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  • Login problems, Comments, And MMS Feedback

    By Nurse Mark

    It looks like there are still a few gremlins and bugs in HealthBeat News… And since I’m the one who has to try to make all this stuff run right for you, I’m as busy as a one-armed paper-hanger today trying to sort them out…

    It turns out that when we had an IT person setting up our new HealthBeat Blog website he set it up to require people to enter that nasty little letters-and-numbers thingy that is supposed to weed out the spam robots from signing up. It wasn’t working, and it is gone now!

    We found out about this little problem when a couple of readers told us they tried to sign up and couldn’t…

    Iggy was wanting to post a comment about our MMS article Is It Real, Or Just Another Sales-Pitch? Dr. Myatt Will Know! with his own experience and warning. Since he couldn’t post, I’m doing it for him – here are Iggy’s comments and Dr. Myatt’s reply to him:

    Iggy wrote:

    Hi Dr  Myatt,
    The reason I was trying to register was to reply to your article on MMS.    I too didn’t have much luck with MMS except as a mouth wash.  My dental hygienist couldn’t find any live microbes with her computer-microscope after I had rinsed with MMS….however I overdid it and didn’t rinse out the MMS with water.  This caused a chemical erosion of the enamel on my teeth.  My mistake was leaving the MMS residue in my mouth for over an hour before the appointment.

    Dr. Myatt answered:

    Hi Iggy:

    Yeah, it’s a fairly caustic potion so I can imagine it’s not a good idea to use it undiluted as a mouthwash. Hydrogen peroxide works great for same, a 4% solution (or 2% and work your way up) and I’ve never seen it cause enamel problems.

    We’ll get your comment posted while we figure out our "Fort Knox" problem!

    Thanks for the input,
    Dr. Myatt

     

    My apologies to anyone else who may have been frustrated in trying to register or log-in – and please, let me know if you run into any other problems so I can work on making this the very best place for finding honest, unbiased, well-researched, scientific holistic health information!

  • Hear Dr. Myatt Speak And Lecture In Oregon This July!

    Dr. Myatt will be speaking at the fifth annual NW Herb Fest in Eugene, Oregon this coming July 25th and 26th.

    Here is the information as provided by the NW Herb Fest organizers:

    This is the one herbal event you do not want to miss this year. Come for a life enriching transformation.Your life & your friends’ lives will be enhanced by your newly gained wisdom & skills gleaned from twelve renowned herbalists & physicians. Beginning & advanced classes will take place simultaneously. The grand event will include herbal classes, herb walks and a variety of seasoned herbal teachers. Wise Acres Farm has more than 200 different species of herbs to meet & experience in person. Classes will be a mix of lecture and demonstration depending on the specific class you choose to go to. Saturday evening will be filled with music, singing and dancing. Bring your instrument! There will be something for everyone at this event.

    Here’s the page link: http://www.herbaltransitions.com/NWherbfest.html

    Questions? Call 541-736-0164 or email class@herbaltransitions.com

    Dr. Myatt will present lectures on:

    • The Urgent Care Herbalist:
      When the going gets tough, the tough can’t always run to the ER for care. With a small but powerful collection of herbal remedies, an herbalist can deal with medical “urgencies” from heart attack and hemorrhage to food poisoning, diarrhea, abdominal pain (even when the cause is unknown), anxiety attacks and more. Learn how to be a “when times get tough” urgent care herbalist.
    • The Urgent Care Herbalist, Part II:
      In this “hands on” workshop, participants will learn how to treat everything from pneumonia and upper respiratory infections to lymphadenitis, external infections, poisonous bites (including brown recluse spider bites), moderate to severe intestinal distress (infection, N/V, diarrhea, colic); kidney stones and gallbladder attacks and more. External treatments include preparation and use of mustard plasters, charcoal poultices, castor oil packs, and essential oil inhalants. Corresponding internal herbal treatments include cayenne/lobelia, kava kava, bromelain, goldenseal, peppermint and more.
    • Botanical Prevention & Adjuvant Treatment of Malignancy:
      Solid tissue malignancy can be a “worthy adversary” in anyone’s treatment notebook, and conventional medicine is often ineffective for the most advanced cases of cancer. Hundreds (if not thousands) of herbs have been suggested for use in cancer prevention and treatment, but which ones really work the best? Come get a “refresher course” on the underlying mechanisms of cancer initiation and progression, and find out which herbs are the most important and powerful allies in treatment of this challenging disease. This talk will include dietary intervention using common foods and herbs.
    • Black Salve Intensive:
      Conventional treatment of malignant melanoma consists of a wide-margin surgical excision. "Black salve," consisting of a variety of botanical substances, has been used successfully in the treatment of melanoma and other external and internal cancers.
      Dr. Dana Myatt will offer this 3 hour intensive class on Sunday night. You may attend this class without attending the symposium or you may add it on as an additional class. This presentation is intended for health care practitioners although non-practitioners are welcome. CAUTION: slides of a graphic nature will be shown. There is an extra fee of $50.00 for the intensive.

    What a great opportunity to hear Dr. Myatt speak and lecture, and to meet and speak with her in person – Dr. Myatt will also have copies of her book "A Physician’s Diary" available for purchase and this is your opportunity to obtain a personally signed copy.

    We’ll look forward to seeing you there!

