Leaky Gut, Autoimmunity and Chronic Disease
Ashley Turner An intact gut barrier is foundational for human health. The gut barrier between the GI tract and our internal environment protects our bodies by allowing nutrients to pass through, while blocking foreign invaders. When this barrier becomes compromised, it is called intestinal hyperpermeability or “leaky gut,” meaning that undigested food particles, toxins and […]
Autoimmune Disease & Histories of Stress
Gail Berger Adults having functional (symptoms without apparent cellular alterations) and organic (observable cellular changes in target tissue) diseases also have childhood stressful histories. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis not only report chronically stressful adult histories (e.g. unhappy marriages or relationships, difficulties at work, or with children, etc.), but also present histories of difficulties in earlier […]
Autoimmune Diseases and the Bach Flower Remedies
Nada Marković Namely, in the case of the autoimmune diseases, as a reaction to the damage or the trauma, there is an inflammatory reaction of the tissue under attack. The trauma occurs on account of the attack carried out by one’s own immune system cells against one’s own tissues. Here the body defends itself from […]
The Mosaic of Auto-Immune Disorders in the Eyes of a Homeopath
Ajit Kulkarni Immunology concerns with multifaceted aspects that revolve around the clinical challenges of the defense of the host, several mechanisms involved in the fight for survival, tumor immunology, allergic reactions, transplantations and auto-immunity. Golub and Green (1991) defined immunology as the “science of self/non-self discrimination”. This definition, although small, focuses on how important is […]
What Causes Heart Attacks
Tom Cowan In this article, I lay out the case that the spectrum of heart disease that includes angina, unstable angina, and myocardial infarction (heart attack) is better understood from the perspective of events happening in the myocardium (heart) as opposed to events in the coronary arteries (the arteries that supply the heart). As we […]
Fat and Diabetes: Bad Press, Good Paper, and the Reemergence of Our Good Friend Glutathione
Christopher Masterjohn When mitochondria are overloaded with more energy than they can handle, they begin making increasing amounts of the free radical superoxide. Superoxide carries out important signaling roles. Among them, it directs excess energy into fat synthesis. But it can also wreak havoc on the cell by forming oxidants that can damage vulnerable proteins, […]
Autism-Heavy Metal Toxicity and Herbal Remedies: A Review
Vijayalakshmi S and K. G. Kripa Autism is a developmental disorder that appears in the first 3 years of life, and affects the brain’s normal development of social and communication skills. Many researches are supportive of the fact that toxic metals increase the symptoms of autism, PDD and ADHD. Current research ascertains the presence of […]
New First-of-Its-Kind Autism Diagnostic Test Examines Child’s Exposure to Environmental Toxins
The Defender Staff Researchers have developed the rst diagnostic test for autism that analyzes environmental exposure history — what researchers call the exposome — to aid in the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). StrandDx, developed by New York startup LinusBio, uses a single strand of hair to analyze patterns of hair growth that reflect […]
