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Topic: Orthomolecular

	Welcome To Orthomolecular.org
		Orthomolecular is a term that comes from ortho, which is Greek for "correct" or "right," and "molecule," which is the simplest structure that displays the characteristics of a compound.
		Orthomolecular medicine describes the practice of preventing and treating disease by providing the body with optimal amounts of substances which are natural to the body.
		"Orthomolecular treatment does not lend itself to rapid drug-like control of symptoms, but patients get well to a degree not seen by tranquilizer therapists who believe orthomolecular therapists are prone to exaggeration.
	orthomolecular.org /index.shtml (182 words)

	Orthomolecular medicine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Orthomolecular medicine is defined as the provision of the optimum molecular constitution, especially the optimum concentration of substances that are normally present in the body, for the purposes of treating disease and preserving health.
		Orthomolecular medicine is a minority view held by some qualified medical practitioners and is supported by scientific research.
		Orthomolecular treatments are utilized in both complementary and alternative medicine fields and, to a lesser degree, in conventional medicine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orthomolecular_medicine (1221 words)

	SuperNutrition - What is Orthomolecular (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As the orthomolecular movement grew, orthomolecular doctors broadened their view of rebalancing cellular chemistry with just vitamins and minerals and other nutrients to protecting cellular chemistry from becoming imbalanced by vectors ("things" or conditions) that stress the cell and thus interfere with well-balanced cellular chemistry.
		Their treatment, as orthomolecular doctors, was simple: Before using any of the standard medical approaches (drugs, surgery, radiation, etc.), they worked with various vitamins, minerals and cellular nutrients (as well as beneficial lifestyle modifications) to rebalance the patient's cellular chemistry to as close to optimal as possible.
		Orthomolecular doctors found that many of these Inborn Errors of Metabolism can be corrected (or partly-corrected) by adding higher potencies of specific vitamins (as well as minerals and other nutrients) to increase the body's concentration of the necessary enzyme and thus "grease the rails" to bring the specific cellular chemical reaction closer to optimal.
	www.supernutritionusa.com /orthomolecular.html (1449 words)

	What is Orthomolecular Medicine?, Linus Pauling Institute
		The word "orthomolecular" was introduced by Linus Pauling in "Orthomolecular Psychiatry", his seminal 1968 article published in the journal Science.
		Orthomolecular medicine is not "alternative"; rather, it should be considered as an adjunct to appropriate conventional medicine.
		Pauling became especially fascinated with vitamin C in the mid-1960s and quickly recognized that the intake of this vitamin and, consequently, its concentration in the body, significantly influences health and disease.
	lpi.oregonstate.edu /f-w99/orthomolecular.html (561 words)

	Schizophrenia and Orthomolecular Medicine
		Orthomolecular treatment is reported to be effective in 80% or more of the cases and is the best treatment developed so far.
		Orthomolecular treatment is defined as providing the brain and the body with the best possible biochemical environment, especially with those substances normally found in the body such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other essential molecules.
		The orthomolecular treatment can be used for a wide variety of disorders such as schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, behaviour and learning disorders in children, problems of aging, alcoholism and addiction, arthritis, heart and circulatory problems and many other diseases.
	www.lightparty.com /Health/SchizoOrthoMedicine.html (835 words)

	On the Orthomolecular Environment of the Mind Orthomolecular Theory
		The author defines orthomolecular psychiatry as the achievement and preservation of good mental health by the provision of the optimum molecular environment for the mind, especially the optimum concentrations of substances normally present in the human body, such as the vitamins.
		By the use of orthomolecular methods in addition to the conventional treatment of schizophrenia, the fraction of patients hospitalized for the first time in whom the disease is controlled may be increased from about 40 percent to about 80 percent.
		Orthomolecular psychiatry is the achievement and preservation of good mental health by the provision of the optimum molecular environment for the mind, especially the optimum concentrations of substances normally present in the human body, such as the vitamins.
	www.laleva.cc /choice/orthomolecular_theory.html (5436 words)

