DOCTOR YOURSELF Newsletter (Vol. 5, No. 10 for July, 2005)

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DOCTOR YOURSELF Newsletter (Vol. 5, No. 10 for July, 2005)

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" From the foldings of its robe, the spirit brought two children;

wretched,

abject, frightful, hideous, miserable. They knelt down at its feet, and

clung upon the outside of its garment. 'This boy is Ignorance. This

girl is

Want. Beware them both, but most of all beware this boy.' "

 

(Charles Dickens, " A Christmas Carol " )

 

The DOCTOR YOURSELF NEWSLETTER (Vol. 5, No. 10 for July, 2005)

 

" Free of charge, free of advertising, and free of the A.M.A. "

 

Copyright 2005 by Andrew W. Saul of http://www.doctoryourself.com ,

which

welcomes over 1.5 million visitors annually. Commercial use of the

website

or the contents of this Newsletter is strictly prohibited.

 

IN THIS ISSUE:

 

1) MEDLINE vs. J. ORTHOMOLECULAR MEDICINE: LATEST NEWS

 

2) HOW YOU CAN HELP BRING ABOUT POSITIVE CHANGE

 

3) FREE ONLINE HEALTH RESOURCES

 

4) VITAMIN C FIGHTS MALARIA

 

5) MONONUCLEOSIS

 

6) REVIEWS: DOCTOR YOURSELF

 

7) LUNG PROBLEMS

 

8) CANCER, CHEMO AND VITAMIN C

 

8a.) Notes on Vitamin C Saturation for Sick Bodies

 

9) HOW TO SEARCH

 

10) UNSTRESS YOUR LIFE: THE BAR-ROOM FIGHT

 

MEDLINE BIAS:

 

A REVIEW AND UPDATE

 

With Medline ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi ), you can

access abstracts of millions of medical papers, online, instantly and

at no

charge. Over half a million individual citations are added each year.

The

public loves Medline; nearly two million people use it every day.

Medline is

like a " Google " search engine for medical publications. This excellent,

free

service is brought to you by the US Department of Health and Human

Services,

the National Institutes of Health, and the National Library of

Medicine. In

other words, by tax dollars. Generally it is money well spent, until

you go

searching for megavitamin therapy research papers. Then you will find

that

you can't find all of them. That is because of selective indexing.

 

While most medical journals are listed and accessible, the Journal of

Orthomolecular Medicine, now read in nearly 40 countries, is not. (

http://www.orthomed.org/jom/jomlist.htm )

 

 

What are the consequences of such exclusion? In a nutshell, it prevents

the

public from using their computers to learn about all of the scientific

research and clinical reports demonstrating the effectiveness of

megavitamin

(orthomolecular) therapy. It also greatly hampers professionals from

seeing

pro-vitamin studies. Have you ever wondered why so many doctors simply

do

not know about vitamin therapy? Well, wonder no longer.

 

 

LET'S LOOK AT THE SCORE

 

Exactly how is the decision made as to which studies people may or may

not

see?

 

I have in front of me the actual judging scoresheets for the Journal of

Orthomolecular Medicine's previous appraisals by the National Library

of

Medicine's Medline " Literature Selection Technical Review Committee. "

The

Journal was previously reviewed in 1989, 1993, 2000 and again in 2002.

Medline uses a point scale of zero to 5, with five being the highest

recommendation for indexing, and zero being the lowest.

 

On February 2, 1989, the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine received a

0.0

rating.

 

On March 4, 1993, the Journal again received a 0.0 score. This, by the

way,

was after JOM had published no fewer than six papers by Linus Pauling.

 

One cannot escape the significance of these 1989 and 1993 National

Library

of Medicine reviews that found ABSOLUTELY NO VALUE WHATSOEVER to the

Journal

of Orthomolecular Medicine. After all, " 0.0 " is not merely a low mark.

" 0.0 "

represents an absolute dearth of merit. And " zero point zero " states it

so

flatly as to leave no room for alternate interpretations.

 

On June 8, 2000, JOM received a 1.5 rating. Out of five, not nearly

high

enough to qualify for indexing.

 

By then, the Journal had been published for 30 consecutive years.

 

The review of June 6, 2002 brought JOM a rating of 1. Out of five.

 

THE OCTOBER 2004 REVIEW

 

We now have the results of NLM's latest (October 2004) review of the

Journal

of Orthomolecular Medicine.

