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Dr. John Bruchalski joins the Joes to tell his story of his conversion - thanks to two patients - from providing abortions to becoming a preeminent pro-life OB/GYN. Two Patients: https://ignatius.com/two-patients-tpp/ Download the Veritas app: https://www.veritascatholic.com/listen Joe & Joe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/withjoeandjoe Joe & Joe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@THEFRONTLINEWITHJOEJOE

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Angela sits down with Dr. John Bruchalski, who went from committing abortions to starting a pro-life practice dedicated to Our Lady of Guadelupe (Tepeyac OBGYN) and Divine Mercy Care.  Together we discussed the failing medical model, politics, and understanding how God designed us body, soul, and mind. This interview was incredible, and you don't want to miss it!Buy "Two Patients": https://ignatius.com/two-patients-tpp/ ((IT'S ON SALE RIGHT NOW AT THE TIME OF PUBLISHING))Tepeyac OB/GYN: https://tepeyacobgyn.com/Divine Mercy Care: https://divinemercycare.org/ ****************************************************************************************A super big thanks to my patrons on Patreon. You are the reason I can continue this podcast.Get 10% off purchases made using the code Integrated10 at the following shops:Star of the Sea Gifts: https://www.etsy.com/shop/StaroftheSe...Our Lady's Closet: https://ourladyscloset.com/Let's get Integrated!Twitter: @integratedang; https://twitter.com/integratedangInstagram: @integratedang; https://www.instagram.com/integratedangela/Facebook: Integrated with Angela Erickson; https://www.facebook.com/IntegratedAngelaVisit My Website: www.integratedangela.comSupport My Work:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IntegratedwithAngelaEricksonSupport the show

John J. Miller is joined by Dr. John Bruchalski to discuss his book, 'Two Patients.'

Tonight on "EWTN News Nightly": Standing in stark contrast to the reports of a struggling US military is China. President Xi Jinping was re-elected this week during the country's Communist Congress. Author Gordon Chang, joins to tell us about President Xi's re-election and his ambitious agenda. Meanwhile, the gathering in Rome of EWTN employees from around the world ended today with a workshop on technology. Director General of EWTN Ukraine, Fr. Oleksandr Zelenskyi, joins to tell us more about this meeting and what emerged from it all. And the November 8th midterm elections are fast approaching, and at stake is control of Congress, including the US House of Representatives. Republican Congressman Bob Latta, a Catholic, is running for re-election in Ohio's 5th Congressional District. Finally this evening, a US doctor says he wanted to serve women and be the very best so he performed abortions. Until the day things did not go as planned. In his new book "Two Patients," Dr. John Bruchalski tells the story of his conversion from pro-abortion to pro-life, and much more. OBGYN and Author, Dr. Bruchalski, joins to discuss why he wrote this book. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn

Janet and Dr. Bruchalski talk about Two Patients that resulted in his Conversion from Abortion to Life-Affirming Medicine

Dr. Donna Harrison is a physician, board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology.  She is currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the largest non-sectarian pro-life physician organization in the world, with over 6000 members across the United States, and associate members on every continent. Under her leadership, AAPLOG has doubled membership, launched the annual Matthew Bulfin Educational Conference, developed an up-to-date website and social media presence, and launched systematic outreaches to the medical, legal and policy communities to discuss the effects of abortion on women. Dr. Harrison has authored peer reviewed papers on maternal mortality, mifeprex abortion mortality and morbidity, the approval of RU-486 and Ulipristal (Ella) as well as other topics concerning endometrial contraception. Dr. Harrison is a Continuing Medical Education Speaker in the U.S. and internationally on topics of Medical Abortion with Mifepristone and Misoprostol, Adverse Events associated with Mifepristone and Misoprostol, Emergency Contraception with Ulipristal, Maternal Mortality, and Abortion Morbidity. She is an Adjunct Professor at Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL, teaching post graduate seminars at the annual Center for Bio Ethics and Human Dignity summer workshops. She is Associate Editor of the peer reviewed medical journal “Issues in Law and Medicine.” Dr. Harrison is married to a fellow physician and is the mother of 5 children and 5 grandchildren

