IBS Symptoms More Acute in Women With History of Abuse

(HealthDay News) -- Women with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who've suffered physical and/or sexual abuse may have a heightened brain response that makes them more sensitive to abdominal discomfort, a new study says.

Symptoms of IBS, which affects 10 percent to 15 percent of people in the United States, include gastrointestinal discomfort, diarrhea and constipation.

In this study, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of North Carolina used brain imaging to study female IBS patients and found that those with a background of abuse weren't able to switch off a pain modulation mechanism in the brain as effectively as those with no history of abuse.

The study was published in February's online edition of Gastroenterology.

Previous research has found that more than 50 percent of people with IBS have been physically or sexually abused at some point in their lives. The findings of this new study may help explain why this subset of IBS patients tend to suffer more pain and poorer health outcomes than other IBS patients.

The researchers said their study improves understanding of how IBS develops, and may help lead to new treatments.

More information
The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about IBS.

HIV-Infected Intestinal Immune Cells Never Rebound

(HealthDay News) -- Within a few weeks of being infected by HIV, most of a person's memory T-cells vanish and are not likely to return even after years of antiretroviral treatment, a new study finds.

Previous research has shown that HIV infection depletes memory T-cells -- which are mostly found in the intestinal tract -- within days. In contrast, T-cells circulating in the blood typically decline over several years, according to background information in the article.

It's known that T-cells in the blood can return to normal levels when HIV patients take antiviral drugs. But it wasn't clear whether intestinal memory T -cell levels returned to normal.

In this study, researchers at the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City and elsewhere performed intestinal biopsies on HIV patients who had started treatment shortly after they were infected.

Reporting in the journal PLoS Medicine, the researchers found that intestinal T-cell levels remained low in 70 percent of patients even after several years of HIV treatment.
The findings indicate the doctors treating HIV patients need to watch for infections or other gastrointestinal problems that could result from prolonged impairment of intestinal immune function, the researchers said.

The study results also suggest the need to conduct studies on treatments to preserve immune function in people newly infected with HIV.

More information
The U.S. National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention offers advice about living with HIV/AIDS.

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The Effects of SRT on Four Bottled Waters

Over the years I have had the honor of working with Clarus Transphase Scientific, the developers of the Q-Link Pendant and other related products in researching the effects of their patented Sympathetic Resonance Technology on organic and inorganic matter.

We have had several papers published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine specific to SRT.

I have found the technology of SRT to be effective in increasing the zeta potential or life force of matter. The following is a blinded pilot study I conducted on four commercially bottled waters and the chemical and electrical changes that took place in that water, treated with SRT.

The results are impressive and demonstrate the efficacy of the SRT technology.

Summary: The effects of SRT or Sympathetic Resonance Technology on water were measured. The pH, ORP and rH2 of water, with and without SRT processing were measured for four (4) different types of water.

All four (4) waters were commercially bottled waters. The results showed some consistent changes due to SRT including improved pH, ORP and rH2 in all waters tested.

In brief, it is shown that SRT increases pH, lowers ORP and rH2, which could help to reduce states of oxidative stress or over-acidity of the blood and tissues of living organisms.

Introduction: This is an exploratory pilot study to test a variety of drinking waters with and without SRT-treatment. The purpose is to compare the waters without SRT treatment to waters with SRT treatment to measure any changes in the hydrogen ion concentrations (pH) and the proton/electron concentrations (ORP and rH2), to demonstrate how SRT processing of the water affects positively the pH, ORP and rH2.

Materials and Methods: Four (4) types and eight (8) samples of commercially available bottled drinking waters were processed with SRT for 45 hours. These eight (8) samples from four (4) types of waters were then compared with the same four (4) types of waters without SRT using a Thermo-Orion multi-function pH/ORP meter.

The eight (8) samples of bottled water treated with SRT and the four (4) samples of bottled water not treated with SRT were tested twice for pH, ORP and rH2. Average values were calculated from duplicate measurements. Prior to testing all samples there was no prior knowledge of what samples were treated with SRT and what samples were not treated with SRT, making this a blinded exploratory pilot study.

Table 1 summarizes the results of 72 measurements.

Explanations of pH, ORP and rH2: The pH is a scientific exponential measurement of the concentration of hydrogen ions (H+) and hydroxyl ions (OH-) in an aqueous solution ranging from 1 to 14 with 7 being neutral. A pH below 7 would be acidic; having a higher concentration of hydrogen ions (H+) and a lesser amount of hydroxyl ions (OH-) and a pH, above 7 would be alkaline, having a lesser concentration of hydrogen ions (H+) and higher concentrations of hydroxyl ions (OH-).

The pH scale is exponential, so a pH of 6 would have 10 times more hydrogen ions (H+) and 10 times less hydroxyl ions(OH-) than a pH of 7 and a pH of 8 would have 10 times less hydrogen ions (H+) and 10 times more hydroxyl ions (OH-).

There are two ways to measure the electron/proton activity, or the energy potential of an aqueous solution: ORP and rH2. The value of ORP (oxidative reduction potential) quantifies the amount of energy in the aqueous solution by numbering its electrons.

It is expressed in milli volts (mV), either positive or negative. Typically water samples show a positive ORP or proton saturation of over +100 mV. A positive ORP means that the aqueous solution is acidic or oxidized and has no potential energy for further oxidation: that is, it has no free electrons for energy. Such an aqueous solution has no antioxidant or anti-acid potential to support life.

A negative ORP means that the aqueous solution possesses electrical potential - energy, and is rich in electrons to support living organisms. Aqueous solutions with a negative ORP has antioxidant or anti-acid properties and are beneficial in that they can buffer or neutralize acids and thus reduce oxidative stress.

Water with a negative ORP is the only water that can support life, buffer gastrointestinal and metabolic acids and provide electrons to support the energy needs of any living organism. Water with a negative ORP no longer exists on the earth because of inorganic and organic contamination of our oceans, rivers and streams.

All negative ORP water has to be created chemically, electrically or through the use of SRT or a combination thereof. Consider rH2 (reduction of hydrogen; sometimes called "redox") as sort of a backup measurement to ORP. rH2, is measured on a scale, just the way pH is.

The rH2 scale ranges from 0 to 44, with 22 being neutral; the lower the number, the greater the concentration of electrons. With each step, the number of electrons increases by a factor of 10; water with rH2 of 22 has 10 times more electrons than water at 23.

An increase of just two places on the scale, then, means 100 times fewer electrons. Ideally, you want your water to have an rH2 of 22 or less. Unfortunately, most municipalities have, on the average, an rH2 of 30 or greater.

That's 100 million fewer electrons.Conclusions: The waters not treated with SRT showed positive ORP's at +378 to +431 and rH2's at 27.9 to 28.04. The untreated Evian water was the best bottled water with an alkaline pH of 7.39, an ORP of +390 and an rH2 at 27.9, but was still lacking in electrical potential and electron concentration. All other non treated waters were acidic, with AquaFina, a purified municipal water, being the most acidic, at a pH of 5.83.

However, the effects of SRT on pH, ORP and rH2 were similar for all four (4) waters and all eight (8) samples, in that SRT increased pH from .44% to 19.21%, reduced ORP from 48.21% to 60.09% and reduced rH2 6.64% to 9.15% respectively. (Refer to Table 1)

Of the four (4) types of waters and eight (8) samples treated with SRT, AquaFina had the best result with a pH prior to treatment of 5.83 and with SRT treatment, a pH increase to 6.95, a 19.21% increase.

The ORP went from +431 to +200 and a rH2 of 28.31 to 25.93, indicating a 1500 times increase of electrons or electrical potential.This pilot study showed the effects of SRT on physical properties as well as the subtle energetic properties of water.

However, not all waters appear to react in the same way to SRT. Some waters showed a stronger effect than others. The most notable changes were the increases of the pH, and reductions in ORP and rH2 of the AquaFina water, which is nothing more than treated tap water.

This means that water treated with SRT can reduce hydrogen ions, increase hydroxyl ions, decrease protons and increases electrons and thus lower oxidative stress, gastrointestinal and metabolic acids and provide energy for living organisms to sustain life.

