From a Gound Zero Rescue Worker Consulting Our Practice So We Can Help More People!!

I arrived at Ground Zero, from Philadelphia, on Thursday September 13. The AMTRAK trains had started to run again by then. Carrying two plastic bags with barely more than an extra pair of jeans and underclothes, I was afraid I would have to run from rioters in the streets.  When I exited the station what lay before me was a scene straight out of a science fiction film. What many call the greatest city on earth was deserted, whisper quiet. Even 30 blocks from the disaster site everything was coated in 2-3 inches of ash, it looked like snow, although it was nearly 80 degrees.  No cars, no pedestrians, completely and chillingly deserted. For vibrant New York City to be silent sent a stab of fear through me far greater than looting hoards could have. 

 The ash was so fine it floated as I walked. That ash was a deadly mix of toxins, so fine it was deemed to contain nano- particles, these minute particles can cross the blood-brain barrier, one of our body’s defenses against contamination.

 Over 10,000 rescue workers and volunteers helped at the disaster site. We, along with just about everyone within proximity, were greatly contaminated. Almost none of us wore protective masks. We needed to be able to communicate in order to effectively help. Most masks would have been insufficient anyway.  I volunteered for 30 days, breathing as well as absorbing that toxic cocktail through my skin. Certain amounts were even on some of the food we ate, if we ate.  We knew it was dangerous, no matter that our government made misleading statements of safety. Even early on there were discussions among the volunteers of the health risks and eventual impact on us. It took many years for the first admissions that these toxins were related to rescue workers’ deaths.

 While those of us at Ground Zero experienced a rapid and heavy dose of chemical intoxication there are millions of people who have chemical toxic overload. If you or a loved one has been exposed to a known toxic chemical, are a war veteran who was exposed to Vietnam’s Agent Orange, chemicals in the Gulf War or Iraq War, radiation, pesticides, have multiple chemical sensitivity, have been an habitual user of street or prescription drugs, live near major polluting industry or are experiencing some or many of the symptoms associated with toxic chemical overload – there is hope, there is help available to you. 

Several years before 9/11 I had heard about the Hubbard Sauna Detoxification Program, a dear friend who was a Vietnam Veteran had severe health struggles due to exposure to Agent Orange, he told me of his success with the Sauna Detox and that it had changed his life as well as many other war veterans’ lives.  There was no question that this program could help me sweat out the toxins that had invaded my body. I badly needed that help.

 When I started the detox I had all the classic symptoms associated with Ground Zero, they are almost a mirror of what anyone exposed to toxic chemical goes through, including: brain fog, difficulty concentrating, low energy, respiratory illness – the Ground Zero cough, sore throat, confusion, rashes, gastrointestinal problems, diarrhea, headaches, chills, irritability etc. 

 It took just a few days in the sauna detox to start to see changes. First I noticed the same Ground Zero disaster site smell was coming out in my perspiration; there is no way to describe that odor unless you were in New York. Then my energy started to come back and with each day I started to feel like my ‘old’ self. My skin became soft and supple, my husband said I looked half my age. When all I wanted was to get symptom relief I received the added benefit of feeling more attractive than I had in years, I was in my mid 40’s but feeling 20 again! One way to describe the experience is that it felt a bit like the way divers talk about coming up slowly from a deep dive, so you don’t get the bends, once you near the surface you can speed up and break into open air, the sun on your shoulders, a big slice of freedom entering your lungs.

It has now been over a decade since the Ground Zero disaster. Many still suffer, far too many have died. As I said earlier there is hope. Every day we are exposed to toxins in the form of food additives, poor air quality, etc. Your health is constantly being compromised. If you feel you or a loved one are a candidate for the Hubbard Sauna Detoxification Program you should call for an appointment and tour the facility in Pennsylvania. It can literally save your life.

**We are asking your help in educating your friends and family about our special program and the care available.  We want to prevent continued health deterioration for the many affected.  You know, we have helped others harmed that terrible day in September and we have helped people from the city who had health problems before 911 and became worse, we have helped a Pentagon survivor.  We can help - read the comments of people who have completed this program on our website purelyyoudetox.com.

Private doctor and patient relationships

Dr. Maulfair and so many doctors across this nation have spent a lifetime in a career they love.  They love helping people improve their health and avoid bad outcomes.  They can do this because they understand functional medicine and they wonder why people have symptoms so they look for underlying causes.  Not quick to use pharmaceutical drugs they keep their patients safe and healthy.  When you remove the impediments to good health you help people for real.  It takes longer, the visits are longer, the relationships with patients are more extensive but it works.  They even talk to their patients about money and their patients know the charges because many of them pay out of pocket.
If health care is changed to restrict the practice of medicine you will loose these doctors because they will not fit in the pattern and you can’t have that in a system run by someone other than the doctor and patient.  Take a look. The problem with the current system is the middlemen making money off the patient and then off the doctor.   I think these lawyers, rather lawmakers, in DC should try this government run health care system in the form of a  pilot program on the legal system first.  Let’s develop mandated insurance programs for legal troubles and then the insurance programs can work like malpractice insurance.  The insurance company decides outcomes.  How about that?  Why not let them try this on their profession first.  Let the companies set their fees and then pay them less each year and start to tell them how to defend their clients or go after the offenders.

I remember when freedom and personal responsiblity were important.  I worked in the insurance industry when it first took over health care.  I remember the early days of the “going rate charged” in an area.  The company would only pay the customary allowable rate.  Flat playing field for all but the “flat” part was not designed by the players but the payors.

Find an independent physician and watch your health improve and the actual costs go down.  Use health savings accounts with high deductible insurance policies and you will have more say over your care and you will save money.  Avoid anyone outside the exam room telling you what treatments are best and what you need, do your own research and find treatments that avoid the health robbing effects of pharmaceutical drugs.

