Category Archives: Blog

Anthropogenic Influences on Biology and the Biota, and Connections to Autism Spectrum Disorders

A timely article by Dr. Russell M. Jaffe and Dr. Norman Schwartz that rethinks conventional understandings of autism from a multidisciplinary, integrative, and functional perspective. It draws on the disciplines of integrative physiology, molecular biology, environmental toxicology, and systems dynamics. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is one of several neurodevelopmental disorders that have increased over 100-fold […]

Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era

Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era HSC Senior Fellow Amory Lovins, Executive Director of the Rocky Mountain Institute, (RMI) has written a thought-provoking book and, yet again, has us thinking about sustainability. According to Lovins’ book, America’s seemingly two-billion-dollar-a-day oil habit actually costs upwards of three times that much–six billion dollars a day, […]

Penicillamine Protocol: D-Pen Mineral Provocation Test for Essential & Heavy (Toxic) Metals

This paper, based on the work of Dr. Russell M. Jaffe, discusses a method to determine the body’s burden of mobilizable potentially toxic minerals while simultaneously illustrating an assessment mechanism for nutritional divalent mineral status. Select the above listed title for the full paper, or click here for the summary. In order to determine the […]

Fibromyalgia Study

A novel treatment for Fibromyalgia improves clinical outcomes in a community-based study. Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is an increasingly common diagnosis of unknown etiology whose pathophysiology is still poorly understood. Since 1990, when the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) published classification criteria for FMS, it has been shown that FMS is quite prevalent (5-10%); women account […]

Briefing for Primary Prevention

Real savings and productivity gains, measured and documented. A presentation on how Primary Prevention can change U.S. Healthcare for the better. Whereas, the U.S. spends more than any country on healthcare); Employers pay over one-third of the costs which therefore reduces the competitiveness of American goods and services in the global marketplace; National health expenditure […]