 

In this most recent evaluation, Medline's review committee specifically

indicated that the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine had " little

importance

to researchers " ; " little importance to educators " ; " little importance

to

students " and " no importance to administrators " ; " no importance to

policy

makers " ; and " no importance to allied health professionals. "

 

JOM, therefore, received a " 2 " out of five, the best score yet.

 

In a letter dated 11 January 2005 from Medline executive editor Sheldon

Kotzin, whose full title is Chief, Bibliographic Services Division,

National

Library of Medicine, Mr. Kotzin states:

 

" The Committee recently met and reviewed a number of journal titles

including the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine. The indexing priority

assigned to the journal by the Committee was not high enough for the

title

to be indexed by the Library at this time. "

 

Interestingly, Mr. Kotzin's very next sentence was,

 

" Please CANCEL any complimentary subscription being sent to my office. "

The

emphasis was his own.

 

 

In one email to a Doctor Yourself Newsletter reader, Mr. Kotzin wrote:

" No

one would argue against a well-informed user; however, human and

budgetary

resources will not allow us to index every one of the 22,000 journals

to

which we . "

 

Taking the sum of all evidence, I believe that statement is neither

fair nor

accurate.

 

On-line indexing and availability are all the more important now that,

after

125 years of publication, the NLM's Index Medicus is no longer

available in

print. Electronic, on-line Medline has taken over.

 

And 38 years of nutrition research is missing from it.

 

Perhaps all this is not surprising. Medline has steadfastly refused to

index

the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine for almost four decades. Let it

now

be said: The emperor has no clothes. The National Library of

Medicine/Medline is biased.

 

(Excerpted with permission from Saul AW. Medline bias. [Editorial] J

Orthomolecular Med. 2005, 20:1, p 10-16.)

 

HOW YOU CAN HELP BRING ABOUT POSITIVE CHANGE

 

by Richard Putman

 

http://alternative-health-answers.info/meet-Rich.html

 

Chances are when you've read some compelling information in The Doctor

Yourself Newsletter, you've thought, " Some people in a position to DO

something should know about this. " In this article I'll describe how

you can

have such an impact. Because I live in the USA, that will be the

orientation

of my suggestions. But there are likely similar options available in

some

other countries.

 

FEDERAL ROAD BLOCKS

 

Often what is blocking the adoption of safer, cheaper, holistic

approaches

to health are federal policies and/or regulations. There is a

convenient way

for you to contact people who represent you in Washington DC. Visit

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/ If the first thing you see is

an

overlay ad, just click the X box in the upper right corner to close the

ad.

Because I've been registered for so long, I don't recall at which point

visitors are asked to register. Registering makes your future visits

super

efficient. I've been registered for years and have experienced NO

adverse

experiences (such as spam) as a result.

 

Type in your zip code and click GO. On the next page, click on " Compose

Your

Own Message " . This takes you to a page that has check boxes for you to

indicate who you want your letter to go to and whether you want to send

your

message by e-mail or letter. E-mail is free; physical letters will cost

you

something, but will also stand out from the crowd of e-mails: your

choice.

 

The page that you're now on is the page you should bookmark. You'll

want to

rename it to make easy to remember what it's about. [Right click the

bookmark; select rename.] Note that this page is for your state only. I

use

this page often.

 

 

Next, choose a subject that summarizes what you're writing about.

Ideally,

it should be in the form of a clear-cut benefit. Example: How to slash

health care costs. When it comes to the text of your letter, the FIRST

thing

to remember is that these people in Washington receive thousands of

incoming

letters, so be considerate of their time and be brief. First, write a

very

short personal introduction about why you think the subject is

important.

Then if it's an article that you're writing about, and the article is

reasonably short, you could send the whole article. If the article is

long,

you might copy one or two key paragraphs from the article and provide a

link

to the complete article, so that the recipient can read it all if

he/she

wishes. It's important to remember to give credit to the sources you

include

in your letter.

 

EXAMPLE

 

" The Truth about the Drug Companies " by Marcia Angell, M.D., was

recently

reviewed in the Doctor Yourself Newsletter

(http://www.doctoryourself.com/news/v5n8.txt ). I sent this review to

my

U.S. representative and the two U.S. senators, with a subject something

like

" An Answer to Rising Health Care Costs " and this preface:

 

" There's a lot of moaning and wringing of hands about the continually

rising

cost of " health care, " a major portion of which is the cost of

prescription

drugs. Some ANSWERS to this dilemma are laid out in a book by the

editor of

the New England Journal of Medicine, as described in the review below,

written by Dr. Andrew W. Saul of http://www.doctoryourself.com.

