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		<title>An ounce of prevention&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readers of this website will already know that we regularly use homeopathic remedies as safe and effective immunising agents for all forms of pathogenic diseases (both childhood infections, and the diseases that travellers are prone to). Today I will introduce another aspect of immunisation which is not at all related to pathogenic disease — our [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Readers of this website will already know that we regularly use homeopathic remedies as safe and effective immunising agents for all forms of pathogenic diseases (both childhood infections, and the diseases that travellers are prone to). Today I will introduce another aspect of immunisation which is not at all related to pathogenic disease — our immune system, after all, is subject to many more influences, shocks, and traumas beyond the realm of germs.</p>
<p>Just as when we are dealing with an infectious outbreak, and can anticipate that we may be likely to be exposed to a certain illness, we can also know and anticipate when we are expecting to live through an emotional shock or otherwise traumatic experience. The idea of immunisation or “prophylaxis” is as valid here as it is within the realm of infectious illness. Examples can include pre-scheduled surgical procedures, difficult emotional contexts, such as “meeting the in-laws” for the first time, or high stress exam or interview situations.</p>
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<p>In any anticipated situation such as this, patients are interested to learn, we are able to “immunise” them from much of the damaging aspect of the situation, and allow them to better “digest” the experience as completely as possible while leaving as little residue as possible. The immunising remedy in each case will be identical with the remedy which we use to <a title="Can you time travel with homeopathic remedies?" href="http://arcanum.ca/2012/01/08/can-you-time-travel-with-homeopathic-remedies/" target="_blank">clear a particular type of shock or trauma when we’re clearing a patient’s time line</a>. The remedies which we use, for example, to clear out a traumatic childhood history of emotional abuse, would be the exact same remedies we would give a patient who is anticipating that they will be subject to an emotionally abusive situation in the near future which cannot be avoided for whatever reason.</p>
<p>Along these lines, homeopaths have long observed that the recovery time from surgery is much quicker and easier when the patient has prepared by taking the corresponding remedies both before and after the procedure. Patients have confirmed very quick recovery times, which have often surprised their surgeons, as well.</p>
<p>Remember that while not all stress can be avoided, it can be greatly mitigated with this simple application of preventive medicine. Is there a situation you are approaching which you could use some help getting through?</p>
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		<title>What Does It Mean To Have A Healthy, Well-Functioning Immune System, and Where Can You Get Yours?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having struggled with chronic anxiety for the last fourteen years and after having tried everything under the sun without finding any healing, I was glad to have finally darkened the doorway of a practitioner of Heilkunst, namely Jeff Korentayer.  Despite having previously consulted two classical homeopaths with nothing to show for it, I was willing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img class="alignnone" title="Healthy Happy" src="http://greatkarmaradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/healthy-happy-body.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="240" />Having struggled with chronic anxiety for the last fourteen years and after having tried everything under the sun without finding any healing, I was glad to have finally darkened the doorway of a practitioner of Heilkunst, namely Jeff Korentayer.  Despite having previously consulted two classical homeopaths with nothing to show for it, I was willing to give this style of homeopathy a try.  I can honestly say that Heilkunst has been the only thing I’ve found that has consistently created an improvement in my health since the very first remedy.  Jeff has been a wonderful homeopath and has imparted a lot of information about the principles of Heilkunst and true healing to me.  I don’t think it’s an overstatement to say that Heilkunst has saved my life.  It has certainly brought me the closest I’ve ever come to feeling whole and well and finally embodying my true self.<br />
- J. M., Ottawa</div>
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<div>Since 1985; each spring would be an Allergy nightmare caused by my allergic reaction to Tree Pollen and Grass and Mould and Mildew.  Today I am free of any allergic reactions that made Spring the worst health season of the year for me.  I used to use a steroid nasal inhaler, tons of Tylenol Sinus tablets of Advil Sinus tablets and pretty much any over the counter Allergy tablet to help ease the sinus pressure and pain.  I also would suffer through a sinus infection or two during the same Spring Season.</div>
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<p>Today I am pain free – Thanks to Dr. Ally!<br />
- Brenda Deacon</p>
