Groundbreaking Treatment For Chronic Health Disease

Real and Lasting Results for Chronic Disease.



Dr. Walter K Crooks has revolutionized healthcare with his treatment style for chronic disease.

This exciting treatment program that incorporates the best of what we now know about the brain and it's influence on the body and also how the sensory input from our interaction with the environment has a powerful and lasting consequence to brain, this coupled with his knowledge of the metabolic systems of the human body he has done what many have said could never be done; treat chronic disease without drugs or surgery and get real and lasting results.



This approach allows us to offer hope to patients with chronic disease such as:



* Balance Disorders/Dizziness/Vertigo

* Insomnia/Inability to fall asleep and/or stay asleep

* Chronic Neck Pain

* Multiple Sclerosis

* Chronic Sciatica or Leg Pain

* Hand or Foot Pain

* Spinal Stenosis

* Migraine or Chronic Headaches

* Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

* Chronic Back Pain

* Chronic Shoulder and Arm Pain

* Numbness/Burning/Tingling

* Fibromyalgia (FMS)

* Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

* Tinnitus/Ringing in the ears

* Dystonias/Tremor Disorder

* Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

* Diabetic Neuropathy

* Peripheral Neuropathy

* Autoimmune Conditions

* Thyroid Gland Disorders



Many times these chronic disease conditions are just downplayed or, worse yet, over looked and ignored.

Many practitioners that do not keep abreast of the newest research continue to treat these types of chronic disease conditions much the same way as has been done since the 1950's!

Isn't it time to find someone who has gone past the days of old and come into the second millennium with regards to chronic disease conditions?





For more information or to see if you might be a candidate for this breakthrough treatment program for chronic disease conditions search for more information on our site then give us a call at 281-812-8101.

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Real and Lasting Results for Chronic Disease.



Dr. Walter K Crooks has revolutionized healthcare with his treatment style for chronic disease.

This exciting treatment program that incorporates the best of what we now know about the brain and it's influence on the body and also how the sensory input from our interaction with the environment has a powerful and lasting consequence to brain, this coupled with his knowledge of the metabolic systems of the human body he has done what many have said could never be done; treat chronic disease without drugs or surgery and get real and lasting results.



This approach allows us to offer hope to patients with chronic disease such as:



* Balance Disorders/Dizziness/Vertigo

* Insomnia/Inability to fall asleep and/or stay asleep

* Chronic Neck Pain

* Multiple Sclerosis

* Chronic Sciatica or Leg Pain

* Hand or Foot Pain

* Spinal Stenosis

* Migraine or Chronic Headaches

* Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

* Chronic Back Pain

* Chronic Shoulder and Arm Pain

* Numbness/Burning/Tingling

* Fibromyalgia (FMS)

* Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

* Tinnitus/Ringing in the ears

* Dystonias/Tremor Disorder

* Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

* Diabetic Neuropathy

* Peripheral Neuropathy

* Autoimmune Conditions

* Thyroid Gland Disorders



Many times these chronic disease conditions are just downplayed or, worse yet, over looked and ignored.

Many practitioners that do not keep abreast of the newest research continue to treat these types of chronic disease conditions much the same way as has been done since the 1950's!

Isn't it time to find someone who has gone past the days of old and come into the second millennium with regards to chronic disease conditions?





For more information or to see if you might be a candidate for this breakthrough treatment program for chronic disease conditions search for more information on our site then give us a call at 281-812-8101.

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Neuropathy Associated With Gluten Sensitivity.

Neuropathy Link To Gluten Sensitivity



There is an ever growing body of research that links Peripheral Neuropathy with gluten sensitivity. I see this and treat these patients daily in my office. I know the devastating affects that gluten induce neuropathy can bring. That is why in my clinic we test for these and other "initiators" of neuropathy, so that we can get to the root cause of our patients peripheral neuropathy.



As you can see from this study, 80% of the neuropathy positive participants had associated sub-clinical Celiac disease.



If you or someone you know is suffering with Peripheral Neuropathy, and they have been told that there is nothing that can be done for them, let them know that there is a new HOPE in Houston Texas. We treat Peripheral Neuropathy and get Real and Lasting Results that other doctors and neuropathy specialist have said would be impossible.



Remember the only thing that matters in peripheral neuropathy treatments are RESULTS! That is what we offer, we don't offer excuses at Life Changing Care of Texas, we offer REAL RESULTS for those suffering with peripheral neuropathy!



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Neuropathy associated with gluten sensitivity.



Neuropathy PMID: 16835287 Jul 2006



J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2006 Nov;77(11):1262-­?6. Epub 2006 Jul 11.



Hadjivassiliou M, Gru?newald RA, Kandler RH, Chattopadhyay AK, Jarratt JA, Sanders DS, Sharrack B, Wharton SB, Davies-­?Jones GA.



Source



Department of Neurology, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK. m.hadjivassiliou@sheffield.ac.uk



Abstract



OBJECTIVES:



To prospectively study the clinical, neurophysiological and neuropathological characteristics of axonal neuropathies associated with positive antigliadin antibodies and the prevalence of such neuropathies in a cohort of patients with sporadic axonal neuropathy.



METHODS:



Prospective screening (using antigliadin, antiendomysium and tissue transglutaminase antibodies) of patients with peripheral neuropathy attending a neurology clinic.