Moreover, this is consistent with previously published research on SRT, which shows that SRT makes human cells, tissues, organs and living organisms more resistant and resilient to the ravages of acidic stress.

The fact that various types of waters react somewhat differently to SRT may be due to their molecular structure and mineral composition and the ability of the atoms of the waters ability to hold new information.

It is also possible that the various bottled waters may already contain information from the processing at the bottling plant, which makes it harder for them to hold SRT processing.

In summary: SRT or Sympathetic Resonance Technology is shown to enhance drinking water properties including its electrical or energetic potential and antioxidant/anti-acid capacities.

Water Non SRT Water Type pH % Change1) Evian Mineral 7.30 pH2) Calistoga Mineral 6.81 pH3) Dasani Treated Tap 6.60 pH4) AquaFina Treated Tap 5.83 pHWater With SRT 1) Evian Sample 1 Mineral 7.54 pH 2.03%2) Evian Sample 2 Mineral 7.65 pH 3.52%3) Calistoga S-1 Mineral 6.84 pH .

44%4) Calistoga S-2 Mineral 6.91 pH 1.47%5) Dasani S-1 Treated Tap 6.81 pH 3.18%6) Dasani S-2 Treated Tap 6.81 pH 3.18%7) AquaFina S-1 Treated Tap 6.95 pH 19.21%8) AquaFina S-2 Treated Tap 6.68 pH 14.58%Water Non SRT Water Type ORP% Change rH2 %

Change1) Evian Mineral +430 mV 27.902) Calistoga Mineral +404 mV 28.04

3) Dasani Treated Tap +378 mV 27.78

4) AquaFina Treated Tap +431 mV 28.31Water With SRT

1) Evian Sample 1 Mineral +202 mV 48.46% 26.03 6.77%
2) Evian Sample 2 Mineral +202 mV 48.21% 26.02 6.74%
3) Calistoga S-1 Mineral +190 mV 52.97% 25.90 7.63%
4) Calistoga S-2 Mineral +200 mV 50.50% 26.00 7.27%
5) Dasani S-1 Treated Tap +156 mV 57.73% 25.56 7.99%
6) Dasani S-2 Treated Tap +156 mV 57.73% 25.56 7.99%
7) AquaFina S-1 Treated Tap +172 mV 60.09% 26.01 6.77%
8) AquaFina S-2 Treated Tap +193 mV 55.22% 26.02 6.74%

Table 1: pH, ORP and rH2 values on four (4) types of water with and without SRTFor more information concerning SRT and the Q-Link Pendants and other related energy products, visit our website at:
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Biofeedback Benefits?

Q: Biofeedback Benefits?You often recommend biofeedback. Can you explain how it works and what it is used for?

A: Biofeedback is a learned mind/body technique that enables you to influence supposedly involuntary physical functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tension, and brain waves. During a biofeedback session, a therapist attaches electrical sensors to parts of your body.

The sensors monitor functions such as heart rate variability, blood pressure or muscle tension and translate the information into sound or a flashing light - something you can perceive directly. For example, a temperature sensor on your finger can translate skin temperature into a beep tone that you can hear - the higher the skin temperature, the faster the rate of beeping. With that kind of "feedback" from your body, you can learn to warm your hands by raising your skin temperature.

In doing this you learn to relax the pathways of the sympathetic nervous system that constricts blood vessels. The same pathways can also be used to control the fight-or-flight response, so by relaxing them you achieve a general relaxation response. This is a good thing.

Biofeedback can also be used to control brain activity, muscle tension, and heart rate and is used to help treat a wide range of health problems including asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, migraine headaches, epilepsy, hot flashes and the nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy. It has been approved by the National Institutes of Health for complementary treatment of chronic pain and insomnia.

I often recommend biofeedback for treatment of migraines, high blood pressure, cardiac arrhythmias, ulcers, chronic gastro-intestinal problems, Raynaud's disease and unconscious grinding of the teeth. To find out how effective biofeedback is for treatment of specific health problems, visit the Web site of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (http://www.aapb.org/).

To find a certified practitioner, visit the Web site of the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America (http://bcia.affiniscape.com/ ). Computer compatible versions of biofeedback training, such as "The Journey to Wild Divine," are also readily available for home use.
Andrew Weil, M.D.

Breakthrough Cancer Drug Gleevec Gets Heart Precaution

(HealthDay News) -- The breakthrough cancer drug Gleevec will now carry a new "precaution" on its label about possible severe congestive heart failure that might result from its use.
The announcement came Thursday from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the same day the drug's maker, Novartis, issued a letter to health-care professionals.

The labeling revision is unlikely to diminish Gleevec's wonder-drug status, experts said.
"You have to remember that people take this drug for what is usually otherwise a fatal condition," said Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society. "Clearly, the benefits of Gleevec for the particular disease it treats far outweigh the risks. What this basically means is that patients have to watch more carefully and be aware of the symptoms, but this does not rise to the level where one would say we should take the drug off the market."

In fact, Lichtenfeld pointed out, the FDA has asked only for a precaution, which is less severe than a warning when it comes to drug labels.
Gleevec (generic name imatinib) is approved to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia -- CML -- and gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

Findings of a study reported at this year's meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology reported that overall survival for people with CML who took Gleevec for five years was 89 percent -- and 95 percent if only deaths related to CML were considered. At the same time, 93 percent of the cases still had not progressed from the chronic to the "blast crisis" -- or acute phase -- of the illness.

The label move comes four months after an article in the journal Nature Medicine reported that Gleevec might be toxic to the heart and lead to heart failure. The small study detailed how Gleevec inadvertently targets a protein maintaining cells that contract the heart muscle and help to force blood through the body. This means that other drugs in the same class, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, may also damage the heart, Lichtenfeld explained.

"The reality is that they, too, because of the particular way Gleevec causes heart failure problems, are suspect," he said.
The study followed up on 10 patients who developed severe heart failure after taking Gleevec. Those cases were first reported in 2004 by researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston.
According to a letter issued by Novartis and directed to health-care professionals, most of the affected patients had preexisting conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and coronary artery disease.

"The incidence of congestive failure is very small, and many of the patients had other illnesses," Lichtenfeld confirmed.
The letter maintained that "cardiac events remain uncommon," although "severe congestive heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction have occasionally been reported."
Patients with known cardiac disease or risk factors for cardiac failure should be monitored carefully, Novartis stated.

"The only thing this changes is the discussion that you have with the patient when you're talking about starting the medication, and it might also change how you monitor the patient," said Dr. Jonathan Goldberg, a hematology oncologist at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. "This medicine works so well for patients with CML that, even though there might be this small risk of heart failure, the benefits still greatly outweigh that risk."
Another expert agreed.

"The perception of CML has changed very dramatically in the eyes of the patient and in the eyes of the public," said Dr. Michael Deininger, an assistant professor at the Center for Hematologic Malignancies at Oregon Health & Science University. "What used to be a deadly disease is now perceived as a chronic ailment and people sometimes forget that if we don't treat CML, you're going to die from it. Even if there was a significant incidence of heart failure, on balance, weighing the advantages and disadvantages, there would still be a huge, huge advantage for Gleevec."

The Nature Medicine study also had some limitations, Deininger pointed out. There were no strong comparisons of heart function pre- and post-treatment. "The study is a little weak, to put it lightly, in terms of describing the patients," he said.
Novartis also issued some good news Thursday evening when it announced that Gleevec had received FDA approval for the treatment of five rare, life-threatening disorders. This brings the number of diseases that Gleevec is approved to treat to seven, the company said in a news release.

More information
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Overcoming Addictions?

Q: I am addicted to alcohol and caffeine and am ready to go cold turkey off of both. Can you suggest any natural supplements that would help with cravings/withdrawal?-- Carola Gregg

A: Congratulations on your determination to overcome your addictions. We all know about the addictive potential and side effects of drinking too much alcohol, but few people realize the negative effects of dependence on caffeine. Over-stimulation from caffeine, especially coffee, provokes anxiety, interferes with restful sleep, and significantly irritates the urinary, gastrointestinal, and other systems of the body. So again, I applaud your efforts.

