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"A drug called imipramine (Tofranil), developed in the 1940s for the treatment of tuberculosis, helped a number of the depressed patients on the tuberculosis wards in terms of their depression (if not their tuberculosis). This led psychiatrists in France, and later the U.S., to try this drug on patients hospitalized for depression. This was the birth of the tricyclic medications. Tricyclics, which include doxepin (Sinequan), amoxapine (Asendin), and amitriptyline (Elavil), increase norepinephrine and serotonin levels in the synapses (the spaces between the nerve cells in the brain)." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) What isTB? A contagious bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB).The lungs are primarily involved, but the infection can spread to other organs. Tuberculosis is spread from person to person through the air. When people with TB in their lungs or throat cough, laugh, sneeze, sing, or even talk, the germs that cause TB maybe spread into the air. If another person breathes in these germs, there is a chance that they will become infected with tuberculosis. What causes it?" - Robert Redfern, The Miracle Enzyme Is Serrapeptase (Get the book.)

"A drug called imipramine (Tofranil), developed in the 1940s for the treatment of tuberculosis, helped a number of the depressed patients on the tuberculosis wards in terms of their depression (if not their tuberculosis). This led psychiatrists in France, and later the U.S., to try this drug on patients hospitalized for depression. This was the birth of the tricyclic medications. Tricyclics, which include doxepin (Sinequan), amoxapine (Asendin), and amitriptyline (Elavil), increase norepinephrine and serotonin levels in the synapses (the spaces between the nerve cells in the brain)." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Of airborne diseases, the great success story and exemplar of orthodoxy would seem to be tuberculosis. In England and Wales, the death rate from that dreaded disease declined from 2,901 per million in the mid-nineteenth century to only 13 per million in 1971, accounting for 17.5% of the total reduction in standardized death rates. The story is similar for the United States, where from 1900 to 1970, fewer fatalities from tuberculosis accounted for 16.5% of the decline in standard death rate. Yet the story is not so easily interpreted. " - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"Kallmann's correlation, however, was spurious because he failed to recognize that the high rate of tuberculosis among schizophrenia patients and their relatives was the result of environmental conditions common to both schizophrenia and tuberculosis patients. Had Kallmann created a "schizophrenia spectrum" in 1938, tuberculosis would have likely been a part of it ?and with greater justification than any of the non-Bl Danish-American SSDs." - Jay Joseph, The Missing Gene: Psychiatry, Heredity, and the Fruitless Search for Genes (Get the book.)

"Srinivasamurti then addressed the specific cases of cholera and tuberculosis, diseases closely identified with germ theory, the new pubhc health—and with medically justified compulsion in both Europe and European colonies (compulsion which met with strong pubHc resistance and condemnation in both places): [E]ven in the case of diseases like cholera and tuberculosis, which are definitely stated to be due to specific bacteria, the chain of evidence is by no means so strong as it is generally stated to be." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.)

