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Second Annual
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Sunday
February 19, 2012
Hilton Dallas-Ft. Worth
Lakes Executive
Conference Center
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Therapy Tip
Folate is the form of the important B vitamin that is found in many natural foods. Folic acid is the synthetic form of this B vitamin which is used in supplements and added to many processed foods. Patients should get folate by eating whole foods; and avoid folic acid supplements and limit foods supplemented with folic acid because folate can be used by intracellular bacteria to form the nucleic acids needed for their reproductive cycles and survival. Although most bacteria can produce their own folate, at least some intracellular forms can use the host's supply as a source, so too much folic acid in the bloodstream may make it easier for the bacteria to replicate and create new DNA.
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Survey
We've now collected a year of data on Inflammation Therapy patients with our Recovery with Inflammation Therapy Survey Study.
Click here for details on the survey study. Thank you to all the volunteers who have faithfully filled out the monthly survey. We'll eventually have enough data to provide the first real-time, objective statistics about this type of treatment. If you have a diagnosis of autoimmune or inflammatory disease or are chronically ill but you are not being treated with Inflammation Therapy, the Marshall Protocol or the Stillpoint Protocol, you may volunteer to be in the control group of our clinical study. If you meet these criteria and would like to take part in this project (which only takes a few minutes each month), please contact us via email. | |
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What's New
The staff at Chronic Illness Recovery closely monitor research and developments pertaining to the science and management of Inflammation Therapy. Our informational materials are updated regularly by medical professionals to ensure they're accurate and current. Please check the links on
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Therapy Guide
for Patients
Patients on IT
must learn how to adjust therapy medications
but many have some degree of cognitive impairment. With that in mind, we've abridged
our newly revised Physician's Guide to Inflammation Therapy to make it easier for patients to understand.
See Patient's Introduction to Inflammation Therapy. | |
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CIR Library Access
Access to our free, extensive, easy-to-read Library of Information (see this sample page)
and continually up-dated Physicians' Reference Library is available to anyone, without enrollment in our counseling program. If you're interested in using these resources, please email your request.
A list of the articles in our libraries is available at
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CIR is an IRS-recognized 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization.
Donate to CIR in support of our educational and research efforts.
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Contact Us | | email address here | |
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1-888-846-2474
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Have you enjoyed this newsletter?
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We are happy to report that our website has been extended with HONcode another year. The HONcode certification is an ethical standard aimed at offering quality health information.
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Greetings!
We love this time of year! We hope you will enjoy the special opportunities for reconnection and reflection that seem to come during this season.
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Save the Date
February 19, 2012 |
The CIR staff has been busy putting the finishing touches on the Patient Workshop and we're very excited about the location, content and opportunity to meet many of you. This newsletter introduces a few of our workshop speakers. You can help us by spreading the word about this important event to people from other websites who may not receive our newsletter. Please visit this CIR webpage for details and to register.
If you know of a medical practitioner who might be interested in the Physicians' Seminar, please send us their contact information. A personal invitation from you to attend the seminar is a good way to help your doctor learn more about Inflammation Therapy. Please click here for a flyer about the event.
May you find the New Year brings all you're hoping for.
Happy Holidays from,
 
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Patient Workshop Speakers | |
Meg Mangin, R.N.
CIR Executive Director
CIR Board of Directors Founding Member
 Meg Mangin, R.N. is a registered nurse licensed in the state of Wisconsin. She attended St. Mary's School of Nursing in Rochester, MN and graduated from Milwaukee County General School of Nursing. She held staff nurse positions in coronary/intensive care, and provided skilled home-nursing services in a variety of medical specialties. Meg headed the Wisconsin La Leche League for five years and served on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) State of the Science panel. She also served 6 years on an NIH Data, Safety and Monitoring Board.
Meg was one of the earliest adopters of the Marshall Protocol (MP). A member of the MP research team from 2002, she was instrumental in developing Inflammation Therapy (IT) for chronic inflammatory diseases. She coordinated the MP study site and posted over 17,000 messages there. She led a team of nurses in counseling hundreds of patients on their road to recovery and authored much of the information about the MP. She was a presenter at the Autoimmunity Research, Inc. conferences in Chicago and Los Angeles, Days of Molecular Medicine in Karolinska, Sweden, the Understanding Aging Conference in Los Angeles and the International Conference on Autoimmunity Porto, Portugal.
She is the author of Observations of Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction in Sarcoidosis Patients and a co-author of a chapter in the 2006 medical textbook titled Vitamin D: New Research, published by Nova.
Belinda Fenter
CIR Financial Director
CIR Board of Directors Founding Member
 Belinda Fenter graduated from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Science degree. After several years in advertising, she managed a clinical office for seven years. She is one of the earliest adopters of the MP and was a member of the MP research team beginning in March 2001. She was closely involved in elucidating the science of chronic inflammation and was responsible for tracking related scientific papers. She was also the MP team's liaison with governmental agencies including the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and Drug Association.
