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In this important Sunday edition, British surgeon and researcher Dr. Andrew Wakefield joins Alex in studio for an in-depth interview dealing with the fraud and hoax that was run against his research to help children by the media and and Big Pharmaceuticals. He also calls for a united resistance against the policy and profits being wrought by the Big Pharmaceuticals which are destroying any possibility for safe vaccines to be acquired.
Interview with Dr Andrew Wakefield about the British Medical Journal, science and vaccines. In this video interview, Dr Wakefield says that BMJ is factually incorrect in accusing Wakefield of falsifying the study data in his 1998 paper published in The Lancet.
"[The data] were faithfully reproduced in the Lancet paper, and they were made in the most scrupulous, meticulous way. Those are the facts. Brian Deer knew those facts. When he made his allegations to the BMJ, he knew those facts. Did he disclose them to the BMJ? More importantly, did the BMJ, as a peer reviewed scientific journal, did they check the facts? Because the facts were fully available to them in the book Callous Disregard."
Dr Wakefield also explains how this desperate move by the BMJ to attack Dr Wakefield has eroded the credibility of the publication:
"They have been hijacked by a freelance journalist who is not expert in any of these fields. They have handed over their journal to this man and allowed him to publish knowingly false allegations, and they have gone along with it. In my opinion, they [the BMJ] have blown their scientific credibility. In their desperation... their fundamental belief that vaccines must be safe, [they say] please don't tell me this terrible disease has been caused by the physician, don't tell me that. Tell me anything but that, and we will take any information, even information from Brian Deer, that will convince us it's safe, and we will publish that, because that conforms with our belief system. That makes us feel more comfortable. That makes us feel that we, as a profession, are not culpable in this extraordinary disorder."
In this interview, Dr Wakefield also discusses the motivation for the BMJ to grasp at any effort to discredit those who question the safety of vaccines:
"They are so keen to prove me wrong, to prove the parents wrong, and to exonerate the medical profession, their political friends, their pharmaceutical friends, whoever it is, that...
As with many of the health professions, chiropractic has continued to develop advanced instrument adjusting technology. The advantages of instrument adjusting are many, but first let us examine exactly what is instrument adjusting? The ArthroStim is an adjusting instrument that is an alternative to manual adjustments.
At our Perth chiropractic office like many other offices worldwide now, we use the ArthroStim adjusting instrument. I believe that this instrument offers technological advances that are not available from other instruments and products in the marketplace. Being able to employ multiple techniques, styles and technologies I feel we are able to address a wide variety of challenging and debilitating cases that we often see.
Instrument adjusting is not new. However over the past 25 years or so, the advances in technology have seen the effectiveness and versatility of the instruments improve at a rapid rate. Research initially began in the early days using a modified dental instrument on animals. Then focusing on force, speed, vertebral movement and the neurophysiology of the body, research was begun on human subjects.
Five Benefits of Instrument Adjusting
The ArthroStim instrument that we use in our office is specifically designed to deliver gentle, safe and precise chiropractic adjustments to the spine and other joints. If proper function can be restored the benefits may include, pain relief, improved range of motion, increased immune function, and improved general overall well being.
Different force settings can be used in different areas of the body. Different force and frequency settings allow the practitioner to select the appropriate force settings for safety, effectiveness and achieving the best results with patients. The instrument can be adjusted to deliver from a few ounces of force up to 40 pounds of force.
The instrument produces 12 thrusts per second. Multiple thrusts or single thrusts can be utilised depending on the area of the body being adjusted. Single thrust adjusting may be more indicated for articular adjusting or extremities. The multiple thrust application may be used for misaligned or fixated musculo-skeletal areas. These rapid successive adjustments allow the practitioner to administer a more comfortable, effective adjustment.
This article is meant as a guide and a general overview of chiropractic instrument adjusting, it is not meant to substitute for a thorough examination or medical advice from a qualified health care professional. Consult your chiropractor or other provider for specific advice regarding your particular individual health needs.
