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Environmental stimulus effect our health more than genetics. Epigentics is the control above the genes that determines why one person reacts one way while another person reacts differently to environmental stimulus.
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VISION
Being proactive
Supporting optimal animal and human health
Exploring ways to reduce overall use of antimicrobials
Using the drugs that prevent and treat disease by killing microscopic organisms in a responsible way
GOAL
to prevent the generation and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Doing so will preserve the effectiveness of these drugs in animals and humans for years to come.
being to preserve human and animal health and the effectiveness of antimicrobial medications.
to implement a multidisciplinary approach in assembling a stewardship team to include an infectious disease physician, a clinical pharmacist with infectious diseases training, infection preventionist, and a close collaboration with the staff in the clinical microbiology laboratory
to prevent antimicrobial overuse, misuse and abuse.
to minimize the developme
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The Promise: CRISPR offers exciting possibilities:
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Agriculture: Engineering crops resistant to pests and harsh environments.
Research: Studying gene function to unlock new knowledge.
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Eugenics: Misusing CRISPR for designer babies raises social and ethical questions.
Equity: High costs could limit access to this potentially life-saving technology.
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International Collaboration: Clear guidelines are needed for research and human trials.
Public Education: Open discussions ensure informed decisions about CRISPR.
Prioritize Safety and Ethics: Safety and ethical principles must be paramount.
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2. Depression Stats and Facts
• 40 million Americans suffer from major depressive disorder
and anxiety
• 6 million are elderly
•4th
most common disability world wide
•At a cost of over $200 billon dollars a year
• Depression later in life tends to last longer and be more
severe than at younger ages. It is also associated with a high
rate of suicide.
3. Causes of Alzheimer’s
• Vaccinations
• Rx Medications
• Amalgam Dental fillings
• MSG foods
• Chemical exposure (hair dyes, work
chemicals)
• Alcohol leading to nutritional deficiencies
4. American Health Care
• Ignorance + Arrogance =
• 1/3 develop Diabetes
• 5 out of 6 Die of heart dis./ CA
• United States worst rankings of
preventable deaths out of 19 leading
industrialized nations 2009
5. Fluoridated water activates dormant aluminum
• fluoridated water at 1 ppm, when used in cooking in aluminum cookware,
concentrated the aluminum up to 600 ppm, whereas water without fluoride did not.
(Science news 131:73)
• aluminum is neuro-toxic and is in abnormally high concentrations in the brain of
Alzheimers and other neurological disease victims, including AIDS, that these
findings raise questions about adding fluoride to the water supply of communities to
reduce tooth decay....
• Because of these findings, a test was made of Antigo, Wisconsin water which has
been fluoridated for 33 years. The water was examined by a certified Wisconsin
laboratory, and showed that when it was used in cooking in aluminum cookware, it
concentrated the aluminum by 833 times and increased the fluoride content by
100%.
• The maximum allowed aluminum content of water is set by the World Health
Organization at 200 micrograms per liter. This makes Antigo water, when cooked in
aluminum, 75 times over the maximum
7. The Explosion of Childhood
Bipolar Disorder
• Dr. Biederman and his colleagues have promoted the aggressive diagnosis
and drug treatment of childhood bipolar disorder, maintaining that it was
underdiagnosed in children and is treatable with drugs.
• Based on their influence, pediatric bipolar diagnoses and antipsychotic
drug use in children have soared. In 2007 alone, half a million children and
teenagers were given at least one prescription for an antipsycotic, including
20,500 under the age of six.
• According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, about 7 percent of all
children seen at psychiatric facilities fit the bipolar disorder criteria, using
research standards – much of which originated from Dr. Biederman and
company at Harvard.
8. Correcting Behavioral Problems
Without Drugs
• 1. Give your child omega-3 fats like krill oil, and a organic
mineral supplement
2. limiting their intake of vegetable oils.
3. Avoid giving your child ANY processed foods, especially
those containing artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives.
4. Replace soft drinks, fruit juices, and pasteurized milk in
your child’s diet with pure water.
5. Reduce or eliminate grains and sugars from your child’s diet
6. Make sure your child gets plenty of exercise and outdoor
playtime in the sunshine.
7. Give your child a way to deal with his or her emotions …
EFT, Meditation, EMDR, Deep Breathing
10. WARNING: SUICIDALITY AND
ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS
Antidepressants increased the risk compared to
placebo of suicidal thinking and behavior (suicidality)
in children, adolescents, and young adults in short-
term studies of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
and other psychiatric disorders. Anyone considering
the use of PROZAC or any other antidepressant in a
child, adolescent, or young adult must balance this
risk with the clinical need.
