By camborw on November 26, 2008
For years, EDTA held a clean record regarding safety but in the past few years, there have been rumors concerning the safety of EDTA. Unfortunately these rumors are true. Due to some poorly trained doctors, hospitals and pharmacies, the wrong medication was incorrectly administered to patients and they were injured or died. EDTA has two [...]
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Posted in Chelation | Tagged Chelation therapy, holistic medicine, integrative medicine, LDA, natural medicine, Portland Oregon
By camborw on November 19, 2008
About two years ago, a new patient arrived at the office for an appointment. She had just been released from the hospital where she had a psychiatric workup for extreme anxiety and depression. Ten days later she emerged with the diagnosis of bipolar disorder and was on at least ten medications. Her personality seemed flat which [...]
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Posted in Anxiety-Depression-Mood, Chronic & Acquired Diseases, Parkinson's Disease
By camborw on November 12, 2008
The major focus of detoxification for most people involves the liver and digestive system but astute patients look further to what is known as metabolic detoxification and chelation to reduce toxins in the organs, soft tissue, nerve and muscle tissue. One such chelator is DMPS. What is DMPS? It is a chelator named Dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid [...]
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Posted in Chelation
By camborw on November 5, 2008
Acetyl-l-Carnatine Part 3 This product is derived from lysine and methionine and is synthesized in the liver and kidneys. It is found in highest concentrations in tissues that use fatty acids such as skeletal and cardiac muscle as it helps fatty acid oxidation-the process of transport across the mitochondra membrane to allow for oxidation of [...]
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Posted in Antioxidants
By camborw on October 29, 2008
L- CARNOSINE Part 2 Part 1 Alpha Lipoic Acid Part 3 Acetyl-l-Carnatine n 1900 in Moscow, Gulevitsch and Amiradgibi isolated a new compound. In 1994 Professor Steven Charles Gallant attention was drawn to an experiment and found that when l-carnosine was added to old human cells in a culture, it was able to rejuvenate the [...]
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Posted in Antioxidants, Nutritional Therapies
By camborw on October 22, 2008
Alpha Lipoic Acid Part 1 Part 2 L- Carnosine to follow Part 3 Acetyl-l-Carnatine to follow A landmark study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the 1950′s after Eli Lilly backed the discovery of the important synthetic amino acid alpha lipoic acid (ALA). (1) The study shows the synergistic affects [...]
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Posted in Antioxidants, Nutritional Therapies
By camborw on October 15, 2008
DDT, DDE, DDD, DDA-Organochlorine Pesticide Part 1 DDT is an organochlorine insecticide that was first synthesized in 1874 and was a commonly used pesticide in the United States on crops and in buildings until 1972 when it was banned from use. It was banned in Mexico in 2000 but is still used in Africa, South [...]
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Posted in Chronic & Acquired Diseases, Detoxification, Neurotoxicity, Pesticides, Termite Extermination
By camborw on October 8, 2008
Our children seemingly have chronic exposure to pesticides from the womb to the grave. Over a lifetime, with approximately 4.5 billion pounds of chemicals applied annually to crops, buildings and lawns in the United States, is it any wonder chronic illness in on the rise? Reports of 50% intake of pesticide exposure occur within the [...]
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Posted in Allergy, Child health, Chronic & Acquired Diseases, Neurotoxicity, Pesticides
By camborw on October 1, 2008
The plastics industries insists that their products used in cooking and storage poses no risk to humans, yet a study by a Swedish and Danish team found a strong correlation between levels of phthalates and allergy symptoms in children. Phthalates are the chemicals commonly used to soften plastic. Research funded by the Swedish Research Council [...]
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Posted in Allergy
By camborw on September 22, 2008
Alzheimer’s Disease is an age related health issue that concerns everyone over the age of fifty. If it doesn’t, it should. More than half of nursing home beds are occupied by Alzheimer’s Disease patients AND Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the Number 4 Killer of Americans, causing over 100,000 deaths each year in the USA alone. [...]
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Posted in Chronic & Acquired Diseases, General