Yours in health,
Dr. Stacey Burke and Dr. Eric Brukwinski
Doctors of Chiropractic
West Coast Family Chiropractic,
22 Banks Ave, Hillarys, WA 6025, AUSTRALIA
(08) 9402 8845 http://www.westcoastfamilychiropractic.com
Shoulder pain is one of the most common problems that brings a person to a Chiropractor's office. Hillarys Chiropractor Stacey Burke discusses three common types of shoulder pain and how chiropractic can help.
The shoulder joint is the region of the body where the humerus attaches to the scapula, and the supporting muscles.
Painful shoulder problems are one of the most common reasons for chiropractic visits for musculoskeletal symptoms. The shoulder has the most movement of the major joints in the body. On the flipside, because of this large range of motion, it is relatively unstable and easily subject to injury. The head of the humerus (ball) is larger than the socket of the shoulder joint that holds it. To stabilise the shoulder joint, the muscles, tendons and ligaments anchor the bones of the joint together. Overuse injuries, degenerative changes and lack of use or movement can all contribute to tissue breakdown, loss of function and disruption to the supporting musculature.
The shoulder is comprised of three osseus structures: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) as well as the supporting musculature, ligaments and tendons. The articulations between the bones of the shoulder make up the shoulder joints. The muscle groups and tendons that stabilise the shoulder are called the "rotator cuff." These muscles include the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis, they hold the humerus (ball) in the glenoid fossa (socket).
There are many types of shoulder conditions, for the purposes of this article, are aim is to give a broad overview of three different types and how Chiropractic care may improve the health and function of the shoulder region.
Some indications that you may be experienceing a shoulder problem or shoulder pain and need further examination include: the inability to carry objects or use your arm without pain, pain while sleeping or at rest, pain that is ongoing and lasts more than a few days, unable to lift your arm, sweeling or bruising around the shoulder area, redness, joint size changes or other obvious unusual changes to the shoulder area. The pain can be local and just in and around the shoulder joint, or it may be referred and going down the arm and possibly into the hand, or into the middle back and lower neck area. Sometimes gallbladder, liver or heart disease, or cervical spine disease can all cause referred pain into the shoulder through the various nerve pathways. However, shoulder blade pain or scapula pain have a higher probability of the problem coming from the cervical spine.
A comprehensive evaluation that would include a personal history, a complete physical examination, orthopedic and neurological examination and if required xrays and possibly advanced imaging to determine the exact cause of the pain. If there is a tear, it most likely could be in one of the tendons of the rotator cuff, occasionally a tear may occur in one of the rotator cuff muscles . The supraspinatus tendon is the most commonly torn rotator cuff tendon.
The orthopedic tests can help determine or isolate which tendon or tendons and muscles (in a severe injury) may be injured.
Some of the shoulder pain conditions that I see in my office are arthritis, referred pain second to cervical disc degeneration and frozen shoulder. On rare occassion, shoulder pain may be caused by some form of pathology or tumour inside the body.
Arthritis
Arthritic shoulder pain is not as common as the other types. It is usually progressive and develops slowly over time. The shoulder joint area may have tenderness, swelling and stiffness when aggravated. The shoulder joint can be affected by both rheumatoid and osteoarthritis. Degeneration in the joint, or "wear and tear," is a progressive wearing away of the cartilage on the boney surfaces of the joint, exposing bare bone. Rheumatoid arthritis, on the other hand, is a systemic condition that causes inflammation of the lining of the joints. This inflammation can, over time, invade and destroy the cartilage and bone. Gentle chiropractic mobilisation of the shoulder and spine, accompanied with stretching and strengthening of the muscles around the shoulder joint may help with the inflammation improve function of the shoulder joint. Maintaining strength in the shoulder muscles may prevent further atrophy of the muscles, and possibly slow down any further degenerative changes. In severe cases joint replacement surgery may be an option.
