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To: Suma who wrote (1)	3/28/2007 3:26:34 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1564

Nice thread. Good luck with it. There are quite a few posters on SI that are primarily interested in health and medical issues. I'll help spread the word by PMing a couple.

To: Suma who wrote (1)	3/28/2007 3:35:32 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1564

Great thread. We've dealt with several things in our family. My son's NVLD (non-verbal learning disability), my husband's diabetes (he's completely normal now, blood sugar wise, just with diet and exercise), and my leg- the result of a resistant bacterial infection after a simple arthroscopic surgery. We've learned a lot, and I think out lifestyle and diet are healthier than they've ever been. You can respond to illness by giving in, or by getting really active and interested in it. I don't think you can criticize people who give up- it can be pretty overwhelming, but I do think there are benefits to confronting your illness, and getting better in as many ways as you can. I've found some of the alternate therapies to have been the best ways to rehabilitate my leg- but on the other hand, I'm SURE glad I got boutique antibiotics when I got the infection in the first place. I'm trying to blend the best of Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine with Western medicine and good physical therapy and massage. So far, so good.

To: Suma who wrote (1)	3/28/2007 5:22:26 PM
From: Gersh Avery	Respond to of 1564

Hi Suma I noticed some posting about Type II diabetes. I'm one. This page from Norml has attracted my attention: norml.org small snip: [1-2] Most recently, a study published in the journal Autoimmunity reported that injections of 5 mg per day of the non-psychoactive cannabinoid CBD significantly reduced the incidence of diabetes in mice. Investigators reported that 86% of untreated control mice in the study developed diabetes. By contrast, only 30% of CBD-treated mice developed the disease.[3] In a separate experiment, investigators reported that control mice all developed diabetes at a median of 17 weeks (range 15-20 weeks), while a majority (60 percent) of CBD-treated mice remained diabetes-free at 26 weeks.[4] Here is a larger roadmap: norml.org