<p>Most folks come to us in order to get rid of something.  Right there on the top of our new patient intake sheet, we ask you your health goals, and yet a “negative” goal (ie getting rid of something) is typically the first thing listed.  Like myself, when I came to Heilkunst Medicine, I was looking to rid my son of severe constipation, autistic spectrum issues and repeated ear infections, bronchitis and bouts of pneumonia every time he cut a new tooth.  I, too, was suffering Guillain-Barre syndrome and fibromyalgia-like symptoms with severe migraines, tumours, sinus infections and psoriasis.  I, too, looked to my Heilkunst Physician to &#8220;fix me.”  I was desperate and I&#8217;m so glad my issues were not properly showing up on my MD’s Richter scale, or I probably would not be here to write this today.   Thank goodness that nightmare we were living was 15 long years ago, and has faded to a distant memory.</p>
<p>What does it mean to actually engage in this process called Heilkunst for your betterment, health and ultimate well-being?  Well, my mentor Rudi Verspoor describes it no less than the &#8220;art and science for one&#8217;s salvation.&#8221;  In fact, if you have the capacity to translate two hundred year old German with the founder Dr. Samuel Hahnemann&#8217;s organizing lenses on, that is precisely what Heilkunst means: the whole art and science of healing and curing.  Dr. Hahnemann defined health in aphorism 9 of his Organon of Heilkunst Medicine as:</p>
<p dir="ltr">In the healthy human state, the spirit-like force (autocracy), that enlivens the material organism as dynamis, governs without restriction and keeps all parts of the organism in admirable, harmonious, vital operation as regards both feelings and functions, so that our indwelling rational spirit can avail itself of this living healthy instrument for the higher purposes of our existence.  (O&#8217;Reilly/Decker translation, 1996)</p>
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<p>Typically, the next question I will hear is, &#8220;Ok, that is great, but how are you going to get me from here to there?&#8221;  Well, that would take 15 years of study of this dynamic system of medicine smartly condensed into 5-6 paragraphs, however, I&#8217;m game.  The bottom line is, you assess the true root causes of disease through principled discernment (diagnosis) and then you activate all three jurisdictions of Heilkunst Medicine; Regimen, Medicine and true Education for the benefit of each patient.   Simply put, you&#8217;re completely participated like the individual you are and while the principles for lawful curing never change, the way in which they are used to address your specific symptom picture will.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s use my beautiful son as an example.  His immune function was so compromised, there were times when I feared with a deeply held terror that he might actually perish.  He was two months premature and with all the antibiotics and gut issues and behavioural issues, I thought his case was truly hopeless.  Jordan was not thriving, in fact, he was barely surviving and the medications and treatments were just compromising his health even further.  It is fair to say that I hated my life back then.  When we began Heilkunst treatment, as a last ditch effort, I was at my wit’s end.  God knows no other conventional or alternative modality was working.</p>
<p>The first things we did was make sure Jordan was drinking enough healthy, pH-balanced water, sleeping in a soundless, dark environment, getting enough sunlight and some light recreation that he loved (he was a baseball fanatic at the age of 3 and I would pitch to him for hours).  The goal was to stabilize him enough to begin the physical and emotional detoxification process from a timeline of medical interventions, vaccines and genetic miasms from inherited diseases.  This approach is very focused and your Heilkunst Practitioner will be able to outline precisely what the principles are, stripping off each layer of the onion in a very systematic and thoughtful way.  You will never hear a Heilkunst Physician say, &#8220;Let&#8217;s try this!&#8221;.  I&#8217;d heard that so many times before coming to this curative system of medicine and frankly I felt like a rat in a very poorly designed maze with no thought given to how to get to the cheese at the end.</p>
<p>Within four months, Jordan was improving monumentally.  Our boy was thriving!   Sure, he was also having the most amazing fevers and a couple of incidences of flu-like healing reactions, but these were explained to me by my Heilkunst Physician as a functional expression of his diseases and a marker to his burgeoning immune function, and I began trusting the process.  Every time he had a healing reaction, something major in his development would shift to the better.  One month he began pooping all on his own without a glycerin suppository or stool softener; one month he began speaking for the first time; one month he began climbing the play structure at the park; and one month he hugged me and told me he loved me for the first time.  His immune function was naturally being restored as he never required antibiotics or any kind of conventional medication for anything of any significance from the day we began Heilkunst treatment.  Jordan is now 17 at the time of this writing, studying to get his driver’s license, and brought home a mark of 95% on his Modern History test.</p>
<p>It is fair to say that the tougher part of our Jordan&#8217;s issues were resolving his mother&#8217;s state of mind.  The reason for the whole mess of symptoms Jordan and I suffered were not just due to a nasty timeline of shocks and traumas, including my own mother&#8217;s suicide, my father&#8217;s demise to angina at the tender age of 43, and all 8 pronounced genetic miasms coming down my family line but also it was due to my entrenched belief structure postured around a perceived lack of support and abandonment.  You can read all the nasty bits in my book, <a href="http://www.thepathtocure.com/">The Path To Cure; The Whole Art of Healing</a>.  As a result, I can spot a psychological resistance at less than 2 paces!  Yes, our thoughts, beliefs, or spiritual diseases, can absolutely affect our immune system, and a person can reinfect themselves repeatedly of even cured diseases based on their state of mind.  This is the area of Heilkunst that we love to specialize in.</p>