 

The revelations in the book could form the basis for much needed reform

spearheaded by any courageous federal legislator who realizes that, for

the

sake of integrity, things need to CHANGE. "

 

Before selecting the SEND button, you'll be offered some related send

options, each of which is described. You can read them and make your

own

choices.

 

The chances are very good that you'll get a generic " Thank you for

writing "

response from each person you send your letter to. But the important

thing

is that you stood up and you were heard. If we all do the same, the

world

will change . . . for the better.

 

FREE ONLINE HEALTH RESOURCES:

 

IF YOU MISSED THE " DOCTOR YOURSELF " RADIO PROGRAM:

 

You can hear my June 13 interview, all 57 minutes of it, by going to

 

http://voice.voiceamerica.com/cms.php?CMSLink=ez/index.php/plain/content/search?\

SearchText=saul

 

,

and there clicking the " Natural Healing that Works " interview. It is

free of

charge.

 

If you'd like me to be a " regular " on Voice America, you can so suggest

at

http://www.voice.voiceamerica.com/va_contact.htm .

 

EXCELLENT DIETING DOCUMENTARY ONLINE

 

" Nobody ever got rich marketing self-control, " says the PBS' Frontline

program " Diet Wars " , April, 2004. Well said indeed! Watch the full

program

for free at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/diet ).

 

WHERE ARE THE BODIES?

 

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA POSTS VITAMIN SAFETY TESTIMONY

 

It's all at

 

http://www.parl.gc.ca/infocomdoc/38/1/HESA/Meetings/Evidence/HESAEV41-E.HTM#Int-\

1277635

 

FREE PRESS RELEASE SERVICE

 

For a free subscription to all OMNS (Orthomolecular Medicine News

Service)

press releases, please go to directly to

http://orthomolecular.org/.html .

 

To get your local newspapers and newscasters on the list to receive

OMNS,

please send me an email with **their email addresses** to

drsaul .

 

FAR BE IT FOR ME TO CRITICIZE McDONALD'S. Because others have done it

so

well already!

 

http://billboardliberation.com/ronald.html

 

CONFIRMATION: YES, VITAMIN C FIGHTS MALARIA

 

On March 5, 2003, the Doctor Yourself Newsletter (

http://www.doctoryourself.com/news/v3n8.txt ) suggested a novel

approach for

treating malaria, a disease that kills over two million people

annually,

mostly children: have all malaria patients take megadoses of vitamin C.

 

I am very pleased to report that recent research has now validated this

hypothesis.

 

" Falciparum malaria infection is associated with significant

destruction of

erythrocytes. This leads to the release of toxic metabolic products,

including oxidant compounds. We measured the serum concentration of the

antioxidant, ascorbic acid, in 129 patients presenting with acute

falciparum

malaria infection and in 65 healthy individuals. . . (A)scorbic acid

plays a

significant role in the pathogenesis of acute falciparum malaria in

adults.

Infected children also need to be given supplemental doses of ascorbate

in

view of the weakness of their immune system. " (Hassan GI, Gregory U,

Maryam

H. Serum ascorbic acid concentration in patients with acute Falciparum

malaria infection: possible significance. Braz J Infect Dis. 2004

Oct;8(5):378-381. Epub 2005 Mar 17. )

 

 

Though not affiliated with the above authors, we have actually been

field-testing this idea for over ten years. In the early 1990's, I

presented

the megadose-vitamin-C concept to some of the missionary Sisters of St.

Joseph based in Rochester, NY. The result was published in the Jan. 5,

2003

DY News http://www.doctoryourself.com/news/v3n4.txt :

 

" Vitamin C is now part of the daily lives of the Myky tribe in Brazil's

Goias rainforests, thanks to the efforts of Sister Suzie Wills, SSJ and

a

number of other Sisters of St. Joseph. Suzie has been very effective in

getting native people eating not only citrus fruits and berries, but

also

taking C powder and tablets on a regular basis. She reports healthier

children and babies, and that infant mortality has dramatically

decreased.

