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Elena Cecchetto, RSHom (NA), CCH
~Access Natural Healing Centre~
Suite 101, 1416 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC V5L 3X9
Tel: 604-568-4663
Website: www.accessnaturalhealing.com Friday, August 12, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
A Comparative Study using Homeopathy for Fatigue in Cancer
A Comparative Study using Homeopathy for Fatigue in Cancer
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/11/19
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/11/19
Monday, July 11, 2011
INDIVIDUALISED HOMEOPATHY EFFECTIVE IN SLEEP DISORDERS
INDIVIDUALISED HOMEOPATHY EFFECTIVE IN SLEEP DISORDERS An ECCH document published in March this year, entitled ”Sleep well with homeopathy” (1), summarised existing research evidence in homeopathic treatment of sleep disorders. This publication included reference to a study by Naudé et al. (2).
In a recently published letter in the journal “Sleep Medicine Reviews” Cooper and Relton (3) specifically refer to the Naudé publication. The two authors previously published the results of a systematic review of homeopathy for insomnia, where the Naudé publication had not been included (4).
In their systematic review Cooper and Relton had found four double-blind randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing homeopathic medicines (or rather potentized remedies) versus placebo. All four previous studies had used pre-specified remedies (NOT individualized to each individual patient). Cooper and Relton point out that patients in the Naudé trial were prescribed individualized remedies according to their symptom picture. The total number of hours slept per week increased from 35 to 41 in the homeopathy group (p=0.002) from baseline (start of the trial) to week 4, compared to an increase from 34 to 35 hours in the placebo group (not statistically significant change). Homeopathy was therefore better than placebo at 4 weeks (p=0.036). Moreover, patients in the homeopathy group improved according to all 11 out of 11 questions that were asked about their sleep, whereas patients receiving placebo had an initial improvement, but then relapsed.
Cooper and Relton point out that the number of participants was not high in any of the studies they have reviewed (n=26-61), but the methodological quality was higher in the Naudé study compared to the four previous trials. Results are promising and more research of equally high methodological and homeopathic quality should be carried out, with larger patient numbers.
References
1. European Central Council of Homeopaths (ECCH). Sleep well with homeopathy. March 2010.
2. Naudé DF, Couchman IMS, Maharaj A. Chronic primary insomnia: Efficacy of homeopathic simillimum. Homeopathy 2010, 99: 63-68.
3. Cooper KL, Relton C. Homeopathy for insomnia: Summary of additional RCT publiched since systematic review. Sleep Med Rev, 2010 Sep 2 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20819153.
4. Cooper KL, Relton C. Homeopathy for insomnia: a systematic review of research evidence. Sleep Med Rev, 2010. 23 August 2010
In a recently published letter in the journal “Sleep Medicine Reviews” Cooper and Relton (3) specifically refer to the Naudé publication. The two authors previously published the results of a systematic review of homeopathy for insomnia, where the Naudé publication had not been included (4).
In their systematic review Cooper and Relton had found four double-blind randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing homeopathic medicines (or rather potentized remedies) versus placebo. All four previous studies had used pre-specified remedies (NOT individualized to each individual patient). Cooper and Relton point out that patients in the Naudé trial were prescribed individualized remedies according to their symptom picture. The total number of hours slept per week increased from 35 to 41 in the homeopathy group (p=0.002) from baseline (start of the trial) to week 4, compared to an increase from 34 to 35 hours in the placebo group (not statistically significant change). Homeopathy was therefore better than placebo at 4 weeks (p=0.036). Moreover, patients in the homeopathy group improved according to all 11 out of 11 questions that were asked about their sleep, whereas patients receiving placebo had an initial improvement, but then relapsed.
Cooper and Relton point out that the number of participants was not high in any of the studies they have reviewed (n=26-61), but the methodological quality was higher in the Naudé study compared to the four previous trials. Results are promising and more research of equally high methodological and homeopathic quality should be carried out, with larger patient numbers.