Understanding neurodegenerative diseases require a lot of data to be collected and analyzed by the researchers involved. If they have accurate data that they can get deeper into, they increase the likelihood of identifying patterns that can lead to meaningful conclusions. That is why many researchers are now using AI in analyzing the vast amount of available data. This helps in getting accurate insights faster and sets the stage for future research dimensions.Today, Lance Ladic, Siemens Healthineers' Director of Strategic Innovation is joined by three guests - Claire Mackay, Professor of Imaging Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Dr. Andy Saykin, Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, and Duygu Tosun-Turgut, Associate Professor at the University of California San Francisco in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. They'll help understand the role AI is playing in the fight against neurodegenerative diseases.Stay tuned to learn about why it is difficult to predict how a neurodegenerative disease will progress in one patient based on data collected from other patients. You'll also learn about the importance of data sharing among the groups doing research. Lastly, you'll hear about the role that AI is playing in creating models that can be used in the detection, treatment, and monitoring of patients.What You'll Learn in This Episode:The relationship between comorbidity and heterogeneity while studying neurodegenerative diseases in patients (01:55)How an AI-enabled tool is being used in detecting multiple sclerosis (04:10)The future of AI in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases (06:54)The importance of data sharing in the fight against neurodegenerative diseases (12:13)How researchers are deploying AI in data collection (15:33)Connect with Andrew Saykin:LinkedInConnect with Clare Mackay:LinkedInConnect with Duygu Tosun:LinkedInConnect with Lance Ladic:LinkedInFurther reading (as mentioned in this episode):“To buy or not to buy—evaluating commercial AI solutions in radiology (the ECLAIR guidelines)” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The transplant surgeon used an electric beam to burn his initials "SB" onto the livers of both patients without their knowledge.

This guest audio is from the Emotional Self Reliance Podcast. Sarah P. Hancock and her friend, Greg Threadgold have both had electroconvulsive therapy with remarkably different outcomes. In this episode, the two compare their different results with ECT and discuss the need for better regulation of this procedure to ensure good outcomes for all patients.See original interview. SHOW NOTES I sat down with Greg Threadgold, an ECT patient who feels ECT saved his life. We had a sincere discussion about the differences in treatment practices and the need to prevent injury among ECT patients. Greg Threadgold discusses his ECT Success and shares how he felt about my failed treatment. Repetitive head injury has delayed effects as does low-voltage diffuse electrical injury. ECT must be considered through the lens of both repetitive head trauma and an electrical injury (900 milliamps/450 volts/504mC). To standardize, regulate, audit ECT and provide rehabilitation to patients if/when injured, please sign and share the international patient safety petition www.change.org/patientsafetyECT Your signature could save a life. Sadly, Greg's experienced his first episode of symptoms associated with delayed electrical injury eight years after having 13 treatments. His experience speaks to the reality that even "successful ECT outcomes" carry the risk of developing low-voltage diffuse electrical injury symptoms years after treatment. Paroxysmal neurological disorders from electrical injuries acquired channelopathies can be difficult to recognize and diagnose. We desperately need researchers who study acquired brain injuries and/or repetitive head injuries to do a retrospective study on people with a history of shock treatment to identify needs associated with the delayed effects of repeatedly exposing the brain to 900 milliamps/450 volts of electricity. Dr. Bennet Omalu, the neuropathologist who first identified and published on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy among American Football Players, stated in California's Department of Rehabilitation TBI Advisory Board Meeting that electroconvulsive therapy must be considered through the lens of a repetitive electrical injury to the head. The neuropathology of ECT is clear. It's both a repetitive head injury and an electrical injury--and must be considered as such when considering the functional acquired brain injury to develop appropriate interventional rehabilitative care. (Omalu, B. (2019, August). TBI Advisory Board Meeting of California's Department of Rehabilitation, Sacramento, CA). Please continue to share the #AuditECT petition https://www.change.org/p/standardize-... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lifeafterect/message

Two patients in hospital disappear later to be found dead one in wall one in ceiling. Ex FBI head talks about reptilian sighting and our government's dark activities. Stories of dreams of mine from God. And more... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tracie-bush/support

Who gets priority: a victim of attempted murder or a victim of attempted suicide?

