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Former Drug Sales Rep Tells All) (Mercola.com, 4/5/08)

Folate May Help Prevent Heart Damage (Reuters News, 4/4/08)

Chronic Illness Main Factor in Supplement Use (Reuters News, 4/4/08)

Doctors Support Universal Health Care: Survey (Reuters News, 3/31/08)

Patterns: Another Reason to Choose a Mate Wisely (New York Times, 4/1/08)

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Tea Tree Oil Cures Antibiotic Resistant Staph

When I met my ex-husband, Harry*, he suffered from a staph infection in all his knuckles that had resisted antibiotic treatment. The multi-level company I represented at the time featured a variety of products containing tea tree oil. Harry used the company’s lotion on his hands, and his knuckles healed completely within a few days.

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Secrets Now Available in Paperback and eBook

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In a perfect world, people go to their doctor for tests then the doctors tell them what is wrong and how the problems may be cured or treated, and health insurance pays the costs. Unfortunately, this is not a perfect world. Jacqueline Jones has provided us with a specific list of how to take control of our own health care. ” – Connie Sarros, Author

Click here to learn more about  Secrets of Getting a Diagnosis Unmasked.

Find Affordable Answers For Your Unresolved Health Issues

Updated 12/28/09

Patients often give up on getting diagnosed and treated for verifiable illnesses after wasting several years and thousands of dollars searching for answers. They resort to unsupervised self-treatment, with mixed results, or ignore their problems until a crisis develops.

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Book Reveals Secrets of Getting a Diagnosis

By Jacqueline L. Jones

You’re tired. You’re in pain. You’re sick of being misunderstood. You need some answers, but where do you start?

How many doctors have dismissed your concerns? How many have prescribed medication for symptoms without finding the underlying cause?

And how will you pay for help if you find it? You may not be able to afford medical insurance because of the high premiums. If you do have medical insurance, the deductible or co-pays may be doing you in.

After tolerating more than 20 years of disabling fatigue and pain, I have regained enough health to pursue this dream of writing a book to help you and your loved ones save time, money and anguish in getting help. Regaining my health means that I can help to care for an aging parent, something else I couldn’t have done in the recent past. So not only have I been the one with a chronic illness, I am also the caregiver of someone with a chronic illness, putting me in the unique position of understanding the patient’s and the caregiver’s struggles.

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AMSA Develops CAM Curriculum for U.S. Medical Schools

By Jacqueline L. Jones

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Foundation has just ended a pilot study designed to develop a curriculum for including complementary/ alternative medicine (CAM) training in MD and DO programs nationwide. [Read more...]

Don’t Let Hype Turn You Against Nutritional Supplements

As a pleased consumer of nutritional supplements, I share the concern of skeptics who scoff at “wonder cures.” They give legitimate manufacturers and knowledgeable practitioners a bad name. Nutritional supplements don’t cure anything. The best only help the body heal itself; even then, they have limited success if other, undiagnosed conditions exist or if the primary illness is too advanced.

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Save Money, Time in Search for Good Health Care (Part Three)

By Jacqueline L. Jones

The doctor is baffled by your symptoms. Or the doctor has a diagnosis, but isn’t aware of any treatments for your illness. Your doctor sends you to a colleague, who also doesn’t have any answers. [Read more...]