The following symptoms, anxiety, agitation, panic
attacks, insomnia, irritability, hostility,
aggressiveness, impulsivity, akathisia (psychomotor
restlessness), hypomania, and mania, have been
reported in adult and pediatric patients being treated
with antidepressants for Major Depressive Disorder as
well as for other indications, both psychiatric and
nonpsychiatric. Although a causal link between the
emergence of such symptoms and either the
11. Lithium …but the specific biochemical mechanism of
lithium action in mania is unknown
Prozac The following symptoms, anxiety, agitation,
panic attacks, insomnia, irritability, hostility,
aggressiveness, impulsivity, akathisia (psychomotor
restlessness), hypomania, and mania, have been
reported in adult and pediatric patients being treated
with antidepressants for Major Depressive Disorder as
well as for other indications, both psychiatric and
nonpsychiatric. Although a causal link between the
emergence of such symptoms and either the worsening
of depression and/or the emergence of Suicidal impulses
has not been established, there is concern that such
symptoms may represent precursors to emerging
suicidality
12. New research Stress is NOT the cause of Depression
Old Idea: One is that stressful life events are a major cause of depression.
decreased : neurotransmitters serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine.
New Research: depression actually begins in the brain. Essentially, the
medications have been focusing on the effect, not the cause.
The researchers have evidence that quashes the long-held dogma that
stress is generally a major cause of depression. The new research reveals
that there is almost no overlap between stress-related genes and depression-
related genes.
The researchers revealed that antidepressants are not treating
depression; they are treating stress.
Neuroscience 2009, Chicago, IL October 17-21, 2009
13. Chronic brain inflammation is now
the #1 source of depression
•Old Idea: was that major depression was due to a
deficiency in certain neurotransmitters in the brain:
serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine.
•New Idea: We now know that inflammatory cytokines can
lower serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine significantly
14. Top Drug Sales in The U.S.
1 Lipitor Cholesterol $5.22b
2 Prilosec Heartburn $4.61b
3 Zocor Cholesterol $3.68b
4 Prevacid Heartburn $3.55b
5 Celebrex Arthritis $2.61b
6 Zoloft Depression $2.27b
7 Paxil Depression $2.15b
15. Low Cholesterol Linked to Depression
Dutch researchers : studied 30,000 men, found that low
cholesterol levels and an increased risk of depression in men,
They found that men with chronically low cholesterol
levels showed a consistently higher risk of having
depressive symptoms along with anger, hostility, and
impulsivity .
Psychosomatic Medicine 2000;62.
16. Insight Magazine September 2, 2002
Antidepressant May
Trigger Violent
Behavior
The PDR lists adverse reactions of Luvox to the nervous
system as:
"FREQUENT: amnesia, apathy, hyperkinesis, hypokinesis,
manic reaction, myoclonus, psychotic reaction;
18. Antidepressant meds show little
difference with Placebo
This report showed that the FDA clinical trials data indicate that
82% of the drug response is due to the placebo effects and only
18% of the drug response was due to the pharmacological effects of
the medication.
These data raise questions about the criteria used by the FDA
in approving antidepressant medications.
Placebo treatment has the advantage of eliciting fewer side effects.
However, the deception that is inherent in clinical administration of
placebos inhibits their use.
Thus, the development of nondeceptive methods of eliciting the
placebo effect would be of great importance.
Prevention and Treatment, Volume 5, Article 23, July 15, 2002
19. MSG and Depression
Researchers have also discovered that most people with major
depressive disease (MDD) have higher levels of the
neurotransmitter glutamate in their spinal fluid (CSF) and
blood plasma.
This is the same glutamate found as a food additive-for
example, MSG (monosodium glutamate), hydrolyzed
proteins, calcium or sodium casienate, soy protein isolate,
vegetable protein concentrate or isolate, etc.
Free glutamate, that is, existing outside the neurons, is very
toxic to brain connections and brain cells themselves -- mainly
by a process called excitotoxicity.
20. human diploid cells (originating from
human aborted fetal tissue)
hydrolized gelatin
mercury thimerosol (thimerosal,
Merthiolate(r))
monosodium glutamate (MSG)
neomycin
neomycin sulfate
phenoxyethanol (antifreeze)
potassium diphosphate
potassium monophosphate
polymyxin B
polysorbate 20
polysorbate 80
porcine (pig) pancreatic hydrolysate of
casein
residual MRC5 proteins
sorbitol
tri(n)butylphosphate,
VERO cells, a continuous line of monkey
kidney cells, and
washed sheep red blood
•aluminum hydroxide
•aluminum phosphate
•ammonium sulfate
•amphotericin B
•animal tissues: pig blood, horse
blood, rabbit brain,
•dog kidney, monkey kidney,
•chick embryo, chicken egg, duck
egg
•calf (bovine) serum
•betapropiolactone
•fetal bovine serum
•formaldehyde
•formalin
•gelatin
•glycerol
Contents of a
Typical Vaccination
21. Vaccine-related brain injury
Vaccines are made of two components -- the agent you wish
to vaccinate against -- for example, the measles virus; and an
immune system booster called an immune adjuvant.
