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Autumn Colors Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-02-07 06:45 PM
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Kidney Failure Rate in South Florida Soars
Edited on Mon Apr-02-07 06:46 PM by Autumn Colors
This strikes me as scary considering the lack of any definitive answer from the FDA about whether tainted wheat gluten has gotten into the food supply. Maybe it has been for awhile?
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Kidney Rate in South Florida Soars
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/sfl-rxkidney02apr02,0,787891.story?coll=sfla-news-health

South Florida has the nation's highest rate of children with kidney failure, Zilleruelo said, about eight new cases per million population, or about 24 cases a year, compared with a national average of six cases per million.

"We're about 30 percent higher," Zilleruelo said.

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"We are in the presence of what we could almost call an epidemic. The percentage of patients with FSGS in dialysis is about 25 percent, almost double the rest of the nation's 12 to 14 percent," Zilleruelo said.

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Zilleruelo, director of pediatric nephrology at the UM Miller School of Medicine, said a combination of factors can trigger kidney disease, including the type Hannah and Autoya have, although the precise cause of FSGS remains unknown.
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-02-07 06:48 PM
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1. Lots of bagels eaten in South Florida, and bagels have lots o' gluten. - n/t
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-02-07 06:51 PM
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2. Don't worry about it...it's just the "Conspiracy Theoists" worried about Cat Deaths /Wheat Gluten
Edited on Mon Apr-02-07 06:52 PM by KoKo01
and...doesn't EVERYONE KNOW that "CAT DEATHS" are NOT IMPORTANT.

Because it's all about that old "meme" that Dems are like "Herding Cats!"

So in Purges who are the first to go? Jews and Cats...and "other disbelievers" who know HISTORY when it comes time to PURGE to cover up the INVESTIGATIONS AND QUERIES of what has gone on before.
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-02-07 07:03 PM
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3. Save the children, learn about milk thistle, one of the safest
gentlest herbs that one can find. In fact, truth be known, the way it enhances liver function, one day you will probably see it recommended for pregnant and nursing mothers.
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