Sister Suzie is now at Olinda, near Recife, Brazil, but is soon

expected to

be headed to back to Goiania. "

 

I love this job!

 

MONONUCLEOSIS

 

D. N. writes:

 

" Your advice on mononucleosis (http://www.doctoryourself.com/mono.html

)

proved to be useful when my five year old contracted it last week

(proved by

a blood test). His fever spiked 104.3 overnight and his glands swelled

like

chipmunk cheeks. A visit to the pediatrician came with a warning that

he'd

likely be down for a week or more. Three days of megadose C and he was

tearing around with the neighbor kids and back to his usual

smart-alecky

self.

 

" I knew what the answer would be when I asked the M.D. about treatments

for

mono, but I just smiled quietly to myself and suppressed a laugh when

Dr.

There's-Nothing-You-Can-Do-For-A-Virus answered with a flippant " rest,

fluids, kiddie Tylenol " as I knew he would. What matters is that I

know, and

the kids know what to do when the viral train rolls through. Reach for

the

" C " , and go off your feed except for fruit and juice. "

 

(DY Comment: Thank you for your letter. This is just how it worked for

my

kids, too. Simple, safe, successful self-reliance. What a concept!)

 

HEALTH CARE INSTEAD OF DISEASE CARE

 

An Amazon.com review of Doctor Yourself: Natural Healing that Works, by

Robert McClain (Cleveland, OH)

 

 

" Doctor Yourself " is titled and based on a simple premise: every person

is

responsible for their own health care. When a person abdicates that

responsibility, they often place themselves in the hands of the

" disease

care " industry, a monolithic and profit-driven enterprise where getting

well

isn't the bottom line.

 

Through lively anecdote, personal history and accounts of patient

education

and treatment, Dr. Andrew Saul (not an M.D., by way of disclosure)

takes the

reader down a path most M.D.'s never dare to tread. Without a hint of

pretension or medical braggadocio, the reader shares Dr. Saul's

encounters

with individuals as they seek relief from common maladies feeding the

trillion dollar medical monsters of the Western world; arthritis,

cancer,

schizophrenia, depression, obesity, allergies, heart disease and many

more.

 

We're also introduced to a " Who's Who " of unjustly ignored medical

pioneers

like Abram Hoffer, Robert F. Cathcart, Wilfrid and Evan Shute, Linus

Pauling

and Frederick Klenner. These unconventional M.D.'s and researchers

ignored

the scorn and censure of their peers in order to treat patients with

nutrition and lifestyle change rather than dogmatic, pharmaphilic (drug

loving) therapies that most often do not cure, but merely attenuate a

sufferer's condition.

 

Doctor Yourself is a page turner, written in a friendly, conversational

style that takes you inside the interactions between healer and client,

unafraid to detail the skepticism and even fear shown by patients when

alternative medical advice runs counter to the normal drug, cut and

radiate

school of thought. In addition, Dr. Saul lists specific protocols for

the

use of nutrients as therapy; the reader is never left on their own to

experiment or wonder at the possible safety of a potential cure.

 

It is clear that Dr. Saul has profound respect for the science and art

of

medicine, but far less for physicians and their patients who willfully

remain blind to the value of nutrition, for hospitals that " serve green

jello and white bread to cancer patients " , to drug companies who

relentlessly market to a gullible, insured public.

 

Based on what I've learned from this book, from Dr. Saul's website and

from

the many reference materials provided by both sources, I've been

fortunate

to cure sciatica that hobbled me for three months, and rid myself of

hay

fever to boot. My wife, an allergy sufferer of 30 years, hasn't touched

prescription meds in two seasons. My two boys are healthier because of

the

changes the family made in diet, supplementation and exercise. Does

that

make readers of this book " health nuts " ? Dr. Saul would ask, " Who wants

to

be a disease nut " ?

 

Single or married, young, middle-aged or older... any person who lives

in a

human body will find inspiration and education in the pages of Doctor

Yourself. You will find yourself turning to it again and again as a

reference and " owners manual " for the body you're using.

 

DOCTOR YOURSELF: Comments by Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine

student Amandha Vollmer www.AmandhasTidbits.blogspot.com

 

" I love Andrew Saul's book 'Doctor Yourself " ! The man is pretty

freakin'

groovy too. He and his book are wonderful and super clever as well as

funny

and witty. This is a great book for laypersons and doctors alike. I

would

recommend this to patients and I am working to get them in our CCNM

book

store. A fantastic website and tool to find out much info about your

health:

www.doctoryourself.com . "

 

(Editor's Note: I have waited all my life to be described as freakin'

groovy. Now my wish is fulfilled.)

