Your time is valuable – depend on me to review options and recommend affordable premium choices to best meet your needs. As world-famous oil field firefighter Red Adair cautioned wisely: “If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.”
The Federal Aviation Information publishes AIM, the Aeronautical Information Manual, which provides valuable medical guidelines for ready reference in
Chapter 8, Section 1. Fitness for Flight
8-1-1. Fitness For Flight
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CAUTION
The CFRs prohibit a pilot who possesses a current medical certificate from performing crewmember duties while the pilot has a known medical condition or increase of a known medical condition that would make the pilot unable to meet the standards for the medical certificate.
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These guidelines continue with many more details regarding safe performance of flight duties:
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim_html/chap8_section_1.html
Pilot Mall gives an easily understandable explanation of how the Federal Aviation Regulations present medical limitations to operating an aircraft. Note MY additional comments at the end of each topic. [Emphases added]
15 FAA Medical Certificate Disqualifying Conditions for Pilots
By Neil Glazer, June 30, 2023
Once obtained, all medical certificates expire after a set period of time and must be renewed. Alternatively, pilots who meet the BasicMed criteria have the option of transitioning to the BasicMed certification program after obtaining their initial standard FAA medical certificate.
The purpose of a medical certificate is to establish that a pilot’s physical and mental health is within the FAA’s established parameters and that they are unlikely to interfere with the pilot’s ability to safely pilot an aircraft.
Naturally, a pilot’s health status can change over time and after a new diagnosis or health event, pilots may find that they no longer meet medical standards. If a pilot’s health changes in between certifications, they are expected to notify the FAA to confirm that they still meet the criteria for holding a medical certificate.
The FAA has published a list of fifteen FAA medical exam disqualifying conditions. Pilots who are diagnosed with or experience any of these conditions may be unable to obtain or continue to hold medical certification. It is important to note that this disqualification is not set in stone.
The FAA says that “in many cases when the condition is adequately controlled, the FAA will issue medical certification contingent on periodic reports.” If you have one of these conditions, the medical division of the FAA will review your case to determine whether you qualify for a special medical issuance certification.
The FAA has a legitimate interest in prudent oversight of the safety of flight because any use of aircraft can expose innocent people and all structures to sudden and severe consequences. Medical standards are enforced to lower the risks of such events by ensuring that pilots who might have higher likelihood of reducing overall safety are monitored, restricted, or prevented from creating avoidable harm.
However … conventional medical approaches unfortunately can have undisclosed limits produced by treatments for patients. The short story: you could lose your privilege to fly because your drugs or surgery fail to bring your condition “within standards.” My 46 years of successful integrative medical approaches and hacks have been developed to produce optimal recovery available through nutrition, lifestyle, nonsurgical treatments, and even unusual uses of allowable medications – with the goal of having you regain and maintain your medical clearance to fly. Regardless of your age, condition, or prior experience with therapies in many situations.
First, review with your usual doctors and specialists the recommendations that they offer for your testing and care, ask questions, write down their answers. Then take a few minutes to learn what “other options” you might have with “integrative medicine.”
Always remember that earlier treatments can be more successful and less expensive, so delay does not work in your favor. The choice is yours – but pause to consider what some have said might be the most persuasive factor keeping you sick: “My insurance will cover [drugs, surgery, cortisone, chemo, whatever] but not integrative care.” Insurance might pay most or even all of your bills … but you could be paying for many years to come with your comfort, your health, or even your life. And heed the caution from world famous oil field fire fighter Red Adair: “If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.”
Pilots diagnosed with angina pectoris or chest pain caused by low blood flow to the heart will undergo a cardiovascular evaluation and must submit current blood chemistries, the prognosis for incapacitation, and an assessment and statement from a cardiologist for decision consideration.
NOTE: Integrative Medicine has a number of excellent approaches to reduce theseverity and frequency of angina chest pain episodes. These can be valuable for yourdaily life … as well as improving your likelihood of returning to flying.
Are you one of about 10,000,000 suffering with “heart chest pains”? You might be surprised that your recovery and return to flight could be easier, less risky, and for a lower investment than what they charge for a few days in the hospital. Should you check this out now – for you, for your family?
Pilots diagnosed with angina pectoris or chest pain caused by low blood flow to the heart will undergo a cardiovascular evaluation and must submit current blood chemistries, the prognosis for incapacitation, and an assessment and statement from a cardiologist for decision consideration.
