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Robin Williams, Dr. Craig Brown, Expansive Medicine “The First Time I Met Robin Williams Was a Blessing in Disguise”

Posted on August 13, 2014 by admin

I have been blessed many times in my life, but today I more distinctly recall one of those very days…the day I met Robin Williams . I was walking up 1st ave one beautiful spring evening in Manhattan, NYC along with someone I was dating. She was a talented actress/dancer, when from out of seemingly nowhere, at the speed of light, someone literally threw themselves playfully at us and started “back stepping” in front of us, as so we would not get away. Remember we were in NYC, the city where anything can happen, and it did, for I would never ever forget that night. The “blaze” in front of us, was Robin Williams. He was already well known, and had energy and aura like no other. He apparently knew the young lady I was with, a talented red headed beauty, from San Francisco, both University and Julliard here in NYC. We were all talking together, a mile a minute, laughing, giggling, and so happy to be in that very place on 1st and 78th street.
Springtime in Manhattan is like no other, for we all wait so very long for it to arrive. We all fight back each and every rainy day, snow and slush, trying to hail an unstopping cab at rush hour. We all wait for that first spring evening. The streets are filled with smiles, and exploration. The first of it’s kind in a year was not only a gift, but a needed dose or vaccine as it may be for the coming beauty of spring/summer ahead. That evening I had the extreme gift of realizing what God’s gift of our springtime, and earthly enlightenment(s) along together mixed with the ultimate gift of health, the gift of laughter.
Robin Williams, by far the most gifted of all “healers” with laughter, gave so very much; so much that I think it is hard for all of us to fathom just what impression his genius, his ability, and his wanting to “heal” us of all that makes us sad…all that needs healing.
Robin literally grabbed the two of us by the hands and ran us into this small but famous comedy club in NYC. He insisted we come and join him. He brought a table from the back of the small cafe-like room, and then two wooden seats, and put them almost on the very front of the stage, ordered us drinks and disappeared….

Until the small curtain parted. There stood Richard Belzer, the host and regular at the club…introduced…..Robin Williams….the two great comedians together, using improv and props (we became to our surprise some of the props lol) like no other in the world. This night, this wonderful man, this gift to all of humanity, like few others before, inspired me to realize, to truly understand my path of “anti-disease” and “anti-aging” …HOW VERY IMPORTANT LAUGHTER IS TO HEALING…how so very important, in even the very life threatening of diseases.

Robin Williams was a healer sent to us from heaven, there can be no mistake about that. The joy and happiness he unselfishly gave to all of us, friends, family, and the world as his audience. Along with greatness, being blessed, and responsibility, I believe he was on a mission. With such a blessed mission comes things that many of us can not begin to understand, but what i do understand is he was a blessing to so many, if not all of us….and his work, and memory…his healing and happiness to us all will live on and on….that evening, i laughed harder than I have ever since…
That evening I made laughter, one of my Expansive Medicine protocols, and it is blissfully weaved into each and every one of my 12 Steps…laughter, the kind that Robin has given us, the kind we have been allowed to experience through him, and those like him is a form of healing that can only come from heaven, from God …his work will live on through many of us who truly care…thank you God, and thank you Robin Williams…heaven has become an even happier place since you have arrived. We all here at Expansive Medicine will never forget what you have taught us, …the gift of laughter and well being…thank you, thank you for allowing me to see so much that evening we met…it has never been forgotten…Dr Craig Brown, Expansive Medicine

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Robin Williams, boisterous comedy star, dead at 63 “The First Time I Met Robin Williams Was a Blessing in Disguise”

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Probiotics, Bacteria, Health and Wellness, Dr Craig Brown, Expanding Medicine-Corporate and Personal Wellness

