To: neverdem; AQGeiger
2 posted on
08/24/2005 3:10:46 PM PDT by
Born Conservative
("If not us, who? And if not now, when? - Ronald Reagan)
To: Born Conservative
Somebody's going to lose a license ...
(unless they find lead in the system).
3 posted on
08/24/2005 3:11:53 PM PDT by
konaice
To: Born Conservative
EDTA...As I recall, we used that as a buffering agent in chem class. Well, something when we were doing quantitative analysis.
4 posted on
08/24/2005 3:11:59 PM PDT by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Born Conservative
A 5-year-old Monroeville boy died this week during a medical treatment that's being touted by some as a cure for autism. Sounds like a pretty extreme cure.
No more so than a certain popular pregnancy cure though I guess.
6 posted on
08/24/2005 3:15:01 PM PDT by
michigander
(The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: Born Conservative
Back later with bump list.
7 posted on
08/24/2005 3:15:25 PM PDT by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
It's all fun and games until someone kills a kid...
Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
8 posted on
08/24/2005 3:16:13 PM PDT by
mhking
(The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
To: Born Conservative
Autistic kids' parents are notorious for seeking out quacks, from Robert Kennedy Jr, to this phony.
To: Born Conservative
EDTA is FDA approved for pediatric use. It's highly unlikely the boy died from EDTA if they were watching his creatinine.
10 posted on
08/24/2005 3:22:47 PM PDT by
JmyBryan
To: Born Conservative
EDTA is FDA approved for pediatric use. It's highly unlikely the boy died from EDTA if they were watching his creatinine.
11 posted on
08/24/2005 3:22:50 PM PDT by
JmyBryan
To: Born Conservative
18 posted on
08/24/2005 3:34:09 PM PDT by
Albion Wilde
(THe Baathos party of Sheehanistan)
To: Born Conservative
I've heard of this treatment being used to treat heart disease (by "Roto-Rootering' the arteries). Sounds like snake oil.
46 posted on
08/24/2005 4:49:14 PM PDT by
buccaneer81
(Rick Nash will score 50 goals this season ( if there is a season)
To: Born Conservative
They were probably trying to get the mercury out. Thanks Imus.
48 posted on
08/24/2005 4:51:19 PM PDT by
Pharmboy
(There is no positive correlation between the ability to write, act, sing or dance and being right)
To: Born Conservative
Chelation therapy is a well known scam. Read all about it at www.quackwatch.com
50 posted on
08/24/2005 5:01:43 PM PDT by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Born Conservative
We have repeatedly used EDTA chelation treatment for my autistic son. It is not quackery nor is it some miraculous treatment for autism.
Autistic children often have high levels of heavy metals in their bloodstream and hair. This can be measured and is certainly not quackery. It's there in as many as 90% of autistic children according to studies I have read. Where it comes from, I don't know.
We vaccinated and my son loves fish so maybe that's where it came from. We've cut out tuna, swordfish, mackerel, etc. Yet the mercury levels still continue to be elevated. Some doctors speculate that an inability to excrete heavy metals from the body is somehow part of the autistic presentation.
So, over the years we have done chelation. Not because we expect it to cure autism but because high levels of mercury are bad and can impair cognitive development.
We do many treatments aimed at improving my son's physiological symptoms. Leaky gut is a serious problem, related to yeast infections, and tackling that problem did result in miraculous improvements in our son.
68 posted on
08/24/2005 6:32:00 PM PDT by
larrysav
To: Born Conservative
The treatment is becoming increasingly popular, though still controversial, for autism. Why? What's the suggested rationale? Clever name?
87 posted on
08/24/2005 8:44:19 PM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Born Conservative; Incorrigible
The article promises that there will be additional details tomorrow. I hope you can post that article. Please ping me.
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