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Friday, July 3, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Health Care Statistics
60% Bankruptcies are due to medical bills. More than 75% of these bankrupt families ahd health insurance but still were overwhelmed by their medical debts.
92% of medical debtors had debts more than $5,000.
25% of firms cancel coverage immediately when an employee suffers a disabling illness; about another 25% do so within a year.
We have a BROKEN health care system. It will take a major change in thinking differently, not just doing more of the same things.
Follow Dr Peter Lind on twitter or go to Salem Oregon Chiropractor for more wellness information.
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92% of medical debtors had debts more than $5,000.
25% of firms cancel coverage immediately when an employee suffers a disabling illness; about another 25% do so within a year.
We have a BROKEN health care system. It will take a major change in thinking differently, not just doing more of the same things.
Follow Dr Peter Lind on twitter or go to Salem Oregon Chiropractor for more wellness information.
503-581-6846
Monday, June 22, 2009
Wellness Newsletter Exerpts
This year’s group was made up of four chiropractors and a geologist and we couldn’t come up with the punch line for a joke we were trying to make: Four chiropractors and a geologist walked into…
We rode up through Washington and into Idaho and the last day began from Joseph and rode down through small towns like Long Creek, Mitchell, and Prineville. The last day we rode 450 miles — 12 hours on the road, which is 9 longer than, I prefer. But I had three insights that I pondered on this 1,200 mile ride.
Riding a ridge on the way to Walla Walla, Washington. This was one of the rare times I’m not looking at the scenery. It was a few miles down this very road that I had a nice, friendly conversation with a state trooper, who wanted to talk to me. He gave me some good, helpful advice while riding in Washington. In the Eastern part of the state where we were heading he said the Meth problem is out of control. College kids go to campgrounds and have parties and it wasn’t unusual to bust almost any group they came across.
The first lesson was about food. When you are on the road you often do not have choices you usually have so for the first time in about three years I had a cheeseburger and fries — for breakfast! I know. It was in Spray and burgers were the only food on their menu. Many people have these things every week, so what’s one every three years? I assumed that the beef was local because there were many ranches in the area. The hamburger that you get in fast food places is usually from South America and is mixed from several different farms. So my first lesson was; sometimes you just have to eat what’s on the menu. If you eat well most the time then the times when you have no choice will be okay. You’ll get by.
Dr Peter Lind practices wellness chiropractic in Salem Oregon
Salem Oregon Chiropractor
503-581-6846
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Swine Flu
The story of swine flu marks
another fiasco in the world of
health and medicine. You have
to understand all that surrounds
the politics, power, and money
in an epidemic. Remember the
Avian Bird Flu pandemic? I
spoke and wrote about this
when it first broke and told you
it would be gone in a few years.
It is. I knew there would be
another scare—there always is—
but I never thought it would be
so soon.
Dr Peter Lind practices wellness chiropractic in Salem Oregon
Salem Oregon Chiropractor
503-581-6846
another fiasco in the world of
health and medicine. You have
to understand all that surrounds
the politics, power, and money
in an epidemic. Remember the
Avian Bird Flu pandemic? I
spoke and wrote about this
when it first broke and told you
it would be gone in a few years.
It is. I knew there would be
another scare—there always is—
but I never thought it would be
so soon.
Dr Peter Lind practices wellness chiropractic in Salem Oregon
Salem Oregon Chiropractor
503-581-6846
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Flu Shots
Three Reasons to Reconsider Flu Shots
There are three major reasons why this government push to vaccinate 84 percent of the U.S. population with a yearly flu vaccine is so incomprehensible:
1. The majority of flu shots contain 25 micrograms of mercury; an amount considered unsafe for anyone weighing less than 550 pounds! And which groups are most sensitive to the neurological damage that has been associated with mercury? Infants, children, and the elderly.
2. No studies have conclusively proven that flu shots prevent flu-related deaths among the elderly, yet this is one of the key groups to which they’re pushed.
3. If you get a flu shot, you can still get the flu (or flu-like symptoms). This is because it only protects against certain strains, and it’s anyone’s guess which flu viruses will be in your area.
Another influenza season is beginning, and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will strongly urge Americans to get a flu shot. In fact, the CDC mounts a well-orchestrated campaign each season to generate interest and demand for flu shots.
But a recent study published in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine found that vaccinating young children against the flu appeared to have no impact on flu-related hospitalizations or doctor visits during two recent flu seasons.
At first glance, the data did suggest that children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years derived some protection from vaccination in these years. But after adjusting for potentially relevant variables, the researchers concluded that "significant influenza vaccine effectiveness could not be demonstrated for any season, age, or setting" examined.
Additionally, a Group Health study found that flu shots do not protect elderly people against developing pneumonia -- the primary cause of death resulting as a complication of the flu. Others have questioned whether there is any mortality benefit with influenza vaccination. Vaccination coverage among the elderly increased from 15 percent in 1980 to 65 percent now, but there has been no decrease
in deaths from influenza or pneumonia.
There is some evidence that flu shots cause Alzheimer’s disease, most likely as a result of combining mercury with aluminum and formaldehyde. Mercury in vaccines has also been implicated as a cause of autism.
Three other serious adverse reactions to the flu vaccine are joint inflammation and arthritis, anaphylactic shock (and other life-threatening allergic reactions), and Guillain-Barré syndrome, a paralytic autoimmune disease.
One credible hypothesis that explains the seasonal nature of flu is that influenza is a vitamin D
deficiency disease.
