Re: Animal stress vs human stress - cortisone and radiation

[hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net]

John, (and all HPs interested that < 10rem/year may benefit)

    Indeed, not all medical conditions can be fixed by radiation - or balanced

diet or iodized salt or fluoridated water, etc.



However. numerous animal and ecologic studies suggest more harm from deficiency

than excess radiation! That message should redistribute >$10 B /year.

My exploration of human experiment (needed for all new medicine) is hung up on a

convincing test of benefit. The chief of immunology research at UCSF says he

would not apply to normal persons any improvement in T cells proven with

radiation.



Animal data is still our best, although I believe that the Field, Wang and Cohen

studies indicate threshold of benefit at probably < 148 Bq/cubic meter (4pCi/L),

lower than I would have guessed.



Does anyone have a quicker measure than Cameron's proposed cancer rate and

longevity with U ore (or placebo) under bed?



Howard Long



"Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" wrote:



> Howard,

> I, also, heard about x-ray exposures to treat bursitis.  However, even you

> would have to admit the current treatment regimes work very well, are

> cheaper, and easier for the patient to manage.  Of course, I have heard that

> magnets and bee honey work also.

>

> All medical conditions cannot be fixed by irradiation.

> -- John

>

> John Jacobus, MS

> Certified Health Physicist

> 3050 Traymore Lane

> Bowie, MD  20715-2024

>

> E-mail:  jenday1@email.msn.com (H)

> -----Original Message-----

> From: hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net [mailto:hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net]

> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:56 PM

> To: Paul lavely

> Cc: RuthWeiner@AOL.COM; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu; sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET;

> Rod Warren; Deborah Loeser

> Subject: Re: Animal stress vs human stress - cortisone and radiation

>

> Bursitis relief from cortisone was enabled by Hans Selye who subjected rats

> to unpredictable shocks and tracing the source of their calcium coating.

> Torture.

> Every day I see patients greatly relieved because of that animal sacrifice.

> Bursitis was relieved by my preceptor 53 years ago, with X ray to the

> shoulder.

> I was puzzled. The patient was happy. Radiation fears in the Bomb Era

> stopped that treatment, as animal activists would stop animal

> experimentation.

>  . . .

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