<p>So if you choose to come in this fall to work with us in order to bolster your immune function, you will find that we&#8217;ll quickly be able to assess where your weak links lie.  After 15 years of study, we&#8217;re getting pretty good at this.  In some cases it lies more in regimenal habits, like a lack of proper water intake, eating too much or too little food and perhaps not the right kind.  In some cases, we may need to discern your blood type or glandular type to base your nutritional habits on scientific principles.  You may have never been well since a surgical procedure or drug use, or even the death of a family member or series of stressful events, and we know how to strip these events from your matrix using homeopathic law and informational medicine.  In many cases, folks like to avail themselves of a dose of our current homeopathic flu mix (oral dose vaccine) to prevent any strain of the flu for that year, which is included as part of our Winter Health Clinic free community service.</p>
<p>The other aspects that feature strongly in all cases are your individual genetic predisposition to chronic disease.  By assessing your family&#8217;s preponderance for specific illnesses, we remove them on the basis of homeopathic law, like cures like. This is a big part of how we help to restore your immune function.  We&#8217;re not about just trying something or shuffling the existing pieces around.  We systematically remove the shocks, blocks and traumas and your body knows how to restore homeostasis, health and its stunning immune function.  Our detoxifications are principled, our medical approach is principled, and our psychotherapeutic approach, again, is based on principles.  We are trained to get consistent results and we also know how to repeat these results in every case.  No guess work.</p>
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<p>During my four year post-graduate research (it was supposed to be two) with Steven Decker, scholar par-excellence and translator for Dr. Hahnemann&#8217;s sixth edition of the Medical Organon) I asked him one poignant question, &#8220;So, are you telling me that after 15 years of research all roads point to the same conclusion?  Immune function is just a fancy medical term for the &#8216;healthy sense of individual self&#8217;?&#8221;  Decker responded, &#8220;Well, yes, Ally, but if the horse has never been to the barn ever before, it is up to you to guide it there with healthy feed, proper water, proper exercise, proper detoxification protocols, encouraging resonant relationships removing all of its impediments in its way to arriving.  The healthy ontic will then masticate, and metabolize any unwanted bacterias or inimical potences encountered thereafter.&#8221;  The question is, do you want to ride side saddle or straddle your spirited steed outright?  In fancy medical terms, we still use the term, &#8220;Giddy up!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>How to recognize the Early Signs of Autism</title>
		<link>http://arcanum.ca/2009/07/20/how-to-recognize-the-early-signs-of-autism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amcquinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my son, Jordan, was just a babe, I suffered from a lack of knowledge regarding his developmental milestones.  The problem was compounded with the fact that he was born almost two months premature and although I kept mentally correcting his biological age by two months, he wasn&#8217;t appearing to hit his milestones.  Also, being [...]]]></description>
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<p>When my son, Jordan, was just a babe, I suffered from a lack of knowledge regarding his developmental milestones.  The problem was compounded with the fact that he was born almost two months premature and although I kept mentally correcting his biological age by two months, he wasn&#8217;t appearing to hit his milestones.  Also, being a first-time Mom, I had no clue what I was looking for as I&#8217;d never really been connected to many babbling babies or attuned to whether they made eye contact, or not.  I also had no clue, really, at what age these things are supposed to happen.  I knew my baby was special, but my veil of fear and grief kept me from seeing what was going on clearly.</p>
<p>Jordan also did something a little weird, he said the words, &#8220;that&#8217;s right&#8221; at about 7 months, clear as a bell &#8230; twice.  That was the first and last time I heard him speak for almost 2 years.  He crawled more at the one year mark, he poked his first teeth through the gum line at about 13 months and walked closer to 20 months.   The poor little mite screamed non-stop for the first six months of his life.  We called him &#8220;Le Miserable&#8221; and I have written my plight with my babe in greater detail in my book, <a title="The Path To Cure - The Whole Art of Healing" href="http://thepathtocure.com" target="_self"><em>The Path to Cure: The Whole Art of Healing.</em></a> I&#8217;ve been told by other Moms of developmentally challenged babes that reading my book has helped them by knowing how hard it was for Jordan and I.  A homeopathic dose, if you will &#8230; like cures like!</p>
<p>Below is a great short video from Howcast.com that will help you to identify the early stages of development and discern the early signs of Autism.  If I had such a tool when I was home alone in the suburbs struggling with my babe that never seemed to leave babyhood, I would have had more knowledge to address our needs.  At the age of four, we began Heilkunst Treatment and Jordan thankfully launched forward in his development by going back and picking up the pieces lost due to vaccine damage, birth trauma and a Genetic Miasm load that spawned the autistic condition we were all suffering.  I&#8217;m pleased to say that Jordan will be 15 next month and he is a beautiful, kind, bright, emotionally intelligent sportsman and musician.  His sense of humor is amazing!</p>