References
1. European Central Council of Homeopaths (ECCH). Sleep well with homeopathy. March 2010.
2. Naudé DF, Couchman IMS, Maharaj A. Chronic primary insomnia: Efficacy of homeopathic simillimum. Homeopathy 2010, 99: 63-68.
3. Cooper KL, Relton C. Homeopathy for insomnia: Summary of additional RCT publiched since systematic review. Sleep Med Rev, 2010 Sep 2 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20819153.
4. Cooper KL, Relton C. Homeopathy for insomnia: a systematic review of research evidence. Sleep Med Rev, 2010. 23 August 2010
Monday, July 4, 2011
Objective Measures Show Positive Effects of Homeopathic Medicines on Disturbed Sleep
Objective Measures Show Positive Effects of Homeopathic Medicines on Disturbed Sleep An article published in the respected journal Sleep Medicine shows that two homeopathic medicines known for their impact on sleep patterns in susceptible human subjects, have positive effects as measured by objective measuring procedures called polysomnographic recordings. Polysomnographic recordings involve various sleep study measurements, including monitoring many body functions including brainwaves (EEG), eye movements (EOG), muscle activity or skeletal muscle activation (EMG) and heart rhythm (ECG). While this is is not a study involving individualised patient prescribing it does show the positive effects of two remedies known to have a significant relevance to sleep disturbance and builds on earlier experiments in animals using the same two remedies that produced positive results. The abstract of the study and access to the full article can be obtained here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20673648 30 May 2010
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20673648 30 May 2010
Friday, June 10, 2011
Why Consult a Homeopath?
Why see a Homeopath? Homeopathy effectively addresses most illnesses that you would traditionally consult your doctor for. Homeopathy addresses your whole emotional, mental and physical system instead of specific symptoms. So when I’m asked what my specialty is, my favorite answer is: My specialty is the person in front of me ! Every person experiences illness in their own unique way. Ever notice that if you and your family get the flu or a cold, each person experiences it differently even if you have similar symptoms. As a homeopathic practitioner, my job is to look at everything that is a concern for you and your well-being. Looking at, and treating your individual symptom picture is what makes homeopathy so effective. This is also why people who feel their sense of well-being is upset do so well with homeopathic support – even if they don’t have an official diagnosis. Below is a list of some of the more common complaints which are effectively treated and managed with homeopathy. Acute Illness
Acute pain (after injuries, surgery)
Flus and colds
Dental work and pain
Infections
Injuries and First aid Chronic Complaints
Chronic pain
Allergies & Hayfever
Depression, grieving
Anxiety, fear, stress
Auto-immune concerns(Celiac disease, Guillain-Barre syndrome [mononucleosis], Multiple sclerosis, Rheumatoid arthritis, etc.)
Skin problems (Eczema, Psoriasis, Warts, etc.)
Sleep problems Woman’s health concerns
Fertility
Menopause
Menstrual
Pregnancy & childbirth
Yeast infections Men’s health concerns
Heart health
Prostate
Sexual concerns
Urinary Children’s complaints
Behavioral, developmental and neurological disturbances (ADHD, Anxiety, Autism, Bedwetting, Shyness, Tantrums, etc.)
Common childhood illnesses (croup, measles, mumps, chickenpox fevers, etc.)
Diaper rash
Ear infections
Teething * Complementary Consultation
* Constitutional Treatment
* Acutes & First Aid
* What We Treat
* What Does it Cost? Looking for more information? Ready to make an appointment? Contact Access Healing Homeopathy and get the information you need.
Acute pain (after injuries, surgery)
Flus and colds
Dental work and pain
Infections
Injuries and First aid Chronic Complaints
Chronic pain
Allergies & Hayfever
Depression, grieving
Anxiety, fear, stress
Auto-immune concerns(Celiac disease, Guillain-Barre syndrome [mononucleosis], Multiple sclerosis, Rheumatoid arthritis, etc.)
Skin problems (Eczema, Psoriasis, Warts, etc.)