 

TO ORDER an autographed copy of DOCTOR YOURSELF:

http://www.doctoryourself.com/order.html . Book sales provide the sole

funding for this free Newsletter and the free DoctorYourself.com

website.

 

LUNG PROBLEMS

 

by Robert Sarver, Doctor Yourself Staff Volunteer in Knoxville, TN

 

Doctors often lump together asthma, COPD, emphysema, bronchitis and

similar

problems and the treatment is often the same. I've had some asthma

problems

all my life and from bits and pieces learned here and there have found

the

 

following supplements have provided major relief from my asthma.

 

1. I take 3000 mg of vitamin C four times a day. Vitamin C helps

moisten the

lungs. http://www.doctoryourself.com/asthma.html

 

2. I take 500 mg of magnesium (as magnesium oxide) once a day.

Magnesium

relaxes the bronchial tubes. There is some additional magnesium in the

multivitamin/multi-mineral I take each day. (

http://www.mgwater.com/asthprev.shtml and

 

http://www.mgwater.com/asthma.shtml are references.)

 

3. I take 500 mg of acetyl l-carnitine (an amino acid derivative)

immediately upon rising in the morning and then wait 45 minutes before

eating. I take another 500 mg of acetyl l-carnitine about mid-morning.

Acetyl l-carnitine works best when taken at least two hours after

eating and

then nothing to eat for 45 minutes after taking it. Acetyl l-carnitine

helps

break loose congestion in the lungs so that it is coughed up. This

clears

the lungs of congestion. ( http://www.diagnose-me.com/treat/T79010.html

and

http://www.lef.org/protocols/prtcl-046a.shtml are references. )

 

The above supplements are safe, inexpensive and effective. They are all

available in most large discount stores.

 

THE " C " WORD

 

by Jim Burnett, Doctor Yourself Staff Volunteer in Mission, Texas

 

" It was a dark and stormy night. " Not really; it was about 9 AM on a

bright,

sunny Friday, morning (March 24, 2005) and my doctor had just told me

that I

had leukemia. My mother, bless her soul, would have said, " Oh, my land!

You

have the 'C' word! " She was scared to death that she would get the " C

word "

and the doctor wouldn't tell her she had it.

 

Thankfully, according to the doctor it was the type of leukemia that

was

slow growing. The report said, " Moderate involvement by B-cell chronic

lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma. " With proper treatment

and

a little luck I should live for another five to 15 years. The 15-year

number

would put me at 90 years old. I liked that number the best.

 

The doctor wanted to start a series of eight treatments using Rituximab

(Retuxin) as soon as possible. I agreed and started the treatments that

morning. I was taken to a bright, open, clean room where there were 12

" stalls " all facing, in a semi-circle, toward an area where the nurses

had

supplies and where the treatments were formulated. Every stall had a

person

sitting there with an IV. An IV was put into the back of my right hand.

I

sat in a recliner type chair while the IV slowly dripped the formula

into my

vein.

 

It took a little over three hours for that first treatment as about

every 15

minutes a nurse would ask me how I felt and if I was having any

reactions.

Every time I said, " No " he would increase the speed of the drops.

Finally

the first treatment was finished with no adverse reactions on my part

at

all.

 

 

By 6 PM that day, I was busy going through the Doctoryourself web site.

After much research on the Internet, visits to the library and a health

food

store, I become more aware of what I had, and a little less

apprehensive.

Not much less, but a little.

 

Linus Pauling recommended megadoses of Vitamin C, so I started out with

14,500 mg/day in 3 or 4 divided doses. I knew I had to work up to my

saturation level that would occur when my body reached the maximum

dosage it

could handle. The saturation point is when you begin to have diarrhea.

Vitamin C is water-soluble so when your body gets more than it can use,

it

dumps the extra amount into your bowels. I worked my way up to 25 grams

a

day. Nothing was happening. I went up to 30 grams and then 40 grams and

I

started getting a little concerned but I figured Dr. Pauling knew what

he

was talking about. When I hit 63 grams and still nothing was happening

I

really began to get anxious. Finally at 74 grams (74,000 mg)I reached

my

saturation point in a big way!

