Letter from the Publisher
Townsend
Letter Receives
Legacy Media Award
Comprehensive
Lifestyle Intervention Improves Hair and Skin Status and Mental
and Physical Functioning
by Gary Null, PhD, and Martin Feldman,
MD
The Vitamin D Newsletter
by John Cannell, MD
While vitamin D has evinced positive results in the prevention of
cancer, little has been determined about the use and benefits of
vitamin D in treating cancer patients. In the January 2008 issue
of his newsletter, noted vitamin D expert John Cannell, MD, explored
the possibilities.
Researchers Find a Groundbreaking Skin Cancer
Cure
by Jonathan V. Wright, MD
A topical extract derived from eggplant
(BEC) has proven to be an anticancer agent that is both well-tolerated
and highly effective. In an article reprinted from Jonathan Wright's
Nutrition & Healing newsletter, the author introduces BEC and
reviews studies that confirm the extract's great success in treating
two different types of skin cancer – basal cell and squamous
cell – and actinic keratosis.
Oil and Water–
The Foundation of Healthy Skin
by Douglas "Duffy" MacKay, ND
While determining the true cause of any medical condition requires
conscientious and often lengthy investigation, it's clear that nutrition
plays a key role in maintaining and restoring skin health. With
that in mind, monitoring two elemental substances – oil and
water – can be crucial in resolving dermatological conditions.
Candida Related Complex
by Scott Forsgren
The role of Candida is often overlooked and frequently disputed,
yet with the rise of antibiotic use and other medical interventions
that suppress good bacteria, this common yeast obviously is impacting
health. Profiling the work of Warren Levin, MD, the author presents
the necessity of addressing Candida Related Complex in a range of
illnesses, with a special focus on Lyme disease.
Fresh
Farm Milk Prevents Childhood Asthma and Allergies
by Martha V. Pickard, MS
Vilified in favor of more "hygienic" pasteurized milk,
raw milk nonetheless may offer uncontested benefits, especially
– as European studies have shown – in the prevention
of asthma and allergies.
Data Has Story to Tell
by Sue Vogan
Researcher Mirrya Fontenot has a Lyme-treatment plan that is daunting,
potentially powerful, and thoroughly straightforward: share the
data. While the disease is complex and presents in a mind-boggling
array of variables, sharing information through individual research
projects or a wider database would afford Lyme-literate doctors
and their patients better and more effective therapeutic options.
Comprehensive Lifestyle
Intervention Improves Hair and Skin Status and Mental and Physical
Functioning
by Gary Null, PhD, and Martin Feldman,
MD
The advice has been clear: adopt a healthy lifestyle that includes
a nutritious diet, supplementation, exercise, stress management,
and behavior modification, and healthy hair and skin will result.
But does such an approach truly work? In a well-designed and comprehensive
study, documented here, the answer is indisputable.
Not
All Soy Products Are Created Equal:
Interpretation of Research Results Is Difficult
by Walter H. Wainright
Soy is good? Soy is bad? What kind of soy exactly are we talking
about? Well, it depends on the research model used since processing
techniques and storage choices strongly affect the chemical composition
of soy concentrates or isolates and, consequently, can determine
how useful or deleterious the soy form may be. However, studies
using Haelan's soy products have the advantage of a high-quality,
standardized soy product produced via fermentation, which "breaks
down the isoflavones to smaller molecules, produces isoflavone metabolites,
and makes them more bioavailable."
Articles referenced
in the above Wainright article:
Soy
and Cancer Survivors: Dietary Supplementation with Fermented Soy
Nutraceutical, Haelan951 in Patients Who Survived Terminal Cancer
by Vijaya Nair, MD, FAMS, MS
(Townsend
Letter Nov. 2004)
Study
Report: Effects of Combined Treatment with Haelan 951 and Doxorubicin
on the Breast Cancer Cell Line BT474
by Doris Bachg, MD, PhD and Uwe Haselhorst,
MD
(Townsend
Letter June 2007)
Haelan Fermented
Soy Product – Nutritional Supplementation for the Cancer
Patient
by Donna Sage, MSSA©
Use of Golden Leaf
Ginkgo Extract for Skin Fibrosis
by Sylvie Beljanski and John Hall, PhD
Research done by the late Mirko Beljanski, MD, and currently under
wider study, shows evidence that a unique Ginkgo biloba extract
may protect skin from burns, inhibit scar formation, and protect
against fibrosis, saving patients from unnecessary, ongoing pain
and discomfort.