Dr Maulfair's Thoughts for Today - Medical Establishment Runs Scared

I am an osteopathic physician, for those unfamiliar osteopathic physicians we are trained and practice in all medical arenas.  The reason we are special is our additional basic training in osteopathic manipulative therapy and idea that symptoms are an indication of abnormal function and not the disease itself.  So although you cannot tell an MD from a DO these days it used to be easy. DO’s used to search for the underlying cause of an ailment and used prescriptive drugs sparingly.  I am very old fashioned.
Just as we are anticipating the National Institute of Health’s results from a study on chelation therapy and its effect in heart disease, comes noise from the American College of Medical Toxicology.  At their recent conference, as described by the newsletter from the Alliance for Natural Health USA www.ahn-usa.org, they attacked chelation therapy as dangerous and this conference was for CME hours for physicians.  If these doctors bought the brainwash, they have relegated themselves to health problems as they age because they will not avail themselves of chelation therapy.  Heart disease, high blood pressure and auto immune diseases await them as they do all of us as well.

We, however, will escape health problems as we age, as will our patients, because we have examined the myriad of medical proof of years of study and hundreds of articles citing the benefits of chelation therapy for the problems of aging including heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and the aging process itself.  If you want to age gracefully, with vigor, seek chelation therapy.  You have the backing of the Saunders medical textbook entitled “Cardiovascular Drug Therapy” and its chapter on chelation therapy and how it works along with its 65 references.  Or perhaps you would be more impressed to know that JAMA published an article relating small amounts of lead in the body to the development of high blood pressure.  Although that article did not suggest how to remove the lead, we know how.  They also relate accumulated lead in the body to the development of cataracts in men in a separate article.  Or perhaps you need the assurance that you are on the right track in healing from the article in “Neuro Toxicology Letters” which discussed the relationship of mercury in laboratory animal brains with lesions similar to those of alzheimer’s patients.  Heavy metal in the body causes disease processes.  Medical research has validated that fact.

Now, knowing that, what do they recommend to remove metals?  Apparently they have an aversion to you being helped.  They have no recommendation.  They will do surgery which does not remove lead, they will add to the toxicity of your body by giving you drugs but they will not address the cause of metal toxicity and they will not even test your levels of lead when you turn up with heart palpitations and high blood pressure. Why?  Because it is political, financial and “how do I explain my position to the good ole boys” problem for the establishment and they need the comfort of the masses at the club.

It is Embarrassing

When you seek the advice of your doctor for an ailment and the prescription pad comes out what follows can be months of addiction to a mind altering drug or painkiller.  So many people inadvertently find they are addicted to pain killers and antidepressants when they were not warned it could happen.  It is embarrassing and tough to deal with but it can change.
As it happens there are professionals, and others of course, trapped into a drug habit they cannot kick because to do so would involve time off work and the chance their employers or board of directors will find out they have a problem.  The unresolved pain or condition becomes the  justification for continuing to use medication; still depressed or having panic attacks creates a need to stay on the meds.  Continuing problems  justifies the drug use.  It might help to understand that some doctors have been brainwashed into offering prescriptions as the only treatment choice.  They do not have anything else to offer and some patients do not think they have been helped if they do not walk away with a prescription.  To compound the problem, as a  patient,  you  get the idea,  when  medication suppresses pain or symptoms, the problem is  alleviated.  Suppressing pain is not the answer.  Turning a person into someone who does not care and cannot feel the pain anymore does not heal the problem, it suppresses it.  Actual help is the discovery and alleviation of the underlying cause of the difficulty.  Thankfully this new medical paradigm is becoming readily available in most areas of the country.  There are thousands of doctors who are medical detectives and can help you out with minimal use of prescriptions drugs, often avoiding prescriptions completely.   There is no question we need strong drugs when there are injuries requiring surgery with the aftermath of pain but mind altering drugs as a daily treatment is not a good idea. 

Dr. Maulfair, attending a recent dinner given for doctors in our area as part of the CME requirements, asked the speaker, who was citing serotonin levels as justification for mind altering drug treatment, what the specific  test was for determining serotonin levels in the brain of a patient.  The speaker, paid by the drug company, stammered and said there was not one but “it would not matter anyway”.  He thought there might be some new blood test that would measure some such thing.  Fact is – no test to measure such things.  The science does not exist to justify these drugs.

Depression, anxiety attacks, and pain are solved by doctors who care to discover the underlying reason of the symptom.  Taking high quality mineral nutrients is the answer for some, the proper bio-identical hormones for others and life style and dietary changes for others works.  Long walks and high dose vitamin D can be an answer as well.  Is your doctor making such recommendations?  Are they asking you questions that might reveal an underlying cause of your pain, whether physical or emotional?  Are they recommending searching diagnostics to discover the reasons why?  Do you need a chiropractor or physical therapist?

Why should we care?  Because being happy, feeling well and strong is so important.  Life cannot be easy and productive when you do not feel well.  You cannot feel well when you are drugged, high, uncoordinated, or somehow miss seeing your actual environment.  You cannot duplicate intentions of people and conversations when you are drugged, you misunderstand and do nonsequitur things causing upsets with the people around you; so it is a vicious cycle of not doing well both in life and physically.  All this becomes very important when you find yourself 40+,  the consequences of bad medical care start to add up and  compound as we age.

Find a doctor who has more to offer than a pharmaceutical drugs.  Use prescriptions only when they are essential and strive to lessen their use and you will be and feel better!  When you ask for less medication and better recommendations than a prescription you will bring about  change in the medical profession that is so badly needed.  Doctors want to help you and you will get them thinking about another way to go about healing.  When that happens we will have restored the patient/doctor relationship.