Toronto scientists cure disease in mice

Tom Blackwell, National Post Published: Friday, December 15, 2006

In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it, scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body’s nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential near-cure of the disease that affects millions of Canadians. Diabetic mice became healthy virtually overnight after researchers injected a substance to counteract the effect of malfunctioning pain neurons in the pancreas.

“I couldn’t believe it,” said Dr. Michael Salter, a pain expert at the Hospital for Sick Children and one of the scientists. “Mice with diabetes suddenly didn’t have diabetes any more.”

The researchers caution they have yet to confirm their findings in people, but say they expect results from human studies within a year or so. Any treatment that may emerge to help at least some patients would likely be years away from hitting the market. But the excitement of the team from Sick Kids, whose work is being published today in the journal Cell, is almost palpable. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Dr. Hans Michael Dosch, an immunologist at the hospital and a leader of the studies. “In my career, this is unique.” Their conclusions upset conventional wisdom that Type 1 diabetes, the most serious form of the illness that typically first appears in childhood, was solely caused by auto-immune responses — the body’s immune system turning on itself.

They also conclude that there are far more similarities than previously thought between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and that nerves likely play a role in other chronic inflammatory conditions, such as asthma and Crohn’s disease.

The “paradigm-changing” study opens “a novel, exciting door to address one of the diseases with large societal impact,” said Dr. Christian Stohler, a leading U.S. pain specialist and dean of dentistry at the University of Maryland, who has reviewed the work.” The treatment and diagnosis of neuropathic diseases is poised to take a dramatic leap forward because of the impressive research.”

About two million Canadians suffer from diabetes, 10% of them with Type 1, contributing to 41,000 deaths a year. Insulin replacement therapy is the only treatment of Type 1, and cannot prevent many of the side effects, from heart attacks to kidney failure. In Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to shift glucose into the cells that need it. In Type 2 diabetes, the insulin that is produced is not used effectively — something called insulin resistance — also resulting in poor absorption of glucose.

The problems stem partly from inflammation — and eventual death — of insulin-producing islet cells in the pancreas.

Editor’s Response

Does anyone else know of a profession that already exists that naturally restores normal nerve function in the body?

A person whose body is functioning at 100% or a person whose body is functioning at 75%?

You’re Right – A person whose body is functioning at 75% will develop cancer first!

If your body functions at 100%, you would never get cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, ulcers, headaches, or any other disease. If your body is functioning at 100%, as soon as something abnormal shows up (virus, bacteria or mutated cancerous cells, for example) the body would know exactly how to heal and repair itself.

So, all we have to do is figure out what controls every function of the body. Gray’s Medical Textbook says the nervous system (brain, spinal cord and nerves) controls every function of the body.

Subluxations (misalignments of the spine) interfere with the nervous system causing the body to function at less than 100%. Remember, the main reason you have a spine and skull is to protect the most important system of all – the nervous system. That’s how a “bad back” and “bad neck” destroy your health and lead to an early death.

Every time you get an adjustment, pressure is taken off the nerves, allowing the brain to communicate better with the body so you and your children can function at closer to 100% of your God-given potential.

Now you can understand why millions of people per day go to a Chiropractor and bring their children. *They want to have 100% function everyday of their life.

The Power of God made your body. As long as there is no interference, the Power of God will heal your body from anything!

(*Point of clarity, warning, and hope from Dr. James: Only Children can reach 100% function. An adult reaches 100% of their “optimum function.” An adult who grows up with subluxation and an unhealthy lifestyle has limited their chance for good health and therefore must work that much harder to regain control of their spine and nervous system and their way of living.)

How can you see someone who’s constantly getting sick and building disease and not refer them in?

How can you go to work everyday and listen to your co-workers complain how sick and miserable they are and not refer them in?

How can you go to a restaurant and over hear the woman at the next table say, “how sick her child is,” and not refer her in?

How can you go to church every Sunday and watch all these people depressed and suffering and not refer them in?

How can you go to Christmas with your family and hear your sister or brother talk about all the drugs their giving their children and not refer them in?

How can you not refer more people in knowing that every year:

911,000 people die of heart disease!

800,000 people die of cancer!

1,000,000 people die from medical errors!

Only 1 person out of 1000 lives to 60 in great health!

How can you let others live in the medical model, taking dangerous medications, building disease, waiting until they have cancer or heart disease to take care of themselves and not refer them in?

How can you let others inject themselves or their children with dangerous vaccines which are known to destroy the immune system and create disease and not refer them in?

We can’t sit by anymore and let anyone live a life of sickness, suffering, depression, and disease, knowing we can help!

That’s why starting January 1^st we will be speaking at more groups, businesses and organizations, doing more phone consultations and having more events so we can get to each and every person we can, so they can live the best possible life God created for them!

