Don't know if you listers are familiar with this doctor, but you occasionally find something worthwhile in his free e-newsletter. I have already berated him for not having a single archive item on CS.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Andrew Saul" <drs...@doctoryourself.com> To: <n...@doctoryourself.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 6:22 PM Subject: DOCTOR YOURSELF NEWS (Vol 2, No 20) August 20, 2002 > (To immediately unsubscribe and receive confirmation of it, please send a > blank email to > news-unsubscr...@doctoryourself.com ) > > "A lot of people go through life trying to prove that the things that are > good for them are wrong." > (Ward Cleaver, on "Leave it to Beaver") > > The DOCTOR YOURSELF NEWSLETTER (Vol 2, No 20) August 20, 2002 > "Free of charge, free of advertising, and free of the A.M.A." > Written by Andrew Saul, PhD. of http://www.doctoryourself.com , a free > online library of over 350 natural healing articles with nearly 4,000 > scientific references. > > HEALTH CO-OPS: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME. . . MAYBE > For twenty years I have been advocating that people form their own > neighborhood health self-reliance cooperatives. > ( http://www.doctoryourself.com/faq.html ) These could be organized along > the lines of a club, day-care pool, or neighborhood watch group. The > benefits might be considerable. Imagine if all your neighbors pooled their > knowledge of what they'd found to be effective for, say, baby's colic. What > a great, free, 3-in-the-morning resource for the new parent. How about > sharing the best cough or fever remedies? How did your friends get their > kids into the local public schools without having them vaccinated? Which > doctors (as opposed to witch doctors) near you are any good? Who in town > will let you borrow their copy of that hard-to-find health book you want to > read? > > The possibilities are virtually limitless. So are the potential pitfalls. > > Such a group assumes that people want to take the time to learn, > ( http://www.doctoryourself.com/advice.html ) and then take the time to > unselfishly share. That's a lot of assumption, but it is vital. Otherwise, > no dice. Everybody will tell you how busy they always are, at least until > their kid is sick and they suddenly hope YOU are there for them. One-sided > simply won't work. It takes two to make a marriage work, but only one to > wreck it. In a group, it takes everyone to make it work, and only one to > ruin the experience for all. I have found internet newsgroups to be a case > in point. > > Even a well-functioning health self-reliance group could easily become > parasitized by profit-seekers. Health product distributors are everywhere, > and are quick to see sales opportunities in enlisting such a bunch of > interested people. There is little doubt that a successful information co-op > would have to resist commercialization, and that is not easy. > > Then there is the legality of it all. You may treat yourself and your > immediate family with little threat from the powers that be, but your > assistance to a neighbor might cross both the criminal line of medical > practice and the civil line of liability. Good Samaritan laws > notwithstanding, non-emergency aid to another family would have to be most > carefully provided. As long as ones input is free of charge, and strictly > educational in nature, I do not think there is a jury out there that would > convict. But the worry would remain. > > These turn out to be among the reasons why we have doctors, why they charge > fees, and why we are generally content to go to them. And this is why you > probably feel like you are on your own when it comes to learning about what > ails you. > > Fortunately, there are resources for you Lone Rangers. The internet and > your public library continue to be the two best places for you to look up > and learn about a health issue. There is **no such thing** as information > that is only available to physicians. You can read anything they can. > http://www.doctoryourself.com/healthquestions.html > And here are some great papers that your doctor probably has **not** read, > so perhaps you'd better: > http://www.doctoryourself.com/vithall.html > > I get a lot of mail from people who are reluctant (if not downright > unwilling) to search and find and read for themselves. Folks often send me, > unrequested, their detailed medical histories (Sometimes fully illustrated, > too. Please: no more hemorrhoid surgery photos; my collection is adequate.) > They fully expect me to review the matter and advise them on precisely what > to do. > > That's not