded in reducing the levels of lead as well as reported cases of poisoning, yet the symptoms, such as possible permanent brain damage, mean that parents are of course very concerned.

Here is some great news for all you java junkies out there (caffeine is America's number one drug)... A recent research study reported on the News Max news network seems to prove that a double espresso every day along with exercise may actually ward off skin cancer. It is in fact consistent with similiar research that appears to show that coffee can be of assistance with a number of different diseases such as colon cancer, Parkinson’s disease & even liver cancer, among others.

The study at the Rutger’s University in New Jersey divided hairless mice into 4 groups. The first group drank caffeinated water which was the equivalent of some 2 cups of coffee per day. The next group ran on a running wheel the equivalent of a person running between 2 and 2.5 miles per day. The next group drank caffeinated water and exercised while the final group (the control group), did neither one. All of the mice were exposed to various lamps which generated enough UVB radiation to damage the DNA of their skin cells.

Researchers eventually found out that the mice who drank the caffeinated water and exercised killed off the damaged cells — the ones that would eventually lead to skin cancer — better than any other. Meanwhile, the mice who drank the caffeinated water killed off the damaged skin cells at a ninety-six percent better rate than the control group, and the exercise-only group killed off damaged cells one hundred and twenty percent better. Meanwhile the group that both drank caffeine and exercised killed off the cells in question at a staggering rate of nearly four hundred percent higher!

Nonetheless, all individuals should definately continue to protect themselves from the sun. “You should not give up the sunblock,” said the author of the study. It is the only truly proven way, say the experts, to protect yourself from the rays of the sun that could possibly lead to skin cancer.

In other health and nutrition related news, it was also reported by the News Max agency that Grape Juice May Protect women Against the threat of Breast Cancer.
This study appears to indicate that grape juice may maintain breast health and suppress oxidative stress and inhibiting DNA damage to cells which may lead to the beginning of cancer, or in helping to slow down the progression of breast cancer by slowing down the formation of cancer cells