And now … the kitchen presents … your dinner! (Or in this case: THE BOOK IS READY!!)

A classic line from Lemieux in “Beauty and the Beast.” Lots of pomp. Great presentation. Sumptuous! It made me want to get “in” the movie!

Here’s the real news: My (long awaited) book is ready. It’s shipping. People are reading it. Some people are even reading it, raising and eyebrow, and smiling!

The book is titled: “Magnetic Resonance Stimulation: Using the Field to Maximize Your Health.” Many readers of this blog receive a magazine called “The Wave.” The most current edition of The Wave includes 60 pages of information about magnetic resonance stimulation, including some excerpts from my book!

If you have already pre-ordered your book(s), you will be receiving your order in the coming days. There is no need to order AGAIN. However, those of you who have not pre-orderd the book and are interested in receiving your very own copy, you can download an order form HERE.

For more information about “Magnetic Resonance Stimulation: Using the Field…” you can check out the April 2, 2009 post on this blog. Also, you can click to view EXCERPTS OF THE BOOK.

Finally!!

Dr. C

Yellow Cake with Chocolate Icing

Once in a while a divergence from the norm is a good thing. My Dad and my Grandpa Carmichael were born in the very same room in a farm house outside of a small town called Villisca, Iowa. My Grandpa (George Willard Carmichael) was a farmer. He did things the “old fashioned” way. That is, he was an organic farmer. My Dad, a twice daily MRS 2000 user who recently celebrated his 80th birthday, penned the following in June, 2003. Please forgive my indulgence. I enjoy my Dad’s writing! Those of you who appreciate country life and Americana might enjoy this peek into my family’s past… (I’m not endorsing the nutritional habits revealed herein! )

GEORGE WILLARD CARMICHAEL Born June 16, 1905 Died August 5, 1995
Yellow cake with chocolate icing. Today is my father’s birthday. Every year, Mom used to bake his favorite cake. Dad particularly loved a cake when it had aged for a day or two and he would go to the cupboard at bedtime and get a cereal dish, cut a big slab of cake and cover it with milk. All of your nutrition gurus and your health nuts will tell you that you shouldn’t eat at bedtime and you definitely should not eat carbohydrates which convert to sugar which is very bad for your health. Continued abuse of ones body in this manner will cut years off ones life and it may very well have done so in his case as Dad only lived 90 years. He wanted to outlive his father who died at 89 and he did. Grandpa Jim had fallen and broken his hip which rendered him bedfast and it may have hastened his death as he didn’t like lying around with nothing to do so he probably just gave up. Who knows how long he would have lived without the untimely accident? But Dad did achieve one of his goals in life and, although it might seem trivial to you and me, it was important to him. He wanted to be remembered for quantity as well as quality, I guess. Anyway, Dad loved yellow cake with chocolate frosting. June 16 usually came right in the middle of the first haying season. In those days, farmers had two hay crops; the alfalfa needed cutting in June and again in August because it had to be either baled or put in the hay mow of the barn while it was still young and juicy. Animals loved the dried young alfalfa or red clover plants that had been harvested at the peak of their goodness. In the early days, during the 30’ and 40s, most of the hay was put into the hay mow and Dad would always be the ‘man in the barn’ where he would spread the hay so that it would dry properly. Dad was a stickler for doing a job ‘right’…..he always said ‘if you’re going to do something, do it right’. Which, in his case, meant doing it his way. And he was seldom wrong as he had carefully considered the different ways of doing farm work and his way was usually the better way. All of the neighboring farmers would get together at haying time and trade work. One guy would bring a team of horses and a hay wagon (rack). Others would bring a pitchfork and spend their days pitching hay onto the hay racks. It was a fun time for a young lad as I could ride my pony around the hay fields and harass the pitchers. When I was old enough (around 7), I became the water boy and would carry jugs of fresh water to all of the neighbors working out in the fields until everyone had an opportunity to grab a drink. Around and around, from the well to the field and back again. My Dad had made a cart for my Shetland pony, Trixie and me and it was perfect for the job of watering the troops. Dad was always making some contraption or another that would help make a farm job easier. He had all sorts of inventions that he would dream up in his head, then head for the machine shed and turn the idea into reality. One of Dad’s inventions was a powered ice cream freezer. In those days, ice cream was hand cranked. I can’t count the number of times Dad and I made homemade ice cream by turning that crank, taking turns, but Dad would always end up turning it last when the ice cream was almost frozen and the crank was hard to turn. Dad had strong arms and hands and could do it much easier than I could. Dad decided one day that there had to be a better way to turn the crank without doing it by hand. So he took the ice cream freezer to the machine shed and came out with a new improved method for turning the crank. He simply removed the crank, then put a pulley in its place. He mounted another shaft on the wall of our ‘wash house’ with a pulley at each end. Then he secured the ice cream freezer with braces to the wall, put V-belts on the pulleys on the wall and ran one to the freezer and the other to the motor of our old Maytag washing machine. When he tried it the first time, it ran too fast so he put on a larger pulley that geared it down to just the right speed. From that time on, Dad and I no longer had to use muscle to freeze ice cream. “Use your head and save your heels” was another of Dad’s favorite sayings. On June 16th, every year, the Carmichael family, Dad, Mom and me, would have homemade ice cream and yellow cake with chocolate icing on Dad’s birthday. It was a family tradition for us and family tradition is the cement that holds a family together and makes it unique, in my opinion. I’m firmly convinced that the sound of an old Maytag washing machine engine would cause my thoughts to turn to homemade ice cream, yellow cake with chocolate icing and thoughts of my Mom and Dad and of the days when life was simpler. Written by their son, Bob Carmichael on June 16th, 2003. Happy Birthday, Dad. I loved you then and I love you still.