Sleep problems Woman’s health concerns
Fertility
Menopause
Menstrual
Pregnancy & childbirth
Yeast infections Men’s health concerns
Heart health
Prostate
Sexual concerns
Urinary Children’s complaints
Behavioral, developmental and neurological disturbances (ADHD, Anxiety, Autism, Bedwetting, Shyness, Tantrums, etc.)
Common childhood illnesses (croup, measles, mumps, chickenpox fevers, etc.)
Diaper rash
Ear infections
Teething * Complementary Consultation
* Constitutional Treatment
* Acutes & First Aid
* What We Treat
* What Does it Cost? Looking for more information? Ready to make an appointment? Contact Access Healing Homeopathy and get the information you need.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
High Potency Homeopathic Medicines Affect Cancer Cells
High Potency Homeopathic Medicines Affect Cancer Cells Hard on the heels of the evidence for the effects of high dilutions published in the current volume of 'Homeopathy (see 25 January news item) comes yet more evidence for the effect of high dilution homeopathic medicines in a study published in the high impact, highly respected 'International Journal of Oncology'. The study reveals that certain high potency homeopathic remedies have preferentially elevated cytotoxic effects on breast adenocarcinoma cells compared with cells derived from normal breast epithelium. The experiments were conducted in triplicate and repeated at least twice in each case of a remedy. The homeopathic medicines tested included: Carcinosin, 30C; Conium maculatum, 3C; Phytolacca decandra, 200C and Thuja occidentalis, 30C The strongest effects were found from Carcinosin and Phytolacca, remedies that are well documented in the homeopathic literature for their beneficial effects in patients with cancer. The researchers concluded, "the ultra-diluted natural homeopathic remedies investigated in this study offer the promise of being effective preventive and/or therapeutic agents for breast cancer and worthy of further study.". The abstract and full study is available at: http://www.spandidos-publications.com/ijo/36/2/395
25 January 2010
25 January 2010
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Autism and vaccines, a surprising connection.
Salem-News.com
May 2, 2011
By P Daniels Autism and vaccines, a surprising connection. 201105041107.jpg Many question the benefits. (LONDON) - CBS has opened with the questions surrounding vaccination in broadcasting work by Helen Ratajczak. "The article in the Journal of Immunotoxicology is entitled 'Theoretical aspects of autism: Causes--A review.' The author is Helen Ratajczak, surprisingly herself a former senior scientist at a pharmaceutical firm. Ratajczak did what nobody else apparently has bothered to do: she reviewed the body of published science since autism was first described in 1943. Not just one theory suggested by research such as the role of MMR shots, or the mercury preservative thimerosal; but all of them. Ratajczak's article states, in part, that "Documented causes of autism include genetic mutations and/or deletions, viral infections, and encephalitis [brain damage] following vaccination [emphasis added]. Therefore, autism is the result of genetic defects and/or inflammation of the brain." ... A number of independent scientists have said they've been subjected to orchestrated campaigns to discredit them when their research exposed vaccine safety issues, especially if it veered into the topic of autism. We asked Ratajczak how she came to research the controversial topic. She told us that for years while working in the pharmaceutical industry, she was restricted as to what she was allowed to publish. "I'm retired now," she told CBS News. "I can write what I want." ... many government officials and scientists have implied that theories linking vaccines to autism have been disproven, and Ratajczak states that research shows otherwise. Dr. Ratajczak's work has added greatly to the vaccination controversy which continues to grow. The growing controversy, the increasing yet unexplained sicknesses, and the effort to stifle scientists are signs of a failing paradigm. Those promoting vaccines and getting them mandated by law have large financial stake in them, have financial control of health agencies, and there is corruption involved - even around the need for them, even in the science behind the "diseases." Vaccines are being propped up by financial interests and political power but as the side effects they cause (including predictable deaths) mount up, that prop is inadequate to hide a medical reality that vaccines are failing. One need only look at a short list of references on vaccines showing they are causing the diseases they are purported to prevent and are generating additional diseases, to recognize something is fundamentally wrong. At this point, questions are being asked about the faulty science of bypassing the body's immune defense system to inject foreign protein into people, something the body must reject. The body, after vaccination, would be left futilely attacking itself to rid itself of those injected foreign proteins and substances, things that could never have gotten past the body's protective defenses except via insertion by vaccines. This self attack is the definition of autoimmune diseases now at epidemic levels and increasing. Shiv Chopra, microbiologist, vaccine developer and vaccine safety official, describes how vaccines actually violate the laws of biology. Anyone knowing the basics of biology should know: 1. That all vaccines by their very nature are antigens and that every antigen by definition must be a foreign protein or a substance attached to one's own or some other foreign protein; 2. That no foreign protein can be absorbed into the blood stream unless it is digested in the alimentary canal into its basic amino acids; 3. That it is these amino acids which after being absorbed into the blood stream are reconstituted into one's own proteins and it is these proteins which distinguishes every being of existence into self and non-self. 4. That any interference or tampering with these laws of existence can bring calamity to the being in which it occurs such as by causing auto-immune conditions like autism, etc. This is precisely what may be occurring due to vaccine injections in people... The foreign proteins in vaccines originate from not only the infectious organisms against which one wishes to produce infection-fighting antibodies but also the artificial media in which these organisms are grown. Contained in such media may include one or more of the following materials: bovine serum, horse serum, chicken egg, monkey kidney, insect cells and even human fetal cells. Apart from the foreign proteins, vaccines may also contain other harmful substances, including mercury, aluminum, formalin, oily adjuvants, etc., plus untold number of stray viruses with the potential to cause cancer, HIV, serum-hepatitis, and so on. Meanwhile, evidence indicates that except for smallpox, no other infectious disease, e.g.: tuberculosis, cholera, typhoid, anthrax, measles, mumps, rubella, DPT, polio, influenza and others, has been eradicated and that this continues to be so despite the decades of vaccinations against each of these diseases. Also, during the same period, the incidence of many previously uncommon diseases, such as autism, diabetes, allergies, andcancer, has been increasing in pandemic proportions. Vaccines are under serious question now but in fact, they are unnecessary. Overwhelming medical evidence shows there is an effective and entirely safe alternative, thus a far superior treatment for infectious diseases. "Many viral infectious diseases have been cured and can continue to be cured by the proper administration of Vitamin C. Yes, the vaccinations for these treatable infectious diseases are completely unnecessary when one has the access to proper treatment with vitamin C. And, yes, all the side effects of vaccinations...are also completely unnecessary since the vaccinations do not have to be given in the first place with the availability of properly dosed vitamin C."---Dr Thomas Levy M.D., J.D. (Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases and Toxins p30) With vaccines proven to cause damage, deaths and more diseases; with the assumed science behind vaccines actually contradicting the basics of biology; with vaccines being promoted and forced on populations primarily by financial interests and political corruption; what is left of vaccines medically? Given studies over 75 years to back up IV vitamin C cures of the very infectious diseases for which vaccines have been promoted, the logic becomes inescapable - vaccines are medically obsolete.
