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In this issue:
As I Age 2
It Takes a Village to Build
a Bridge
2
Dr. Markus’ Editorial
about Getting In To MD’s
4
Julia’s Corner
7
Vaccines & Autism 8
Peanut Allergies and
ADHD
9
“Stay Well,” it’s the kindest parting words you can give to a friend. Now, more than ever, with the
insurance companies dictating your medical treatment, everyone needs to take control of maintaining
their own health, and becoming their own best advocates for getting your family the best medical
care possible, and that means sometimes having to oversee every step of your health care. That
means reading the product insert on every medication you are prescribed, because recent evidence
shows that more mistakes are made with prescribing the wrong medications for patients. There are
so many side effects, and drug interactions to know about, and since the MD’s, DO’s and
pharmacists are all responding to the dictates of insurance companies, with little time for putting the
Care in Health Care, you need to do it yourself, and that is the reason for this newsletter every 30-
60 days. If you are reading my newsletter for the first time, it is set up in a format that allows you to
read what intrigues you, and skip past that which doesn’t. As always, there are hyperlinks inserted
throughout, which allow you to read more in depth versions of what I am providing for you.
As always, I write this disclaimer: This is not intended as medical advice – it is designed to give you
food for thought, and to make your own educated decisions. My newsletters are rarely promoting
our services, but rather, invite you to learn more about what I have read and learned since the last
publication (which in this case was June 1, 2015). So, for the first hyperlink, for you to look back at
some of the information you may have missed in past editions, you can click here to learn more.
Finally, some shameless self-promotion, not for our practice, but for every dental practice in the
country. A healthy body begins with a healthy set of teeth. Gum disease has been implicated in
higher levels of blood sugar (Diabetes Mellitus), heart attack, stroke, miscarriage, and low birth
weight newborns. We began preaching this to our patients over 20 years ago. There is an excellent
section of our original website with the subject header, a little tongue-in-cheek, “Floss or Die.” That
website also has a more extensive library of documents about mercury toxicity from silver amalgam
dental fillings
Please share this with your health-conscious friends and family. If you find
anything you think would be interesting to our readers, please forward it on
to me at [email protected] Stay Well
The “Stay Wel l” Edit ion
News you and your family can use, from The Centre for Dentistry at Haddon -
September 2015 See Our Entire Library of Monthly Newsletters on Cent4Dent.com
The “Centre Piece”
LAURA, THE TOOTH FAIRY ANNOUNCES A DE-
CREASE IN THE AMOUNT BEING LEFT UNDER
THE PILLOW ONCE A BABY TOOTH HAS BEEN
LOST! The average price has gone from $3.74
down to $3.19
Having attained the age of 65, proud recipient of a Medicare Card, and even prouder to have served you for almost 40
years (anniversary in February 2016), I always share with you, my patients and friends, new things I’ve learned and
found interesting since the last newsletter. Because I took the month of August off, this newsletter is a little over-
stuffed. As always, click on what’s interesting to you, skim through the rest.
I thought I’d kick this edition off with this appropriate commentary, sent to me by a patient:
AS I AGE, I REALIZE THAT:
Bridgework – It takes a Village
Watch this incredible feat of engineering as the entire population of this Incan district pulls together every year to take down the rope
bridge across a river, to build a new one. Just as in dentistry, strict engineering principles and strong materials are wedded together to
unite the two sides. It is an extremely time consuming process, and
cannot be rushed to save time or money. Watch the building of the
Bridge at Q’eswachaka View the YouTube video here.
1. I talk to myself, because sometimes I need expert advice.
2. Sometimes I roll my eyes out loud.
3. I don't need anger management. I need people to stop pissing me off.
4. My people skills are just fine. It's my tolerance of idiots that needs work.
5. The biggest lie I tell myself is "I don't need to write that down, I'll re-
member it."
6. When I was a child I thought nap time was punishment. Now it's like a
mini vacation.