NOTE: Integrative Medicine has a number of excellent approaches to reduce or completely resolve the severity and frequency of angina chest pain episodes. These can be valuable for your daily life … as well as improving your likelihood of returning to flying. When I served for 12 years as a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner, I never had an application denied for a waiver (SODA = Statement of Demonstrated Ability, allowing you to fly, maybe with limitations) – usually because my treatments returned pilots to full abilities … so a “waiver” simply acknowledged past events creating problems that were now corrected. Yes, that also included after suffering a heart attack. And I have had patients removed from the “heart transplant list” because they recovered so much heart function that they no longer qualified for organ replacement.
No “hacks” yet? Heck… that’s just a temporary delay.
Helping anyone with almost any health issue? That’s easy — in my medical office. I’m building out this site with deep-dive, time-tested hacks and targeted strategies to help you stay sharp, strong, and cleared for takeoff. While I add details to more topics, this page is your initial briefing — your intro to how integrative medicine can reduce your need for drugs or surgery and help you fly longer. I offer real, eye-opening facts that show help is not only available — it’s been here all along. The truth is, conventional doctors often miss what they don’t believe or aren’t trained to see … but I’ve seen it, used it, and taught it around the world for years.
Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better. Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical.
Learning about “angina,” you’ll gain an uncommon understanding of how toxic heavy metals, nutritional deficiencies, and dietary factors create devastating damage … where my treatment successes show that respecting these ideas can be a fundamental first step. Check out the links below: you can start making critical changes now, while I continue sharing more pilot-specific solutions. So … taxi up to the hold line — take a few minutes to explore how whole-health planning can prepare you for a healthier flight career. Line up and wait… because more Cleared for Takeoff is coming soon.
Your wings depend on your wellness — let’s get ahead of it together.
A comprehensive introduction to how toxic heavy metals can be reduced to improve many aspects of your health, including angina pectoris … articles relating to my 42 years of using Chelation Therapy: [CLICK]
This book is a definitive scientific guide on how we are being sickened unto death by toxic metals in our world – expensive but absolutely convincing to any open-minded physicians: Heavy Metal Toxicity: Human Health Impact and Mitigation Strategies (Environmental Science and Engineering) 2024th Edition – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43uk3y3
A more affordable and “general public” book written by my friend of 5 years, Gary Greenburg, collaborating with my colleague and dear friend of 42 years, Tammy Born Huizenga, D.O., can make these health recovery ideas understandable for you and those who love you: The Chelation Revolution: Breakthrough Detox Therapy – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43A6ld4
Addressing your major health issues is a complex task, one of the reasons why I studied for a master’s degree in nutritional medicine (1985) and studied to be professor-in-chief conducting over a dozen advanced professional training programs in chelation therapy. Please do NOT assume that your problems do not relate to toxic heavy metals, do NOT assume that “it’s just a simple treatment program” … way beyond “just flying around” in a Super Cub, recovery needs to be guided by a integrative medical specialist trained and experienced like the captain of a Boeing 787 or an Airbus A350.
Do you need to “declare an emergency” and urge me to add specific “hacks” to this topic sooner rather than later? Send me a specific note with your concerns: helpme@clearedfortakeoff.info
Is your health issue more urgent? Perhaps threatening your ability to fly right now?
Declare “Mayday – Mayday – Mayday” by contacting my medical office Treatment Counselors to see about personalized care, teleconsulting or in person in Houston, to preserve your career:urgent@clearedfortakeoff.info or info@healthCHOICESnow.com
or DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN
One of the great misunderstandings of our era is that all movements, utterances, thoughts, emotions, memories – all of human life is basically biochemistry. The second book that I devoured as I was learning that there was a whole world of “medical problems” about which I had been taught very little: Mental and Elemental Nutrients: A Physician’s Guide to Nutrition and Health Care – 1976, by Carl C. Pfeiffer (AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/4hTMokU). Founder of the Princeton Brain BioCenter, Dr. Pfeiffer became one of my heroes.
A great deal of research still needs to be done to successfully treat and recover people with overt (and even covert, minimally apparent) personality disorders. You can imagine the hesitancy of the FAA to proceed with allowing such people to become pilots. These issues are questions that occupy much of my inquisitive attention. Maybe I’ll discover fundamental ways to help these people feel much better in their lives. Until then – know that I’m looking into integrative medical approaches to unlock these secrets.
Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better.
Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, a different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical.
Are you one of those who has a new lease on life, thanks to over 106,000 heart valve operations each year, primarily to repair or replace the mitral or aortic valves. Okay, feeling better – now what? Now is the time to consider regaining and maintaining your medical clearance to fly. Should you check this out now – for you, for your family?