 

During all this time I was taking my weekly cancer treatment on Friday

morning. The treatment (and the vitamin C) must have started to work as

my

saturation point began to lower. At the end of the 4th treatment (I was

half

way there) my blood test showed a significant change for the good and I

was

down to 50 grams of vitamin C per day.

 

It was Friday May 20, 2005, another warm and sunny day here in the Rio

Grande Valley of deep South Texas. I was called in so they could take a

blood sample. It wasn't too long when the doctor came by with a handful

of

papers including my file. He sat down and smiled at me (a good sign).

Plus,

he is a friendly doctor. Pulling out my latest blood report, he said,

" All

the blood tests are normal. The leukemia is gone, in remission. "

(Praise the

Lord!) " However, " he added, " As I said before, this kind of cancer can

come

back so we will take more tests in October. At that time we will also

check

a very small spot that showed up in the last body scan. It is located

in the

upper lobe of the right lung. It is so small that it would be

classified as

'unspecific.' We will have to keep an eye on that spot and on the

leukemia,

but for right now you are in good shape. I'll see you in October. "

 

I am still taking vitamin C in quantities of about 47 grams a day with

no

side effects. I may push that a little just to see if I am at my

saturation

point. Using that much vitamin C caused me to switch early on to

ascorbic

acid powder or crystals. My local health food store had it in one pound

bottles but, at the amount I was taking, the bottle didn't last too

long; so

I went on the Internet. Using a search engine, I typed in " Ascorbic

Acid "

(without the quotes) and found places where I could buy powdered

ascorbic

acid cheaply in quantity. I feel much better now and look forward to

many

more years of healthy living.

 

Editor's Notes:

 

Observing the amount of vitamin C a body can hold before loose stools

occur

is a simple but remarkably reliable indicator of how sick that body is.

It

is common for a person to hold much less vitamin C as their health

improves;

that is a marker of progress. (

http://www.doctoryourself.com/cancer_2.html

and http://www.doctoryourself.com/titration.html ).

 

Dr. Hilary Roberts writes (

http://www.doctoryourself.com/news/v4n19.txt ):

 

" An individual can find their vitamin C burn-rate using Dr. Robert

Cathcart's

bowel tolerance measure ( http://www.orthomed.com ). To be in dynamic

flow,

one would need doses totaling half or more of the person's normal bowel

tolerance level. These should be divided into four or more daily doses,

since vitamin C is excreted quickly. It is important to remember that

the

bowel tolerance level is variable and would change quickly if the

person

contracted an illness. "

 

Additional note: Please remember that the Doctor Yourself Newsletter

does

NOT provide readers with personal recommendations, nor with contact

information for vitamin product suppliers.

 

" WHAT IS THAT SEARCH BOX FOR, ANYWAY? "

 

by Christine Gundersen, Doctor Yourself Staff Volunteer in Denver, PA

 

Have you ever typed a word into the Search box at the

www.doctoryourself.com

website, only to see the results come up and think, " no way can I wade

through all that " ? Or have you noticed it and thought, hmm, but never

tried

it?

 

For those of you who have noticed it or have tried it, you might also

have

noticed that it has changed its look in recent weeks. But what you

might not

know is how much more powerful that little search feature has become

since

being integrated with Google.

 

This integration allows us to take advantage of Google's sophisticated

and

powerful search tool while giving you the choice to either search just

the

doctoryourself.com website, or the entire web, (internet) for any

health

question your heart desires. Now that's mind boggling!

 

If you want to learn how to take advantage of this, please follow along

with

me.

 

 

EXPLORING THE SEARCH BOX

 

First of all, at the top of the box you will see a note indicating that

any

advertisements you come across while using the search feature originate

with

Google's search engine, not DoctorYourself's. The doctoryourself.com

website

has never accepted advertising or promotional fees in any way, shape or

form. That policy has not changed. You can trust that there is no

hidden

agenda at DY.

 

Now on to the Search feature itself:

 

Under the word Google (in all those pretty colors), you will see a

space for

typing. We'll call that the ENTRY BOX. Directly under the entry box you

will

see a green rectangular box labeled 'Google Search'. We'll call that

the

SEARCH BUTTON. And directly under that button you will see two choices

with

little round " things " next to them. For our purposes we will call those

RADIO BUTTONS. You will notice that one has a black dot in it. Try

clicking

with your mouse inside the circle that doesn't have a black dot and see

what

happens. Sure enough, the dot disappears from one radio button and

appears

in the other. (If you are old enough and think about the buttons on the

radio in your first car, you can probably guess how they got their

name.)

