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For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, is the illness both Jacie and Barbara were diagnosed with in April 2022. They last gave a health update one year ago, so today we're bringing you up to speed on their progress recovering from mold / biotoxin illness using the Shoemaker protocol and various supplemental therapies. They also cover grief and stress processing as well as travel and recovering from re-exposure. For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Intro and disclaimer 1:05 Jacie's recap of her health journey 1:54 Nicotine 2:45 Tick Borne testing, plasmalogens, peptides, and resilience 3:25 Environment testing and moving plans 4:14 Travel experiences 4:45 NeuroQuant timing and more about Nicotine 6:50 Jacie feels good! But also dealt with re-exposures 8:40 Limbic Retraining and slowing down, stress management 9:55 Jacie's Book! 12:00 Barbara's update: grief processing and recap 15:05 Therapy: CPT for PTSD, and ADHD treatment 17:13 Stress Management and vision boarding 18:18 Barbara's CIRS plans and nicotine use 20:26 Autoimmune flare-up: Alopecia Areata 22:34 Unexpected stress will affect your healing HELPFUL LINKS: Order Jacie's book! NOW AVAILABLE: The 30-Day Carnivore Boot Camp: A Beginner's Guide to Successfully Doing an All-Meat Lifestyle: https://a.co/d/7MHCf5i Our past health update episode: https://youtu.be/NseNf6XLQxI?si=YYpJzX_dPKbHauYE Our Nicotine episode: https://youtu.be/hLumLIye7q4?si=VzQzNgQet5BjIosv The CIRS Group: Support Community: https://thecirsgroup.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecirsgroup/ Find Jacie for carnivore, lifestyle and limbic resources: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladycarnivory YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LadyCarnivory Blog: https://www.ladycarnivory.com/ Pre-order Jacie's book! https://a.co/d/8ZKCqz0 Find Barbara for business/finance tips and coaching: Website: https://www.actlikebarbara.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actlikebarbara/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@actlikebarbara Jacie is a Shoemaker certified Proficiency Partner, NASM certified nutrition coach, author, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a business and fitness coach, CIRS and ADHD advocate, speaker, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.

I dagens Börslunch tar vi en närmare titt på teknisk analys tillsammans med Erik Hansén från Neuroquant och David Bagge från Marketmate. Vi tittar bland annat på Stockholmsbörsen, New York-börserna och guldet.   Programledare är Kelly Connelin och Gabriel Mellqvist.

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com   CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, can sometimes be “followed” or accompanied by co-infections. Today, we are diving into one of the most convoluted and confusing potential avenues CIRS patients might need to address: Tick-borne illnesses, of which there are many and not just Lyme disease! We are honored to have the leading expert in tick-borne illnesses with us today to help break it down: Dr. Peg DeTulio, who has decades of experience with 1000s of patients. Did you know it's possible 20-50% of people with CIRS are also struggling with a tick-borne illness? If your healing journey has stalled, this may be a rabbit hole worth investigating. For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com   TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Intro and disclaimer 3:00 Tick-Borne illnesses vs Lyme 4:55 Symptoms of tick-borne illness 6:28 For CIRS patients: treat mold before you address tick-borne 9:38 Red flag: Improvements but some symptoms remain 11:20 Western Blot test after CIRS is treated 12:42 C3a and tick borne illness 14:36 Testing process for tick-borne illnesses 19:05 Night Sweats that do not resolve 20:15 Air hunger or sighing at rest 21:08 Using an herb before testing to wake up the illness 22:28 Endemic areas and other risk factors 27:36 How common is tick-borne illness within the CIRS community 28:33 Can GENIE or NeuroQuant rule out Lyme or tick-borne illness 31:58 How treatable are tick-borne illnesses? 35:42 The benefits of treating slowly and carefully 40:30 How to spread awareness of tick-borne illness HELPFUL LINKS: Dr. Peg Detulio's website: https://regenixhealing.com/ Dr. Peg's interview with Judy Cho: https://youtu.be/bjc2twvHGFs?si=9aJyIVGHmUp8Zj2r   The CIRS Group: Support Community: https://thecirsgroup.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecirsgroup/   Find Jacie for carnivore, lifestyle and limbic resources: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladycarnivory YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LadyCarnivory Blog: https://www.ladycarnivory.com/   Find Barbara for business/finance tips and coaching: Website: https://www.actlikebarbara.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actlikebarbara/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@actlikebarbara   Jacie is a 4 year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 3 year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.  

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com   CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, is a chronic illness that affects a quarter of the population (they just might not know it yet). Today, we tackle the very last step of the only clinically proven path to healing CIRS, Shoemaker Protocol, which is Vasoactive Intestinal Peptides, or VIP Spray. VIP Spray is amazing, in that it helps the brain return to normal after inflammation and atrophy caused by CIRS. We dig into the details on how it works, when to use it, and what to expect when using it. This is not medical advice, talk to your doctor to figure out what's right for you. For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com   TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Intro and disclaimer 1:00 The purpose of VIP Spray within the Shoemaker Protocol 2:17 What is VIP or Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide 2:28 VIP blood test 4:00 Why get a NeuroQuant before and after VIP Spray 5:18 The cost of VIP Spray 6:00 Titration and administration of VIP Spray 7:40 Considerations for storing VIP Spray 8:20 Cheaper option for VIP Spray 8:58 The potential risks of VIP Spray 10:55 Jacie's experience with VIP Spray 13:00 Using VIP to better tolerate the binders 15:20 Barbara's VIP Spray   HELPFUL LINKS: Genie test episode: https://youtu.be/bCNp9qNqWWc?si=WL_s_yXIpEh_f4uj NeuroQuant episode: https://youtu.be/aQyU51D7O-c?si=YkTgroEapsSFWSGw Cheaper option to purchase VIP Spray (to mix yourself): https://www.montroserx.com/   Jacie is a 4 year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 3 year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment. Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok

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Dagens gäst är Erik Hansén, medgrundare av NeuroQuant. Han har tagit fram 16 regler för att ta bättre beslut på börsen, och tillsammans går Erik och Ara igenom punkt för punkt hur man kan tänka och agera på börsen för att minimera risken, men samtidigt öka avkastningen. Häng med i flödet på: 👉 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@nordnet.sverige 👉 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nordnet/ 👉 Twitter - https://twitter.com/NordnetSE 👉 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nordnetsverige/ 👉 Ara Mustafa - https://twitter.com/NordnetAra Disclaimer: Finansiella instrument kan både öka och minska i värde. Det finns en risk att du inte får tillbaka de pengar du investerar. Innan du investerar i en aktie eller fond bör du läsa informationsbroschyren som finns hos bolaget och faktabladet som du hittar i orderläggningsfönstret samt på aktien eller fondens produktsida på nordnet.se.