	Orthomolecular Psychiatry in Theory and Practice
		Orthomolecular psychiatry is one of two branches of psychiatry currently advocating chemotherapy for schizophrenia.
		Orthomolecular psychiatry, on the other hand, emphasizes a system of treatment, not any one drug or chemical.
		In general, the "medical model" of orthomolecular psychiatry is the basis for diagnosis and treatment.
	www.lightparty.com /Health/ORTHO.html (804 words)

	ACS :: Orthomolecular Medicine
		Orthomolecular medicine is the use of very high doses of vitamins, minerals, or hormones to prevent and treat a wide variety of conditions.
		Orthomolecular medicine is the use of high doses of vitamins, minerals, or hormones to prevent and treat a wide variety of conditions.
		Orthomolecular medicine is promoted to help people with depression, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric illness; Parkinson disease; shingles; irritable bowel syndrome; alcoholism; colds; heart disease; hay fever; pneumonia; bruises; acne; eczema; bug bites; cold sores; chronic fatigue syndrome; and many other health problems.
	www.cancer.org /docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3X_Orthomolecular_Medicine.asp?sitearea=ETO (2225 words)

	Orthomolecular medicine – the art of healthcare of the 21st century
		Orthomolecular medicine is aiming to recreate an ecological environment – on a cellular level – that ensures optimal functioning of the cell securing production of energy and the combatting of disease.
		Orthomolecular medicine is ecological medicine; primarily natural substances are used for the treatment and prevention of disease.
		Orthomolecular medicine should be developed so that we will gradually learn to press the right buttons.
	www.laleva.cc /choice/orthomolecular_medicine.html (647 words)

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		The aim of orthomolecular medicine is not merely to eliminate disease, but to achieve "optimum health." By administering nutrient supplements as a major method to treat disease, one may avoid the potentially disastrous effects of conventional medicine, such as chemotherapy, drug therapy, surgery and radiotherapy.
		Orthomolecular practitioners, therefore, recommend that laboratory tests should be conducted to assess nutritional status so that possible areas of insufficiency may be addressed with the use of supplements.
		Orthomolecular therapy is possibly the branch of alternative medicine that has been the subject of the most scientific research, and has certainly been validated by that research.
	www.biohealthcenter.com /orthorx.htm (1045 words)

	DoctorYourself.com - Megavitamin (Orthomolecular) Medicine
		In 1972 the title was changed to the Journal of Orthomolecular Psychiatry to reflect the widening use of nutrition in the treatment of many physical and psychiatric disorders.
		Linus Pauling in 1968 had proposed the term orthomolecular psychiatry which we recognised as the the correct word to define the total interest in nutrition, clinical ecology, and the use of supplements.
		Ross is one of the early pioneer psychiatrists of orthomolecular psychiatry.
	www.doctoryourself.com /hoffer_JOM.html (1738 words)

	Orthomolecular.org - Journal Of Orthomolecular Medicine - Archives
		After 1968, the name was changed to Schizophrenia, and in 1971 the name was again changed to Orthomolecular Psychiatry to reflect the increased scope of this type of therapy to other mental illnesses.
		In 1986, as it became clear that nutritional therapy was widely applicable to both physical as well as mental disease, the publication underwent a final change to the more inclusive Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine and is presently published as such today.
		New articles describing orthomolecular approaches to health management and treatment of disease are accompanied by lively editorials, book reviews, letters and reports.
	orthomolecular.org /library/jom (185 words)

	ACUPRESSURE: ORTHOMOLECULAR MEDICINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Orthomolecular medicine is mostly geared towards the use of a whole food diet and high dosages of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids to prevent and treat diseases.
		Orthomolecular medicine doctors do not follow the government minimum standards or the recommended daily allowances for supplementing nutrients.
		Orthomolecular doctors find that each individual has an individualized need for nutrients based on their genetics, nutritional habits, and current condition.
	www.healthyroads.com /mylibrary/data/altcaredex/htm/amm0134.asp (613 words)

	Hoffer's Home Page
		One of the advantages of the orthomolecular regimen is that patients are more compliant since they do not suffer major side effects and when they have to take drugs the dose is so small that for this reason side effects are minimized or avoided.
		Orthomolecular Medicine is not limited to the treatment of schizophrenia.
		One of the greatest pleasures from practicing orthomolecular psychiatry is to talk to a patients who have been well, have lived useful lives, and have cost the community little.
	www.islandnet.com /~hoffer/hofferhp.htm (19550 words)