I would recommend withdrawing from caffeine first. Compared to alcohol – and tobacco – caffeine is a much easier habit to break. But to succeed, you should plan ahead. Give yourself three days to do it. Arrange to keep yourself distracted and comfortable and anticipate that you probably won’t have much energy for the duration. You’re also liable to develop a distinctive throbbing headache. You can take aspirin for it, but avoid Excedrin and other pain relievers that contain caffeine.

Giving up alcohol can be much more difficult depending on how much you drink. "Too much" usually means more than two drinks per day for men and more than one drink per day for women (twelve fluid ounces of regular beer or five ounces of wine or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits) or any habitual use that disrupts your life and routines. Withdrawal symptoms usually begin within 12 hours after you stop drinking and peak 48 to 72 hours later.

Since some of the symptoms - both physical and psychological - can be quite severe, I wouldn’t recommend going cold turkey on your own. At best, you’re likely to be nervous, shaky, anxious and may have trouble thinking clearly. Physical symptoms may include headache, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, rapid heart rate and tremor. At worst, withdrawal can lead to delirium tremens (a combination of confusion and visual hallucination), convulsions, and blackouts, all of which require emergency medical treatment. Severe alcohol withdrawal can be fatal.

If you think your withdrawal is unlikely to lead to severe symptoms, you might use the herb valerian as well as breathing exercises to cope with anxiety. Both acupuncture and hypnosis may help you deal with cravings down the line. And take one B-100 B-complex a day to make up for the B-vitamin deficiency alcoholism can cause. I also recommend the herb milk thistle for liver protection and regeneration. Buy a standardized product and follow the dosage directions on the label. (Everyone who drinks alcohol regularly should be on milk thistle, whether or not they plan to withdraw.)

Before you begin the withdrawal process, discuss your plans with your physician. He or she may recommend a drug rehab facility to get you through it. You also could look for one via SAMHSA, the federally sponsored Substance Abuse and Mental Health Facility Locator (http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/). I also encourage you to join Alcoholics Anonymous or some other support group. Congratulations and good luck!

Andrew Weil, M.D.

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Health Highlights: May 23, 2006

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: NSAIDs Increase Risk of 1st Hospital Admission for Heart Failure

Commonly used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) painkillers, such as ibuprofen, are associated with a slightly increased risk of first hospital admission for heart failure, says a study in the journal Heart.

The study of more than 228,660 patients concluded that there would be one extra first hospital admission for heart failure for every 1,000 people ages 60 to 84 who take NSAIDs, United Press International reported.

However, the researchers said this could increase to three additional cases per 1,000 among patients 70 and older who have chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or kidney failure.

Overall, 14 percent of patients were taking NSAIDs at the time of their first hospital admission for heart failure, compared with 10 percent of a comparison group of randomly selected people. Half of those admitted to hospital were ages 70 to 79.

The data used in the study came from the General Practice Research Database, which contains the medical records of millions of patients of family doctors in Britain, UPI reported.
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Prince Charles, British Docs Differ Over Alternative Medicine
Just hours after a group of Britain's leading doctors and scientists urged the National Health Service (NHS) to stop paying for complementary health therapies, Prince Charles told a meeting of the World Health Organization in Geneva that alternative medicine should be given more prominence in mainstream health care.

In an open letter, the British doctors and scientists criticized public funding of "unproven or disproved treatments" such as homeopathy and reflexology at a time when large deficits are leading to the firing of nurses and to limited patient access to life-saving drugs, The Times of London reported.

They demanded that the NHS pay only for evidence-based therapies.
In his speech, the Prince of Wales said that an integrated, holistic approach was the best way to tackle chronic disease, rather than a "dangerously fragmented" approach that relies on what he referred to as a bio-physical treatment model, The Times reported.
He did note that modern medicine has served humanity well but he said excessive reliance on it had upset natural harmony.

"I believe there is now a desperately urgent need to address the fragile but vital balance between man and nature, through a more integrated approach where the best of the ancient is blended with the best of the modern, and I am convinced this is particularly vital when it comes to the collective health of people in all countries," Prince Charles told delegates from 192 nations.
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No Difference Between 2 Anemia Drugs for Cancer Patients: Report
There is no clinically significant difference in effectiveness between two drugs -- epoetin and darbepoetin -- used to manage anemia in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiation treatment, says a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

The report said the two drugs show no difference in improving hemoglobin concentration or in reducing the need for transfusion. Both drugs do reduce the need for transfusion by about 20 percent, but there is no evidence that either drug, when added to cancer treatment, improves patient survival.

In addition, there are many unanswered questions about the safety and best use of both drugs, the report said.

"This report is a synthesis of studies performed so far regarding epoetin and darbepoetin, including unpublished findings as well as published reports," Dr. Carolyn M. Clancy, AHRQ director, said in a prepared statement.

"The authors have analyzed and weighed all of the evidence available in order to obtain the fairest possible understanding of these two alternative treatments for managing anemia in cancer patients. In addition, an important role for our comparative-effectiveness reviews is to identify research gaps where new evidence is needed. Their report finds that significant questions remain unanswered about both of these drugs," Clancy said.
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U.S. Soldiers With PTSD More Likely to Suffer Poor Health

A year after leaving Iraq, American combat soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to be in worse physical health, experience more pain, and are more likely to miss work than those who don't have PTSD, says a U.S. military survey of nearly 3,000 Iraq war veterans.

The survey found that about 17 percent of the respondents had PTSD symptoms and they were more likely than those without symptoms to report various kinds of pain -- from backaches to headaches -- and gastrointestinal problems such as indigestion and nausea, USA Today reported.

Anxiety may contribute to these physical symptoms, said Dr. Charles Hoge, chief of psychiatry and neuroscience at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington, D.C.
He also noted that nightmares, flashbacks and other symptoms of PTSD can interfere with sleep, resulting in a negative impact on health. About 50 percent of the soldiers who reported PTSD symptoms rated their health as fair to poor, compared with about 20 percent of soldiers with no PTSD symptoms, USA Today reported.
The findings were released Monday at an American Psychiatric Association meeting.
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FDA Approves Generic Version of Lexapro
The first generic version of Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate), one of the most popular prescription antidepressants, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The approval, announced Monday, gives permission to Ivax Corp. of Miami to market 5, 10, and 20 milligram doses of the drug for major depression, The Associated Press reported.
Ivax is part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. of Israel.

The brand name Lexapro is made by New York-based Forest Laboratories Inc. Last year, Lexapro was the No. 2 antidepressant in the United States, with 29.6 million prescriptions filled and sales of $2.1 billion. The drug Zoloft was the leading antidepressant, the AP reported.
Last reviewed: 05/23/2006 Last updated: 05/23/2006

Researchers Spot New Gene-Linked Gastric Disorder

WEDNESDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say they've identified a genetic disorder that causes congenital diarrhea and intestinal failure in children.

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers named the disorder "enteric anendocrinosis." It's caused by a mutation in the Neurogenin-3 (NEUROG3) gene.

The finding -- the first new intestinal disorder identified within the past 15 years -- could help advance stem cell research for both type 1 diabetes and intestinal conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome, the researchers said.

"Rare diseases help us understand how the body works," principal investigator Dr. Martin G. Martin, professor of pediatrics, division of gastroenterology and nutrition, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, said in a prepared statement.

His team identified the NEUROG 3 mutation after analyzing DNA from three newborns who suffered vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration after they were fed baby formula. The findings are published in the July 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Children with enteric anendocrinosis have an abnormally low number of endocrine cells in their intestine and eventually develop type 1 diabetes. There is no cure for the condition, which is worsened by eating. Treatment options include specialized formulas and intravenous feeding to minimize diarrhea and promote growth.

"We now know that the hormone-producing endocrine cells of the intestine have an essential role in facilitating nutrition absorption. These findings have already led to the detection of subset forms of enteric anendocrinosis," Martin said.

The study findings could lead to other research advances, he added.
"Since patients with enteric anendocrinosis develop type 1 diabetes, we hope stem cell researchers can apply the knowledge from this discovery to the role of NEUROG3 in the development of insulin-producing islet cells in the pancreas," Martin said.