Neck Pain or Degeneration
Shoulder pain can happen as a result of degeneration in the cervical spine or injury to the neck or thoracic spine. Degenerative disks narrow the joint space between two vertebra, causing increased irritation and pinching on the nerves in the neck or middle back region. Those nerves leave the neck or upper back area and go into the shoulders and arms, or provide the nerve supply of muscles that are around the shoulder girdle. This type of damage can cause referred pain into the shoulder area. Sometimes shoulder pain is actually due to problems in your neck or a mixture of several different problems. Neck pain as a result degenerative change is relatively common. The pain may radiate, or spread, into the shoulder blade or down the arm. Patients may have an arm or shoulder complaint , such as pain or weakness, as the result of nerve root compression. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one type of advanced imaging to determine if the discs are injured or being encroached upon. Symptoms may include neck pain, pain around the back of the shoulder blades, arm complaints such as pain, numbness, or weakness, and rarely, difficulty with hand dexterity or walking. Treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease provides good to excellent results in over 75% of patients. A multi-disciplinary approach includes: Chiropractic adjustments which can be useful in decreasing muscle spasms and improving mobility. Heat, and exercise may also have benefit in improving function and stabilising the degenerative area. In severe cases surgery may be an option.
Frozen Shoulder
The proper term for Frozen shoulder is adhesive capsulitis. The shoulder capsule, and the connective tissue around the shoulder joint, inflame and become very stiff. The tissues then start to grow together forming abnormal tissue bands, called adhesions. These adhesions cause a reduced range of motion or movement and chronic pain. The pain is often felt deep in the shoulder joint and may be worse at night. The exact cause of frozen shoulder is still not certain. It can be very painful and disabling and patients are sometimes slow to recover. Chiropractic may have a few applications when it comes to frozen shoulder. It may be preventative, by maintaining mobility in the joint, as well as lifestyle modifications with a healthy diet and exeercise, that may decrease the likelihood of frozen shoulder occuring. Certain diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease can have an effect on joint mobility as they progress. If you are able to keep moving well, perhaps you will age well also. Chiropractic may help to stimulate physical health and may offset the common ailments that are often associated with aging. For treatment, chiropractors generally don't use anesthetics in treating frozen shoulder. Instead they employ a variety of techniques to manage the pain, and to restore range of motion and function in the shoulder. Chiropractors often use heat and cold to relieve pain and gentle chiropractic mobilisation of the shoulder and spine, accompanied with stretching and strengthening of the muscles around the shoulder.
This is a very general overview of three types of shoulder pain. Treatment varies from person to person and can involve any of the following: chiropractic, massage therapy and surgery in severe cases. Response to treatment and the length of time it can take, varies from person to person, depending on the level of damage. Chiropractic can be a safe, gentle and effective approach to helping with shoulder pain conditions. As with any type of health problem it is recommended to see your health care professional for a further in depth assessment and examination for a more accurate individual treatment recommendation.
Yours in health,
Dr. Stacey Burke and Dr. Eric Brukwinski
Doctors of Chiropractic
West Coast Family Chiropractic,
22 Banks Ave, Hillarys, WA 6025, AUSTRALIA
(08) 9402 8845 http://www.westcoastfamilychiropractic.com
Millions of people have dental amalgam silver fillings implanted in their teeth. Dental amalgam is the most commonly used material to repair cavities. Amalgams are a mixture of the toxic metals mercury, zinc, tin and copper. Amalgam fillings contain 50% mercury and only 20 to 35% silver. Mercury is highly toxic and causes many health problems! http://relfe.com/mercury.html
Mercury vapor escapes from amalgam fillings, is inhaled and swallowed. This causes low level mercury poisoning in the body. The amount of mercury in the brain is directly linked to the number and the size of amalgam fillings. Mercury passes through the placental barrier and even enters the mother's breast milk! Mercury affects the body chemistry and disrupts organs. http://wholebodymed.com/thescience.php
Dental amalgams were first introduced in 1833 but many dentists refused to implant them due to the mercury. In 1843, the American Society of Dental Surgeons declared the use of dental amalgam a malpractice(!) and forced its members to abstain from using amalgams.
