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Editorial

Osteoarthritis:

Treatment of Choice

by Anthony di Fabio

The Arthritis Fund

Newsletter

5106 Old Harding Road, Franklin, TN 37064

Dedicated to Eradicating Rheumatoid Disease From the Earth

Published by The Arthritis Fund Copyright 1994 All Rights Reserved by Authors June 1994

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us, at least during the holiday

season.

The New Year, intro-

duced by festivities and with

great joy -- and sometimes a

little foolishness -- sees us all

a little older, a little closer to

the solution of that big, excit-

ing mystery at life's end. On

the way to the final mystery,

some of us find the New Year

in great health and high spir-

its, while others, our neigh-

bors and friends and our loved

ones, find themselves with

lessened capacity to function

possibly accompanied with

The Arthritis Fund was established primarily to advise on

treatments for, and to solve the problem of crippling, Rheumatoid

Arthritis and related diseases. Shortly after its founding in 1982, the

spectre of other forms of arthritis loomed daily.There are many kinds

of arthritis. The most common are three: Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid

Arthritis and Gouty Arthritis. The causation of those that may mimic

any of these, or combinations of these, may also derive from

allergies, effects of pollutants, chemical imbalances, Candidiasis

and other micro-organisms, mercury and other metal toxicities,

physical sports accidents and so on.

Tens of millions of Americans suffer from either Osteo Arthritis

or Gouty Arthritis, while at least thirteen million Americans suffer

from improperly called "incurable" Rheumatoid Arthritis. Rheuma-

toid Arthritis is a name given to a broad cluster of diseases, perhaps

100 in number, that, while appearing to be different diseases because

they are described by different word-labels, are nonetheless all

related by the fact that collagen tissue is somehow affected.

An estimated forty million people have Osteoarthritis, six

million have Rheumatoid Arthritis and about one million Americans

have Gouty Arthritis.

Most people know “arthritis” as a joint disease: painful, swollen

or heated joints. Most treatments, therefore, are aimed at relieving

pain at the joints without in any way attending to the "systemic"

nature of the diseases. "Systemic" means that the disease is perva-

sive, throughout the whole body.

It has been stated by some practicing physicians that at least 50%

of us will have Osteoarthritis (Osteo) if we live long enough, and

therefore Osteoarthritis is often -- probably wrongly -- said to be a

“degenerative” or “aging” disease.

While Dr. Paul Pybus' (deceased) intraneural injections were

orginally the treatment of choice in the Foundation’s protocol for the

relief of pain of Rheumatoid Disease and Osteoarthritis, they do not

always halt the pain permanently for a variety of reasons, among

which is the fact that basic causes of the nerve lesions may not yet be

solved. Another basic cause is unrelated to nerve ganglia lesions, as

will be explained.

Two of our referral physicians, Harold C. Walmer, D.O.

(Elizabethtown, PA) and W.W. Mittlestadt, M.D., D.O. (Ft. Lauder-

dale, FL), both now deceased, brought to our attention another source

Prevention is

Better Than Cure

The Sad Story of Arthritis and Osteoporosis

by

Rex E. Newnham, Ph.D., D.O., N.D.

Cracoe House Cottage, Cracoe Near Skipton

North Yorkshire BD23 6LB England

It has been said that if we grow old enough then we will all get

arthritis. Old enough is generally in the fifties or sixties, but some

survive to the eighties or nineties without any arthritis. In recent

years, especially in some countries there are growing numbers of

young children who develop juvenile arthritis or Still's disease; and

some of these are even too young to walk. Just recently a case was

brought to my attention of a young girl aged 9 months, but she was

crying much and was evidently in pain, then it was noticed that some

of her joints were swollen and red. This was juvenile arthritis and we

were able to cure her in 2 weeks using mineral nutrients. The

orthodox method would have been to give her pain killing drugs, in

fact these are used for all arthritis.

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By the

time you

read this

newsletter,

Christmas is

over and

possibly

you've al-

ready broken your 1994 New

Year's resolutions.

All of us welcome the

spirit of Christmas represent-

ing good will toward all fellow

earth beings! We cannot but

improve our attitude and out-

look toward living and the so-

lutions of life's problems when

so many wish us well, sharing

also their good fortunes with