Arthritis

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“Arthritis is a general term for conditions that affect the joints or tissues around the joint. There are more than 100 types of arthritis. Most types of arthritis cause pain and stiffness in and around the affected joint or joints. Some types of arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis, also affect the immune system and some internal organs of the body.” ~Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Radiation

“People in the United States complain about our out-of-control medical costs. 30% or more of the medical costs are the result of fossil fuel air pollution.” ~Coal Power and Waste Details.

Radioactive Pollution

We periodically pass through a storm of fear regarding radioactivity. This is especially true whenever a...

Ways to Control and Even Eliminate Arthritis Pain

Causations for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Of nine interdependent causations for Rheumatoid Arthritis –  Genetic Predisposition; Stress; Dietary Deficiencies; Sports Injuries and Surgery; Infectious Organisms (foci of infections); Allergies and Chemical Sensitivities, Pollution Metal Toxicities, Intake of Harmful Chemicals, etc.; Hormonal Imbalances and Metabolic Problems; and Weakened Immunological System – each overlaps, and intermingles with the others.

It's not...

The Great Antioxidant: Vitamin E

“The Art of Getting Well” is more than just a book, but also a technique for applying medical knowledge, called The Art of Practicing Medicine.

One big mistake with organized medicine is that those who rule it as a science assume that so much is now known about human tissues...

Treatment and Cure of Fibromyalgia

Since I note your editorial about changing times and open mindedness, I am taking the time to respond to the article “Fibromyalgia: Hope for Help.” I notice that the author states “We are searching for better treatment options.” She incorrectly states that a cure for Fibromyalgia does not exist. That’s...

Thyroid Hormone Therapy: Cutting the Gordian Knot

Thyroid: Master Gland & Regulator

The human body, from one perspective, is fundamentally a carbon/oxygen engine. It burns carbon with the use of oxygen, producing heat and other forms of energy.

The rate at which this engine burns its fuel (carbon) has a certain efficiency, and is measured by a...

The World’s Greatest Medical Discovery

If you heard there was a source of disease which caused literally hundreds of different illnesses, wouldn’t you think that would be one of the world’s greatest medical discoveries? Just such a wide assortment of diseases were found and proven to come from focal infections present in infected teeth, jaws and tonsils.

The Use of Ionic Copper in the Treatment of Arthritis

According to the research by the late Dr. Roger Wyburn-Mason, the cause of rheumatoid arthritis and some other chronic and rheumatoid diseases may be an amoeba parasite, amoebae Limax or Naegleria. Some physicians have found that when a certain type of copper is used in microgram quantities, it is a very conservative treatment, obtaining therapeutic benefits in ridding the body of toxic parasites such as amoebae without risking toxic reactions or serious side effects.

The Surprising Psoriasis Treatment

In July of 1986 The Arthritis Trust of America/The Rheumatoid Disease Foundation brought to its Second National Medical Seminar, Dr. Helmut Christ, M.D. of Bisingen, West Germany, as a speaker. One of Dr. Christ’s subjects was “Psoriasis Under Control at Last.”

Tendinitis and Tenosynovitis

Tendinitis is inflammation of the lining of the tendon sheath (tenosynovium) and also quite frequently the enclosed tendon. This article offers an overview of traditional and non-traditional treatment options.

Systemic Enzyme Therapy

People must know that the correct medical name for the therapeutic use of natural enzymes is "Systemic Enzyme Therapy." This means that enzymes flow throughout our body, producing the desired healing effects.

For an accurate description of Systemic Enzyme Therapy, one needs to know a little bit about the structure and function of enzymes, in general.

Silicone Arthritis and Related Diseases

Between one and two million women have had silicone breast implants to improve their physical appearance. Within and after thirty years, thousands of women have been questioning their earlier decision, and many seem to be suffering major disabilities as a result of these implants. In 1993 the FDA placed restrictions on the use of silicone for breast implants and currently (1994) there is pending a record $4.7 billion settlement in one of the nation's largest class-action suits resulting from the implant damage.

Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Many Layers to Wellness

It took me six weeks to halt the progress of "galloping" rheumatoid arthritis, two more years to pay attention to candidiasis, nutrition and food allergies, and the next 13 years to understand what's really going on, and what the factors are that create rheumatoid arthritis and the other 79 related...

Book Review: Root Canal Cover-Up

The Root Canal Cover-Up book was compiled and written by George E. Meinig, D.D.S., F.A.C.D., one of the 19 founding members that organized the American Association of Endodontists and a former Twentieth Century Fox Studio dentist. His book provides the public and health professionals with their first real look at the serious illnesses that can arise as a result of root canal therapy.