Vitamin D deficiency plays role in many adverse health conditions, studies show

New data on nutrition and heart disease presented at a recent symposium and published in the July issue of the American Journal of the Medical Sciences shows that low vitamin D is a common problem affecting many health conditions, including high blood pressure, heart failure and ischemic heart disease. Moreover, according to Suzanne Judd, M.P.H., Ph.D., of University of Alabama at Birmingham and Dr. Vin Tangpricha of Emory University, in patients with heart disease, vitamin D deficiency may increase their risk of high blood pressure or sudden death. “The prospect that macro- and micronutrients may play an important role in the appearance of diseases of the cardiovasculature and their progressive nature is both intriguing and provocative,” writes Dr. Karl T. Weber in the article’s preface.

In addition, during the symposium, Dr. German Kamalov and his colleagues made a presentation that addressed why patients with heart failure”especially African Americans”are prone to an imbalance of several nutrients. As they explained, with the imbalance, there is an activation of certain hormones, which leads to inflammation and wasting of soft tissues and bone. They discussed approaches to recognizing this nutritional imbalance, and suggest that a “polynutrient supplement” including calcium, magnesium, zinc, selenium, and vitamins D, B12 and B1 could potentially play a role in heart failure management. However, as Dr. Weber notes, despite the new evidence, “The role of nutrition in the causation, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases is largely unexplored. Investigator-initiated, hypothesis-driven research conducted in a mode of discovery by a multidisciplinary team of basic and clinical scientists will undoubtedly open new frontiers and pave the way by identifying simple remedies that could advance the practice of medicine.”

The main risk factors for low vitamin D levels include older age, being female, living in lower latitudes, winter season, darker skin pigmentation, less sunlight exposure, dietary habits and the absence of vitamin D fortification in common foods. Additional factors include increased urbanization, where people typically live and work indoors, as well as cultural practices that encourage people to avoid the sun and wear clothing that covers the skin. Individuals with cystic fibrosis or inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn’s are also at high risk.

COMMENT: Vitamin D deficiency is, according to North American Academy of Energy Medicine Board Member Dr. Steve Haltiwanger, an electron deficiency disorder. While other supplements may or may not be needed in particular individuals, Vitamin D is something that all should considering supplementing. Also, see comments on Vitamin D in the book “The China Study” by Dr. T. Colin Campbell.

