Lloyd Wright {dot} org

Health Canada has approved early clinical trials of dandelion extract to see if it can be used to kill cancer.

The approval is for a phase one — or toxicology — trial. It will determine whether the body can tolerate the dandelion extract and, if it can, how much of the extract the human body can tolerate.

Phase one trials do not reveal whether the substance being tested has a medicinal effect.

Solvent abuse is a particularly serious issue affecting Aboriginal
people. Here we examine the association between solvent use and
socio-demographic variables, drug-related risk factors, and pathogen
prevalence in Aboriginal injection drug users (IDU) in Manitoba, Canada.

Methods: Data originated from a cross-sectional survey of IDU from December 2003 to September 2004.

Associations between solvent use and variables of interest were assessed by multiple logistic regression.

Results:
A total of 266 Aboriginal IDU were included in the analysis of which 44

Lee Prokaska
The Hamilton Spectator Canada
(Jun 3, 2010)

It is virtually impossible to put an accurate and true dollar value on a loved one lost.

But when a mechanism is set up to try to do that, when responsibility is accepted by government, it is unacceptable for families to lose yet again by failing to receive the full compensation they deserve.