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.
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Powerful Relief from Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia
Jacob Teitelbaum, MD has a 5-part program to address these difficult but
very treatable conditions that he calls “SHINE”. The 5 areas that must be addressed are Sleep,
Hormone deficiencies, Infections, Nutritional deficiencies, and Exercise as
able. Low-dose Naltrexone (LDN) has also
shown great promise. More recently, Dr.
Ty Vincent from Alaska as shown how the allergy/sensitivity treatment known as
Low-dose Allergens (LDA) can be modified to treat these problems
effectively. At Celebration of Health
Association in Bluffton, Ohio, we use all three of these modalities. Our patients are really excited by their
results.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Pain Relief in Minutes
Dr. Steven
Kaufman of Denver has invented the pain neutralization technique with several
important corollaries. No drugs, no
surgeries, no treatment devices, just light pressure from the treatment
practitioner’s hands. Those trained in
Kaufman’s, procedures, as I have, find that they can often dissolve pain
rapidly. Permanent resolution might
evolve in 1-4 treatments with relatively little cost and no side effects.
Find out more from Jonathan Wright’s newsletter, Health and
Healing, June 2013 issue, or from going to www.painneutralization.com.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Good News for Runners!
Dr. Lo
reported on a comforting study at the American College of Rheumatology meeting
in Boston. Runners who do not start
running with arthritic knees do not have an increased risk of developing osteoarthritis
due to running at any time of their life.
Go ahead and run. It’s good for
you.
Go to familypracticenews.com
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