We talk to Colorado Governor Jared Polis about his state's response to coronavirus. Then, we hear from two patients with the virus: one who got a positive test and one who wasn't able to get a test at all.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Two patients at Northeast Georgia Medical Center-Braselton have tested positive for the coronavirus disease known as COVID-19, hospital officials have announced.Northeast Georgia Health System said it was notified Sunday that two people had the disease. They are being treated at the Hall-County-based hospital system's Braselton campus. It was not immediately clear if they were already patients before they were tested for COVID-19, or if they were brought there after they tested positive for the disease.Hospital officials said they could not specify whether the patients were tested before or after they were admitted to the hospital because of privacy issues. SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com#GwinnettCountyPodcast, #Podcast, #DailyHoroscopes

We'll begin this week by discussing an article that described the pulmonary pathology of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, which was found coincidentally in two patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer. We'll also update you as to upcoming oncology meetings that have been cancelled due to concerns about the virus.We'll then turn to a report that found adjuvant gemcitabine/platinum chemotherapy was associated with improved disease-free survival vs surveillance in patients with locally advanced urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract.Finally, we'll hear a summary of an important talk given at the recent ASCO-SITC Immuno-Oncology Symposium.Coverage of stories discussed this week on ascopost.com:Pulmonary Pathology of Early COVID-19 Pneumonia Identified Retrospectively in Two Patients With Lung CancerAdjuvant Gemcitabine/Platinum-Based Chemotherapy vs Surveillance for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: POUT Trial

Dr. Kelly Knight is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. K.R. Knight and Others. Reproductive (In)justice — Two Patients with Avoidable Poor Reproductive Outcomes. N Engl J Med 2019;381:593-596.

Meg discusses new Russian legislation, two patients who underwent an edgy treatment that solved their big HIV problem, and the DNC says uh-no to FoxNews Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/russian-parliament-outlaws-online-disrespect https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/03/05/a-second-person-has-probably-been-cured-of-hiv https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/06/dnc-fox-news-wont-host-2020-democratic-debates-reports-say/3082151002/

Dr. Rick Goding talks with two patients recovering from shoulder surgery, one is looking to get back to work and also enjoys bow hunting, the other is a world class body builder from Texas who is looking to get back into competition. Check out his story at www.RayBessette.com

Dr. Rick Goding talks with two patients recovering from shoulder surgery, one is looking to get back to work and also enjoys bow hunting, the other is a world class body builder from Texas who is looking to get back into competition. Check out his story at www.RayBessette.com