As our surgical technology advances (way beyond what we did 50 years ago when I trained as a surgeon), an increasing number of pilots diagnosed with heart valve issues will be treated successfully by valve replacement surgery. In every case, the pilot will undergo a comprehensive cardiovascular evaluation and must submit also submit current blood chemistries and blood-clotting studies, the prognosis for incapacitation, and an assessment and statement from a cardiologist for decision consideration. Major concerns are to avoid artificial-valve generation of clots (causing strokes, blindness, heart attacks, and so on) or to avoid unsuspected internal bleeding if anticoagulation efforts “overshoot” their intended level. ‘My training manual on blood clotting studies was written 54 years ago. I still endorse “old style” anticoagulation with warfarin/coumadin; but most physicians have chosen instead to use “newer” drugs … which cannot be readily “reversed” if suddenly needed … but they require almost no continuing physician management for correct dosage and lifestyle/dietary adjustments.]
NOTE: Integrative Medicine has a number of excellent approaches to regulate blood clotting systems and help optimize valve and heart muscle function. These can be critical for your daily life … as well as possibly improving your likelihood of returning to flying. When I served for 12 years as a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner, I never had an application denied for a waiver (SODA = Statement of Demonstrated Ability, allowing you to fly, maybe with limitations) – usually because my treatments returned pilots to full abilities … so a “waiver” simply acknowledged past events creating problems that were now corrected.
No “hacks” yet? Heck… that’s just a temporary delay.
Helping anyone with almost any health issue? That’s easy — in my medical office. I’m building out this site with deep-dive, time-tested hacks and targeted strategies to help you stay sharp, strong, and cleared for takeoff. While I add details to more topics, this page is your initial briefing — your intro to how integrative medicine can reduce your need for drugs or surgery and help you fly longer. I offer real, eye-opening facts that show help is not only available — it’s been here all along. The truth is, conventional doctors often miss what they don’t believe or aren’t trained to see … but I’ve seen it, used it, and taught it around the world for years.
Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better. Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical.
Learning about “angina pectoris,” you’ll gain an uncommon understanding of how heart valve replacement, clotting systems, toxic heavy metals, nutritional deficiencies, and dietary factors create devastating damage … where my treatment successes show that abiding by these ideas can be a fundamental first step. Check out the links below: you can start making critical changes now, while I continue sharing more pilot-specific solutions. So … taxi up to the hold line — take a few minutes to explore how whole-health planning can prepare you for a healthier flight career. Line up and wait… because more Cleared for Takeoff is coming soon.
Your wings depend on your wellness — let’s get ahead of it together.
A comprehensive introduction to how toxic heavy metals can be reduced to improve many aspects of your health, including angina pectoris … articles relating to my 42 years of using Chelation Therapy: [CLICK]
This book is a definitive scientific guide on how we are being sickened unto death by toxic metals in our world – expensive but absolutely convincing to any open-minded physicians: Heavy Metal Toxicity: Human Health Impact and Mitigation Strategies (Environmental Science and Engineering) 2024th Edition – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43uk3y3
A more affordable and “general public” book written by my friend of 5 years, Gary Greenburg, collaborating with my colleague and dear friend of 42 years, Tammy Born Huizenga, D.O., can make these health recovery ideas understandable for you and those who love you: The Chelation Revolution: Breakthrough Detox Therapy – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43A6ld4
Addressing your major health issues is a complex task, one of the reasons why I studied for a master’s degree in nutritional medicine (1985) – please do NOT assume that your problems do not relate to toxic heavy metals, do NOT assume that “it’s just a simple treatment program” … way beyond “just flying around” in a Super Cub, recovery needs to be guided by a integrative medical specialist trained and experienced like the captain of a Boeing 787 or an Airbus A350.
Do you need to “declare an emergency” and urge me to add specific “hacks” to this topic sooner rather than later? Send me a specific note with your concerns: helpme@clearedfortakeoff.info
Is your health issue more urgent? Perhaps threatening your ability to fly right now
Declare “Mayday – Mayday – Mayday” by contacting my medical office Treatment Counselors to see about personalized care, teleconsulting or in person in Houston, to preserve your career:urgent@clearedfortakeoff.info or info@healthCHOICESnow.com
or DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN
Are you one of the 20 per cent of American adults suffering with reduced blood flow to your heart muscle – Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)? Despite surgical approaches offered since 1964 (developed by my friend Dr. Jimmy Howell at Baylor) and drugs since even earlier, people continue to have a wide variety of limitations and side effects. And many of those are most disturbing – but only if you are informed about them.