Parkinson’s Disease and PEMF therapy…

Sieron, A. and G. Cieslar (2003). “[Application of variable magnetic fields in medicine--15 years experience].” Wiad Lek 56(9-10): 434-41.
The results of 15-year own experimental and clinical research on application of variable magnetic fields in medicine were presented. In experimental studies analgesic effect (related to endogenous opioid system and nitrogen oxide activity) and regenerative effect of variable magnetic fields with therapeutical parameters was observed. The influence of this fields on enzymatic and hormonal activity, free oxygen radicals, carbohydrates, protein and lipid metabolism, dielectric and rheological properties of blood as well as behavioural reactions and activity of central dopamine receptor in experimental animals was proved. In clinical studies high therapeutic efficacy of magnetotherapy and magnetostimulation in the treatment of osteoarthrosis, abnormal ossification, osteoporosis, nasosinusitis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, spastic paresis, diabetic polyneuropathy and retinopathy, vegetative neurosis, peptic ulcers, colon irritable and trophic ulcers was confirmed.

Sandyk, R. (1992). “Magnetic fields in the therapy of parkinsonism.” Int J Neurosci 66(3-4): 209-35.
In a recent Editorial published in this Journal, I presented a new and revolutionary method for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD). I reported that extracranial treatment with picoTesla magnetic fields (MF) is a highly effective, safe, and revolutionary modality in the symptomatic management of PD. My conclusion was based on experience gained following the successful treatment of over 20 Parkinsonian patients, two of whom had levodopa-induced dyskinesias. None of the patients developed side effects during a several month period of follow-up. In the present communication, I present two reports. The first concerns four Parkinsonian patients in whom picoTesla MF produced a remarkable and sustained improvement in disability. Three of the patients had idiopathic PD and the fourth patient developed a Parkinsonian syndrome following an anoxic episode. In all patients, treatment with MF was applied as an adjunct to antiParkinsonian medication. The improvement noted in these patients attests to the efficacy of picoTesla MF as an additional, noninvasive modality in the therapy of the disease. The second report concerns two demented Parkinsonian patients in whom treatment with picoTesla MF rapidly reversed visuospatial impairment as demonstrated by the Clock Drawing Test. These findings demonstrate, for the first time, the efficacy of these MF in the amelioration of cognitive deficits in Parkinson’s disease. Since Alzheimer’s pathology frequently coexists with the dementia of Parkinsonism, these observations underscore the potential efficacy of picoTesla MF in the treatment of dementias of various etiologies.

Sandyk, R. and R. P. Iacono (1994). “Reversal of micrographia in Parkinson’s disease by application of picoTesla range magnetic fields.” Int J Neurosci 77(1-2): 77-84.
Micrographia, a common and often early sign of Parkinson’s disease (PD), is a sensitive clinical marker of the severity of bradykinesia and rigidity in the disease. As micrographia may be reversed by treatment with dopaminergic drugs and may emerge during therapy with neuroleptic agents, it is thought to reflect striatal dopaminergic deficiency. It has been reported recently that external application of picoTesla range magnetic fields (MF) produced a dramatic improvement in the motor symptoms of PD suggesting that these weak MF enhance striatal dopaminergic neurotransmission. In the present communication, we present a 61 year old patient with PD in whom picoTesla range MF attenuated the severity of bradykinesia and rigidity, improved postural stability, and rapidly reversed the micrographia within 30 minutes after termination of treatment. In contrast, sham (placebo) MF did not influence the severity of the motor symptoms of the disease or the associated micrographia. This report demonstrates the antiParkinsonian effect of picoTesla range MF and highlights the unique efficacy of these weak MF in the therapy of Parkinsonism.