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com We attended CIRSx 2023 and learned a ton of new info and are bringing you the highlights today! We had to split up the whole CIRSx weekend into two parts, so here is part one!  For more information, visit TheCIRSGroup.com TIME STAMPS: 00:00 Intro 00:30 CIRSx overall impressions 04:00 Screening for CIRS  - Dr. Eric Dorninger 07:05 Why Buildings Fail to Protect our Health - Paula Baker La Porte 08:17 My Very Own Sirewall - Ming Dooley 10:19 CIRSx Workplan - Cindy Edwards 11:43 The Anti-Inflammatory Benefit of the Carnivore Diet - Judy Cho 13:45 NextGen Sequencing: More than Actinos - David Lark 16:45 The Immunomodulatory Effects of Camel Milk for CIRS Patients with ASD - Dr. Jodie Dashore 19:30 New Neurological Applications of GENIE, Neuroquant, and ALS - Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker 20:25 An Integrative Approach to Parkinson's - Dr. Laurie Mischley 24:38 Slaying Water Damage Dragons: A Patient Experience - Chris Foth and Aaron Pettigrew 27:30 In Pursuit of Underlying Causes of Contaminated Buildings - Brandon Apple 29:40 Using Peptide Bonds and Proteins to Monitor Cleanliness - John Banta 30:31 Join us next week for Part 2! CIRSx website: https://www.cirsx.com/2023-cirsx-annual-conference Jacie is a 3.5+ year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 2.5+ year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment. Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com Today we're talking about signs you might have CIRS. 1 in 4 people - that's 25% of the population! - are genetically predisposed to having CIRS, or chronic inflammatory response syndrome, which means they are unable to process biotoxins out of their body if/when they encounter those biotoxins. Today we dig into some weird, random symptoms you might have that could point you towards CIRS as your path to root cause healing. For more information, visit TheCIRSGroup.com TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:26 Why we think you should look into CIRS 2:37 Resources if you think you might have CIRS 2:53 Frequent headaches/migraines 3:30 Genetic issues - “it runs in my family!” 4:00 Excessive static shocks 4:25 Frequent urination, excessive thirst 5:01 Plantar Fasciitis 6:30 When carnivore is a bandaid 7:37 OCD, depression, anxiety 8:15 Hair loss 8:50 Muscle Cramps, electrolyte imbalances 9:40 Night sweats, dizziness, POTS 10:31 Forgetting why you walked into a room 11:07 Struggling to read 12:29 Histamine reactions, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome 13:05 Carnivoring harder 13:51 Pregnancy loss, severe PMS and menopause symptoms 15:57 Endometriosis, autoimmune conditions: Crohn's, Hashimoto's, Ulcerative Colitis, Lupus, Psoriasis, Celiac 18:28 Maybe she's born with it, maybe its biotoxins 19:10 Remove yourself from exposure and see how you feel 20:06 Look into it, why not? 21:49 Biohacking your way to wellness, closet full of supplements 23:10 Join us at TheCIRSGroup.com Our Instagram post about the symptom clusters: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs1T3U9tXQU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== VCS test: https://www.vcstest.com/ Bloodwork: https://www.nutritionwithjudy.com/shopping/lab-work/mini-chronic-inflammatory-response-syndrome-cirs-testing Our episode with Christian re: the Neuroquant and how CIRS affects the brain: https://youtu.be/aQyU51D7O-c Jacie is a 3.5+ year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 2.5+ year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment. Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com Today we're talking about how CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, affects the brain. We can determine the effects using a special kind of MRI, called a Neuroquant. To help us explore this fun topic, we've invited Dr. Christian Navarro-Torres from the CIRS lab! TIME STAMPS 00:00 Introduction 00:30 Welcome, Christian! 01:00 What is CIRSLab? 01:30 Online Workshop July 9th 02:00 Coaching 02:42 Christian's Academic/Professional Background 03:40 Christian's CIRS Journey 05:30 Christian's Academic Research and its connection to CIRS 08:30 How many languages does Christian speak and why is Jacie bad at English 10:07 Is the ability to learn languages nature or nurture? 12:45 Intro to the Neuroquant 13:00 What is CIRS? 17:00 What is a Neuroquant? 20:00 How long does it take to get the results? 21:00 Where can you get the Neuroqant done? 21:40 Can the Neuroquant determine the biotoxin you are reacting to? 23:10 Neuroqant and Alzheimers  23:54 You have a tiny hippocampus jokes 24:23 Neuroquant as a stand alone diagnostic tool 25:15 What is the GENIE? 25:36 Associations between the Neuroquant and the GENIE?  26:05 How do they diagnose CIRS using the Neuroquant? 27:00 COVID and CIRS 27:40 Scoring the Neuroquant 29:30 We talk ignorantly about golf for too long 31:40 What kind of scores do we see in CIRS patients? 33:30 Why you need a qualified professional to interpret your results 35:25 What changes can you expect to see in the Neuroquant after going through CIRS treatment?  37:40 VIP and changes to the brain structure 40:51 Volume improvements after treatment 42:10 Other benefits of VIP, including resolving PTSD 43:05 VIP removes memory traces of CIRS at a neuron level 45:15 Nuances to brain volume measurements 48:30 Smooth brain jokes 48:50 Where to find more from Christian 51:10 The most chaotic outro ever Links CIRSLab Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cirslab/ Online Workshop: https://www.instagram.com/p/CuLTGcHpqRc/ Where to find the Neuroquant: https://www.survivingmold.com/mold-symptoms/neuroquant-locations VIP Effects on the Brain: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-80873-2 Jacie is a 3.5+ year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 2.5+ year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment. Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok

I veckans avsnitt intervjuar vi Erik Hansén. Erik har jobbat i finansbranschen i 15 år inom olika roller såsom aktiemäkleri och som entreprenör. Idag är Erik privatinvesterare och arbetar med sitt nya bolag NeuroQuant. I avsnittet pratar vi om Eriks karriär, hans syn på dagens marknad och hans investeringsstrategi med mera.Glöm inte att gå in på https://pinpointestimates.com och lämna estimat på dina aktier och bolagen du följer. Då får du se vad andra investerare har för estimat på bolagen du äger!Twitter: @AktiesnackPoddMagnus och Peter finns såklart också på Twitter: @analytikern1234 (Magnus) & @Matematikern3 (Peter). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marilyn (Micki) Maes, MS. RT, (R), (MR), (f), CRT, is a radiologic technologist, professional educator, researcher, 3D quantitative analyst, consultant, and manager with over 15 years of experience in performance and training regarding diagnostic imaging. Prior to her last 6 years at CorTech working with the Neuroquant, which is a specific type of volumetric analysis and report regarding cognitive decline, she was director at Stanford's 3D quantitative radiology department doing manually what CorTech reports now do digitally. This show walks through brain/head imaging from A-Z, or should we say from X-ray to CT, to MRI, to PET and back through circulatory vessel imaging including CTA (CT-angiogram) and MRA/MRV (magnetic resonance angiogram & venograms). She brings to light how the imaging study is done, what body structures are best seen with each test, types of dye (iodine vs gadolinium), contraindications and which clinical situation is best elucidated by which study (for example, Parkinson's and dopamine with PET scanning or how & why cancer lights up with gadolinium). Micki then dives into nitty gritty details of what is being seen (or not) with the CorTech Neuroquant report comparing volumetrics as applies to long-COVID brain fog, Alzheimer's, hippocampal asymmetry, ventricular sizes and global atrophy. She also reviews imaging abnormalities with MS and vascular abnormalities. This information can be hard to find and especially difficult to understand. Micki teases apart what type of information is sought with the various imaging options. More information about the Neuroquant reports can be found at the CorTech website. Cortech: https://www.cortechs.ai/

Episode 30 - Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker's Response to Our CIRS ConcernsDr. Ritchie Shoemaker is a 1973 of Duke University and a 1977 graduate of Duke Medical School, completing a Family Practice Residency at Williamsport Hospital in 1980. Dr. Shoemaker began his rural primary care family practice in Pocomoke, Maryland in 1980: where he lives today. Beginning with the outbreak of Pfiesteria Human Illness Syndrome in 1996, Dr. Shoemaker has devoted his career to unveiling the complexities of Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome—caused by exposure to damp buildings, cyanobacterial blooms, dinoflagellates, spirochetes, apicomplexans, and recluse spiders: among others.Dr. Shoemaker began the first biotoxin illness practice in the US in 2002, and has treated over 10,000 patients with CIRS illnesses. His non-profit research group, the Center for Research on Biotoxin Associated Illnesses, has raised over $2,000,000 for private funding of academic research. As a medical expert, Dr. Shoemaker has testified in over 200 cases.Shoemaker's research has led to the publication of 11 books, several book chapters, and over forty peer-reviewed publications. His discovery of the role of VCS, HLA, MMP9, C4a, C3a, VEGF, TGF beta-1, NeuroQuant and several other biomarkers are widely used by healthcare practitioners across the country. Dr. Shoemaker has been training and certifying other healthcare providers since his medical retirement in 2012, and his lecture series now extends to Proficiency Partners through a 27-module training course and exam.  Dr. Shoemaker has been instrumental in bringing the academic research basis for CIRS illnesses to the public via their website www.survivingmold.com.In this anticipated episode, listeners learn about the new data and methods of measuring Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS),  what illnesses CIRS entails,  what this means for mold experts, and the importance of the original evidence of mold at ground zero for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Added to the episode is a post interview Q&A with our audience members.If you've been affected by mold and want to contribute to our efforts, visit our Patreon or GoFundMe page to donate today.Patreon - patreon.com/exposingmold GoFundMe - gofund.me/daf1233eTranscript:English - https://bit.ly/38gHk8NSpanish - https://bit.ly/2UW4creClick here to obtain this show's resources page: https://bit.ly/3DlavpoFind us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube Sponsors: Michael Rubino, The Mold Medic and  All American Restoration,  the first and only mold remediation company in the country specializing in remediating mold for people with underlying health conditions or mold sensitivities. They've quickly become the most recommended remediation company  from doctors and mold inspectors nationwide. Pick up your copy of Michael Rubino's book, “The Mold Medic: An Expert's Guide on Mold Remediation, " here:  https://amzn.to/3t7wtaUSupport the show (https://www.gofund.me/daf1233e)

Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn the latest in the realm of biotoxin illness and mold illness. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Sandeep Gupta. Sandeep Gupta, MD is a holistic medical doctor, nutritional and environmental medicine specialist, ayurvedic consultant, and wellness coach. Dr. Gupta received his medical degree from the University of Queensland. After graduating medical school, Dr. Gupta worked in a range of public and private hospitals including several years in intensive care. Like many, his own personal journey with chronic illness shifted his focus, and he now works to support those with complex chronic illnesses such as mold illness and Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (or CIRS). Today, he has a private holistic practice on the Sunshine Coast in Australia where he consults with people worldwide. Key Takeaways: - What is biotoxin illness, and why is inflammation a central feature? - What symptoms are seen in CIRS? - How are the innate and adaptive immune system involved in biotoxin illness? - What is the difference between mold allergy and mold biotoxin illness? - Can CIRS be the result of Lyme disease without mold exposure? - What is the soup of materials encountered when exposed to a water-damaged building? - Can HLA-DR serve as a predictor for the potential of developing CIRS? As a predictor of treatment outcome? - What are the benefits of a mold sabbatical? - What self-testing methods might be employed? When should one consider an IEP? - How important is removal of the source of the exposure? - What air filtration systems might be helpful? - Can mold exposure from a water-damaged-building colonize the body? - How is the treatment of MARCoNS approached? - What is the clinical value of urine mycotoxin testing? - Can NeuroQuant be used to explore the potential for limbic system dysfunction or Mast Cell Activation Syndrome? - What role does VIP play in recovering from biotoxin illness? - What is the basic treatment strategy for biotoxin illness? - What is the role of illness? Connect With My Guest: http://BetterHealthGuy.link/MoldIllnessMadeSimple Use code BETTERHEALTH for 10% off the course price Interview Date: January 8, 2021 Transcript: To review a transcript of this show, visit http://BetterHealthGuy.com/Episode137 Additional Information: To learn more, visit http://BetterHealthGuy.com. Disclosure: BetterHealthGuy.com is an affiliate of MoldIllnessMadeSimple.com Disclaimer: The content of this show is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any illness or medical condition. Nothing in today's discussion is meant to serve as medical advice or as information to facilitate self-treatment. As always, please discuss any potential health-related decisions with your own personal medical authority.