RESULTS:



215 patients with axonal neuropathy were screened. 141 patients had symmetrical sensorimotor neuropathy, 47 had mononeuropathy multiplex, 17 had motor neuropathy and 10 had small-fibre neuropathy. Despite extensive investigations of the 215 patients, 140 had idiopathic neuropathy.



This compares with 12% prevalence of these antibodies in the healthy controls. The prevalence of coeliac disease as shown by biopsy in the idiopathic group was at least 9% as compared with 1% in the controls. The clinical features of 100 patients (47 from the prevalence study and 53 referred from elsewhere) with gluten neuropathy included a mean age at onset of 55 (range 24-77) years and a mean duration of neuropathy of 9 (range 1-33) years.



CONCLUSIONS:



Gluten sensitivity may be causally linked to a substantial number of idiopathic axonal neuropathies, such as Peripheral Neuropathy.



Positive immunoglobulin (Ig)G with or without IgA antigliadin antibodies was found in 34% (47/140) of the patients with idiopathic neuropathy.



This compares with 12% prevalence of these antibodies in the healthy controls.



The prevalence of coeliac disease as shown by biopsy in the idiopathic group was at least 9% as compared with 1% in the controls.



The clinical features of 100 patients (47 from the prevalence study and 53 referred from elsewhere) with gluten neuropathy included a mean age at onset of 55 (range 24-­77) years and a mean duration of neuropathy of 9 (range 1-­33) years.



Gluten-­sensitive enteropathy was present in 29% of patients.



The human leucocyte antigen types associated with coeliac disease were found in 80% of patients.

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Neuropathy Link To Gluten Sensitivity



There is an ever growing body of research that links Peripheral Neuropathy with gluten sensitivity. I see this and treat these patients daily in my office. I know the devastating affects that gluten induce neuropathy can bring. That is why in my clinic we test for these and other "initiators" of neuropathy, so that we can get to the root cause of our patients peripheral neuropathy.



As you can see from this study, 80% of the neuropathy positive participants had associated sub-clinical Celiac disease.



If you or someone you know is suffering with Peripheral Neuropathy, and they have been told that there is nothing that can be done for them, let them know that there is a new HOPE in Houston Texas. We treat Peripheral Neuropathy and get Real and Lasting Results that other doctors and neuropathy specialist have said would be impossible.



Remember the only thing that matters in peripheral neuropathy treatments are RESULTS! That is what we offer, we don't offer excuses at Life Changing Care of Texas, we offer REAL RESULTS for those suffering with peripheral neuropathy!



separator

Neuropathy associated with gluten sensitivity.



Neuropathy PMID: 16835287 Jul 2006



J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2006 Nov;77(11):1262-­?6. Epub 2006 Jul 11.



Hadjivassiliou M, Gru?newald RA, Kandler RH, Chattopadhyay AK, Jarratt JA, Sanders DS, Sharrack B, Wharton SB, Davies-­?Jones GA.



Source



Department of Neurology, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK. m.hadjivassiliou@sheffield.ac.uk



Abstract



OBJECTIVES:



To prospectively study the clinical, neurophysiological and neuropathological characteristics of axonal neuropathies associated with positive antigliadin antibodies and the prevalence of such neuropathies in a cohort of patients with sporadic axonal neuropathy.



METHODS:



Prospective screening (using antigliadin, antiendomysium and tissue transglutaminase antibodies) of patients with peripheral neuropathy attending a neurology clinic.



RESULTS:



215 patients with axonal neuropathy were screened. 141 patients had symmetrical sensorimotor neuropathy, 47 had mononeuropathy multiplex, 17 had motor neuropathy and 10 had small-fibre neuropathy. Despite extensive investigations of the 215 patients, 140 had idiopathic neuropathy.



This compares with 12% prevalence of these antibodies in the healthy controls. The prevalence of coeliac disease as shown by biopsy in the idiopathic group was at least 9% as compared with 1% in the controls. The clinical features of 100 patients (47 from the prevalence study and 53 referred from elsewhere) with gluten neuropathy included a mean age at onset of 55 (range 24-77) years and a mean duration of neuropathy of 9 (range 1-33) years.



CONCLUSIONS:



Gluten sensitivity may be causally linked to a substantial number of idiopathic axonal neuropathies, such as Peripheral Neuropathy.



Positive immunoglobulin (Ig)G with or without IgA antigliadin antibodies was found in 34% (47/140) of the patients with idiopathic neuropathy.



This compares with 12% prevalence of these antibodies in the healthy controls.



The prevalence of coeliac disease as shown by biopsy in the idiopathic group was at least 9% as compared with 1% in the controls.



The clinical features of 100 patients (47 from the prevalence study and 53 referred from elsewhere) with gluten neuropathy included a mean age at onset of 55 (range 24-­77) years and a mean duration of neuropathy of 9 (range 1-­33) years.



Gluten-­sensitive enteropathy was present in 29% of patients.



The human leucocyte antigen types associated with coeliac disease were found in 80% of patients.

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As high court upholds health care law, Beshear orders creation of state insurance exchange; questions remain about Medicaid

Journalists wait to hear the Supreme Court's ruling.
(Associated Press photo by Evan Vucci)

By Tara Kaprowy
Kentucky Health News

Voting 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the federal health-care reform law, the core of which requires individuals to get health insurance or pay a fine.

