Death by Calcium, the Toxicity of Osteoporosis Therapy

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  • Thomas Levy
چکیده

Meet Dr. Tom Levy (who changed the status of U.S. Vitamin C usage after his best selling book and presentation to us last year. Now he intends to change the status of Calcium usage worldwide, after this presentation and new book due out in December).Dr. Levy received his Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from the Johns Hopkins University in 1972. He later graduated from the Tulane University School of Medicine in 1976. Continuing his training at Tulane, he specialized first in internal medicine and then in cardiology, receiving board certification in both of these disciplines. After completing his postgraduate training, Dr. Levy served as an assistant professor of medicine at Tulane Medical School for another three years. After a private practice of adult cardiology, Dr. Levy started his research on the medical impact of dental toxicity with Dr. Hal Huggins in 1994. In 1998, he received his law degree from the University of Denver and was subsequently admitted to practice law in Colorado and the District of Columbia. Death By Calcium will be his fifth book, to be published by the end of the year. His previous books are Vitamin C Infectious Diseases, and Toxins, Uninformed Consent: The Hidden Dangers in Dental Care, co-authored with Dr. Huggins; The Roots of Disease: Connecting Dentistry and Medicine, coauthored with Robert Kulacz, D.D.S.; and Optimal Nutrition for Optimal Health. For further information on Dr. Levy, you can review his bio on the web at www.TomLevyMD.com

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تاریخ انتشار 2011