<p>If you watch the short video below, please let us know what you think and if it is a help to you.</p>
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		<title>First impressions of the Swine Flu</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amcquinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is about allaying the fears of folks falling prey to the political/media machine using "Swine Flu" to stir fear by falsely anticipating a pandemic.]]></description>
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<p>This morning, I received a few more e-mails from concerned patients who were wondering what we recommend to prevent the &#8220;Swine Flu&#8221; to prevent this alleged pandemic.  As I was going to a breakfast meeting, I happened to turn on CBC and heard the scariest voice of false authority imaginable announcing all the precautions one must take to avoid contracting this &#8220;deadly&#8221; virus, although not one confirmed case has shown up in Ottawa as of this morning. The fellow with the very deep voice said to be on the look out for symptoms of nausea especially after returning from Mexico.</p>
<p>With less than 100 cases in the States, the very expensive U.S. Guard has been notified even though Congress dealt with a swine flu scare a couple years back that did not materialize into anything.  And why is the military involved?  Are they going to use vaccines for ammo.?  What happens to you when you see young men and women dressed in black with helmets, shields and guns?  Does this promote a safe feeling or fear in the average North American?  Tuberculosis did more damage the year before and nobody called in the S.W.A.T. team for God&#8217;s sake!!!</p>
<p>As a Physician of Heilkunst medicine, it is my deepest goal to care for the health and well-being of myself, my family and my patients.  I am ordained to do this out of being wholly connected to the principles and truth with regards to this dynamic system of medicine in service to myself and those that I serve.  I recall once telling a young lifeguard that I will make the decision to swim where I wanted to and that he had no right to impose his belief structure about e-coli in the bay in the face of the capacity for my healthy immune function to over-come it.  I told him that I would take complete responsibility for my choice.  As he paced the beach, with his eyebrows furrowed, he finally called his Supervisor to &#8220;deal with me&#8221; who then threatened to call the police if I didn&#8217;t get out of the water.  I told him, I would be happy to, after I finished my last remaining 3 laps.  They watched dumbfounded that I did not acquiesce to their authority.</p>
<p>I would also like to introduce another time when Cholera was being studied as a potential epidemic:</p>
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<p><big style="position: absolute; margin-left: -1ex;">“</big> Koch announced his discovery of the cholera vibrio in 1884. His conclusions were based upon the constant finding of the peculiar &#8220;comma bacillus&#8221; in the stools of cholera patients, and the failure to demonstrate this organism in the feces of other persons. It was not possible to reproduce typical cholera in laboratory animals. At the time the &#8220;germ theory&#8221; of disease had not yet obtained general acceptance [they eventually got this botched science through to us, though], and Koch&#8217;s announcement was received with considerable skepticism, particularly after it was found that similar &#8220;comma bacilli&#8221; could be found at times in the feces of persons not suffering from cholera, and often in all sorts of other environments &#8211; well and river waters, cheese, etc. We now know that these were saprotrophic species of Vibrio, which may be differentiated from the cholera vibrio by cultural and immunological methods [Yes, boy that is helpful in explaining away the truth]. But the correctness of Koch&#8217;s opinion was dramatically demonstrated by von Pettenkofer and Emmerich who, doubting the etiological relationship of Koch&#8217;s organisms, deliberately drank cultures of it. Von Pettenkofer developed merely a transient diarrhea, but Emmerich suffered from a typical and severe attack of cholera. <big>”</big></p>
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<dd><cite style="font-size: smaller;">by A.T. Henrici, The Biology of Bacteria, DC Heath and Company, 1939. ASIN B00085GABK,</cite></dd>
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<div style="text-align: left;">You will notice that the Mechanistic Material Scientists didn&#8217;t study the phenomena behind why Pettenkofer only suffered &#8220;transient diarrhea&#8221; and that our immune functions are not championed,  supported, and trusted to maintain our health and well-being.  Most folks are so paralyzed in fear as it is from prior traumas, like 9/11, that adrenaline has been shooting us up from inside ever since.  Worn out adrenals brings about resignation and what I call, the &#8220;sheeple&#8221; complex.  Over time, we just become resigned in the face of authority whether they have our best interests at heart or not.  We become like sleep-walkers, puppeted by media, the big Pharma and the Government.  We become prey!</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">We are always here to offer you a calm, and rational alternative, should you wish to have a homeopathic vaccine, and other remedies to boost your immune system, and allay your fears.</div>