We hear the babies crying, we see the people suffering, and we see the future for every person not living in our Maximized Living Model and now YOU see it TOO!

Chiropractic Influence on Oxidative Stress and DNA Repair

There is a growing body of evidence that wellness care provided by doctors of chiropractic may reduce health care costs, improve health behaviors, and enhance patient perceived quality of life. Until recently, however, little was known about how chiropractic adjustments affected the chemistry of biological processes on a cellular level. In a landmark study published this week in the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research (JVSR), chiropractors collaborating with researchers at the University of Lund found that chiropractic care could influence basic physiological processes affecting oxidative stress and DNA repair. These findings offer a scientific explanation for the positive health benefits reported by patients receiving chiropractic care.

The researchers measured serum thiol levels in 21 patients under short-term chiropractic care and 25 patients under long-term chiropractic care. The results were compared to those of a non-chiropractic treated control group of 30 subjects. Long-term chiropractic care of two or more years was shown to re-establish a normal physiological state independent of age, sex, or nutritional supplements. Symptom-free or primary wellness subjects under chiropractic care demonstrated higher mean serum thiol levels than patients with active disease, and produced some values that were higher than normal wellness values.Serum thiols are primary antioxidants, and serve as a measure of human health status. The test provides a surrogate estimate of DNA repair enzyme activity, which has been shown to correlate with lifespan and aging.

Dr. Christopher Kent, one of the authors explained, “Going through life, we experience physical, chemical, and emotional stress. These stresses affect the function of the nervous system. We hypothesized that these disturbances in nerve function could affect oxidative stress and DNA repair on a cellular level.”

“Oxidative stress, metabolically generating free radicals, is now a broadly accepted theory of how we age and develop disease,” Kent continued. “Oxidative stress results in DNA damage, and inhibits DNA repair. DNA repair is the mechanism which fixes the damage caused by environmental impact.”Chiropractors apply spinal adjustments to correct disturbances of nerve function. “Chiropractic care appears to improve the ability of the body to adapt to stress,” continued Kent. “Further research is needed to gain additional insights that will ultimately lead to improved clinical outcomes,” he said.

The study was a collaborative involving Camgen, Inc. of Victoria, B.C. Canada; Chiropractic Leadership Alliance in Mahwah, NJ; Biomedical Diagnostic Research, LLC in Chesterland, Ohio; and Department of Cell and Molecular Biology of Tumor Immunology, University of Lund, Sweden.

JVSR is a peer-reviewed scientific journal devoted to subluxation-based chiropractic research affiliated with the World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA), an international organization representing doctors of chiropractic. WCA promotes the traditional, drug-free and non-invasive form of chiropractic as a means of correcting vertebral subluxations that cause nerve interference.

By Medical News TODAY, March 07, 2005

Let’s face it, people are confused about chiropractic. It may interest you to know that it was the medical profession that created every myth you’ve heard and, in fact, the AMA lost a seven-million dollar lawsuit in what was called the “Wilke’s vs. the AMA antitrust suit.” It was proven that all of the rumors, remarks, etc. started in the 50s, 60s, and 70s by the AMA were not in the interest of public health, but merely to eliminate the competition. Should anyone with an M.D. after their name deter you from seeing a chiropractor for any reason, they are in violation of the antitrust suit and are breaking a federal law as well as several state laws. Unfortunately, the damage the AMA did to chiropractic still exists today. This,despite the fact that research done at the world’s most prestigious institutions have shown an increased mortality rate when the spine loses its optimum position.  Also the fact that, to the dismay of many in the medical universe, dozens of medical journals have published article after article on the power of chiropractic care.

The most unique part of many of these studies is not just that chiropractic was very effective in eliminating a symptom or allowing the body to better heal itself from an illness. The profound fact of chiropractic is that people who undergo regular care lead higher quality lives, make better health choices, see doctors less, eat better, exercise more, spend less time in the hospital, and take fewer medications.

EXAMPLES OF STUDIES SUPPORTING CHIROPRACTIC

Several studies warrant further discussion in this context. Leading United States researchers, Blanks, Schuster and Dobson published the results of a retrospective assessment of subluxation-based chiropractic care on self-related health, wellness and quality of life. This is the largest study of its kind ever undertaken regarding a chiropractic population. After surveying 2,818 respondents in 156 clinics, a strong connection was found between persons receiving chiropractic care and self-reported improvement in health, wellness and quality-of-life. 95% of respondents reported that their expectations had been met, and 99% wished to continue care. They made better food choices, took less medications, got sick less often, had more energy, and had far less symptoms.