7. The day the world runs out of wine is just too terrible to think about.
8. Even duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can muffle the sound!
9. Wouldn't it be great if we could put ourselves in the dryer for ten
minutes; come out wrinkle-free and three sizes smaller.
10. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would've put them on my
knees.
11. When the kids text me "plz" which is shorter than please. I text back
"no" which is shorter than "yes".
12. At my age "Getting lucky" means walking into a room and remember-
ing what I came in there for.
I always have music playing in the background of my life. I even fall asleep with earbuds in every night listening to everything from the Pandora Spa Channel to Brazilian Bossa Nova. So when Apple announced they were launching Apple Music, I had to try it, and it’s pretty much like Spotify. They offer the first three months free. But, I wondered, what hap-pens when the three months are up, and they start billing my credit card? I found this question was one many people had, so I did the research for everyone, and here is how you can enjoy this App, and then YOU can decide whether it’s worth the $10 a month to stay with it. How to cancel - http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/30/8871935/how-to-cancel-apple-music
Every month, I wait for the muse to strike me with an
idea for The Centre’s next Centrepiece. This month
the muse kept hitting me over the head until I realized
that this was the concept for the September Newslet-
ter: You have to be your own best advocate, or have
someone to speak up for you, if you are sick or while
you are in the hospital.
Becoming a dentist has allowed me the ability to use
my knowledge to help patients, Doctor, after all,
means teacher. After 40 years (as of Feb 2016) I feel I
still have at least 10 more good years left in me. Be-
coming a dentist rather than going to medical school
has enabled me to convert the thinking of thousands of
patients about what dentistry was about. It has also
allowed me to stay out of entanglements with insur-
ance companies, and I thank my dedicated patients,
many of whom started as young marrieds with me, and
I’m now grateful to be treating their children and
grandchildren.
The formula has always been the same, but the way we
do it is so different than it was when I opened in 1976.
What is unchanged is my empathy for what it is like to
be in my chair, and my understanding that the doctor/
patient relationship is about the relationship, not the
doctor. We run on-time, all the time, and understand
that your time is as valuable as ours. There is an inter-
esting sidebar to this article on page x about waiting
times in MD’s offices. It’s all our faults, we let them get
away with it, and so it was exciting for me to drive past
another “doc in the box” on Cross Keys Road the
other day, where the sign out front read: Doctors
Available now, no waiting!. Maybe someone is finally
getting it? Or maybe they still schedule 3 patients
every 20 minutes. Learn more http://
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/718884
One of the other things that separates our specific
office from others is that we schedule most visits for at
least ¾ hour, so you can understand why it’s so im-
portant for us to confirm your appointments, and send
reminders. What separates us from medical offices is
the fact that we do not prescribe medication to elimi-
nate a condition, we eliminate the causes of the condi-
tion, and then perform what has been termed biomi-
metic dentistry. That means, we make everything look
and function like new, as much as possible, and stand
behind what we do.
A few weeks ago, a patient with a significant handicap
from an injury years ago, needed her handicap placard
for her car renewed, which required her MD to sign a
certain form from the state for her. She completed the
form, and sent it to her MD’s office, with an accompa-
nying letter to mail it back to her so she could go to
the DMV before their renewal cut-off date. A week
later she called to find out where her form was in the
process. She spoke to the woman who had handled
the simple task of getting the doctor’s signature on the
form.
The woman told her that the form was waiting for her
at the front desk. She said, “Great, my husband will be
picking it up this afternoon.” When the husband
showed up, of course they looked high and low at the
desk and couldn’t find it. He told the receptionist that
he was holding her personally responsible for calling
him when she found it, and gave her his cell phone
number. He was headed out of town on business the
following day and needed to pick up the form that day.
When he got home he checked the mail, and, miracu-
lously the form was in the mailbox. I know, the Postal
Service is amazing! It was able to deliver a piece that
was at the doctor’s front desk that morning, to a house
10 miles away, with same day service. (LOL!)
