Andreas Moritz
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 Only when excessive amounts of cholesterol-based stones (85-95 percent cholesterol), or other clumps of fat, block the bile ducts of the liver may an ultrasound test reveal what is generally referred to as "fatty liver." In such a case, the ultrasound pictures reveal a liver that is almost completely white (instead of black). A fatty liver can gather up to 20,000 stones before it succumbs to suffocation and ceases to function.
If you had a fatty liver and went to the doctor, she would tell you that you had excessive fatty tissue in your liver. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 The trial was attempting to measure the reduction of arterial plaque in the carotid arteries, and this reduction was measured by a high-tech ultrasound imaging technique called intravascular ultrasound. The measurements from the study were murky and unreliable. Some were "biologically implausible," meaning the images were showing things that could not possibly exist in a human body. |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
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 One controlled trial compared the effects of ultrasound alone to ultrasound plus a topical steroid medication (a process known as phonophoresis, where ultrasound is used to drive a substance into the skin).31 Both of these treatments were given three times per week for three weeks and both produced similar reductions in pain and tenderness.
Preliminary studies have suggested that daily use of TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) for one to two weeks reduces or eliminates pain in patients with tendinitis.32' 33 Controlled studies are needed to confirm these findings. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 Wade in the 1990's (with ultrasound), and Gilman and Rodbell in 1994 (electromagnetic cellular communications). All physical atoms and molecules both resonate and absorb precise electromagnetic waves, mechanical sounds in the ultrasound range, and within "light" frequencies inducive of mechanical ultrasound or heat activity. Non-living objects emit simple acoustical tones at very high frequencies, while living biological molecules interact producing very sophisticated musical cords at similar high frequencies. (Perion Biotec Labs, 866-812-8497).
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Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
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| In a controlled trial, patients with tendinitis of the shoulder received 24 treatments over six weeks of either ultrasound or a sham treatment.29 ultrasound resulted in considerable improvement in pain level and overall quality of life, but many of the patients had their original symptoms return after nine months. The use of ultrasound for tennis elbow has not been validated, according to a systematic review of controlled studies. |
| One controlled trial compared the effects of ultrasound alone to ultrasound plus a topical steroid medication (a process known as phonophoresis, where ultrasound is used to drive a substance into the skin).31 Both of these treatments were given three times per week for three weeks and both produced similar reductions in pain and tenderness.
Preliminary studies have suggested that daily use of TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) for one to two weeks reduces or eliminates pain in patients with tendinitis.32' 33 Controlled studies are needed to confirm these findings. |
Andreas Moritz
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| In such a case, the ultrasound pictures reveal a liver that is almost completely white (instead of black). A fatty liver can gather up to 20,000 stones before it succumbs to suffocation and ceases to function.
If you had a fatty liver and went to the doctor, she would tell you that you had excessive fatty tissue in your liver. It is less likely, though, that she would tell you that you had intrahepatic gallstones (stones obstructing the liver's bile ducts). As mentioned before, most of the smaller stones in the liver are not detectable through ultrasound or CT scans. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Besides medication, lithotripsy is an ultrasound treatment that breaks the stones into pieces that are small enough to pass in the urine. This procedure has largely replaced surgery as the preferred method for stone removal. (Note: If you're going to get surgery, it might be worth it to try acupuncture. It may not make the stone come out any more easily, but it's been shown to decrease the anxiety and anticipation of the ultrasound procedure. |
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
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 Vogel used ultrasound to measure the diameters of the brachial arteries of a group of students. Then he inflated blood pressure cuffs on the students' arms, stopping blood flow to their forearms for five minutes. After deflating the cuffs, he used the ultrasound to see how fast the arteries sprang back to their normal condition.