Wondering what else could be done, after your “successful” bypass? Should you check out your possible alternatives now – for you, for your family?
Pilots diagnosed with varying degrees of heart disease – angina pectoris, chest pain caused by low blood flow to the heart, damaged heart pumping muscle, reduced efficiency pumping rhythms – will undergo a cardiovascular evaluation and must submit current blood chemistries, the prognosis for incapacitation, and an assessment and statement from a cardiologist for decision consideration.
The possible injuries you could suffer during and after heart surgery were well documented during the 1980s and 1990s. My friend and international integrative medicine expert, Julian Whitaker, M.D., provides an excellent review of risks documented in the published medical studies – and your safer options – in his 1995 book, Is Heart Surgery Necessary?: What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You, AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/420zo8k.
Many physicians have little grasp on how a “different approach” might provide a startling level of recovery compared to usual care. My early interest in nutrition was stimulated by surgery training under pioneer Stanley Dudrick, M.D., named by Medscape as one of the 50 most influential physicians in history. In the 1960s and later, his research showed unexpected blood vessel and organ recoveries when feeding patients through their veins rather than through their gut, preparing them for major surgery (TPN “total parenteral nutrition”).
NOTE: Integrative Medicine has a number of excellent approaches to reduce the severity and frequency of heart artery-related episodes. These can be valuable for your daily life … as well as improving your likelihood of returning to flying. When I served for 12 years as a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner, I never had an application denied for a waiver (SODA = Statement of Demonstrated Ability, allowing you to fly, maybe with limitations) – usually because my treatments returned pilots to full abilities … so a “waiver” simply acknowledged past events creating problems that were now corrected. Yes, that also included after suffering a heart attack. And I have had patients removed from the “heart transplant list” because they recovered so much heart function that they no longer qualified for organ replacement.
No “hacks” yet? Heck… that’s just a temporary delay.
Helping anyone with almost any health issue? That’s easy — in my medical office. I’m building out this site with deep-dive, time-tested hacks and targeted strategies to help you stay sharp, strong, and cleared for takeoff. While I add details to more topics, this page is your initial briefing — your intro to how integrative medicine can reduce your need for drugs or surgery and help you fly longer. I offer real, eye-opening facts that show help is not only available — it’s been here all along. The truth is, conventional doctors often miss what they don’t believe or aren’t trained to see … but I’ve seen it, used it, and taught it around the world for years.
Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better. Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical.
Learning about “angina pectoris” and “coronary artery disease,” you’ll gain an uncommon understanding of how toxic heavy metals, nutritional deficiencies, and dietary factors create devastating damage … where my treatment successes show that understanding these ideas can be a fundamental first step. Check out the links below: you can start making critical changes now, while I continue sharing more pilot-specific solutions. So … taxi up to the hold line — take a few minutes to explore how whole-health planning can prepare you for a healthier flight career. Line up and wait… because more Cleared for Takeoff is coming soon.
Your wings depend on your wellness — let’s get ahead of it together.
A comprehensive introduction to how toxic heavy metals can be reduced to improve many aspects of your health, including overall heart function … articles relating to my 42 years of using Chelation Therapy: [CLICK]
This book is a definitive scientific guide on how we are being sickened unto death by toxic metals in our world – expensive but absolutely convincing to any open-minded physicians: Heavy Metal Toxicity: Human Health Impact and Mitigation Strategies (Environmental Science and Engineering) 2024th Edition – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43uk3y3
A more affordable and “general public” book written by my friend of 5 years, Gary Greenburg, collaborating with my colleague and dear friend of 42 years, Tammy Born Huizenga, D.O., can make these health recovery ideas understandable for you and those who love you: The Chelation Revolution: Breakthrough Detox Therapy – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43A6ld4
Addressing your major health issues is a complex task, one of the reasons why I studied for a master’s degree in nutritional medicine (1985) – please do NOT assume that your problems do not relate to toxic heavy metals, do NOT assume that “it’s just a simple treatment program” … way beyond “just flying around” in a Super Cub, recovery needs to be guided by a integrative medical specialist trained and experienced like the captain of a Boeing 787 or an Airbus A350.
Do you need to “declare an emergency” and urge me to add specific “hacks” to this topic sooner rather than later? Send me a specific note with your concerns: helpme@clearedfortakeoff.info
Is your health issue more urgent? Perhaps threatening your ability to fly right now?