The decision means about 280,000 more Kentuckians will qualify for Medicaid, and about 220,000 will qualify for insurance under a state exchange where they can choose from various policies. More than 900,000 Kentuckians who were previously denied coverage for pre-existing conditions will now also be able to get coverage.

"More people will have access to health insurance is the short answer when it comes to the impact this will have in Kentucky," said Anne Hadreas, attorney for the Kentucky Equal Justice Center. "People with low incomes and moderate-income people will not have to worry about choosing between getting a breast cancer screening and putting food on the table."

Those who are newly eligible will be able to get health insurance in two ways. Individuals with an income as much as 400 percent above the poverty level will be able to buy insurance through a state insurance exchange, an insurance marketplace where people can choose from several plans. As he said he would, Gov. Steve Beshear ordered the creation of such an exchange today, noting that "Kentucky has been systematically preparing to meet the implementation deadlines set forth in the bill as a precautionary matter." Individuals who are part of the exchange will get federal subsidies to help pay their premiums.

The other means to get coverage will be through the law's expansion of Medicaid coverage. People who have an income 133 percent above the federal poverty level will qualify for Medicaid starting in 2014.

Though the Supreme Court also upheld the the law's Medicaid expansion, it ruled the federal government could not take away existing Medicaid funding from states that decide to opt out of the expansion. If Kentucky opts to expand Medicaid, it will eventually cost the state money. For the first five years, the federal government will foot the bill for those who are newly eligible. But in 2019, states will have to start paying 10 percent of that sum. Beshear has expressed concerns over how the state will do that. Spokespersons for Beshear and Senate President David Williams both said they are researching the matter.

John Barro of Bloomberg News predicts that all states will opt for expansion because the federal government will pay for it in the early years. "That's a pretty big carrot," he writes. "States that refused to expand Medicaid will be rejecting nearly free federal money. Such a rejection would be tantamount to saying that government health insurance for low-income people is so undesirable that a state is not even willing to pay 10 cents on the dollar for it." For more on Medicaid, the states and the politics of the issue, see this post on The Rural Blog.

At the center of the Supreme Court debate was whether the government can force people to buy health insurance, a provision often referred to as the individual mandate. Insurance companies agreed to stop denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions because of the mandate, which grows their pool of customers by 30 million people. But if the mandate had been struck down and insurance companies still couldn't refuse customers because of pre-existing conditions, premiums would have skyrocketed.

The Obama administration said the individual mandate was constitutional under the commerce clause of the Constitution, which states that Congress can use its powers to regulate interstate commerce. Chief Justice John Roberts rejected that argument but sided with the court's four liberal justices because a penalty for refusing to buy health insurance — which is part of the mandate — is the equivalent of a tax.

Aside from more Kentuckians being eligible for health insurance, the law will mean:
• Children will be able to stay on their parents' insurance up to the age of 26.
• The Medicare "doughnut hole" in prescription drug coverage will be eliminated, something that will impact 129,000 Kentuckians.
• Health plans will be required to cover preventive services like screenings.

And, though "today's ruling is no way going to diminish the toxicity and politicking on both sides," most people agree children will benefit, said Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates. He said the law provides additional oral health coverage, allows foster children to keep health insurance coverage until the age of 25; and provides "a dedicated stream of revenue for school-based health services."

But Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., issued a statement calling the law "terrible," saying it has "limited choices," "increased health care costs" and "made it harder for American businesses to hire." He said Congress must act to repeal what he called a misguided law.

Williams called the ruling a victory for President Obama and Beshear but not for Kentucky's small- or medium-size businesses owners.

Whether Kentucky has the medical infrastructure for 500,000 more people having health insurance is uncertain. In Jefferson County alone, 455 primary-care doctors will be needed by 2020 — almost as many who work in medical practices now, Patrick Howington reported for The Courier-Journal this year. "I think the provider shortage is definitely a concern," said Jodi Mitchell, executive director of Kentucky Voices for Health. "That's something to be looking at."

As for how individuals should proceed, Mitchell said Kentuckians "need to stay informed during implementation and stay engaged."

Kentucky Health News is a service of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, based in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications at the University of Kentucky, with support from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.

Journalists wait to hear the Supreme Court's ruling.
(Associated Press photo by Evan Vucci)

By Tara Kaprowy
Kentucky Health News

Voting 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the federal health-care reform law, the core of which requires individuals to get health insurance or pay a fine.

The decision means about 280,000 more Kentuckians will qualify for Medicaid, and about 220,000 will qualify for insurance under a state exchange where they can choose from various policies. More than 900,000 Kentuckians who were previously denied coverage for pre-existing conditions will now also be able to get coverage.

"More people will have access to health insurance is the short answer when it comes to the impact this will have in Kentucky," said Anne Hadreas, attorney for the Kentucky Equal Justice Center. "People with low incomes and moderate-income people will not have to worry about choosing between getting a breast cancer screening and putting food on the table."