In 2004, Belinda co-authored Antibacterial Therapy Induces Remission in Sarcoidosis. (Marshall TG, Fenter B, Marshall FE. Herald MKDTS 2004g; Volume III: Release 1. The Journal of the Inter-regional Clinical-Diagnostic Center, Kazan, published in Russian) and is a co-author of a chapter in the 2006 medical textbook titled Vitamin D: New Research, published by Nova.
Deborah Yeager, R.N.
CIR Nurse Consultant
Deborah currently resides in Huntington, W.V. with her husband John. They have 3 grown children and are proud new grandparents. She is an RN and graduated from Lexington Technical Institute/University of Kentucky. When she relocated to Huntington she became a rehabilitation nurse at Health South Rehabilitation Hospital specializing in TBI and stroke. She then became a CCM (certified case manager) at Health South until 2004 and is now retired.
Debbie, as she likes to be called, has been on Inflammation Therapy since 2006 and has dealt with several autoimmune disorders throughout her life. Currently, she is the Team Manager of the River Magic Chorus of Sweet Adelines and sings lead as well as in her other musical group, 7th Heaven. She is the former founder and Director of the Tri-State Celiac Support Group and still counsels celiac patients through CSA. Debbie belongs to the AutoImmune Group of Huntington and has been a tutor for the Adult Illiteracy Program in the state. She is also active with her husband for the Healing Place of Huntington which addresses drug and alcohol recovery in the community. Debbie enjoys people, movies, photography, birding, singing and performing and traveling anywhere she can go.
Kelly Fincher
CIR Administrative Assistant
 Kelly Fincher graduated from University of North Texas in Denton with a degree in Speech Communications. Kelly and her husband and twin sons live in Denton where they home school and diligently work at recovery with Inflammation Therapy. Kelly enjoys decorating, art and home design, and bartered with a green builder to create a safe and healthy home by offering design consultation to clients in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Their 1950s home of 20 years was contaminated with Chlordane pesticide, no doubt a factor in their chronic inflammation woes. Past volunteer jobs included PTA, Denton Christian Preschool, and League of Women Voters. Kelly is thrilled to work with the CIRcle, an invaluable service for better understanding human health.
Rebecca Sinha
CIR Research Consultant
 Rebecca Sinha has an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and a Bachelor of Science from Viterbo College in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. She worked for a few years in Australia for the Queensland Small Business Corporation as a researcher. She also taught marketing at Griffith University in Brisbane, Queensland. She currently resides in Mexico City, Mexico, with her husband and two cats. She likes to travel, loves movies and books, loves cooking, likes to do arts and crafts, and has a passion for cats.
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New Scientific Articles | | Toxoplasma gondii Rhoptry Kinase ROP16 Activates STAT3 and STAT6 Resulting in Cytokine Inhibition and Arginase-1-Dependent Growth Control
This study "provide(s) new insight into the complex interactions between an intracellular eukaryotic pathogen and its host cell."
What bacteria don't know can hurt them
Interfering with the ability of biofilm-forming bacteria to sense starvation increases their susceptibility to antibiotics.
Researchers discover role of H2S as defense mechanism against oxidative stress and antibiotics.
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About Inflammation Therapy | |
Long-term Antibiotic Use
Because antibiotics are used long-term during Inflammation Therapy (IT) there has been some concern about possible negative consequences such as antibiotic resistance, disturbance of intestinal flora, overgrowth of other organisms, and a negative cellular effect.
Antibiotic resistance during IT is avoided by:
- Using only carefully selected antibiotics
- Pulsing low doses of these antibiotics - often below the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) to prevent the creation of "persister cells" and avoid suppression of the production of the body's natural antibiotics, the antimicrobial peptides
- Varying combinations of antibiotics to reduce the likelihood that bacteria could develop resistance
- Regular dosing of Benicar to activate the immune system to fight against antibiotic-resistant diseases
Disruption of the natural flora of the gastrointestinal tract is unlikely to occur during IT. For example, Doctors have prescribed Minocycline for conditions such as acne at much higher doses than IT and, unlike other tetracyclines, it tends not to cause yeast infections with long-term use. Nor has an overgrowth of other organisms such as C. difficile been seen. However, practitioners who are concerned may prescribe probiotics.
We are not aware of any scientific evidence even suggesting that any IT antibiotic has a negative effect on cells or their recovery from parasitism by L-form bacteria. However, doctors who are concerned may wish to rotate the IT antibiotic combinations while monitoring lab values and symptoms.
We're confident that Inflammation Therapy does not result in the usual repercussions sometimes seen with the standard use of antibiotics. Please see The Importance of Antibiotics during Inflammation Therapy. |
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"Thank you for explaining the process and for directly addressing my concern about anti-biotics. Now I know why everyone is raving about the care you take in addressing this issue."
-S. Resto
"I am honored to be a part of research that may potentially help so many people afflicted with such life-altering health problems."
-Will Woodward
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