Neuroquant is a technically advanced way to scan the brain for images that can offer valuable information on specific areas of the brain’s volume. This can show where the brain in smaller and more deficient so we’re able to work to enhance these areas. Inflammation and coinfections of autism, such as mold biotoxins, and PANS, PANDAS/strep, can cause many brain abnormalities which we are able to assess with the Neuroquant scan. The neuroquant brain scan can offer information to tell us a bit more about how the brain is functioning and why certain behaviors may exist. Nutritional support for the brain is incredibly important, so I offer you a quick reference guide on the top foods to avoid,  but sometimes the brain needs some additional assistance to build neurotransmitters, or brain messengers, which can also come from natural brain support supplementation. Further resources: Please listen to radio show #83, where Dr. Jodie Dashore and I discuss the benefits of the Neuroquant brain imaging. Find a Neuroquant practitioner near you here. Additional radio show interviews on the coinfections of autism can all be found HERE: Radio Show #2 is on the comorbid symptoms. Radio Shows #7 and #34 are on mold biotoxins. Radio Show #11, 15, and 18 are focused on Lyme Disease. Also watch, Mold Biotoxins and Your Health [Podcast] Click Here or Click the link below for more details. https://naturallyrecoveringautism.com/83

In the April podcast, Dr. Gibbs summarizes the Editor's Choices and Fellows' Journal Club selections focusing on reliability and diagnostic error. Great topics include missed large vessel occlusion on CTA, NeuroQuant versus the neuroradiologist in evaluating hippocampal sclerosis, and the lack of reliability of CTA in characterization of vasospasm. (15:20)