Sandyk, R., P. A. Anninos, et al. (1992). “Magnetic fields in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.” Int J Neurosci 63(1-2): 141-50.
Levodopa-induced dyskinesias are a common complication of chronic dopaminergic therapy in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The overall prevalence of levodopa-induced dyskinesias ranges from 40%-90% and is related to the underlying disease process, pharmacologic factors, and to the duration of high dose levodopa therapy. The mechanisms underlying the emergence of levodopa-induced dyskinesias are unknown, although most investigators favor the theory that striatal dopamine receptor supersensitivity is directly responsible for the development of these abnormal movements. In laboratory animals, the pineal hormone melatonin has been shown to regulate striatal dopaminergic activity and block levodopa-induced dyskinesias (Cotzias et al., 1971). Since the pineal gland is known to be a magnetosensitive organ and as application of external magnetic fields has been shown to alter melatonin secretion, we studied the effects of application of external artificial weak magnetic fields in a Parkinsonian patient with severe levodopa-induced dyskinesias (“on-off”). Application of weak magnetic fields with a frequency of 2 Hz and intensity of 7.5 picotesla (pT) for a 6 minute period resulted in a rapid and dramatic attenuation of Parkinsonian disability and an almost complete resolution of the dyskinesias. This effect persisted for about 72 hours after which the patient regressed to his pretreatment state. To ascertain if the responses elicited in the laboratory were reproducible, the patient was instructed to apply magnetic fields of the same characteristics daily at home. These subsequent treatments paralleled the initial response with a sustained improvement being maintained during an observation period lasting at least one month. This case demonstrates the efficacy of weak magnetic fields in the treatment of Parkinsonism and motor complications of chronic levodopa therapy.

Sandyk, R. (1996). “Brief communication: electromagnetic fields improve visuospatial performance and reverse agraphia in a parkinsonian patient.” Int J Neurosci 87(3-4): 209-17.
A 73 year old right-handed man, diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in 1982, presented with chief complaints of disabling resting and postural tremors in the right hand, generalized bradykinesia and rigidity, difficulties with the initiation of gait, freezing of gait, and mild dementia despite being fully medicated. On neuropsychological testing the Bicycle Drawing Test showed cognitive impairment compatible with bitemporal and frontal lobe dysfunction and on attempts to sign his name he exhibited agraphia. After receiving two successive treatments, each of 20 minutes duration, with AC pulsed electromagnetic fields (EMFs) of 7.5 picotesla intensity and 5 Hz frequency sinusoidal wave, his drawing to command showed improvement in visuospatial performance and his signature became legible. One week later, after receiving two additional successive treatments with these EMFs each of 20 minutes duration with a 7 Hz frequency sinusoidal wave, he drew a much larger, detailed and visuospatially organized bicycle and his signature had normalized. Simultaneously, there was marked improvement in Parkinsonian motor symptoms with almost complete resolution of the tremors, start hesitation and freezing of gait. This case demonstrates the dramatic beneficial effects of AC pulsed picotesla EMFs on neurocognitive processes subserved by the temporal and frontal lobes in Parkinsonism and suggest that the dementia of Parkinsonism may be partly reversible.

Sandyk, R. (1995). “Improvement in short-term visual memory by weak electromagnetic fields in Parkinson’s disease.” Int J Neurosci 81(1-2): 67-82.
Neuropsychological studies have demonstrated that Parkinson’s disease (PD) is associated with various cognitive deficits ultimately leading in about 30% of patients to the development of dementia. These studies have demonstrated also a greater decrement of right hemispheric functions with visuospatial deficits occurring in up to 90% of PD patients. The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF) Test has been employed in the assessment of right hemispheric functions and particularly for the evaluation of visuoconstructive abilities and short-term visual memory. I have demonstrated recently that external application of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) in the picotesla (pT) range intensity is an effective nonpharmacological modality in the management of the motor and cognitive deficits of Parkinsonism. In the present communication I present 3 fully medicated nondemented PD patients (mean age: 68 +/- 8.1 yrs; mean duration of illness: 9.0 +/- 4.0 yrs; mean disability on the Hoehn and Yahr scale: 3) who were tested on the ROCF Test before and after a series of treatments with EMFs. In response to the administration of EMFs the group demonstrated a mean of 23.1 +/- 13.6% improved performance on copy of the ROCF and a 39.3 +/- 13.4% improvement of short-term recall of the ROCF. These findings demonstrate that treatment with pT EMFs improves deficits in visuospatial functions and visual memory in Parkinsonism which usually remain unaffected during standard treatment with dopaminergic pharmacotherapy.