Dr. Susan Wilder possesses more than a vastly educated mind; she is passionate, emotional, dedicated and focused to her practice, her clients, and her constant learning.  Today on the EO Podcast, Dr. Wilder discusses the holes in our current healthcare system, her solution towards patient-focused transformative care, and 3 steps you can take for a permanent improvement to your quality of life. Tune-in to hear Susan’s critical call to action, and to learn how she weaved entrepreneurship with healthcare to provide a better option for her patients. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:12 – Susan Wilder, M.D., has a practice that doesn’t go through typical insurance and creates a very different experience for her clients; it is her “dream practice” 01:45 – She is 100% focused on health transformation in the market 01:59 – She was an air force officer, deployed to Africa, left as a major, and relocated to Arizona to focus on family medicine 02:14 – Founded the Mayo Clinic’s Family Medicine Residency and serves as Director of Clinical Genomics Education and was recognized as the Family Medicine Educator of the Year 02:48 – Is highly educated: she has a long list of qualifications, extensive learning platforms across various fields, and has taught at various colleges 03:38 – Currently teaches Med students at the University of Arizona and Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine 04:25 – Education is non-stop for Dr. Wilder; her twins are in their first year of med school and she tells them that Chemistry still makes her cry 07:00 – Why doesn’t she take insurance? 07:15 – You don’t use insurance for preventative maintenance on your car; insurance should be there for rescue (i.e. cancer or heart disease) 07:37 – Our healthcare system is out of whack is because our system focuses entirely on rescue and not prevention 08:24 – Over half of the deaths in our country are highly preventable or could be staved off until later in life 08:34 – Our nation beats out every other nation in per capita cost; it accounts for almost 18% of our GDP, crowds out every other spending priority, and is sinking our corporate climate 08:49 – Warren Buffett quote, “Healthcare is the tapeworm of the American economy,” because other nations’ companies don’t have to shoulder the investment like ours do 09:03 – Our return on investment is the worst in the developed world because we are so focused on the rescue 09:40 – Primary care is high-volume, hit-and-run, throwing drugs at symptoms, and our system is socialized and profitized, not free-market 10:01 – When she worked with insurance, her qualifications, patient demand, or office space and extended hours didn’t matter, she was paid the same someone just out of their residency who passed their boards on the third try 10:38 – The price is fixed by the payer (insurance), but the costs of surviving as a business go up 10:50 – The only way to survive is to increase the volume of people you put through the system, and this is lose-lose, for the patient and for the provider 11:04 – Her patients value time, access, comprehensiveness (genetics, risks, root causes), and they wanted to get well without a bunch of medications; the system was putting them at odds with what their patients valued 11:33 – They had to cut out the middle man and work directly for the patients; concierge medicine of this type is a free-market response to a broken system 11:45 – Many companies invest in concierge medicine for high-value employees because they focus on health transformation rather than monitoring deterioration 12:14 – How can this system be fixed over time? 12:40 – She was involved in healthcare reform for over 15 years on both sides of the isle and believes there are no simple answers because it is highly complex 13:09 – Medical/Industrial complex is bent on maintaining the status quo - physicians, pharmaceuticals, hospitals, the insurance industries - this whole system outspent oil/gas and defense/aerospace in terms of lobbying 13:40 – A baby step she recommends is that we all become responsible stewards of our own health; we want our cake and to eat it, too, and this is flaw in our culture 14:03 – We value instant gratification over long-term payouts 14:25 – You can’t delegate your health to your doctor, to our schools, to our employers, or to our government; you must learn how to eat and live healthily 14:50 – Basics are avoiding tobacco, drinking moderately, learning how to step away from electronics and engage in sleep, play, social interaction, breathing 15:04 – She believes we’d cut chronic disease in half and reverse type II diabetes 15:40 – If we invest in transformative healthcare, we can head off a lot of problems for patients 16:20 – What does it mean to drink moderately? 16:38 – Think: Why do we like alcohol? It is a direct neurotoxin (brain toxin) that disinhibits us that begets a lot of negative behavior 17:05 – When Dr. Wilder was in the military, she did a study on STD issues and found that alcohol was the root cause of risky sexual behavior 17:56 – Moderate drinking for women means no more than 7 drinks a week, or 1-2 at any given sitting 18:09 – More than 2 in a sitting for women, and more than 3 for men is considered heavy alcohol consumption 18:20 – Brain health is largely impacted by heavy alcohol consumption 18:29 – Discussion about sugar...what’s wrong with Cheerios? 