Mark wrote: Chris Zell pointed out that the research linking Helicobacter pylori with ulcers was ignored and resisted by the medical establishment, and that its discoverers have just been awarded a Nobel Prize ...
According to the research cited here (about 100 journal articles): http://rheumatic.org "rheumatic" diseases -- rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, scleroderma, etc. -- are caused by infections by certain mycoplasmas -- bacteria that lack cell walls (but of course still have cell membranes). These diseases can be cured by the proper antibiotic therapy! ... Hi All, I was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2000 and have been on heavy antibiotics ever since. If I stop, I will get rapid prostrate enlargement, although the antibiotics have not removed the spirochetes from my system. Here, in Lorain County, Ohio, we seem to be suffering from an epidemic of multiple sclerosis. MS drugs seem to work by intercepting antibodies, and they are very expensive. A family member with conclusive Lyme disease -- I have a photomicrograph of the spirochetes in her blood -- spends (that is her hysband's insurance plan spends) ten times more on MS drugs than would be spent on antibiotics. The antibiotics would at least make her functional even without "curing" the disease. It's a sad situation. If you want to read more on this, see http://www.avonhistory.org/bug/bugwar.htm Jack Smith