July 14th Teleclass comin’ atcha!

Special guests: Dr. Mike Meehan (East Coast) and Dr. Lima Bergman (West Coast). We’re having an “East Coast – West Coast” discussion at 6:30 MST (8:30 EST, 5:30 PST and 2:30 HST) you won’t want to miss! Kick back, relax, and enjoy “summer school” at E Medicine U!

If you’re an EMU member, you’ll receive your invitation with login / access code information by email. If not, there may still be time to sign up. Enrollment forms are available! If you would like to participate, tuition for 1 year is only $54.95 — you can download an enrollment form (for filling out and faxing) RIGHT HERE!

See you there!

Dr. C

Progress and stress

According to Richard Swenson, M.D. in his book Hurtling Toward Oblivion, “Progress … works by differentiation and proliferation, thus inevitably and irreversibly resulting in more and more of everything faster and faster.” Progress produces exponential effects so that things not only grow, they explode. Dr. Swenson states that we are underestimating how extraordinarily rapid the changes wrought by progress have occurred, and will occur in the future.

The result? Overload and excessive stress!

Look around you. Think. Is this all there is? Does anybody REST anymore? What ever happened to the porch swing, holding hands, and an evening walk with your beloved after a long summer day? For many of us, sleep is sparse, food is “on the go” (who has time to even chew!), and we’re in “catch-up mode” 24/7. Our stress overload produces burn-out of our adrenal glands and we are in “fight or flight” mode ALL the time. Can’t fall asleep; can’t stay asleep. Digest food properly — are you kidding? A pill to wake up; a pill to go to sleep; a pill to get high, get low, have sex, and a pill to get happy. Ahhh, progress!

The answer: Slow down and rebalance! How? While all body systems are under seige, the controlling system in overload is the autonomic nervous system. This system is comprised of two parts: the parasympathetic and the sympathetic — “rest and digest” and “fight or flight” respectively. So the balance we’re after is to get MORE “rest and digest” while at the same time putting “fight or flight” to bed for awhile.

The best way I’ve found to help this happen ON YOUR OWN, AT HOME, WITH NO SIDE EFFECTS is using the wellness and stress-busting power of the MRS 2000+ designo Systems. You might need help — you might need a boost along the path through chiropractic care, acupuncture, massage and some nutritional tools, but for day by day balance for the rest of your life (pun intended) the MRS 2000 is a daily respite from the unrelenting advance of progress and hyper-stress.

Live in or near Denver? Call our clinics for an appointment. You’ll find us at http://www.Center4Spine.com.

I’ll take the porch swing!

June Webinar Replay, The MRS 2000 Book, Oktoberfest and more!

Hey Everybody! SUMMER IS HERE! Time to sip on some lemonade, hug those you love, convert a little more Vitamin D to its active form (through recreational sun exposure, of course), and soak up the ENERGY from Energy Medicine Unlimited!!

Our June 2009 Webinar Replay is underfunctioning right now. We’ve notified our server and this is a known issue to them. The audio recording is preserved, and I’ve asked them when we can get the webinar with slides re-uploaded. They’ll have a fix soon, and we’ll pass it along on this Blog.

The first copy of “Magnetic Resonance Stimulation: Using the Field to Maximize Your Health” is off the press this week and undergoing the required quality review process by the printer. EMU is buzzing with excitement!! Place your book orders with The Health Technicians, Canada (on the web at mediconsult.ca).