Those who are newly eligible will be able to get health insurance in two ways. Individuals with an income as much as 400 percent above the poverty level will be able to buy insurance through a state insurance exchange, an insurance marketplace where people can choose from several plans. As he said he would, Gov. Steve Beshear ordered the creation of such an exchange today, noting that "Kentucky has been systematically preparing to meet the implementation deadlines set forth in the bill as a precautionary matter." Individuals who are part of the exchange will get federal subsidies to help pay their premiums.

The other means to get coverage will be through the law's expansion of Medicaid coverage. People who have an income 133 percent above the federal poverty level will qualify for Medicaid starting in 2014.

Though the Supreme Court also upheld the the law's Medicaid expansion, it ruled the federal government could not take away existing Medicaid funding from states that decide to opt out of the expansion. If Kentucky opts to expand Medicaid, it will eventually cost the state money. For the first five years, the federal government will foot the bill for those who are newly eligible. But in 2019, states will have to start paying 10 percent of that sum. Beshear has expressed concerns over how the state will do that. Spokespersons for Beshear and Senate President David Williams both said they are researching the matter.

John Barro of Bloomberg News predicts that all states will opt for expansion because the federal government will pay for it in the early years. "That's a pretty big carrot," he writes. "States that refused to expand Medicaid will be rejecting nearly free federal money. Such a rejection would be tantamount to saying that government health insurance for low-income people is so undesirable that a state is not even willing to pay 10 cents on the dollar for it." For more on Medicaid, the states and the politics of the issue, see this post on The Rural Blog.

At the center of the Supreme Court debate was whether the government can force people to buy health insurance, a provision often referred to as the individual mandate. Insurance companies agreed to stop denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions because of the mandate, which grows their pool of customers by 30 million people. But if the mandate had been struck down and insurance companies still couldn't refuse customers because of pre-existing conditions, premiums would have skyrocketed.

The Obama administration said the individual mandate was constitutional under the commerce clause of the Constitution, which states that Congress can use its powers to regulate interstate commerce. Chief Justice John Roberts rejected that argument but sided with the court's four liberal justices because a penalty for refusing to buy health insurance — which is part of the mandate — is the equivalent of a tax.

Aside from more Kentuckians being eligible for health insurance, the law will mean:
• Children will be able to stay on their parents' insurance up to the age of 26.
• The Medicare "doughnut hole" in prescription drug coverage will be eliminated, something that will impact 129,000 Kentuckians.
• Health plans will be required to cover preventive services like screenings.

And, though "today's ruling is no way going to diminish the toxicity and politicking on both sides," most people agree children will benefit, said Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates. He said the law provides additional oral health coverage, allows foster children to keep health insurance coverage until the age of 25; and provides "a dedicated stream of revenue for school-based health services."

But Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., issued a statement calling the law "terrible," saying it has "limited choices," "increased health care costs" and "made it harder for American businesses to hire." He said Congress must act to repeal what he called a misguided law.

Williams called the ruling a victory for President Obama and Beshear but not for Kentucky's small- or medium-size businesses owners.

Whether Kentucky has the medical infrastructure for 500,000 more people having health insurance is uncertain. In Jefferson County alone, 455 primary-care doctors will be needed by 2020 — almost as many who work in medical practices now, Patrick Howington reported for The Courier-Journal this year. "I think the provider shortage is definitely a concern," said Jodi Mitchell, executive director of Kentucky Voices for Health. "That's something to be looking at."

As for how individuals should proceed, Mitchell said Kentuckians "need to stay informed during implementation and stay engaged."

Kentucky Health News is a service of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, based in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications at the University of Kentucky, with support from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.

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Real and Lasting Results For Peripheral Neuropathy

Neuropathy, Is It Killing Your Hands and/or Feet?



There is a new HOPE for those that suffer due to Peripheral Neuropathy!



Peripheral Neuropathy is widespread, afflicting an estimated 20 million people in the United States. If someone is diabetic they have a 50% chance of having Peripheral Neuropathy. Many people whom are on cholesterol lowering medicine are also burdened with this disease.





What exactly is Peripheral Neuropathy?



Peripheral Neuropathy is the term used to describe damage to the nerves of the peripheral nervous system, that is the nerves that are not in the brain or spinal cord.







The nerves of the peripheral nervous system have 3 main parts so to speak, they are:



Cell body-Also known as the Soma-It is the largest part of the cell and is the control center of that nerve. It is where the genetic material (DNA) is located.

Dendrites- These are slender branch like extensions of a nerve cell that conducts impulses from adjacent cells inward toward the Cell Body.

Axon- This is the thick branch of the nerve cell, it is connected to the Cell Body and carries the impulses or electrical signals away from the body to other structures for communication. This is the part of the nerve cell most often damaged in Peripheral Neuropathy.



What symptoms are associated with Peripheral Neuropathy?



Symptoms usually begin way before the person afflicted ever realizes that they have a problem. It is because our brains are dynamic and can inhibit our ability to perceive these first symptoms of Peripheral Neuropathy.



Most commonly, peripheral neuropathy starts in the longest nerves — the ones that reach to your toes. Symptoms vary, depending on which types of nerves are affected. Signs and symptoms may include:



Loss of reflexes

Loss of strength

Gradual loss of sensation, numb hands, numb feet.