Dr. McCann received a B.A. in Music from Brown University and a Master’s in Library Science from University at Albany. She went on to receive her Doctor of Medicine degree (MD) and simultaneously earned a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) in Tropical Medicine (TM) at Tulane University in New Orleans. She completed both an Internal Medicine residency at Banner Samaritan Medical Center and a Pediatrics residency at Phoenix Children’s Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. McCann practiced medicine at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine where she worked and trained with renowned Andrew Weil, M.D., as one of 35 distinguished fellows in residence throughout the world. Dr. McCann also became certified in medical acupuncture through the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, studied environmental medicine and chelation with Dr. Walter Crinnion and biotoxins with Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker. Dr. McCann is on staff at Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach, California and has been in private practice in Costa Mesa since 2008. She founded Partners in Health at the Spring Center in August 2009. Do you specialize in mold primarily, or biotoxin illnesses in general? She specializes in functional and integrative medicine. It turns out that a lot of people who come in have at the root of their issues biotoxin illness and env’t toxicity. And along those lines: what is your take on why mold and Lyme seem to occur together so often?  She thinks that Lyme and chronic infections are ubiquitous. Ticks are spreading and there is more global warming, so we’re seeing an increase in the level of burden and incidence of infection. Many people are walking around asymptomatic at some level. It takes an inflammatory response, like being in a moldy building that will exacerbate the situation. You can also see it the other way. People might be living in a moldy env’t but tolerating it ok. But then if they get bit by a tick, then suddenly they have Lyme and can’t tolerate their environment anymore. On top of that, our world is so toxic with env’t chemical burden, so heavy metals, solvents etc also contribute to our inability to manage our body burden. She sees these things interplaying quite a bit. Can you describe for our audience what some of the symptoms might be that would tip you off to consider a biotoxin illness as the root of their issues? Generally it’s a laundry list of symptoms and it will cover many different systems. The more weird, wacky symptoms people tend to have that aren’t easily explained, the more she thinks of this. Some of the big ones: chronic fatigue especially. This is the most common symptom. They can look like they might have other illnesses too. Could look like an osteoarthritis or fibro case, but they’ll have other symptoms too: GERD, bloating, IBS, etc. Neurological symptoms, memory, word finding problems, issues concentrating, light and sound sensitivity, blurry vision. Often neurological symptoms: tremors, tingling, numbness. Respiratory symptoms. Asthma as an adult. It’s good to think of mold and biotoxin exposure with that. When she’s thinking about mold, patients can also get dysautonomia issues, temperature regulation, balance issues, etc, Static shocks, skin sensitivity, rashes. In her own case, she had fatigue and worsening food sensitivities. She went from being gluten and dairy free to suddenly reacting to everything. The list got really long, because she was living in a moldy house. What is your take on why mold toxicity is suddenly such a huge problem? Why now? It is getting worse. Some of it is because we’re using a lot of antifungals in agriculture, plant stores, etc. Those are self-selecting for more toxic molds in an indoor environment that weren’t there before. Also, in CA at least, construction is very poorly done. If the house is up in 6 mo, and we build with wood and paper which are fuel for the mold. It’s a combo of the way we’re building and poor construction. We just can’t handle the total load too. If someone is looking to buy a house, or build a new one, are there any red flags to look for in terms of building materials or construction that make a house more susceptible to mold, even if there isn’t any already present? When looking for a house, if it’s current construction, part of it depends on the market and part on the level of sensitivity. Patients need to become advocates for themselves and have a sense of their level of sensitivity. If they’re feeling relatively healthy, they might be better able to walk into a building and smell mold. If you smell a musty smell, there’s mold there. Check out the place using nose and eyes, and look for areas where there might be water damage. Usually it will be hidden, though: in the walls, water leaking behind the walls or a sprinkler system hitting the walls. Those are things that need to be considered. If they want to make sure, there are a variety of tests we can talk about to do pre-emptively. In a hot market, it’s tricky. No seller is going to wait for you to get a mold test back. When looking at new construction, she watches places go up fast: frames aren’t covered, and if it rains, it rains. If it hasn’t totally dried out, then you seal that in. In many instances, you’re better with concrete, bc that won’t become moldy, and plaster instead of sheet rock (older forms of building). Then also take into consideration what your materials should be, if concerned about env’t chemicals. Most of the chemicals we’re exposed to are in our homes. We want to avoid formaldehyde in particle boards, and the chemicals in the foam that they use in building, too. What exactly is an ERMI vs a HERTSMI test? If someone is looking to test their house or workplace for mold, why is it so important to get these rather than a non-specific mold test? What are the kinds of tests they DON’T want to get, that won’t give them the right information? This is hotly debated: Dr Shoemaker maintains that ERMI is the best, and that’s what we should use. We could use HERTSMI too — some indoor professionals will argue that the air trap test is better. We have to ask what the question is that we’re asking, and from that standpoint, pick the best test. If you smell mold in the bathroom and you think there’s a water leak in the bathroom, you want to test in a way that will access that information. So collect the dust with ERMI or HERTSMI under the sink. Or even open the wall socket and swab in there. If the question is “is the house moldy in general,” that requires a different way of looking at the problem. You might want to do a whole house screening, and you might still want to test in the areas where you’re more likely to have a problem (where the water pipes are). She’s sometimes recommended collecting the dust off the HVAC system as a way of testing the whole house. In terms of ERMI and HERTSMI: the former is DNA PCR looking at 36 different molds. Some are mycotoxin producing and some are not. You get a composite score. The higher the score, the more concerning the situation: the more mycotoxin producing molds. HERTSMI is just looking at 5 mycotoxin-producing molds and they grade the spore count to give you a HERTSMI score. They don’t always correlate, so you have to use the information and understand the info you’re trying to answer when interpreting it. If they think the house is moldy, and it has a musty smell, and it may be in a particular part of the house, do you need a mold inspector? They will analyze the entire house, in all the places that there might be water damage. They can hopefully help the patient identify where they want to do additional testing. Usually a combination of tests can be most helpful. She was in an incredibly moldy house and had an inspector come in to get a baseline outside and a sample in the kitchen where they knew there was a problem. Then they did wall samples in all the places in the house where it appeared there was water damage. With those pieces of information, they could compare the outside ambient air to the inside house air to what was actually in the wall cavity and make a good determination overall. If someone is looking to hire a remediation company for mold, what are some of the most important questions to ask to make sure they do it right? She’s been more reliant upon her inspectors to refer her to a remediation company. You want to make sure that whoever is doing the inspection doesn’t have a vested interest in finding more mold than there necessarily is. The inspectors write the treatment plan for the house. The more thorough the inspection, the more thorough the remediation should be. Understand that the remediators are there to remove the moldy parts of the house. They aren’t necessarily going to identify plumbing leaks contributing to the problem and solve it. They probably won’t rebuild and reconstruct whatever has been removed. You would need a contractor to do that. She learned the hard way: she had to become her own general contractor. She needed to find a remediator and find the people who would identify the leaks and fix them. They weren’t the same people. In terms of other questions: find out how they will protect the rest of the house. They should put up negative pressure barriers so that any of the work and materials that get removed won’t be spread throughout the house. You need to ask how they’re going to use air filtration systems and what they’ll do to prevent it from coming back. Some remove the damaged material, paint or do fogging. Sometimes the inspectors will recommend a level of cleaning. What binders do you prefer for biotoxin elimination (cholestyramine, colestipol, activated charcoal, Zeolyte, bentonite clay)? She tends to gravitate toward activated charcoal and clay. Those are generally well tolerated. It depends on the person’s tolerance. Some people prefer one over the other. She doesn’t love cholestyramine or colestipol; she’ll use them if necessary. The former is a powder and it smells foul. If you’re prescribing from a conventional pharmacy, it contains aspartame. Some of that may be financial too: they can’t afford the compounded, clean cholestyramine. Colestipol and Welchol are 25% as effective at binding some of the biotoxins. One of her mentors teaches that the cholestyramine is better at binding ochratoxins and less at some of the other toxins. There may be a possibility of the urine mycotoxin testing to see which is most appropriate. She sometimes will use chlorella and adjusts the dose by tolerance: 1 cap once a day of one of them and titrate to bowel tolerance. Sometimes she’ll do muscle testing. She doesn’t do Zeolyte. The other supplements: phosphatidylcholine is invaluable in helping patients recover from biotoxin illness and chronic infections. Not necessarily the liposomal version. Mycotoxins are tiny and they can pass in between cells. This is a building block of every cell of the body, and it is well tolerated by most people. No toxic effects. The only caveat is that in sensitive people, if you give it to them too fast, they might have a detox reaction, so she starts slowly and then works up. With bentonite: just puts it in water and people drink it. Sometimes they might encapsulate the powder. Do you ever test for mycotoxins directly, or do you just stick with indirect markers like TGFb1, complement c3a and c4a? She doesn’t test everyone for mycotoxins bc the tests are expensive: $300-700 or so. She does one of them through a test that accepts Medicare. It may depend on the person too, how sick they are and how high a priority it is. Personally she doesn’t find that it is essential to have that test. In terms of the blood testing that Shoemaker has taught us: the TGFb1 requires special handling. It has to be sent to Cambridge Biomedical. Has to be spun down twice and sent on dry ice to Cambridge. Then they started sending it to Viracor instead. The reference range changed and the numbers changed a little bit. She has done thousands of TGFb1 on people over the years. Most of the time, people would have it between 4-5000. But the levels didn’t always correlate with the severity of illness. There are some cases where it will be high and some where it will be low. Not just mold drives TGFb1 so it’s harder to interpret. She will still occasionally order it as a screening. But taking a good history of the medical complaints and a house history. The same thing with c4a: it has to be sent on dry ice, has to go to National Jewish. Quest did it for awhile and they stopped. She’s had patients with c4as who are deathly ill around 3000. Others feel totally fine with 20K. It’s more about the history. Do you have any great testing recommendations for solvents? She hasn’t found a good test for this. Genova has a test; so does Great Plains and US Biotek. If the primary treatment is going to be some form of detox: sauna, binders, alkalinization, coffee enemas, colonics, etc, then we don’t necessarily have to know exactly what the toxin is. They’ll feel better just with the detox protocol. Why does mold exposure so often lead to MARCoNS? What is the causal connection there? She doesn’t have the answer to this. Some colleagues find that it’s really important. Some don’t test for it and don’t think it’s relevant at all. She’s decided that it’s not a requirement of the Shoemaker protocol. But if there’s chronic rhinorrhea, chronic sinusitis, some kind of URI issue — even if she doesn’t suspect mold, she might check. When might you send a patient for a NeuroQuant MRI? Dr Mary Ackerley has done more on this than she has. She’s looking at all the money that these patients have to lay out and whether that will change what she does. Is it necessary A young man came to see her asking for a NeuroQuant, and he had substantial atrophy based on the reports: and he now is terrified of this. But what she’s doing isn’t any different than it would have been without the NeuroQuant, and now he’s scared about that. Some of the benefits: she does order them sometimes, and there are a few additional reports on the NeuroQuant that Dr Ackerley is teaching the community about (the morphology report and the flare lesion report and the triage report) — she’s still learning about some of these additional reports as to how useful they might be in managing patients. Do you ever use VIP nasal sprays? What are the concerns associated with this? She uses this very little. For the most part, she focuses on doing detox. By the time they get to the VIP in the Shoemaker protocol, they don’t need it. She hasn’t used it much. She was given it personally and didn’t notice a thing. Shoemaker is very clear that you have to be out of the moldy building, give the first dose in the office, and check labs immediately afterwards. Her sense from her colleagues is that generally it’s well tolerated and it may be very beneficial in some patients. Sometimes they may have to take tiny doses and take a long time to ramp up. We have a lot of other tools in our tool kit. If her patients are doing sauna, colonics and coffee enemas, IVPC and the binders, they generally don’t need VIP. What does an MMP-9 elevation tell you, and is there anything you specifically do about this in terms of treatment, or is it the same protocol you’d use regardless? Same question for VEGF and ADH. She has found them less and less valuable over time. Since we’re still in the learning phases of how to manage biotoxin illness — maybe start with urine mycotoxin testing as a baseline and some of these tests. If the VIP is less than 23, at LabCorp only (can’t send it to Quest), then we can follow that. If, doing all the other things we know to do, it doesn’t come up, then perhaps consider VIP. Hers went up without taking it. The MSH — she used to use it a lot more. She would test it and some people would be non-detectable. A normal range is supposed to be >35, but most people are in the 20s or less. It’s not supposed to change. The MMP-9 means a lot of other things. It’s not just about biotoxins: it could be high in COPD and a variety of other states. She hasn’t found it useful. ADH: she’s tested that and if it’s low, she gave one person DDAVP to try to help their urinary frequency and they didn’t tolerate it. Ask the question, what will you do with the information? What’s the deal with the low amylose diet? Why is this helpful, and who is it helpful for? Low amylose: amylose is grains. Want to avoid those, but on this diet, corn is ok. But corn is the most moldy food source out there. This isn’t useful if people are going to eat a lot of moldy corn. She has a slide in her lecture about the contamination of the corn in the horse feed in Texas in the 70s. They developed liquefaction of the brain. The owners realized this was from the feed. The horses recovered — but that same corn continued to be used in the human food sources. Lots of hispanics ate a lot of corn in that area and the rates of neural tube defects skyrocketed. The usual rates of spina bifida are 4/10K and the rates were 3 and 4 times that in that area. So the diet: her recommendation is a modified ketogenic diet, removing the grains for people in a moldy environment. We have to stop eating moldy food. Shoemaker didn’t think this was important, and she does. You mention ISEAI: The International Society of Environmentally Acquired Illness. Can you tell us what that is?  She’s on the board. Several of the early adaptors with Dr Shoemaker had a philosophical split and they went on to create this. These folks were interested in learning and teaching about mold exposures and environmentally acquired illness, including env’t chemicals and toxicants in this rubric, working together to be more inclusive of the practitioners and more expansive in their ways of getting people to wellness. There is no right way to treat these folks. We have to use all the tools in our tool kit. We need to identify food sensitivities, heal leaky gut, etc. They are in the process of formulating their inaugural event in the Phx area in May 2019. They anticipate an amazing panel of speakers. She thinks this is a place where practitioners and lay people alike can learn about how to get themselves well. There are different levels of membership too. It will be a fabulous conference and a great resource. They intend to create a certification program so people can have a good foundation of how to treat biotoxin illness and will be pooling resources so that this is as scientific as possible. For more info, see https://iseai.org/   Contact Dr McCann: https://www.thespringcenter.com/   A few extra resources: to deal with the trauma of mold illness, check out Annie Hopper’s work, Wired for Healing.   For vagus nerve dysfunction, check out the work of Steven Porgus on the Poly-Vagal Theory,  or Stanley Rosenberg: Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve.