These adjuvants are composed of such things as
aluminum compounds, MSG, lipid compounds and even
mercury.
Studies have shown that these adjuvants, from a single
vaccine, can cause immune overactivation for as long as
two years.
22. Dr. Russell Blaylock, a board-certified
neurosurgeon and author of “Excitotoxins:
The Taste that Kills.”
MSG & Aspartame are excitotoxins = excite your brain excitatory
neurotransmitter upsets the balance of the natural neural
transmitters
Msg / Aspartame = food industry can make food with no nutrient
value and cheep to manufacture with a long shelf life that you
crave
MSG is an excitotoxin, which means it overexcites your cells to the
point of damage or death, causing brain damage to varying degrees
-- and triggering or worsening learning disabilities, ADD,
Depression, Bipolar disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s
disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease and more.
23. 90% of Money Americans spend on food is on
processed foods
24. Here is a list of ingredients that ALWAYS
contain MSG:
These ingredients OFTEN contain MSG or
create MSG during processing: Monosodium
glutamate
MSG:
Hydrolyzed Protein
Glutamic Acid
Monopotassium Glutamate
Monosodium Glutamate
Textured Protein
Yeast Extract
Autolyzed Yeast
Yeast Food
Yeast Nutrient
Calcium Caseinate
Gelatin
Anything Protein Fortified
Barley Malt lon
Flavors and Flavorings
Seasonings
Natural Flavors and
Flavorings
Natural Pork Flavoring
Natural Chicken
Flavoring
Soy Sauce
Soy Protein Isolate
Soy Protein
Bouillon
Stock
Broth
Malt Extract
Malt
Flavoring
Barley Malt
Whey
Protein
Carrageenan
Maltodextrin
Pectin
25. Link Between Elevated Brain Glutamate and
Inflammation and major depression
An elevation in the body‘s inflammation increases our risk of a number of
inflammation-linked diseases, such as cancer, arthritis, muscle weakness,
fatigue, sleep disturbances, memory loss and confusion. People with
Alzheimer‘s and Parkinson‘s disease have even higher levels of these
inflammatory cytokines -- much higher.
Also vaccines made the brain cells hypersensitive to toxins so that even
in concentrations that normally would do not cause harm, could wiped
out most of the neurons.
It is more common in the elderly to have the highest levels of inflammatory
cytokines. This also explains the high incidence of Alzheimer‘s disease,
which reaches incidences of 50% after age 80.
26. Flu Vaccines and an Expanding Vaccine
Schedule for the Elderly
Using lies and scare tactics to frighten the elderly into getting the
shots
As you age, your immune system, including that special
immune system in your brain, releases significantly more
inflammatory immune cytokines than when you were
younger.
Many elderly report that the flu shot gave them the flu. In truth,
what these people are reporting is a prolonged, intense "sickness
behavior" response to the vaccine. To the body, it is worse than
getting the flu.
27. The Shocking Truth
In fact, vaccination, especially multiple vaccinations, will maintain the
brain in a state of inflammation that will be self-perpetuating, because
the excess release of glutamate in the brain, as well as glutamate in the
diet, … cause excitotoxicity.
Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer‘s disease or Parkinson‘s
disease will be at a drastically increased risk
.
The incidence of neurodegenerative disease are increasing at a
frightening rate. Experts have no explanation.
Over the last three decades the number of elderly receiving yearly flu
vaccines has risen from 20% before 1980 to over 60% today.
Dr. Russell Blaylock M.D. Neurosurgen
28. The Vicious Circle: Personal.
1.
Take on
emotional
stress
5.
Results in
sickness
3.
Take
meds
2.
Resp. & O2
Headache
Stomach
Irritation
6.
Increases
stress
levels
4.
Lowers your
resistance
29. New Science
• Biology of Perception
• Facts :
1.Your perception of your environment changes
cell function (Cell receptors)
2.Change Cell function and you change Cell
Expression
3.Change Cell Expression (Genetic Expression)
you change your Health
30. The Effective Health Approach
1.
Take on
stress
5.
Results in
Empowerment
3.
Deep breathing,
Drink H20
Get sunlight
2.
Resp. & O2
Headache
Stomach
Irritation
6.