Posted on December 12, 2013 by admin

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NOT ONLY AUTISM…ONLY THE OBVIOUS…READ MORE, READ MUCH MORE …
Autism is not always represented to its full extent today. The key defining ‘manifestations’ of this “disease” ( and I call it a disease , because , as I have been stating for some time now, and as this study may represent on some level, a possible bacterial ( or other micro-organism proliferating in our body, maybe in our gut ( another study today came out of the ‘closet’ and stated anti acids and stomach medications may cause vitamin deficiencies ( which can in turn hurt our immune system or ability to fight off infection)
The following study, state that ‘good bacteria, that helps fight “bad” bacteria ( just to point out other recent studies I can quote for you, (just write me at DrCraigBrown@DrCraigBrown.com) show how different micro organisms can “help each other live in your body in synergy and hurt you and your immune system in the process.Please, read the article below, and let me help you understand how all of this ties together. Come to me seminars, retreats, and conferences, and let me show you how to understand and circumvent some of the dangerous outcomes of not being in “homeostasis”. Join me, and learn Expansive Wholistic Health path to my 21th Century Survival Kit. we are starting to predict for the first time there is a chance that our child will not out live us…learn why, and what you can do…write me at DrCraigBrown@DrCraigBrown.com, once we reach our quota, we will set up a ‘meet’ for all of our interested friends looking for answers on how to be Your Super-You! Dr Craig Brown, Expansive (W)Holistic Health, Tomorrow’s Answer For Health, Wealth, and Happiness …Today!

12/05/2013
Probiotic Therapy Alleviates Autism-like Behaviors in Mice Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is diagnosed when individuals exhibit characteristic behaviors that include repetitive actions, decreased social interactions, and impaired communication. Curiously, many individuals with ASD also suffer from gastrointestinal (GI) issues, such as abdominal cramps and constipation.Using the co-occurrence of brain and gut problems in ASD as their guide, researchers at the California Institute Technology (Caltech) are investigating a potentially transformative new therapy for autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.The gut microbiota—the community of bacteria that populate the human GI tract—previously has been shown to influence social and emotional behavior, but the Caltech research, published online in the December 5 issue of the journal Cell, is the first to demonstrate that changes in these gut bacteria can influence autism-like behaviors in a mouse model.”Traditional research has studied autism as a genetic disorder and a disorder of the brain, but our work shows that gut bacteria may contribute to ASD-like symptoms in ways that were previously unappreciated,” says Professor of Biology Sarkis K. Mazmanian. “Gut physiology appears to have effects on what are currently presumed to be brain functions.”To study this gut–microbiota–brain interaction, the researchers used a mouse model of autism previously developed at Caltech in the laboratory of Paul H. Patterson, the Anne P. and Benjamin F. Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences. In humans, having a severe viral infection raises the risk that a pregnant woman will give birth to a child with autism. Patterson and his lab reproduced the effect in mice using a viral mimic that triggers an infection-like immune response in the mother and produces the core behavioral symptoms associated with autism in the offspring.

In the new Cell study, Mazmanian, Patterson, and their colleagues found that the “autistic” offspring of immune-activated pregnant mice also exhibited GI abnormalities. In particular, the GI tracts of autistic-like mice were “leaky,” which means that they allow material to pass through the intestinal wall and into the bloodstream. This characteristic, known as intestinal permeability, has been reported in some autistic individuals. “To our knowledge, this is the first report of an animal model for autism with comorbid GI dysfunction,” says Elaine Hsiao, a senior research fellow at Caltech and the first author on the study.

To see whether these GI symptoms actually influenced the autism-like behaviors, the researchers treated the mice with Bacteroides fragilis, a bacterium that has been used as an experimental probiotic therapy in animal models of GI disorders.

The result? The leaky gut was corrected.

In addition, observations of the treated mice showed that their behavior had changed. In particular, they were more likely to communicate with other mice, had reduced anxiety, and were less likely to engage in a repetitive digging behavior.

“The B. fragilis treatment alleviates GI problems in the mouse model and also improves some of the main behavioral symptoms,” Hsiao says. “This suggests that GI problems could contribute to particular symptoms in neurodevelopmental disorders.”

With the help of clinical collaborators, the researchers are now planning a trial to test the probiotic treatment on the behavioral symptoms of human autism. The trial should begin within the next year or two, says Patterson.

