The Virginia Health Enquirer Enquiring minds want to know – how to improve their health. Retrieving the gems of effective therapies that fell through the cracks in the rush for excess profits. The Voice of the Voiceless in the Dismal Swamp of Medical Research. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote of the day: “No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe when the legislature is in session.” - Gideon Tucker, 1866   The First Clinical Trial in History Discovered the Value of Vitamin C.             Dr James Lind, ship’s surgeon aboard the HMS Salisbury, conducted the first modern clinical trial on May 20, 1747. Dividing twelve sailors who suffered from scurvy into six groups, he gave each group a different supplemental treatment in addition to their regular diet. The group that received two oranges and a lemon daily quickly...

The Commonhealth of Virginia Times     Turning Health Into Wealth For All Virginians Since 2026 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   How to Improve the Common Health of Virginia             If health is wealth, the Commonwealth of Virginia should strive to improve its common health. The quickest most affordable way to accomplish that would be to establish the Virginia Institute for Clinical Health Research – VICHR - at Virginia Commonwealth University. VICHR will clinically test additional uses for existing medications.                 Virginia researchers can discover safe, effective and affordable complementary therapies to come closer to curing numerous diseases and finding ways to reduce the symptoms of some of those by 20% to 40%, or more. States shou...