Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients articles from January 1 2006

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients archives from January 1 2006

4th German workshop on clinical metal toxicology.
January 1, 2006... Another Ibcmt-approved workshop was successfully completed in Hersbruck, near Nuremberg, Germany. Lectures were held in the German language by Dr. Raymond Pahlplatz MD of the Netherlands and E. Blaurock-Busch PhD, Germany. Particular attention...

Intravenous vitamin C is selectively toxic to cancer cells.
January 1, 2006... National Institutes of Health scientists have confirmed the concepts that vitamin C is selectively toxic to cancer cells and that tumor-toxic levels of vitamin C can be attained using intravenous administration. The article, published in the...

Self-injury in autistic teens.(care and treatment)
January 1, 2006... Bernard Rimland, PhD, gives an overview of factors that contribute to aggression and self-injury among autistic teens in a 2005 article for Autism Research Review International. Physical pain from migraine, chronic infection, stomach pain, and,...

Vitamin C effective for melasma ...(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Sixteen women with idiopathic melasma were randomly assigned to apply 5% ascorbic acid cream on one side of the face and 4% hydroquinone cream on the other side, each night for 16 weeks. Sunscreen was applied daily throughout the study. The...

... and vitamin C lowers uric acid levels ...(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... One hundred eighty-four nonsmoking volunteers (mean age, 58 years) were randomly assigned to receive, in double-blind fashion, one of the following for two months: 1) vitamin C 500 (mg/day), 2) vitamin E (RRR-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, 400...

Topical garlic extract heals warts and corns.
January 1, 2006... Twenty-three patients with 2 to 96 warts (all on the hands except for two cases with plantar warts) and 9 patients with 1 to 2 corns on the feet applied a lipid extract of garlic twice a day until full or best recovery was seen. Complete...

Can DHEA help prevent diabetes?(dehydroepiandrosterone)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Twenty-eight women (mean age, 50.2 years) with hypoadrenalism due to Addison's disease (71%) or bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing's disease (29%) were randomly assigned to receive, in double-blind fashion, 50 mg/day of DHEA or placebo for 12...

Does watching television make kids fat?(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Sixteen non-overweight children (aged 12-16 years) were studied during three separate three-week periods: 1) baseline, 2) increasing targeted sedentary behaviors by 25-50% (increase phase), and 3) decreasing targeted sedentary behaviors by...

Nutrigenomic testing and the methylation pathway.
January 1, 2006... Many factors influence susceptibility to disease. These include an individual's stress load, environmental toxins, the exposure to infectious agents, as well as underlying genetic susceptibility to these diseases. The precise combination of...

Noninvasive assessment of intestinal inflammation: inflammatory bowel disease vs. irritable bowel syndrome.
January 1, 2006... Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are two chronic conditions associated with diarrhea and abdominal pain, and these symptoms are among the most common reasons that patients seek medical advice. Differential...

Assessment of biochemical and nutritional individuality through organic acid testing.
January 1, 2006... Organic acid testing was developed to detect devastating pathology which is why it is the first test that is run on most all of us at birth. Before a newborn is able to leave the hospital, "Inborn Errors of Metabolism" (IEOM) are universally...

Do patients with the same symptoms need the same intervention?(TRIAD profile for clinical assessment)
January 1, 2006... Patients with similar symptoms can have remarkably different metabolic and nutritional needs. Contrastingly, patients with comparable laboratory results often exhibit widely divergent symptoms. The TRIAD[TM] Profile helps you target each...

Functional lab tests to evaluate immune competencies in chronic illness and chronic infection.(part 1)
January 1, 2006... Aspects of immune function of clinical importance: Brief overview This article addresses the following question: What immune defense and repair system (IDRS) functional tests evaluate individual health status in a way that allows...

Recent peer-reviewed research on serum IgG-based food allergy tests.
January 1, 2006... "I thought of that old joke, y'know, this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, 'Doc, uh, my brother's crazy. He thinks he's a chicken.' And the doctor says, 'Well, why don't you turn him in?' And the guy says, 'I would, but I need the...

The validity of urinary neurotransmitter measurements.
January 1, 2006... Background Many diseases are associated with specific chemical alterations; these alterations are commonly called biomarkers and are routinely used to determine if a medical event or process will occur, is occurring, or has occurred. While...

