A column devoted to informative
integrative health resources on the Internet
Last month's column identified
visual resources related to the heart. This month we look at the liver and
gastrointestinal system.
Digital Atlas of Video Education
http://dave1.mgh.harvard.edu/
http://dave1.mgh.harvard.edu/homunculus_search.cfm
http://dave1.mgh.harvard.edu/ViewFilms.cfm?Film_id=304
The Digital Atlas of Video Education (DAVE) is a fascinating collection
of videos taken inside the human body. When you go to the home page,
you'll see a brief medley of video clips (accompanied by a soothing
Bach cello prelude!). Click on "Anatomical Search" to select
the body part of your choice. I found the "normal ileum" intestine
video to be particularly interesting. In the past, I had only seen
static illustrations of ileal villi; this video reminds me of a coral
reef.
Removing a colon polyp – 1
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7495322754392621279&q=colon+is%3Afree
This is one of the more bizarre videos out there: a colon polyp removal
procedure accompanied by a soundtrack with the country music lyrics: "It's
time to hit the road, goodbye, farewell, so long, vaya con Dios....easy
come, easy go." The video is less than a minute in duration.
Removing a colon polyp - 2
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2416852008863680346&q=colon+is%3Afree
This is a more straightforward video showing polyp removal, as a surgeon
explains what we are seeing and what he's doing. Once again,
the video imparts more information than the more commonly available
static drawings. You can find both videos at http://video.google.com by searching for "Removing a colon polyp."
The Analyst
http://www.diagnose-me.com/treat/T168799.html
http://www.diagnose-me.com/cond/C23003.html
The Analyst at diagnose-me.com is a tremendous resource. You may use
the information-rich site as a standard web page, or you can also pay
a relatively small fee for a naturopath's or allopath's
personal response to your confidential health questionnaire. There's
also a lower-priced automated questionnaire response option (which
I tried) that's also remarkably helpful. The content is mostly
text, but I include it among these visual resources, partly because
of an innovative graphical legend that reveals the quality of research
behind each recommendation, ranging from Weak Link to Proven Link and
from Strongly Counterindicative to Highly Recommended. The site does
not offer a search engine, but you can always use the "site" search
term at Google.com. For instance, a Google search of "site:diagnose-me.com
liver" (without any quotation marks) produces more than 800 results,
and "site:diagnose-me.com colon toxins" produces 61 results.
Stereo Images
http://www.udel.edu/Biology/Wags/wagart/anaglyphpage/anaglyph.html
Dig up a pair of red and blue stereoscopic glasses to view 3-D images
of liver sinusoids (blood vessels), intestinal villi, and adipose cells.
Professor T. Colin Campbell PhD -- Animal protein (meat and dairy)
causes cancer
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1308977765978236346&q=liver&time=645000
With a charming introduction by Dr. Doug Lisle, T. Colin Campbell presents
his research on the causal relationship between meat/dairy consumption
and cancer to the VegSource conference. If you want to go straight
to the liver tumor data, turn to the 15-minute mark on the Google Video
site. Dr. Campbell notes, "What we basically found was that we
could turn on and turn off tumor growth simply by changing the level
of protein intake within that 5%–20% range." This is a 51-minute
presentation well-worth watching in full.
Fluoride & Cancer:
The Firing of Dr. William Marcus
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6263795440459038510
(3/18/06: Link froze up repeatedly.)
This one-hour, 23-minute video points out the link between fluoride
and liver cancer and notes the 1990 firing of the EPA Senior Toxicologist
who exposed government cover-up of this information.
Portable Infrared Sauna
http://www.emediawire.com/prfiles/2004/09/21/160680/1sauna.jpg
When I was in high school, my family moved into a house that had a
small sauna in the basement. It was something that never occurred to
us to use. It just seemed like good storage space. But next time I'm
home, I might just give it a try! A walk-in sauna may be terrific,
but this photograph of a portable infrared sauna makes me smile.
Before and After
http://www.RawFoodWiki.org/index.php/Photographs
http://www.IBeatObesity.com/SuccessStories.php
http://www.rawreform.com/material/photogallery.htm
Good nutrition—including colorful, ripe, whole, fresh, organic
produce—is the most essential approach to detoxification. Don't
miss these vivid Before and After photographs of people who have switched
to healthful eating. I'd love to see Before and After documentation
depicting inside the body as well. Perhaps someone with a holistic
practice could begin to start such a collection. (RawFoodWiki.org is
my site, but you can add to it, too. Just click EditText at the bottom
of any page.)
Marjorie Roswell makes maps and web pages at a health policy organization
in Baltimore.
Marjorie Roswell
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