One group of students then ate a fast-food breakfast that contained 900 calories and 50 grams of fat. A second group ate 900-calorie breakfasts containing no fat at all. After they ate, Dr. |
Dr. Gary Null
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The author of a review article on ultrasound argues that using it in the screening of low-risk women provides no clinical benefits for either mother or child and adds millions to the cost of health care. Results of the Routine Antenatal Diagnostic Imaging with ultrasound (RADIUS) trial, which compared over 15,000 low-risk pregnant women who were routinely screened with ultrasound to a group who received ultrasound examinations only when these were specifically indicated, appear to support the author's conclusions in that death or morbidity occurred in 4. |
Marshall Editions
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 Often people do not even realize they have kidney stones and they are sometimes discovered completely by accident after an X-ray or ultrasound for another medical reason. There are many methods of removing stones. A stone lodged in the ureter can be removed by a cystoscope (via the bladder), but those in the kidneys are accessed via a small cut in the back, using an instrument called a nephroscope, which either pulls out the stone, or breaks it up with shock waves. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Other methods include X-rays, ultrasound, CT scanning, colonoscopy, and sigmoidoscopy.
Untreated, the disease can also lead to a number of serious complications, most of which arise when a portion of the colon wall becomes torn or perforated. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Not unlike those women involved in involuntary ultrasound studies, soldiers have become guinea pigs in massive drug studies. How else could the pharmaceutical industry legally test poisons on human subjects?
Vaccination of soldiers is mandatory. Those who refuse the shots face court martial and prison time, or at the very least, a dishonorable discharge from the armed forces. Common side effects of the over one million vaccinations so far injected in our soldiers have included joint pain, extreme fatigue, and memory loss. The mandatory anthrax vaccine has even worse effects. |
| In fact, up to this date, ultrasound scans have not revealed any information that is of clinical value. On the contrary, there is more evidence today than ever before that scans can be harmful for both the mother and the unborn child. The Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS), England, recorded cases of women who aborted their perfectly fit and healthy babies as a result of misinterpreted scans. It is almost impossible to estimate how many women went through similar ordeals since most cases are not reported. |
| As mentioned before, most of the smaller stones in the liver are not detectable through ultrasound or CT scans. Nevertheless, careful analysis of diagnostic images by specialists would show whether some of the smaller bile ducts in the liver were dilated because of obstruction. A dilation of bile ducts caused by larger and denser stones or by clusters of stones may be detected more readily through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, unless there is an indication of major liver trouble, doctors rarely check for intrahepatic stones. |
| In such a case, the ultrasound pictures reveal a liver that is almost completely white (instead of black). A fatty liver can gather up to 20,000 stones before it succumbs to suffocation and ceases to function.
Illustrations 4 b&c: Gallstones in the Liver and Gallbladder
The gallstones found in the liver come in all shapes and colors. Most of them are bright-colored or dark-green; yet some others can be white, red, black or tan-colored. They result from overeating, an unhealthy diet and lifestyle, as well as stress and repressed anger. |
Bill Sardi
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 Patients are caught in this system that controls how public insurance funds are utilized and has control over all the advanced tools, cat scans, ultrasound, mammograms, x-rays, that detect and monitor the occurrence and spread of cancer.
The only factor that keeps driving the failed and fraudulent cancer care industry is that patients and their families keep coming back for more treatment. If the public could only understand that modern cancer treatment is a killer in itself, patients would search elsewhere for cures. |
Bottom Line Health
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| What you can do: If you have had a stroke or TIA, get an ultrasound of your carotid artery. If this artery is at least 70% blocked, ask your doctor about surgery.
Types of Stroke
Astroke occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted. Without oxygen and nutrients, brain cells die within minutes, potentially damaging areas that control movement, speech and even involuntary activities, such as breathing. There are two types of stroke...
•Ischemic. Approximately 80% of strokes are ischemic—a blood clot stops the blood supply to an area of the brain.
•Hemorrhagic. |
| And seeds can now be targeted more precisely using ultrasound imaging. Side effects include irritation to the bladder or rectum.
AN IMPROVED ALTERNATIVE
•Cryotherapy, which involves freezing the prostate to destroy it, is an alternative to surgery. Although this procedure was developed decades ago, only recent advances have made it a reasonable option.