THREE REASONS TO REGISTER NOW (!!) FOR OKTOBERFEST:
1. NETWORKING — Some of my best strategies, insights and encouragements have come from meeting you, spending time with you, laughing with you and learning from you!! I get CHARGED UP by being with my MediConsult family!
2. VISION AND VISION CASTING — when we all get together August 15 in Ontario we have the opportunity to capture the vision for the massive opportunities that exist for us right now. Together we are able to wrap our brains around the bigness of it, the benefit of it to others, and the blessing it will bring to our own lives. We capture a glimpse of how we fit in the larger scheme of things, and we can more clearly establish our own personal vision for next steps in the context of MediConsult International. The world is a BIG place! We need each other to comprehend this together!
3. SERVICE! University studies prove that money has absolutely nothing to do with happiness. In fact, what Hans Selye called “altruistic egoism” is really a key secret to happiness — and long life! When we serve one another, and serve a cause bigger than ourselves, we achieve the fulfillment and satisfaction we were designed to long for. By overflowing genuine joy, goodness, positivity and abundance to others we open ourselves up to life’s true meaning and our true purpose. We are wired to serve — especially in this field of ours called Energy Medicine. Those who’ve been in the game of live for a while now will affirm this: it is more blessed to give than to receive! If you register now for Oktoberfest for no other reason than to SERVE SOMEONE, you’ve registered for the best reason of all!

(And there’s a fourth reason, of course!! The Cupid Shuffle I’ll be leading us on the dance floor in a new E Medicine U line dance!!) You can practice by clicking HERE! Let’s HAVE SOME FUN!!

So set your sights HIGH and bring 10, 15 or 20 peeps to the best family picnic you’ll experience in 2009! See you there to catch some VISION!!

Thanks for attending E Med U class last night!!

Great class! HAVE A COMMENT? POST IT HERE!! (Click on “Comment” button below!)
Slides are working fine on the replay. Members have an email on how to access these slides (complete with audio) as well as the password.
Not a member of E Med U? Sign up today! One WHOLE YEAR of Teleclasses (plus access to prior classes, including last night’s) for only $54.95. CLICK HERE for an enrollment form, and while you’re there at our downloads site you’ll ALSO find a full color copy of WOLFI’S LAW, a pictoral guide for using the PAD and PROBE/WAND applicators of the MRS 2000.
Claude (Toronto) — you had a long, multifaceted question and I’d love to answer that off line. JoAnne (Los Angeles) — you had a long case history. For both of you, I’d love to answer your questions — just email your questions to info@EmedicineU.com and I’ll answer in a jiffy!
Thanks again to all who attended, and to our special guest expert, Dr. Phil McAllister from Ontario, Canada for being part of the fun! We had 98 questions/comments last night — you guys are AWESOME! Let’s keep learning together, shall we? ~ Dr. C

We get mail!

It’s always nice to hear the stories of “real live” people encountering energy medicine and the MRS 2000 for the first time. Recently I received this from a trusted health expert in the western U.S.:

“My mom is (in her 60′s) and has been suffering from high blood pressure lately and her doctor has been trying to get her medicine adjusted to control it. He didn’t want her to travel the one hour flight to my house a couple of weeks ago to see my daughter’s dance recital because he was afraid the stress of travel would be dangerous. [My mom] had 2 sessions on the mat and decided to check her pressure and she was shocked to see that it had gone down dramatically! It had been at 205 [systolic] and it went down to 165. She also has had a chronic knee problem from an injury 3 years ago. She has a really hard time climbing stairs. She was on the mat for 3 days twice a day and by the end of her visit she was climbing my stair WITHOUT PAIN. [The knee] pain came back a few days after she returned home but still is not at the same severity as it was before the [MRS 2000] mat. When she got home all her friends told her she hadn’t looked so healthy in years!”

Thank you for the letter — I’ll post more of your reports soon!

Disclaimer: The MRS 2000+ designo Systems are for health and wellness and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or illness. Individual responses may vary.

The Universe is now Unlimited

Hi folks!
My search of the “universe” for “Energy Medicine University” did not reveal an organization that started in 2006 — with some really great faculty, I might add — that has kindly informed us that it would be better to not use their legal business name. That’s a great idea, since no harm / no foul was ever intended. Still not sure I can’t start a blog named: “McDonald’s BLOG” — but to be kind and to avoid any hassles, this blog — Energy Medicine University — is NOW:
ENERGY MEDICINE UNLIMITED!!
Everything else is the same!
Great things are cooking for our next class — June 16th — where we will have a FUNDAMENTAL REVIEW OF THE BASICS OF THE MRS 2000. There are so many newbies wanting this information — it’s time. So invite all your friends and keep an eye on your EMAIL!!