Dear Colleagues,
I hope you all are doing well. I have been doing very well physically. It appears that taking the morinda supreme has not only helped keep me dysbiosis free but has decreased some chronic cervical lymph swelling I have had for over a decade. On testing it often blocks positive toxic metals which might be why I have the swelling decrease. On some people it causes a temporary aggravation of metal symptoms before the improvement. I encourage you to go to www.morindasupreme.com to look over the information. I have revised the product review section so if you have read my special newsletter on morinda last month, reread that section as I have slightly modified recommended dosages and a few other parts. There is a research section on the site as morinda has been extensively researched all over the world and has been proven to have many broad therapeutic effects. To order call Mid American Marketing directly (1-800-922-1744). The order form on the website is for the few direct sales from retail customers they may get, not for physicians. They placed a high shipping fee for retail customers to encourage people to get it straight from their physicians.
Tidbits
1) I have had 2 very interesting cases recently. Both of the patients were post menopausal women with various musculoskeletal problems (one shoulder, one SI) that would not be relieved by excellent AK. Both were referred to me by an excellent AK doc. In both cases we found the typical muscle weaknesses we would expect (the other physician found them too). We corrected the muscles as the other physician had. Here is where it gets interesting. Both were on estrogen/progesterone combinations made by 2 different compounding pharmacies. In both cases the hormones strengthened a weak G-2 muscle. What did happen though is when the patient was exposed to the hormones- it caused the muscle weaknesses to recur. In other words the bio-identical hormones were perpetuating the muscle weaknesses. Switching the patients to other natural hormones which didn’t cause the muscle weaknesses to recur (in combination with fixing the muscles again) brought resolution of their chronic complaints. To be honest, I do not know why I even decided to check for this phenomena in the first place but from these results I have decided to check it more often. This can also happen with foods. For instance I have a weak transverse abdominus that has been fixed many, many times but it quickly recurs. In my case we found that putting the wheat vial on GV20 (where we do most of our testing) caused the weakness of the just “fixed” transverse abdominus to recur. At this point we fixed the muscle while exposed to the wheat and we will see what happens (without avoidance of wheat). I am sure there are probably other modifications of this type testing that can be used to help some chronic symptoms.
2) We received this email from Dr. Lewis cone in Dallas, TX who recently took one of the one on one seminars we teach at our office here in Grand Junction. See page 4 for details on these seminars.
“Dear Michael: thanks so much for the review of the new stuff with your nutritional protocol and also thanks a million for the physical checkup. My back feels noticeably better and I will follow up with some AK care here in Dallas. I am feeling more energetic today as well. I wanted to just thank you for coming up with such a common sense and quick way of testing for general chemical needs and stressors. I haven't found the equal anywhere.”
3) Our lay lecture video series (see page 4) has been switched to dvd.
FYI
The following article was sent to me by my friend Elva Edwards DC in Denver. More reasons to check each patient for microbes and treat them.
Virus Found in Prostate Cancer Patients
By PAUL ELIAS, AP Biotechnology Writer
In a surprising discovery, researchers said Friday they had found a virus in some prostate cancer patients, a finding that opens new research avenues in the most common major cancer among men in the United States.
The virus, closely related to one previously seen only in mice, was found in cancerous prostates removed from men with a certain genetic defect. The researchers, with the University of California, San Francisco and the Cleveland Clinic, warn that they have not discovered any links between the virus and prostate cancer, but they were nonetheless excited about prospects for future research.
"It is a very exciting discovery," said Dr. Eric Klein of the Cleveland Clinic, who presented the findings at an American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting. "There is now a suggestion that prostate cancer could be caused by an infectious disease."
Infectious disease-causing viruses are already blamed for causing some liver cancers and cervical cancer. That has planted nagging suspicions in the minds of scientists that some diseases may play important roles alongside genetics, environment and chance in causing breast, stomach and several other forms of cancer.
Researchers are not sure how the virus infected people, but suspect it has been passed on genetically for many generations."This is a class of virus no one would have looked for in prostate cancer," said UCSF researcher Joe DeRisi, who developed the so-called "gene chip" that made the discovery. DeRisi's chip contains 20,000 snippets of vital genetic material from every known virus. It is the same chip that confirmed a previously undiscovered virus in the cold family that caused the SARS outbreak three years ago.
