Chemical Exposures at the World Trade Center: Use of the Hubbard Sauna Detoxification Regimen to Improve the Health Status of New York City Rescue Workers Exposed to Toxicants
by Marie A. Cecchini, MS; David E. Root, MD, MPH; Jeremie R. Rachunow, MD; and Phyllis M. Gelb, MD
A timely and remarkably simple protocol for detoxification, the Hubbard Sauna Regimen restores quality of life to rescue workers exposed to high levels of toxins during natural catastrophes, terrorist attacks, and war-related incidents.
Article original printed in the April 2006 Townsend Letter.
Online publication December 2006.

Preventative Homeopathy
by Steven Brynoff, ND
Homeopathy is not generally known as a preventative treatment. However, research and history illustrate that constitutional remedies not only provide a strong line of defense without introducing the dangers inherent in vaccines; homeopathics also can address the adverse side effects of those vaccinations.

Three Years of HCl Therapy (Part 1)
as recorded in The Medical World
Foreword by Henry Pleasants, Jr., AB, MD, FaCP
Hydrochloric Acid Therapy has had a long and compelling history of success in strengthening the immune system. In this foreword to a compilation of articles and case reports (continued in a four-part series on www.townsendletter.com), the history of HCl therapy is introduced and examined.
Originally published by W. Roy Huntsman, Philadelphia, PA
Full version online publication only

Examination of Immune Response Modifiers
by Jesse A. Stoff, MD
What substance best controls immune system responses? The author presents test examples that demonstrate that refined lacteal complex (RLC) creates a high level of immune system support.

Hoodia Gordonii: Separating Science from Speculation
by Stephen Holt, MD and Thomas Taylor, MD
Part II delves into the disputes surrounding the emergence and development of the Hoodia species as a dietary supplement, covering FDA confusion, clinical observations, and in-depth product analyses of a remarkably promising appetite suppressant that may be "one of the most important ethnobotanical discoveries of the twentieth century."

A Magic Bullet at Last!
by Anthony di Fabio
An alkaline systemic state is both fundamental to good health and frequently difficult to achieve. Dr. William H. Philpott's pioneering work with static magnets may present a real example of that illusive, much ballyhooed "breakthrough" – a "magic bullet" that moves patients from an acid-hypoxia to alkaline-hyperoxia systemic state.

Editorials

Skinned by the American Academy of Dermatology
by Alan R. Gaby, MD

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