However as time passes and the damage accumulates the symptoms become much more pronounced and the brain must allow for the warning signs to be acknowledged. These symptoms include:



Numbness spreads upward into the numb arms and numb legs

Tingling hands tingling feet feelings

Burning hand, burning feet sensations

Electric shock hands pain and electric shock feet pain

Shooting hand pain and shooting feet pain and/or Stabbing like hand pains and stabbing like feet pain

Inability to achieve or sustain erections

Extreme sensitivity to touch, even light touch

Lack of coordination

Bowel or bladder problems if autonomic nerves are affected



What confuses most doctors about Peripheral Neuropathy is that each patient will describe their symptoms in their own individual language of ‘pain’. This can easily become unsettling to any doctor not trained in the recognition and treatment of various Peripheral Neuropathy symptomatology, especially someone whom, instead of focusing on Peripheral Neuropathy, becomes “spread thin” due to their treating many different and varied types of health disorders, basically seeing anything that walks into their office.



This makes it next to impossible for these doctors to realize and appreciate that these different patient subjective complaints are really all about the same problem, that being Peripheral Neuropathy.



So, in the end it is you, the patient whom pays the price. You begin to shuffle from doctor to doctor, being given ever stronger, and more dangerous drugs, until you are completely drugged and so “out of it” that you are unable to function in the same capacity as before, not unlike a person addicted to common street drugs



Hi, I'm Dr. Walter K Crooks and I understand that you don’t want to be like this, you didn’t ask for this demon in your life. I empathize with your dilemma. You are taught to trust medical doctors from a young age. They are supposed to protect and make you well again.



However in this day and age, the age of taking the easiest path to success, most doctors’ education ends whenever they graduate medical school. The only “learning” that they get is usually from the pharmaceutical companies sales reps that are calling on the doctor’s offices, pushing their drugs to be prescribed. Drugs, that at least in the case of Peripheral Neuropathy, do not reverse or even stop the progression of the disease.



The next time you are at your doctor’s office for an appointment just ask them to give you some documented, non-drug company backed, research that shows that whatever they are doing for your Peripheral Neuropathy has show any cessation or reversal of the disease. Then sit back and watch how they react.



So, what exactly am I saying? Are there any drugs out there that cure Peripheral Neuropathy?



Ready for this? Absolutely no medication can cure your Peripheral Neuropathy.



Yes, there are drugs that can alleviate your symptoms, however your Peripheral Neuropathy is still there and odds are it is getting worse by the day.



Why is it that your Peripheral Neuropathy continues to progress even though you take the drugs your medical doctor has prescribed you and have changed your diet? Because in medicine the rule of thumb is to treat the diseases symptoms and due to the insurance companies rules, the doctor has no incentive to find out what is the true cause of your Peripheral Neuropathy. This is because they must follow a type of treatment protocol that does not take into account the individuality of the patient, instead it looks at the grouping of symptoms and basis the treatment solely on that.



If someone goes to their MD and asks them to prescribe something to make them able to feel their feet again, guess what? The doctor is not going to be able to do that. Sure, they can give you something to decrease the brains perception of the pain of Peripheral Neuropathy, these drugs that numb the brains ability to perceive the nerve damage that is happening all day every day, but that is about all they can do.



Remember, currently, ordinary medicine has NO cure for Peripheral Neuropathy. The extremely powerful drugs dispensed to patients DO NOT TREAT the NERVE DAMAGE! They numb the brain to numb the pain. Most patients cannot tolerate a drugged existence but feel they have NO OTHER OPTION against this horrifying pain.



Do not lose sight of common sense. Think of this: If your refrigerator began to malfunction, causing your food to spoil, and you called on a service man to repair it and a week, day, hour, minute later it broke down again, ruining all of your food, would you call on that same service man to repair it for a new charge? Of course you wouldn’t, then why in the world do you continue to go to the same doctors, receiving the same care with little to no results?



If it is because that is who is on your insurance coverage let me say this. Insurance companies keep inept doctors in practice. In other areas of business, those that can’t produce or offer what the public expects do not thrive in business. If a doctor where to solely rely on patients to pay for their care out of their own pockets, how long do think it would take before the doctor whom never changes the treatment plan for the patient, and in reality has a “cookie cutter” approach to their treatment of patients with Peripheral Neuropathy went out of business?



Don’t treat your health and life less than that of an ordinary kitchen appliance…One definition of insanity is doing the same thing, over and over, and expecting a different result…..

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Neuropathy, Is It Killing Your Hands and/or Feet?



There is a new HOPE for those that suffer due to Peripheral Neuropathy!



Peripheral Neuropathy is widespread, afflicting an estimated 20 million people in the United States. If someone is diabetic they have a 50% chance of having Peripheral Neuropathy. Many people whom are on cholesterol lowering medicine are also burdened with this disease.





What exactly is Peripheral Neuropathy?



Peripheral Neuropathy is the term used to describe damage to the nerves of the peripheral nervous system, that is the nerves that are not in the brain or spinal cord.







The nerves of the peripheral nervous system have 3 main parts so to speak, they are:



Cell body-Also known as the Soma-It is the largest part of the cell and is the control center of that nerve. It is where the genetic material (DNA) is located.

Dendrites- These are slender branch like extensions of a nerve cell that conducts impulses from adjacent cells inward toward the Cell Body.

