Planet Thrive

October, 2009

Showing results 41 - 55 of 55 for the month of October, 2009.

• From Chronic Fatigue to Lyme: Medically Unexplained No More
  by Pamela Weintraub | Over the past year, forces at the highest reaches of medicine have made ever stronger efforts to burden the sick, diseased, and infected with psychiatric labels, consigning them to often mind-numbing psych meds and untreated infection
• Flying with MCS
  Dear Dr. Rea, I would like to take a flight to Argentina to visit my family. It's an 8 1/2 hours flight from Miami. Could you give me any advice on how I have to do it with a commercial flight?.
• Questions on your protocol
  Dear Stephen, I've been fighting lyme for three to four years. What can I take to help deal with the cognitive issues with lyme? Also I have chronic candida, should I just try the tincture you mentioned?
• Peggy Munson: ME/CFS and the Retroviral Elephant
  In the ME/CFS community, since yesterday, there has been a swell of jubilation. This may seem odd to a lot of people considering that researchers just found something in our blood similar to HIV.
• Breaking News: retrovirus linked to CFS / ME
  In a new groundbreaking study, retrovirus XMRV has been linked to chronic fatigue syndrome / myalgic encephalomyelitis.
• Beginners Guide to Healthy Organic Gardening
  Organic gardening is not as difficult as many beginning gardeners believe it is. Quite simply it means you are going to plant your garden without using synthetic fertilizers or chemical pesticides.
• Reaction to lyme herbs
  Dear Stephen, I just started taking the herbs yesterday and only took one of each. Last night I had the chills all night and I had very minor heart palpitations.
• Brain Plasticity
  Can the brain rewire itself to overcome damage or removal? The Discovery Channel tells the story of Jody Miller, who had half her brain removed at three years of age.
• What is brain plasticity?
  Brain plasticity refers to the fact that the human brain is capable of forming new neuronal pathways throughout one's lifetime.
• What Doctors Are Really Thinking
  You ever wonder what doctors are really thinking when they're diagnosing disease? It's rare for a doctor to admit, "I don't know." More often that not, it seems, they just make up ...
• Walk to Fight Diabetes…Literally
  It turns out that when you "Walk to Fight Diabetes," that you're actually walking off the calories the American Diabetes Association has loaded on you at the event in the form of a free lunch.
• Loss of “apex” predators causing major ecological disruptions
  There has been a significant shift in the last 200 years in the percentage of "apex" predators (e.g., wolves, lions, sharks) as compared to the smaller "mesopredators" like coyotes and baboons.
• Someecards.com
  A collection of hysterical, obnoxious, sexually explicit, outrageous and irreverent cards. Find one for ANY occasion!
• Flu vaccine
  Dear Dr. Rea, Are there any potential problems with the regular seasonal flu vaccine that you get in the UK from your GPS? I have MCS.
• The Incredible Brooke Landau
  Is it possible to recover from severe, chronic late stage neuro-lyme disease? Yes, and Brooke Landau is living testimony.