“This probiotic treatment is postnatal, which means that the mother has already experienced the immune challenge, and, as a result, the growing fetuses have already started down a different developmental path,” Patterson says. “In this study, we can provide a treatment after the offspring have been born that can help improve certain behaviors. I think that’s a powerful part of the story.”

The researchers stress that much work is still needed to develop an effective and reliable probiotic therapy for human autism—in part because there are both genetic and environmental contributions to the disorder, and because the immune-challenged mother in the mouse model reproduces only the environmental component.

“Autism is such a heterogeneous disorder that the ratio between genetic and environmental contributions could be different in each individual,” Mazmanian says. “Even if B. fragilis ameliorates some of the symptoms associated with autism, I would be surprised if it’s a universal therapy—it probably won’t work for every single case.”

The Caltech team proposes that particular beneficial bugs are intimately involved in regulating the release of metabolic products (or metabolites) from the gut into the bloodstream. Indeed, the researchers found that in the leaky intestinal wall of the autistic-like mice, certain metabolites that were modulated by microbes could both easily enter the circulation and affect particular behaviors.

“I think our results may someday transform the way people view possible causes and potential treatments for autism,” Mazmanian says.

Along with Patterson, Hsiao, and Mazmanian, additional Caltech coauthors on the paper, “Microbiota Modulate Behavioral and Physiological Abnormalities Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders,” are Sara McBride, Sophia Hsien, Gil Sharon, Julian A. Codelli, Janet Chow, and Sarah E. Reisman. The work was supported by a Caltech Innovation Initiative grant, an Autism Speaks Weatherstone Fellowship, a National Institutes of Health/National Research Service Award Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship, a Human Frontiers Science Program Fellowship, a Department Of Defense Graduate Fellowship, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, an Autism Speaks Trailblazer Award, a Caltech Grubstake award, a Congressionally Directed Medical Research Award, a Weston Havens Foundation Award, several Callie McGrath Charitable Foundation awards, and the National Institute of Mental Health.
Written by Jessica Stoller-Conrad
– See more at: http://www.caltech.edu/content/probiotic-therapy-alleviates-autism-behaviors-mice#sthash.JzOYNLL5.dpuf

