Posted in Alzheimer's, Environmental Health, Exercise, Holism, Informed Consent, Mental Health, Recommended Reading, Stress, Vaccinations, Wellness, cancer, nutrition, tagged nutrition, relaxation, Mental Health, toxins, Exercise, hpv vaccine, Gardasil, Alzheimer's disease, noise, cell phones, mobile phones, pain, granite, radon on August 1, 2008 | No Comments »
HPV Vaccine Adverse Events Worrisome Says Key Investigator (MedScape Today)
Concerns about serious health risks - including neurologic and autoimmune complications - from the use of Gardasil and other human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are being raised by Diane Harper, MD, at Dartmouth Medical School. Once a principal investigator in HPV vaccine clinical trials for Merck and [...]
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Posted in Drugs, Environmental Health, Holism, Informed Consent, tagged alternative medicine, blood pressure, CAM, Drugs, Environmental Health, MS, multiple sclerosis, pollution, saliva, toxins, wound healing on August 1, 2008 | No Comments »
What’s Wrong with that ‘Viagra for Women’ Study in JAMA? (Jim Edwards’ NRx)
Licking Your Wounds: Scientists Isolate Compound in Human Saliva that Speeds Wound Healing (PhysOrg)
Fresh Scent May Hide Toxic Secret (Seattle P-I)
Exposure to Bad Air Raises Blood Pressure (Science Daily)
‘New Car Smell’ Becoming Less Toxic (CNET News)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Multiple Sclerosis (abstract, [...]
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Posted in Biological Dentistry, Book Reviews, Environmental Health, Informed Consent, dentistry, mercury, tagged mercury, toxins, Environmental Health, mercury poisoning, autoimmune disorders, dental materials, chronic illness on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Many new clients who contact our office have been diagnosed with autoimmune disorders - from allergies and asthma to Crohn’s and celiac diseases to fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis and MS…just to name a few. Often, they have bounced from health care provider to health care provider in search of healing. Sometimes they have experienced brief respites [...]
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In May, the FDA reopened public comments on its Class II “with special controls” classification of precapsulated mercury amalgam. This means that “general controls alone are insufficient to assure safety and effectiveness, and existing methods are available to provide such assurances. In addition to complying with general controls, Class II devices are also subject to [...]
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Posted in Holism, Informed Consent, Video, dental health, dentistry, fluoride, mercury, root canals, tagged fluoride, holisitic dentistry, mercury, root canals, Stress on July 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in Environmental Health, Industrial Medicine, Informed Consent, dentistry, mercury, tagged amalgam, Environmental Health, mercury, public health, toxicity on July 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
From IAOMT News:
On July 8, 2008, the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing entitled,”Assessing State and Local Regulations to Reduce Dental Mercury Emissions.”
Representatives of the IAOMT and the Mercury Policy Project testified, along with scientists, wastewater experts, and a lawyer for the ADA. The hearing [...]
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Via BoingBoing: At least one dental lab is offering some artistic restorations:
Personally, we like the one with Queen Elizabeth - the whole “Crown of England on a crown” concept.
Interesting novelties? Sure. But that’s about all we can say without knowing more about them, especially what they’re made of.
Which brings us to the main point: you [...]
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The Associated Press reported yesterday on the latest congressional hearing on mercury issues:
The dental industry, asked to testify Tuesday about pollution from mercury in tooth fillings, found itself under attack from lawmakers who blame mercury for everything from autism in children to skin discoloration.
The hearing was about whether dentists should be required to install “separator” [...]
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Last weekend, federal health officials convened a panel of experts to review a case in which a nine year old girl developed autism after getting a series of vaccinations. But as the New York Times recently reported, there’s an even more troubling case that’s being ignored:
On Jan. 11, a 6-year-old girl from Colorado received FluMist, [...]
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