After hearing of that success, Klein sent samples of 86 cancerous prostates he removed from patients to DeRisi. DeRisi then placed DNA from the cancerous tissues on the chip, and DNA from eight of 20 patients with two copies of a mutated gene matched with DNA from the mouse virus.
The gene is a vital cog in the body's defense system, coding for an enzyme that helps kill invading viruses. The men with the mutated genes make fewer such enzymes than those with normal versions of the gene.
The virus was found in just one of the 66 other patients, suggesting that genetics play a significant role in the virus' connection to cancer.
The researchers said they will now test hundreds more prostate patients and are developing a diagnostic tool to test for the virus in the blood. That way they could test thousands of patients and non-patients alike and figure out if there is any link between prostate cancer and the virus, which causes cancer in mice.
The researchers also want to determine how widespread the virus is in humans and whether it is exclusive to prostate patients. Prostate cancer is the most frequent cancer and the second leading cause of death among men older than 50.
Others are expected to look for other potential viral links to prostate cancer beyond the well-trod investigative areas of environmental, racial and genetic backgrounds. Prostate cancer, for instance is found more often as men age, among blacks and the overweight than in the general populations. There also are hereditary links to prostate cancer.
Now, researchers have another, potential viral suspect to investigate.
"We haven't really been thinking along those lines," said Dr. Anthony Zietman, a radiation oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. "This is an interesting finding that will take off in a whole new direction."
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1.DVD- Correcting Chronic Health Problems 2005: This DVD seminar, approximately 6 hours long will teach the physician a simple to apply, effective protocol to treat patients with chronic fatigue, allergies, chemical sensitivities, intestinal dysbiosis, (fungal, bacterial, parasitic, and viral infections), food sensitivities, altered intestinal permeability, toxic metal problems, endocrine dysfunction, nutritional imbalances, chronic pain and subluxations. Knowledge of basic muscle testing is helpful. A complete protocol is taught that you can use to treat even the most chronic patients. The video is suited for both the novice and the advanced practitioners in our work and has many changes from previous videos. A complete set of advanced notes accompanies the video. This video supersedes our previous ones. Price is $250 and can be paid by check to our office or paypal to noach2343@aol.com. There is a paypal link on our website to pay also.
2.Clinical Indications of Thorne Research Products: This handout, has both academic and clinical observations on well over 100 products I use in my office. Approximately 90% of the products I use are by Thorne Research. Reasons are given. This handout is free and is available in written form or on CD-Rom. You may wither call our office for a copy or download it from our website: www.michaellebowitzdc.com as you can download it.
3.Personal Seminars with Dr. Lebowitz: Dr. Lebowitz teaches seminars to one or two doctors at a time in his home/office in Grand Junction, CO. These classes are tailored to meet your individual needs and can be as basic or advanced as you would like. Treatment for you and/or your family can be included in the teaching. Colorado continuing education hours can be provided. Best days are Sundays, Mondays or Wednesdays. Call to schedule exact dates. Cost is $300 for one physician or $500 for 2 physicians coming together.
4.Test kits for Dr. Lebowitz protocol. Call Test Kit Consultants at 970-323-0625 or see our website http://www.michaellebowitzdc.com for more details, or info is available on CD-Rom. These new kits will greatly simplify and speed up you testing making you more efficient and accurate.
5.Lasers we use in our protocol (rectangular beam output 635nm 5mw) Laseronix 1-808- 879-9391. The one we use is called “the Desensitizer”
6.Lay Lecture Videos This is a 4 DVD set done by myself and Dr. Natalie Liesman. Each of the four tapes runs 60-90 minutes. They can be used to help formulate your own lay lectures or you can sell or rent them to patients for their education thus saving you many hours plus building up your patients’ knowledge base.
The four are as follows:
1 Nutrition and Fatigue- goes into endocrine dysfunction, dysbiosis especially
Fungal problems, food sensitivities, EMF’s, nutrient deficiencies, etc.
2 Women’s Health- osteoporosis, PMS, menopause, depression, etc.
3 Children’s Health- infections, ADHD, etc.
4 Men’s Health and Misc. Issues.
The four DVD set is $80 and you can send a check or pay by paypal via my website