October 9th, 2009 in Public Relations
The finding of antibody or active virus in 95% of CFS and 4% of controls is a result that argues for causality, in my opinion, especially with the associated RNAse-L corruption and NK functional impairment that might predict such an infection. This novel retrovirus could easily shift the redox state just like HIV as published in (2001) and (1995) and induce all manner of associated pathogens as seen in CFS,,,,. A redox shift could ultimately corrupt the gut ecology and create P450 decoupling based on NADPH depletion observed in CFS and lead to environmental illness as well. Time will tell but I think Dr. Mikovits is right to suspect causality. I also think this virus is infectious with at least ten million Americans infected who appear healthy and perhaps another four million Americans or more with CFS as recently estimated by the CDC (2007). However, disease expression may be more limited causing the illusion that it is not infectious. Furthermore, there may be other diseases that are similar and dissimilar to CFS that are associated with if not caused by XMRV.
August 29th, 2009 in Public Relations
In this post, we explore the incredible finding that different ratios of omega-3 to omega-6 EFA’s appear to produce dramatically different effects on the echocardiographically derived ETM, both positive and negative. Surprisingly, the use of omega-3 EFA’s and especially fish oil is uniformly negative (N=10) in CFS but not in controls (N=3). This is not terribly surprising since omega-3 oils are far more easily oxidized and is possibly explained by the more redox impaired status of CFS. However, we are also finding that omega-6 alone, while better than omega-3 alone in an oxidizing state such as CFS, is not nearly as positive as a mixture of the omega-3, omega-6 and omega-9 EFA’s. In particular, a ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 of 3:1 appears ideal and generates the most positive ETM response. Such a ratio is found in high grade olive oil but not lower grades of olive oil which are as high as 13:1, omega-6 over omega-3.
July 6th, 2009 in Public Relations
A recent publication from both Kenny DeMeirleir and Australian investigators has important implications regarding the management of gut dysbiosis. The bottom line is that they showed increased bacterial overgrowth in the GI tract in CFS that produces bacterial derived D-Lactate that is likely responsible for significant cognitive problems, especially memory. There is also a high [...]
June 23rd, 2009 in Public Relations
Dr. David Bell has been commissioned by an independent party to write a book on research at the Cheney clinic that it has been engaged in since 2004. There will be emphasis on the clinic’s work in the field of echocardiography and an in-depth analysis by Dr. Bell of Dr. Cheney’s understanding of Chronic [...]
June 22nd, 2009 in Public Relations
The Cheney Clinic is proud to announce the debut of its new, state of the art web site. A free to the public front-end allows prospective patients to peruse the clinic and what it can offer them including treatment philosophy, clinic policies, contact information and information which we hope will allow an informed decision [...]
