HEALTH SUCCESS STORIES - NEW STORIES - SEPT, 2007 - incl 'Recommended Reading

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Hi all,

Here's a copy of the latest New Story Notification email,

kind regards,

Cris

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'Recommending Reading' is included in this notification.

Have you shared your own health success story yet? If you have, why

not take a moment to update it?

Dear 'NEW STORY NOTIFICATION' List Members,

The 'Case Health - Health Success Stories' website is pleased to

advise the following stories have been added to the online

database ...

1) LDN-Crohns remission short-lived - Dave - updated Aug 2007

2) Oglufanide disodium in new hep C trial

3) Avocados may help prevent Oral Cancer

4) Testosterone in womb linked to autism

5) LDN-Winnies Story Began in Pregnancy

6) LDN-MS & LDN since May 2002 - Joyce F - updated Sept 2007

7) LDN-Til theres a cure theres LDN-Carol - updated Sept 2007

8) Loneliness impairs your immune system

The following search terms will locate the stories .....

1) LDN

2) Hepatitis C, ovarian cancer

3) cancer

4) autism

5) LDN

6) LDN

7) LDN

8) loneliness

PS A booklet containing five Multiple Sclerosis health success

stories attributed to LDN is still freely available upon request

(2006 edition).

All stories were recently updated (July 2007), and a revised booklet

has been produced. The revised booklet has been embargoed until after

the LDN Conference this 20th October, however; I'm happy to record a

list of those interested in receiving one. Following 20th October

I'll email the booklet to the list: As always the booklet can be

shared among others - as long as it remains free-of-charge and is

shared without expectations.

RECOMMENDED READING

a) Serotonin toxicity: a practical approach to diagnosis and treatment

Geoffrey K Isbister, A Buckley and Ian M Whyte.

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 361-365.

' ... With the introduction of numerous serotonergic agents in the

past two decades, serotonin toxicity has become an important and

common adverse drug effect, which can be mild, moderate, or even life-

threatening. Serotonin toxicity can occur from an overdose, drug

interaction or adverse drug effect involving serotonergic agents. ...

A growing list of medications has been associated with serotonin

toxicity; the drugs that have been clearly associated are; Serontonin

Reuptake Inhibitors (including St s Wort), Monoamine Oxidase

Inhibitors, Serotonin Releasing Agents, Lithium, Tryptophan ... '

(NB An itemised list of drugs associated to-date is included in this

article.)

URL: mja.com.au/public/issues/187_06_170907/isb10375_fm.html

You're welcome to forward this email to family and friends, or; they

can join the NEW STORY NOTIFICATION list by selecting 'Notify Me of

New Stories' on the website and entering their email address.

Kind regards,

Cris Kerr

Cris Kerr

Administrator

Case Health - Health Success Stories

casehealth.com.au & casehealth.com

Website Email: Online format

Australia

ABOUT the 'CASE HEALTH - HEALTH SUCCESS STORIES' website

Health systems should be recording and sharing successful health

outcomes ... because success breeds success ... and because when the

path to success is shortened, people suffer less and productivity

from the same limited health resources is enhanced.

Premise

When you want to achieve success in any field the first thing you do

is research how others have achieved success.

In the standard western medical system, successes and failures should

be recorded and shared within a framework - alternately referred to

as Evidence-based or Outcome-based Medicine - with the primary goal

being the application of best long-term practice in diagnosis,

patient care, and treatment outcomes.

Such a framework has obvious merits but historically, the patient's

perspective hasn't been sought and included as corroborating

evidence. Typically, the health system;

1) doesn't place sufficient value on confirming success or failure

via the patient perspective, and;

2) doesn't record or recognize success or failure when/if it occurs

outside the standard medical system.

Who is in the best position to provide evidence of health success or

failure? Arguably, it's the patient.

Advocacy

The Case Health online database was created to fill this gap in the

health system, and advocate the value of patient testimony. I

encourage individuals to freely share information on health success

in the hope of making the path to health success shorter and less

stressful for others.

The website collects and shares health success stories (personal or

research) through an online database. Keywords are attributed to each

story and this framework serves a dual purpose:

The database can be searched by symptom, condition, or treatment so

patients can discuss what they've found with their doctor. The

database also collects significant research findings, so analysts can

gain 'insights' into cause and effect and develop theories for

curiosity-driven research, or gain insight into public health

statistics, benefits, or risks.

There are many ways people can contribute to their communities but

most haven't considered information as one of those ways. They can

help improve another person's health by sharing detailed information

on how they achieved their own health success - and if they do that

they contribute something more valuable than cash to their community.

Optimum health is a universal goal. Challenges and resources differ

between countries - but we are all human and we all share the same

desire - to acquire and employ knowledge that results in the least

invasive and least expensive path to optimum health.

My Case Health website recorded its first controversial Low Dose

Naltrexone (LDN) treatment health success story in November 2003. A

significant increase in LDN linked success stories prompted me to

write the article; 'Drug Stops Multiple Sclerosis - But Sufferer's

Can't Get it'. The article highlights the growing number of LDN

health success stories linked to many auto-immune based diseases, the

absence of mainstream recognition of patient testimony, and;

advocates for health framework reform.

The Case Health website remains at concept stage, however; the

article 'Drug Stops Multiple Sclerosis - But Sufferer's Can't Get it'

represents an inaugural proof-of-concept document.

'Case Health - Health Success Stories' is a free worldwide community

health service website that collects and shares patient anecdotal

evidence of success and news of significant research results. The

site was created in 2001 and is located online at casehealth.com.au

and casehealth.com.

Proposal - Govt Policy

With governments around the world presently considering or developing

new health frameworks, I hope you'll agree the timing is right for

visionary reform:

Our health systems should be recording and sharing health successes

and failures (learnings), including patient perspectives because;

a) success breeds success and when the path to success is shortened,

people suffer less, and;

because 'learnings' can alert us to risks associated with failure,

consequently reducing risks.

When Health Systems are documenting and freely sharing all successes

and failures, including patient perspectives, quality and

productivity from the same limited health resources will be

dramatically enhanced and people will suffer less.