Another patient who had a 3 day hospital stay just a
few months back, for treatment for diverticulitis was
told by another GI doctor that the CT scan she had 2
months before obviously showed diverticulitis from the
time of her prior hospitalization. Trouble was, the
report from the previous doctor mentioned nothing
about diverticulitis. She switched doctors, not an easy
feat. The problem came back. Her body filled with
edema, and probably gas from the infectivity. Her gut
was so distended, she couldn’t eat. She needed a new
CT scan. But her insurance would only pay for another
one STAT if she was admitted through an emergency
room, and her new MD cautioned her against doing
that because they would admit her, do the surgery
while she was sceptic, and she’d end up with a colosto-
my. So, she had to wait the 3 days required by her
insurance for the CT scan, while becoming more scep-
tic.
Another patient told of having a prolonged hoarseness,
and wanted to be seen by her family doctor. She was a
breast cancer survivor, whose father had throat cancer
when he was 50, and she was really phobic about hav-
ing throat cancer. The MD was contacted personally
and she was told to call the office on the following
Tuesday when he had hours. Obediently she did so,
and was told by the receptionist she would need to get
special permission from the doctor to add her to the
schedule. No return call was forthcoming, and so she
called again the following morning, and was told she
would be worked in for Wednesday. By 10 o’clock
that evening she shut her cell phone off, realizing that
nobody cared about her. She too will be looking for
another MD.
A close friend since second grade, retired and living in
Florida had taken a fall, and had some broken ankles in
his ankle. The ankle was set, and two years later
couldn’t put enough pressure on the foot to be able to
play golf, the reason he had moved to Florida. He
went to The Hospital for Joint Diseases, rated as top 5
in the US by U.S. News and World Reports, in NYC
and saw an ankle specialist. He found out the ankle had
never been set right, and there were such tremendous
spaces between the bones, it could never heal. The
solution: re-break the ankle and put the bones in close
enough proximity so that they could heal. Because he
was also awaiting cardiac surgery, for a different repair,
it was decided that the procedure would not be done
under general, but under local anesthesia. He was
instructed to discontinue certain drugs that would
speed his clotting time 3 days before surgery, which he
obediently did.
His surgery was scheduled for first thing on a Monday
morning. The surgeon was ready, when the anesthesi-
ologist refused to do the surgery until the next day,
because he was concerned about excessive bleeding.
My friend cogently argued that they could do a PT and
PTT test right then and there to determine his clotting
time, but the anesthesiologist wouldn’t hear of it. The
surgery was rescheduled for 7PM the following night,
after the surgeon had started his day at 6AM. Just what
I would want if I was having surgery, how about you?
He was told that the surgery was more complicated
than expected, and what was supposed to take 2 hours
took 3. By 3 the following afternoon, they were ready
to release him, however he was still in pain (severe),
and needed to talk to the social workers to describe
how difficult it would be for him to negotiate his 900
square foot apartment on crutches. He had been told
his next stop from the hospital would be rehab, taking
a lot of pressure off his wife. The insurance company
refused rehab. He was able to talk the hospital into
keeping him another day, while he and his wife had to
work the insurance company over, until finally they
were granted some time, albeit short, in rehab.
Fortunately, I chose a career in dentistry rather than
medicine, and because of the better fee schedules in
dentistry, we are able to hire more highly trained assis-
tants and patient care coordinators, and try to work
with dental specialists who are able to care for our
patients in a more Markus Well-being style, but we get
complaints about some of the offices we refer to. So
the answer for everyone, is: IF YOU FEEL YOU ARE
NOT BEING TREATED THE WAY YOU EXPECT,
CALL TIME OUT, ASK TO SPEAK TO A DOCTOR,
OR A MANAGER, AND VOICE YOUR GRIEVANCE.
THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE, AND IF
YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED, GO OVER THEIR
HEADS.
Tell us about your great experiences with MD’s
and your less than perfect ones as well.
