I subscibe to this newsletter, as I believe a few others do here. Sometimes the author may seem "a bit over the top"; BUT, his information is usually spot on and helpful. We as citizens of the great US of A.... are quietly being hoodwinked by going's on such as this article; i.e., drug companies/Big Pharma are committing widespread biopiracy, stealing all the good medicine from nature, claiming patent protection on the useful molecules, and getting the FDA to outlaw virtually all the natural substances from which those medicines were first derived!
Cardiovascular Disease
Health Freedom Warning: Drug Company Seeks to Outlaw Vitamin B6 to Protect Pharma Profits
Submitted by jeanneroz on Sat, 2008-06-28 08:35.Appealing to self-interest
Submitted by Russ on Tue, 2008-04-29 14:12. I've been trying to persuade editors and doctors, especially my own doctors, that CPNi is the scourge of the Century, contributing to the morbidity and mortality of millions of people. So far my results have been pathetic.
___A couple of weeks ago I stumbled onto an article about the National Business Group on Health. The NBGH is an association of large businesses trying to reduce their health costs. From their website, I've deduced that it is a hardnosed, no-nonsense group
___I've been working for two weeks on a package to send them. It's a difficult task because I want to get their attention without making them think I'm a crackpot. My requests for information from this group in the last few days were for data to go the the NBGH.
RLS (restless legs syndrome) and doubled risk of heart disease
Submitted by Louise on Tue, 2008-04-29 07:05.Found this in a health educational news letter that I get via email.
veiny arms?
Submitted by presacanario on Sat, 2008-04-12 13:39.During the course of my illness, I have noticed that the veins in my arms don't look as healthy veins should look. They almost look somewhat bulgy...and really blue. I went searching for possible explanations and came across the link below. Do you guys think CPNi is the cause of this? Is anyone else having circulation problems and if so, have they gotten better over time?
Tocotrienols as Anti-Chlamydials
Submitted by Jim K on Sun, 2008-02-03 06:54. Ann N Y Acad Sci
Dianna's CAP: GERD, Migraines and CPn -- Smooth muscle?
Submitted by paron on Sat, 2006-12-09 04:20.I'm reporting Dianna's results with the CAPi. She started it for a variety of complaints, and because we live together she's probably carrying some load. Her Ig tests were mildly elevated.
Three of her complaints - mild rosaceai, GERDi, and migraines - have improved markedly since she started. The asthmai seems unchanged, and her hypertensioni had disappeared before she started the CAP. At this point, she's done 3 weeks of Doxyi, and 2 weeks of Azithromycin. She'll start Flagyli next week, if all goes well.
I hesitated to list the migraines; she didn't start the abxi with any notion that the migraines would improve. Still, they have, and we can't think of any other changes that would account for the improvement.
It made me think about the diagrams and photos in The Potbelly Syndrome. CPni apparently loves to live in smooth muscle. I think these diseasesi may share a common cause -- the weakened, disorganized muscle cells can't close sphincters or reliably adjust the size of blood vessels.
Essential Observations by Dr. Charles Stratton on Chlamydia Pneumoniae Infection and Disease
Submitted by Jim K on Tue, 2006-09-12 15:57.- Alzheimer's disease
- Arthritus
- Bacterial forms/stages
- Bacterial load
- Behcet's disease
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Charles Stratton
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Crohn's Disease
- Cryptic form
- EB- Elementary body
- Endotoxins
- Fibromyalgia
- Infections
- Inflammation
- Interstitial cystitis
- Iritable bowel syndrome
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neurological diseases
- New content
- Persistence
- Prostititis
- Respiratory disease
- Rosacea
I am very excited to present the following article that summarizes Dr. Stratton's recent observations on Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. Putting it together has contributed greatly to my own understanding of Cpni as well as to my appreciation of Dr. Stratton's generosity with his time, and his great depth of knowledge of this area. Thanks to him for his contribution.
Jim K
Recent observations by DrRecent observations by Dr. Charles Strattoni on Chlamydia Pneumoniae (Cpn) Infection
Repeated Chlamydia pneumonia infection, persistence, caridovascular disease, luteolin
Submitted by Jim K on Wed, 2006-05-31 06:45.I don't believe we have this linked to our Research Pages (Marie?). This is a brilliant dissertation from the Finnish group, some of the world's experts on Cpni as some of the faculty in Helsinki were part of the original group who discovered the very existence of Cpn.
This dissertation demonstrates a number of important findings:
- Repeated infection with Cpn "...induced persistent chlamydial DNA and inflammationi in lung tissue and development of mouse Hsp60 autoantibodies."
- Repeated infection with Cpn "...significantly increased subendothelial lipid accumulation in the aortic sinus area."
- That "A flavonoid, luteolin, was shown to effectively decrease the chlamydial load and inflammatory reactions in lung tissue." Note: luteolin is not the same as lutein.
- Conventional antimicrobial treatments are not effectively to eradicate persistent infection.
Experimental Chlamydia pneumoniae infection model: effects of repeated inoculations and treatment
Liisa Törmäkangas
Lääketieteellinen tiedekunta, Oulun yliopisto
Flashy Website Re: CPN + Cardiovascular Disease
Submitted by cypriane on Wed, 2006-05-24 21:13. Hi Guys, I was just visiting a flashy website called theheartattackgerm.com selling a book published in 2003 named The Heart Attack Germ and pushing something called WIN/WIN Therapy. The germ, of course, is chlamydia pneumoniae. It also implicates CPNi in Alzheimer's, and I suppose the WIN/WIN Therapy involves some abxi. Anybody know anything about this site/book/therapy and how we might manipulate some benefit out of it for cpnhelp.org? Cypriane