Treatment and Prevention of Osteoporosis

"There are three things you can count on, if you live long enough. They are death, taxes, and osteoporosis.”

~ William Campbell Douglass, M.D.1

Since we are all going to suffer from Osteoporosis, it might be well to learn how to prevent the condition, if possible, and also...

Magnetic Resonance Bio-Oxidative Therapy for Rheumatoid and Other Degenerative Dis­eases

Concerning Magnetic Polarity

[There is an important difference as to the nature of the polarity of magnets used on human tissue. Dr. Philpott herein presents a summary of many years of research, clarifying the proper use of magnets. Also see Magnet Therapy by William Philpott, M.D. & Dwight K. Kalita,...

Landmark Work on Niacinimide and Arthritis

Dr. Jonathan Wright interviews Dr. William Kaufman about his ground breaking research with niacinimide for the treatment of arthritis and general joint pain.

Friendly Bacteria: Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium

The subject of intestinal microflora is of importance to arthritics for two major reasons: (1) it is essential for good health to have a good colony of synergistically (working together and reinforcing one another) behaving microflora; (2) it is essential for metabolization of some of the medicines we recommend when halting the progress of Rheumatoid Diseases. There are more bacteria in the world today than all the humans ever born.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Progressive Systemic Sclerosis

Lupus Erythematosus and Scleroderma are classified as vascular diseases and can be treated in a similar manner with equally good results. Lupus Erythematosus is a chronic, nontuberculous disease of the skin marked by disklike patches with raised reddish edges and depressed centers, and covered with scales or crusts. These fall off, leaving dull-white scars. Scleroderma is a disease of the skin in which thickened, hard, ridged, and pigmented patches occur. During the course of the disease, the connective tissue of the skin layer beneath the epidermis (corium) and the subcutaneous structures are increased and a "hidebound" condition results.

Lymphatic Detoxification

Lymph is an integral part of the body’s circulatory system, being the connecting medium between enclosed arteries/capillaries/veins, and the cells/tissues outside of those blood vessels. It is composed of water, inorganic mineral salts, and white blood cells. Toxins in the environment accumulate in the lymph so it is vital to detox.

Lyme Disease: Arthritis by Infection

The unlucky invasion of Borrelia burgdorferi, the spiral-shaped microbe injected by at least one species of tick, Ixodes scapularis, seems to present the unwitting victim with arthritic symptoms that also may require more than one approach for its solution.

Gout Packet

The gout packet includes the beneficial effects of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbal teas, magnetic effects and numerous other effective approaches.

Boron and Arthritis

An overview of evidence for the usefulness of Boron in treating or preventing Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis from Rex E. Newnham, Ph.D., D.O., N.D. of Leeds, England.

Essential Fatty Acids Are Essential!

For years establishment medical practitioners have told folks that supplemental vitamins and minerals were unnecessary, that what we eat is sufficient provided we eat plenty of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. One of the most overlooked foods when producing wellness is utilization of the proper oils and fats.

Fluoridation: Governmentally Approved Poison

Who benefits by fluoridation and is it safe? A perspective from 1994.

Bee Pollen: The Perfect Food

Renowned healers of antiquity employed honey, bee pollen, propolis, and royal jelly.... It was when the laboratories of the world community of nations confirmed that bee pollen contains all nutrients necessary in human nutrition that an efficient way to harvest bee pollen for the use of man became a necessity.

Arthritis Packet

In the arthritis packet there is helpful information that leads you to understand the cause of arthritis and possible natural and complementary approaches to eliminate the pain and possible rectify the cause of the problem.

Mycoplasmas Properties and their Role in Autoimmune Diseases

A mechanistic approach to the treatment of the infectious rheumatoid diseases can be more effective and less costly by controlling and preventing the disease and not just the symptoms. The elimination of the microbial root cause should be the primary target.

Chemicals in Hot Chili Peppers Confirmed to Be a Cause of Arthritis

Harvard Medical School researchers have now found that the receptor activated by chemicals in hot chili peppers is also responsible for the ongoing, burning pain associated with inflammation, tissue damage and arthritis.

Arthritics and Osteoporosis

If you’re one of those suffering from Osteoporosis, then you have a greater risk of fracturing a bone, often a hip. That’s a one in six chance of hip fracture for women, and that ratio is a greater ratio than the one in nine risk they have in suffering from breast cancer.

The Role of Chelation Therapy: Antibiotics and Mycoplasmas

Chelation is a chemical term given to molecules that combine or complex with metals such as lead, mercury, copper, iron, calcium, etc. The term is taken from ‘chela’ the pincer-like claws of crabs. Such agents hold metals making them ineffective by limiting their availability for metabolic activity.