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		<title>More Ill Effects of the HPV Vaccine &#8230; arghhh!</title>
		<link>http://arcanum.ca/2009/04/06/more-ill-effects-of-the-hpv-vaccine-arghhh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amcquinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at the article below regarding the latest stories from the UK about the ill effects of Gardasil&#8217;s mystical HPV vaccine on young girls.  Their faces and stories will break your heart.  Please forward this article to as many unsuspecting parents as you can: How safe is the cervical cancer jab? Five teenagers [...]]]></description>
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<p>Take a look at the article below regarding the latest stories from the UK about the ill effects of Gardasil&#8217;s mystical HPV vaccine on young girls.  Their faces and stories will break your heart.  Please forward this article to as many unsuspecting parents as you can:</p>
<p><a title="More Ill Effects of the HPV Vaccine ... arghhh!" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1167803/How-safe-cervical-cancer-jab-Five-teenagers-reveal-alarming-stories.html" target="_blank">How safe is the cervical cancer jab? Five teenagers reveal their alarming stories</a> By Rachel Porter</p>
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		<title>Mumps is Back!</title>
		<link>http://arcanum.ca/2009/03/04/mumps-is-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amcquinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at the insanity being circulated at our local health department here in Ottawa. This is botched science at its best. The thinking being that if one dose doesn&#8217;t work, just give more! Sort of like spanking a child. Also, if Mumps is what is needing to be addressed, why are they also [...]]]></description>
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<p>Take a look at the insanity being circulated at our local health department here in Ottawa. This is botched science at its best. The thinking being that if one dose doesn&#8217;t work, just give more! Sort of like spanking a child. Also, if Mumps is what is needing to be addressed, why are they also proposing to re-immunize against Measles and Rubella (German Measles)? The latter has not reared its ugly little head for over 50 years and has been in fact declared &#8220;eradicated&#8221;. In fact, it is the allopathic medical community that tries to take credit for this, but we know this little scourge just naturally found its way on the decline all by itself without any vaccine. I particularly love the part at the end of her memo when she cites, &#8220;<span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Fortunately, mumps is preventable through immunization, so advertising our clinics as much as possible is very important.&#8221; </span></span>Um, is she so entirely stupid to think that the audience she is writing to isn&#8217;t going to catch such an obvious contradiction? Hello???? As you all know we use safe, proven homeopathic remedies to cure the underlying cause and also apply the same principled, lawful science to prevent Mumps on the basis of Homoprophylaxis. We can do this safely and effectively with any childhood illness you would like to prevent in your child.<span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<blockquote><p><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Dear OPH colleague;</span></span></p>
<p><span lang="en-us"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Mumps is Back!</span></em> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">As you may be aware, the incidence of mumps has been increasing recently throughout Canada, primarily among postsecondary students.</span></span><span lang="en-ca"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">There have been outbreaks of mumps in four other provinces, and infections are on the rise in Ontario. In response, The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care has implemented a one-time</span></span><span lang="en-ca"><em> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Mumps Catch-Up Vaccination Program</span></em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> by offering free mumps-containing vaccine, called MMR (measles/mumps/rubella), through local Public Health Units.</span></span></p>
<p><span lang="en-ca"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Four out of five people born in Ontario between 1970 and 1995 have received only one dose of the MMR vaccine, which may not provide them with enough protection against the mumps virus. After a new recommendation in 1996, most children in Ontario received two doses of the MMR vaccine before entering elementary school. To be fully protected from contracting mumps, two doses are required. Ottawa Public Health is encouraging all young adults born between 1970 and 1995 to review their immunization records, and receive a second dose of the MMR vaccine if this has not already occurred. Clinics will be hosted at all postsecondary institutions in Ottawa, and in various community settings, from January to March 2009. </span></span></p>
<p><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Mumps is a highly contagious viral illness that can have serious and permanent complications. Fortunately, mumps is preventable through immunization, so advertising our clinics as much as possible is very important.</span></span><span lang="en-us"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The Community Immunization Clinics Program</span></em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> would greatly appreciate your assistance with getting this information out into our community by sharing it with</span></span><span lang="en-ca"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> your community partners, friends and families. For more information, and a list of community and campus clinics, visit <a href="http://ottawa.ca/health" target="_blank">ottawa.ca/health</a> or <a href="http://ontario.ca/mumps" target="_blank">ontario.ca/mumps</a> </span></span></p>
