Feds probe chelation-heart disease study Oct 3, 2008
Chelation (pronounced kee-LAY-shun) involves intravenous doses of a drug, disodium EDTA, that proponents claim will bind to calcium built up in artery walls and help flush it from the body ... The form of EDTA used in the trial is supplied by AkzoNobel, a Dutch company, Lamas said ... "EDTA isn't totally safe as a drug. There's a real danger of kidney failure," bone marrow problems, shock, low blood pressure, convulsions, heart rhythm problems, allergic reactions and breathing troubles, the... (MSNBC -- Health)
Australian artist in New York offers remedies on environment Aug 13, 2008
Published: August 13, 2008. In a bright studio at New York University, Natalie Jeremijenko welcomes visitors to her environmental health clinic. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Physical fitness may slow Alzheimer brain atrophy Jul 16, 2008
Rebecca Kmet Texas Retired Pharmacist wrote on Jul 15, 2008 3:44 AM:" Aluminum in the brain that dries up the tissue needs to be chelated out, too. A less expensive way of doing that than intravenous EDTA chelation that costs a hundred dollars out of pocket per treatment is to take a packet of RepairACell tablets daily to pull the heavy metals and toxins out of the cells and then insert a Detoxamin EDTA rectal suppository twice a week. That is half the suggested amount, so chelation takes longer... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Low health insurance caps leave patients stranded Jul 15, 2008
Rebecca Kmet Texas Retired Pharmacist wrote on Jul 14, 2008 2:01 PM:" Mothers wash their babies but often forget to clean the nose where most bacterial and viral infections get started. Normal saline or XLEAR nose spray or drops twice a day for babies and children and adults is helpful in heading off a lot of infections. A damaged heart from a strep infection is not unusual. The damage to the heart can be corrected without surgery if there is time and the baby or child or adult is not too near... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
New clue to Alzheimer's found Jun 24, 2008
Rebecca Patterson-Kmet Retired Pharmacist wrote on Jun 23, 2008 12:22 PM:" A bigger factor in Altsheimer's Disease is aluminum in the body that dries out the brain. How do people get aluminum in their bodies? Many ways: using aluminum cookware and flatware, taking aluminum antacids, using aluminum deodorants (yes, the rock that is not aluminum chlorohydrate at the Fashion Gallery is still ALUMINUM SULFATE or ALUM so don't be fooled by the no aluminum chlorohydrate sign there), molded cheeses... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Charges against Pa. doctor dropped in autistic boy’s death May 8, 2008
The CDC, which investigated the boy s death, has said the boy was given a synthetic amino acid called Disodium EDTA instead of Calcium Disodium EDTA. Both are odorless, colorless liquids and may have been confused, the CDC found. The Department of State also contended Kerry prescribed an IV push meaning the drugs are administered in one dose intravenously instead of over a period of time despite warnings that it could be lethal. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Events of the Heart to Premiere ``You've Gotta Have Heart'' Apr 11, 2008
"We are thrilled to support the educational and research initiatives that Events of the Heart champions, said Christopher Kaplan President, Cardiovascular/ Metabolic Operating Unit, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. We need to open the dialogue around this important subject and encourage women to know and control their blood pressure, as it is one of the risk factors for heart attack and stroke.According to the National Institutes of Health, each year, heart disease causes... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Doctor who used chelation charged inboy's death in '05 Aug 23, 2007
A criminal complaint filed yesterday notes that Dr. Mary M. Carrasco concluded, following a review of more than 600 pages of medical documents, that Dr. Kerry was "grossly negligent" in that he was to have used "calcium EDTA" on Tariq, as had been prescribed by another doctor in Chicago. Instead, Dr. Kerry used plain "disodium EDTA." Furthermore, she told authorities, neither chemical should have been administered in a quick "push" over a period of a few minutes, but rather in a slow drip over... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Boy dies 'from autism therapy' Jul 12, 2007
Abubaker Tariq Nadama went into cardiac arrest in 2005 soon after receiving a dose of liquid disodium EDTA in a Pennsylvania clinic. An autopsy found the cause of death was a shortage of calcium in the blood due to the treatment, called "chelation". (Daily Mail)
Parents sue doctor over death of autistic boy Jul 11, 2007
Doctors claim chelation treatment should be closely monitored but Dr Kerry's staff are alleged to have administered sodium EDTA intravenously in one dose without monitoring the boy's heart. An autopsy showed the boy's death was caused by a sudden drop in the calcium in his bloodstream. (Telegraph.co.uk)