18:52 – Food policy has taken a very corporate-friendly stance, so determining safely in chemicals found in food is left largely in the hands of companies; there isn’t much policing done 19:10 – For example, Monsanto’s Round-Up is dumped on food crops, yards, golf courses, etc., and everyone is exposed to its chemical, glyphosate 19:43 – Consumer Reports studied the food supply and which have the highest levels of glyphosate, and Cheerios were at the top of the list 19:58 – Phthalates are a group of plasticizing chemicals found in pacifiers, baby bottles, etc. and in Kraft Mac and Cheese 20:24 – These endocrine disruptive chemicals are definitely attributing to autism, ADD, “diabesity” (obesity and diabetes), Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s 20:45 – Parkinson’s is definitively linked to 9 different pesticides and herbicides and is clearly a disorder of environmental toxicity 20:56 – We have 87,000 chemicals put into our exposure annually 22:30 – How much would you have to use/ ingest to have a negative effect from these chemicals? 22:48 – Corporate comeback is often that the exposure levels are low and aren’t likely to cause an adverse effect 23:00 – The chemicals are cumulative over time, like alcohol, meaning their effects accumulate over time 23:27 – Cumulative things apply day-after-day; the average woman applies 80 chemicals before she leaves the bathroom in the morning, the average teenage girl puts over 120 23:58 – Your skin is your largest organ, and if you put chemicals on it day after day, you are consistently being exposed to endocrine and hormonal disrupting chemicals 21:17 – People still have levels of DDT, and that was banned decades ago; it takes a long time to clear from the system 25:00 – Lancet Medical Journal did an article saying that the disease cost of endocrine disruptors in the U.S. is $340 billion annually driven mainly because of IQ points lost in intellectual disability due to chemical exposure to these toxins 25:30 – Look at the number of autism and dementia and you can see the issue; consumers are starting to wake up and ask for healthier options 27:15 – If there were a few things that the average person can do to extend their life or improve their quality of life, what would they be? 27:30 – The “Vitality Prescription”: Learn how to breathe, relax, and destress 27:48 – Dealing with stress in a healthy way reduces inflammation, increases mortality, slows aging, etc., and will improve the quality of your life and relationships 28:44 – Eat more plants: preferably buy organic (especially the “dirty dozen”); plants help detoxify the chemicals we are exposed to, and ketchup and fries don’t count 29:10 – Eating more plant-based increases the quality of life and reduces risk of chronic disease 29:55 – Eat for the soul on occasion, but don’t do it regularly 30:15 – Practice gratefulness and kindness: “The Tale of Two Patients” 30:38 – She had two patients with similar ailments but one was negative and the other was always grateful and kind: “Life-o-suction” vs. “Life infusion” person 32:00 – Happiness is a verb, attitude is a choice, and gratefulness is the action plan; it’s a process and practice 34:26 – Dr. Wilder’s business is LifeScape Premier; her relationship to her patients is unique and bizarre because a “doctor” is close to and emotional with her patients 34:52 – She brought her staff to training at Ritz-Carlton and Disney Institute for Service Training and had a Disney Imagineer design her office and services 35:30 – Most of her patients have high-deductible health insurance so would still pay a lot out-of-pocket anyways; concierge medicine still offers a lot of variety 36:27 – Direct Primary Care is a free market with options; hers is a value-centered practice that is innovation-focused 37:07 – She is learning new things and studying new health options, rather than having to learn regulatory things that don’t pertain to patient health 37:29 – She couldn’t do that if she had 3,500 patients rather than her current 350 38:31 – What is the average annual spend for concierge medicine? 38:50 – Larger companies might charge between $1,200 - $2,000 annually, her practice is at a higher price-point but there are others way above that with very high-end clients 39:40 – It really depends on what the client values; she just had a 78-year-old client reverse her diabetes, and a high-level executive reverse ADD, insomnia, anxiety, and depression (4 drugs and 5 medical problems RESOLVED in one year) 40:33 – She has bus drivers, teachers, people on fixed income, and they value this as a form of preventative and transformative insurance: A different kind of insurance 41:06 – Patients who engage in quality primary care have lower need for the “rescue” insurance and save money on medications and “reactive” care 41:32 – Pharmaceutical industry has pushed back against functional medicine providers, but  functional medicine is patient-centered 42:30 – She’s read the entire Affordable Care Act and knows what it says, but she believes we primarily must be better stewards of our own health 42:44 – We must require our government not to spend what we don’t have, we must think long-term and value necessity over luxury, and work to shift our culture in this direction 3 Key Points: Concierge medicine focuses on “health transformation” rather than “monitoring deterioration;” Dr. Wilder’s saw an opportunity to open her own, independent practice when the market put her at odds with what her patients valued. There’s a lot more to longevity than just the food you eat – Learning how to breathe, destress, and practice gratefulness are key to the “Vitality Prescription.”   We must become responsible stewards of our own health and not rely on the government or big businesses to keep us healthy. Resources Mentioned: Entrepreneur's Organization – The EO Network LifeScape Premier – Dr. Wilder’s Company Website Article - Lancet Medical Journal

