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{"title":"Interview with Dr. Barbara Brewitt: the fundamental role of cell signaling in healing and relevance to autism","authors":"B. Brewitt, T. Small","doi":"10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00081","url":null,"abstract":"Cell signaling provides the fundamental information the body needs to heal itself. Cell signaling underlies all mental and physical activities including repair and regeneration processes at the cellular level. Complex disorders are involved with autism and other pediatric developmental disorders, including HIV. Similarities between autism and HIV are discussed. Autism disorders involve damage to basic defense and developmental systems including nervous, immune, endocrine and biological. A unified approach to treating these DNA, RNA, gene and cell signaling disorders is to identify and support for basic foundations the body has established for healing. Use of oral and topical cell signaling natural medicines provides the body with what it needs, in safe and low enough concentrations, to potentially evoke healing and repair without stimulating adverse side effects such as further toxicity or lactic acidosis. Cell signaling involves growth factors normally found in the body at very low concentrations. Cell signaling natural medicines are one way to talk to the body using normal, natural, signal transduction pathways that are initiated when G-proteins are turned on via growth factor cell receptors. G-proteins act as a universal on/off switch that are frequently damaged by mercury or other toxic heavy metals. Growth factors are one of the methods the cell has evolved to use for repair of G-protein and cell membrane damage. Cell signaling treatment approaches are discussed in this phone interview from the perspective of science, clinical study efficacy, HIV study results on infected children in South African subsistence living settlements and case study reports. © Copyright 2005 Pearblossom Private School, Inc.–Publishing Division. All rights reserved.","PeriodicalId":363866,"journal":{"name":"Medical Veritas: The Journal of Medical Truth","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114507070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exposure to anthrax vaccination and pyridostigmine bromide (PB) tablets as associated with geographic location during the First Persian Gulf War","authors":"W. Schumm, A. P. Jurich, Farrell J. Webb, S. Bollman, Earl J. Reppert, Carlos S. Castelo","doi":"10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00067","url":null,"abstract":"Data from over 600 Reserve Component Persian Gulf War veterans were analyzed to assess associations between anthrax vaccination, receipt of pyridostigmine bromide tablets, gender, ethnic minority status, ground force status, and rank with geographic location during the months of January and March 1991. Substantial associations were detected. Veterans who had deployed forward on land were more likely to report anthrax vaccination, use of pyridostigmine bromide tablets, to be ethnic minorities, to be females (in selected areas), and to be ground or land forces (Army or Marine Corps assets). Substantial associations were also found between anthrax vaccination and use of PB tablets with being a member of land/ground forces. Furthermore, anthrax vaccination was strongly associated with use of PB tablets. Use of PB tablets but not anthrax vaccination was associated with being near the suspected Khamisiyah nerve agent plume. Implications for future multivariate research into potential causes of Gulf War illnesses are discussed. © Copyright 2005 Pearblossom Private School, Inc.–Publishing Division. All rights reserved.","PeriodicalId":363866,"journal":{"name":"Medical Veritas: The Journal of Medical Truth","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114202964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ADD-ing it up: soy infant formula, ADD/ADHD, and manganese toxicity","authors":"Kaayla T. Daniel","doi":"10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00068","url":null,"abstract":"Manganese is an essential trace mineral, but high levels are neurotoxic to newborns. Infants fed soy infant formula ingest as much as 80 times more manganese per day than those who are breast fed. Although healthy toddlers, children and adults exposed to excess manganese can usually eliminate most of it, infants cannot because their immature livers are not fully functional. At the same time, their growing brains and other organs are highly susceptible to damage from neurotoxins. This article reviews research showing that neonates exposed to the high levels of manganese present in soy formula are at increased risk for neurodevelopmental abnormalities, including an impaired ability to make the neurotransmitter dopamine and damage to the substantia nigra, caudate, putamen and globus pallidus areas of the brain. These findings suggest that soy infant formula is a likely contributor to the epidemic of ADD/ADHD and other cognitive and behavioral disorders. This paper is a slightly revised and updated version of Chapter 21 from my book The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food (Publisher: NewTrends Publishing, Inc. (March 10, 2005); ISBN: 0967089751). © Copyright 2005 Pearblossom Private School, Inc.