going to happen with me. Remember, I am not a physician. If you > need that kind of service, see your doctor. > > To be free of such a need, see your librarian and ask for any of the books > mentioned here: > http://www.doctoryourself.com/bestbooks.html > http://www.doctoryourself.com/morebooks.html > http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_reviews.html > And if you really want to do it up right, take this along with you: > http://www.doctoryourself.com/bibliography.html > > Fanatically interested persons who just cannot get enough health knowledge > (you know how you are, and I love you all) will have a good time with the > "References" links on the http://www.doctoryourself.com main page. Scroll > way, way down to the "R's" on the left-hand, blue index column. The complete > bibliographies of many excellent orthomolecular (megavitamin) doctors are > there for your use. > > As for me, I expect to continue to offer my million-word website, free of > charge to all, 24 hours a day. http://www.doctoryourself.com is one among > many out there, just waiting for you to hit the trail and learn to fend for > your health needs yourself. My "Links" page has a bunch of other sites that > you might like to start with. > http://www.doctoryourself.com/links.html > > I think you and your family can be an effective co-op of your own. > > BI REQUEST: BIPOLAR DISORDER (also known as Manic Depressive) > > This is one of the most frequently searched-for topics at > http://doctoryourself.com Here's the good news: Psychiatrist Abram Hoffer, > M.D., has successfully treated bipolar patients nutritionally for some 50 > years. He writes: > > "Marion, age 32, consulted me October 2 because she suffered from chronic > fatigue and was unable to cope with recurrent infections. She had been > diagnosed bipolar psychosis (manic depressive) and had been on and off > lithium for 13 years. When on lithium her mood cycled very rapidly. In mid > July she was diagnosed depression and started on an antidepressant which was > very helpful. But when I saw her she told me about the voices she had heard > in the past, about her paranoia, poor memory and difficulty with > concentration. I started her on a dairy free diet with ascorbic acid 1,000 > mg after each meal, pyridoxine 250 mg daily, zinc citrate 50 mg daily, > selenium 200 mcg daily and a B complex 50's once daily. By November 18 she > was well. She had started to improve about ten days after starting on the > program." > > "A man came up to me and greeted me as if he knew me. He told me I had seen > him many years earlier. He was well and neatly dressed and buying groceries. > He was still taking three grams of niacin which he thought was great and we > discussed the best way to take it. This morning I looked up his file. I > first saw him in 1976 in the intensive care unit of the psychiatric > hospital. He had suffered from mood swings all of his life. His diagnosis > was chronic schizophrenia. He was admitted to a chronic mental hospital in > 1970 following abuse of amphetamines. After that he was admitted to many > hospitals. He suffered from hallucinations, voices and visions, paranoid > ideas, mood swings and was often hyperexcitable. He was very depressed. He > had been in several fights, I considered him either suicidal or homicidal. > He was admitted again in 1977 to another service and was not given any > vitamins. Of course he had also been diagnosed bipolar. He drank a lot and > used street drugs. After I saw him again I started him on niacin 1 gram > after each meal, and ascorbic acid the same dose. I saw him last August 5, > 1981. He had been abstinent for 17 days. His response to niacin and ascorbic > acid illustrates once more what can be achieved with chronic patients if > they continue to remain on these vitamins for many years." > > "A young woman brought her psychotic mother. Her mother was guided by her > daughter and walked with her eyes closed. Since 1960 she was been in a > mental hospital more than half of the time, and continually since 1990. Her > current diagnosis was bipolar psychosis. She had several series of > electroconvulsive treatments in the past and was on five different modern > drugs currently. But in spite of at least 5 million dollars worth of > treatment in the hospital she was just as sick as she had ever been. Her > daughter had read Miss Margot Kidder's account of her recovery > ( http://www.doctoryourself.com/CSF_endowment.html ) , was inspired and > became determined to help her mother. Had she been started on niacin in 1960 > she surely would have been well in a few years and her life and that of her > family entirely