| Our Library |  | Access to our online Library of Information with the details of therapy prescription management is available to patients, without enrollment in our counseling program, for a suggested annual donation of $25. Interested patients should send a request, along with their doctor's name and fax number or email address to: info@chronicillnessrecovery.org
Your doctor will be notified that you have access to this information. Click here for a list of articles available in our Library of Information and Physicians' Reference Library.
Physicians may use CIR libraries, even if they don't have a patient enrolled in our counseling program....simply contact us and ask to register. There is no fee for doctors.
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Palliative medications may be an important part of inflammation therapy for those patients whose symptoms are not controlled by IT medications alone (e.g., antidepressants, anticonvulsants, thyroid supplements, anxiolytics, pain meds, supplements to meet nutritional needs, etc.) |
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Quotable Quotes
"You will find this is a great place to be. I too was a part of the other site for a time and there is no comparison. Here we are actually cared for by experienced, medically trained people who are committed to making this the best experience with the greatest outcome possible for us. The days of feeling lost in a maze of conflicting information are gone. The library is excellent... you will find so much there, and the weekly progress reports help so much to stay on track and to have the communication between the nurses and our doctors."
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Greetings!
 Many of our readers are gearing up for the challenges of light and heat avoidance that the summer season brings, while our friends on the other side of the world are breathing a sigh of relief that Fall and cooler temperatures have arrived.
Wherever you are in the world we're delighted that you're part of our growing community. You may be an enrolled patient, a library subscriber, one of our donors or an interested observer.
Whatever your role, we're grateful for your participation and hope you will continue to spread the word that CIR is helping doctors understand inflammation therapy (e.g., Marshall Protocol) by co-counseling their patients.
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| Patient Workshop | |
Save the date!
Patients, family members, caregivers and anyone interested in inflammation therapy are cordially invited to attend our first annual Patient Workshop. It will be an all-day affair, held near the Dallas-Fort Worth airport on Sunday February 20, 2011.
 It's been a long time since patients have had the opportunity to gather together to discuss this exciting but challenging treatment, so we hope you'll be able to join us.
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| About Inflammation Therapy |  Vitamin D
For many people the requirement to avoid vitamin D during inflammation therapy is puzzling advice that contradicts what public health activists are advising.
Supplementation with vitamin D to prevent diseases is an alarming trend based on faulty studies or faulty conclusions of clinical studies.
Epidemiological studies touting the benefits of supplemental vitamin D, and declaring that low vitamin D causes disease, are flawed because they only measure 25-D. Doctors and scientists have misinterpreted the results because they fail to understand that levels of 25-D are probably suppressed by elevated 1,25-D due to the disease process.
In other words, disease causes low 25-D; low 25-D does not cause disease. Only studies that measure both 25-D and 1,25-D, and are analyzed with an understanding of their relationship to each other in health and disease, will yield valid, pertinent results.
Thankfully, experts are expressing alarm about the blanket recommendation to supplement with vitamin D. For more information, please see our new article on Vitamin D Supplementation. |
New Scientific Article
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This recent review of the literature, Vitamin D and Calcium: Systematic Review of Health Outcomes, concluded:
"The majority of the findings concerning vitamin D, calcium, or a combination of both nutrients on the different health outcomes were inconsistent. Synthesizing a dose-response relation between intake of either vitamin D, calcium, or both nutrients and health outcomes in this heterogeneous body of literature proved challenging."
The reviewers found no clear evidence of any benefit from exogenous vitamin D. |
Chronic Illness Recovery Survey
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Where can I find statistics about the effectiveness of Inflammation Therapy?
 This is one of the most frequent questions we're asked and, unfortunately, the only statistics available are those that were gleaned from a retrospective questionnaire filled out by a small group of selected members of the ARF website community.
To answer this question with more objective data, CIR has launched an ambitious project that will collect information via an ongoing survey. A questionnaire will be sent routinely to the patients in our counseling program; their unique suitability as a cohesive, compliant cohort will increase the validity of the statistics.
The data gathered from these patients will include both subjective and objective information about demographics, diagnoses, lab work and symptoms. Their doctors will be surveyed following each office visit to provide input on observed symptoms which will verify the patients' responses.
The resulting data will be compiled statistically as soon as feasible and presented in easy-to-understand graphic formats. |
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