–Publishing Division. All rights reserved.","PeriodicalId":363866,"journal":{"name":"Medical Veritas: The Journal of Medical Truth","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121934103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Commentary--Holiday every day for Pharma under the Bush Administration","authors":"E. Pringle","doi":"10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00088","url":null,"abstract":"A December 21, 2004 report by the watchdog group Public Citizen provides information that explains why it’s been a holiday every day for the pharmaceutical industry, since George W. Bush took office. Thirteen pharmaceutical industry executives or lobbyists rank among Bush’s “Rangers” and “Pioneers,” the honorary titles given to those who have raised at least $200,000 or $100,000, respectively, for one of Bush’s presidential campaigns, according to Public Citizen, “Together, these pharmaceutical industry super-fundraisers have raised at least $2.2 million for Bush.” This report also provides details concerning TeenScreen, the Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP), and other programs, including Medicaid, the National Institute of Health (NIH), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) riddled with conflicts of interest. © Copyright 2005. Pearblossom Private School, Inc.–Publishing Division. All rights reserved.","PeriodicalId":363866,"journal":{"name":"Medical Veritas: The Journal of Medical Truth","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116814007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Leaving well alone: a natural approach to the third stage of labor","authors":"S. Buckley","doi":"10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00063","url":null,"abstract":"Medical management of the third stage of labor—the time between birth of the baby and birth of the placenta—has become routine in recent times, especially the use of ‘active management of the third stage’ to prevent postpartum hemorrhage. This paper critiques the components of active management (use of an oxytocic drug to contract the new mother’s uterus; early clamping of the baby’s cord; controlled cord traction to deliver the baby’s placenta) from the perspective of both mother and baby. In particular, the author presents evidence that early cord clamping deprives the newborn baby of up to 50% of blood volume; possible health sequelae are discussed. The research on early clamping and effects such as jaundice and polycythemia are presented and critiqued. For the mother, factors in modern obstetric care that contribute to the risk of postpartum hemorrhage are discussed. These include interventions such as induction, epidurals, forceps and caesarean surgery. The components of active management and their effects on the mother are critiqued from a physiological and hormonal perspective. The author argues that third stage will be optimized through attention to the physiology and especially the psycho-hormonal aspects of this unique time. Recommendations include freedom for the mother to choose her position for birth and delivery of the placenta; ensuring a warm, private and undisturbed atmosphere for the first meeting of mother and baby; delayed cord clamping until delivery of the placenta; and not separating mother and baby. © Copyright 2005 Pearblossom Private School, Inc.–Publishing Division. All rights reserved.","PeriodicalId":363866,"journal":{"name":"Medical Veritas: The Journal of Medical Truth","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116563958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mercury toxicity: Genetic susceptibility and synergistic effects","authors":"Boyd E. Haley","doi":"10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00070","url":null,"abstract":"Mercury toxicity and intoxication (poisoning) are realities that every American needs to face. Both the Environmental Protection Agency and National Academy of Science state that between 8 to 10% of American women have mercury levels that would render any child they gave birth to neurological disorders. One of six children in the USA have a neurodevelopmental disorder according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet our dentistry and medicine continue to expose all patients to mercury. This article discusses the obvious sources of mercury exposures that can be easily prevented. It also points out that genetic susceptibility and exposures to other materials that synergistically enhance mercury and ethylmercury toxicity need to be evaluated, and that by their existence prevent the actual determination of a “safe level” of mercury exposure for all. The mercury sources we consider are from dentistry and from drugs, mainly vaccines, that, in today’s world are not only unnecessary sources, but also sources that are being increasingly recognized as being significantly deleterious to the health of many. © Copyright 2005, Pearblossom Private School, Inc.–Publishing Division.","PeriodicalId":363866,"journal":{"name":"Medical Veritas: The Journal of Medical Truth","volume":"110 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114059299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Power of Parents Rally, October 7-8, 2005","authors":"Jennifer Smith","doi":"10.1588/medver.2005.02.00079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1588/medver.2005.02.00079","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":363866,"journal":{"name":"Medical Veritas: The Journal of Medical Truth","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128074750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Vaccination and autoimmunity: reassessing evidence","authors":"M. Girard","doi":"10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00072","url":null,"abstract":"The autoimmune risks of vaccines seem frequently overlooked. Whereas most available vaccinations are supposed to produce long-lasting immunity, the fact that they can also produce long-term detrimental immune effects seems to be ignored as evidenced by the short duration of safety studies during development. Likewise, whereas it