See Jonathan Wright’s Nutrition and Healing newsletter,
Sept. 2014, p.3.
Celebration of HealthAssociation website
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Endometriosis Breakthrough Treatment
Endometriosis
is often severe enough to require surgery.
However, the new Low-dose allergen treatment (LDA) that includes yeast
desensitization might well clear the problem up completely without
surgery. Another treatment that has
shown significant regression is HCG given once or twice a week (1000 to 5000 iu
per dose).
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Stents Fail to Give Long-term Benefit
Norm
Shealy, a holistic neurosurgeon, points to recent news from the AMA journal
that 52% of patients who get stents fail to have long-term help. 32% die within 2 years, 20% re-block their
arteries within 6 months, and 2% die during the actual procedure. Bypass surgery is even worse. You can often take chelation therapy instead
of surgery, or if surgery is really needed, then take chelation afterwards to
protect against re-stenosis. This is
common sense, but unfortunately not yet common practice.
See JAMA Neuro, published on-line January 12,
2015.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Eczema Linked to Hard Water
A
British study looked at 1300 infants and found that eczema was present in 45%
more children who were exposed to hard water instead of soft water. In addition to increased calcium carbonate in
the water, the affected children had to have a loss of function gene (FLG),
which is common.
See Family Practice News, November 1, 2014, p.18-19.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Hospitalizations from Heart Failure are Higher During the Holidays
During the
4 days immediately after Christmas, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and the
Super Bowl, the rate of admissions to the hospital for heart failure patients
is 11-14% higher than the rest of the month, according to Mahek Shah at the
annual meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America. Dr. Shah speculates that the mechanisms could
be the amount of rich, salty foods consumed or it could be delay in seeking
medical care at holiday time. The
message is eat healthy snack foods, lower in salt, especially at festivities
and family gatherings.
See Dr. Shah’s work analyzing 22,728 patients at Einstein
Medical Center in Philadelphia.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Concussions Require Cognitive as Well as Physical Rest
Coaches and
teachers routinely make sure that students who suffer a concussion get some
time off from physical activity to recover.
But only half as many insist that study time, computer time, test-taking
and other mental activities be significantly limited post-concussion. Otherwise, recovery can be delayed, and
permanent effects might be more likely.
See Dr. Kelsey Logan’s comments at the American Academy of
Pediatrics meeting. He directs Sports
medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Depression Linked to Obesity
The National Center for Health
Statistics reported that women aged 40-59 and men over 60 y.o. who are
overweight are more likely to be depressed, whether they are taking medications
or not. If you are overweight, you might
consider that you could be depressed. Such
treatments as yeast, food allergies, amino acids, SAMe, and counseling could
solve both problems. Not everyone who is
depressed is aware of it. A professional
evaluation is often helpful.
See the NCHS study based on the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey. More info from lfranki@frantlinemedcom.com.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
ADHD is Often Missed in Adults
A
presentation at the European College of Neuropsychopharmocology showed that
15.8% of nonpsychotic outpatients had adult ADHD that had not been previously
diagnosed. Medication can be helpful,
but Dr. Johannes Thome, chair of the Dept. of Psychiatry at the the University
of Rostock in Germany stressed that “pills don’t give you skills.” He emphasized that psychological therapies
are important as well. Those of us in
Integrative Medicine would also look for yeast imbalance, food allergies, B12
responders, toxic metals, low dose naltrexone, homeopathics, and other
treatment options that have been successful in children with ADHD.
See the report of the ECNP congress in Family Practice News,
Nov. 15, 2014, p. 10.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
A Toxic Metal use in Dyes for MRI Testing Stays with You Forever
Dr. Joe Hickey has demonstrated that
Gadolinium, a toxic heavy metal that is administered as a contrast material for
most MRI’s to sharpen the images, stays with the patient indefinitely if not
treated. Gadolinium acts similarly to
lead, mercury, and arsenic to increase the risk of chronic degenerative
diseases over years of exposure. To find
out if you have a toxic residue of Gadolinium, ask your integrative physician
to do a challenge test with EDTA. The
treatment is chelation therapy.
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