Update on a Patient With Alzheimer Disease Treated With CT Scans

Cuttler, Jerry M.; Moore, Eugene R.; Hosfeld, Victor D.; Nadolski, David L.

doi:10.1177/1559325817693167

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“…This novel discovery was published in a 2016 case report and 2 update letters in 2017 and 2018. [51][52][53] After 3 years of improved quality of life, the patient with AD deteriorated and died.…”

Section: Potential Therapy To Remedy Alzheimer Dementia and Parkinsonmentioning

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“…Computed tomography scans of brainstimulated protection against oxidative stress, restoring a degree of cognition, memory, speech, movement, and appetite. [51][52][53] at low doses because stress response signaling is viewed as the gatekeeper to survival, its stimulation thus being beneficial. 55…”

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Application of Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation in Medical Therapies

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2020

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The discovery of X-rays and radioactivity in 1895/1896 triggered a flood of studies and applications of radiation in medicine that continues to this day. They started with imaging fractures/organs and progressed to treating diseases by exposing areas to radiation from external and internal sources. By definition, low-dose treatments stimulate damage control (or adaptive protection) systems that remedy diseases. Publications are identified on low-dose ionizing radiation (LDIR) therapies for different cancers, infections, inflammations, and autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases. The high rate of endogenous DNA damage, due to leakage of oxygen from aerobic metabolism, and the damage control systems that deal with this are discussed. Their stimulation and inhibition by radiation are described. The radium dial painter studies revealed the radium ingestion threshold for malignancy and the dose threshold for bone sarcoma. The radiation scare that misled the medical profession and the public is a barrier to LDIR therapies. Many studies on nasal radium irradiation demonstrated that children are not unduly radiation sensitive. Omissions in the medical textbooks misinform physicians about the effects of LDIR therapy, which blocks clinical trials to determine optimal doses, efficacy, and thresholds for onset of harm. Information from many recent case reports on LDIR therapies, including successes with radon therapy, is provided.

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Section: Potential Therapy To Remedy Alzheimer Dementia and Parkinsonmentioning

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Section: Low Dose Of Ionizing Radiation Stimulation Of Protection Sysmentioning

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Application of Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation in Medical Therapies

Cuttler¹

2020

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“…After discharge from hospice, almost 2 years ago, she continues to live in an Alzheimer care home and benefits from periodic “booster” treatments. 3 The commentary mentions the possibility of a risk from this treatment; however, the dose of a CT scan of the brain, even the 80 mGy double scan, is well below the threshold for harm (about 500 mGy). The whole-body X-ray dose fraction employed to stimulate immunity against cancer cells is about 150 mGy, 5 and the prescribing physician was aware of this fact.…”

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“…The patient has been living in an Alzheimer care home, receiving supplementary treatments, as described in a letter-to-the-editor update. 3 More than 2 years after the start of therapy, the patient is alive and continues to age and decline.…”

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