More information
The Nemours Foundation has more about children and diarrhea.
Last reviewed: 07/19/2006 Last updated: 07/19/2006

Medically Unexplained Symptoms: Treatment Developed

The diagnosis of medically unexplained symptoms is a problem that affects millions of people and can tax an already over-burdened health care system, according to Robert Smith, a physician and professor in MSU's Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicine. Smith and his colleagues devised the treatment plan which involves a combination of behavior modification and pharmaceutical treatment, as well as a good dose of improved communication between patient and doctor. Testing this treatment with nearly 100 patients, Smith and colleagues found that nearly half of them showed marked improvement. The findings were published in the July issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine. "What we did was use what they've learned in psychiatry and the pain clinics, which is cognitive behavioral treatment and pharmacological treatment," Smith said. "We simply adapted it for use by primary care providers. But the centerpiece of all this is the doctor-patient relationship." Medically unexplained symptoms can be frustrating for both patient and physician, Smith said. "We're in a disease-based system and because of that fact, doctors don't particularly like patients with medically unexplained symptoms," he said. "

On the other hand, patients are unhappy because their needs aren't being met." This is where the value of the doctor-patient relationship comes into play, Smith said. "For years we've taught our students the value of this relationship and it really works," he said. "It's about communicating, how to address emotion, how to respond to it, how to be empathetic. We integrated all of that into this treatment." In addition to looking for the root causes of a patient's pain or discomfort, this treatment also calls for the use of medications such as antidepressants, as well as cognitive behavioral therapy that challenges the ways in which patients perceive their illnesses.

In this study, people with medically unexplained symptoms averaged 13 visits to primary care providers per year, many of those visits being to a hospital emergency room. The most common symptoms are back pain, headache, fatigue, as well as musculoskeletal, nervous system and gastrointestinal complaints. "Medically unexplained symptoms are common and costly," Smith said. "A patient's symptoms just won't go away, so a doctor orders more tests or gives more medicine or even operates on the patient. Pretty soon the patient will actually develop an organic disease as a complication of the drugs or surgery." He said it's important that people who suffer from medically unexplained symptoms realize they are not going to be "cured." "We can help to take the edge off," he said. "The patient may still have some pain, but it doesn't have to interfere with his or her life to the extent that it has in the past."

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For a copy of the published paper, visit the Web http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00460.x.
Contact: Tom Oswald Michigan State University

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As early as World War I, ozone's bactericidal properties were used to treat infected wounds, mustard gas burns, and fistulas

As early as World War I, ozone's bactericidal properties were used to treat infected wounds, mustard gas burns, and fistulas, although these treatments were limited by technological difficulties.

Current ozone therapy uses a mixture of ozone and pure oxygen,4 and with today's medical ozone generators, the ability now exists to deliver pure ozone-oxygen mixtures in precise dosages.

The Europe-based Medical Society for Ozone and the National Center for Scientific Research in Cuba currently use the treatment for a wide variety of conditions, including wound problems, gastrointestinal disorders, cancer, and AIDS.

Doctors report particular success with the different types of hepatitis, as well as Candida, allergies and bladder infections. Other disorders treated with ozone therapy: herpes, arthritis, respiratory conditions, multiple sclerosis, sexually transmitted diseases, and parasitic conditions.

And this is just a partial list. What's more, while ozone can be used to treat a wide spectrum of conditions, it can also be used prophylactically to combat harmful viruses, bacteria, and free radicals before degeneration and disease occur.

Additionally, already healthy people can use ozone to rejuvenate cells so that they can stay younger longer. As science reporter Nathaniel Altman observes, it is unusual indeed to have a product that treats such a tremendous range of conditions.
By Gary Null, Ph.D

Health Tip: Scleroderma Characterized by Hardening of the Skin

Health Tip: Scleroderma Characterized by Hardening of the Skin

(HealthDay News) -- Scleroderma, an autoimmune disorder whose primary symptom is hardening of the skin, affects up to four times as many women than men. It also tends to strike people between ages 25 and 55, although it can occur at any age.

The cause of scleroderma is unknown, says the Scleroderma Foundation. The severity of the disease depends on which body parts are affected, and how early and appropriately the condition is treated.
Treatments often are directed at individual symptoms, including gastrointestinal problems, joint pain and high blood pressure.

Scleroderma, affecting about 300,000 people in the United States, isn't infectious, contagious or cancerous, the foundation says.

Gallbladder Gaffe?

Gallbladder Gaffe?
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Q: I had my gall bladder out a little over a year ago, and I am still having the same symptoms that I had before I had it removed. Is that normal? -- Margaret

A: Gallbladder problems are very common. Every year more than one million Americans discover that they have gallstones and about half of them end up in surgery for the removal of the gallbladder in order to put an end to painful symptoms. (By the way, 80 percent of all people with gallstones never know it because they never develop symptoms.) Gallstones can cause severe pain in the upper right of the abdomen (the pain can spread to the chest, shoulders, or back and sometimes is mistaken for a heart attack). Other common symptoms include chronic indigestion and nausea.

You're at greatest risk for gallbladder disease if you're female, overweight, and over 60. Other risk factors include a family history of gallstones, recent rapid weight loss and, among women, pregnancy, using birth control pills, or hormone replacement therapy after menopause. According to the American Liver Foundation, by age 60 nearly 10 percent of men and 20 percent of women have gallstones.

Surgery to remove the gallbladder is the best way to eliminate the pain that gallstones can cause. The operation usually is performed laparoscopically through several small incisions through which the surgeon inserts tools including a tiny video camera, microscope and surgical instruments. This method is less dangerous and less painful for patients and allows for a much quicker recovery than the old operation, which involved a large abdominal incision.

As an alternative to surgery some people can get rid of gallstones by taking an oral drug called ursodiol, which dissolves gallstones composed of cholesterol (most gallstones are of this sort). The medication is most effective when patients have multiple small gallstones rather than one large one and usually takes about six months to work.

However, symptoms typically go away soon after you begin taking the drug. Two experimental treatments are also available on a limited basis. One, shock wave lithotripsy, uses sound waves to crush large stones. You then take ursodiol to dissolve the fragments. The other method involves inserting a needle into the gallbladder via the abdomen and injecting an agent to dissolve stones.

After gallbladder surgery, some patients continue to have symptoms including intermittent pain, bloating, gas and nausea. It is not uncommon, however, for surgeons to remove gallbladders, even when they are not the cause of patients' gastrointestinal symptoms. If I were you, I would consult another physician for an evaluation. You also might want to see a naturopath to discuss lifestyle issues that might contribute to your symptoms.

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Darkfield Microscopy - Fungus

FUNGUS
The species specific understanding of, and difference between bacterial phase and fungal phase developments in blood pictures.
©Copyright 1997 by Michael Coyle, Petaluma, California, USA(Explore Issue: Volume 8, Number 3)

Diseases of the skin, digestive organs, urogenitary tract, mouth, etc. are caused by the multiplication and spread of fungal microorganisms known as mycelia. Mycoses (fungal infections) range in degree from unnoticed to fatal. They are directly related to asthma and allergic alveolitis reactions. They are dealt with by the immune system and competition from other microbes or earlier developmental phases of their own cyclogeny.

Fungal infections can be classified as;
Superficial -- those that effect hair, skin, nostrils, genitals, and oral mucosa
Subcutaneous -- those which occur beneath the skin
Deep -- those which effect the internal organs, lungs, liver, bones, lymph, brain, heart, and urinary tract

These infections often occur in those on long-term antibiotic therapies, corticosteroids, and immunosuppressant drugs. This type of opportunistic infection is common in those with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, commonly known as AIDS, and also CFIDS (chronic fatigue syndrome).

Primitive bacterial varlents (thecits) Some of these fungal forms are received from the environment, are transmitted sexually, or are transmitted through mother's milk (Candida albicans).

Candida remains in non-virulent phases of development until the terrain allows for its progression into more complex pathogenic forms. The efficacy of many of the SANUM fungal remedies is based on the sexual activity of the particular species of microorganisms (and/or the benign effect altogether, through competition, on the terrain) which is initiated through the process of reinstalling the microbial flora in the body in it's apathogenic earlier phases of development.

The flora that was installed then copulates with the pathogenic variety and shares the sexual information of the earlier phases, which, all things being equal (terrain modulation, removal of stressors, proper diet, lifestyle, etc.) causes the pathogenic form to convert or be reduced to the apathogenic variety. It is believed that the pathogens are also reduced in valence through the actual activity of the copulatory process.