Increases
Immune system
function
4.
Change your
perception
31. Mental Stress
• End of the World
• News
• Things out of Control
•Event+Responce=Outcome
•You control your Responce
32. EFT EMDR
Tapping Eye Movements
Emotions are held in the right brain, the
left brain is logic center. The goal is to
shift the memory from the right brain to
the left brain that way the memory
becomes just a memory.
33. Exercise Better Than Drugs For
Researchers found that walking for 30 minutes each day quickly
improved the patients' symptoms -- faster, in fact, than
antidepressant drugs typically do.
The results indicate that, in selected patients with major depression,
aerobic training can produce a substantial improvement in
symptoms in a short time.
In one study that compared exercise with antidepressants among older
adults, investigators found that physical activity was the more effective
depression-fighter.
British Journal of Sports Medicine April 2001;35:114-117
38. Depression:
The prescription rate more than tripled in the US from the
early 90’s to 2001. In 2002, an estimated 10.8 million
prescriptions for the most widely used antidepressants were
dispensed to patients under 18 year old, according to an
FDA analysis. This occurs with little to no evidence of
safety.”
The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2004, British
Medical Journal Apr 10, 2004
39. New York Times August 7, 2003, FDA Oct
15, 2004
New Warnings on
Antidepressants:
Link to Suicide: FDA
Gives BLACK BOX
Warning
A BLACK BOX Warning is the Strongest
Safety Alert the Government Gives
40. The patient has depressed mood (e.g., sad or empty feeling) or loss of interest or
pleasure most of the time for 2 or more weeks plus 4 or more of the following :
Sleep
Insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day
Interest
Markedly diminshed interest or pleasure in
nearly all activities most of the time
Guilt
Excessive or inappropriate feelings of guilt
or worthlessness most of the time
Energy Loss of energy or fatigue most of the time
Concentration
Diminished ability to think or concentrate;
indecisiveness most of the time
Appetite Increase or decrease in appetite
Psychomotor
Observed psychomotor
agitation/retardation
Suicide
Recurrent thoughts of death/suicidal
ideation
SIGECAPS
41. So What Should Older People Do?
*First, studies have shown that the primary cause of immune deficiency in the elderly is
purely dietary. The carotenoids, such as beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, canthaxanthin,
lutein and lycopene significantly enhance the immunity of the elderly.
*Zinc, magnesium and selenium are also essential.
*Avoid omega-6 oils (the vegetable oils: corn, safflower, sunflower, canola, soybean and
peanut oils), since they greatly enhance inflammation and depress immunity.
*Increase fish oils (omega-3 oils)
*Regular exercise, such as brisk walking or weight exercises three to five times a week
also boost immunity
*Sugar and refined carbohydrates also suppress immunity and inflame the brain.
*Adequate sleep is also vital to both brain health and good immune function.
42. Although antidepressant medication is widely regarded as effective, a recent
meta-analysis of published clinical trials indicates that 75 percent of the
response to antidepressants is duplicated by placebo.
The report analyses the data submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) for approval of recent antidepressant medications.
We analyzed the efficacy data submitted to the FDA for the six most widely
prescribed antidepressants approved between 1987 and 1999:
Prozac
Paxi
Zoloft
Effexor
Serzone and
Celexa.
Results are reported from all well controlled efficacy trials of the use of
these medications for the treatment of depression. FDA medical and
statistical reviewers had access to the raw data and evaluated the trials
independently. The findings of the primary medical and statistical reviewers
were verified by at least one other reviewer, and the analysis was also
assessed by an independent advisory panel.
43. Test Pilots
Wanted:
85-90% of Drugs Used on Children, are
Not Approved For Children.”
April 10, 2001 Volume 37 Issue 14, Medical Post
45. Conclusion
Current recommendations by the CDC for adult vaccinations include a total of 14 separate inoculations with
infectious agents and powerful immune adjuvants. To be fair, some of these are for special medical risks and
conditions, such as high-risk behaviors, illegal drug use and HIV infected individuals.
If we eliminate these, women will be exposed to 10 inoculations and men 7, should they follow CDC guidelines,
which doctors follow.
According to CDC recommendations, multiple vaccinations for a single disease are separated by no more than 4
weeks, which is close enough together to produce priming and subsequent hyperactivation of brain microglia.
We have seen that this can trigger a smoldering process of brain inflammation and excitotoxicity that can not
only result in depression, anxiety and high suicide rates, but can increase one‘s risk of developing one of the
neurodegenerative diseases as well.