Assess and correct: neurotransmitter imbalances.
January 1, 2006... Neurotransmitters are brain chemicals that relay signals between nerve cells (neurons). When neurotransmitter levels are too high or too low, they send the wrong signals, triggering serious health problems. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Interview with Dr. Bernie Siegel.(Interview)
January 1, 2006... Why did you write 101 Exercises for the Soul? How does it relate to your previous books? I wrote it to help people connect with what lies within each of us but at a deeper level of meaning. Most of us work at the thinking, ego, external,...

Undeclared war and Celiac disease.
January 1, 2006... There is an undeclared battle going on in medicine, and I am not referring to how insurers and doctors get reimbursed or patient approval for treatment. I am referring to the growing divide between conventional and alternative medicine. And...

Importance of magnesium in cardiac health.
January 1, 2006... While I have long been interested in the mineral magnesium--because of personal health problems as well as my professional training in hospital dietetics--I have found no other book on the subject that describes in lay language the complexity...

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy.(Letters to the Editor)
January 1, 2006... In the June 2005 issue of the Townsend Letter you published my letter about my daughter. In May of 2003 she had surgery. The day following surgery she had a seizure which left her completely disabled. She was completely blind and otherwise...

Read those studies carefully.(Editorial)
January 1, 2006... In the old days, country doctors worked tirelessly and charged reasonable fees, ethical drug companies (yes, they could straight-facedly call themselves that back then) sold remedies like uva ursi and ginger extract, and getting sick did not...

An expose of a highly touted, over-promoted food.(The Whole Soy Story, The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food)(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... The Whole Soy Story, The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food by Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN New Trends Publishing, Washington, DC 20007 USA US $29.95; Can.$41.95, orders: 877-707-1776; 457 pages, hardcover, 2005,??? As...

Neurosomatic medicine.(Tuning the Brain: Principles and Practice of Neurosomatic Medicine)(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Tuning the Brain: Principles and Practice of Neurosomatic Medicine by Jay A. Goldstein, MD Haworth Press, 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, New York 13904-1580 USA 2004, 515 pp., $49.94 Softbound, $79.95 Hardbound The first thing to...

Medium-chain fatty acids: the healthy fats.(Coconut Cures )(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Coconut Cures by Bruce Fife, ND Piccadilly Books, Ltd., P.O. Box 25203, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80936 USA, info@piccadillybooks.com Paperback, c.2005, $15.95, 256 pp. Of all the confusing and contradictory information given...

Another myth is shot down.(Salt For Your Health)(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Salt For Your Health by David Brownstein, MD Medical Alternatives Press, 4173 Fieldbrook Rd., West Bloomfield, Michigan 48323 USA, 888-647-5616 or www.drbrownstein.com ISBN: 0-9660882-4-7, 136pp. $15.00 Salt For Your Health...

A naturopathic self-study in diet & nutrition.
January 1, 2006... The author has experimented with several types of diets over a period of six years. These include a grain-based, high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet of the caliber recommended by the USDA food pyramid and other authorities. And after this, a...

Treat the patient--not the blood tests!(Highly Effective Treatments for Pain and Fatigue)
January 1, 2006... Before the development of lab testing, most physicians had to rely on the art of medicine to diagnose and treat. They had to come to grips with their underlying insecurities and infallibility, and fall back on their art, mind, and intuition....

Keys to homeopathic treatment success.(Healing with Homeopathy)
January 1, 2006... Homeopaths and their patients both hope for the successful outcome of homeopathic treatment. Patients try to tell their story as well as possible to give the homeopath what he or she needs to find the correct homeopathic medicine, while...

Townsend calendar.(Calendar)
January 1, 2006... JANUARY 13-15: ENERGY MEDICINE: 3rd ANNUAL MEETING-NEUROTOXIN MEDIATED ILLNESSES: A LOOK BEYOND ANTIBIOTICS with Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD in Bellevue, Washington. CONTACT: The Institute of Neurobiology, 425-637-9339; fax 425-637-9669;...

Premenstrual syndrome--a review of herbal and nutritional interventions.(Women's Health Update)
January 1, 2006... Eighty percent of women experience premenstrual emotional or physical changes, whereas only about 20-40% of these women have difficulties as a result. A much smaller number, about 2.5-5 percent, (1) feel it has a significantly negative impact...

Nutritional influences on constipation.(Nutritional Influences on Illness)
January 1, 2006... Dietary Factors In the absence of organic disease, inadequacy of dietary fiber in the modern Western diet is believed to be the primary cause for constipation. (1) Undigested fiber absorbs water which increases the weight and bulk of the...