The main causes of pathogenic albicans overgrowth are indiscriminate antibiotic application and dental inclusions from mercury tooth amalgams. Other factors include addictions to coffee, chocolate, drugs, unsafe sexual pratices, immuncompromisation, stress, chemicals, radiation, improper diet, etc.

The fungal overgrowth occurs because its natural competitors have been removed, in the case of antibiotic usage. In the case of dental amalgams or metals, it is due to decreased immunity from immunocompromisation. The candida also adsorbs the mercury in the gut, thereby serving the function of keeping it from moving deeper in the system, to some degree. A good inclusion in a program of remedies for alleviation of mercury toxicity in the nervous system and brain is broken cell wall chlorella, because not only is it similar to the fungus in that it adsorbs the mercury, but also carries it away.

Primitive bacterial variants and cell wall deficient fungal species
I begin this section with a quote from "Cell Wall Deficient Forms: Stealth Pathogens" by Lida Mattman.
"Wall-deficient bacteria are called fungoidal as they produce yeast-like (emphasis added) budding spheres or simulate molds with elongated branching threads. (See chondrothecit and free chondrit plates, respectively). How, then, does one solve the dilemma of recognizing a wall-deficient fungus ? One can start with the vital activity in a fungal filtrate of Candida Albicans where the tiny 0.15-µm particles cannot possibly possess the wide hard wall of the parent.

Colonies developing are usually comprised of twisted Gram-negative skeins so delicate that their course is interrupted by submicroscopic gaps. These fine threads of growth have never been described as part of the classic growth of fungi. (Emphasis added where bolded)."

The above description corroborates the findings of Dr. Günther Enderlein when he described such coccoidal manifestations as being either primitive bacterial variants or the most primitive mycelian strands.

Species of microorganisms which exhibit fungal variants in tissue (in vivo) are only microscopically visible in the blood as the most elementary and minute primitive spore forms, ranging in size up from approximately 0.15 microns. The notion that anyone is viewing fungus balls in phase contrast or darkfield is technically a complete misconception, as the forms which are being regarded as fungal developments are appearing in an alkaline milieu in the blood which will not support the fungal stages of development. This is not to say that the microorganisms may not be a species that can represent fungal developments elsewhere in the body.

But this species specificity is indeterminable by viewing the fresh live blood, as there is not a way to distinguish which species is being viewed without culturing it out through the use of a medium, or by aging or heating the sample, under some conditions. This process changes the phase of development into phases that do not appear, again, in the alkaline milieu of the blood.

The forms that are being viewed (and mistaken for fungus stage) are actually colloid thecits, thrombocytes, chondrits, ascits, synascits, and mychits, all of which are part of the bacterial phase of development, which develops in an alkaline milieu.

Also, the cell wall deficient forms, chondrits which are symplastic, are mistaken for fungal appearances. These chondrits do represent a fermentative process, but not at the level of a fungal appearance.

They are even an earlier stage appearance than the most primitive cell wall mediated bacterial variants. The species, again, are unspecified upon appearance, as they are the same common stages that appear in many species of microorganism developmental cycles.

Some of these developments in polymorphic progressions are actually thrombocytes, and act as regulators, per Dr. Enderlein, and even (in some species) emerge from the red corpuscles in the serum. Some of these ball or balloon-like forms may become functionally pathogenic under certain specific terrain related conditions, and conversely, some of these devlopments certainly are an expression of the body's capacity to mount a defense.

The possibility of making these determinations within this phase of bacterial cellular developments requires that the viewer be able to distinguish the number of nulei which appear within these delicate diaphonous bacterial cells.

This microscopic imagery is only obtainable in a true, ultra illumination darkfield, employing superior plan achro or plan apo medical grade oil immersion iris diaphragm objectives and the proper condenser, which would be of the oil immersion variety also. This determination of the developmental progression of the bacterial variants is generally not able to be made in a phase contrast or differential interference field microscopically, because these fields generally do not provide adequate resolution to count the nuclei which appear within the ball-like cells that develop in conjunction with their primary nuclei (which are the cell wall deficient symprotits until they develope this cell wall mediated appearance). This is a crucial determination which must necessarily be made in order to distinguish the function which is related to the cell's very appearance.

It should also be noted that the pathogenicity of most microbes only exists in one stage of development, being either viral sized, bacterial or fungal. The exception to this is the Endobiont, Mucor racemosus Fresen, wherein any stage above the primitive stages is pathogenic.

Candida is never observed in its fungal phase in the blood because the blood's inherent alkalinity supports it's development only to a spore stage. These spores are extremely minute, and do not progress to visibility at the level where they can be distinguished from other similar microorganisms in the blood except possible through staining.

The primitive bacterial phase microorganisms that are mistakenly called fungus may be part of the developmental phase of a species that has a fungal variant or may culminate as a fungus, but it is an error to call it a fungus in the blood. It is a species that has a fungal variant, and may also have a bacterial phase that occurs in the alkaline milieu of the blood. the ball-like appearances are bacterial phase developments.

These so-called 'fungal balls' appear very similar to each other, regardless of the number of nuclei, in phase contrast, but differ greatly in the higher resolution of Ultra darkfield. In the Ultra-darkfield the number and valence of the nuclei determines their status as potential regulators or pathogens, and it is a mistake to classify them all as the same thing, or as having the same function. Therefore, there may be a thecit (primitive bacterial) phase in the life cycle of the species Candida Albicans. It follows that if Candida appears in the blood, it may exhibit a bacterial phase rather than the fungal phase, or certainly will appear as cell wall deficient spores.
Virus is a primitive stage of development of all microorganisms share and this phase is virtually invisible in the present context of known light microscopy techniques. Microbes are ubiquitous and can rise to their pathogenic phase from any other phase, as their progression is not linear, and the progression is terrain dependent. One must know which stage is pathogenic in order to treat related conditions. For instance, acid-fast rods are not necessary for tuberculosis.

Candida Albicans
This may be one of the most controversial and misunderstood areas in natural health, especially as related to the correction of this fungal condition. I have observed more individuals with failed programs for this condition than any other. And by failed program, I am referring to ending up on what I call the "coping diet". Candida sufferers know this one well. It is the one where you live on this very weird, limited diet and supplementation regimen because you have been unable to determine and reverse the stressors that are causing and maintaining the problem.

This problem of epidemic proportions is where great numbers of the victims of indiscriminate antibiotic use and amalgam dental fillings recipients have ended up.
Pathogenic albicans (chronic candidiasis, more commonly known as candida or thrush) is generally caused by drug use, particularly antibiotic drug use, and poor diet, lowered immunity altogether, and metals, especially dental amalgams.

Mercury will promote the growth of Candida, as it adsorbs the mercury and thereby protects the system. Candida cannot be effectively dealt with without dealing with the dental issues first. This is not an optional appraoch, but necessarily part of the primary approach.

The progressive decline which occurs as related to these mycotic conditions does so in this order. First the antibiotics (which are aimed at E-coli, strep, staph, etc, infections) wipe out the benign and necessary floras in the gut.

The presence of these benign floras (L. acidophilus lactobacillus, bulgaris, B. longum, L.plantarium, L. salivarius, S. faecium, S. thermopilus) is necessary for the equilibrium in the flora system which keeps the competing (potentially pathogenic) yeast forms in check and allows these ever present yeast forms to be a natural occurrence which is apathogenic. The natural balance is maintained through competition of the multiple microbes which are present.

It is interesting to note that many physicians treat this condition with additional antibiotics, causing tremendous problems. Many use Nystatin or other antifungals which can cause the creation of a resistant strain of fungus. They just mutate around it. The preferable remedies would be benign pro-biotic remedies such as SANUM Albicansan, Fortakehl and Pefrakehl which neither create nor further these harmful situations.

When their natural regulators and antagonists are wiped out through antibiotic drug use, the potentially harmless floras (colloids), which are generally kept in check, become more highly developed and propagate in massive numbers in the gut and tissues ( and thereby contribute to a conversely high alkaline pH in the blood), while producing their own species specific acids which maintain the terrain that they require for their maintenance and propagation. In this environment they become more and more virulent and even penetrate and root into the intestinal walls and invade the cells.

