Forefront--Health Investigations
(formerly The Journal of the MegaHealth Society)
provides an eclectic selection of technical health-oriented articles
covering aspects of alternative medicine. Thirty-seven issues of this
newsletter have been published, about a half dozen of which are
installed on this web site. In addition, some active links to other
web pages with related materials have been created.
Forefront #27: Read
“Brain Melatonin: A Biomarker of Aging?”
written by Steven Wm. Fowkes in 1990, years before it became popular
as a dietary supplement.
Forefront #32: Read
“New Research on DHEA”
written by T. Michael Hardy on the involvement
of DHEA in HIV disease written in 1992.
Forefront #33: Read about the role of
“Tryptophan Metabolism in Chronic Disease and
AIDS,” written by Steven Wm. Fowkes,
Editor of Forefront and Director of the MegaHealth Society.
Forefront #34: Read
“Does the FDA Need Smart Drugs?”
an editorial written by Ward Dean, M.D.
Medical Advisor to Forefront, on the FDA's Talk paper
on smart drugs (November 1992).
Forefront #35: Read
“Antioxidants, Antibodies and Autoimmune
Disease” written by Steven Wm. Fowkes
on the role of free radicals and antioxidants on the functioning of
the immune system. This article is extensively illustrated and will
take a significant amount of time to load. The original article was
published in 1993, and a partial version of this article was published
in a 5-part posting to sci.med.nutrition in 1995.
Forefront #36: Read
“Dr. Dean's Health-Care Reform Plan”
written by Dr. Ward Dean, M.D. as a realistic
alternative the Bill and Hillary Clinton health-care proposals.
Forefront #37: Read
“Thalidomide for AIDS, KS and Cancer”
written by San Francisco-based treatment activist
Charles Davidson on the powerfully effective
therapeutic properties of the drug that made the FDA famous. This
article covers the role of cytokines in various disease processes,
explains how and why thalidomide causes birth defects, and details
the essential therapeutic value it offers.
Forefront Editor Steven Wm. Fowkes.
Forefront Medical Advisor Ward Dean, M.D.
Writer and contributor T. Michael Hardy.
Writer and contributor Charles Davidson.
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