seems natural to simply rely on surrogate markers, such as antibodies, to demonstrate vaccine efficacy, the levels of evidence required to acknowledge adverse effects is far higher. Reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) are deemed more conclusive when reassuring than when suggesting significant toxicity. As a result of these blatant biases in clinical and/or epidemiological research, experts on autoimmunity and vaccine critics are limited to demonstrating theoretical mechanisms because evidence in practice is lacking. Known as the bias of the selective assessment, this unbalance in the demonstration of the benefits as compared to the risks is the bete noire of evidence-based medicine. Therefore, when readjusted to the demonstrative level normally viewed as sufficient in clinical research in general and in vaccine science specifically, the corpus of data on the autoimmune hazards of vaccines appears certainly more impressive than generally recognized and calls for further research, for an overall reassessment of the benefit/risk ratio of vaccines including multiple vaccinations. Because vaccines are now aimed at preventing diseases which may be quite rare, the Hippocratic principle of prudence is more than ever a very topical issue.","PeriodicalId":363866,"journal":{"name":"Medical Veritas: The Journal of Medical Truth","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128625554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hypothesis--How mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy works and why it is good for our children","authors":"J. Buckley","doi":"10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00085","url":null,"abstract":"Physicists figured out years ago that a gas under pressure is more likely to dissolve into liquid——in mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the gas is oxygen and the liquid is blood. But under pressure, oxygen doesn’’t only hook up to red blood cells (the ““traditional”” way oxygen is delivered to tissues), it also dissolves into the plasma. When that plasma circulates near dormant or injured tissue such as an encephalopathic brain, a bruised muscle, a sprained tendon, or a surgical wound, the oxygen in the plasma can and does dissolve further into the damaged area than the oxygen that’’s attached to the red blood cell in that ““traditional”” delivery system. When hyperbaric therapy was first used, higher pressures of 2-4 ATA (absolute atmospheres) of pressure and 100% oxygen were used. The world of hyperbaric medicine is learning that lower pressures (1.3 ATA in the portable chambers approved by the FDA for use in the home, 1.3-1.5 ATA in larger hospital and clinic based chambers) and less oxygen (often 21 to 40% FiO2) seem to have excellent effect on multiple systems of our bodies. In particular, lower pressure appears to be more beneficial for the injured brain than higher pressure. We can look to apparent healing of the brain by monitoring its perfusion and activity. We can also monitor behaviors, response to stimuli (sensory function) and motor skills. Monitoring of cerebral brain flow can be done with a Brain SPECT (Single Photo Emission Computed Tomography) scan. SPECT scans before and after 40 sessions of mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy (MHBOT) have shown dramatic improvements in cerebral brain flow that is sustained over time. In addition, three recent small studies conducted independently at three different centers showed significant improvement in behavior ratings scales with mild hyperbaric therapy. This would seem to correlate with the improved cerebral brain flow that has already been documented. These results will need larger studies and ongoing research but initial findings are very promising. In addition to impacting cerebral brain flow in injured brains, lower pressure hyperbaric therapy has been shown to positively impact natural killer cell function and thus, immune function. It has also been found to be of benefit in inflammatory conditions and has facilitated improvement in gut disease such as Crohn’’s and ulcerative colitis. MHBOT has been shown to increase glutathione levels by 15% for at least 24 hours after therapy in previous studies. These areas are all of interest for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) as they are often impaired in their children. One question that has not yet been answered is the endpoint for mild hyperbaric therapy. Families continue to report significant improvement with many more than 40 sessions. The ability, with a chamber approved for use at home by the FDA, to safely continue daily therapy at home is potentially of tremendous value to families involved in multiple hours of thera","PeriodicalId":363866,"journal":{"name":"Medical Veritas: The Journal of Medical Truth","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125684466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"Something is Rotten, But Not Just in Denmark\"","authors":"David G. Weldon","doi":"10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00058","url":null,"abstract":"That is largely due to the endless demands on your time, effort, emotions, and money in caring for the unique needs of your children. There is little left to engage the public at large and the Congress in particular. I see that changing. Certainly, last week’s Institute of Medicine “report” has had one positive effect, it has united and reinvigorated you and the parents of autistic and vaccine injured children across this nation.","PeriodicalId":363866,"journal":{"name":"Medical Veritas: The Journal of Medical Truth","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121825559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}