In this episode we explore emerging radiology technologies and the new field of Preventative Radiology The info in this show will help you understand your risk for Alzheimer's and cognitive impairment and possibly even concussion related brain changes - and what to ask your doctor to get it ordered correctly.   Our guest, Cyrus Raji MD PhD, is a clinical fellow at the University of California - San Francisco. He completed his combined MD and PhD at the NIH-funded Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2010.  He has worked with leaders in the field including Dr Bennet Omalu (the pathologist played by Will Smith from the movie, Concussion).  His current research involves Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging based Edge Density Connectome Mapping for Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease. He is an advisor to the NeuroReader.   Neuroradiology is the branch of radiology focusing on the brain and spinal cord.  Ironically, very few radiologists actually have deep expertise in neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's.   An MRI of the Brain- looks at brain structures and is readily available to most anyone through a local doctor. Typically they are simply interpreted by an individual radiologist which may or may not be useful in assessing your risk of Alzheimer's.   A better assessment may be the individual radiologist joining forces with computer programs that perform volumetric analyses of specific brain regions (explained in min 26:38).  These volumetric analyses programs assist the radiologist by comparing domains of your brain to a database of normal brains and may give you a more detailed analysis and detect areas of early concern before it is obvious to the naked eye (even a trained one sometimes!).  It can also identify other patterns of brain shrinkage - like vascular disease (e.g. strokes, mini-strokes, and suboptimal blood pressure issues), alcoholism, and psychiatric disorders.   The Different Types of Imaging Used for Alzheimer's 1) MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging). Looks at the structure of the brain alone. Does not look at function. A brain MRI contains no radiation if it is done without IV contrast. 2) fMRI (functional MRI) measures oxygen reflecting blood flow in the brain. Can identify problematic areas before structural changes are evident.  It is overall a more sensitive tool than regular MRI, but for the most part is only available in research setting. 3) "Nuclear imaging" - looks at metabolism in the brain using radioactive tracers that have patterns consistent with Alzheimer's and other dementias.  2 examples of nuclear imaging  a) PET-fdg assesses glucose utilization, high cost if not covered by insurance and not as available as MRI  b) SPECT scans - not widely available and cost is somewhat prohibitive at this time.   What insights imaging can give you about Alzheimer's Brains Classic brain atrophy (shrinkage) in Alzheimer's happens in the hippocampal regions in the medial temporal lobes near the middle of the brain.  The hippocampi are important in the making (encoding) of new memories.  The hippocampi start to shrink up to 3 years before actual symptoms of Alzheimer's begins. And in that area one can get a loss of volume in the temporal lobe. Posterior cingulate gyrus and precuneus in the brain's parietal lobes can develop problematic changes as well. These areas are important in tracking information and cognitive integration. What do my MRI volumetric numbers mean? To be considered abnormal and potentially consistent with Alzheimer's diagnosis - the "magic number" for hippocampal volumes on MRI of the brain (using the Neuroreader or Neuroquant tool) is a number below the 25 percentile  (this information is included in the report provided by Neuroreader or Neuroquant).  Ventricular volumes, if higher than 75th percentile, may be too big and suggestive of Alzheimer's or another disorder as well. An Introduction to the field of "Preventative Neuroradiology" (discussed at minute 23:30). Knowing your risk for Alzheimer's with imaging.  It's not the whole story but its good data. If your MRI  is read as "normal" but is noted to have some "periventricular white matter" or white matter changes suggesting "chronic ischemia" and low blood flow - this may not be exactly normal. Remember T2 FLAIR (one way the radiologist views the MRI images where fluids lights up brighter) is the easiest place to see these changes on your MRI.  These changes may represent issues like hypertension, diabetes, or artery disease.  When there is white matter problems then gray matter disease (or problems with brain cells like neurons) is probably not far behind. Lifestyle changes seem to be able to impact the hippocampus in a positive direction. Brain changes classic for CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) that happen as a consequence of concussion/traumatic brain injury may be found within the brain stem. Ventral diencephalon and frontal lobe may be affected as well.     How to Get a Volumetric MRI of your Brain To get a Volumetric Brain MRI study done so that it can be computer-read by Neuroreader (by the Brainreader company) or NeuroQuant (by Cortechs labs).  Make sure to have it done in a "volumetric acquisition" (ie really "thin slices").  Ask the imaging center's MRI technologist: if the MRI Volumetric scan is done in the "sagittal" orientation with General Electric machine- "acquisition in SBGR" or if the machine is a Siemens machine-acquisition ask for it to be done in "MP-RAGE" or whatever settings the institution uses for volumetric acquisitions.

