Steve and everyone else that has taken the time to reply -many interesting suggestions- many many thanks and keep up the good work ! - Richard
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Steven Foss <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Silver List: > > Dr. Garth Nicolson has done an extensive amount of research with Auto > Immune disease, including those that affect the Neurons. > > Dr. Nicolson founded the Institute for Molecular Medicine in Huntington > Beach, California. He has published over 500 studies in peer-reviewed > journals and isolated the infective factor in Gulf War Disease. > > His protocol is long administration of antibiotics. > > Institute For Molecular Medicine > 16371 Gothard St > Huntington Beach, CA 92647 > > Some links: > > http://www.immed.org/illness/autoimmune_illness_research.html > > Excerpt: > > Infections have been found in a variety of Autoimmune Diseases, > particularly in Rheumatic Diseases, such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, > Scleroderma, and other rheumatic disorders. We and others have gathered > substantial evidence that chronic bacterial and viral infections are > commonly associated with Rheumatic Diseases, and many of these patients > respond to antibiotic therapy. These patients are now recovering from their > illnesses after decades of inadequate diagnoses and treatments. The recovery > is slow; it usually takes up to or over a year to recover, but these > patients had no alternative or effective treatments for their conditions, > other than the alleviation of pain. > > Chronic infections are important in a variety of autoimmune and > neurodegenerative diseases, such as MS, Lupus (SLE), among others, and > neurodegenerative diseases, such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). We > previously proposed that many and perhaps a majority of these patients might > be suffering from mycoplasmal and other infections that can cause, in part, > their complex signs and symptoms. Systemic chronic infections (caused by > bacteria such as *Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, Borrelia, Brucella*, etc. or > viruses such as CMV, HHV6, EV or enterovirus, etc.) can invade virtually > every human tissue and can compromise the immune system, permitting > opportunistic infections by other bacteria, viruses, fungi and yeast. * > Mycoplasma*, *Chlamydia*, *Borrelia*, *Rickettsia* and other pathogens can > also directly damage and kill nerve cells in a process called apoptosis, > resulting in nervous system degeneration. > > > http://www.immed.org > > http://members.aol.com/rgm1/private/nicolson.htm > > http://www.gulfwarvets.com/testimony.htm > > > -- www.atomicsilver.info www.xxisilver.com tel: +34 620 232 337