LET’S START A “STEVE’S LIST” OF MEDI-
CAL PRACTICES WHERE THEY WORK
ON GREAT EXPERIENCES RATHER
THAN THE TRADITION OF THNKING
THAT TERRORIZING THE PATIENT IS
THE WAY THE SYSTEM HAS TO WORK
My votes for ideal care: are: Dr. Melanie Angelo, Emergency
Room MD at Cherry Hill Hospital. Yes, they have turned their
act around there, and handle things way better than at Virtua,
where they keep you waiting forever. Dr. Justin Green, of
Heymann, Manders and Green, Dermatology in Marlton. A very
popular and busy office where they respect patient time and
have an efficiently run front desk, so you’re in and out in an
appropriate amount of time,
Tell us yours: email [email protected]
Medical office: Good Morning Doctor’s office how
may I help you?
Patient: Hello my name is John Smith and I was just
there and the doctor gave me a prescription for my
new heart medicine and my pharmacy is telling me
that I need to contact the doctor because my insur-
ance will not pay for it. They told me I need some-
thing called a pre-authorization.
Medical office: Okay sir you will need to tell the
pharmacy to fax over the denial to us and I will begin
the process. This could take up to 72 hours to have it
approved or more depending.
Patient: I can’t wait that long I have a heart condition
and the doctor wants me to start this medication
immediately.
Medical office: I realize that sir, but your insurance
company will not cover it without the medical criteria
required to approve it. You can call your insurance
company and ask them what medicine they will cover
if that helps.
Patient: How does my insurance company know
what medicine I should be taking? That is what I came
to you for.
Medical office: I know sir, but the insurance compa-
ny will need certain criteria for the doctor and they
will also want to know what other medications you
have had in the past that are comparable to the one
prescribed and cost effectiveness. Once I receive all of
the paperwork I will present it to the doctor and have
this done as quickly as possible for you. If the insur-
ance company denies your medication it will then have
to go to a peer review where our doctor has to speak
to the doctor from the insurance company and then it
could be approved. This could take up to a week and
our doctor who ordered the medication is only here
on Wednesdays.
Patient: Are you serious? What if something happens
to me by then? Maybe I should just skip the doctor
and go right to the insurance company for my medical
needs. This is ridiculous!
Medical office: I am so sorry sir but unless you are
willing to pay out of pocket for your medicine the is
what the insurance company mandates. I wish I could
help you.
Patient: The medicine is $600.00 without my insur-
ance I cannot afford that every month I am on Social
Security.
Medical office: I know sir but, unfortunately this is
what your insurance company wants. You will have to
call them and discuss the issue with them. I will call
you as soon as it is approved or denied.
Patient: Thank you, I hope I don’t die in the mean-
time.
Unfortunately, this pre-
authorization went to peer
review in which time it took
8 days to complete. Mr.
Smith suffered a massive
heart attack and passed
away before his medication
was approved.
This is one of thousands of scenarios that take place
every day in medical practices throughout the coun-
try. A pre-authorization required by most insurance
companies in order for a patient to obtain coverage
for their medications and certain prescribed test-
ing. So an additional step that has been implemented
into the process of filling a prescription or making an
appointment for testing. Sadly, it has affected the med-
ical practice in many ways and the patients as well.
After the initial phone call to the medical office the
person preparing the paperwork, which can consist of
several pages, must present this to an already very
busy physician so he can fill out all of the medical
information that is requested by the insurance compa-
ny. Besides being burdened with the requirements
now mandated by the government to implement elec-
tronic medical records and electronic prescriptions
that Medicare and Medicaid reimburses the physicians
thousands of dollars calling it meaningful use, yet the
requirements are at the expense of the patient’s vital
information being used by the government. For
what? It is forcing physicians to work many additional
hours beyond their normal work day. In addition
there is an abundance of daily fax requests from many
facilities, hospitals, and pharmacies for medication
refills that require a pre-authorization and then the
amount of patients that need personal forms filled out
by the doctor. There are also many physicians that
are rounding at the hospital and then racing to their
office to see patients.
