Research Chelation Therapy

RALEIGH, NC - As part of his continuing Midday Health Series, John C. Pittman, MD, of The Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine (CCIM), presented “Chelation Therapy for Heart Disease” on Thursday, September 6th. This free, public health presentation discussed how chelating drugs have been shown to remove calcium plaque from artery walls, reverse atherosclerosis, and effectively treat heart disease for many individuals.

Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States. Blood vessel diseases, including heart disease, are caused by atherosclerosis or thickening of the arteries, which results from the accumulation of fats, calcium, and other substances in the arterial wall. Modern conventional medical treatment for atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries is focused primarily on invasive procedures to unblock the artery. While this may be life saving to a patient with advanced heart disease, it only addresses one specific section of his blood vessel system. There is another approach to treating circulatory disease called EDTA Chelation Therapy.

Chelation refers to the ability of a chemical compound (EDTA) to bind to a mineral or toxic metal. The binding site of EDTA is negatively charged and therefore likes to grab positively charged substances. EDTA was initially developed to pull calcium out of hard water for use in the textile industry, but was later discovered to have medical benefits in treatment of patients with high blood levels of calcium.

“Over the last thirty years, EDTA chelation research has focused primarily on its effects on the cardiovascular system,” explains Dr. Pittman. “Some of this research has involved beneficial effects seen in patients with chronic lung disease including improved pulmonary function and blood oxygenation. Another study showed that bone density levels in patients with osteoporosis increased to a significant degree following EDTA chelation therapy. Perhaps the most interesting study shows that EDTA chelation will improve kidney function in patients with mild to moderately reduced function as evidenced by improvement in blood chemistry tests.”

About the Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine
Since 1994, the Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine has been the Triangle’s leading provider of integrative medical treatments and therapies. Practice founder, Dr. John Pittman, is the only local physician fully certified in chelation therapy for the treatment of heavy metal toxicity and only one of six medical practitioners in the state of North Carolina who is a Diplomate through the American Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology.

The Carolina Center utilizes a combination of the most progressive alternative therapies, along with dietary and lifestyle modifications, to treat a wide variety of chronic illnesses and immune system dysfunctions. Conditions treated include Atherosclerosis & Disorders of Circulation, Chronic Digestive Disturbances, Chronic Infections & Immune Dysfunction, Degenerative Neurological Disorders, Fibromyalgia, Lyme Disease, Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity/Environmental Allergies, and Pediatric Program for Autism. The Carolina Center also provides Chemical Detoxification and support for patients injured through exposure to mold, pesticides, hydraulic fluid, mercury, and sick building syndrome.

For more information, call (919) 571-4391 or visit www.carolinacenter.com

Article fro the San Jose Mercury News sites the rise in autism a “public health crisis”. Making the public more aware of the important issues surrounding autism and the available treatments for autism will eventually force government agencies to take action. Article below:

SACRAMENTO - Government agencies are facing a new public health crisis - a dramatic increase in autistic children - and must swiftly explore how best to provide better care and protection for them over their lifetimes, a blue-ribbon state commission concluded Tuesday.

The California Legislative Blue Ribbon Commission on Autism said its overall findings included a lack of screening for the disorder, poor public awareness generally, barriers to seeking care for the afflicted, and overlapping efforts between the public and private sectors that need to be better coordinated.

“Throughout the state,” the report says, “there is an intense need to plan for and address the impending housing, transportation, employment and educational needs of the tsunami of young people with” autism.

The panel’s report recommended the state adopt legislation next year to immediately address such problems.

The panel also concluded that urgent efforts should be made to better educate police and judges so they don’t accidentally abuse those with the disorder, which can be characterized by seemingly aggressive behavior.

Senate leader Don Perata, an Oakland Democrat, who authored a bill two years ago forming the 16-member panel, said the report will allow lawmakers “an opportunity to link the science, knowledge and best practices regarding autism to public policy.”

The commission’s recommendations included:

• Bolstering early identification and intervention.