May 2, 2011
By P Daniels Autism and vaccines, a surprising connection. 201105041107.jpg Many question the benefits. (LONDON) - CBS has opened with the questions surrounding vaccination in broadcasting work by Helen Ratajczak. "The article in the Journal of Immunotoxicology is entitled 'Theoretical aspects of autism: Causes--A review.' The author is Helen Ratajczak, surprisingly herself a former senior scientist at a pharmaceutical firm. Ratajczak did what nobody else apparently has bothered to do: she reviewed the body of published science since autism was first described in 1943. Not just one theory suggested by research such as the role of MMR shots, or the mercury preservative thimerosal; but all of them. Ratajczak's article states, in part, that "Documented causes of autism include genetic mutations and/or deletions, viral infections, and encephalitis [brain damage] following vaccination [emphasis added]. Therefore, autism is the result of genetic defects and/or inflammation of the brain." ... A number of independent scientists have said they've been subjected to orchestrated campaigns to discredit them when their research exposed vaccine safety issues, especially if it veered into the topic of autism. We asked Ratajczak how she came to research the controversial topic. She told us that for years while working in the pharmaceutical industry, she was restricted as to what she was allowed to publish. "I'm retired now," she told CBS News. "I can write what I want." ... many government officials and scientists have implied that theories linking vaccines to autism have been disproven, and Ratajczak states that research shows otherwise. Dr. Ratajczak's work has added greatly to the vaccination controversy which continues to grow. The growing controversy, the increasing yet unexplained sicknesses, and the effort to stifle scientists are signs of a failing paradigm. Those promoting vaccines and getting them mandated by law have large financial stake in them, have financial control of health agencies, and there is corruption involved - even around the need for them, even in the science behind the "diseases." Vaccines are being propped up by financial interests and political power but as the side effects they cause (including predictable deaths) mount up, that prop is inadequate to hide a medical reality that vaccines are failing. One need only look at a short list of references on vaccines showing they are causing the diseases they are purported to prevent and are generating additional diseases, to recognize something is fundamentally wrong. At this point, questions are being asked about the faulty science of bypassing the body's immune defense system to inject foreign protein into people, something the body must reject. The body, after vaccination, would be left futilely attacking itself to rid itself of those injected foreign proteins and substances, things that could never have gotten past the body's protective defenses except via insertion by vaccines. This self attack is the definition of autoimmune diseases now at epidemic levels and increasing. Shiv Chopra, microbiologist, vaccine developer and vaccine safety official, describes how vaccines actually violate the laws of biology. Anyone knowing the basics of biology should know: 1. That all vaccines by their very nature are antigens and that every antigen by definition must be a foreign protein or a substance attached to one's own or some other foreign protein; 2. That no foreign protein can be absorbed into the blood stream unless it is digested in the alimentary canal into its basic amino acids; 3. That it is these amino acids which after being absorbed into the blood stream are reconstituted into one's own proteins and it is these proteins which distinguishes every being of existence into self and non-self. 4. That any interference or tampering with these laws of existence can bring calamity to the being in which it occurs such as by causing auto-immune conditions like autism, etc. This is precisely what may be occurring due to vaccine injections in people... The foreign proteins in vaccines originate from not only the infectious organisms against which one wishes to produce infection-fighting antibodies but also the artificial media in which these organisms are grown. Contained in such media may include one or more of the following materials: bovine serum, horse serum, chicken egg, monkey kidney, insect cells and even human fetal cells. Apart from the foreign proteins, vaccines may also contain other harmful substances, including mercury, aluminum, formalin, oily adjuvants, etc., plus untold number of stray viruses with the potential to cause cancer, HIV, serum-hepatitis, and so on. Meanwhile, evidence indicates that except for smallpox, no other infectious disease, e.g.: tuberculosis, cholera, typhoid, anthrax, measles, mumps, rubella, DPT, polio, influenza and others, has been eradicated and that this continues to be so despite the decades of vaccinations against each of these diseases. Also, during the same period, the incidence of many previously uncommon diseases, such as autism, diabetes, allergies, andcancer, has been increasing in pandemic proportions. Vaccines are under serious question now but in fact, they are unnecessary. Overwhelming medical evidence shows there is an effective and entirely safe alternative, thus a far superior treatment for infectious diseases. "Many viral infectious diseases have been cured and can continue to be cured by the proper administration of Vitamin C. Yes, the vaccinations for these treatable infectious diseases are completely unnecessary when one has the access to proper treatment with vitamin C. And, yes, all the side effects of vaccinations...are also completely unnecessary since the vaccinations do not have to be given in the first place with the availability of properly dosed vitamin C."---Dr Thomas Levy M.D., J.D. (Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases and Toxins p30) With vaccines proven to cause damage, deaths and more diseases; with the assumed science behind vaccines actually contradicting the basics of biology; with vaccines being promoted and forced on populations primarily by financial interests and political corruption; what is left of vaccines medically? Given studies over 75 years to back up IV vitamin C cures of the very infectious diseases for which vaccines have been promoted, the logic becomes inescapable - vaccines are medically obsolete.
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