by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
Natural Treatments for Mast Cell Activation Syndrome Comment; Excellent summary of options to help control MCAS both using non-prescription & prescription medications, lifestyle alterations, caveats on the way to get the best effect from therapy...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Neurodegeneration & Brain Health
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bwg2iT0mzC_M3Tux8kRZ0d68IuJJiF26/view?usp=sharing Comment; Scary how much damage can occur by a mechanism that we hadn’t really considered and that it can be worse than direct blows to the head. We at least have tools to detect...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jbio.201700282 Comment; So Photobiomodulation (PBM) can restore the thymus gland, a gland that shrivels, shrinks and becomes inactive with age. OK. I’d like to see long-term studies that it doesn’t also...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, ElectroMagnetic Field Sensitivity, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Neurodegeneration & Brain Health
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4428125/ Comment; 0.5-4 mg/kg Methylene blue with red to near-IR 620–1150 nm wavelength light from laser or LED can penetrate to the human brain with up to 2% energy absorption. They work independently & synergistically...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158219303924 Comment; Impaired connectivity in the brainstem should be expected as it’s metabolically active. ME/CFS impairs mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. The brainstem is involved in transmission...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, ISEAI
Are Pollutants Causing Heart Disease and Type 2 Diabetes? The Link Between Persistent Organic Pollutants and Metabolic Syndrome Comment; Jill Carnahan MD, an excellent communicator explains the actions of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in this short but thorough...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, ElectroMagnetic Field Sensitivity, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5066074/ Comment; Brief summary. LASER Mechanism of Action Cytochrome-c oxidase:Nitric Oxide (NO) uncoupling to release the inhibitory effects of NO.Brief increase in reactive oxygen species triggers mitochondrial signaling...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5448311/ Comment; Low-level laser stimulation across the mouse skull benefits its brain’s mitochondrial cytochrome-c oxidase & ion channels. This can benefit a variety of neurodegenerative illness Madison...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21372514# Comment; I was aware of Erythromycin being used as a prokinetic GI agent, metronidazole is a new one to me, one to keep in mind as it can also help with overgrowth of C. diff and other potential anaerobic pathogens. Azuma...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
http://apjai-journal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/AP-011117-0188.pdf Comment; Great study demonstrating the reduced glycolytic reserve in Natural Killer (NK) T-Lymphocyte activity in Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) patients. Glycolysis is respiration...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, ElectroMagnetic Field Sensitivity, ISEAI
https://molmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s10020-019-0083-4 Comment; Impaired TRPM3 activity in Natural Killer (NK) T lymphocytes can potentially be reversed with Pregnenolone, parent to sex steroids & Nifedepine a calcium channel blocker used to treat...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, ElectroMagnetic Field Sensitivity, ISEAI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19453963 Comment; Interesting that those with a high RBC sed rate had the best response. Sed rate measures inflammation–but generally not fibromyalgia-type inflammation–yet still predicted the best response to LDN....
