Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder which causes the body’s immune system to attack the joints, resulting in pain and swelling. About 1.3 million people in the United States have rheumatoid arthritis, and of these, nearly 75 percent are women. “In fact, 1–3 percent of women may get rheumatoid arthritis in their lifetime. The disease most […]
Over the last several years the debate over whether the molecular mimicry observed in vaccines, viruses and other pathogens can evoke autoimmune disease has garnered considerable interest. The argument behind molecular mimicry is that if foreign pathogens like bacteria, viruses and vaccines are similar enough in structure or function to our innate, ‘self’ peptide sequences, […]
When you have a hammer, everything becomes a nail, or so they say. I worry about this as I dig deeper into mitochondrial dysfunction. Could all of these disparate symptoms and conditions have their roots in the mitochondria? Could it be that simple? Perhaps. More and more, as I search for explanations for the devastating […]
I am 30 years old and have been sick most of my life. That is something that is hard to wrap my brain around sometimes. So I just try to look to my future. Having both endometriosis and an autoimmune disease has been very hard to come terms with over the years. It was especially […]
Arguably, my primary intellectual concerns around modern day infectious disease management and “prevention”, is an acute awareness of how little we know about our relationship to microbes in and around us, and about our immune system. We are just beginning to appreciate the role of the several trillion bacteria that inhabit our guts, dictate our […]
Anecdotal evidence points to a connection between Gardasil and Cervarix, the HPV vaccines, and cerebellar injury. Here, from the journal Neuropediatrics comes the first published report linking the HPV vaccine to cerebellar ataxia: Association of Acute Cerebellar Ataxia and Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine: A Case Study.I should note, from our research we’re also seeing cases […]
We all know that exercise is good for us, but few know how truly important it really is. I work with a woman who was injured by Gardasil. Prior to her vaccination, she was healthy and active, but after the vaccination, immediately, and in the years that followed, she has endured a complex array of […]
When a woman experiences fatigue, brain clouding, flat mood, PMS, and constipation, we call it anxiety or stress and we stick her on an antidepressant that she will likely take for the rest of her life. Where in this protocol have we investigated why she is feeling that way? How have we personalized the treatment […]