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THE PONCHATOULA TIMES, FEBRUARY 7, 2013, PAGE 8
B3 PhD
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Longtime medical columnist for The Ponchatoula Times, the
author is an accomplished surgeon, medical inventor, and Country music recording
artist. Dr. Howes grew up on his parents' Ponchatoula strawberry farm. He is a
graduate of St. Joseph, Ponchatoula High School, Tulane - two doctorates, followed
by a residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in plastic surgery. He says he is "re-
tired" now in Kentwood.)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is following increases
in bogus flu remedies, which includes fake flu vaccines, counterfeit
antiviral drugs and air filters that are supposed to remove the flu
from the air.
An FDA spokesman said,
"When there is a particular
health issue in the news, fraud-
ulent products spike. So, right
now, fraud products to prevent
or treat the flu are big with
scammers."
The FDA and the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) is-
sued a warning letter to Flu
and Cold Defense LLC for mak-
ing illegal and misleading, un-
proven claims about its "Germ
Bullet inhaler."
The Flu and Cold Defense
LLC advertises the product as
a "proprietary blend of 11 or-
ganic botanicals." Its website
claims that "an FDA recognized
virology lab" tested the formula
and "confirmed that it has the
potential capability to kill cold
and flu viruses."
But, government regulators
say the mixture has never been
reviewed as safe and effective
and the company is violating
drug safety regulations. They
were given 15 business days to
correct the problematic state-
ments.
The FDA said, "There aren't
any legally marketed over-the-
counter products to prevent or
treat the flu."
The FTC strongly urges you
to review all claims for your
products and ensure that those
claims are supported by com-
petent and reliable scientific
evidence. Even though the FDA
can issue warning letters to
companies that do not follow
Dr. Howes
regulations for manufacturing
and promoting drugs and medi-
cal devices, the letters are not
legally binding.
In 2009, sales of the block-
buster flu drug, Tamiflu,
reached $3 billion. The Euro-
pean Medicines Agency has be-
gun a so-called 'infringement
proceeding' against the drug
maker, Roche, for allegedly fail-
ing to properly report the side
effects of 19 drugs being used
by U.S. patients. Tamiflu was
one of those drugs.
British authorities noticed
"serious shortcomings" in how
Roche AG reported potential
side effects of 80,000 consumers
and of these, there were reports
of over 15,000 deaths. Still, it
was unclear if those deaths were
caused by Roche medicines.
The bitter fight over the flu
drug Tamiflu has led to calls
for a boycott of the Swiss drug
maker's products and the cam-
paign to force Roche's hand has
been backed by the respected
British Medical Journal.
In the America that I love,
keeping drug data secret is not
compatible with the public in-
terest. Drug companies should
be fully transparent with infor-
mation concerning dangerous
side effects or deaths from med-
ications. The data on all drugs
given to the public, should be
readily available to investiga-
tors to assure compliance with
safety standards. But, the drug
companies always find a way to
"drag their feet" or to continue
to postpone turning over impor-
tant data to regulators.
This lack of accountability
must stop, now.
Southeastern Nursing in the spotlight at Rotary
Pictured outside the Rotary Hut on Thursday are retired
surgeon and hospital board member Dr. James Nelson,
Dean of Nursing at SLU Dr. Ann Carruth, and Ponchatoula
Rotarian and North Oaks Board Member A.J, Bodker. As
part of Rotary's weekly luncheon program, Bodker asked
Dr. Carruth to speak on the local university's award-win-
ning nursing school. (Times Photo)
Nursing toutsgood health
popular program
Times Report
Nursing education at Southeastern officially began in 1964 with
the naming of the first director, graduated its first class in 1968
and has so expanded that by 2011 it was awarding a Doctor of
Nursing degree, Dr. Ann Carruth R.N DNS told members of the
Ponchatoula Rotary on Thursday.
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Dr. Carruth was introduced
by Rotarian and fellow North
Oaks Board of Directors Mem-
ber A. J. Bodker. She succeeded
Dr. Barbara Moffett as dean of
nursing at Southeastern. Today
there are over 3,000 students
enrolled in the program that of-
fers a four year undergraduate
degree, an R.N.B.S. and a LPN
B.S an intercollegiate consor-
tium for a Master of Science in
Nursing, a study abroad pro-
gram in Honduras, training for
family nurse practioners and a
Doctorate of Nursing.
"There are 400 undergradu-
ate students in clinical experi-
ences at any given time," Dr.
Carruth told the Rotarians,
adding that North Oaks is her
"favorite institution to place
students."
After working out of a dormi-
tory for decades, the School of
Nursing now enjoys a 35,000
square foot building whose con-
struction began in 2003. Fifty
or more students graduate an-
nually from the program.
The dean was able to hire
her college roommate to serve
as department head, Dr. Eileen
Creel.
Southeastern has received
the Nursing School of the Year
honor for three years.
"Cutting edge" does not quite
do justice to the nursing pro-
gram, which is so advanced
that students and professors
meet internationally with col-
leagues at virtual conferences
represented by their avatars,
a technology pioneered by Yale
and by Harvard.
Students work in simulation
labs whose concept is borrowed
from flight and space technol-
ogy. They work on manikins
equipped with cameras in their
heads that allow for review and
enhanced practice before lend-
udley
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ney stones. Limit your intake to
once or twice a week and you'll
be fine.
Grow your own mint garden
You want something to perk
you up, and very useful for gar-
nishing, jellies or to freshen
up the house? Try your hand
at growing your own mint tea
herb garden. You don't need
much space and it can grow in
hanging baskets, to the field
I like the peppermint, choco-
late or the pineapple vari-
ety. There are many plants to
choose from so purchase what
suits your taste buds the best.
The local Feed and Seed stores
carry several varieties which
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"A simulated child patient
can talk, bleed, etcetera, for
practice," Dr. Carruth told the
local Rotarians.
Not all is simulation in the
Nursing School. There are 47
faculty members, a Student
Nurses Association, and a Nurs-
es Christian Fellowship.
A full 20 percent of nurses in
the program today are male.
Fellow hospital board mem-
ber retired surgeon Dr. James
Nelson and Administrator
James Cathy joined a contin-
gent of North Oaks administra-
tors attending the Rotary meet-
ing to hear Dr. Carruth.
are sold in small containers.
Transfer to a larger container
with a good grade of potting soil
for your mother plant. I like to
stick a cane pole section two
feet long up in the pot just for
looks.
Allow several ten inch shoots
to develop, then cut six inch
slips and place in a glass of wa-
ter and watch for white roots to
develop. Transfer shoots into
three gallon pots and you are
on your way to some of the best
freshest tea you ever drank.
I boil the fresh green leaves
for tea or add pectin for mint
jelly and serve with leg of lamb.
The plants will go dormant lat-
ter in the Fall but keep in a
good wintering spot and they
will shoot out again year after
year. Enjoy
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