Axon- This is the thick branch of the nerve cell, it is connected to the Cell Body and carries the impulses or electrical signals away from the body to other structures for communication. This is the part of the nerve cell most often damaged in Peripheral Neuropathy.



What symptoms are associated with Peripheral Neuropathy?



Symptoms usually begin way before the person afflicted ever realizes that they have a problem. It is because our brains are dynamic and can inhibit our ability to perceive these first symptoms of Peripheral Neuropathy.



Most commonly, peripheral neuropathy starts in the longest nerves — the ones that reach to your toes. Symptoms vary, depending on which types of nerves are affected. Signs and symptoms may include:



Loss of reflexes

Loss of strength

Gradual loss of sensation, numb hands, numb feet.



However as time passes and the damage accumulates the symptoms become much more pronounced and the brain must allow for the warning signs to be acknowledged. These symptoms include:



Numbness spreads upward into the numb arms and numb legs

Tingling hands tingling feet feelings

Burning hand, burning feet sensations

Electric shock hands pain and electric shock feet pain

Shooting hand pain and shooting feet pain and/or Stabbing like hand pains and stabbing like feet pain

Inability to achieve or sustain erections

Extreme sensitivity to touch, even light touch

Lack of coordination

Bowel or bladder problems if autonomic nerves are affected



What confuses most doctors about Peripheral Neuropathy is that each patient will describe their symptoms in their own individual language of ‘pain’. This can easily become unsettling to any doctor not trained in the recognition and treatment of various Peripheral Neuropathy symptomatology, especially someone whom, instead of focusing on Peripheral Neuropathy, becomes “spread thin” due to their treating many different and varied types of health disorders, basically seeing anything that walks into their office.



This makes it next to impossible for these doctors to realize and appreciate that these different patient subjective complaints are really all about the same problem, that being Peripheral Neuropathy.



So, in the end it is you, the patient whom pays the price. You begin to shuffle from doctor to doctor, being given ever stronger, and more dangerous drugs, until you are completely drugged and so “out of it” that you are unable to function in the same capacity as before, not unlike a person addicted to common street drugs



Hi, I'm Dr. Walter K Crooks and I understand that you don’t want to be like this, you didn’t ask for this demon in your life. I empathize with your dilemma. You are taught to trust medical doctors from a young age. They are supposed to protect and make you well again.



However in this day and age, the age of taking the easiest path to success, most doctors’ education ends whenever they graduate medical school. The only “learning” that they get is usually from the pharmaceutical companies sales reps that are calling on the doctor’s offices, pushing their drugs to be prescribed. Drugs, that at least in the case of Peripheral Neuropathy, do not reverse or even stop the progression of the disease.



The next time you are at your doctor’s office for an appointment just ask them to give you some documented, non-drug company backed, research that shows that whatever they are doing for your Peripheral Neuropathy has show any cessation or reversal of the disease. Then sit back and watch how they react.



So, what exactly am I saying? Are there any drugs out there that cure Peripheral Neuropathy?



Ready for this? Absolutely no medication can cure your Peripheral Neuropathy.



Yes, there are drugs that can alleviate your symptoms, however your Peripheral Neuropathy is still there and odds are it is getting worse by the day.



Why is it that your Peripheral Neuropathy continues to progress even though you take the drugs your medical doctor has prescribed you and have changed your diet? Because in medicine the rule of thumb is to treat the diseases symptoms and due to the insurance companies rules, the doctor has no incentive to find out what is the true cause of your Peripheral Neuropathy. This is because they must follow a type of treatment protocol that does not take into account the individuality of the patient, instead it looks at the grouping of symptoms and basis the treatment solely on that.



If someone goes to their MD and asks them to prescribe something to make them able to feel their feet again, guess what? The doctor is not going to be able to do that. Sure, they can give you something to decrease the brains perception of the pain of Peripheral Neuropathy, these drugs that numb the brains ability to perceive the nerve damage that is happening all day every day, but that is about all they can do.



Remember, currently, ordinary medicine has NO cure for Peripheral Neuropathy. The extremely powerful drugs dispensed to patients DO NOT TREAT the NERVE DAMAGE! They numb the brain to numb the pain. Most patients cannot tolerate a drugged existence but feel they have NO OTHER OPTION against this horrifying pain.



Do not lose sight of common sense. Think of this: If your refrigerator began to malfunction, causing your food to spoil, and you called on a service man to repair it and a week, day, hour, minute later it broke down again, ruining all of your food, would you call on that same service man to repair it for a new charge? Of course you wouldn’t, then why in the world do you continue to go to the same doctors, receiving the same care with little to no results?



If it is because that is who is on your insurance coverage let me say this. Insurance companies keep inept doctors in practice. In other areas of business, those that can’t produce or offer what the public expects do not thrive in business. If a doctor where to solely rely on patients to pay for their care out of their own pockets, how long do think it would take before the doctor whom never changes the treatment plan for the patient, and in reality has a “cookie cutter” approach to their treatment of patients with Peripheral Neuropathy went out of business?



Don’t treat your health and life less than that of an ordinary kitchen appliance…One definition of insanity is doing the same thing, over and over, and expecting a different result…..

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About Houston Peripheral Neuropathy Doctor

Peripheral Neuropathy Doctor In Houston Texas Area.

Dr. Walter K. Crooks  has dedicated his life to having a maximum positive influence on everyone he meets.