"Drug therapy was not introduced until the midst of World War II and not commonly used until 1948; BCG vaccine, produced from weakened bovine tuberculosis bacilli, followed a few years later. It is true that in England and Wales death from tuberculosis decreased 51% from 1948 to 1971. Yet this reduction is less significant than it might appear. Closer analysis shows that the introduction of streptomycin barely changed the slope of decline, and that, moreover, chemotherapy accounted for only 3.2% of the entire reduction of deaths since 1848 from that once dreaded disease." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"Orange stools are also a common reaction to the drug rifampin, which is used to treat certain bacterial infections, especially tuberculosis, below.) (See Golden Pee, SIGN OF THE TIMES RED OR MAROON STOOLS We all see red occasionally. However, seeing red in your stools may set off a red alert. Fortunately, sometimes it's just a false alarm. While what you're seeing may indeed be blood and signal a serious disorder, it can also be a harmless sign that you've eaten or drunk large amounts of something red. It's not just leeches and maggots that have recently caught on for medical treatments." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "Night sweats are also a classic clue to both tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. Cough and fever are other frequent signs of TB, while malaria is often accompanied by nausea, headaches, and chills. Interestingly, sweating often accompanies the chills that are also common with these infections. Night sweats can be an early warning sign of some forms of cancer, SIGNIFICANT FACT Male sweat can be a turn-on to women, according to a recent study at the University of California, Berkeley." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Also used as a cough expectorant, and as treatment for food poisoning, scurvy, tuberculosis, and colic. In the southern United States, horseradish rubbed on the forehead was a popular method of getting rid of headaches. WASABI: Wasabi's antibacterial properties were first documented in a tenth-century Japanese medical encyclopedia. It was believed to be an antidote to food poisoning, making it a natural accompaniment to raw fish. Throw Me a Lifesaver! HEART HEALTH: A rat study found that the isothiocyanates in Wasabi inhibit platelet aggregation and deaggregation." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Home Remedies In India, green cardamom is used to treat a range of maladies such as periodontal infections, sore throats, lung congestion, tuberculosis, inflammation, and digestive disorders. It is also reportedly used as an antidote for both snake and scorpion venom. The Amomum species is used extensively in traditional Indian medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine uses cardamom for treating stomachaches, constipation, diarrhea, and other digestive difficulties. Cardomon has been traditionally used as an antispasmotic. Throw Me a Lifesaver!" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Iron fortification and supplementation must be reconsidered during infections to prevent worsening infections such as malaria, tuberculosis, HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), and typhoid. Nutrient Interactions with Iron Iron deficiency anemia may be aggravated by a deficiency of vitamin A. With iron deficiency anemia, the combination of iron supplementation with vitamin A supplementation is more effective than either supplement alone. Vitamin A seems to improve the iron status of pregnant women and children. Copper has been found to assist iron absorption." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"The hump can also be a telltale sign or tuberculosis, a spinal tumor or injury, or degenerative arthritis. (See Stiff Joints, below.) The spine is a series of bones running down your back. You sit on one end of it and your head sits on the other. —Anonymous WARNING SIGN An osteoporosis-related hip fracture is a warning sign of increased risk of death. Nearly 1 out of 4 people older than 50 who break a hip die in the year following the fracture. Many of those who survive will require long-term care because they're left with significant trouble walking." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"The treatment of tuberculosis, he continued, "represents a milestone in human endeavor."7 It would seem that Thomas is on firm ground. The research that led to the development of diphtheria antitoxin was awarded the very first Nobel Prize in medicine in 1901. "By the 1930s," according to one historian of medicine, diphtheria had become "the paradigmatic disease of the so-called bacteriological revolution and the symbol of the triumph of scientific medicine in the control of infectious disease."8 In many ways, "diphtheria was the darling of the bacterial revolution." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"TUBERCULOSIS An infection, often referred to as TB, either acute or chronic, which occurs as pulmonary tuberculosis (in the lungs) or extrapulmonary tuberculosis (other bodily sites) and is also classified when it occurs in childhood or adulthood. It is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. SYMPTOMS: TB most commonly affects the lungs and is often asymptomatic (no symptoms) until the lung lesions (where the TB is growing on the lungs) become large enough to be seen on X ray or to create problems." - Larry Trivieri, Jr., Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition (Get the book.)

"A quick glance back to only a hundred years ago shows the top causes of death in the United States were pneumonia and flu (20 million died in the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic), tuberculosis, and diarrheal illness. So we fought back, developing antibiotics, vaccines, and anti-virals. Huge strides were made in chemistry, physics, and biology to understand the underpinnings of those viral and bacterial illnesses. All told, we created a system of medicine focused on reactive, rapid, and acute care of infectious disease." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"The most common cancers resulting from these drugs are lymphomas, skin, gastrointestinal, breast and lung cancers. tuberculosis is listed a side-effect, too. The question is whether it is better to live with psoriasis or arthritis or to die from any of these other illnesses. So who benefits from these drugs? You can draw your own conclusions. One year on Remicade costs about $12,000. The combined sales of Remicade, Humira and Enbrel in 2007 earned the drug makers $13 billion." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "The miraculous complete cures of tuberculosis and many other diseases facilitated by doctors in the early twentieth century made headlines at the time. Remarkably, though, the sun's healing rays remained ineffective if the patients wore sunglasses. Sunglasses block out important rays of the light spectrum which the body requires for essential biological functions. Today, for whatever sinister reasons, the population is being bombarded with warnings about sunbathing and the risks of skin cancer." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "MMS has also been used successfully for many other serious illnesses, including Hepatitis A, B, & C, typhoid, most cancers, herpes, pneumonia, food poisoning, tuberculosis, asthma, and influenza. The following is a quote from a book by Jim Humble, the discoverer of MMS and the author of the book, Breakthrough . . . the Miracle Mineral Supplement of the 21st Century: "While first developed to address Malaria in Africa, it has now been shown to address any disease condition that is directly or indirectly related to pathogens." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Past generations thought vaccination successful: 1878, smallpox defeated; 1885, rabies; 1911, typhoid; 1921, tuberculosis; 1925, diphtheria and tetanus; 1937, yellow fever; 1954, polio; 1960, measles; and 1967, mumps. Today, every child in the USA is vaccinated against whooping cough, hepatitis, chickenpox, measles, polio, diphtheria, mumps and tetanus. In fact there are 40 recommended childhood immunizations in all as of January 2002. If parents resist, they come into conflict with the law. Vaccinations, so it seems, are the great unquestionable victory of modern medicine." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"If another person breathes in these germs, there is a chance that they will become infected with tuberculosis. What causes it? It is important to understand that there is a difference between being infected with TB and having TB disease. Someone who is infected with TB has the TB germs, or bacteria, in their body.The body's defences are protecting them from the germs and they are not sick. Someone with TB disease is sick and can spread the disease to other people. A person with TB disease needs to see a doctor as soon as possible. It is not easy to become infected with tuberculosis." - Robert Redfern, The Miracle Enzyme Is Serrapeptase (Get the book.)