The physician’s decision, knowledge, and integrity is
now being challenged by a nurse sitting behind a desk
at an insurance company for a pre-authorization. How
much worse can it get? It has come to where you as
the patient and the insured are letting your insurance
company govern what medications and testing proce-
dures you can receive regardless of what the doctor
has ordered, because it is the doctor that has exam-
ined you, and the doctor who has your history, but
the insurance company ultimately decides if you have
them according to their criteria. Time is critical, if a
pre-authorization goes as far as a peer review this
could take up to a week so now with all that wasted
time you as the patient are in jeopardy of dying or
becoming more ill. Come on America, WAKE
UP! This is totally unacceptable. There are physicians
all over the country that are as frustrated with this
just as much as the patients are and it is creating a
hostile relationship between doctors and pa-
tients. We have no control over this and if we do not
take ownership of our own overall health and stop
letting the insurance company govern your health
needs, you will never receive quality care.
It’s getting worse, now that Obama care has been
implemented into the system, requiring everyone to
have healthcare or pay a fine. Really? Since January of
2015 the amount of pre-authorizations have quadru-
pled, not only for brand name drugs but generic ones
as well, another ploy to make you pay out of pocket.
The burden of all the additional paperwork is such an
expense and very time consuming to everyone. The
medical office has to hire a person to do these exclu-
sively. The insurance company has to hire additional
personnel for this process and we wonder why the
insurance deductibles and copays are out of sight.
Why not let the insurance companies examine and
treat the patients, skip the doctor because that is what
basically is occurring now. Patient deductibles are as
high as $6600.00 along with a $50.00 copay , the nor-
mal healthy patient will never reach this. Go ahead
apply for Obama care, the fact that your premium is
rated according to your age and income it is their way
of getting around the pre-existing condition laws and
paying for the ones that are unemployed or low in-
come status. Using a person’s age to determine your
premium in my opinion is against your civil rights and
should be illegal. You are paying a premium and get-
ting nothing unless you are seriously ill and then there
are still exorbitant amounts billed to the patient after-
ward. Fellow Americans, if you don’t fight this, your
healthcare will deteriorate. Many are encouraged to
not work and basically live at poverty level just to get
healthcare at an affordable rate. Why is this country
sitting back and letting this happen? America is dying at
the hands of the insurance companies and only us as a
country can stop this. Continued on Page 6
Those of you who have been in recently,
have met our new business assistant Gina
Kershner. Gina comes to us with a
wealth of experience in both dental and
medical settings. When she learned about this
upcoming Newsletter, she asked if she could
write an article for it, and since I am always
looking for more information for our patients to
learn how to make better decisions in health
care, I granted her that honor. MY PERSPECTIVE
UNEMPLOYMENT COSTELLO: BUT THEY ARE OUT OF WORK!!!
ABBOTT: No, you miss his point.
COSTELLO: What point?
ABBOTT: Someone who doesn't look for work can't be counted
with those who look for work. It wouldn't be fair.
COSTELLO: To whom?
ABBOTT: The unemployed.
COSTELLO: But ALL of them are out of work.
ABBOTT: No, the unemployed are actively looking for work.
Those who are out of work gave up looking and if you give up,
you are no longer in the ranks of the unemployed.
COSTELLO: So if you're off the unemployment rolls that would
count as less unemployment?
ABBOTT: Unemployment would go down. Absolutely!
COSTELLO: The unemployment just goes down because you
don't look for work?
ABBOTT: Absolutely it goes down. That's how they get it to 5%.
Otherwise it would be 14.7%. Our govt. doesn't want you to read
about 14.7% unemployment.
COSTELLO: That would be tough on those running for reelection.
ABBOTT: Absolutely!
COSTELLO: Wait, I got a question for you. That means there are
two ways to bring down the unemployment num-
ber?
ABBOTT: Two ways is correct.
COSTELLO: Unemployment can go down if someone gets a job?
ABBOTT: Correct.
COSTELLO: And unemployment can also go down if you stop
looking for a job?
ABBOTT: Bingo.
