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The May 2009 Health Gazette ezine edition has been published on schedule today, May first. Subscribers will find it in their inbox and can also read it online in the subscriber-only archive.

This month's edition provides a response to the hype surrounding the so-called swine flu. We have not seen so much media hype since the so-called bird flu marketing exercise of 2005. The main article, Swine Flu: Avoid the Hype, encourages calm in the face of this episode and provides a more rational perspective than the mainstream media and many health authorities which seem to be dancing to the hype pedlars' tune. Read the article to learn what is an appropriate response.

Once again the authors of a research report have revealed more about their own shortcomings than about the intended focus of the study. One has to wonder how they can be so ignorant. To be fair, part of the problem is the style, tone and structure -- the very literacy -- of such reports, which encourages or expects (at least subconsciously) the kind of statements made in the report that I find so revealing about the authors.

Still, this doesn't excuse them. Unless they live totally within their ivory towers (the University of California Davis School of Medicine and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry to be specific) or are exceedingly dull and uninformed there is simply no excuse for their ignorance.

The April 2009 Health Gazette Ezine Edition will be published on time, on April 1st. A copy will be available in the archive for subscribers' convenience.

This month's edition features an article on the natural cure of psoriasis. All manner of treatments are available online for this condition, many promising miraculous cures. Some prescription treatments and other over-the-counter drugs (often in ointments or creams or lotions or baths) are also available. The fact is that none of these individually or in combination can actually cure psoriasis and ultimately they will make the condition -- and your general health -- worse.

The March 2009 Health Gazette Ezine Edition will be published on time, on March 1st. A copy will be available in the archive for subscribers' convenience.

This month's edition encourages readers not to be a bowel cancer (or colorectal cancer) statistic. This lifestyle-related disease is a major killer in western society. The featured article goes beyond the simple and orthodox symptom list and screening recommendation to add a proactive means of prevention.

Are you at risk? Do you have symptoms that should be investigated? Do you know what preventative actions you can take? Find out in this month's edition.