Correlation of Lyme
Disease with Other Illnesses and Design of an Epidemiological Questionnaire
for Effective Lyme Disease Tracking
by Sujoy Kumar Gayen
With controversy still raging over the scope and impact of Lyme
disease, it's becoming more evident than ever that better research
is needed. The author's timely and well-presented project –
"to study the statistical and geographical correlations between
Lyme disease and other illnesses, in particular, arthritis, asthma,
autism, and mental illness" – presents an encouraging
trend toward more detailed study of a complex disease state.
CryoProbe Therapy for
the Holistic Physician
by John Hahn, ND, DPM
Simple, virtually painless, and greatly effective, cryosurgery via
the CryoProbe instrument is a valuable therapeutic option for holistic
practitioners who treat skin lesions.
Columns
Shorts
Jule Klotter
Pathways to
Healing
Bravewell Collaborative Reports on Successful Integrative Medical
Centers
Elaine Zablocki
War on Cancer
Report from the 2008 ASCO Meeting
Ralph Moss, PhD
Townsend's
New York Observer
Interview with Dorothy Mullen
Marcus A. Cohen
Literature
Review & Commentary
Alan R. Gaby, MD
Healing with Homeopathy
Successful Homeopathic Treatment: An Actress with Psoriasis
Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, ND, and Robert
Ullman, ND
Chinese Medicine
The Three Main Patterns of Psoriasis in Chinese Medicine, Plus
a Simple Moxibustion Protocol
Bob Flaws, LAc, FNAAOM (USA), FRCHM (UK)
Optimizing Metabolism
Wound Healing: Balancing the Nutritional Checkbook
Ingrid Kohlstadt, MD, MPH, FACN
Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology
Review and Commentary
by Robert A. Anderson, MD, FAAFP,
FACPM, ABHM
Women's Health Update
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Tori Hudson, ND
Nutritional Influences on Illness
Dietary Influences on Psoriasis
Melvyn Werbach, MD
Editorials
Critique
of "Vytorin Failure Explained – A New View of LDL"
by Alan R. Gaby, MD
In Memorium
In Memoriam – George Meinig
Letters to the Editor
Homeopathy for Lyme
Diagnostic Results with Parent Essential Oils
Acid Reflux Symptoms and Treatments
MBVax Coley Fluid
Rescued from Rectal Surgery by Homeopathy
In the News
War on Holistic Medicine
Peter D'Adamo's Research Lauded by Renowned Immunologist and Lectin
Researcher
ConsumerLab.com Finds Most Vitamin C Supplements Pass Quality
Tests
Kidney Foundation Drops Fluoridation Support
New Home Hair Drug Test to Detect for Prescription Drugs and Usage
Frequency
Environmental Pollution and Diabetes May be Linked
MRSA Infections
Standard Process Scientists Identify Powerful Anti-Inflammatory
Properties in Purple Carrots
What Makes Hair Go Gray?
Nordic Naturals Professional Sales Division Offers Targeted Nutritional
Support for Eyes with ProDHA Eye
Love and Herpes
Waiting Rooms at Holistic Clinics Across the Country are Turning
into Meditating Rooms
Reviews
To Die
Well
by Sidney Wanzer, MD, and Joseph Glenmullen, MD
review by Irene Alleger
The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments
by Bryan Rosner
review by Katherine Duff
What's Left to Eat?
by Sally Rockwell, PhD
review by Robert Anderson, MD
. . . the regular features, commentary and opinions
we can count on each month from our
distinguished columnists.
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