Photo: NOT ONLY AUTISM...ONLY THE OBVIOUS...READ MORE, READ MUCH MORE ...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
Autism is not always represented to its full extent today. The key defining 'manifestations' of this "disease" ( and I call it a disease , because , as I have been stating for some time now, and as this study may represent on some level, a possible bacterial ( or other micro-organism proliferating in our body, maybe in our gut ( another study today came out of the 'closet' and stated anti acids and stomach medications may cause vitamin deficiencies ( which can in turn hurt our immune system or ability to fight off infection)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
The following study, state that 'good bacteria, that helps fight "bad" bacteria ( just to point out other recent studies I can quote for you, (just write me at DrCraigBrown@DrCraigBrown.com) show how different micro organisms can "help each other live in your body in synergy and hurt you and your immune system in the process.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>Please, read the article below, and let me help you understand how all of this ties together. Come to me seminars, retreats, and conferences, and let me show you how to understand and circumvent some of the dangerous outcomes of not being in "homeostasis". Join me, and learn Expansive Wholistic Health path to my 21th Century Survival Kit. we are starting to predict for the first time there is a chance that our child will not out live us...learn why, and what you can do...write me at DrCraigBrown@DrCraigBrown.com, once we reach our quota, we will set up a 'meet' for all of our interested friends looking for answers on how to be Your Super-You! Dr Craig Brown, Expansive Wholistic Health, Tomorrow's Answer For Health, Wealth, and Happiness ...Today!</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>12/05/2013<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
Probiotic Therapy Alleviates Autism-like Behaviors in Mice</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is diagnosed when individuals exhibit characteristic behaviors that include repetitive actions, decreased social interactions, and impaired communication. Curiously, many individuals with ASD also suffer from gastrointestinal (GI) issues, such as abdominal cramps and constipation.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>Using the co-occurrence of brain and gut problems in ASD as their guide, researchers at the California Institute Technology (Caltech) are investigating a potentially transformative new therapy for autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>The gut microbiota—the community of bacteria that populate the human GI tract—previously has been shown to influence social and emotional behavior, but the Caltech research, published online in the December 5 issue of the journal Cell, is the first to demonstrate that changes in these gut bacteria can influence autism-like behaviors in a mouse model.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>"Traditional research has studied autism as a genetic disorder and a disorder of the brain, but our work shows that gut bacteria may contribute to ASD-like symptoms in ways that were previously unappreciated," says Professor of Biology Sarkis K. Mazmanian. "Gut physiology appears to have effects on what are currently presumed to be brain functions."</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>To study this gut–microbiota–brain interaction, the researchers used a mouse model of autism previously developed at Caltech in the laboratory of Paul H. Patterson, the Anne P. and Benjamin F. Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences. In humans, having a severe viral infection raises the risk that a pregnant woman will give birth to a child with autism. Patterson and his lab reproduced the effect in mice using a viral mimic that triggers an infection-like immune response in the mother and produces the core behavioral symptoms associated with autism in the offspring.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>In the new Cell study, Mazmanian, Patterson, and their colleagues found that the "autistic" offspring of immune-activated pregnant mice also exhibited GI abnormalities. In particular, the GI tracts of autistic-like mice were "leaky," which means that they allow material to pass through the intestinal wall and into the bloodstream. This characteristic, known as intestinal permeability, has been reported in some autistic individuals. "To our knowledge, this is the first report of an animal model for autism with comorbid GI dysfunction," says Elaine Hsiao, a senior research fellow at Caltech and the first author on the study.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>To see whether these GI symptoms actually influenced the autism-like behaviors, the researchers treated the mice with Bacteroides fragilis, a bacterium that has been used as an experimental probiotic therapy in animal models of GI disorders.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>The result? The leaky gut was corrected.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>In addition, observations of the treated mice showed that their behavior had changed. In particular, they were more likely to communicate with other mice, had reduced anxiety, and were less likely to engage in a repetitive digging behavior.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>"The B. fragilis treatment alleviates GI problems in the mouse model and also improves some of the main behavioral symptoms," Hsiao says. "This suggests that GI problems could contribute to particular symptoms in neurodevelopmental disorders."</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>With the help of clinical collaborators, the researchers are now planning a trial to test the probiotic treatment on the behavioral symptoms of human autism. The trial should begin within the next year or two, says Patterson.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>"This probiotic treatment is postnatal, which means that the mother has already experienced the immune challenge, and, as a result, the growing fetuses have already started down a different developmental path," Patterson says. "In this study, we can provide a treatment after the offspring have been born that can help improve certain behaviors. I think that's a powerful part of the story."</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>The researchers stress that much work is still needed to develop an effective and reliable probiotic therapy for human autism—in part because there are both genetic and environmental contributions to the disorder, and because the immune-challenged mother in the mouse model reproduces only the environmental component.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>"Autism is such a heterogeneous disorder that the ratio between genetic and environmental contributions could be different in each individual," Mazmanian says. "Even if B. fragilis ameliorates some of the symptoms associated with autism, I would be surprised if it's a universal therapy—it probably won't work for every single case."</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>The Caltech team proposes that particular beneficial bugs are intimately involved in regulating the release of metabolic products (or metabolites) from the gut into the bloodstream. Indeed, the researchers found that in the leaky intestinal wall of the autistic-like mice, certain metabolites that were modulated by microbes could both easily enter the circulation and affect particular behaviors.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>"I think our results may someday transform the way people view possible causes and potential treatments for autism," Mazmanian says.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>Along with Patterson, Hsiao, and Mazmanian, additional Caltech coauthors on the paper, "Microbiota Modulate Behavioral and Physiological Abnormalities Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders," are Sara McBride, Sophia Hsien, Gil Sharon, Julian A. Codelli, Janet Chow, and Sarah E. Reisman. The work was supported by a Caltech Innovation Initiative grant, an Autism Speaks Weatherstone Fellowship, a National Institutes of Health/National Research Service Award Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship, a Human Frontiers Science Program Fellowship, a Department Of Defense Graduate Fellowship, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, an Autism Speaks Trailblazer Award, a Caltech Grubstake award, a Congressionally Directed Medical Research Award, a Weston Havens Foundation Award, several Callie McGrath Charitable Foundation awards, and the National Institute of Mental Health.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
Written by Jessica Stoller-Conrad<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
- See more at: http://www.caltech.edu/content/probiotic-therapy-alleviates-autism-behaviors-mice#sthash.JzOYNLL5.dpuf

