Friday, June 20, 2014

Not all Italians are equal



If you have MS, smoke dope if you wish but consider that dope alone will not do for you what BCG alone will do for you or dope combined with BCG. The use of diseases to advocate the usefulness of smoking dope must be tempered by the realization that even Italian Andrew Cuomo must consider the merits of his countryman Ristori and wonder whether smoking dope when you have MS may be enhanced by smoking  dope and shooting BCG, which is also safe, cheap and effective, everything that is undesireable in the American healthcare system.

Smoke Dope, Shoot BCG , or do neither but please do not contribute to

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stand in the way of those in NY with autoimmune diseases who wish to smoke dope and/or shoot BCG or see that others may do so.

If you have an autoimmune disease other than MS, by all mean smoke dope and yet not be blind to the Red Sox medicine and art found in Boston and published by Red Sox Fan Dr. Denise L Faustman. See eg faustmanlab.org and pubmed.org faustman dl. There is nothing wrong with smoking dope? There is something wrong when BCG used all over the world is not available to New Yorkers.  BCG has been used on pregnant women in Europe. Ask Delthia Ricks of Newsday for the references which will be added to this post shortly.


Tom Libous might profit from searching pubmed.org  metformin cancer
and pubmed.org aspirin cancer

He might even wonder why no one has suggested to him combining metformin and aspirin with or without smoking dope


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Press release


3rd of September 2012



Tuberculosis vaccine - a new remedy for allergies and asthma in children?
M Can a vaccine against tuberculosis help combat asthma and eczema in Danish children early in life? This will now be examined in a comprehensive Danish research study.  
From September 2012, thousands of Danish pregnant women will receive an invitation to allow their newborns to take part in a sensational trial.
The tuberculosis vaccine was removed from the vaccine program in Denmark during the 1980s, however new research indicates that the vaccine can improve the health of children.
Research carried out in developing countries shows that the health of infants who have been given the tuberculosis vaccine (BCG/Calmette) at birth is improved and the babies have a better survival rate than those who have not been given the vaccine. The vaccine also seems to have a preventive effect against asthma and atopic dermatitis.
Results are so striking that they cannot be explained by the fact that the children did not catch tuberculosis. Therefore, researchers assess the vaccine to have a general positive effect on the immune system, which means that children are less sick, and have less atopic dermatitis, asthma and allergies.
Whether this positive effect also can benefit Danish children will now be examined in a large Danish research project headed by Lone Graff Stensballe, Paediatrician from the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at Rigshospitalet.
The research project will run for three years, starting in September 2012, where 4,300 infants and their parents will be followed through interviews, examinations, and, for 300 of the children, blood tests as well. The project will comprise five PhD courses and a research collaboration with obstetricians, paediatricians, midwives, nurses and laboratory technicians from the three hospitals taking part in the project.
“We are very excited about this unique opportunity to improve the health of Danish children early in life,” says Lone Graff Stensballe. “Unfortunately, we have seen large increases in admissions, consumption of medicines, asthma, eczema and allergies among Danish children. We hope to curb these increases with the new research project.”
The research project will be carried out at Rigshospitalet in collaboration with Hvidovre Hospital, Kolding Sygehus Lillebælt and the new Centre for Vitamins and Vaccines at SSI (Statens Serum Institut).

For further information and interviews, please contact:
Lone Graff Stensballe
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I am available to demonstrate on You Tube the effectiveness of BCG on plaque psoriasis. I am also a Type 1 diabetic. I'd rather shoot BCG than smoke dope, but to each his own.








Ristori G, Romano S, Cannoni S, Visconti A, Tinelli E, Mendozzi L, Cecconi P, Lanzillo R, Quarantelli M, Buttinelli C, Gasperini C, Frontoni M, Coarelli G, Caputo D, Bresciamorra V, Vanacore N, Pozzilli C, Salvetti M.
Neurology. 2014 Jan 7;82(1):41-8. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000438216.93319.ab. Epub 2013 Dec 4.
PMID:
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NY Senate approves medical marijuana, bill goes to Cuomo for signature

