Prof. Keith Scott-Mumby's Total Health Newsletter #29. Week ending Dec 6th, 2009
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click the image or click here for more info  This Week's Quote:"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." Albert Einstein, iconic smart guy.
Join my colleague Dr. Lorraine Vanbergen-Hache and see how she saved a dog's leg from amputation, just using the SCENAR (remember I described a case in my book Virtual Medicine where a man avoided amputation of a leg, using just the SCENAR). We'll be doing a pet treatment teleclass this month (16th Dec). Look out for it! SCENAR treatment of dog on YouTube Review SCENAR models and prices here
1. Another Antibiotic Hot Tip.A randomised control trial of Tea Tree oil, comparing it with the standard regime was carried out at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital. The trial measured the relative ability of the two regimes to clear MRSA (the antibiotic resistant bacteria found in hospitals) colonisation from various sites. The tea tree oil compared favourably to modern pharmaceutical skin preparations. The oil was slightly less effective in clearing noses and throats, appreciably more effective in clearing armpits, groins and perhaps surprisingly skin sores of the potentially lethal Staphylococcus aureus. The results were published in the Journal of Hospital Infection. Plenty more studies like that. But how about Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)? Japanese honeysuckle is a strong antimicrobial, proven experimentally to be effective against a wide range of organisms including Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus hemolyticus, Diplococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. For lots more data like this (with the science), you need my eBook "How To Survive In A World Without Antibiotics". If you still haven't got it, you're just not tuned in to the dangers surrounding us all. An MRSA strain up 90% and spreading like wildfire. I’ve been warning about community active MRSA for over a year (CA-MRSA). It’s very dangerous and, by definition, on the loose in the community. It’s no longer just the “hospital” superbug. CA-MRSA can kill within hours. It produces what is called severe necrotizing pneumonia; the patient may be dead by bedtime. I pointed out the frightening similarity with this condition and pneumonic plague which swept Europe repeatedly in the 13th- 17th century. In February 2009 a man died within 12 hours, after contracting CA-MRSA on a cruise ship, while on a romantic holiday with his wife. Blotchy blackness spread from behind his knee which quickly moved to his chest, elbow and fingers, and he died that same day. [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/810784/superbug-kills-man-within-12-hours]
2. Herbs Can Really Work For PainAn herb called Brazilian mint (Hyptis crenata ) treats pain as effectively as a synthetic aspirin-style drug called Indomethacin, according to researchers at Newcastle University (England). Hyptis crenata has long been used in Brazil to treat a range of painful health problems, such as headaches and stomach pain. This study is the first to scientifically prove the pain-relieving properties of Brazilian mint. The study was presented Nov. 24 at a conference in India in advance of publication in an upcoming issue of the journal Acta Horticulturae. "What we have done is to take a plant that is widely used to safely treat pain and scientifically proven that it works as well as some synthetic drugs. Now the next step is to find out how and why the plant works," study leader Graciela Rocha said in a university news release. Brazilian mint is traditionally taken as a tea infusion. SOURCE: Newcastle University, news release, Nov. 24, 2009
3. Would You Believe Drug Trials Do Not Look At Safety?It’s a bit hard to swallow but manufacturers are so busy scrambling to get their product approved, they carry out the fastest and shakiest tests that could possibly be considered “legal” (but not scientific). Trials are so short that safety issues never show. Well, hardly ever. When they do, the drug manufacturers just suppress it. Yet again Merck is in the frame for lying and covering up the fact that Vioxx (rofecoxib) kills (are the directors of this organization still walking the streets instead of being in jail for manslaughter, at least?) It has emerged through independent investigation that the fact that Vioxx increased risk for heart attack, stroke and death, were known for years before the drug's voluntary withdrawal from the market in 2004. The researchers found 30 trials with a total of 20,152 patients, comparing the anti-inflammatory medication with placebo. Twenty-one of those trials had been completed by the end of December 2000, and a risk of heart attack, stroke and death among patients taking Vioxx was clear and should have led to a safety warning, Ross said. The risk for those cardiovascular events was 35% higher among patients taking Vioxx compared with those taking placebo. The association grew as more trials were completed, increasing to 39% in April 2002, when newer data was analyzed, and to 43% in September 2004, according to the study. Merck’s excuse? (you won’t believe this one!) "Merck believes the article published in The Archives of Internal Medicine in today's issue related to Vioxx used unreliable methods and reached incorrect conclusions." What a cheek! They can use unreliable and incorrect conclusions to push their stuff. But if somebody criticizes them, it’s bad… "Merck acted responsibly -- from researching Vioxx prior to approval in studies with approximately 10,000 patients to monitoring the medicine while it was on the market -- to voluntarily withdrawing the medicine when it did," the statement said. "Our decisions were based on the data from well-controlled clinical trials." Usual doublespeak: they relied on well-controlled clinical trials (maybe), BUT THEY IGNORED LOTS OF OTHER TRIALS THAT THEY DIDN’T LIKE, WHICH SAID THEIR DRUG WAS DANGEROUS. This new finding showed that Merck's chief executive officer lied before a U.S. Senate committee in November 2004, by stating that earlier clinical trials showed no difference in the risk of heart events between patients taking Vioxx and those taking a placebo. So much for the US Constitution, never mind medical science and the public good. Big Pharma is contemptible. [Sources: Nov. 23, 2009, Archives of Internal Medicine; Nov. 23, 2009, statement, Merck & Co.]
3. My Name Is Scott. We gave Our Name To ScotlandThe first thing invading armies met when crossing the border was the Scott clan. The ancestral lands are just over the border. Our Chieftain is the Duke Of Buccleuch. We gave our name to Scot(t)land! My heart is still with Scotland, though I left my bagpipes, kilt and sporran in the UK when I came here to the USA. If you care, please watch this short YouTube video, showing iconic images of Scotland, set to the beautiful singing of Karen Matheson, of the group Capercaille. Scotland is magic. The title is Ailean Duinn (dark-haired Alan), written by Annie Campbell for her lover, who was lost at sea. If you want the full meaning of the beautiful Gaelic words, go here: gaelic poetry (this song was used in the movie "Rob Roy"). And watch out for my unique book, describing an encounter with a real life fairy in Scotland, called "To Fly Without Wings". |
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