January, 2010 (33 items)

  • Embracing a Terminal Illness Embracing a Terminal Illness
    Fred Lanphear shares how his recent diagnosis of Lou Gehrig’s Disease brought a beautiful opportunity of growth to the Songaia Cohousing Community, which he cofounded.
  • When Doctors Have Nightmares When Doctors Have Nightmares
    Ever wonder what doctors have nightmares about? Perhaps it's about giant bottles of vitamins stealing their patients! Vitamins, you see, help keep people healthy and prevent disease, and that...
  • Sleeping on Wool Felts Sleeping on Wool Felts
    Eliana Jantz, bed designer and founder of Shepherd's Dream, is now forming a felting collective in Montague, California to focus on wool felts as the perfect sleep system.
  • Hand tremors Hand tremors
    Dear Stephen, Are there any additional herbs, tinctures, or treatments that can stop hand tremors from Lyme? Anxiety makes them worse, but the tremors are always present except when sleeping or during deep meditation.
  • Temple Grandin: Innovator, Activist, Autistic Temple Grandin: Innovator, Activist, Autistic
    On Feb 6th HBO will air an original film starring Claire Danes based on the true story of Temple Grandin, a highly successful doctor of animal sciences and an internationally renowned autism advocate.
  • Seeking Participants for MCS Work Study Seeking Participants for MCS Work Study
    MCS researcher Pamela Reed Gibson, PhD and her team at James Madison University are seeking participants for a new study of persons with chemical sensitivities in the workplace.
  • Fishing Fishing
    I don't keep what I catch. I just stick a barbed hook in its face, yank it gasping from the water, rip the hook out, & then throw it back in, leaving it to wonder what kind of...
  • Using astralagus Using astralagus
    Dear Stephen, I understand that astralagus can act as a preventive against tick embedding. Can I take it and if so what brand do you recommend and what dosage? Thank you.
  • Call for submissions: Scarsongs Call for submissions: Scarsongs
    Submit your writing and art for an anthology articulating the terrain of trauma and resilience - a collaboration of the Icarus Project, the Bay Area Radical Mental Health Collective, and Activist Trauma Support.
  • New on PT: Site Map New on PT: Site Map
    Planet Thrive has added a site map that lists all the sections of the site in "outline" form in order to help visitors navigate around the comprehensive website.
  • I Had a Feeling! I Had a Feeling!
    I had a feeling it would be dangerous to give apes that much intelligence.
  • Resveratrol and migraines Resveratrol and migraines
    Dear Stephen, I am very worried about taking Resveratrol. I can not take even one sip of red wine or eat red grapes without suffering with a severe migraine. Will the Resveratrol do the same thing?
  • Mayo Clinic to Study CFS/FMS Amygdala Retraining Mayo Clinic to Study CFS/FMS Amygdala Retraining
    The Mayo Clinic is conducting a pilot study of the Gupta Amygdala Retraining™ Programme for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FMS).
  • Environmentally sensitive need young champion for their cause Environmentally sensitive need young champion for their cause
    Hannah Taylor is only 11 years old and has already raised over a million dollars to fight homelessness in Canada through her charity The Ladybug Foundation.
  • One Thing I'd Change About My Chemical Sensitivity One Thing I’d Change About My Chemical Sensitivity
    What's one thing you'd change about your chemical sensitivity? We posed this question to our members and the video responses are beginning to come in.
  • Shameless: The ART of Disability Shameless: The ART of Disability
    Bonnie Sherr Klein's film presents a funny and intimate portrait of five surprising individuals with diverse disabilities. Watch the film and then join our live chat to discuss disability, art, and creativity.
  • Chicago Tribune features chemically sensitive artist Chicago Tribune features chemically sensitive artist
    The Chicago Tribune presents an inspiring account of one woman's struggle to overcome severely isolating and disabling chemical sensitivity.
  • Red root tincture or whole herb? Red root tincture or whole herb?
    Dear Stephen, I think Red Root would be useful to me but you state that tinctures are not good in old cases, while dosages of this herb are only listed in tincture. What would you recommend?
  • Conflict of Interest Conflict of Interest
    Of all the cartoons we've ever done on the FDA, this is the one that people seem to like the best. It addresses the issue of FDA conflicts of interest. The Food and Drug Administration...
  • Colored light might silence harmful brain activity Colored light might silence harmful brain activity
    HealthDay News reports: New tools that use different colors of light to silence brain activity could lead to new treatments for disorders such as epilepsy, chronic pain, Parkinson's disease and brain injury.
  • Superbrain Yoga® Superbrain Yoga®
    Superbrain Yoga® is a simple and effective technique to energize and recharge the brain, based on the principles of subtle energy and ear acupuncture.
  • Artists: Win a 3 Bedroom House in Maine! Artists: Win a 3 Bedroom House in Maine!
    One lucky artist may be the new owner of this 3 bedroom house located in Sanford, Maine -- if they can write the winning essay for the Artist's House Essay Contest.
  • Light increases migraines, even in the blind Light increases migraines, even in the blind
    Scientists have discovered that people with functioning photoreceptors (retinal ganglion cells) may experience increased migraine pain when exposed to light--even if they are blind.
  • Interview with performance artist Julie Laffin Interview with performance artist Julie Laffin
    Moving Beyond MCS, a blog about recovering from environmental illness, has published an interview with performance artist Julie Laffin that explores how her work has evolved due to her illness.
  • Resveratrol vs. trans-resveratrol Resveratrol vs. trans-resveratrol
    Dear Stephen, Pure Encapsulations told me that what I need is the "trans" version or resveratrol... is that correct? If so, is the amount of trans-resveratrol the same as the amount of resveratrol you recommend?
  • Heavy Metals Heavy Metals
    The heavy metals contamination of ocean fish is so bad that even the FDA warns expectant mothers to avoid eating fish. In this comic, I imagined the heavy metal content...
  • Timetable for results Timetable for results
    Dear Stephen, The protocol calls for eight to twelve months, but when should I start potentially feeling the results (assuming I have Lymes)? I'm not worried, I just want to be prepared.
  • Unravelling the Mystery of Autism Unravelling the Mystery of Autism
    E Magazine's cover story this month connects environmental toxicity with autism -- shining light on the link between children with autism and adults with environmental illness.
  • Hope for MCS/EI housing communities? Hope for MCS/EI housing communities?
    A general contractor/developer from Fargo, North Dakota appeared on Facebook.com last week to announce his interest in tackling the housing crisis of the chemically sensitive.
  • Herbs concurrent with antibiotics advisable? Herbs concurrent with antibiotics advisable?
    Dear Stephen, I am just wondering if the protocol is intended to be used only after antibiotics are stopped, or if I can do so concurrently.
  • Reschooling Ourselves Reschooling Ourselves
    Transformation is possible at any age. So says Melia Dicker, a 28 year old who returned to kindergarten to explore her education to find where things went wrong and how she could move forward.
  • Chicken wire blocks WiFi signals Chicken wire blocks WiFi signals
    Homes built in San Francisco prior to the 1950's often contain wood stapled with chicken wire underneath plaster, creating a "Faraday cage" effect that is frustrating landlords and tenants alike.
  • Transforming barren land into fertile ground Transforming barren land into fertile ground
    Use "Rockdust" in your soil to help produce giant vegetables rich with minerals and trace elements.