 

PUTTING IT TO WORK

 

Just for fun, type the word FROG in the entry box.

 

Skip over the entry button for now and look at the two choices below

it. You

can choose to search only www.doctoryourself.com for frog or you can

choose

to search the entire web for frog.

 

For this example leave the default www.doctoryourself.com radio button

selected. When you complete the next step the results you get will be

exclusively from www.doctoryourself.com.

 

At this point you have a choice, you can either click on the search

button

with your mouse or you can simply " hit " (softly please) the Enter key

on

your keyboard. Do one of those now.

 

Surprise, surprise! There are frogs at doctoryourself.com! If you look

at

the brief descriptions you will see that one takes you to a past

newsletter

where is noted the similarity between our anatomy and that of a frog in

a

discussion about Gandhi's formula for health. The other result would

take us

to an article on the site where the nervous system of a frog was freed

up by

immersion in 10% nitric acid.

 

Now let's try the other search location. Go back to the

www.doctoryourself.com home page and make this change: Type the word

FROG in

the entry box (if it's not still there). This time, click the radio

button

next to WEB. Then click the search button (or hit the enter key).

 

WOW! There are just a FEW more frogs out there in cyberspace than there

were

on the doctoryourself.com website! (Even a few cute pictures, too.)

 

While you have this " results " page displayed, take a look near the top

of

the page where you will see the word Google (again in those pretty

colors).

Next to it you will see an entry box with the word frog in it.

 

If you look directly under the entry box you will see that the two

choices

for search locations are also displayed here as:

 

" Search WWW " and " Search www.doctoryourself.com "

 

In the previous example we returned to the search box on the DY website

to

change search locations but we could have changed search locations

right

here on the results page instead. Both methods yield the same results.

 

SUMMARY

 

If an example as silly as this yields results of worth, just imagine

what

typing something like anemia, lupus, diabetes or arthritis could yield.

Go

ahead and try it, but be sure you set aside a good block of time to

read the

vast amount of information you will discover on just the DoctorYourself

web

site.

 

If you think about it, you can see how searching only on

doctoryourself.com

and then searching the entire Internet for the same word or term could

be a

great cross-reference tool when researching a particular topic. We'll

talk

more about that in future installments.

 

And that concludes the first installment of our Search Series. Stay

tuned

for the next one, when we learn how to fine-tune a search using the

" Advanced Search " features. In the meantime, play with the search

function:

you just might be surprised to find a lot of your questions already

have

answers lurking 'out there' on www.doctoryourself.com!

 

UNSTRESS YOUR LIFE, Part Four,

 

by John Mosher, PhD

 

Biology Professor Emeritus, State University of New York

 

THE BAR-ROOM FIGHT

 

I used to startle my students by saying, " Do you know why I never get

into

barroom fights? Well, the reason is very simple, it is because I don't

go

into barrooms. " The point I was making with this comment is, if you

don't go

there, it cannot happen!

 

A lot of a person's suffering comes from going to a place, either

physically

or mentally, that causes suffering to them. A goodly amount of our

suffering

or stressful discomfort amounts to choices we make and perhaps creative

solutions we do not make. So the obvious lesson to be learned and acted

upon

is to make choices which are most likely to reduce the stress and

promote

well being. That is, make choices when possible to avoid stressful

situations.

 

Many times we do not have a choice. For example if your job is

stressful and

you like the job or are unable to change jobs then another strategy

must be

used. When one is unable to change the physical circumstances then ones

perception must be altered. In her classic book, Eleanor H. Porter has

the

heroine, Pollyanna, doing this all the time. The technique Pollyanna

uses to

view what might be an unpleasant or stressful situation in a positive

way is

sometimes called " The Glad Game. " Pollyanna plays the " Glad Game " by

viewing

all situations in a positive way. She tries to find what she can be

glad

about in the situation. By seeing the positive aspects of a situation

you

may turn that situation from an unpleasant or stressful one into a

challenge

or some kind of learning experience. For example I think there is

general

agreement that the emotion of anger is quite stressful. I was talking

with a

woman one day and she made the comment that when things did not go as

she

hoped she got angry. I thought to myself: she must be angry quite a

lot. It

does not seem like a very creative way to approach the problems

inherent in

life. I said to her, " You mean you would get angry if you went to use

your

car and found a tire was flat? " " Yes, that would really make me mad:

one

more thing to contend with! " she responded. Then I said, " Well, after

you

were upset and put your nervous system through all the stress of being

angry

what would you have to do? " " I guess I would have to get the tire

repaired

or replaced, " she said. I then suggested to her that she might like to

try a

new approach for getting her tire fixed which leaves out the anger. I

said,

" Why not try a three step approach? "