COSTELLO: So there are two ways to bring unemployment down,
and the easier of the two is to have people stop looking for work.
ABBOTT: Now you're thinking like an Economist.
COSTELLO: I don't even know what the heck I just said!
Abbot and Costello are envisioned explaining one of the
many problems facing today’s world:
COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in America.
ABBOTT: Good Subject. Terrible Times. It's 5%.
COSTELLO: That many people are out of work?
ABBOTT: No, that's 14.7%.
COSTELLO: You just said 5 percent
ABBOTT: 5% Unemployed.
COSTELLO: Right 5% out of work.
ABBOTT: No, that's 14.7%.
COSTELLO: Okay, so it's 14.7% unemployed.
ABBOTT: No, that's 5%.
COSTELLO: WAIT A MINUTE. Is it 5% or 14.7%?
ABBOTT: 5% are unemployed. 14.7% are out of work.
COSTELLO: If you are out of work you are unemployed.
ABBOTT: No, Congress said you can't count the "Out of Work" as the unem-
ployed. You have to look for work to be unemployed.
Gina was very happy to get out of medicine, and back into dentistry, but might be a
good resource for our patients to get advice about how to deal with problems they
are facing with their insurance carriers. Feel free to email her your questions at
I have pointed out that 20 years ago I was warning MD’s and patients to steer clear of
entanglements with medical and dental insurance companies:
One of our patients is the director of one of those large dental
insurance company-run dental factories. She refuses to be treated
there, and besides, they never have time for her to have treatment.
She also recognizes there’s a difference in the way care is deliv-
ered. At her last visit she confided in me that there is a dentist
who works for them who, in the last 2 years has probably done
less than 2o fillings.
On further investigation, what I determined from her was that eve-
ry tooth she touches requires a root canal and crown. This isn’t
because she is so untrained that she exposes the nerves of teeth
accidentally. It’s because she recognizes that the only way to make
money, under her employment plan, is to perform big-ticket items
like root canals and crowns. I told her she should really register a
complaint with the State Board of Dentistry, but she doesn’t want
to lose her job. So instead, she continues to watch as patients who
don’t have the finances to afford the type of care we render, end
up paying $2000 out of pocket for something that would have only
cost $2-300 for a filling in our office.
BEWARE OF DISCOUNTS in fact, when I first started in 1976 I
had a plaque in the waiting room which read: Never Shop for Dis-
counts in Parachutes, Brain Surgery, and Dental Care. Consumer
beware.
An interesting article on this is available by clicking here.
MD’s using Wave Scheduling
In our practice, we can’t treat people the way we want to be treat-
ed, if we give three patients the same appointment time. Dentistry
cannot be performed on roller skates. With every tooth I restore
to like-new condition, my goal is to have another dentist look at it,
and not realize the tooth has been treated. This takes considerable
time. I could not possibly render this sort of treatment if we simp-
ly said, “Come in next Tuesday.” My day is organized, and I ex-
pend so much effort maintaining my schedule that I’m sure nobody
would be surprised to know that the first thing I do when my week
is over, is put my watch in a drawer, and don’t put one on again
until Monday morning. Read - The Doctor Will See you Eventually
Most of the Health Issues Facing Americans….
Are the result of our lifestyles. Changing lifestyles, rather than
working around them with medication is the answer. There is a
great video about this here:
WEDDING DAY SMILES AREN’T JUST FOR THE
BRIDE – doesn’t proud Papa Mike, look great?
Whatever the occasion, put your smile in the hands
of someone with the credentials to get it wedding-
day-perfect!
JULIA’S CORNER As a healthcare consumer and wellness practitioner, an ideal
healthcare paradigm, FOR ME, would be a system based on mutual
responsibility, mutual education, and mutual respect.
Responsibility- Instead of blaming the healthcare system for
keeping the cycle of sickness proliferating, I as a healthcare
consumer take responsibility for my health. I make choic-
es to maintain my highest level of wellbeing on an ongoing
basis. As a wellness practitioner, I take responsibility to
work with my clients to determine underlying causes of
illness and help them to eliminate any imbalances (excess
or deficiency) where and when possible.