Vitamin D levels in your blood fall to their lowest point during flu seasons. Unable to be protected by the body’s own antibiotics (antimicrobial peptides) that are released by vitamin D, a person with a low vitamin D blood level is more vulnerable to contracting colds, influenza, and other respiratory infections.
Studies show that children with rickets, a vitamin D-deficient skeletal disorder, suffer from frequent respiratory infections, and children exposed to sunlight are less likely to get a cold. The increased number of deaths that occur in winter, largely from pneumonia and cardiovascular diseases, are most likely due to vitamin D deficiency.
Unfortunately, now, for the first time, flu vaccination is also being pushed for virtually all children -- not just those under 5.
This is a huge change. Previously, flu vaccine was recommended only for youngsters under 5, who can become dangerously ill from influenza. This year, the government is recommending that children from age 6 months to 18 years be vaccinated, expanding inoculations to 30 million more school-age children.
The government argues that while older children seldom get as sick as the younger ones, it's a bigger population that catches flu at higher rates, so the change should cut missed school, and parents' missed work when they catch the illness from their children.
Of course, this policy ignores the fact that a systematic review of 51 studies involving 260,000 children age 6 to 23 months found no evidence that the flu vaccine is any more effective than a placebo.
Sources:
• LewRockwell.com October 3, 2008
• EMS Responder September 9, 2008
• WebMD October 6, 2008
• Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine October 2008; 162(10):943-51
What to do.
Take vitamin D or get some sun or exposure to ultraviolet light like a tanning
Take a dosage of 1,000 International units of vitamin D per pound of body weight. Take every day for three days.
Get adjusted to keep the nervous
Dr Peter Lind practices wellness chiropractic in Salem Oregon
Salem Oregon Chiropractor
503-581-6846
There are three major reasons why this government push to vaccinate 84 percent of the U.S. population with a yearly flu vaccine is so incomprehensible:
1. The majority of flu shots contain 25 micrograms of mercury; an amount considered unsafe for anyone weighing less than 550 pounds! And which groups are most sensitive to the neurological damage that has been associated with mercury? Infants, children, and the elderly.
2. No studies have conclusively proven that flu shots prevent flu-related deaths among the elderly, yet this is one of the key groups to which they’re pushed.
3. If you get a flu shot, you can still get the flu (or flu-like symptoms). This is because it only protects against certain strains, and it’s anyone’s guess which flu viruses will be in your area.
Another influenza season is beginning, and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will strongly urge Americans to get a flu shot. In fact, the CDC mounts a well-orchestrated campaign each season to generate interest and demand for flu shots.
But a recent study published in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine found that vaccinating young children against the flu appeared to have no impact on flu-related hospitalizations or doctor visits during two recent flu seasons.
At first glance, the data did suggest that children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years derived some protection from vaccination in these years. But after adjusting for potentially relevant variables, the researchers concluded that "significant influenza vaccine effectiveness could not be demonstrated for any season, age, or setting" examined.
Additionally, a Group Health study found that flu shots do not protect elderly people against developing pneumonia -- the primary cause of death resulting as a complication of the flu. Others have questioned whether there is any mortality benefit with influenza vaccination. Vaccination coverage among the elderly increased from 15 percent in 1980 to 65 percent now, but there has been no decrease
in deaths from influenza or pneumonia.
There is some evidence that flu shots cause Alzheimer’s disease, most likely as a result of combining mercury with aluminum and formaldehyde. Mercury in vaccines has also been implicated as a cause of autism.
Three other serious adverse reactions to the flu vaccine are joint inflammation and arthritis, anaphylactic shock (and other life-threatening allergic reactions), and Guillain-Barré syndrome, a paralytic autoimmune disease.
One credible hypothesis that explains the seasonal nature of flu is that influenza is a vitamin D
deficiency disease.
Vitamin D levels in your blood fall to their lowest point during flu seasons. Unable to be protected by the body’s own antibiotics (antimicrobial peptides) that are released by vitamin D, a person with a low vitamin D blood level is more vulnerable to contracting colds, influenza, and other respiratory infections.
Studies show that children with rickets, a vitamin D-deficient skeletal disorder, suffer from frequent respiratory infections, and children exposed to sunlight are less likely to get a cold. The increased number of deaths that occur in winter, largely from pneumonia and cardiovascular diseases, are most likely due to vitamin D deficiency.
Unfortunately, now, for the first time, flu vaccination is also being pushed for virtually all children -- not just those under 5.
This is a huge change. Previously, flu vaccine was recommended only for youngsters under 5, who can become dangerously ill from influenza. This year, the government is recommending that children from age 6 months to 18 years be vaccinated, expanding inoculations to 30 million more school-age children.
The government argues that while older children seldom get as sick as the younger ones, it's a bigger population that catches flu at higher rates, so the change should cut missed school, and parents' missed work when they catch the illness from their children.
Of course, this policy ignores the fact that a systematic review of 51 studies involving 260,000 children age 6 to 23 months found no evidence that the flu vaccine is any more effective than a placebo.
Sources:
• LewRockwell.com October 3, 2008
• EMS Responder September 9, 2008
• WebMD October 6, 2008
• Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine October 2008; 162(10):943-51
What to do.
Take vitamin D or get some sun or exposure to ultraviolet light like a tanning
Take a dosage of 1,000 International units of vitamin D per pound of body weight. Take every day for three days.
Get adjusted to keep the nervous
Dr Peter Lind practices wellness chiropractic in Salem Oregon
Salem Oregon Chiropractor
503-581-6846
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