Breast Implants Or Aspartame (Nutrasweet(r)) Disease? : The Suppressed Opinion About Perceived Medicolegal Travesty [Paperback]

H. J. Roberts (Author), H.J. Roberts M.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1999

The silicone breast implant litigation culminated in a proposed $3.2 billion settlement filed on November 9, 1998. A major issue, however, has been ignored by the medical profession, attorneys, the courts, and even the corporate defendant. Specifically, most researchers have failed to provide convincing clinical or investigational proof that these implants induce immune reactions, which purportedly caused severe systemic symptoms. A special court-appointed scientific panel concurred. Yet, huge punitive damages were awarded in this legal quagmire.

Dr. Roberts emphasizes the lack of convincing evidence for this premise. He stresses the remarkable overlap of symptoms in these patients and among persons suffering aspartame disease (severe reactions to aspartame products)... a condition he has researched on a corporate-neutral basis for 15 years. "Diet" products are being consumed in large amounts by figure-conscious women, who represent the same socioeconomic group usually requesting breast implants. His data base (listed) of 1,200 aspartame reactors - most women - underscores the frequency of reproducible headache, dizziness, confusion, memory loss, seizures, insomnia, chronic fatigue, hypoglycemia, dryness of the eyes and mouth, joint pain, rashes, hair loss and atypical pain.

Commentary By Author: "Even though this matter is controversial, my inability to obtain any forum for these perspectives over a five-year period represents a disturbing commentary on contemporary medical and general journalism. The exhorbitant awards for dubious litigation in the absence of such input underscore this perceived travesty."

Commentary: Dr. Marcia Angell, Executive Editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, emphasized: "Why has the hypothesis that breast implants cause these diseases been so readily accepted with so little evidence to support it?"

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The importance of Breast Implants Or Aspartame (Nutrasweet(r)) Disease? cannot be judged from its modest size. In this report, a noted physician challenges the many systemic complaints attributed to silicone breast implants - a perception that culminated in costly litigation, the bankruptcy of a major corporation, and huge settlements. His respected opinion, long denied a forum by leading medical journals, warrants the attention of doctors, the courts, and consumers of aspartame products.

About the Author

H. J. Roberts, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P. is a Board-certified internist in West Palm Beach, and an internationally respected medical consultant and researcher. He is on the Staff of Good Samaritan Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital, Director of the Palm Beach Institute for Medical Research (since 1964), and a member of prestigious medical and scientific organizations - including The Endocrine Society and the American Academy of Neurology. His publications include 12 acclaimed texts and more than 240 original articles and letters. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee.

Dr. Roberts is listed in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, WHO'S WHO IN MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE, WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD, WHO'S WHO IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, and THE BEST DOCTORS IN THE U.S. Unbeknown to him, the editors of a national medical publication selected Dr. Roberts as "The Best Doctor in the U.S." He has been knighted by the Order of St. George for his professional and humanitarian efforts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 57 pages
• Publisher: Sunshine Sentinel Pr Inc; Booklet edition (July 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 188424310X
• ISBN-13: 978-1884243103
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,070,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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