Proponents of amalgam continued to claim that dental amalgam was safe because it was supposedly inert in the filling. Since dental amalgam was less expensive and easier to work with than gold fillings, it wasn't long before dental amalgam was routinely used by most dentists.
In 1926, Dr. Alfred Stock showed that mercury vapor escapes from amalgam fillings and that this could cause significant health damage. The American Dental Association (ADA) vigorously defended dental amalgams its widespread use was continued.
In 1986, the ADA finally admitted that mercury vapor escapes from the amalgam fillings but remained adamant that amalgams were safe, and in 1986 it changed its code of ethics, making it unethical for dentists to inform patients of the health risks of amalgams or to recommend removal of amalgams... http://wholebodymed.com/historypolit.php http://wholisticresearch.com/info/art...
Norway, Denmark and Sweden have ended use of mercury fillings and many dental schools no longer teach mercury placement. Germany, Canada, and California require mercury toxicity warnings to be given to pregnant women.
There are healthier alternatives to dental amalgam such as composite resin (white) fillings, porcelain, and glass ionomers but make sure they don't contain added fluoride! Gold is not a healthy alternative as it will produce electrical currents within your mouth.
Here are 5 important things to look for when choosing a Chiropractor: #1. You should insist that they respect your time as valuable. That's why our office has a 15 Minute Wait Guarantee. We appreciate your time is valuable and don't expect anyone to wait more than 15 minutes. After all, isn't your time just as valuable as your Doctors? #2. You should insist on years of practical experience. The average Chiropractor internationally has treated 389 patients however, Dr. Burke and Dr. Brukwinski at West Coast Family Chiropractic http://www.westcoastfamilychiropracti... have each treated over 3000 chiropractic cases to date which is almost 10 times more than the average Chiropractor.
#3. You should insist that your chiropractor offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Most won't because they aren't confident in their services. We are. Just how confident are we? We offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. We can't guarantee you results but we can guarantee you complete satisfaction in the way you've been treated. If at any time during your treatment you feel like you haven't been treated like a V.I.P., tell us and we'll make it right.
#4. You should insist that your Doctor provide a risk-free way for you to try out his office. Most offices charge in excess of $200 for a first visit. However we offer a new patient special rate at our Hillarys Chiropractic office of just $49 for your first visit and that covers everything.#5. You should insist that your Chiropractor offer a no-pressure, affordable way to seek treatment. Many will suggest extended treatment plans lasting 6 months or more. We believe in a more affordable and conservative approach to treatment. We offer multiple payment plans that put our treatment plans within reach of every type of budget.
Perth chiropractor Eric Brukwinski of West Coast Family Chiropractic http://www.westcoastfamilychiropractic.com speaks to the experts, Tony and Tania Santoro of Bedroom World http://www.bedroomworld.com.au in Clarkson WA about "How To Choose The Best Mattress." A good nights sleep can change a person's entire life, don't play guessing games. Listen to what the experts have to say.
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The film follows each participant's remarkable journey and captures the medical, physical, and emotional transformations brought on by this diet and lifestyle change. We witness moments of struggle, support, and hope as what is revealed, with startling clarity, is that diet can reverse diabetes* and change lives.