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The Oral Systemic Connection: The Mouth and Body Connection: Bacteria, Yeast, Candida, Virus, Parasites, Fungus

Posted on November 27, 2013 by admin

The link between the oral cavity and systemic diseases is usually in the hands of the Doctors of Dental and Oral Medicine. Actinomycosis and Candida Albucans (bacteria and yeast), Streptococcus Mutans , Lactobacillus, and spirochetes, (associated with Lyme disease, and syphilis (spirochetes) , both possibly all, share having damaging Cardiovascular effects ( the link for example of Periodontal Disease and Heart Disease ).

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All or some forms of bad bacteria, and pathogens are major offenders in the oral cavity and ‘markers’ of either existing systemic diseases or the diseases in their incipient stages, In my opinion, these should be signs and markers , used for much earlier diagnosis and detection of the onslaught of the coming of major system problems and life threatening diseases. This would be so much more preventative, in establishing earlier, simpler, and so much less invasive means of treatment. Why should we be so ‘late to the party’ with treatment. Preventative treatment is so much wiser, and less severe and traumatic for us, than waiting for real problems to visibly surface. Thus needing us to resort to possible harmful near term drug relief with the long-term possibilities of even worse problems down the road. Coenzyme Q 10 is believed to be sometimes stored in the gingival tissues gingival mucosal layers of the oral cavity. Yeast (tongue, root structures on the teeth, and mucosal tissues), viruses, and bacteria such as spirochetes and streptococcus, all do not survive well in alkaline environment. And thrive in an acidic environment. Our job is to recognize the beginnings of systemic diseases. We must identify and diagnose, by finding these markers, (by observation, by clinical exams, blood panels, and swab cultures) so that we can treat and collaborate with other doctors, in all fields associated with the disease, and avoid the proliferation of such unnecessary diseases. We must try to avoid, having to have to treat, because of late diagnosis, with drug therapies, that can, down the road, create long term criteria, causing related or unrelated, problems or deficiencies, there by giving us other compromising health issues in the not so distant future. This consideration and early diagnosis and prevention is way overdue.
The Oral cavity, along with the skin, the nasal area, ears, and eyes are all the entrance access ways for microorganisms to find their way into our bodies, and compete with us, their host, for nutrients, minerals, oxygen. These pathogens/microorganisms, (yeast/bad bacteria/virus/parasites/fungus) deliver, through their ‘by products of this assimilation, toxins, and poisons, forcing our bodies to perform extra work, utilizing “NEEDED” energy in the form of ATP, to detoxify, and neutralize these poisons. Thus taking the energy we could be using to boost our immune systems. Energy needed to repair, regenerate and rejuvenate our cells. Without this ‘extra work’, I believe we would have greater overall energy, stamina, vitality, stronger immunity and better overall emotional, mental, and physical health! If in fact we were able to reduce or stop this proliferation of ‘parasitic competitors/predators’ that are ‘waging war against us’ (these living microorganisms), I believe we would bring health and healthcare to a place of true healing and prevention. This is only common sense. It is beyond me, how history has separated the oral cavity from systemic diseases and created a separation into two medical professions…one of Dental Medicine, wrongly referred to as Dentistry or Dentists. Oral Medicine is the beginning, in my opinion of so many, if not all disease If you consider this concept for just a moment, that the more competing microorganisms that are allowed to proliferate in our bodies, the more ‘soldiers’ the other side have to win the war…which is ultimately Heart Disease, Cancer, Auto Immune Diseases, and ‘quickening’ of Old Age.