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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-10 05:43 PM
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What Devereaux doesn't know may inconvenience her.... but
then she is getting the best modern medicine has to offer... I'm pretty sure.




http://www.aolhealth.com/2010/09/15/d-c-housewife-reveals-she-has-multiple-sclerosis/

Devereaux said that Salahi most likely went through a battery of tests in order to diagnose her MS and rule out other conditions. "She would have an MRI scan, spinal tap, blood tests. She'd be started on one of four immunomodulatory drugs such as Avonex by injection."

Then there's this and I am pretty sure anyone treating her hasn't a clue.


Altern Med Rev. 2005 Dec;10(4):268-93.
Neurodegeneration from mitochondrial insufficiency: nutrients, stem cells, growth factors, and prospects for brain rebuilding using integrative management.
Kidd PM.
University of California, Berkeley, USA. [email protected]
Abstract

Degenerative brain disorders (neurodegeneration) can be frustrating for both conventional and alternative practitioners. A more comprehensive, integrative approach is urgently needed. One emerging focus for intervention is brain energetics. Specifically, mitochondrial insufficiency contributes to the etiopathology of many such disorders. Electron leakages inherent to mitochondrial energetics generate reactive oxygen free radical species that may place the ultimate limit on lifespan. Exogenous toxins, such as mercury and other environmental contaminants, exacerbate mitochondrial electron leakage, hastening their demise and that of their host cells.

Studies of the brain in Alzheimer's and other dementias, Down syndrome, stroke, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Friedreich's ataxia, aging, and constitutive disorders demonstrate impairments of the mitochondrial citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) enzymes. Imaging or metabolic assays frequently reveal energetic insufficiency and depleted energy reserve in brain tissue in situ. Orthomolecular nutrients involved in mitochondrial metabolism provide clinical benefit.

Among these are the essential minerals and the B vitamin group; vitamins E and K; and the antioxidant and energetic cofactors alpha-lipoic acid (ALA), ubiquinone (coenzyme Q10; CoQ10), and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, reduced (NADH). Recent advances in the area of stem cells and growth factors encourage optimism regarding brain regeneration.

The trophic nutrients acetyl L-carnitine (ALCAR), glycerophosphocholine (GPC), and phosphatidylserine (PS) provide mitochondrial support and conserve growth factor receptors; all three improved cognition in double-blind trials.

The omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is enzymatically combined with GPC and PS to form membrane phospholipids for nerve cell expansion. Practical recommendations are presented for integrating these safe and well-tolerated orthomolecular nutrients into a comprehensive dietary supplementation program for brain vitality and productive lifespan.
PMID: 16366737
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-10 06:32 PM
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1. Dr. HD to the rescue!
Those so-called "experts" with their "degrees" and "learning" are just full of it anyway. 5 minutes with TEH GOOGLE and you'll show all of them!
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