<p><span lang="en-ca"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Together, we can prevent an outbreak of mumps in the City of Ottawa.</span></span></p>
<p><span lang="en-ca"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">T</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">hanks in advance for your assistance.</span></span></p>
<p>XXXXXX XXXXXXX<br />
<span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Program Manager, Communicable Disease Management</span></span></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Another Botch for the Allopathic Flu Shot for 2009</title>
		<link>http://arcanum.ca/2009/01/15/another-botch-for-the-allopathic-flu-shot-for-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amcquinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, folks, this is typically the scenario that arises every year. If you listen closely you can hear the Center for Disease Control say, &#8220;Whoops, we missed the strain for this year&#8217;s flu shot &#8211; sorry. Please try to overlook the fact that we&#8217;ve poisoned you, unnecessarily. Oh, and sorry also about your babies and [...]]]></description>
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<p>Yes, folks, this is typically the scenario that arises every year.  If you listen closely you can hear the Center for Disease Control say, &#8220;Whoops, we missed the strain for this year&#8217;s flu shot &#8211; sorry.  Please try to overlook the fact that we&#8217;ve poisoned you, unnecessarily. Oh, and sorry also about your babies and your grandparents who also received virus from last year&#8217;s flu strain.  We now know that it didn&#8217;t work this year after all just like the year we also tried to administer the prior year&#8217;s flu virus without the Avian flu being contained, and now we&#8217;re going to scramble to make another one for 2009 to poison you again with just the right live strain, you&#8217;ll see, just so that we can make a ton more cash before March! Try not to notice the anti-freeze and the Mercury being injected into your bodies, those are just the preservatives we use. Try not to pay any attention to that fever or that little bit of paralysis you may suffer later, it&#8217;s not related at all.   Oh, and sorry that ADHD, Autism and Alzheimer&#8217;s are becoming epidemics, but we can never be sure what &#8220;gifts&#8221; we impart to humanity, because frankly, we&#8217;re entirely focused on getting this B-strain right before March.&#8221;</p>
<p>For the watered down media&#8217;s version, please see <a title="Globe and Mail article" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090113.wlflu13/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home" target="_blank">this link</a>.<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090113.wlflu13/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home" target="_blank"><br />
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<p>As most of you know, you can receive the homeopathic dose, which causes no harm, on the principled basis of homoprophylaxis and that we&#8217;ve tracked 99% efficacy over the last 9 years.  The Center for Disease Control offers less than 15%.  The proof is in the pudding.</p>
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		<title>The Declaration of Independence</title>
		<link>http://arcanum.ca/2008/12/01/the-declaration-of-independence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amcquinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son has been studying U.S. history for over the last 6 weeks and last night he stood in the living room working on memorizing the first lines of the Declaration of Independence. I was preparing supper in the kitchen within earshot and was so blown away by the first sentence that I dropped the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="font-weight: bold" align="left"> My son has been studying U.S. history for over the last 6 weeks and last night he stood in the living room working on memorizing the first lines of the Declaration of Independence.  I was preparing supper in the kitchen within earshot and was so blown away by the first sentence that I dropped the broccoli and waited for Jordan to read the first line yet again.  This is what I heard come from my 14 year old with gusto:</p>
<p style="font-weight: bold" align="center">&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="font-weight: bold" align="center"><a href="http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/index.htm" title="The Declaration of Independence" target="_blank"><font size="5">I</font><font size="4">N</font><font size="5"> CONGRESS, J</font><font size="4">ULY 4, 1776</font></a></p>
<p style="font-weight: bold" align="center"><font size="4">The unanimous Declaration</font> <font size="2">of the thirteen united</font> <font size="4">States of America</font></p>
<p><img src="http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/images/w.gif" alt="W" width="125" align="left" height="90" />hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature&#8217;s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.</p>
<p>Admittedly,  I&#8217;ve always felt I swam against the tide and as a kid, I declared to my parents, &#8220;I hate society and all of the stupid rules made by the government.&#8221;  Although I don&#8217;t wholly recall what provoked this tantrum of sorts,  I do, however, recall the feeling of frustration at being impinged upon by some ideology that differed from my own map of the world.  That feeling of injustice hit sharply against my my inner sanctity and striving for freedom.  These child-like dreams just became bigger and more intense as I grew into maturity.  And so did the magnitude of the injustices as I saw them.</p>
