In Memoriam: Donald (Ben) C. Webster 3
Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD

Editorials: British Columbia Government's Mental Patient Discharge Policy of the Last Ten Years A Failure 6
A Hoffer, MD, PhD

Selenium and Cancer: A Geographical Perspective 8
HD Foster, PhD

Recent Advances in Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants in Medicine 11
J Smythies, MD, FRCP

Paradigms and Miracles: Alternative Medicine At A Crossroads 19
F Shallenberger, MD, HMD

Case from the Center: the Nutrition Evaluation Questionnaire As A Diagnostic Aid 28
JA Jackson, MT (ASCP) CLS, PhD, BCLD; HD Riordan, MD; K Fougeron, MS; R Hunninghake, MD

Psychometric Evidence That Dental Amalgam Mercury May Be An Etiological Factor in Manic Depression 31
RL Siblerud, MS; J Motl, MD; E Kienholz, PhD

Successful Reversal of Retinitis Pigmentosa 40
MJ Allen, OD, PhD; RW Lowry, MS, OD

Alpha-Lipoic Acid (Thioctic Acid): My Experience with This Outstanding therapeutic Agent 44
BM Berkson, MD, PhD

Lumbar Facet Syndrome: A Case Report 49
C Ross, DC, COHS, FRSH, DABDA; M Smith, MR Pharms, ND

Folate and Neural Tube Defect Risk: Paradigm Shift after Forty Years of Research 52
GE Schuitemaker

Correspondence: Negative Magnetic Fields; The Definition of Magnetic Polarity as Used in Human Physiology. 57

Book Review: Smart Fats 59

Editorial: Playing with Statistics Or Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics 67
A Hoffer, MD, PhD

Case from the Center:High-dose intravenous Vitamin C in the Treatment of A Patient with Renal Cell Carcinoma of the Kidney 72
HD Riordan, MD; JA Jackson, MT (ASCP) CLS, PhD, BCLD; NH Riordan, RPA-C; M Schultz, ARNP

Treatment of Hypertension from An Orthomolecular Medicine Standpoint 74
GD O'Clock, PhD, PE

Functional Diagnosis in Nutritional Medicine 85
G Tamari, PhD

The Body's Negative Response to Excess Dietary Protein Consumption 89
MT Morter, Jr. BS, MA, DC; A Panfili, MD

Reassessing the Role of Sugar in the Etiology of Heart Disease 95
WB Grant, PhD

Hemorrhagic Stroke in Human Pretreated with Coenzyme Q10: Exceptional Recovery As Seen in Animal Models 105
JTA Ely, PhD; HH Fudenberg, MD; Eg Bliznakov, MD; Jd Branch, DO

The Clinical Use of Bovine Colostrum 110
A Nitsch, MD; FP Nitsch, MD

Book Reviews: Ginkgo Biloba Extract; Beating Cancer with Nutrition; the Vitamin Revolution in Health Care; Power vs. Force; Encyclopedia of Natural Healing; Red World–Green World: the Hidden Polarities of Nature 119

Editorial: The Paradigm Wars Continue 131
A. HOFFER, M.D., Ph.D.
         
The Nature and Structure of Febrile Psychosis in the Sudan 136
A.W. AWADALLA, Ph.D.; H. ARIKAWA, Ph.D.; D.I. TEMPLER, Ph.D.

Another Reason for Change: The Distinct Philosophies of Allopathy and Naturopathy 139
E. CHERASKIN, M.D., D.M.D.

Understanding the Hardin Jones-Pauling Biostatistical Theory of Survival Analysis for Cancer Patients 141
Z. HERMAN, Ph.D.

Evidence that Mercury from Silver Dental Fillings May Slow the Progression of Myopia 161
R.L. SIBLERUD, O.D, M.S.; E. KIENHOLZ, Ph.D.

Case from the Center:  Joint and Muscle Pain, Various Arthritic Conditions and Food Sensitivities 168
J.A. JACKSON, MT(ASCP)CLS, Ph.D., BCLD; H.D. RIORDAN, M.D.; R HUNNINGHAKE, M.D.; S. NEATHERY, M.T.

Calcium and Cancer: A Geographical Perspective 173
H.D. FOSTER, Ph.D.

A Nutritious Cocktail for the Treatment of Melanoma: A Case Report 176
J.L.G. DE OLIVIERA, M.D.

Correspondence: Regarding Double-Blind Medical Trials; Foods as Stressors  in Essential Hypertension; 179
Reassessing the Role of Sugar in the Etiology of Heart Disease; Linus Pauling and Albert Szent-Györgyi

Book Reviews: Nutritional Influences on Illness CD ROM; 5-HTP. Nature's Serotonin Solution 185