He has spent countless hours pouring over the newest research regarding Peripheral Neuropathy. 

He has treated Peripheral Neuropathy sufferers of all ages and races, men and women. 

He has seen first hand what Peripheral Neuropathy does to a person's ability to live a productive and fulfilling life.

This is why he has made it his mission to help those suffering with Peripheral Neuropathy to overcome this debilitating condition.

Post Graduate Accomplishments: 

• Pioneered The Peripheral Neuropathy Neuro-Metabolic Recovery System
• Is a Certified Chiropractic Clinical  Neurologist. 
• Is board eligible for the Diplomate in Chiropractic Neurology. 
• Has been certified by a Texas Criminal Court as an Expert Witness in Neurology and has testified in criminal cases as such.
• Trained in Video Nystagmography.
• Trained in Intervertebral Disc Decompressive Traction
• Trained in the Enhancement of  the Brain's Neuronal Activation and Coordination via the Interactive Metronome
• Extensive Background in Functional Neurology, Functional Endocrinology and Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis

Professional Affiliations:

• Founder of the Life Changing Care of Texas
• Member of the Texas  Chiropractic Association
• Member of  Dr. Michael Johnson's Neurology  Group
• On the Board of Directors for A Women's Haven

Dr. Walter K. Crooks spends countless hours every week, reviewing the newest research out on peripheral neuropathy.  He does this to ensure that the care he gives his patients is of the highest caliber and achieves real and lasting results. 

When you have been told there is nothing that can be done for your peripheral neuropathy and that you just have to learn to live with it, remember there is always hope, and sometimes it takes someone such as Dr. Walter K. Crooks to "think outside the box" with his peripheral neuropathy transformation system. 

Using this forward type thinking, which is based on the latest scientific information out at this time, he has given that hope back to those that have been downtrodden and neglected with their current care programs, which are basically pretty much all the same...Drugs and that's about it, and if you have been in the system long enough you know the terrible side affects of those drugs and to add insult to injury, those drugs don't really do anything for the causes of your peripheral neuropathy, they only allow you to somewhat manage with the severe pain, and even then, that doesn't always work either.

Don't you think that if you were to have a car that would break down, and each time you took it to a mechanic that sort of fixed it but told you that you would have to just live with the uncertainty of the cars performance and just keep bringing it back to that shop over and over, all the while being charged to "fix it".  Would you even consider going back there at all? 

Then why in the world, whenever it comes to your health and peripheral neuropathy, do you continue to go to the same peripheral neuropathy doctors that tell you there is nothing they can do?
peripheral neuropathy

Peripheral Neuropathy Doctor In Houston Texas Area.

Dr. Walter K. Crooks  has dedicated his life to having a maximum positive influence on everyone he meets.

He has spent countless hours pouring over the newest research regarding Peripheral Neuropathy. 

He has treated Peripheral Neuropathy sufferers of all ages and races, men and women. 

He has seen first hand what Peripheral Neuropathy does to a person's ability to live a productive and fulfilling life.

This is why he has made it his mission to help those suffering with Peripheral Neuropathy to overcome this debilitating condition.

Post Graduate Accomplishments: 

• Pioneered The Peripheral Neuropathy Neuro-Metabolic Recovery System
• Is a Certified Chiropractic Clinical  Neurologist. 
• Is board eligible for the Diplomate in Chiropractic Neurology. 
• Has been certified by a Texas Criminal Court as an Expert Witness in Neurology and has testified in criminal cases as such.
• Trained in Video Nystagmography.
• Trained in Intervertebral Disc Decompressive Traction
• Trained in the Enhancement of  the Brain's Neuronal Activation and Coordination via the Interactive Metronome
• Extensive Background in Functional Neurology, Functional Endocrinology and Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis

Professional Affiliations:

• Founder of the Life Changing Care of Texas
• Member of the Texas  Chiropractic Association
• Member of  Dr. Michael Johnson's Neurology  Group
• On the Board of Directors for A Women's Haven

Dr. Walter K. Crooks spends countless hours every week, reviewing the newest research out on peripheral neuropathy.  He does this to ensure that the care he gives his patients is of the highest caliber and achieves real and lasting results. 

When you have been told there is nothing that can be done for your peripheral neuropathy and that you just have to learn to live with it, remember there is always hope, and sometimes it takes someone such as Dr. Walter K. Crooks to "think outside the box" with his peripheral neuropathy transformation system. 

Using this forward type thinking, which is based on the latest scientific information out at this time, he has given that hope back to those that have been downtrodden and neglected with their current care programs, which are basically pretty much all the same...Drugs and that's about it, and if you have been in the system long enough you know the terrible side affects of those drugs and to add insult to injury, those drugs don't really do anything for the causes of your peripheral neuropathy, they only allow you to somewhat manage with the severe pain, and even then, that doesn't always work either.

Don't you think that if you were to have a car that would break down, and each time you took it to a mechanic that sort of fixed it but told you that you would have to just live with the uncertainty of the cars performance and just keep bringing it back to that shop over and over, all the while being charged to "fix it".  Would you even consider going back there at all? 

