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WEEKLY HEALTH UPDATE Week of: Monday Dec. 2, 2013

Courtesy of:

John H. Keefe III, D.C.

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IN THE NEWS: NECROTIZING FASCIITIS: NEW TREATMENT DISCOVERED FOR DEADLY FLESH-EATING DISEASE Madsen was admitted to the intensive-care unit, where the infection in her arm raged on – causing fevers, blistering and swelling. A week later, Madsen was taken into surgery for the first time. At this point, Madsen feared she would lose her arm – or even worse – her life. Finally, she was introduced to Dr. John Crew, Crew told Madsen he might know what was causing her health problems: A deadly disease known as necrotizing fasciitis. Desperate to save Madsen’s limbs and life, Crew, director of the hospital’s Advanced Wound Care Center, devised a plan in which he would excise the dead tissue from Madsen’s arm and then regularly irrigate the area with an FDA-approved wound cleanser called NeutroPhase (Hypochlorous acid, also Nixall). Madsen noticed a difference in her condition almost immediately after being treated by Hypochlorous acid. “I don’t want to see anyone go through what I went through. I want the word out there that this stuff works on this necrotizing fasciitis,” Madsen said. “People don’t have to lose their limbs or their lives.” WE CARRY NIXALL

WELLNESS:  THE WAR ON VITAMINS If you watch much news you might hear that vitamins don’t prevent disease or cancer. Yet studies say the opposite. Here are but a few: International Journal of Cancer 2011:8 A mere 10 ng/ml increase in serum vitamin D levels was associated with a 15 percent reduction in colorectal cancer incidence and 11 percent reduction in breast cancer incidence. American Heart Journal 2011:9 Each 20 micromole/liter (µmol/L) increase in plasma vitamin C was associated with a nine percent reduction in heart failure mortality. According to Dr. Saul, an estimated 216,000 lives could be spared each year. International Journal of Cancer 2011:10 While the NBC declared that “Vitamin E does no good at all in preventing cancer or heart disease,” this study found that gamma-tocotrienol, a cofactor found in natural vitamin E preparations, decreases prostate tumor formation by a respectable 75 percent. International Journal of Cancer 2008: Here, 300 IUs of vitamin E per day reduced lung cancer risk by 61 percent.

CHIROPRACTIC:  STORIES: My name is Jessica and I must tell you about the miracle of Chiropractic Care. About a year ago I was a true skeptic. I believed in the corrupt circle of medicine and pain relievers. One day I could not get to sleep and nothing was helping. It was pain - crippling pain - in my back, legs, chest, and neck. The pain was so bad I could barely breathe. It was the first time I'd experienced this, and I was terrified.  At 7:30 am, after a sleepless night, I had had enough and, yes.... I called my mom! When she saw the agony I was in, she got me ready to go to the hospital. At the same time my roommate woke up and as she had been telling me for years I needed more than a temporary fix. I needed a chiropractor. I entered the office as a 28-year-old cripple and left comforted and walking on my own; just a little sore from the neglect of the people I had trusted to heal me - my old doctors. I am happy to say I have not taken any pain medications since CHIROPRACTIC came into my life.     Visit our web site: keefeclinic.com-facebook/keefeclinic.com