"It is now known that MMS can be used to overcome the symptoms of AIDS, Hepatitis A, B & C, Typhoid, most cancers, herpes, pneumonia, food poisoning, tuberculosis, asthma, colds, flu and a host of other conditions. Even conditions not directly related to pathogens seem to be helped due to the huge boost to the body's immune system, for example, macular degeneration, allergies, lupus, inflammatory bowel disorders, diabetes, snake bites, abscessed teeth and fibromyalgia. Please note that MMS doesn't cure anything, but rather it allows our body to heal itself." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Research has also reported echinacea's efficacy in treating colds, flu, bronchitis, tuberculosis, infections, etc. Echinacea also contains echinacein, a biochemical that protects against germ attack by neutralizing the tissue dissolving enzyme, hyaluronidase, produced by many germs. Also, studies such as one published in Infection and Immunology show that echinacea contains substances that boost the ability of your body's macrophages to destroy germs." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Obesity is primarily a social disease—the result of aggressive marketing of high-calorie foods and our physically inactive culture—in much the same way that tuberculosis was largely a social disease of the nineteenth century, the result of overcrowding and the uncontrolled ravages of the industrial revolution. Clearly, the outlook for Americans' health is not good when one of the key risk factors for most chronic diseases is increasing at an epidemic pace and little is being done to get at the heart of the problem." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"For those with rheumatoid arthritis, Remicade and Enbrel can lead to a greatly elevated risk of lymphoma, serious infections, and tuberculosis; Celebrex and Vioxx are overwhelmingly linked to cardiac problems. Those suffering from Crohn's disease can choose between methotrexate, which can be toxic to the liver, and prednisone, which can also lead to potentially fatal infections because it suppresses the entire immune system. Not a pretty picture." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"The history will include evaluating for pregnancy, menstrual history, emotional stress, weight gain or loss, alcohol use or abuse, dietary habits, exercise habits, medications, narcotics, drug abuse, acute or chronic illnesses, accidents or injuries, infertility, metabolic disease, immune system abnormalities, tuberculosis, hot flashes, breast discharge, headaches, and family history. A physical and pelvic exam will confirm the most likely causes as suggested by the history." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "HIV test, psychological screening (continued) a younger age A sexually transmitted infection (STI) STI tests, HIV test, Pap test, pelvic exam, hepatitis B vaccine, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Lived or worked with someone exposed to tuberculosis (TB) TB test A serious injury (cut or laceration) Tetanus-diphtheria booster vaccine A baby within the last few months Postpartum depression screening RESOURCES HERBAL AND NUTRITIONAL Horse Chestnut Varicose veins, PRODUCTS lymphedema Vitanica Formulations HRT Companion Companion to HRT Developed by Dr." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"At the same time, infectious diseases, like tuberculosis and polio, have a single, identifiable cause. As scientists began to understand how bacteria and viruses caused disease, they made great strides in wiping them out. Other diseases have proven harder to solve. The writer Dr. James Le Fanu has pointed out that the postwar therapeutic revolution came about even though scientists did not understand the basic processes of most diseases caused by something other than bacteria or another infectious agent." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"This was the era in which the United States believed it was engaged in a "war on cancer," so the odds may then have looked pretty good that, in the next years, psychosomatic approaches to cancer would indeed go the way of previous psychosomatic or metaphorical approaches to tuberculosis. But things did not happen quite that way. Some progress was made on certain specific forms of cancer like childhood leukemia; but by the 1980s, the absolute numbers of cancer were on the rise, with a particularly worrying spike in cases of breast cancer." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

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