Ecological Medicine

Dr Sarah Myhill qualified in medicine (with Honours) from Middlesex Hospital Medical School in 1981and has since focused tirelessly on identifying and treating the underlying causes of health problems, especially the 'diseases of civilisation' with which we are beset in the West. She has worked in NHS and private practice and for 17 years was the Hon Secretary of the British Society for Ecological Medicine, which focuses on the causes of disease and treating through diet, supplements and avoiding toxic stress. She helps to run and lectures at the Society's training courses and also lectures regularly on organophosphate poisoning, the problems of silicone, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Visit her website at www.drmyhill.co.uk Craig Robinson took a first in Mathematics at Oxford University in 1985. He then joined Price Waterhouse and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1988, after which he worked as a lecturer in the private sector, and also in The City of London, primarily in Financial Sector Regulation roles. Craig first met Sarah in 2001, as a patient for the treatment of his CFS, and since then they have developed a professional working relationship, where he helps with the maintenance of www.drmyhill.co.uk, the moderating of Dr Myhill's Facebook groups and other ad hoc projects, as well as with the editing and writing of her books.

I: The Inquisitive Doctor; The roadmap from symptoms to mechanisms to treatment; Stumbling and fumbling my way to the right questions; II: Symptoms and clinical pictures: Symptoms - our vital early warning systems which protect us from invaders and from ourselves; Fatigue/tired all the time - how we know when we are running out of energy; Pain - an early warning symptom of local damage; Inflammation symptoms - pain, swelling, heat, redness and loss of function; Poisoning and deficiency clinical pictures; Hormonal clinical pictures; III: The mechanisms by which symptoms and diseases are produced, how to identify these mechanisms through tests and understand how the basic "tools of the trade" are effective: Diagnosis starts with detective work - looking for the mechanisms and how to organise and manage your recovery plan; Fatigue mechanisms: the fuel in the tank - diet, micronutrients and gut function, tests; Fatigue mechanisms - the mitochondrial engine, fuel and oxygen delivery, heart, circulation and lungs, tests; Fatigue mechanisms -the thyroid accelerator pedal and the adrenal gearbox, tests; Sleep - the why and how for regular servicing of our bodies; Poisonings, where they come from and how we detoxify, tests of poisonings and detox mechanisms; Inflammation mechanisms - why and how the immune system is switched on, tests for inflammation; Mechanical damage, friction and degenerative disease; Mechanisms of growth promotion: benign, malignant and prion disorders; Genetics and epigenetics; IV: What we should all be doing all the time to function at our full potential and prevent disease: Groundhog Basic: the tools of the trade to prevent disease AND the starting point for treating all disease; The Paleo-Ketogenic diet and essential micronutrients: multivitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids; What to eat, which supplements to take; Sleep - common reasons for poor sleep and how to fix them; Exercise - this must be the right sort to afford overall gains; Sunshine and light - why you should get as much of this as you can; Reduce the toxic chemical burden - we are all poisoned - what you can do to minimise; To love and to be loved: sufficient physical, mental and financial security which satisfies our universal need to love and care, and be loved and cared for; Avoid infections - be prepared so you can treat aggressively and get rid quickly; Diet, Detox and Die-off Reactions - expect to get worse, and why this happens, and what to do about it; V: The Bolt on Extras - the therapeutic tools of the trade to tackle established pathology: Bolt on Extra tools of the Trade - when things get complicated you need extra tools; Tools to improve energy delivery - balancing up the PK diet, mitochondrial engine, thyroid and adrenals to fine tune your body; Vitamin C - learn to use this vital tool well - the key is getting the dose right; Iodine - another vital multitasking tool that should be a household word; Vitamin B12 - for energy, detoxing, switching off inflammation, healing and repair; Detoxing - how to get rid of toxic metals, pesticides, VOCs and mycotoxins; Tools for healing and repair - how to hasten recovery from any setback; Tools to switch off inflammation - treating infection, allergy and autoimmunity; Tools to reduce benign and malignant growths - get rid of growth promoters; VI: How to apply theory to current branches of medicine: How to slow the ageing process and live to one's full potential; Infectious disease - life is an arms race which we must win; Ophthalmology - vitamin C and prevention; Endocrinology - the trouble with standard medicine; Cardiology and vascular medicine - addressing the root cause; Respiratory medicine and ENT - allergy and infection, getting rid of those blue and brown inhalers; Gastroenterology - diet and vitamin C; Dentists and their tools; Nephrology and urology; Rheumatology and orthopaedics; Dermatology; Neurology - diagnose early and fight hard; Psychiatry - we need astronomers not astrologers; Immunology - allergy and autoimmunity plus the problems of vaccination; New killers of the 20th and 21st centuries: Sick building syndrome, Gulf War syndrome, Sheep dip flu, Aerotoxic syndrome, environmental toxins; Immunotoxicity by chemicals, metals and silicones, Electro-magnetic pollution; Oncology; Women's health; Preconception, pregnancy and paleo breast feeding; Paediatrics - what kids most need; Haematology; Prescribing doctors and prescription drugs are dangerous; A1 - Groundhog Basic - what we should all be doing all the time; A2 - Groundhog Acute - what we should all do at the first sign of any infection; A3 - Groundhog Chronic - what we should all be doing increasingly as we age to live to our full potential; A4 - Commonly used blood tests and what they mean; A5 - Chronic inflammation: stealth infections - principles of diagnosis - which tests to do; VII: Case studies. Index