	Orthomolecular Medicine
		Whereas the patient is given dietary instruction based on the results of allergy tests (which are open to doubt), the main theme of orthomolecular medicine seems to be the prescription of large quantities of artificial vitamins and minerals which blood tests have indicated to be supposedly deficient.
		Orthomolecular medicine, using vitamins and minerals therapeutically instead of drugs, is a good attempt by medically trained people to help the body help itself.
		Orthomolecular medicine although imperfect, has achieved very good results, and for people incapable of maintaining a correct diet, it will be a big help.
	www.purlife.com /orthomole.htm (277 words)

	Retirement That Makes Nutritional Sense :: Holistic Healing :: Orthomolecular Medicine
		The 64-year-old registered nurse is opening a retirement home based on orthomolecular approaches to health—fresh-fruit tofu shakes will be just one of the perks.
		Dale describes how her fascination with the work of Dr Abram Hoffer (a founding father of orthomolecular medicine) 10 years ago led her to realize she could not continue her work in a mental institution.
		Orthomolecular medicine focuses on the individual nutritional needs of a person and uses both diet and nutrient supplements to restore and maintain the correct nutritional balance.
	www.alive.com /156a1a2.php?subject_bread_cramb=241 (765 words)

	orthomolecular psychiatry
		Orthomolecular Psychiatry and Medicine treats mental disorders such as depressions, schizophrenias, attention deficit disorders, autism and more, from the perspective that the origin of the disorder is biological in nature--not caused by distorted thinking or personality dysfunctions of individuals.
		Since the distorted thinking and other personality dysfunctions are the result of biochemical problems in individuals, successful treatment for the patients (where their symptoms may be alleviated and they may regain normal lifestyles) includes natural therapies such as nutrients, dietary changes, determining and removing allergens from their environments, finding and treating chemical imbalances.
		As their thinking about orthomolecular psychiatry evolved, Dr. Hoffer and others changed the name of the journal over the years from The Journal of Schizophrenia to The Journal of Orthomolecular Psychiatry to the present name, The Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/d/l/dlh174 (2323 words)

	Schizophrenia.org - The Huxley Institute for Biosocial Research - Orthomolecular Psychiatry
		At an orthomolecular clinic, both Carl and Ellie were found to have hypoglycemia, a condition brought on by their protein-poor, vitamin-poor, high carbohydrate diet.
		Orthomolecular theory not withstanding a significant majority of reputable doctors and their patients firmly believe that orthodox psychiatry and talking therapy have not gone bankrupt and are still helping those many people whose problems do not originate in a simple shortage of B vitamins.
		Orthomolecular therapy's apparently helping, so I am delighted it is in the field." Not long ago, Dr. Ben Burston, assistant professor of psychiatry at the Yale Medical College, sent a 26-year-old male patient, described as a "intractable schizophrenic," to the Brain Bio Center.
	www.schizophrenia.org /ortho.html (4354 words)

	Orthomolecular Alternative Medicine Treatment of Cancer
		The use of large doses of nutrients for the treatment of cancer has not yet entered the mainstream of medicine, not in the Universities, nor in the medical journals, or in the wards, halls and corridors of hospitals.
		This was the first meeting were both the academic physicians and orthomolecular physicians met in an amicable and interesting exchange of information.
		Orthomolecular therapy provides a step forward in the battle against cancer and must be fully explored.
	heall.com /body/askthedoctor/disease/cancer/orthomolecular.html (5908 words)

	Orthomolecular Therapy
		Stephen Barrett, M.D. "Orthomolecular therapy" is defined by its proponents as "the treatment of disease by varying the concentrations of substances normally present in the human body." Its proponents claim that many diseases are caused by molecular imbalances that are correctable by administration of the "right" nutrient molecules at the right time.
		Orthomolecular therapy dates back to the early 1950s when a few psychiatrists began adding massive doses of nutrients to their treatment of severe mental problems.
		The original substance was vitamin B3 (nicotinic acid or nicotinamide), and the therapy was termed "megavitamin therapy." Later the treatment regimen was expanded to include other vitamins, minerals, hormones, and diets, any of which may be combined with conventional drug therapy and electroshock treatments.
	www.quackwatch.org /01QuackeryRelatedTopics/ortho.html (1110 words)