These fungal microorganisms become quite at home in the cell, and can be considered to be a third primary potential parasite, along with Mucor and Aspergillus, because of the advent of runaway antibiotic useage over the many years. The only difference is that there is no known symbiosis occuring from the presence of Candida Albicans in the body.

Certain vegetable species colloidal microorganisms produce particular acids to maintain their environment. Examples of this are:
Mucor lactic acid
Aspergillus citric acid
Penicillin penicillic acid

The developmental life-cycle of microbes require differing pH conditions. Some microorganism species find their culminant phase of development in the bacterial phase. The different phases of development of microorganisms require the following terrains for development:
virus, microbe, or primitive form strongly alkaline
bacterial phase weakly alkaline
fungal phase acidic
This developmental process is related to leaky gut syndrome, as the tissues are weakened, even by the infection.

The microorganisms continue to multiply and then invaginate the venous wall (in spore form) and are carried again out of the bloodstream and multiply in the tissues where they deposit their acids, thereby enhancing the acid pH which they require for propagation. This is why individuals with candida feel acidic.

At this point in the total progression of the problem, it is not just because their diet is acidifying. An acidifying diet may be one of the original factors which contributed to this complex problem, though. At this stage it probably will not be possible to balance the pH through diet alone, because of the proliferation which is creating and mainaining its own environment, at that point, through the processes inherent to its upward development which are related to the production of acids.

To achieve the necessary optimum pH balances, these individuals must use some combinations of Alkala (or other bicarbonate combinations), baking soda baths, lemon juice and maple syrup combination (juices only where tolerated), fresh pineapple juice, and electrolyte solutions such as Cell Food, macro minerals, and all citrus fruits and their juices (again, if tolerated).

At this point the reader may think "Fruit juices are full of yeast and sugars. Doesn't this feed the yeast?". This is true, but the point should not be to try to create a dietary approach in order to cope forever with the problem, but rather to just create a diet which is tolerable and supportive to elimination and then to deal with the problem therapeutically with other meeans being the primary methods. The imbalance is not created strictly by dietary imbalances and is not eliminated in this fashion either. I will elaborate to some degree on these approaches further on in the article.

pH balancing and gut flora enhancement or replacement alone will not affect this condition, and most practitioners experience temporary results or failure if they attempt this in combination with an exclusively dietary approach. Most will find some relief with this approach (diet combined with flora replacement) but will then end up living off of the shelves of health food stores, on a continual supplementation regimen that addresses some percentage of the associated symptomology and pathology. The reason for this failure is that the candida has the upper hand in the gut and also systemically, and has to be weeded out first or simultaneously, through utilization of therapies that the yeast cannot mutate around (as in the case of Nystatin and other antifungals).

These therapies may include SANUM remedies (isopathic combinations), ozone, colloidal silver, Beck's box, and Rife type or other electromagnetic field generators. These therapies may be effective in numerous different ways and for varying reasons nad must be recommended and guided by an experieinced practitioner who will know how to combine all of the different elements. Often individuals expect immediate, symptomatic relief. In reality, one should expect to feel worse first, as a great deal of eliminative activity is in order. So it is important to understand that this condition was not created in all of its severity overnight, and it may take a fair amount of time in order to reestablish balance. For severe fungal infections a good approach is to utilize Utilin, Latensin, Pefrakehl, Notakehl, and Albicansan, w/ Alkala, colon cleansing, and kidney and liver drainage. Again, the stressors must be removed first or simultaneously.

The SANUM remedies reintroduce the original form of the microbe which appears in the body and is harmless, before it mutated. In a regualted pH environment this benign form copulates (exchanges information) with the pathogenic forms and they devolve into their original apathogenic forms and can be maintained in thqt range of development.
The mode d' employ of Rife generators is to disturb the microbe's progression through the application of electrical Herzian fields and also through the stimulation of interleukin II and other immune factors.

The Beck box emits pulsed micro-amps causing the blood and tissue cell membranes to oscillate, thereby interfering with the microorganisms ability to parasitize the cell by entering it an using its componenets and protection from the immune system. The cell membrane opens and closes rapidly, flushing the serum in and out, taking with it microorganisms which would otherwise be using the cell interior for its store of nutritional reserves and as an environment in which to replicate or develop into more advanced phases of manifestation. Simultaneously, nutrients are carried in and out, and feed the cell at a much more effective level.

Ozone stimulates interleukin II, alkalinizes the body through the production of ash, oxygenates the blood and tissues, and provides higher forms of oxygen (03 through 013?, or higher depending how it is produced) which share electrons with bacteria, virus, fungus, toxins, chemicals, and reduce all to ash or nonpathogenic forms.

Colloidal silver interferes with the enzyme system that the anaerobic microbes use for respiration. Therefore they cannot mutate around it or become resistant and are eliminated instead. Special care must be taken with colloidal silver to use one that is strong enough and simultaneously supplement the gut flora, as the silver can also interfere with aerobic microorganisms. Failing to supplement the flora, or using a product that only contains 3 to 5 parts per million of silver, appears to be the main limitations in terms of effectiveness. Naturally this approach, like any other, must be accompanied by a full regimen that includes cycles of purification, balancing, and rejuvenation.

Contrary to popular gossip to the contrary by invested promoters, there appears to be some negative side effects to colloidal silver consumption, when used over long periods of time and in relatively high amounts. These include drainage problems and the destruction of intestinal floras. For some, the results of oral use have been complicated gastro intestinal dysbioses and Fortakehl, Albicansan and Pefrakehl and other SANUM preparations in combination may be a better approach as they do not tend to produce those negative results.

Many individuals have been known to exhibit extreme Herxheimer's (healing crisis) reactions with silver. This has particularly been a problem with chronic fatigue syndrome. Lymphatic drainage (homeopathic, herbal, or 714-X, which also regulates the immune system) along with juicing, consumption of a minimum of eight 8 oz. glasses of Crystal Energy water and/or other natural fluids such as juices and herbal teas, colonics or colemas, lymphatic massage, dry brush massage, bouncing exercises, and walking are all required in combination with colloidal silver and also the other aforementioned approaches. It is not useful or necessary to load up the body with unnatural numbers of metals such as silver over extended periods of time in order to maintain good health. It is better to understand the overall biological terrain requirements and meet them through the adjustment of lifestyle.

Nevertheless, it may be very useful to apply colloiddal silver for a measured period of time because of its ability to interfere with the repiratory enzymes of the microorganism. They also cannot mutate around this effect.
Ozone will cause less of a negative reaction than silver. The reaction will not as likely be a result of the breakdown of toxins, but rather congestion in the lymph and liver. This is because the ozone reduces toxins to ash, so they don't get recycled through your bloodstream as poisons on the way out (and by association, through the brain). The Rife and Beck therapies also require all of the same drainage requirements, and the lymphatic thumper (Beck's design) may be useful while the fungus is being reduced.

The best approach, as always, is to combine elements based on the individual's tolerance and needs. Diet alone most likely will not correct this condition of candida overgrowth, but is certainly a necessary adjunct to any program. The dietary needs and reactions will be observed to change greatly after the problem has been addressed.
Many people have been misled through the wrongly held beliefs of most primarily dietarily oriented natural therapists on this subject.

Therefore, I recommend that practitioners understand that the microbe must be reduced both in number and also to its apathogenic form, while ajusting the pH. Acidophilus replacement is not the answer, as the higher phase dominant yeast forms (which have overwhelmed the immune system's capacity to control them) are at such a high valence that they just feast on or suppress the installed lactobacillus strains when the subject is without proper therapeutic intervention.