Education: As a healthcare consumer, I avail myself of infor-
mation that can assist me in maintaining my health. As a
wellness practitioner, I also avail myself of qualified infor-
mation, from trustworthy sources, to assist my clients in
their goals for health and wellbeing. And I do so from the
perspective of the Hippocratic Oath- First, do no harm.
So, before I choose a discipline, product, supplement, or
any other decisions that affect the physiology or non-
physical state of health, for myself or my clients, I do the
research necessary to avoid any potential harm for myself
or any individual.
Respect- I work in partnership with my clients. I respect their
time, their knowledge of their issues, what they wish to accom-
plish, and offer suggestions that I believe would be beneficial
based on their lifestyle, preferences, and ability to do what must
be done. As a healthcare consumer, I respect the input of my
healthcare team always, even if I may disagree and choose to
pursue a different approach.
Over the last several decades, as consumers we have demanded
“quick fixes” for health complaints utilizing medications, treatments,
and advanced technology, while ignoring advice on how to help our-
selves become and stay healthier. As practitioners, education and
guidelines for standard and acceptable treatment according to the
AMA has gravitated towards symptom suppression and “putting
band aids on bleeding arteries”. Both sides of the current
healthcare paradigm are at fault, and it will take both sides to make
the changes needed to fix it.
Wishing you health and living your best life.
Julia Scalise, DN, PhD
Doctor of Naturology, Holistic Health Consultant &
Author of the #1 Bestseller “Do One Thing Feel Better/ Live
Better”
www.JuliaScalise.com
On July 29, 2015, Rep. Bill Posey brought to the floor of the House of Representatives former CDC researcher and now Whistleblower,
Dr. Bill Thompson's letter regarding significant files they omitted and destroyed to avoid reporting any significant race effects in their
study. Posey reports Thompson's statement that his research team held a meeting where they put a garbage can in the center of the room
and threw away data that demonstrated links between the MMR and autism. Thompson was the author, in 2004, of the CDC study which
concluded there were no links between vaccination and autism. Watch The Video here:
MMR VACCINE – Measles, Mumps, and Motions, the perspective from someone in the legal profession: click here
CDC REFUSES TO TURN OVER DOCUMENTATION ABOUT COVER-UP click here+
CONGRESSMAN BILL POSEY – JULY 29, 2015 again asks for the CDC-destroyed documents click here
NEWS ABOUT THE INCREASED INCIDENCE OF MISCARRIAGE AFTER VACCINATION AND NEWS ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF THE SHINGLES VACCINE click here
Andrew Wakefield is arguably the most polarizing figure in the great vaccine debate. His story is astounding when you hear it in detail.
His continued efforts to be a voice for the broken people damaged by vaccines is endearing. New, from movie producer Jeff Hays is this
piece Click here
Also, from Jeff Hays, my favorite muckraker is this story, from California:
In light of this weeks events with the California vaccine bill SB 277 being signed into law by Gov. Brown, we thought we'd share a short
bonus from our filming for Bought that we did not include in the film. HPV vaccines for infants? Hep
B vaccines for infants? The flu vaccine? Is that all really necessary? Click here
Sadly, in the case of Californians it's the law of the land now
if you want to send your kids to public school. That is a lot of
momentum for other states to follow along after them...
FIVE CHILDREN GIVEN THE WRONG VACCINA-
TION DOSES AT SALEM COUNTY CLINIC –
this is serious, yet the press is loathe due to many pressures brought on them by government, and
advertisers, to share this story. Channel 6 WPVI – kudos to you! Click here
Recent Information about Vaccines
As you know, I don’t offer advice, just information. In the past I have reported to you about this issue, and issues surrounding mercury
fillings, and GMO’s. Feel free to look at back issues if you want to get caught up on the information by clicking here.