A native of Saskatchewan, Canada, Dr. Kaptein began teaching at the Keck School of Medicine in the Endocrinology Division in 1977. She became a tenured Professor of Medicine in 1990, a position she currently holds. Dr. Kaptein is a distinguished member of the Western Society for Clinical Investigation, American Society of Nephrology, the Endocrine Society and the American Thyroid Association. An accomplished researcher and lecturer, Dr. Kaptein has been invited to speak on the topics of Endocrinology and Nephrology in such cities as Montreal, Milan, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Vienna and Rotterdam, to name a few. In this interview, Dr. Kaptein discusses the need to consider each patient before making treatment decisions.  In some cases, this may mean foregoing the removal of cancerous lymph nodes.  NOTES American Thyroid Association Dr. Elaine Kaptein    

Perhaps the most intriguing thing about the history of celiac disease in the US is its absence—from medical textbooks, the vast majority of research studies, and the news—from 1952 through the 1990’s. Why did celiac disease disappear from the healthcare consciousness as well as the public eye? Today the Gluten Free RN takes a closer look at the story of celiac disease, starting with the first doctor to understand it as a dietary issue back in 1888. She highlights the important progress made by pediatricians Willem Dicke who is credited with identifying gluten as the issue and Sidney Haas who honed the gluten-free diet to exclude specific carbohydrates. Nadine explores the period of time when celiac disease seemingly ‘went dark’ in the United States, discussing the handful of renegade authors and researchers who continued to study the disease despite its absence from health education. Nadine also explains the resurgence of gluten sensitivity to the public consciousness in the 1990’s, when medical professionals from abroad questioned the claim that there was no celiac disease in the US. She covers our evolving understanding of the symptoms of celiac disease and the woefully inadequate training around gluten in medical and nursing schools. Listen in to find out why the mass screening proposed by the National Institute of Health never materialized and how the for-profit healthcare system impacts celiac patients. Let’s honor the practitioners who dedicated their careers to understanding celiac disease and write our own history through celiac advocacy! What’s Discussed:  The first doctor to identify celiac disease Samuel Gee, 1888 Established dietary approach to treatment The role of Dr. Sidney V. Haas in advancing celiac treatment All carbs and fats had been eliminated from celiac diet Haas discovered that kind of carbs made difference Experimented with fats, learned that could be absorbed 370 celiac cases studied at Bellevue, only 2.2% not cured The conclusions of a New York Times article from May of 1950 Late 1800’s, celiac disease ‘incurable and often fatal’ By 1950, 90% cured and deaths rare Cause still unknown The grains that contain gluten Wheat Barley Rye Oats (cross-contamination) How Dr. Willem Dicke developed the gluten-free diet Dutch pediatrician during WWII No access to grains during famine, previously sick children improved Mothers realized that when grains returned to diet, sickness returned Dicke credited with determining that gluten causes damage The myth that celiac is a childhood disease Patients do not ‘grow out of it’ When gluten is reintroduced, disease returns (along with other disorders) Elaine Gottschall’s work in developing the Specific Carbohydrate Diet Grains containing proteins other than gluten have negative effect on digestive tract Gottschall’s model removes all grains Paleo/whole food diet considered ideal The elimination of celiac disease from medical training Stopped teaching in 1952 Debate over carbs vs. proteins Same paragraph appears in medical textbooks from 1952-2008 Still taught incorrectly (if at all) in medical, nursing schools Should be part of every differential diagnosis The Paleo diet Nadine suggests for celiac and gluten-sensitive patients Gluten-, dairy-free Whole food Low carb, super-good high fat Appropriate supplements to remedy deficiencies Hilda Cherry Hill’s 1976 book Good Food, Gluten Free Hill cured invalid husband with gluten-free diet Whole food, no grain derivatives The classical symptoms of celiac disease Fatty stool Malabsorption Short stature Low energy Infirm The expanded picture of how celiac disease may present Osteoporosis Short stature Delayed puberty Iron deficiency anemia Hepatitis Recurrent canker sores Elevated liver enzymes Dental enamel defects Peripheral neuropathy Celiac cerebellar ataxia Seizure disorders Migraine headaches The genes that indicate a predisposition to celiac disease HLA-DQ2 HLA-DQ8 Occur in 30-50% of the population How recognition of celiac disease resurfaced in the 1990’s Gastroenterologists from abroad asking questions The 2004 NIH Consensus Statement on Celiac Disease Determined that celiac disease grossly underdiagnosed in US Proposed mass screening, healthcare education program Mass screening never materialized (‘too cost-prohibitive’) How the US for-profit healthcare system impacts celiac patients System profits from incorrect diagnoses Celiac tends to be last thing we test for Patients often spend hundreds of thousands of dollars out-of-pocket Nadine’s advice for celiac patients around choosing healthcare providers Many still don’t know how to manage celiac disease Look for practitioner of functional/integrated medicine What has changed since the NIH Consensus Statement in 2004 Little real change More media attention, some doctors testing Medical professionals still not educated in testing, follow-up Little support, assistance for patients in adopting gluten-free diet Dr. Rodney Ford’s role in celiac advocacy Pediatrician, gastroenterologist and allergist Promotes ‘gluten zero world’ Gut-brain-skin connection Nadine’s guidance for vegetarians and vegans Work with nutritionist to be sure not malnourished Consider changing diet for optimal health The vulnerable populations particularly at risk for celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity Children Williams, Turner or Down syndrome Developmentally delayed, cystic fibrosis communities Autoimmune patients Resources: “Celiac Disease: Most Children are Now Cured but Cause is Still Unknown”  in The New York Times Management of Celiac Disease by Sidney Valentine Haas and Merrill Patterson Haas “Whatever Happened to the Cure for Coeliac Disease?  in Nutritional Therapy Today “The Erie Country Survey of Long-Term Childhood Illness” in the American Journal of Public Health Good Food, Gluten Free by Hilda Cherry Hills Dr. Alessio Fasano’s 2003 Celiac Study 2004 NIH Consensus Statement on Celiac Disease Books by Dr. Rodney Ford Gluten: ZERO Global by Dr. Rodney Ford International Celiac Disease Symposium “Small Intestinal Mucosal Abnormalities in Relatives of Patients with Dermatitis Herpetiformis” in Gut “Adult Coeliac Disease and Other Disorders Associated with Steatorrhoea” in the British Medical Journal The University of Chicago: Celiac Disease Facts and Figures “A History of Coeliac Disease” in Digestive Diseases “Dermatitis Herpetiformis in Two Patients with Idiopathic Steatorrhoea” in the British Medical Journal Connect with Nadine:  Instagram Facebook Contact via Email ‘Your Skin on Gluten’ on YouTube Melodies of the Danube Gluten-Free Cruise with Nadine Books by Nadine: Dough Nation: A Nurse's Memoir of Celiac Disease from Missed Diagnosis to Food and Health Activism