This mycotic condition was not generally created through dietary means alone, and although diet will be extremely necessary and instrumental in a progrm of complete recovery, it will not on its own be adequate therapeutically, which is the overwhelming and ongoing experience of the numerous masses who are led in the direction of this belief. The immune response is so overwhelmed that the body temporarily needs a "second immune system" in the form of the aforementioned therapeutic approaches, or other effective means.
All of the aforementioned therapeutic approaches (excepting Rife type generators, for some) also relate to how to deal with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, although there are also many other factors, (especially sociological) which need to be dealt with. See "The Four Underlying Causes of Illness and What to Do About Them" by Michael Coyle, for a more complete explanation regarding these syndromes.
It may or may not be necessary for the client to eliminate all yeast containing products (breads, cakes, pastries, yeast related supplements), from the diet. The elimination of these foods is only necessary if they are reactive to them. There is no sound basis to the notion that yeast, such as brewers yeast, feeds fungus. Yet individuals with fungal conditions can be reactive to almost anything, including yeast containing foods and food supplements. Metals are also an extreme deterrent to recovery.
Since microorganisms compete for terrain in the body, it is a necessary and useful corrective approach to supplement body floras once the proper therapeutic inteervention has been established. The gut should contain a great deal of beneficial microorganisms, even measurable in pounds. Flora replacement is therapeutic in that the floras will compete with anaerobic microorganisms and thereby reduce their number, especially once therapeutic intervention has reduced the valence of the pathogens. This is why aerobic gut microorganisms are considered to be an indispensable aspect of the immune system, and should be present as at least 50%, and optimally 100%, of the flora content in the gut.

An good formula for gut flora supplementation, both after and during a program of correction of mycelium dysbiosis, is any flora product which contains:
L. acidophilusB. longumL.planateriumL. rueteriL. salivariusL. bulgaricusE. faeciumS. thermopilusFructo Oligo SacharridesCalcium ascorbateTrace minerals
Albicansan and Pefrakehl are specifics for fungus, and Notakehl and Okubasan for reestablishing gut flora. The water drawn off of hulled barley, drunk, is also useful in reestablishing flora. Use one part barley to one part water, leave it overnight, and drink freely.

Many fungal disorders respond well to a series of courses of Latensin, Notakehl, Pefrakehl, Fortakehl and Albicansan. Reactions may accompany these remedies, and they should only be administered by a trained health professional. These remedies are not antibiotic, but pro-biotic, and work remarkably well. Because the type of fungal dysbiosis which is occurring will not be determinable in the blood picture, the remedies must be applied on the basis other forms of testing such as point testing, Kinesiology, etc.

A strong empirical understanding of how the condition presents and what the primary stressors are in the subjects total life picture is likely the most important means of evaluation of both condition and remedy.

About the Author
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Report of a Wholistic Holiday

Report of a Wholistic Holiday
©Copyright 1998 by James A Kholos, D.C., N.D., USA (Explore Issue: Volume 8, Number 4)

Attending the recent Isopathic/Homeopathic Seminar, January 29 to February 1, 1998 in Scottsdale, Arizona was more than learning about Pleomorphic therapy.

To say the participants only enjoyed the cool Arizona sunsets in the Pueblo Spirit, would be like referring to Native America petroglyphs as graffiti.

The information presented on how to treat and combine different methods and products effectively, the most important Sanum Remedies and their successful interrelationship to other biological remedies, Meridian Therapy and Homeopathy, basic concepts of biological medicine, tools for determining the need for biological medicine, heavy toxicity, Detection and Dtoxification Research and the Biological Terrain, meridians and their structures, thermoregulation and new developments in holistic dentistry and the relationship to biological therapies can only be described as baffling to nearly everyone.

My particular favorite was Dr. Thomas Rau's presentation on the Significance and Clinical Meaning of Darkfield findings, as a new way of interpretation, and understanding Darkfield microscopy as a dynamic examination.

Typical of Enderlein seminars, Chrystyne Jackson consistently makes the desert bloom into a garden with exhibitors, equally worthy, presenting products I consider the cutting edge of science and technology in advanced medicine. It is here in Scottsdale twice yearly, knowledge becomes a gallery telling a story of the medical arts, past present and future.

If advanced medicine has a gold standard Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, Ph.D. occupies this high place equally with friend and colleague, Dr. Thomas Rau. Their fascinating shared experience overlapping Chinese medicine, neural therapy and Dr. Garry Gordon's plain old-fashioned American horse sense, gives one the impression that the mysteries of anti-aging medicine will soon appear like some rock art symbols in a Petroglyph should you survive the next ten years.

The information presented could be considered everything you should want to know, the therapies that are working in Europe you didn't learn in medical school.

"When I left allopathic medicine in 1985 and turned to advanced medicine," related Dr. Robert M. Battle, of Houston, Texas, "I observed a patient suffering from congestive heart failure I had treated without success for five years. After twenty-five chelation (chelation & detoxification) I.V.'s he went from barely breathing, to hiking and jogging."

Dr. Battle invited Bill Glaros, DDS to participate in the dental workshops. He confirmed enthusiastically "every encounter brings an opportunity for a mission". He further confirmed that the fact that stopping the placement of mercury/silver fillings in patients decreases the possibility of the detrimental effects on their health was continuously validated by physicians, researchers and dentists in practice.

Dr. Gabriel Cousens, MD, Psychiatrist, presented his thesis on Spiritual Nutrition and the Rainbow Diet. To think past the popular research that fails to demonstrate that food and nutrients behave differently in different people with different dominant metabolic types has profound implications. Cousens claims that the key to understanding his fast and slow oxidizer concept is knowing how the body produces and metabolizes ATP from glucose.

There are two primary cycles. One is called glycolysis which produces twenty percent of the ATP. The other is called the Citric Acid Cycle, which produces eighty percent. Any interference with the step-by-step breakdown of glucose to ATP from the incomplete oxidation of glucose intermediates in the brain resulting in impaired mental functioning. An example of this might be a deficiency in Niacin which participates in the enzymatic breakdown of sugar at several places in the cycles of energy production. A deficiency of Niacin slows down brain metabolism and therefore affects the creation of energy for the brain-mind function.

It is well known that a Niacin deficiency might result in pellagra with a variety of mental symptoms associated with it, including depression and anxiety. Niacin is also needed for tryptophan metabolism and a Niacin deficiency has been implicated in some forms of schizophrenia. Deficiencies of other vitamins and minerals, as well as pH imbalances may profoundly alter brain energetic functioning and, therefore, the normal functioning of brain-mind activities.

Although glucose metabolism primarily happens in brain metabolism, the adequate utilization of protein and fat breakdown products in the citric acid cycle, significantly affects the amount of ATP that is used in brain metabolism. There needs to be a proper mix of the intermediates, from both glucose metabolism and from fat and protein metabolic breakdown, for the citric acid cycle to produce the optimal amount of energy for proper functioning. I taught Dr. Cousens everything he ever learned between the speaker breaks.

Moving right along, Robert Zieve, MD, a practitioner of Integrative Alternative Medicine, author of Rhythms in Time: the Homeopathic Future, electrified the seminar, presenting an anthro-philosophical approach to developing imaginative thinking in biological medicine.

His thesis, Forming a Curative Community, was based on the genius of Rudolph Steiner, who strived for a Utopian ideal of realizing receptivity to the meaning of life. Dr. Zieve brought us his light beyond the shadow of scientific objectivity into the realm of objective imagination. With a controlled passion under Dr. Zieve's patient guidance, all were set aglow who silently participated in this deep healing, thoughtful awareness training.

We all learned to approach our patients as if they were writing a biography of themselves, beginning with our examination, at that moment in time. With objective examination, our own inner images and feelings of transference craft our fluidity in assisting the patient to enhance creative intellectual thought into a habitual form.

Through workshops on painting with water color, theater, and through therapeutic musical expressions, one can help overcome the part of the patient that does not want to get well. Applying the creative movement of knowledge, the removal of symptoms becomes a process of consciousness. This in fact can change the internal milieu of the patient's biochemistry. We human beings are the only species whose thoughts change our biology.

Speaking of monitoring the biological terrain, Dr. Robert C. Greenberg, Chairman and Founder of Biological Technologies International and the inventor of the BTA's 2000, considered the most advanced and accurate instrument in the world for the assessment of the biological terrain, explained how it works. In brief, by objectively analyzing blood, urine and saliva to establish baseline for pH RH2 (Redox and R (Resistivity), the BTA explores the area of the digestive system, kidneys, and blood for electrical charges between oxidation reduction.