The tissue-freezing instrument (cryoprobe) is smaller than previously (the diameter of pencil lead rather than a pencil), and the temperature can be adjusted more precisely, which reduces damage to other tissues. |
| What the biopsy involves: While you lie on your side, the surgeon inserts an ultrasound probe through your rectum. A needle-like device is guided through a hole in the probe to take tiny prostate tissue samples that will be examined under a microscope. An estimated 40% of surgeons take only six tissue samples, which allows cancer to be missed 30% to 50% of the time. That's why it's crucial for the surgeon to take at least 12 tissue samples, which decreases the false-negative rate to less than 20%. |
John E. Sarno, M.D.
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 WHAT DOES AN OVERVIEW OF THE MEDICAL LITERATURE TELL US ABOUT ultrasound AS A TREATMENT FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS?
Among thirty-eight studies addressing this question, Van der Windt et al. (1999) found that thirteen were adequately conducted clinical trials. There was little evidence to support the use of ultrasound treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. Conditions evaluated included tennis elbow, shoulder pain, degenerative arthritis, and myofascial pain, among others.
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE ABOVE LITERATURE REVIEW? |
Andreas Moritz
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| In quite a few patients, though, these missing items are not discovered until the person undergoes another procedure or has an X-ray or ultrasound.
Fear-Motivated Operations
In the United States alone nearly one million women a year sacrifice their uterus to the scalpel. This means that more than half of all American women will have had a hysterectomy by the time they reach the age of 65. Many of these women will suffer from post-operative syndromes such as depression, anxiety and increased susceptibility to stress. |
Dr. Gary Null
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| The author of a review article on ultrasound argues that using it in the screening of low-risk women provides no clinical benefits for either mother or child and adds millions to the cost of health care. Results of the Routine Antenatal Diagnostic Imaging with ultrasound (RADIUS) trial, which compared over 15,000 low-risk pregnant women who were routinely screened with ultrasound to a group who received ultrasound examinations only when these were specifically indicated, appear to support the author's conclusions in that death or morbidity occurred in 4. |
Bottom Line Health
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| The patient is awake throughout the high-frequency ultrasound, and no incisions are required. Currently available at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, this procedure has been found to be safe and effective in preliminary studies.
NEW HYSTERECTOMY OPTIONS
Despite the availability of newer treatments, up to 600,000 women each year still choose to have a hysterectomy. |
| Plaque build-up was measured at the beginning of the study and two years later using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). The researchers were able to report information on 349 of the participants.
In total, 64% of the patients showed a regression of atherosclerosis. The average LDL level fell from 130.4 mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter of blood) to 60.8 mg/dL, a reduction of 53.2%. High-density lipoprotein (HDL, or "good") cholesterol levels rose from an average of 43.1 to 49 mg/dL, a 14.7% increase. |
| Drawback: Measuring the prostate requires rectal ultrasound, a procedure that involves placing a thumb-sized probe into the rectum.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A BIOPSY
If your PSA results are abnormal, the next step is a biopsy. Some men get a biopsy as soon as possible, while others wait several months and repeat the PSA test. The second PSA test results are different enough to warrant a third PSA test in less than 20% of cases, but it is often worth waiting and repeating the test. |
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| Therapeutic ultrasound without focal pulses can be used to treat pain and swelling with or without calcifications.
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
Herbs: Consult a doctor of Chinese medicine for a particular herbal medicine that can reduce the pain and inflammation. The herbs recommended will depend on the particular condition. In some cases, you may only need acupuncture treatment.
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Acupuncture: Treatment can reduce the pain and prevent tendonitis from recurring. The number of treatment sessions will vary depending on the severity of the condition. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Pelvic ultrasound might be helpful in determining whether the ovaries are enlarged with small, peripherally located follicular cysts indicative of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Blood tests to measure FSH, LH, prolactin, estradiol, testosterone, and thyroid function may be used to help determine the diagnosis.
On the basis of this information, women with amenorrhea can be classified into the four groups mentioned earlier in this chapter, with treatments as follows:
1. Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. |
| No pregnant woman should have a vaginal exam in the third trimester without first using ultrasound to locate the placenta. Digital exploration can cause significant blood loss in the case of placenta previa.
Abnormal Lie
Many hospitals will support the vaginal birth of a healthy frank breech infant (butt first). Footling breech—with the feet first—is unsafe vaginally, because the feet can come down through the partially dilated cervix—as can the cord—before the entire infant will fit. |
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