Surviving the Medical Meltdown (43 page)

sugar,
75
,
85
,
92
,
97
,
98

sun cycle and sleep,
103
–5

sunlight,
81
,
82
,
83

Super Size Me
,
93

supplements,
108
–13

doses and benefits table,
251

supplements everyone should take,
249
–51

information and product sources,
241

supplies

organizing,
123
–24

rotation of,
160
–61

storing and distributing,
146
–61

surgeons over age fifty-five,
21

survival, introduction to personal,
121
–24

suturing,
184

Sweden,
9
,
24

swelling (sudden) of the leg,
166

swimmer’s ear, homemade solution for,
225
,
255
–56

T

Taubes, Gary,
84
–85

taurine,
97
,
251

TB.
See
tuberculosis

temperature, mechanical/chemical lowering of,
179

testosterone,
83
,
103
,
105
,
114
,
117
,
118

tetanus toxoid shortage,
12
,
54

tetracycline,
139
,
231

throat pain,
226
–27

thyroid,
12
,
27
–29,
54
,
71
,
103
,
111
,
113
,
114
,
115
–16,
117
,
118
,
129
,
151
,
152

TIA (transient ischemic attack),
167

tick bites,
201
–2

tobacco,
69
–70

toe pain,
219

tomatoes,
97

tongue, care for a bitten,
234

tooth

care for a lost or broken,
232

care for a knocked-out,
234

transient ischemic attack,
167

Tricare,
16
,
52
,
131
,
236

TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone),
28
–29

tuberculosis,
84
,
158
–59,
179

tularemia,
138
,
156

Tylenol,
88
–91,
195
,
226

U

United States

cancer survival rates, compared to other countries,
8

Department of Health and Human Services,
41
–42,
45
,
130
–31

the future of medicine in the,
12
–14

upper back pain,
216

urethritis,
138

urinate, inability to,
181

U.S. Army
First Aid Manual
,
122
,
242
,
245
,
249

V

vaccination,
82
,
154
,
156
,
157
,
178

Valium,
12
,
70
,
169

vascular health,
113

Vector State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology,
155

vegetable oils,
79
,
88
,
110

vegetables,
95
,
97

vegetarianism,
79
–83,
263
n12

Vegetarian Myth, The
(Keith),
83

venomous bites,
175
–78.
See also
snakebites

emergency care for a venomous bite wound,
176

Vermont, single-party payer system in,
47

Veterans Administration (VA),
10
–12,
44

vet store drugs,
137

vinegar,
140
,
186
,
224
,
225
,
230
,
248
,
252
,
255

vitamin.
See also
multivitamin

B
₁₂
,
81
,
108
,
109
,
113

C,
108
,
113
,
148
,
186
,
194
,
196
,
197
,
200
,
226
,
245
,
250

D
₍₃₎
,
80
,
108
,
112
,
113
,
148
,
149
,
196
,
197
,
200
,
249
,
250

C and D recommendations by age (chart),
199

vomiting, how to induce,
174
–75

W

Wakefield, Andrew,
30

walnut oil,
95
,
110

walnuts,
97

Warren, Warren S.,
30

wasp stings,
204
–5

water (as primary beverage),
97

waterBOB,
243
,
248

water treatment tablets,
243
,
248

weakness (progressive),
162
,
166
–67

weigh lifting versus cardiac exercise,
100
–1

wheat,
28
,
75
,
85
–87,
96

Wheat Belly
(Davis),
85

Wiley, T. S.,
103
,
107
,
118

WorldHealth.net,
36
,
113
,
128
,
240

World Health Organization,
7
–8,
155

wound management,
183
–87

acid solution for wounds,
186

open or closed?
185

X

Xanax,
70
,
71

Y–Z

zinc,
111
,
113
,
186
,
250

zits,
230
–31

Z-Pak,
224

Zyrtec,
195