I have been reading, with considerable interest, the testimony of the Whistleblowers against Merke. There is evidence that Merke collud-
ed with the CDC to falsify data, and cover-up the increased rates of autism with the MMR vaccine. Personally, having testified against the
use of mercury in the mouth, on three occasions, before the FDA, I can tell you firsthand about corruption in government. You might
want to look at some of that evidence, on my blog, here. Dr. Wakefield was first discredited
for his stand, in England, against vaccines, and there is conflicting evidence that he was more
than right. Here is some of the recent information I have read about Wakefield, and the truth
about vaccines, which we may never know who to believe.
Below are some links you might want to follow for further information about what I’ve been
following in the past weeks.
WHEN I WAS A KID, THERE WERE NEVER
CHILDREN WHO HAD PEANUT ALLERGIES,
AND THERE WAS NEVER A LINE AT THE
NURSE’S OFFICE FOR ADHD MEDICATIONS
I READ AN INTERESTING ARTICLE THIS MORNING ON Med-
scape. In part one, which is linked-to HERE, they deal with the age
and amount of peanuts, the child is exposed to, in what was pur-
ported to be a scientific article. Unfortunately, as is typical with the
information the AMA dilutes before it gives it out
to the medical profession, there was no reference
to vaccination protocols.
You see, almost 20 years ago, I had gone to hear
Dr. Sherry TenPenny speak on this topic, and
she specifically mentioned that all the children with
peanut allergies, and all the children lining up at the
school nurses’ offices for their anti-depressants
and ADHD meds never existed in the 1950’s, when the vaccination
schedule was much simpler.
So I Googled “peanut allergy & vaccines” and found that the infor-
mation she presented then,
is still current. If you are
curious to learn more, click
here and you will have your
choice of articles to read.
It’s just a shame that infor-
mation like this isn’t being
made public knowledge.
Why is there such a shroud over what is dispensed in the news to
the citizens of this country? I am not a conspiracy theorist, but I
know people who are. As I pointed out in a newsletter a few
months back, when evidence
was presented that the MMR
vaccine produced a 56x greater
risk of autism in black boys,
where was Al Sharpton? You
would have thought that this
would have been part of his
political agenda. There is evi-
dence that he is a government
agent, and does what he is told to do. There are lots of stories,
like this one, on the internet: CLICK HERE
And so, with a story as large as the Whistleblower at the CDC,
which should be making headlines, the news buries the stories, and
the news media, which is funded by pharmaceutical commercials
that have 15 seconds of information about new drugs, and 45 sec-
onds of product warnings, doesn’t carry them. Personally, when
there is a topic like this one, I use Google Alerts to send me any
news stories that come out on that topic, by email. Here’s how to
get alerts about stories that interest you, through Google, as the
stories become revealed as time goes by. Click Here
E-mail your questions and comments to Dr. Markus by clicking
here: [email protected]
Dear Dr. Markus – could you please explain how I can get
coverage for the TMJ issue I am facing. My dental insurance
doesn’t cover it, and my medical insurer seems to laugh at
me every time I try to get coverage. – Melody N.
Dear Melody, the TMJ (temporomandibular joint) is the
most complicated joint in the body. See the video by click-
ing on the middle image on the right. It is the only joint that
disarticulates, to open wider. It is the only joint that is bilat-
eral – you can’t open one side without the other. It is the
only joint that has a neuromuscular end point (the teeth)
that can interfere with proper function.
Treatment can be complex, often involving highly specialized
PT called Rocabado Therapy, and spinal alignment issues.
Surgery is to be avoided at all costs, although treating it ar-
throscopically can sometimes be beneficial. It should be
covered under medical, but medical insurers don’t reim-
burse to dentists, and that is the major problem.
Simply requesting an MRI or CT involves me having to ex-
plain the TMJ to your MD, and to get your MD to order the
studies, using my instructions, and having the studies read by
a radiologist who does this all the time isn’t easy either. It
has, unfortunately, become a quality of life issue. Those who
can afford to pay out of pocket can get treatment, those
who can’t aren’t in a great situation.
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