	Orthomolecular Nutrition and Megavitamins
		Orthomolecular nutrition and megavitamins; history and development of scientific reductionism and megavitamin therapy including Linus Pauling, Roger Williams and Abram Hoffer.
		At a time when the scientific world was mesmerised by the use of toxic symptom suppressing drugs, these pioneers of orthomolecular nutrition were clearly motivated by a commitment to truth which separated them from so many of their colleagues.
		Wilfred Shute was one of the first doctors to use megavitamin therapy when he used large doses of vitamin E to treat heart disease in 1933 (3) while large doses of vitamin B3 were also used in the 1930's and 1940's to treat vitamin resistant pellagra cases (3,11, 40).
	www.holistichealthtopics.com /HMG/nutrition.html (13648 words)

	All about orthomolecular therapy and uses in alternative treatments
		Orthomolecular medicine can be used therapeutically to treat diseases such as cancer and AIDS, or preventatively to impede the progress of degenerative disease and aging.
		Orthomolecular medicine did not become a full pledged discipline until the late 1960's when Pauling coined the term "orthomolecular".
		However, defenders of orthomolecular levels of supplements point to a major study that shows that over and eight-year period, from 1983 to 1990 the number of pharmaceutical fatalities because of over does was 2556.
	alternative-medicine-and-health.com /therapy/orthomolecular-therapy.htm (1373 words)

	Orthomolecular Medicine :: Holistic Healing :: Orthomolecular Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It was Linus Pauling, Nobel Prize winner, who first coined the phrase orthomolecular medicine, from the Greek word, ortho (to straighten), and molecule (the smallest identifiable unit of a substance).
		To put it plainly, orthomolecular medicine is the therapeutic approach of "straightening" out the cellular mechanics of our bodies.
		Dr Taylor is both a physician practicing orthomolecular medicine and a proud grandfather.
	www.alive.com /112a1a2.php?subject_bread_cramb=241 (426 words)

	Special orthomolecular substances: research news
		Among other things, this concerns the stimulation of the fatty-acid oxidation in the liver by means of carnitine, the improvement of the insulin metabolism through physical exercise and the supplementation of chromium, and, if necessary, the stimulation of the basal metabolism by means of iodine (for instance in the form of kelp).
		Furthermore Nieuwenhuis stresses the necessity to combine a low-calorie diet with the daily use of an orthomolecular multi-vitamin/mineral preparation plus a minimum of 1 gram vitamin C. It is recommended to obtain a limited intake of calories from mainly vegetable proteins.
		Foundation S.O.E. The objectives of the Orthomolecular Education Foundation SOE (Stichting Orthomoleculaire Educatie) are the collection, compilation and distribution of knowledge concerning orthomolecular medicine and nutrition.
	www.soe.nl /res5engl.htm (1663 words)

	Welcome To Orthomolecular.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Orthomolecular is a term that comes from ortho, which is Greek for "correct" or "right," and "molecule," which is the simplest structure that displays the characteristics of a compound.
		Orthomolecular medicine describes the practice of preventing and treating disease by providing the body with optimal amounts of substances which are natural to the body.
		"Orthomolecular treatment does not lend itself to rapid drug-like control of symptoms, but patients get well to a degree not seen by tranquilizer therapists who believe orthomolecular therapists are prone to exaggeration.
	www.orthomolecular.org (183 words)

	Orthomolecular Medicine - Elaliance
		The term "orthomolecular" has been coined to describe an approach to medicine that uses naturally occurring substances normally present in the body.
		Orthomolecular physicians recognize these factors, as well as the fact that biochemical individuality can also play a crucial role in health.
		Orthomolecular physicians are aware of the problems associated with megavitamin therapy, and if symptoms arise, the dosage of the offending vitamin is reduced.
	www.elaliance.com /OMM.html (766 words)

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