Townsend Letter June 2017               Table of Contents
Order this issue!		View this e-Edition online! Letter from the Publisher by Jonathan Collin, MD The Next Big CAM Battle Is Here and It's Ugly by Richard Jaffe, Esq. CAM groups that offer conferences are being deprived of CME accreditation because they do not adhere to mainstream medicine standards. What can the CAM community do? Can Field Control Therapy (FCT®) Save Homeopathy? Part I by Savely Yurkovsky, MD Homeopathy, an important part of Field Control Therapy, has great potential for addressing illness, but it continues to be defined as pseudoscience. Low-Dose Immunotherapy (LDI) by Ty Vincent, MD Based on an interview with NJ Faass, MSW, MPH Low-dose immunotherapy provides individualized effective treatment for ulcerative colitis and other GI disorders as well as autoimmune diseases, Lyme, and autism. Best Practices vs. Band-Aids for Healing Leaky Gut Syndrome by Douglas A. Wyatt Food allergies are a sign of intestinal permeability, also known as leaky gut syndrome. While nutritional supplements help, colostrum supplementation offers healing factors that they cannot. The Specific Carbohydrate Diet: Transforming Primary Care for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) by Christine Bowen, ND A naturopathic doctor describes her personal and professional experience with the Specific Carbohydrate Diet to resolve inflammatory bowel disease. Gut-Brain Communication: Major Mechanisms in Mental-Emotional Health and Disease by Steven Sandberg-Lewis, ND, DHANP Gastrointestinal bacteria produce all kinds of metabolic products, such as short-chain fatty acids and neuropeptides, that have regulatory effects on nearly every organ, including the brain and central nervous system. Lactobacillus fermentum ME-3: A New Era in Glutathione Therapy by Ross Pelton, RPh, PhD, CCN ME-3, a strain of Lactobacillus fermentum with antioxidant properties, offers a new way to increase glutathione, an amino acid that's essential for detoxification. Can Emotional Conflicts Irritate the Skin? Psychosomatic Energetics and Urticaria by Dr. Birgitt Holschuh-Lorang Psychosomatic Energetics, developed by Reimar Banis, offers a novel method for resolving puzzling cases of urticaria. The Clinical Importance of 5-Alpha-Reductase in Human Health and Pathology Part 2: Women, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Beyond by Alan B. McDaniel, MD Overproduction of the enzyme 5-α -reductase in women causes polycystic ovarian syndrome, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, progesterone resistance, and migraine headaches. This article explains how to identify overproduction and how to treat it. The Cannabis Revolution: Medical Benefits by Stephen Holt, MD, DSc As US state legislators wrestle with demands for legalized medical cannabis to treat numerous conditions, the science backing its use is limited because of government restrictions – a situation that needs to change. Hiking, Mindfulness, and the Healing Power of Nature by Douglas Lobay, BSc, ND The healing power of nature is being substantiated by numerous studies that measure the physiological and emotional effects of exposure to natural environments. Fish Oil Capsules Get Blamed for Unreported Drug Interactions by Bill Sardi Townsend Calendar Columns Ask Dr. J Environmental Health Symposium: The Elephant in The Waiting Room – Neuroinflammation Jim Cross, ND, LAc Shorts Jule Klotter Literature Review & Commentary Alan R. Gaby, MD Optimizing Metabolism Fascia: Clearing the Metabolic Traffic Jam Ingrid Kohlstadt, MD, MPH Anti-Aging Medicine Anti-Aging Guide to Maintaining a Healthy Gut Microbiome Ronald Klatz, MD, DO, and Robert Goldman, MD, PhD, DO, FAASP Pathways to Healing Integrative Health and Medicine: Still Rising Elaine Zablocki Curmudgeon's Corner Magnesium and Hot Flashes: The Ethics of Placebos Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO Environmental Medicine Update Regulating Toxic Substances – Who's Keeping Us Safe? Marianne Marchese, ND Women's Health Update Tori Hudson, ND Editorials Vitamin E: The Importance of Gamma-Tocopherol Alan Gaby, MD Letters to the Editor none this month In the News The 5th International Workshop on Biobran The 8th Annual Integrative Medicine for Mental Health Conference   Book Review Breakthrough Depression Solution by James M. Greenblatt, MD, with Winnie To, BS review by Katherine Duff       . . . the regular features, commentary and opinions we can count on each month from our distinguished columnists.

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