The world-class spine surgery skills of Dr. Theodore Belanger will be evident for the world to observe this week when the Texas Back Institute surgeon performs two, extremely challenging surgical procedures on two young people who have been transported from Ethiopia. The two patients, who have allowed us to share their names and medical histories, arrived in the Dallas area on October 22, 2015, and will undergo their respective surgeries the following week. Because of the generosity of The Medical Center of Plano and Texas Back Institute, these very complicated and costly procedures along with the 3-month recuperation will be completed at no charge to the two patients. In a recent interview, Dr. Belanger, shared his reason for taking on these operations. “I had some friends and colleagues working with patients in Ethiopia and I had always wanted to give back to patients who do not have the kind of access to the expertise and facilities that we take for granted in America,” he said. “Through these friends, I traveled to Ethiopia in 2010 and made more friends and connections there. Since then, this project has taken on a life of its own.” Two Patients in Desperate Need “We are very excited about bringing these patients to the U.S. for these procedures,” Dr. Belanger noted. “The procedures we have completed of the past 5 years have been done in Ethiopia and that comes with different challenges because of the differences in facilities and equipment.” “One of the patients is a 13-year old girl, Samrawit Teshnie, from Mojo, Ethiopia, who has severe idiopathic scoliosis,” he said. “This is a condition that we commonly see in America, but usually patients in this country get treatment in a timelier manner because they have access to specialists in this condition. A 50 degrees curvature of the spine is fairly common in the US, but in Ethiopia I see patients with curvature of 100 degrees and worse. The patient whom we will be operating on has a curvature of greater than 100 degrees.” “The second patient, a 20-year old man named Haymanot Ashmare, has a rapidly-deteriorating spinal condition called ankylosing spondylitis,” Dr. Belanger said. “Because this is an inflammatory condition characterized by the fusing the entire spine and severe spinal deformity, he is bent over 90 degrees. He was found living on the street in Addis Ababa outside Mother Teresa’s mission before being accepted for this procedure. When this patient stands up as straight as he can, his chest and head are pointing at the ground.” “This young man is essentially homeless and must beg for food,” he said. “He has been taken in by my friend Dr. Rick Hodes in Africa, who through his foundation, The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, gathers these patients and gets them to people like me who can provide surgical care for them. Trying to complete this surgery in Africa, without the specialized equipment and facilities we have here, would be too dangerous.” “It is no exaggeration to say that this procedure will be one of the toughest surgeries that I have ever tried to do in my practice,” Dr. Belanger said. “We couldn’t do this without the bravery of the patients involved. I am always in awe of the fact that these patients are allowing some stranger from America do some very complicated surgery on them. Many don’t speak English and often have never seen a white person before. This is a testament to their bravery.” “These two procedures would not be possible without the tireless efforts of Dr. Hodes and his team at the foundation,” he said. “They provide enormous financial and human resources to bringing these indigent patients to America for treatment.” There are millions of young people, throughout the world, who need medical treatment for spinal deformities but this week, Dr. Theodore Belanger is forever changing the lives of two of them. To keep up with the progress of these two patients, follow the Texas Back Institute on Facebook and Twitter.

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