<p>Today, I received an e-mail from a local on-line co-operative group helping individuals to organize  car rides with one another from one destination to another, for nominal fees, has been banned by the government.  I also read, today, that the mystical Allopathic HPV Vaccine is now being touted to effectively treat the herpes virus expressed as genital warts in males even thought the strains don&#8217;t match and the CDC pointed this out some years prior.  Maybe when their penises fall off from all the drugs, we&#8217;ll all start paying attention.  Take a look at <a href="http://arcanum.ca/2008/01/21/hpv-adverse-reactions-and-what-are-the-options/" title="HPV Article on Options" target="_blank">my other article</a> on this result of bad science and pure greedy marketing.  I also heard today a glitzy little number advertised on the radio for the allopathic flu shot.  Folks can contact the City of Ottawa, their municipal government, for more details.  God help us, and all this in one day!</p>
<p>Then I recalled the words newly etched in my heart, by my son Jordan, spoken so proudly the night before.  He too possesses the same craving for his own sovereignty and freedom.  As our former Autistic spectrum babe, I will gladly &#8220;join in a band&#8221; with him and assume responsibility for myself in utter humility to the &#8220;powers of the earth&#8221;, and at this juncture, I would like to separate from the existing &#8220;political band.&#8221; I wholly align myself with the &#8220;Laws of Nature&#8221; and the God of Nature.  Be there not an ounce of separation!  I commit to declaring the causes that impel me to seek such a separation.  And I will declare them daily, and when really riled, hourly!  Here to forth, I declare my independence.</p>
<p>Allyson Andrea McQuinn</p>
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		<title>21st CENTURY FLU SHOT: ‘Tis the Season for Heilkunst</title>
		<link>http://arcanum.ca/2008/12/01/21st-century-flu-shot-%e2%80%98tis-the-season-for-heilkunst/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkorentayer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY Debra A. Grant Reprinted from both Nepean This Week and Barrhaven This Week (online), Nov.25, 2008 If you’re one of the growing number of people rolling your eyes rather than your sleeves this flu season, there exists a safe and healthy alternative to the conventional flu shot that won’t touch your arm or your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BY <a href="mailto:dagDream@ncf.ca">Debra A. Grant</a></p>
<p><em>Reprinted from both Nepean This Week and Barrhaven This Week (online), Nov.25, 2008</em><br />
If you’re one of the growing number of people rolling your eyes rather than your sleeves this flu season, there exists a safe and healthy alternative to the conventional flu shot that won’t touch your arm or your wallet.</p>
<p>Jeff Korentayer, a doctor of  Heilkunst medicine, is one of several Ottawa-area, alternative medicine practitioners who offer some form of  free homeopathic flu remedies throughout the fall and early winter flu season. The co-owner of Arcanum Wholistic Clinic says that his clinic’s Heilkunst remedy has “tracked a greater than 98 per cent efficacy in over hundreds of participants” since this service was first provided in 2002.</p>
<p>The one-time, oral dose is available at the clinic’s Bells Corners home/office, in addition to its Centretown location in the city’s downtown core. Most of the 15-minute appointment will be spent explaining how the remedy works, and answering questions, says Dr. Korentayer.</p>
<p>One of those questions undoubtedly revolves around the concept of “Heilkunst,” translated from German as the practice (“kunst”) of making whole (“heil”). More than 200 years ago, it was proclaimed by its founder, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, as a complete medical system, transcending and encompassing the homeopathic tenets already discovered by this medical maverick.</p>
<p>This wholistic approach considers the roles of mind, emotion, and spirit, as well as physical body, upon one’s state of health. Unlike conventional (allopathic) medicine, which merely treats the symptoms of illness, Heilkunst roots out the underlying causes of disease. Treatment plans are tailored to the individual, whose life experiences can be explored via a variety of methods, such as the “sequential timeline” of documenting and treating physical and emotional traumas, working backward from the most recent event.</p>
<p>Korentayer’s personal triumphs via Heilkunst involve the permanent elimination of allergies, which he says “occurred within a few months.” This success ignited the desire for serious study of a path which eventually became a career for the psychology major.</p>
<p>Korentayer’s wife, business partner, and fellow doctor of medical Heilkunst, Allyson McQuinn, discovered her career while searching for a cure for her autistic-spectrum baby.  She authored a book entitled “The Path To Cure: The Whole Art of Healing” to document this journey.</p>
<p>The practice of Heilkunst purportedly addresses and eliminates the negative effects of the drugs of conventional medicine, a subject linked with safety concerns associated with conventional flu shots and other vaccines provided by “mainstream” medicine.</p>
<p>“There are a great number of issues with vaccinations in general, and the flu shot in particular,” says Dr. Korentayer. “The medical problems boil down to two basic questions of safety and efficacy. On the question of safety, there have been numerous side effects, and health complications which include fatalities. This is due to the tremendous toxic load that is included with flu shot ingredients, which causes a great burden for the body to detox from, and is especially difficult where there are underlying immune system or health problems to begin with.”</p>