Similarly, Coulter et al performed an analysis of an insurance database, comparing persons receiving chiropractic care with non-chiropractic patients. The study consisted of senior citizens over 75 years of age. It was reported that the persons receiving chiropractic care reported better overall health, spent fewer days in hospitals and nursing homes, used fewer prescription drugs, and were more active than the non-chiropractic patients.

Rupert, Manello, and Sandefur surveyed 311 chiropractic patients, aged 65 years and older, who had received “maintenance care” for five years or longer. Chiropractic patients receiving maintenance care, when compared with US citizens of the same age, spent only 31% of the national average for health care services. There was a 50% reduction in medical provider visits. The health habits of patients receiving maintenance care were better overall than the general population, including decreased use of cigarettes and decreased use of nonprescription drugs. Furthermore, 95.8% believed the care to be either “considerably” or “extremely” valuable. Sadly, Rupert reports, that of the 79% of chiropractic patients who have maintenance care recommended to them, only half of those comply.

BY DR. BEN LERNER

Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. – James 4:4

(Translated by Dr. Skip Moen, Phd, Oxford Univ.)

Last week we studied the word in James 4:4 “wishes.” We learned that wishes here meant actively living by the world’s standards and being passive when it came to doing good and looking after others. Either way, we became an enemy and not a friend.

This week, we look at the very intriguing statement “makes himself (or herself) an enemy of God.” The Greek word used here is “kathistatai.” It means “to set in place, to cause, to become, to put down.”

In other words, when you are passive in serving and simply accept your propensity to think fondly of the world’s offerings, you put yourself down in the place of being God’s enemy. You occupy enemy territory. You cause yourself to enlist in the devil’s army.

MANDATORY VACCINE FOR GIRLS INJURES 1,637; KILLS 3

Severe side effects are being reported, amid controversy, over requiring young girls to take Gardasil, Merck’s new vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV). 1,637 adverse reactions have been reported including three girls who just died shortly after receiving the immunization. Judicial Watch needed the “Freedom of Information act” to obtain the reports from the FDA.

Passively serving God is active disobedience. Passivity is exactly the same as stepping over to the enemy’s camp and fighting for the bad side. God does not tolerate fence-sitters. Jesus said if you are lukewarm that He “vomits” you out of his mouth! Get hot. Get cold. Or get out. (Thanks Dr. Moen)

All around us, people are ignoring their spine and nervous systems, taking deadly medications, and breaking God’s laws of life with how they live and eat.

Jesus said, “What you do to others in need, you do to me.” When you saw the parents of those girls, how come you did not say “You have got to talk to my chiropractor before you allow that shot!” You might have saved their lives. Get active. Be a friend. You will see Jesus / others in need again today.

DON’T FORGET THIS MONDAY’S NEUROTOXIC PUZZLE TALK. THIS IS WEEK 3 OF OUR EXTREME MAKEOVER, BUT ALL PATIENTS ARE WELCOME TO COME. WE WILL BE GIVING THE SAME TALK AT EARTH FARE IN WEST ASHLEY ON WED. THE 16^TH.

Our Purpose: To give the world a safe, effective, healthy alternative to dangerous drugs and surgery by aligning spines and lifestyles with God’s ultimate intention.

I was listening to a tape the other day of a chiropractor. His name is Reggie Gold and he is a legend in our profession who just turned 80. One thing that he said on this tape that really grabbed me was that Chiropractic really has nothing to pain and really has nothing to do with health.

Chiropractic is all about performance.

The human body functions and performs better in the absence of subluxation than with it. For those of you who need a refresher subluxation is when you nervous system is being interfered with by improper spinal alignment or function. Whenever you come in for an adjustment there is but one goal for that adjustment – remove interference and maximize your potential to perform.

My mindset used to be that the public thinks Chiropractic is for bad backs and we need to get the word out that it’s about overall health. This is actually not the case. Chiropractic is really about allowing your body to be fully controlled by the intelligence in the nervous system with no interference from outside (drugs, poor lifestyle) or inside (subluxation) thereby allowing your body to perform at its peak in all categories – only one of which is health.

We have couples who come in and tell us their marriage is better since beginning care. Does it make sense that two people would get along better if they could relate to each other with no interference? Of course it does, but this doesn’t really fall under the category of health, does it?

We have a whole slew of kids who began care over the summer as a result of Kid’s Day America, which we host every year. Many of these children not only had health problem such as ear infections, recurrent colds, strep throat, and respiratory problems that cleared up once they began care, but they also had behavior and concentration problems that affected their school work. It is now time for these kids to get new xrays and across the board the parents are telling me that they are now getting A’s and the behavior problems have gotten better (no more red marks). Subluxation was interfering with their school performance.

If you play sports do you think your body will perform better with or without subluxation? How about your job performance? I make sure my staff get regular adjustments now because I know it costs me money to have a subluxated staff person who is performing below their capacity.