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(Natural News) Investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that eating a low-calorie yet nutritionally balanced diet lowers concentrations of a thyroid hormone called triiodothyronine (T3), which controls the body's energy balance and cellular metabolism. The researchers also found that calorie restriction (CR) decreases the circulating concentration of a powerful inflammatory molecule called tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF). They say the combination of lower T3 levels and reduced inflammationmay slow the aging process by reducing the body's metabolic rate as well as oxidative damage to cells and tissues. Previousresearchon mice and rats has shown that bothcalorie restrictionand endurance exercise protect them against many chronic diseases including obesity, diabetes,cardiovascular diseaseand some types of cancer. However, the research has shown that only CR increases the animals' maximumlifespanby up to 50 percent. These animal studies suggest that leanness is a key factor in the prevention of age-associateddisease, but reducing caloric intake is needed to slow downaging. For the new study, researchers examined 28 members of the Calorie Restriction Society who had been eating a CR diet for an average of six years. Although the CR group consumed fewer calories -- averaging only about 1,800 per day -- they consumed at least 100 percent of the recommended daily amounts ofproteinand micronutrients. A second group of 28 study subjects was sedentary, and they ate a standardWestern diet. A third group in the study ate a standard Western diet -- approximately 2,700 calories per day -- but also did endurance training. The researchers found reduced T3 levels -- similar to those seen in animals whose rate of aging is reduced by CR -- only in the people on CR diets. But their serum concentrations of two otherhormones-- thyroxin (T4) andthyroidstimulating hormone (TSH) -- were normal, indicating that those on CR were not suffering from the thyroid disease of clinical hypothyroidism. Thefindingsare published online in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Interestingly,body fatlevels did not affect serum T3 concentrations. The people in the CR group and the endurance athletes had similar amounts and composition ofbodyfat. But although the CR group had lower T3 levels, the exercise group had T3 levels closer to those seen in the sedentary people who ate a standard Western diet. "The difference in T3 levels between the CR group and the exercise group is exciting because it suggests that CR has some specific anti-aging effects that are due to lower energy intake, rather than to leanness," says first author Luigi Fontana, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor ofmedicineat Washington University in St. Louis and an investigator at the Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy. "These findings suggest that although exercise helps prevent problems that can cut life short -- such as obesity,diabetesand cardiovascular disease -- only CR appears also to have an impact on primary aging." Primary aging determines maximal length of life. Secondary aging, on the other hand, refers to diseases that can keep a person or an animal from reaching that expected lifespan. Eliminating factors related to secondary aging allows more people to reach their projected length of life. By slowing primary aging, CR may increase maximal lifespan. In a related study in 1997, co-investigator John O. Holloszy, M.D., professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, reported in the Journal of Applied Physiology that in rats, CR extended life longer than exercise. "Sedentary rats who ate a standard diet had the shortest average life-spans," Holloszy says. "Those who exercised by running on a wheel lived longer, but animals on calorie restriction lived even longer." Earlier this year, Fontana's group reported that CR seemed to prevent or delay primary aging in the heart. Ultrasound examinations showed that the hearts of people on calorie restriction were more elastic than those of age- and gender-matched control subjects. Their hearts were able to relax between beats in a way similar to the hearts of younger people. This latest study targeted another marker of primary aging. Thethyroid glandproduces critical hormones that play an indispensable role in cell growth and development as well as in lipid and carbohydratemetabolism. T4 is the main product secreted by the cells of the thyroid gland, but most actions of thyroid hormone are initiated by T3. Fontana says T3 controls body temperature, cellular metabolism and to some extent, it also appears to be involved with production of free radicals, unstable molecules that can damage cells. All are important aspects of aging and longevity. In fact, a 2002 study in Science magazine from researchers at the National Institute on Aging observed that men with lower body temperatures tended to live longer those with higher body temperatures. Fontana says lower levels of T3, cholesterol and the inflammatory molecules TNF and C-reactive protein, combined with evidence of "younger" hearts in people on calorie restriction, suggest that humans on CR have the same adaptive responses as did animals whose rates of aging were slowed by CR. Holloszy and Fontana are getting ready to launch a 2-year study to look at the effects of calorie restriction. Later this year, they will begin recruiting volunteers between the ages of 25 and 45 who are willing to go on a CR diet for 24 months. Called the Comprehensive Assessment of the Long Term effects of Reducing Intake of Energy (CALERIE) study, the goal is to get some clues about whether putting a normal weight person on calorie restriction will lower their levels of inflammation and their serum concentrations of T3, improve their heart function and change other markers of aging, as Fontana and Holloszy have observed in members of the Calorie Restriction Society. "We want to learn whether calorie restriction can reverse some of these markers of aging in healthy people," Holloszy says. "It's going to be many years before we know whether calorie restriction really lengthens life, but if we can demonstrate that it changes these markers of aging, such as oxidative damage and inflammation, we'll have a pretty good idea that it's influencing aging in the same way that CR slows aging in experimental animals."
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