Today's Guest is, Dr Majid Fotuhi of the Neurogrow program and Johns Hopkins University.  He is the author of 3 books and multiple academic as well as popular scientific articles.  Dr Fotuhi's work has been featured in Time Magazine and Reuters and he has been seen on PBS, CNN, NBC, ABC and FoxNews.  Show Summary: The hippocampus is an area in our brain that - when smaller than average compared to those our age - seems to be highly related to Alzheimer's. The hippocampus is partially responsible for storing and processing memories. it is highly susceptible and sensitivity to toxicants and the ongoing effects of stress. Over time this area can get penetrated resulting in leaks through the blood brain barrier (a protective lining of cells that protects the brain from harmful elements in the blood). This "leaky brain" has an effect on over all brain function and is associated with Alzheimer's disease and poor brain functioning. Hippocampal "size matters" - hippocampal volumes of the brain correlate with better brain function and seem to protect against memory loss and Alzheimer's. and you can impact the size of your hippocampus.  Poor diet, obesity, lack of activity/exercise, poor sleep/uncorrected sleep apnea, high stress all seem to impact the hippocampal size either positively or negatively.  Ask your institution about getting an MRI of your brain with "quantitative volumetrics" with software like Neuroquant or Neuroreader (listen to episode with Dr Cyrus Raji for more information) that can tell you how large or small your hippocampus is compared to those your age. Dr Fotuhi published an article that showed 84% of participants improved their in memory and positively increased the sizes of their hippocampi after participating in a 12 week brain health program. The Key Practical elements of Dr Fotuhi's program are: adherence to a Mediterranean diet with the additional of omega 3 fatty acids stress reduction and meditation regular exercise identifying and treating sleep apnea memory and brain training brain mapping with qEEG and neurofeedback  Significantly positive EEG (brainwave formation) changes were shown on the "brainmapping" portion of his program within just 6 weeks.  This was due to the use of neurofeedback, a way of training the brainwaves using EEG-related biofeedback technology.  The result...better brain function! Walking 10,000 steps per day seems to be more effective than at least one FDA approved medication for Alzheimer's. Practice Makes Cortex Article Dr Fotuhi's Brainfitness Calculator - take this test and score your own brain fitness Dr Majid Fotuhi's website: www.neurogrow.com for information or to enroll as a patient Books by Dr Fotuhi: Boost Your Brain: The New Art and Science Behind Enhanced Brain Performance The Memory Cure : How to Protect Your Brain Against Memory Loss and Alzheimer's Disease The New York Times Crosswords to Keep Your Brain Young: The 6-Step Age-Defying Program

Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, or CIRS, and the impact of mold and water-damaged buildings on health. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Sandeep Gupta, MD. Sandeep Gupta is a holistic medical doctor, nutritional and environmental medicine specialist, ayurvedic consultant and wellness coach. Dr Gupta graduated from medical school at the University of Queensland in 1999. Since then he served in a range of public and private hospitals in the South-East Queensland region, serving as a cardiology, medical and anaesthetic registrar. He also has approximately five years experience in working in Intensive Care, particularly in the area of post-cardiac surgery care. Dr Gupta has received specialized training in integrative medicine, and was awarded a Fellowship of the Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine in 2008 and a Fellowship of the Australian College of General Practitioners in 2010. Dr Gupta strives to walk his talk in his own life, keeps up to date with current developments in the field, and genuinely aims to approach clients with respect, service and empathy. Some of Sandeep Gupta’s areas of interest are in integrative depression and anxiety treatment, adrenal gland and thyroid dysfunction, and treatment of parasite and other gastrointestinal infections and food intolerances and allergies. His real interest is in helping people to be educated about staying well, learning to keep track of their health goals and monitoring when their health is moving out of balance. Dr Gupta feels his role is to provide information, support and guidance, but the results an individual gets will depend primarily on their actions, and the way they live. This learning process is something we all have to go through. A doctor in the purest sense is a teacher, an educator and an inspiration for others. Dr. Gupta doesn’t aim treat “diseases”, but rather to help clients to learn to treat their own underlying physical, emotional and spiritual factors to address the causes of disease. Of course, specific treatment protocols can help us to “turn the corner” on our health situation, but an underlying foundation of healthy living is vital for long-term results. He is the creator of the 8 week online course Mold Illness Made Simple where he breaks down CIRS in such a way that it feels less overwhelming and the listener is empowered with information to move forward. Key Takeaways: - What is CIRS? - What labs are used to explore the possibility of CIRS? - Is mold common in Australia? - How do you treat CIRS? - What is MARCoNS and how is it treated? - What is used to test for mold? - Does remediation work? - What is the difference between mold allergy and CIRS? - What is VIP and how helpful is it for patients? - What does NeuroQuant testing show? - What is the Air Oasis? Connect With My Guest: http://www.lotusholisticmedicine.com.au/ Related Resources: http://betterhealthguy.link/MoldIllnessMadeSimple Interview Date: March 18, 2017 Disclosure: BetterHealthGuy.com is an affiliate of MoldIllnessMadeSimple.com. Disclaimer: The content of this show is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any illness or medical condition. Nothing in today's discussion is meant to serve as medical advice or as information to facilitate self-treatment. As always, please discuss any potential health-related decisions with your own personal medical authority.