<p>With regard to efficacy, he goes on to say that “the key problem is that of the changing nature or identity of the flu strain from year to year. The CDC (Centre for Disease Control) has a very poor track each year (less than 15 per cent) in attempting to guess which strain might be coming each winter, something they need to do far enough in advance to have time for manufacturing the vaccine in mass quantities.”</p>
<p>Korentayer also noted that “conventional vaccines are only designed to attempt to induce an antibody response, which is the most superficial aspect of our immune response to infection, and on its own provides very little, if any protection.”</p>
<p>These issues are included amongst several areas of concern currently being researched by Korentayer, the results to be published in an upcoming resource book for parents, entitled “The Vaccination Myth.” The publication will help parents decide whether or not to vaccinate their children, and to show them “how to navigate through all the massive amounts of information available from both sides in this controversial debate.”</p>
<p>A website (www.thevaccinationmyth.com) has also been set up.  Current content is sparse, but new material will appear over time.</p>
<p>In the meantime, the team of Korentayer and McQuinn continue to provide multiple Heilkunst services, in addition to the flu shot.  Services include: sequential removal of shocks, traumas, and conflicts from cellular memory; lifestyle education (diet, exercise); detoxification; balance of hormonal issues; homeopathic vaccination (travel and childhood); homeopathic protocols for symptoms, conditions, chronic health issues; treatment of deeper emotional blockages. For more info and/or to book a flu shot call 613-234-4604 or visit www.Arcanum.ca.</p>
<p>© Copyright 2008, Debra A.Grant</p>
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		<title>Letter from Jonathan Davies to Damian Thompson</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkorentayer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter from Jonathan Davies to Damian Thompson, author of Counterknowledge. Dear Mr. Thompson: I saw your book titled Counterknowlege in a book store the other day, and browsed through it quickly. There are a couple of comments that I would like to make, regarding what you say in this book mentioned above. First, you are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Letter from Jonathan Davies to Damian Thompson, author of <em>Counterknowledge.</em></p>
<p>Dear Mr. Thompson:</p>
<p>I saw your book titled <em>Counterknowlege</em> in a book store the other day, and browsed through it quickly.</p>
<p>There are a couple of comments that I would like to make, regarding what you say in this book mentioned above.</p>
<p>First, you are very critical of the idea of vaccinations causing autism.  What I believe is that in some cases, vaccinations trigger autism.  However, I believe that this is because in cases in which vaccinations cause (or trigger) autism, the individual has a high sensitivity to the heavy metals that vaccinations inject into the body.  It is just like the fact that nuts cause some people to be very ill physically, but in all such cases, it is because the individual has a severe allergy to nuts.  In cases in which an individual becomes autistic after having a vaccination, it is not the vaccination itself, or even the heavy metals that are in it, that is at fault, but the weak immune system that the individual has.</p>
<p>Second, I am very disappointed about your unfavourable opinion on alternative medicines.  When I picked up your book, I was hoping that you would be critical of the pharmaceutical industry.  I know that the pharmaceutical industry has brainwashed many of us into believing that if there is no pharmaceutical cure for something, then there is no cure for it whatsoever.  However, I have a strong suspicion that this is the pharmaceutical industry&#8217;s own wishful thinking.  A lot of people are saying that there is no cure for autism, but I have a strong suspicion that the pharmaceutical industry is brainwashing people into believing that.  I have a strong suspicion that if there is no pharmaceutical cure for autism, the pharmaceutical industry won&#8217;t want anybody to think that there is any solution to autism whatsoever.</p>
<p>In your own opinion, if no alternative medicines can correct or eliminate autism, does that mean that there is no solution to autism whatsoever?  From what I hear, there is currently an epidemic of autism.  It is more common in the Baby Boom generation than in any generation before it, and it is even more common in the generation after it.  What are people going to do if and when it gets to the point where as much as half the male population and about one-eighth of the female population (which would be about one-third of the total population) is on the autism spectrum?  If there is still no pharmaceutical treatment or cure for autism at that point, we will be living in an awful world!  Indeed, we are living in an awful world anyway, because of many other things that are happening, but it will be even more awful if and when as much as one-third or one-half of the world&#8217;s entire population is autistic!</p>
<p>If you believe that there will one day be a solution to the autism epidemic, please feel free to let me know what it might be.  And if you don&#8217;t believe that there will ever be a solution, please feel free to let me know how the world is going to deal with it.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Jonathan Davies</p>
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