The Stealth Killer: Video and Figure Sources

The Stealth Killer is a book that relates gum disease to heart disease and many other chronic systemic diseases. This section of the blog gives you some of the raw data and materials that are in the text. Also, I have included the videos from which many of the figures were photographed. This material was invaluable information in the writing of this book.

The Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in America: This is the documentary that gave me important clues in the heart disease puzzle. It would be very helpful to establish the urgency of this health problem by viewing this documentary before you read my book.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/takeonestep/heart/video-ch_01.html

Oral Bacteria in General: The video shows the difference between normal flora bacteria and periodontal disease bacteria. A microscope is used to view these bacteria. A plaque sample is taken from inside the gingival sulcus (that area between you gums and teeth) and placed onto a microscopic slide. It is then viewed under the microscope. The microscopic material was provided by Dr. Keyes.

Lyme disease spirochetes:

Patient #1 Page 68 figure 16: This video describes the history and shows the spirochetal motion that was found in the infection around this patient’s implants.

Patient #2 page 69 figure23 on page #70:

Patient #3 page 70 figures #28-30:

Patient #4 page 71 figures #33 and 34:

Inclusion bodies or spores in Lymphocyte:

Spores Found in the Atherosclerotic Plaque of the Aorta: The previous video plays first to compare how similar these spores are; the spores in the lymphocytes and the spores in the atherosclerotic plaque of the aorta..

Patient with Alzheimer’s disease: Chapter 12