  • Dr. Myatt’s Top 10 Christmas Gift Thank You Suggestions

    Christmas is the season of giving – and receiving. Sometimes of receiving things that we perhaps might wish we had not received. “Oh, you shouldn’t have!” can only be said so often before it becomes tired sounding. Dr. Myatt has seen a few Christmases and heard a few good lines – here is a top 10 collection:

    What To Say About The “Special” Christmas Gift

    10. Hey! There’s a gift!
    9. Well, well, well …
    8. Boy, if I had not recently shot up 4 sizes that would’ve fit.
    7. This is perfect for wearing around the basement.
    6. Gosh. I hope this never catches fire! It is fire season though. There are lots of unexplained fires.
    5. If the dog buries it, I’ll be furious!
    4. I love it — but I fear the jealousy it will inspire.
    3. Sadly, tomorrow I enter the Federal Witness Protection Program.
    2. To think — I got this the year I vowed to give all my gifts to charity.
    1. “I really don’t deserve this.”

  • That Ringing In My Ears – Just Make It Stop Please!

    We occasionally get questions about tinnitus - that annoying, sometimes even handicapping whistling, buzzing, hissing that is a constant companion for some people.

    What is tinnitus?

    Tinnitus describes a constant undercurrent of ringing, buzzing, roaring, or other abnormal sounds in the ears. Gradual nerve loss in the part of the inner ear is believed to be one of the most common causes of tinnitus. This damage can result from aging, exposure to loud noise, ear wax build-up, allergies, infection, trauma, high or low blood pressure, tumor, cardiovascular disease, or long-term use of certain medications, such as aspirin, quinine, and anti-inflammatories. Because there are so many different causes of tinnitus, there is no "one cure" for the condition.

    Remedies that help some people include:

    • Ginkgo biloba, 80 mg 3 times per day
    • Vitamin B12 (one B12 Supreme daily)
    • Melatonin (3mg nightly for 30 days produced positive results in one study; this worked better for those with tinnitus in both ears)
    • Zinc (34-68mg) daily taken in combination with niacin (500mg twice per day). If this is going to work, you should see results in 3-4 months.
    • Vinpocetin, 20-40mg per day improved 66% of acoustic trauma (loud noise) -caused tinnitus in one study

    Lifestyle changes can be helpful in many cases:

    • Stress reduction. Stress causes constriction of blood vessels which alter blood flow to the cochlea (inner ear)
    • Eliminate food allergies. Allergies can also cause tissue engorgement and alter blood flow to the cochlea.
    • Exercise. Aerobic exercises increases circulation and blood flow and can sometimes improve hearing and tinnitus.

    Tinnitus is a vexing and surprisingly common problem that has received little real attention from conventional medicine. You may be sure that if Big Pharma thought they could sell a drug to treat tinnitus we would hear much more about it - but until then, try these simple self-help suggestions and let us know of your successes!

  • Another Chance For Stevia?

    Opinion by Nurse Mark

    Stevia, a naturally sweet herb used safely and effectively for thousands of years by South American indigenous peoples for thousands of years, has gotten a rough ride from the FDA. Jackbooted FDA "swat teams" have raided warehouses and health food stores, confiscated products, even confiscated books that contained recipes that included stevia as a sweetener.

    Since stevia is a naturally-occurring plant it cannot be patented, and it is widely felt that the FDA’s persecution of this innocuous, sweet herb has been carried out at the direction of the artificial sweetener industry in order to protect their toxic but patentable (and profitable) offerings.

    Yes, the future has looked grim for stevia, but there may be a ray of hope on the horizon…

    You may have noticed the headline recently:

    Coke to unveil natural diet drink in U.S.: report – Yahoo! News

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081215/us_nm/us_cocacola

    It seems that the American Industrial giants Coca Cola and Pepsico are listening to the demands of consumers for less toxic soft drinks (or perhaps heeding the advice of their corporate lawyers, who must be warning them about the possibility of class-action lawsuits – Vioxx-style), and they have begun investigating stevia as a natural alternative to toxic artificial sweeteners. But it appears that even these giants know what they are up against: they appear to realize that it will not be a simple matter of just adding a bit of herbal stevia to sweeten their offerings – oh, no!

    You see, it is highly unlikely that the FDA will ever admit that it has been wrong about stevia, or back down from their current position on the herb. Certainly not so long as it is a natural and therefore non-patentable substance!

    So, what’s a company to do? Do what the drug companies do – take a natural, harmless substance into the lab and figure out how to modify, concentrate, purify, synthesize or otherwise alter this poor harmless herb until it is un-natural, and therefore patentable!

    Once it has been transformed into a patented compound, Voila! It can be "submitted" to the FDA along with all the necessary bribes – er, fees – that will be required to obtain protection – er, approval – for this new high-tech patented sweetener.

    What will this mean for stevia? My guess is that this new sweetener, some synthesized form or modification of natural stevia, will give the FDA heartburn – because as natural Red Rice Yeast is to synthetic statin drugs, so will stevia be to Truvia or PureVia, or whatever other name some MegaCorporation decides to give their patented version of this natural substance.

    It will be obvious that the natural form of this substance is, as has been maintained all along by proponents of stevia, safe.

    If the FDA continues to declare stevia to be unsafe, then the new, modified sweetener must also be unsafe. If the new modified stevia-based substance is safe, then isn’t the natural stevia also safe? Could this be an uncomfortable "Catch-22" for the mighty FDA?

    It will be fun to watch this one unfold, and to watch the FDA wriggle and squirm as they try to satisfy Big Business’ demands for an ingredient that will satisfy their customers, while they simultaneously try to avoid admitting that they have been wrong about stevia…