By Geoff Depaula on 8/31/2010 10:10 AM

This is a resource ALL PATIENTS WHO HAVE CANCER (or anyone who knows someone who has cancer) SHOULD KNOW ABOUT!  This resource is Dr. Ralph Moss and his website CANCER DECISIONS.COM.  He is a Ph.D. cancer researcher who has written many CANCER SPECIFIC reports from his extensive global cancer research article screenings.  So basically what you have here is someone who has been looking into the best of Western medicine, and Alternative medicine cancer therapies, and has been working for you for the last 20+ years and now you have found him.  I personally was able to look at one of his reports recently when my step mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and subsequent brain metastasis.  I was very impressed by the comprehensiveness of the report, and by the fact that along with the report you get a 30 min phone consult with Dr.Moss to ask questions.  I personal Read More »

By Geoff Depaula on 7/14/2010 11:30 AM

 

Dr. Alexander Khoruts had run out of options.

In 2008, Dr. Khoruts, a gastroenterologist at the University of Minnesota, took on a patient suffering from a vicious gut infection of Clostridium difficile. She was crippled by constant diarrhea, which had left her in a wheelchair wearing diapers. Dr. Khoruts treated her with an assortment of antibiotics, but nothing could stop the bacteria. His patient was wasting away, losing 60 pounds over the course of eight months. “She was just dwindling down the drain, and she probably would have died,” Dr. Khoruts said.

Dr. Khoruts decided his patient needed a transplant. But he didn’t give her a piece of someone else’s intestines, or a stomach, or any other organ. Instead, he gave her some of her husband’s bacteria.

Dr. Khoruts mixed a small sample of her husband’s stool with saline solution and delivered i

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By Geoff Depaula on 7/12/2010 1:09 PM

What is neck pain?

Neck pain is a common condition — so common, in fact, that the expression "a pain in the neck" is an oft-used figure of speech in English. It can be mild enough so that it is a mere annoyance, or severe enough that it can adversely affect the quality of one's life. Because of its position and range of motion, and because it plays a vital role in the support of the head, the neck is more subject to injury than any other portion of the spine. While it is much less frequent than back pain, neck pain can occasionally be severe enough to warrant attention from a licensed health professional.

Neck pain can have a variety of causes. Keeping your head in an awkward position can cause your neck muscles to fatigue and the joints in your neck to "lock" in place, causing discomfort, s Read More »

By Geoff Depaula on 7/2/2010 1:52 PM

Here is a great little intro video to BIODYNAMIC FARMING and what it means.  I believe this is the future of HOLISTIC FARMING practices and will surpass the "organic" label as far as quality and superior nutrient density.  Biodynamics is a way of farming based on the principles of Rudolf Steiner (founder of the Waldorf School philosophy).  I believe that biodynamics are now where "organic" was 25 years ago.  It has mostly been used in Europe (where Steiner is from) and is really just starting to catch on in the US.  Check it out if your interested in optimal health via nutrient dense food.

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By Geoff Depaula on 6/23/2010 11:53 AM

The New England School of Acupuncture in Newton today said it was awarded a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to finance a clinical trial focused on the use of acupuncture in the treatment of Gulf War Illness.

The school said the trial is the first of its type and will explore whether acupuncture can provide war veterans with relief for symptoms such as fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, headaches, dizziness, memory problems, indigestion, skin problems, shortness of breath and mood disorders.

The school said that more than 100,000 of the 700,000 Gulf War veterans have reported chronic multi-symptom illnesses that persist for years after seeking treatment.

The trial’s participants will include 120 veterans from the Boston/New England area suffering from Gulf War Illness. They will be treated by licensed acupuncturists for their most distressing symptom.

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By Geoff Depaula on 6/15/2010 11:49 AM

Recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition confirmed that Japanese children who received a daily dose of vitamin D3 were 58% less likely to come down with influenza A, the most common type of seasonal flu. There was also a significant decrease in asthma attacks in children who had a history of asthma. However, there was no proof that vitamin D3 supplementation prevented influenza type B.

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By Geoff Depaula on 6/8/2010 8:45 PM

"This study was just routine,' said Russian biologist Alexi V. Surov, in what could end up as the understatement of the century." So writes Jeffrey Smith, founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology, and he continues, "Surov and his colleagues set out to discover if Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) soy, grown on 91% of US soybean fields, leads to problems in growth or reproduction.  What he discovered may uproot a multi-billion dollar industry."

Surov fed hamsters for two years over three generations with soy, and those on a GM diet, and especially the group on the maximum GM soy diet, Smith affirms, "showed devastating results. By the third generation, most GM soy-fed hamsters lost the ability to have babies. They also suffered slower growth, and the high mortality rate among the pups."

Smith further stated, "And if this isn't shocking enough, some in t Read More »

By Geoff Depaula on 6/3/2010 3:45 PM

1544 readers from a Consumer Reports survey judged that medication and talk therapy are equally as effective for the treatment of these conditions anxiety and depression.  However, you can expect side effects from antidepressant medications, and you can expect long-term benefits from talk therapy.  Take your pick. 

Recently, the Journal of Psychopharmacology released a study of St. John's Wort for the treatment of mild to moderate depression.  What they found is that St John's wort (900mg/day) is as OR MORE effective than medication WITHOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS.  In addition, in the clinic I have found that 900mg of St. John's Wort daily works quite well for patients with mild to moderate depression (note that it usually takes six weeks before the full effect is noticed).

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By Geoff Depaula on 6/3/2010 3:28 PM

A Jan. 6, 2010 report in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association analyzed data from six clinical trials of antidepressants conducted between 1980 and 2009 involving 718 patients. The study concluded that when people with mild or even moderate depression took a pill, their symptoms improved.

The kicker: the improvement was the same, on average, whether the pill was a real drug or a look-alike placebo.  Only among people with more severe symptoms did the real drugs have an edge over the placebo.

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By Geoff Depaula on 5/24/2010 2:46 PM

The last revision of US guidelines increased the number of American’s for whom statins are recommended from 13 million to 36 million, most of whom do not yet have but are estimated to be at moderately elevated risk of developing coronary heart disease.
 
Statins did not reduce total coronary heart disease events in 10,990 women in these primary prevention trials. Similarly, in 3,239 men and women older than 69 years, statins did not reduce total cardiovascular events.
 
Absolute risk reduction of 1.5% is small and means that 67 people have to be treated for 5 years to prevent one such event.
 

SOURCE: Lancet-Vol 369, Jan 20. 2007 p.168

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