We have also seen that in many cases a person will be injected with several vaccines during a single office visit
and that this means their body is exposed to a very large dose of immune adjuvant. Compelling studies, using
many animal species as well as humans, have shown that this overactivates brain inflammatory mechanism that
can last for years.
In addition, several additives to vaccines, such as mercury and aluminum, are powerful brain toxins that are
known to accumulate in the brain over years and can trigger brain inflammatory/excitotoxic mechanisms.
Vaccine contaminants, such as bacteria, mycoplasma and viral fragments can also produce prolonged brain
inflammation and neurodegeneration.
Because the elderly already have high levels of inflammatory cytokines, they are at a special risk. The very young
(babies and small children) are at a high risk because their brains are undergoing the most rapid development at
the very time they receive the greatest number of vaccinations -- the first two years of life. In fact, they receive 22
vaccines during the first year of life, one of which contains a full pediatric dose of mercury.
Like adults, they receive many inoculations (up to 9 inoculations) in one office visit. This is insane and in my
estimation, criminal.
Nasal flu vaccines are even worse, because they introduce a live virus into the nasal passages, which can then
travel along the olfactory nerves, which leads to the very part of the brain first and most severely affected by
Alzheimer‘s disease. A number of studies have shown that viruses and bacteria can pass along this route to the
brain.
In fact, in one study scientists sprayed a bacterium into the nose of mice and observed a rapid development of
Alzheimer‘s type plaques in the mouse‘s brain.
46. How Many Bad Prescriptions are
there?
• There are approximately 160
DO NOT USE drugs.
• Counting only 23/160 DO NOT
USE drugs: There are 100
million prescriptions filled a
year.
•COST: $2 Billion
Worst Pills, Best Pills, 1998
47. “Say Again?”:
At Best, Medicine is 20% Science
Based. Some Say Only 4%.
http://www.vet-task-force.com/CTiM.htm
48. Depressed:
Work it Out
Exercise Shown Better
Than Drugs For Depression
British Journal of Sports Medicine April 2001;35:114-117
“I WONDER IF THIS IS
CONSIDERED CRUNCHES?”
53. • According to the World Health Organization,
most older people and many younger people
are using too many drugs, for problems that
are better treated with non-drug therapy.
• One of every three drugs-should not be used
because safer alternative drugs are available.
P. 17 Worst Pill Best Pills, 1998
Too Many Pills
55. 5 years of neck and arm pain
That is 5 years of pain relievers
56. Make-A-Wish foundation
Valentines Week
February 11th
through the 14th
Support the Make-A-Wish
foundation with a $20 donation and
you will Receive:
Complete Spinal Checkup, x-rays,
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57. Top Drug Sales in The U.S.
1 Lipitor Cholesterol $5.22b
2 Prilosec Heartburn $4.61b
3 Zocor Cholesterol $3.68b
4 Prevacid Heartburn $3.55b
5 Celebrex Arthritis $2.61b
6 Zoloft Depression $2.27b
7 Paxil Depression $2.15b
60. bad, worse, worstbad, worse, worst
HFCS (HIGH
FRUCTOSE
CORN SYRUP)
TRANS FATTY
ACIDS
SATURATED FATS
HYDROGENATED
OIL
GMO FOODS
PROCESSED DAIRY
REFINED CARBS
PROCESSED SOY
MICROWAVED
FOODS
BOTTOM
FEEDERS / BIG
GAME FISH
CHEMICAL
SWEETENERS
61. Treatment of
Depression More
Than Triples in
the US Over the
Last 10 Years
Medications Usage Jumps 300%.
Reason: Aggressive Marketing.
JAMA January 9, 2002;287:203-209
62. • There are approximately:
• 148 drugs that cause depression
• 133 drugs that cause hallucinations or psychoses
• 128 drugs that cause sexual dysfunction
• 76 drugs that cause dementia
• 52 drugs that cause falls and hip fractures
• 20 drugs that can impair your ability to drive
• 27 drugs that cause insomnia
• 105 drugs that cause constipation
• 36 drugs that cause Parkinisonism
FYI
While this graphic is fairly self-explanatory, it is also of almost cartoon simplicity in that it fails to note another common aspect of such vicious cycles. As they develop, they may also lead to the victim taking up compensatory, tension-relieving behaviors. These have their own negatively reinforcing health consequences that compound the original problems. They might be smoking, drinking, bad sleep, eating and/or posture habits, etc.
While this graphic is fairly self-explanatory, it is also of almost cartoon simplicity in that it fails to note another common aspect of such vicious cycles. As they develop, they may also lead to the victim taking up compensatory, tension-relieving behaviors. These have their own negatively reinforcing health consequences that compound the original problems. They might be smoking, drinking, bad sleep, eating and/or posture habits, etc.