This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Ritchie C. Shoemaker, M.D. Dr. Shoemaker has been involved in the field of medical evaluation and treatment of patients sickened by exposure to the interior environment of water-damaged buildings for over 18 years. He has diagnosed and treated over 7000 patients; written and published multiple academic papers in peer reviewed literature; as well as three books, with the last published in 2014, State of the Art Answers to 500 Mold Questions, Volume 2. He lectures widely in the US and internationally. Since his medical retirement in January 2013 he has continued research into the basic genomics and brain inflammation effects of exposure. Through his website, www.survivingmold.com, he has trained physicians to certify in his treatment protocols. Dr. Shoemaker last joined us on 1-9-15 Episode 351. We discussed how things were going with his growing the network of doctors trained in his protocol, reviewed some of the foundational information underpinning what he and some colleagues have labeled Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) from Water Damaged Buildings (WDB). We also discussed his latest research and use of the NeuroQuant® technology. Dr. Shoemaker and his colleagues have been using brain imaging combined with an FDA cleared software that correlates with symptoms and physiology. Try to listen to Episode 351 before today's show it will help you follow the discussion which can get pretty technical.

This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Ritchie C. Shoemaker, M.D. Dr. Shoemaker has been involved in the field of medical evaluation and treatment of patients sickened by exposure to the interior environment of water-damaged buildings for over 18 years. He has diagnosed and treated over 7000 patients; written and published multiple academic papers in peer reviewed literature; as well as three books, with the last published in 2014, State of the Art Answers to 500 Mold Questions, Volume 2. He lectures widely in the US and internationally. Since his medical retirement in January 2013 he has continued research into the basic genomics and brain inflammation effects of exposure. Through his website, www.survivingmold.com, he has trained physicians to certify in his treatment protocols. Dr. Shoemaker last joined us on 1-9-15 Episode 351. We discussed how things were going with his growing the network of doctors trained in his protocol, reviewed some of the foundational information underpinning what he and some colleagues have labeled Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) from Water Damaged Buildings (WDB). We also discussed his latest research and use of the NeuroQuant® technology. Dr. Shoemaker and his colleagues have been using brain imaging combined with an FDA cleared software that correlates with symptoms and physiology. Try to listen to Episode 351 before today's show it will help you follow the discussion which can get pretty technical.

In this July podcasts, Associate Professor Michael Barnett explains the details of his short report comparing Structural Image Evaluation using Normalisation of Atrophy-Cross Sectional (SIENAX) to Neuroquant and MSmetrix for assessment of cross-sectional Whole Brain Volume (WBV) in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Michael Barnett, from the Sydney Neuroimaging Analysis Centre at the Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, discusses with Elizabeth Highton the potential clinical utility of automated brain volumetrics as a disease monitoring tool in routine clinical practice. The paper, which was selected as Editor's choice for the July issue of JNNP, is available here: http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/87/7/754.full. The second half of this podcast is about migraine and its psychiatric co-morbidities. Dr Mia. Minen, Director of the Headache Centre at the New York Langone Medical Centre, discusses migraine, a common concern for patients, and the high prevalence of psychiatric co-morbidities associated with migraine. Other topics of this conversation include which psychiatric disorders are associated with migraine, whether a bi-directional relationship exists between migraine and psychiatric co-morbidities and does this ultimately have implication for patient treatment. Read the full Patient choice paper here: http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/87/7/741.full.

I'm happy to be interviewing Dr. Shoemaker with guest host Dana Howell. Dana's introduced me to a lot of the CIRS (Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) and mold research. I was really impressed with her story; now she has greatly healed herself from CIRS and helps others to recover. Dr. Shoemaker is a pioneer in CIRS research, has written several books, and has successfully treated thousands of mold patients. Dana: Thrilled to be bringing two people together that have been so instrumental in my healing of CIRS. After being exposed to a moldy building in Vietnam I experienced some really chronic and excruciating symptoms that truly baffled doctors and really caused me to dig into the depths of my heart and soul to overcome. It was Dr. Shoemaker’s knowledge of biotoxin pathways that really played a huge part in my recovery. He’s really changed my life. He’s written several books, including "Mold Warriors," and also "Surviving Mold," (Joe calls that one my bible). Joe Cohen was a wonderful addition to Dr. Shoemaker’s work, and he’s integrated some other processes into the mix that have helped me to really get that much better. In the interview we cover: -Dr. Shoemaker's discovery of biotoxins (and where they come from: the biggest culprits being from mold and lyme disease) -Diagnosing CIRS (Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) -Genetics -When CIRS is an underlying cause to other health issues -The relationship between CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and CIRS -Possible predisposing factors to CIRS, including lack of sunlight, priming infections and toxins, diet/lectin consumption, genetics, stress (sometimes), circadian rhythm disruption -The roles of MSH and VIP in CIRS -Brain changes measured by NeuroQuant in CIRS patients -Recent MARCoNS research

Ritchie C Shoemaker MD has been involved in the field of medical evaluation and treatment of patients sickened by exposure to the interior environment of water-damaged buildings for 16 years. He has diagnosed and treated over 7000 patients; written and published multiple academic papers in peer reviewed literature; as well as three books, with the last published in 2014, State of the Art Answers to 500 Mold Questions. He lectures widely in the US and internationally. Since his medical retirement in January 2013 he has continued research into the basic genomics and brain inflammation effects of exposure. Through his website, www.survivingmold.com, he has trained physicians to certify in his treatment protocols. During our last show with Dr. Shoemaker Episode 235 on 2-10-12 we discussed the latest research on what he and some colleagues have labeled Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) from Water Damaged Buildings (WDB). Since then Dr. Shoemaker and his colleagues have been using brain imaging combined with an FDA cleared software that correlates with symptoms and physiology. The program is called NeuroQuant�??�?�® and we will LEARN MORE today about how Dr. Shoemaker is using the Union of Genomics and NeuroQuant�??�?�® in his research on CIRS-WDB.

Ritchie C Shoemaker MD has been involved in the field of medical evaluation and treatment of patients sickened by exposure to the interior environment of water-damaged buildings for 16 years. He has diagnosed and treated over 7000 patients; written and published multiple academic papers in peer reviewed literature; as well as three books, with the last published in 2014, State of the Art Answers to 500 Mold Questions. He lectures widely in the US and internationally. Since his medical retirement in January 2013 he has continued research into the basic genomics and brain inflammation effects of exposure. Through his website, www.survivingmold.com, he has trained physicians to certify in his treatment protocols. During our last show with Dr. Shoemaker Episode 235 on 2-10-12 we discussed the latest research on what he and some colleagues have labeled Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) from Water Damaged Buildings (WDB). Since then Dr. Shoemaker and his colleagues have been using brain imaging combined with an FDA cleared software that correlates with symptoms and physiology. The program is called NeuroQuant�??�?�® and we will LEARN MORE today about how Dr. Shoemaker is using the Union of Genomics and NeuroQuant�??�?�® in his research on CIRS-WDB.