Diane Savino
Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, listens to a speaker during a news conference announcing an agreement on legislation legalizing medical marijuana in New York in the Red Room at the Capitol on Thursday. The bill passed the Senate this afternoon and the bill will be sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. (Mike Groll)
Teri Weaver | tweaver@syracuse.com By Teri Weaver | tweaver@syracuse.com
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on June 20, 2014 at 2:19 PM, updated June 20, 2014 at 2:39 PM
ALBANY, N.Y. - Medical marijuana could be available in smokeless forms in about 18 months, after New York senators sent legislation to Gov. Andrew Cuomo this afternoon.
The Senate approved the legislation 49-10 after more than two and a half hours of debate. Advocates for the bill cheered and hugged afterward and cried out "Thank you" from the Senate gallery.
The legislation had been agreed to by legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo; the governor is expected to sign the bill.
Today's votes crossed party lines and personal illnesses and past careers in law enforcement and the military.
Sen. Tom Libous, R-Binghamton, whose prostate cancer has spread to his lungs, spoke movingly of pain and chemotherapy before saying he would vote no. Sen. Patrick Gallivan, R-Elma, a former New York State trooper, voted yes.
Sen. William Larkin, R-Troy, a military veteran and senator for 36 years, challenged his colleagues to consider what they would do to help ease the pain of a suffering child. It was his vote a few weeks ago that moved the bill out of the Senate's Health Committee, a first for the state Senate. "Lead or get the hell out of the way," Larkin declared before voting yes.
The outcome of today's vote was expected. But it came after a two-decade fight by Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, to allow New Yorkers access to marijuana as a treatment for conditions such as cancer, epilepsy and neuropathies.
DeFrancisco opened the debate with questions about how the program would work. He asked how doctors would know how much marijuana to prescribe, how much the drug would cost, how state officials are sure that marijuana can curb pain, nausea and other symptoms.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, said it's up to the state's health commissioner to write rules and regulations regarding the program, including standards for dosages and costs. She said the costs should be on par with illegal sales of marijuana, so that qualifying patients won't be tempted to save money and buy the drug through criminal channels.
Savino also acknowledged the criticisms that not enough clinical tests exist regarding the medical uses of marijuana. "The FDA doesn't always provide us the comfort that we need," she said.
DeFrancisco congratulated Savino and advocates for the legislation before voting no. "They worked very, very hard," DeFrancisco said, adding that the bill's name - the Compassionate Care Act - made it hard for some to vote no. "How can you vote against compassionate care?"
Sen. David Valesky, D-Oneida, supported the bill.
Other Central New York senators opposed it, including Sens. John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse; Joseph Griffo, R-Rome; Michael Nozzolio, R-Fayette; Patty Ritchie, R-Oswegatchie; and James Seward, R-Milford.
The New York State Assembly passed the legislation 113-17 shortly before 3 a.m. today. All Central New York Assembly members from both parties supported the legislation.
It was unclear immediately after the vote when Gov. Andrew Cuomo would sign the bill. The program will take effect 18 months after Cuomo signs it, or later, according to the legislation.
Even after Cuomo signs the bill, it will still be illegal for any patient to smoke marijuana for health reasons until the program is established.
Libous voted no, even though he admitted he's said he would consider using marijuana to help with the aftermath of chemotherapy treatments should the drug become illegal. He said he wanted more scientific evidence that the drug is of medical benefit. He also said he didn't want people to get the impression that marijuana might be a cure-all for people suffering pain or seizures.
"I also know that this isn't a cure," Libous said. "I don't want to create a false hope. This isn't going to cure anybody."
Savino said after the vote she didn't know when Cuomo might sign the bill. "Soon, we hope," she said.
Contact Teri Weaver at tweaver@syracuse.com, 315-470-2274 or on Twitter at @TeriKWeaver.

 
 
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Immunobiology Laboratory                                                                                                                Denise Faustman, MD, PhD
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June 20, 2014

Dear Friends,

As we head into summer, we wanted to get you up to date on all of the exciting developments both
inside and outside of the laboratory and the clinic. 

It was a busy spring here in Boston. The book based on our BCG conference (held in London this
past October) was published last month, and we are excited to speak with a growing number of
researchers who are interested in trials using BCG to reverse or prevent autoimmunity.

And what about our Phase II BCG trial? While you are (hopefully!) at the beach, we will be putting
the final touches on the clinical trial design.  We are hopeful that the first patients will be receiving
BCG this year.   We have raised over $18 million now for this trial, but need another $7 million to
complete it. 

For our European friends, we will be presenting at the EASD meeting in Vienna this September.

Stay tuned and, of course, thank you for all of your support.  You can always find more information
about what we are doing at www.faustmanlab.org or at www.facebook.com/faustmanlab.

Sincerely,
                                                                                                       
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Denise L. Faustman
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