Public Service Announcement

Friends don’t let friends walk around subluxated – tell someone today to get their spine checked by a qualified Chiropractor

Linda Marie Williams, 36, of 2313 Landing Court, Chicago, Il., died unexpectedly at 7:14 a.m. yesterday morning. Survivors include her loving husband, and 3 beautiful children. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday morning at Harrington funeral Home.

Mom of 3 Dies of Subluxation” -Tomorrow this could be you!

The process of death is silent! Two days ago Linda and her family celebrated their youngest son’s birthday.

Yesterday she was complaining to her husband that she had a pain in her chest. She took some pain killers and began making breakfast as usual. 5 minutes later her oldest daughter found her lying on the ground.

The autopsy report said she had a large cancerous tumor in her right upper lung that finally shut down her breathing!

You can’t base your health or your children’s health on how you’re feeling!

Health has nothing to do with how you’re feeling. Health is about how well your body is functioning and healing!

The process of death & disease is silent!

Disease builds in your body without you ever knowing it. The research shows that you have between 200 to 10,000 new cancer cells developing everyday.

If your immune system is functioning at:

50%, your body will develop a deadly amount of cancer by the time your 20.

80%, your body will develop a deadly amount of cancer by the time your 50.

100%, your body will kill the cancer all day everyday!

Your nervous system controls your immune system! Subluxation is when the spine moves out of its proper alignment damaging the spinal cord and nerves! When the nerves are damaged disease builds up in the body! After billions of cells are damaged you will finally begin to feel it!

Subluxation is the most devastating, degenerating, disease process, that is the cause of Cancer, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Arthritis, M.S., and Early Death!

Linda and her family never knew she was dying of Subluxation. I bet they would give everything they have to go back and realize what you now know!

Make sure everyone you know is checked for Subluxation before it’s too late!

While it’s clear to patients and becoming clearer to researchers that chiropractic care saves and preserves lives because of the effect it has on the central nervous system and the organs involved, what’s not always known is how just the very choice of chiropractic saves lives.

When someone is in pain, they have three choices:

1. Ignore it
2. Take a drug
3. Restore normal function through chiropractic care.

Ignoring it is obviously a bad idea in that the cause goes on uncorrected and gets worse-even if the pain comes and goes.  It is, however, a far better idea then drugs.  The reason: not only are you still ignoring the cause, but painkillers have been found very deadly.  See latest research below.

November 14, 2005: Taking pain relievers called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS)–including Cox-2 inhibitors such as Celebrex, Vioxx, Ibuprofin, Motrin, etc.–after a heart attack, increases the risk of death, a new study has found.

The higher the dose, the higher the risk of death, according to research presented at the 2005 American Heart Association’s scientific sessions in Dallas, Texas.

The crazy part, the deaths that occurred were not due to a second heart attack.  They found that when people took these medications, their risk of death went up as high as 500% depending on the dose.  The deaths occurred for a number of reasons, all caused by the medications, but not from a second heart attack.

Painkillers of all kinds have come under attack by the scientific community-think Vioxx scandal-for being leading causes of heart attacks, kidney failure, liver failure, and cancer.

Another way that chiropractic care saves is when people choose adjustments over dangerous drugs and perilous surgery.

The 4th article in 18 months on how a deteriorating spine leads to death.  If your entire family is not under care or at least been checked for subluxation by now what are you waiting for? Let’s get urgent with the people we care most about. At this point all of you know better than they do anyway! Let’s stop asking and start leading!

Height Loss in Older Men Tied to Heart, Death Risks

Shrinking 3 centimeters or more may trigger bone loss that increases chance of illness, study suggests

TUESDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) — Men who grow significantly shorter as they age are at increased risk for heart disease and death, a new British study says.

The 20-year study of 4,213 men — who were 60 to 79 years old when the study ended — found that those who’d lost 3 centimeters or more of height were about 64 percent more likely to die and also more likely to suffer coronary heart diseases events than men who lost less than 1 centimeter of height.

The findings were published Dec. 11 in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.

Cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and other non-cancer diseases accounted for most of the additional deaths in the men who lost 3 centimeters or more of height.

The reasons for the association between height loss and increased risk of illness and death aren’t clear, said the researchers from the Royal Free and University College Medical School in London. Its possible there could be an underlying mechanism that contributes to both bone loss, which results in height loss, and heart disease and other illnesses, the researchers said.

Many men and women become shorter as they age, due to changes in bone, muscles and joints. A small amount of height loss is normal, but more significant height loss may be a sign of osteoporosis. Major height loss can cause problems with breathing and digestion, resulting in poor eating habits and weight loss, according to background information in the article.

More information

The U.S. National Library of Medicine has more about age-related changes in body shape.

Robert Preidt

American Medical Association, news release, Dec. 11,2006