Then why in the world, whenever it comes to your health and peripheral neuropathy, do you continue to go to the same peripheral neuropathy doctors that tell you there is nothing they can do?
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Risk factors for FIP in Australian cats

Worthing KA, Wigney DI, Dhand NK, et al. Risk factors for feline infectious peritonitis in Australian cats. J Feline Med Surg 2012;14:405-412.
 
The purpose of this study was to determine whether patient signalment (age, breed, sex, and neuter status) is associated with naturally-occurring feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) in cats in Australia. FIP is a feline coronavirus-induced disease. There have been several risk factors discussed in association with the development of FIP. The disease is more frequent in cats less than 2 years of age, cats that reside in multi-cat environments, and in pedigreed cats. Early studies suggested FIP has a bimodal age distribution, though recent studies do not support this observation. In this study, the patient signalment of 382 confirmed cases of FIP were compared with a general cat population. Younger cats were significantly over-represented among FIP cases and a bi-modal age distribution was not found. Pedigreed cats were significantly over-represented and domestic crossbreeds under-represented in FIP cases. Several breeds were over-represented, including British Shorthair, Devon Rex, and Abyssinian. Male cats had a significantly higher proportion of representation than female cats. Domestic crossbred, Persian, and Himalayan cats were significantly under-represented in the FIP cohort of this study. [VT]

See also: Pesteanu-Somogyi L, Radzai C, Pressler B. Prevalence of feline infectious peritonitis in specific cat breeds. J Feline Med Surg 2006;8:1-5.

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Worthing KA, Wigney DI, Dhand NK, et al. Risk factors for feline infectious peritonitis in Australian cats. J Feline Med Surg 2012;14:405-412.
 
The purpose of this study was to determine whether patient signalment (age, breed, sex, and neuter status) is associated with naturally-occurring feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) in cats in Australia. FIP is a feline coronavirus-induced disease. There have been several risk factors discussed in association with the development of FIP. The disease is more frequent in cats less than 2 years of age, cats that reside in multi-cat environments, and in pedigreed cats. Early studies suggested FIP has a bimodal age distribution, though recent studies do not support this observation. In this study, the patient signalment of 382 confirmed cases of FIP were compared with a general cat population. Younger cats were significantly over-represented among FIP cases and a bi-modal age distribution was not found. Pedigreed cats were significantly over-represented and domestic crossbreeds under-represented in FIP cases. Several breeds were over-represented, including British Shorthair, Devon Rex, and Abyssinian. Male cats had a significantly higher proportion of representation than female cats. Domestic crossbred, Persian, and Himalayan cats were significantly under-represented in the FIP cohort of this study. [VT]

See also: Pesteanu-Somogyi L, Radzai C, Pressler B. Prevalence of feline infectious peritonitis in specific cat breeds. J Feline Med Surg 2006;8:1-5.

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Swine flu killed nearly 300,000 worldwide, study finds

The swine flu of 2009, often referred to as H1NI, killed an estimated 284,500 people, making it 15 times more deadly than it was thought at the time of the pandemic, a new study has found. The report, published Tuesday in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases, said the numbers might be eventually be  as high as 579,000 people. The original count, tabulated by the World Health Organization, was a mere 18,500.

Those nearly 300,000 deaths were confirmed by lab testing, which the WHO warned vastly underestimated the situation "because the deaths of people without access to the health system go uncounted, and because the virus is not always detectable after a victim dies," reports Sharon Begley for Reuters. In Kentucky, the Department for Public Health reported there were 41 confirmed H1N1-related deaths, said spokeswoman Beth Fisher.

More than 50 percent of swine flu deaths were in Africa and southeast Asia, though they only account for 38 percent of the world's population. Because vital statistics data are either non-existent or incomplete in poorer countries, researchers had to rely on estimates and assumptions but did start with hard data, including the number of health workers who went door-to-door to ask about flu-like symptoms in rural areas and obtained nasal and throat swab samples. They used these numbers to get an estimate on the proportion of a country's population infected with H1N1. Results show the flu killed two to three times more people in Africa than elsewhere. It infected children most, adults moderately and the elderly hardly at all. (Read more)

The swine flu of 2009, often referred to as H1NI, killed an estimated 284,500 people, making it 15 times more deadly than it was thought at the time of the pandemic, a new study has found. The report, published Tuesday in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases, said the numbers might be eventually be  as high as 579,000 people. The original count, tabulated by the World Health Organization, was a mere 18,500.

Those nearly 300,000 deaths were confirmed by lab testing, which the WHO warned vastly underestimated the situation "because the deaths of people without access to the health system go uncounted, and because the virus is not always detectable after a victim dies," reports Sharon Begley for Reuters. In Kentucky, the Department for Public Health reported there were 41 confirmed H1N1-related deaths, said spokeswoman Beth Fisher.

More than 50 percent of swine flu deaths were in Africa and southeast Asia, though they only account for 38 percent of the world's population. Because vital statistics data are either non-existent or incomplete in poorer countries, researchers had to rely on estimates and assumptions but did start with hard data, including the number of health workers who went door-to-door to ask about flu-like symptoms in rural areas and obtained nasal and throat swab samples. They used these numbers to get an estimate on the proportion of a country's population infected with H1N1. Results show the flu killed two to three times more people in Africa than elsewhere. It infected children most, adults moderately and the elderly hardly at all. (Read more)

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