A differential must be maintained at appropriate levels. In other words, too much reduction causes a buildup of acids in the cells through normal metabolic processes, thus revealing the Redox equation and levels of oxidated stress. Oxidative phosphorylation* of the mitochrondia and alphalipoic acid are necessary to help transfer oxygen across the mitochondrial membrane.

Most degenerative diseases begin with the failure of the cycling of oxidative phosphorylation. Other equally important factors as the oxidation of carbohydrates and fats and the Henderson-Hasselbalch enter into the equation.

This follows Dr. Watson's work on slow oxidizers, fast oxidizers, whereby he managed through supplementation to stimulate an increase in fax oxidation and lower the carbohydrate content of his patients' diets. The data collected, tabulated and analyzed yields objective information on treatment protocols.

The BTA is consistent with the premise of Otto Warburg, MD, corresponding to anaerobic and aerobic potentials with relationship to degenerative disease. Like Native American petroglyphs, the biological terrain measurements are not doodles. As anthropologists and historians can offer explanations of the petroglyphs (rock carvings of the Southwest), physicians applying oxygen therapies to offset the nitrogen component realize greater outcomes using the BTA monitoring technology for baseline function studies with their patients.

Another equally effective means utilizing computerized regulation thermography (CRT 2000 Eidam) presented by Daniel Beilin, OMD, joined by Dr. Thomas Rau, explained how patterns of autonomic responses identify skin changes as a regulation for the afferents, spinal cord organ input, organ output spinal cord afferents, and serves as an indicator or key to the origin of disease. Applying a probe to points tested then comparing it to baseline indicates either a hyper- or hypo- function. Using this means of monitoring the immune system, one can arrive at a balanced integrated empirical diagnosis able to pinpoint "dysbiosis" established within the program of the software. The CRT 2000 is designed for the dedicated biological practitioner.

The CRT accomplishes:

• Identification of hidden foci
• Assessment of effectivity of therapeutic modalities
• Dental evaluation
• Breast analysis
• Mesnchymal reflection
• Organ function "scan"
• Neural therapy validation
• Geopathic pattern identity
• Neurological impact assessment
• Fungal/dysbiotic intestinal status measurement
• Quick prioritization of treatment protocols
• Food intolerance vs. terrain analysis

In conclusion, more recently, culminating 15 years of collaborative research, German physicians have developed new indices for terrain, teeth, enteropathy, vitality, physomatic and immune integrity. Much more exciting correlations will be possible as these combined efforts seek new answers.

Highlighting every Enderlein seminar I have attended together with illustrious, overlooked diagnostic possibilities of Dr. Thomas Rau is Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, Ph.D. addressing Neural Therapy. Dietrich gets better with age, and his humble appearance should not detract from his strong and intelligent effective healing techniques. He has published books in both peer-review journals and lay literature, and his German textbook on the psychological counseling techniques "Psycho-Kinesiology" has become a best seller.

He is the President and Founder of The American Academy on Neural Therapy and may be contacted through our Explore offices. If anyone could speculate on why the petroglyphs were made, Dietrich would postulate his impressions based on his deep spiritual life, and knowledge of Jungian psychology as a vision from his own past.

He is neither a Shaman nor Vision seeker, yet this German-American scholar is considered to be the leading authority on Neural Therapy in the world today. Most astounding to me, his new theory on depression, relating seratonin levels to gut bacteria, was most profound. He is a pathfinder in both neurology, kinesiology and orthopedics. This new found knowledge we learned in Arizona this past weekend will resonate in our minds and practices into the next century. The new edict should be that diagnostics should not be labels, rather the symptoms which appear allopathically should be interpreted for what they are in Advanced Medicine.

The renaissance in Biological/Isopathic homeopathics began with Enderlein conferences since 1995. Over the past years, I have witnessed the brightest minds in the healing arts conquer the ignorance of mainstream medicine and learn the shifting paradigms of Advanced Medicine. We honor Professor Dr. Günther Enderlein (1872­1968), for being the founder of the biologics firm SANUM, now Sanum-Kehlbeck GmbH & Co., producer of the Enderlein therapeutic remedies.

Enderlein's contributions fit neither traditional biological terminology, nor medical doctrine. His concept that all blood contains micro-organisms which exist in cooperatively and mutually beneficial relationships (symbiosis) is not easily grasped. Its corollary is that almost all disease processes indicate a disturbed balance of these organisms as they evolve from harmless, and usually helpful viral-like symbionts, into bacterial forms that eventuate as parasitic and pathogenic fungi. These can be broken down by products based on the symbiotic and lower forms of the organisms that are present in all blood. Enderlein anticipated many aspects of psycho-immunology with his emphasis on the somatic influence of mind and emotions. He outlined how the autonomic nervous system and endocrine metabolic systems influence and are influenced by the endobiont cycles.

Dr. Klinghardt revisited this premonition of Enderlein, presenting the most substantial science yet proving Enderlein's original hypothesis. Much of today's medical turmoil results from the medical establishment's resistance to change. Integrating different methods and the new therapy prescription schedules was the order of the day in Scottsdale.

Dr. Abram Ber, MD spoke and few whispers could be heard when the man welcomed us as "Brothers and Sisters". He has become the unofficial Chairman of the Board.

Leading in the forefront, among several distinguished exhibitors, was the Allergy Research Group. Again the theme of gut reaction had been featured prominently in the November 17, 1997 Newsweek article on "Leaky Gut Syndrome". Isopathic and practicing nutritional health providers have long acknowledged the concept of intestinal permeability and its clinical importance ("Leaky Gut Syndrome") in numerous pathologies. Steven Levine, President, has designed several new nutritional formulas I consider to be on the cutting edge of neutraceuticals today. Such products as live protein, amino acids, gastric nutritional support programs, super-food concentrates, and many other products have been developed with scientific cooperation.

Doctors Data, the premier reference laboratory for multi-element amino acid and other specialty assays advised the participants tapping into their immense data base which included the latest research in nutrition and bio-chemistry.

A new instrument called NervExpress can detect the early signs of aging and its reversal. This device offers quantitative objectivization of alternative treatments. Heart Rhythm Instruments, Inc. of New York City has a new scientific approach based on heart rate variability and spectral analysis. It can also measure the quantitative effect of spinal manipulative therapy on the autonomic nervous system.

Another delightful exhibitor was Avatar Data Acquisition Patient Monitoring Systems. This advanced instrumentation is even FDA registered electronics approved for testing acupuncture points based on VOLL/EAV protocols. Come to think of it, the FDA once called the EKG quackery. None of the vendors or exhibitors presented products that I would consider Doctors' Confidential; however, discretion may be advised with your state licensing agency.

Other loyalists and royals exhibited products from localized hypothermia by Indiba S.A. to Ron Williams' Biotron, in my opinion the simplest and most effective EAV instrument on the market today. Dr. Richard Clements, Medical Director of Heel Homeopathics attended and was equally excited with the product presentation that featured both Sanum and Heel remedies used in combination. My favorite vendor, Michael Coyle of NuLife Sciences makes buying a microscope as easy as obtaining a 0% interest loan. Dr. Andreas Marx of Marco Pharma Laboratories was on hand to share his useful knowledge with the seminar attendees.

The Enderlein Family of Advanced Medicine will reconvene this coming June 1998 for another conference on June 11th to 14th,1998. Take your minerals complete and be among the rock art symbols of freedom of medical expression. The flintstones of allopathic medicine may stay in their caves, but we, the advance guard of alternative medicine, perceive them to be nothing but fossils in the Arizona desert.

Join us at the Holiday Inn/SunSpree Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona and enjoy a Wholistic Holiday! You deserve it!! u

About the Author:
Dr. James A. Kholos, DC, ND is affiliated with the American Naturopathic Medical Association, The Academy of Anti-Aging Medicines, and is a contributing editor to the National Health Federation. He is a nationally known public access host of his own program "Outlook on Health" that showcases alternative medicine and cutting edge therapies for degenerative conditions. He is the author of Athletic Training for Cardiac Recovery and is a regular medical correspondent at Enderlein seminars. He is also a microscopist certified through the Enderlein Foundation. Anyone wishing to purchase his book or other books mentioned in this article may do so through the Explore Book Club. See Resource Directory for purchase of tapes from this seminar and the Enderlein seminar of June 1997.

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