Books, Websites,
and Motion Pictures
Recommended by
the Pain Research Institute
The Cry and the
Covenant, by Morton Thompson. See Semmelweis Awards on this
Website for more information. If you only read one biography in
your lifetime, this is the one you should read!
Radiation from
Medical Procedures in the Pathogenesis of Cancer and Ischemic Heart Disease,
by John Gofman, M.D. , Ph.D. For an executive
summary see: http://www.ratical.org/radiation/CNR/RMP/
See New 2001 Cancer Alert! and Better than a Cure for Breast Cancer
on this Website for more information.
Dressed To Kill:
The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras, by Sydney Ross Singer
and Soma Grismaijer, Medical Anthropologists. See Could Bra-Wearing Increase
the Incidence of Breast Cancer on this Website for more
information.
Root Canal Cover-Up,
by Dr. George Meinig, DDS. Available for $19.95 + $2.50 for U.S. shipping from Bion
Publishing, 323 E. Matilija 110-151, SD, Ojai, CA 93023. See
A Healing Miracle on this Website for
more information.
The New Arthritis Breakthrough, by
Henry Scammell, A book about the work of Thomas McPherson Brown,
M.D., who died in 1989, that should change
forever the way we treat rheumatoid arthritis. Brown, author of nearly
100 articles in medical and scientific journals, became Chairman of the Department
of Medicine of George Washington University. While searching for the cause
of rheumatoid arthritis, Brown took sinovial fluid out of the joints of patients
with rheumatoid arthritis and injected it into the joints of animals. The
animals then became arthritic. This promoted Dr. Brown to postulate the
revolutionary concept that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was not an autoimmune
disease but an infectious disease caused by micoplasma,
a microorganism halfway between a virus and a bacteria. His theory challenged
everything that was known and believed at that time about RA. Dr. Brown then
opened a private arthritis clinic where he treated more than 23,000 RA patients
with long term use of antibiotics (Tetracycline, Minocycline and Doxycycline).
He was so successful that it took from 6 months to two years just to get an
appointment to see him. His treatment wasn't a quick fix but patients did
get better. Now there are hundreds of doctors that use Dr. Brown's
methods and a national organization of thousands of patients (The Road Back
Foundation) that give Dr, Brown credit for "curing" their rheumatoid arthritis.
Now that he is dead, although there is still much opposition, clinical trials
have been conducted at six medical centers that vindicate Dr. Brown's theories.
This is a must read for everyone suffering
from Rheumatoid inflammatory arthritis. If you are not convinced go
to Amazon.com on the Internet and read all of the 36 customer reviews for
The New Arthritis Breakthrough by Henry Scammell, then search
and read about "The Road Back Foundation" on the internet.
Your Bodies Many Cries
for Water, by F. Batmanghelidj, M.D. See It is Better to Wet Your Pants Than
Live With Chronic Pain on this Website
for more information. I had dinner last year with Dr. Batmanghelidj before
he died. He had agreed to write an endorsement for the next edition of my
book and included the above story (It is Better to Wet Your Pants Than Live
With Chronic Pain) in one of his new books -- Darrell Stoddard
Reverse Aging, by Sang Y. Whang A
common sense scientific explanation of the aging process and "how to" reverse
it. See Fibromyalgia,
Chronic Fatigue, Alzheimer's: Probable
Causes and Treatment on this Website for more information.
Heart Revolution; The
Extraordinary Discovery That Finally Laid The Cholesterol
Myth to Rest and Put Good Food Back on the Table, by
Kilmer McCully, MD. Kilmer McCully discovered the role of homocysteine in the origin and development
of heart disease - one of the
most (if not the most) important
medical discoveries of the last century. His epoch discovery was
ignored for 26 years. Now it is known and recognized by every
cardiologist and most medical doctors. Even though the breakthrough
homocysteine discovery has finally been accepted, most doctors are still
stuck on the lipid (cholesterol) theory of heart disease evidenced by the
fact that 30 million people are now on cholesterol lowering statin drugs.
It could increase to 100 million people
if the recommendations of statin drug companies are met.
If doctors
would read McCully's book (and Dr. Graveline's books below) they will realize
that cholesterol is a blessing not a curse – because our life and the life
of every cell in our body requires cholesterol. The answer to heart
disease is lowering homocysteine levels and inflammation in the arteries,
not lowing Cholesterol levels in the blood. See Life Extension Magazine
interview with Dr. McCully at:
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag97/nov-cover97.html
Lipitor Thief of Memory, and Statin
Drugs - Side Effects: and the
Misguided War on Cholesterol,
By Astronaut Duane Graveline, MD,
MPH. Two of the most important
health books written for this generation - a generation that has been brainwashed
by false cholesterol information and a generation including doctors that
are largely unaware of the pain cause by and the memory robbing nature of
Statin drugs. A MUST READ
for everyone taking Statin drugs and everyone concerned about heart disease,
cholesterol, aging, and EVERY MANIFESTATION OF MEMORY IMPAIRMENT whether
it be Alzheimer's, senile dementia, fibromyalgia "brain fog," transient global
amnesia (TGA), or just plain "senior moments"!
See Dr. Graveline's website at:
http://www.spacedoc.net
Web sites Recommended
by the Pain Research
Institute
eHealthy News You
Can Use http://www.mercola.com This is the website from the Optimal Wellness
Center of Joseph Mercola, D.O. It is the second most popular natural
health site in the world today and is in our opinion the best broad based,
alternative medical website for anyone wanting to keep up to date on
all health care issues and options available. A subscription
to his weekly newsletter is free.
Dr.
Mercola is an evangelist for good health (and the causes he believes in)
which he shares freely. He is an independent thinker that does not
parrot the standard pharmaceutical, AMA consensus opinion - but believes
"the standard medical paradigm is broken and needs to be fixed." You
can find information on virtually any health care subject through the search
engine on his website. Medically speaking, Mercola is, "A voice crying
in the widerness."
Motion Pictures about
Medicine
Recommended by the
Pain Research Institute
Awakenings
Stars Robin Williams in the role of Oliver Sachs who discovered
L-dopa for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. A true saga about
one of the most important medical discoveries ever made. Robin Williams
is superb in the leading role, as is Dustin Hofman in a supporting role.
Lorenzo's Oil
The gripping true story
of Augusto and Michaela Odone and their endless struggle to find a cure
for their critically ill child. Academy Awards Nominee.
You will never forget this compelling movie. It will tear
your heart out but you will come away from seeing it, a changed and better
person.
Patch Adams
Another true medical story
and an outrageously funny movie. You wont have more fun than this.
Darrell Stoddard, Founder - Pain Research