 

1. OBSERVE the flat tire.

 

2. ACCEPT the fact that it needs to be repaired or replaced.

 

3. ACT and get the tire replaced or repaired.

 

By accepting the situation as it is, it leaves one free to do what is

necessary to remedy that particular situation. By using the approach of

accepting the situation, stress and anger is eliminated. Of course such

a

situation may be inconvenient and cause expense, but that is how it is.

So

we work with how it is. The next time I saw this woman she told me that

she

had had some car trouble and was starting to feel the anger, when she

remembered our previous conversation. By reminding herself that it was

not

necessary to get angry, she accepted the situation without anger and

just

got the car repaired. This type of perceptual change in ones view of an

undesirable circumstance may eliminate a lot of stress. It is also more

efficient to go right to acceptance and then problem solving, leaving

out

the emotional reaction.

 

In the case of a mental or emotional situation such as the loss of a

job or

the break-up of a relationship the same approach may apply. Like the

barroom

fight, if you don't go there it cannot happen. So in the case of an

emotional situation, the mind tends to go there and to obsess about the

situation.

 

The powerful feelings of rejection are very hard on one's self image,

especially if one's self image depends on externals such as always

having

the approval of others. The loss of a job or the loss of a relationship

again are just life situations, in many ways not unlike the flat tire,

except they involve more of the mind-created identity called ego and

the

thinking mind. If you allow your attention to go to this place, the

place of

attachment, fear, and regret, certainly you will suffer. However, if

you

recognize your feelings, without dwelling on them or denying them, you

are

positioned for a new step.

 

The new step is to accept the situation as it is and then move your

attention within, that is, within the body in general. Do not allow

your

attention to go to the thinking mind. Be present in the moment of

feeling

your internal life energy. By going to the place of your body's life

energy,

you are not obsessing about your life situation. By staying in the

place of

your life which is right here, right now, you are not replaying in your

mind

the " would have been, could have been, should have been " scenario.

Instead,

what you are doing is accepting the situation. You are staying

conscious by

recognizing and accepting the situation and realizing that no amount of

obsessing thoughts or regrets will help. What WILL help is moving on to

the

present, the right here, right now, the only place you are really

alive. As

painful as the occurrence may have been, it does not help you to go

over it

except to consider what you learned from the experience. If you lost

your

job because you were consistently late for work then learn you must be

punctual. If you lost your relationship because you were not

dependable,

then realize the importance of keeping your word. In general, after you

have

looked over the situation and gleaned the teaching, accept it and get

on

with your life by staying in the present. Deal with the here and now

and do

not go to the place of the obsessing mind. I am not suggesting denial.

You

do not deny. You recognize your feelings, then accept the situation,

then do

what is appropriate. It is always good to keep your consciousness in

the

present. The reality of life is that all you ever really have is the

" now, "

the present. There is a Native American saying which illustrates this:

" Yesterday is ashes, tomorrow is wood, only today does the fire burn

brightly. "

 

Please take the lesson of avoiding barroom fights by not being there.

Physically you can make choices to avoid stressful places. Mentally you

can

avoid stressful places by accepting the situation, taking appropriate

measures and staying present.

 

By practicing the relaxation exercises described in the three previous

installments (search doctoryourself.com for " Unstress Your Life " ), you

are

practicing being present.

 

Be mindful of going within. Going within can simply mean putting your

attention on your natural breathing rhythm. Practice this: at every

opportunity go within be mindful. Be aware of your breath; be aware of

the

energy in your body; feel the awareness of being. Be sure you are

breathing

diaphragmatically. Stay mindful of the life force within.

 

(Counselor and professor of biology John I. Mosher, PhD, is the author

of

several articles at the DoctorYourself.com website, all easily

searchable.)

 

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