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MITOXIC- Why Anesthesia may not be good for any of us, especially Mitochondrial disease Patients
After hearing a friend tell me the story this week of her daughter’s pre-op surgery experience at a major Children’s Hospital (ranking among the top 10 in the country), I knew that this post had been in my draft folder waaay … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Methylation, Mitochondrial Disease, Mitoxic, Toxins, transfer
Tagged adverse reaction, anesthesia, autism, children, homocysteine, ketamine, laughing gas, methionine, mito, mitochondrial, mitochondrial disease, MTHFR, nitrous oxide, propofol
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Mitochondrial Week #1min4mito 2014 Wrap Up
As Mitochondrial Disease Awareness week 2014 wraps up, we are posting a compilation of the 7 Mitochondrial Minutes that we have shared via social media this past week. Please feel free to continue to share these anytime and anywhere, just … Continue reading
Posted in #1min4mito, Advocacy, Awareness, Medical, Mitoaction, Mitochondrial Disease, Mitoxic, Toxins, UMDF
Tagged #1min4mito, #mitominute, acetaminophen, chemicals, environmental, genetic, mercury, mitochondria, mitochondrial, mitotoxic, mitoxic, non genetic, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, statins, toxin, tylenol
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Vaccination: A Conversation, Pittsburgh, PA
Yesterday, I had the amazing opportunity to attend an event in what has to be one of the most beautiful spots in Pittsburgh: The Phipps Conservatory. Surrounded by the most beautiful plants, tress, and flowers: thought leaders, practitioners, and parents gathered … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Conference, Genetics, Medical, Methylation, Mitochondrial Disease, Mitoxic, Research, Toxins
Tagged acetaminophen, glutathione, immune function, T1 cells, T2 Cells, vaccination, vaccine, vaccine autism, vaccine reaction
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Where is the Mitoxic Mercury?
So since writing this post about Mercury and Mitochondrial toxicity. I have gotten quite a few comments saying, “but they took the Mercury OUT of the vaccines, so it is really not an issue”. Well yes, and no.. and mercury … Continue reading
MITOXIC- Why Mercury may not be good for any of us, especially those with Mitochondrial Disease
Yesterday, I attended a talk by the son of Jonas Salk about the history of the Pittsburgh area in the research and the creation of the polio vaccine. This reagent bottle was displayed on the artifacts table along with other … Continue reading
Posted in Mitochondrial Disease, Mitoxic, Toxins, transfer
Tagged AAP, autism, CDC, elemental mercury, ethylmercury, FDA, flu shot, glutathione, mercury, merthiolate, methyl mercury, mito, mitochondria, mitochondrial disease, MTHFR, organomercury, thimerisol, vaccine
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All About SOAP, the good the bad and the dirty!
So really, how much can there be to blog about SOAP. Yes, Soap! The stuff we use (hopefully) daily to clean our hands and our bodies? Well turns out there is waaay more to know about soap than I ever … Continue reading
Posted in Baby Step, Household chemicals, Mitochondrial Disease, Mitoxic, Toxins, transfer
Tagged chemical burn, dr. bronners, goat soap, make your own soap, mitochondrial, soap, soap burn, triclosan
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The Gift in Grandma’s Jewlery Box
Today marks the 1 year angel-versary of my Grandma. She died last year of complications of Alzheimer’s and dementia that she had been battling for years as it slowly stole her speech and ability to communication. This post is dedicated … Continue reading
Posted in Allergies, Genetics, Medical, Mitochondrial Disease, Research, Toxins
Tagged allergy, alzheimers, clostridia tetani, tetanus, tonsilectomy, tonsils, vaccine
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Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Autism ~ New Research
In 2013, we consulted with Dr. Richard Frye and Dr. Stephen Kahler and their research team at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock and our daughter took part in a Mitochondrial Disease Research Study. It was comforting to be in … Continue reading
#1min4mito Week 1: Psychotropic Medications and Mitochondrial Toxicity
Please take #1min4mito and share this post! This quote was taken from this correspondance in reply to this journal article in Nature Reviews: Neuroscience titled: Impaired mitochondrial function in psychiatric disorders. Editor’s Note: Another publication that explains the mito toxicity … Continue reading
The Chemically Sensitive Chemist
Since I started this blog I have shared a lot of our experiences navigating the path of screening and diagnosis of metabolic disorders, specifically mitochondrial disease for our daughter~ Lady A. One part of the story that I have not … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Allergies, Household chemicals, Medical, Mitochondrial Disease, Toxins
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