Anti-amoebic Treatment for Rheumatoid Disease

Gus J. Prosch, Jr. speaks on the anti-amoebic treatment of Rheumatoid Disease.

Gouty Arthritis

Gouty Arthritis is a defect in the ability of the body to rid itself of excess uric acid, thus causing uric acid crystals to lodge in the collagen tissue matrices throughout portions of the body, especially near the joints, or at other locations where a supersaturated solution of poorly dissolved uric acid will easily fall out of solution, near cooler portions of the body.

Magnesium Chloride Hexahydrate Therapy

Back in 1915, a French surgeon, Prof. Pierre Delbet, M.D. discovered that Magnesium Chloride solution was not only harmless for tissues, but it had also a great effect over leucocytic activity and phagocytosis; so it was perfect for external wounds treatment.

Stress and Arthritis

A person's overall nutritional intake is the most important single factor for preventing sickness and achieving wellness, and it is fundamental to every disease condition. Good dietary habits are a most necessary condition for reversing or controlling all disease states, but may not, in themselves, be a sufficient condition.

Vitamin C: How to Use The Great Missing Vitamin

You are probably familiar with Linus Pauling's views in favor of the heavy use of Vitamin C, one of the great anti-oxidants. Much original work with large dosages of Vitamin C was done by Fred R. Klenner, M.D. of North Carolina. Dr. Klenner found that viral diseases could be cured by intravenous sodium ascorbate in amounts up to 200 grams per 24 hours.

Rheumatoid Disease: How to Get Well

You start the cure by learning what Rheumatoid Disease is, where it's located in the body, and what causes it. The very first thing to learn is that it is a disease of the whole body, not of your joints.

Allergies and Biodetoxification for the Arthritic

Food allergies contribute to Rheumatoid Disease, and, if they do not mimic the symptoms of Rheumatoid Disease, they may also help to cause the symptoms.

The Herxheimer Effect

Learn more about the importance of noting and accounting for the Herxheimer effect when treating arthritics.

The Perfect Plan for Perfect Health

Gus J. Prosch, Jr. , M.D. says: It’s been a primary goal of mine for the past twenty five years to develop the Perfect Plan in an effort to help my patients achieve a state as close to perfect health as possible.

Candidiasis: Scourge of Arthritics

Candida albicans, a form of yeast, is present in all of us not long after birth. It lives in our intestinal tract and is a yeast-like organism which in the infective phase produces a condition called “Thrush” or “Candidiasis.” Learn more about candida albicans and options for treatment.

Sclerotherapy, Proliferative Therapy, Reconstructive Therapy

There are many kinds of arthritides. The most common are three: Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Gouty Arthritis. Learn about treatment options.

Proper Nutrition for Rheumatoid Arthritis

When using the Rheumatoid Disease Foundation's treatment protocol, or anyone else's treatment protocol, proper nutrition is essential for arthritics. In fact, the foundation to proper healing for any disease condition is that of proper nutrition.

A Natural Treatment for Arthritis

In the March 2003 issue of Nutrition & Healing, you read about different ways to protect your heart – a topic not making many headlines these days, but one that’s still critical to your health. In this article, I’ve chosen another topic that you’re also not hearing much about lately (except...

The Thomas McPherson Brown, MD, Treatment of Rheumatoid Disease

The progressive immunologic rheumatoid diseases are characterized by periodic and chronic symptoms. The discovery of more effective forms of sustained therapy are handicapped by one significant fact: in nearly all forms of chronic arthritis, the causative factors although suspected remain unknown. An infectious agent has long been thought to initiate...

The Roger Wyburn-Mason Treatment for Rheumatoid Disease

If left untreated, Rheumatoid Arthritis and other forms of Rheumatoid Diseases can become progressively worse, eventually leading to painful crippling, but this is particularly true of Rheumatoid Arthritis, which can and will destroy the joints unless effective treatment is administered in time.

Those who tell you that nothing much can be done for Arthritis are only fooling themselves and you. A great deal can be done, as you will learn – and crippling is not inevitable.

The Nature of Rheumatoid Disease

The Arthritis Trust considers the nearly 100 rheumatoid diseases – including Rheumatoid Arthritis – as a systemic disease. Since the disease can affect any organ or system in the body, manifestation of symptoms produced give rise to the various name classifications often misconstrued as totally separate diseases.

Can Rheumatoid Arthritis Be Cured?

Are you among the millions who suffer from the various forms of arthritis? Learn how Perry Chapdelaine resolved his arthritis. From this life experience he formed the Arthritis Trust of America. This Trust has been retired and now shares with FAIM much of the information that has been previously posted.