different. She was schizophrenic. I do not accept that > bipolar patients hear voices all the time and see visions. This is > characteristic of schizophrenia with mood swings. But she could have been > labeled schizo-affective and the treatment would have been the same. She > represents the best that modern psychiatry can do, and it is not good > enough. Unfortunately because she has been sick so long and exposed to the > sick atmosphere and attitudes of the chronic mental hospital it will take a > long time, perhaps up to ten years or longer. But her daughter was > determined she would help no matter how long it took. This case represents > the real cost of sloth and inertia in the psychiatric profession. When > patients recover, they get jobs and pay income tax. When they are treated > with drugs only, they do not." > > (From "Megavitamin Therapy for Psychosis," by Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D., > F.R.C.P.S. (Can.) which is posted at > http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_psychosis.html ) > > "The manic/depressive state was assessed in 24 subjects who completed two > generally accepted psychometric tests. Each patient was provided with either > a three gram (3,000 mg) ascorbic acid effervescent tablet or a placebo. In > the vitamin C treated group, the severity of the bipolar state was reduced > within the first hour and then declined even more rapidly between the second > and fourth hours. No change occurred in the placebo subset." > > (From "Antioxidants in Health and Disease: The Big Picture E. Cheraskin, MD, > DMD" (Reprinted with permission of the author and the Journal of > Orthomolecular Medicine 10: #2, 89-96, Second Quarter, 1995. The full text > of this paper is posted at > http://www.doctoryourself.com/antioxidants.html ) > > > MORE INFORMATION AND THERAPEUTIC DOSAGE SUGGESTIONS: > > A listing of excellent books on nutritional psychiatry written by Dr. Hoffer > will be found at > http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_hoffer.html > > Dr. Melvyn Werbach's Nutritional Influences on Illness > http://www.doctoryourself.com/morebooks.html , pages 85-91 and the newer > Textbook of Nutritional Medicine > http://www.doctoryourself.com/werbach.html , pages 174-179 (containing over > 50 references) each contains a major section on bipolar disorder. Though > niacin is not discussed, the other nutritional recommendations are important > reading. > > READERS ASK: > "I am trying to cut down on my meat intake. Is chicken a meat?" > > Yes. Select your rationale from the choices below. > Blunt answer: if it bleeds all over the place when you cut off its head, it' > s meat. > Clever answer: I saw a cartoon once that showed a farmer planting chicken > eggs in freshly-plowed soil in the spring. In the next frame, it showed the > beaks coming up after a rain. > > NEW CASE REPORTS > > Topical Vitamin C for HPV, Genital Herpes, and Herpes Simplex: Vitamin C as > an Antiviral > > Antiviral properties of vitamin C are especially noticeable at the highest > concentrations. There is no way to get a higher concentration than pure > vitamin C powder applied directly to herpes lesions or human papilloma virus > "warts." Ascorbic acid powder, though most effective, can smart a bit if > there is a break in the skin. You can use buffered C powder such as calcium > ascorbate or sodium ascorbate. Or, for those who want the best results for > the least cash, just mix in some sodium bicarbonate ("Arm and Hammer Baking > Soda") to make the ascorbic acid pH neutral. I have knowledge of cases where > such treatment has gotten rid of the problem in a few days, without > reoccurrence even over considerable lengths of time. > > Oral Saturation Doses of Vitamin C for "Pinkeye" (Conjunctivitis): Vitamin C > as an Antibiotic > > A 22 year old contact-lens-wearing young woman, weight about 125 lbs, with a > history of occasional conjunctivitis had a recent flare-up most noticeable > by the evening. There was considerable redness, discharge, swelling and > itching. She decided to try an alternative to her usual doctor-prescribed > antibiotic eye drops. The alternative was high-dose vitamin C therapy, > beginning with a whopping 8,000 mg at 10 PM. Next morning, she took a > "loading dose" of 4,000 mg at about 7AM; another 4,000 mg at 9 AM; then > 2,000 mg about every 15 minutes until she reached bowel tolerance or > "saturation." > ( http://www.doctoryourself.com/titration.html ). This took about two hours. > She cut back on the vitamin C but kept taking as much as she could hold, > without actually having diarrhea, and her symptoms were gone by 4 PM. Total > elapsed time to cure: 18 hours. . . and she was asleep for half of that. > > READERS SAY > FOOD POISONING: Vitamin C as an Antibiotic > > "Greetings from Mexico. Just wanted to write and say thanks for the tips in > your Newsletter and website, and to report my latest success with vitamin C. > > "I've been reading Pauling's "How to Live Longer and Feel Better" (see > review below) which I happened to have bought just a few days before you > recently recommended it. It was in a used book store for 25 pesos. Talk > about serendipity! > > "I have lived here in Mexico for over ten years and I have learned that when > I have food poisoning I'd better head for the antibiotic powder that I've > always had to use. This time, though, I decided to grab my vitamin C > instead. So I took 2,000 to 4,000 milligrams every few hours and it really > worked. Here I am at the end of only one day and I seem to be pulling out of > the ordeal quite nicely. > > "The first time I got this I lost about 15 pounds in 3 or 4 days. Montezuma > does not mess around. Mil gracias! Salud y saludos!" > > BOOK REVIEW: > How to Live Longer and Feel Better, by Linus Pauling (1986) New York: > Freeman > > After bringing high-dose vitamin C therapy for colds and flu to the public > (and to much of the medical profession) around 1970, Dr. Pauling has had to > spend quite a bit of time defending the vitamin from under-informed critics. > In this recent work, Pauling prevents his most thorough case yet for > much-larger-than-RDA doses of ALL the vitamins. He answers his critics with > facts from reputable scientific journals and books. Pauling has a rare gift > for making the complex understandable, and his talent shows most clearly in > this book. Distilling thirty pages of references into logical, common-sense > advice, he covers vitamins and cancer, heart disease, aging, infectious > diseases, vitamin safety, toxicity and side effects, medicines, doctors > attitudes, nutrition history, vitamin biochemistry and more. With that, he > still finds time to clearly summarize as he goes, and to include some > personal thoughts on attaining world peace. This is perhaps the strongest > presentation ever written on the need for supplemental vitamins. (312 pages, > paperback.) > > More on VACCINATION: > Catherine writes: > > "I would like to commend you on the latest newsletter (Vol 2, No 19 > http://www.doctoryourself.com/news/v2n19.txt ) regarding the vaccination > issue. I found it very balanced and extremely informative. I have chosen > not to vaccinate my six children now for the last 19 years. I have been > active in the education of the public as to the dangers of vaccination, and > have home schooled as well. > > "Having said that, I would like to offer a suggestion. "Informed consent" by > definition means that you are with knowledge allowing experimentation on > your child or your self. For this reason, I have for several years now, in > conjunction with the midwifery community, used the phrase "informed choice." > I think after you see the definition to informed consent compared with > informed choice, the reasoning makes sense." > > Sure does. Thank you for keeping me honest. > > DOCTORYOURSELF.COM is Three Years Old This Month. > Launched in August 1999, http://www.doctoryourself.com has grown from 35 > hits a day to now receiving about a third of a million visitors each year. > Thank you to all who have helped the site grow through your participation, > letters, and recommendations to friends and family. > > AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT: > Next month will see the publication of the 50th DOCTOR YOURSELF NEWSLETTER. > Did you miss any? Not to worry: All back issues are online and freely > available for you to read at > http://www.doctoryourself.com/backissues.html > > Rainbow News Magazine (PO Box 13209, Tauranga 3001, New Zealand > www.rainbownews.co.nz ) has just published my article "How to Avoid > Pesticides" in their August-September 2002 issue, page 55. You can also read > it online at > http://www.doctoryourself.com/pesticides.html > > CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT: > Common Cause Medical Research Foundation, August 23-25, 2002, Windsor Locks, > CT. Vaccination dangers, chronic illness, and other important subjects will > be discussed. More information: 860-875-8927 or 585-453-9187. (I am not > affiliated with this organization, but have seen its Journal of Degenerative > Diseases and think it is well done.) > > Privacy Statement: > We do not sell, and we do not share, our mailing list or your email address > with anyone. 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