• Working toward better education of those with the disorder, through the college years.• Establishing regulations to ensure appropriate and equitable health insurance.

• Creating a statewide public awareness campaign.

The disorder has increased more than 600 percent in recent years, now affecting about one in every 150 children. It is the fastest growing serious developmental disability in the United States.

author: Mathew Avrahmi

Another inspiring story of success for a family implementing Biomedical Treatments for Autism for their son:

“I am a stay-at-home mother to three boys (Daniel, Charlie and Joe) and my husband is a Federal Prosecutor in Chicago. Our eldest son had life-threatening asthma at age 2 and our middle son has autism.

I run a state-wide support group called “Illinois Biomedical Kids” where parents draw support and guidance from one another as they successfully treat their children with autism.

In August of 2005, there were 20 of us. Now, two years later, we are almost 200 parents strong.

My husband and I are very thankful we decided to look into the science ourselves and not simply take the “experts” word for it. Through the medical treatments aimed at detoxifying their bodies of heavy metals and regulating their immune systems, my boys are doing extremely well today.

My eldest no longer has asthma and my son with autism is mainstreamed in a 2nd grade classroom. Fortunately, he received intensive therapy through Early Intervention from age 10 months and once we began treating his underlying medical problems, he has flourished in home Applied Behvior Analysis (ABA) programs. He is a well-liked member of his class with many friends. My youngest, under-vaccinated boy, has neither autism nor asthma.

I know the word “recovery” strikes a resonant chord in many individuals within the autism community. We aren’t trying to change who our children are-we are simply not ignoring the very real medical problems they have.

For instance, all the mainstream doctors I approached (including the very talented allergy/immunology team at Children’s Memorial Hospital) assured me that my son didn’t have any problems with milk and could not explain why he threw up almost everything he ate and had severe gastric reflux as a 6-week-old infant. However, when I finally bit the bullet and took milk products out of his diet, he stopped throwing up.

I remember when he was 3 years old, he used to have to sleep next to a bed pan every night. By simply replacing milk and wheat products with healthier, easier to digest alternatives, he not only became healthier but his language and cognitive skills improved dramatically.

I know this because his diet was the only thing we changed within a six-month period of time and we had his language tested right when we started the diet and then six months into the diet. His expressive language scores jumped 10 months with absolutely no speech therapy and a very difficult family move during this period of time.

The same improvement was seen by all who worked with him when we began chelation (using chemicals to remove excess or toxic metals) as well as hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Transition tantrums ceased and his congitive skills soared.

Is Charlie cured now? I don’t consider him to be, but I really believe it depends on who you ask. Many people would never guess he was ever as severe as he was and he has playdates with all neurotypical peers who don’t see him as anything but another playmate.

Once we paid attention to his medical issues, educational and therapuetic issues fell into place and the difficult social skills and language taught through many hours of therapy were finally ’sticking.” It no longer feels as if we are pushing a boulder up a steep hill.

I also know a lot of parents with “recovered” children who choose not to talk about it. Perhaps many of us resist using the word “recovered” because it implies that the journey is over.

For those of us who have entered the realm of biomedical treatments for our children, it has become impossible to go back and pretend that we don’t know better when we make parenting choices based on convenience rather than health. To pay close attention to the diets of our affected children and ignore the processed food we feed our “neurotypical” children. To ignore our own health.

I’m truly thankful that my son is at the point when I can take a little bit of time for myself now and then, yet this is unfortunately not the case for so many parents whose job is to ensure the very safety of their child, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. My son may not have lost his autism diagnosis yet.

However, when I consider the fact that just a few years ago, he could not hold down the food he ate, he stimmed alone for hours on end, he could not carry on a simple conversation, and he tantrumed to the point of kicking my then-pregnant belly repeatedly when transitioning from one activity to the next, I marvel at the endless possibilities within his little 8-year-old body and can’t help but hope for his future. For all of our children’s futures.

source: chicagotribune.com