Table of Contents, July 2019, Issue #432

July 2019
Issue #432





Letter from the Publisher
Jonathan Collin, MD



© FCT: Treating Lyme and All Infections the Simple Way
Savely Yurkovsky, MD
Long-term antibiotic therapy, used to treat chronic Lyme, can damage organs and lead to aggressive fungal infections. Field Control Therapy® (FCT) offers a safe and effective alternative.

  • ON THE COVER    Dance: A Healing Art
    Karina Gordin
    Dancing with the Stars’ Maksim Chmerkovskiy has danced since he was a young child in Ukraine. A traumatic injury at age 12, which shattered his right femur, and subsequent negligent surgery have made him acutely aware of the need to support his body so that he can continue to do what he loves – dance. In this interview, he shares his routine for maintaining fitness and the measures that have helped him heal quickly.

Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: A Key Exploration in Recovering from Chronic Lyme Disease
Raj Patel, MD, Thalia Farshchian, ND, and Scott Forsgren, FDN-P
Mast cell activation syndrome, found in people with tick-borne illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity, and many chronic illnesses, produces multiple symptoms such as rashes, bloating, low blood pressure, heart palpitations, brain fog, and more. This article describes how to identify it and how to treat it.

Moldy Buildings, CIRS, Sick People and Damaged Brains, Part 1:
Living in a Water-Damaged Building
Ritchie C. Shoemaker, MD, Medical Director, Center for Research on Biotoxin Associated Illnesses; David Lark; Mycologist, MouldLabs, Australia; James C. Ryan, PhD, Chief Science Officer, ProgeneDx
Exposure to mold in water-damaged buildings causes a frustrating number of puzzling symptoms and eventually leads to chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS), as explained in this first article of a series.

Quinacrine for Complex Chronic Illnesses
Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD, and Christine Schaffner, ND
Physicians at the Sophia Health Institute report that an old malaria drug has helped several of their patients with complex chronic illnesses recover their health.

A Natural Solution to Drug-Resistant Malaria
Sue Visser
Whole leaf preparations of artemisia or olive leaf have been timehonored and effective treatments for malaria.

A Top-Down Approach to Healing Mental-Emotional Disorders in Lyme Disease
Connie Strasheim
The author, a former Lyme disease patient, stresses the importance of addressing the emotional, mental, and spiritual issues experienced by people with chronic illness.

Interview with Andrew Weil, MD, on His Gifting $20 Million to the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
John Weeks
A sizable gift from one of integrative medicine’s strongest proponents will support research and expansion of this model of health care.

Connecticut Conference
Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO
Continuing education credit is not the only reason to attend regional conferences.

  • Bees: Worth Their Weight in Gold
    Rose Marie Williams, MA
    The hives of honeybees, used to pollinate almond trees and other crops, are being stolen as thieves try to cash in on the dollars to be made by agricultural beekeepers.

Columns

Shorts
Jule Klotter


Monthly Miracles
Unsuspected, Uninvited Visitors
Michael Gerber, MD, HMD

Ask Dr. J
Lyme Disease Tissue Collection Program
Jim Cross, ND, LAc

Curmudgeon’s Corner
Eating Crow: That c/16 Estrogen Ratio Surfaces Again
Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO

Women’s Health Update
Tori Hudson, ND

Editorial

Why I Am Believing More and More Nutrition Research Less and Less
Alan R. Gaby, MD

News

Dr. Christine Girard Named President of National University of Natural Medicine 

Letter to the Editor

Bravo to Erik Peper’s Article on Medical Self-Defense Re: Dyfunctional/Functional Medicine