Chelation therapy

Lead, mercury and arsenic serve no function in the human body and are poisonous. If accumulated in large enough amounts, they can cause severe illness and death . However, this is not the only case. Even metals that are proven essential to human body functions such as iron can become toxic if they accumulate in large amounts. It is when there are excessive amounts of these heavy metals in your body that the function of chelation therapy comes into play. The main function of chelation therapy is to BIND. Through a process of inserting metal binding agents known as chelators into the body these flow into the bloodstream to the body organ in which the accumulated amounts of toxic metal is located. These chelating agents bind to the toxic metals…

4. Metal poisoning came to the foreground of the American consciousness when a spotlight was shown on the high lead levels in Flint’s water system in Michigan. Although many steps have been performed to reduce lead poisoning, namely in children, such as removing lead paint from homes in 1978, removing lead from gasoline, and proposing stricter laws on imported toys containing lead, heavy metal poisoning still exists. Chelation therapy is still the preferred medical treatment for such heavy metal…

The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in children with autism seems to be pretty predominant in an attempt to address their behavior issues. One of the CAM treatments used in this population is the controversial chelation therapy, a process where the removal of heavy metals from the body such as mercury and lead is used. This approach obeys to the theory that some types of autism are caused by heavy metal poisoning. The process can be conducted in different forms such as…

Introduction What are enzymes and how do they affect reactions? Enzymes force reactions, in cells, to maintain a speed necessary for life. Enzymes can also be considered catalysts because they require the reactions to arise faster without themselves changing. For this experiment, the substrate in the enzymatic reaction was sucrase, and it will be causing sucrose to change resulting in the following equation: Sucrose → Glucose + Fructose Where the arrow is in the equation indicates the enzyme,…

This is what most of us know as a service dog, used to provide service to people who might not be able to fully provide for themselves. Used for mobility as well as trained to perform specific task to help people with disabilities and accompany them in almost any location. According to the Division 17 website there are many ways animals are beneficial to humans such as for psychiatric, therapy, companionship, emotional support and so much more. Some of these categories don’t consist of any…

overall quality of life of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, but there was not as large of a difference compared to the control group as they hypothesized (Lanning et al., 2014). Gabriels et al. (2012) did a pilot study to evaluate the effects of equine therapy on self-regulation behaviors, adaptive skills, and motor skills of school age children to adolescents diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This study had 42 participants that were split up into groups of three to four to…

I believe that Mr. Rachels would agree with my argument above. In his article titled “Active and Passive Euthanasia,” he explains two scenarios; a case involving a patient with incurable throat cancer, and another involving a baby with Down’s syndrome and a easily treatable intestinal blockage. Though these arguments cover a wide range of cases, they don’t appear to apply to Ms. Reese’s case. Throughout James Rachels’ discussion of the morality of active versus passive euthanasia, he fails to…

doctor, the patient is administered to either surgery or physical therapy depending on which option the patient chooses. Both the options in almost all cases do help improve the pain of the patient, but the question is which option is responsible for the most improvement…

appraisals of others” (Samstag, 2007, p. 296). During this era, Hans Strupp and Lester Luborsky were “examining similar features of treatment process, therapist characteristics, and the role of technique vs. relationship factors in effecting outcome’ (Samstag, 2007, p. 296). Rogers client-centred approach to therapy was in stark contrast to “Freudian psychoanalysis where man was understood as being controlled by unconscious forces that operated outside of awareness” (Samstag, 2007, p. 295)…

pressured. Relaxation calms the mind and helps to think more clearly in an uneasy situation. Music therapy is a great treatment and is often used for relaxation. “The clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program” (American Music Therapy Association, Definition of Music Therapy). Personal music therapy can increase relaxation when…