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Dr. Shoemaker’s letter

Linda’s comment: The following article was prepared by Dr. Shoemaker for the Maryland Medicine Magazine. We are pleased to share it with you! I encourage all of you to buy his www.survivingmold.com, book….EXCELLENT book…..I bought a couple of extra ones and gifted them to doctors we are trying to teach how to treat mold.

Link: http://www.lymecommunity.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/6207/page/1

Excerpt:

Maryland Medicine Vol. 12; Issue 4
Personal Perspectives on Practicing Medicine Today

My 35th medical school reunion is upcoming. Most of my classmates at Duke Med School are retired. I am still in solo practice in Pocomoke, Maryland far down Route 13 on the Eastern Shore. I have been here since 1980. I see no retirement in sight; there is too much to do.

 

Vitamins and Teenagers: A Personal Statement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, January 26, 2010  

Vitamins and Teenagers: A Personal Statement
by Stephen H. Brown, PhD

(OMNS, Jan 26, 2010) In our house, vitamin supplements sit on the counter in open bowls like nuts, dried fruits, or jelly beans.

Colds, respiratory illnesses, intestinal viruses, mono, and other infectious diseases are constantly present in American schools. In response, my teenage kids have placed four bowls on the kitchen counter – a large one in the middle full of vitamin C surrounded by three smaller bowls of niacin, vitamin D, and thiamine tablets. They help themselves to the vitamins when they feel the need, and many of their friends have adopted the idea as well. Regularly, the kids report that the vitamins actually work. The most frequent comments are, “Wow, I can breath through my nose again!”, and “I was sure I was getting sick yesterday but I feel fine today.” Continued