Declare “Mayday – Mayday – Mayday” by contacting my medical office Treatment Counselors to see about personalized care, teleconsulting or in person in Houston, to preserve your career:
urgent@clearedfortakeoff.info or info@healthCHOICESnow.com
or DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN
Did you just get told you “have diabetes”? Or maybe you have suffered for years or your sugars trending up and you are now threatened with drugs that could cost you your medical clearance? Your struggle is one faced by millions every single day – needlessly! A few simple changes could make all the difference in the world – your world. Honest … you have no idea how easily your problems might come under your control and stay “better” for years with the correct integrative medicine “hacks.” Should you check out your possible alternatives now – for you, for your family? First, you need to know that more recently the FAA has approved pilots to fly with diabetes treatments – on a very special individual case-by-case continuing review each time. So … expect that you, too, could become one of those successful pilots!But here’s the problem: most patients never gain good control of their sugars. They could – but their doctors fail to give the correct advice, fail to give the needed comprehensive program of regulated eating, nutritional supplements, hormones, exercise activities, sleep hygiene, medications, and so on. That failure is simply … they don’t understand all these biochemical details. Or they don’t have the time to share them – or to manage your situation correctly. When patients fail to achieve the desired success, many times the patients simply “give up” – as do their doctors. I was fortunate to meet Gerald Reaven, M.D., in 1968, during my pre-med studies at Stanford. He was curious about “reactive hypoglycemia” … research that, over the following 20 years, produced the first understanding of “insulin resistance” known now as “metabolic syndrome.” His classic book was updated in 2001: Syndrome X: The Silent Killer: The New Heart Disease Risk – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/3FQlSeP. My 1986 Bantam Books bestseller, The Yeast Syndrome, explains in detail how you “get sick” and offers what I call the “Celebration of Healthy Eating,” a dietary and nutritional supplement program that dramatically reduces insulin resistance health issues – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/429tlgv. My 1976 studies at the National Institutes of Health provided a priceless opportunity for me to understand diabetes management in a very comprehensive way. Since then, I have taken a very personal interest in coaching patients to learn how to manage their condition. Another unexpected encounter was meeting and being trained in computerized medical/scientific searching by the manager at the National Library of Medicine who had just completed writing the MedLines (PubMed) literature search program. I have absolutely no faith in the dietary programs offered by the American Diabetic Association; to me, they compromise your ability for spectacular blood sugar control … which is essential for you to gain, maintain, and successfully perform flight privileges from the FAA. Sugar metabolism — especially its dysfunction — is one of the most profound drivers of modern chronic illness. What many people (and their physicians) ignore is that failure to maintain ideal control (for everyone!) is a major contributor to low-grade chronic inflammation (oxidative stress, “rusting” chemistry), impaired mitochondrial energy production, chronic infection (with yeast, bacteria, viruses, parasites, and other pathogens), altered immunity (including autoimmune illnesses), impaired nutrition, increased debility with any toxin exposures, and amplified stress. For your life, that is taking a long walk off a short pier.
No “hacks” yet? Heck… that’s just a temporary delay.
Helping anyone with almost any health issue? That’s easy — in my medical office. I’m building out this site with deep-dive, time-tested hacks and targeted strategies to help you stay sharp, strong, and cleared for takeoff. While I add details to more topics, this page is your initial briefing — your intro to how integrative medicine can reduce your need for drugs or surgery and help you fly longer. I offer real, eye-opening facts that show help is not only available — it’s been here all along. The truth is, conventional doctors often miss what they don’t believe or aren’t trained to see … but I’ve seen it, used it, and taught it around the world for years. Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better. Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical. Learning about “angina pectoris” and “coronary artery disease,” you’ll gain an uncommon understanding of how toxic heavy metals, nutritional deficiencies, and dietary factors create devastating damage … where my treatment successes show that understanding these ideas can be a fundamental first step. Check out the links below: you can start making critical changes now, while I continue sharing more pilot-specific solutions. So … taxi up to the hold line — take a few minutes to explore how whole-health planning can prepare you for a healthier flight career. Line up and wait… because more Cleared for Takeoff is coming soon.Your wings depend on your wellness — let’s get ahead of it together.
A comprehensive introduction to how diabetes concerns can be addressed to improve many aspects of your health, including overall organ functions … information relating to my 46 years of helping patients: [CLICK]Is your health issue more urgent? Perhaps threatening your ability to fly right now?
Declare “Mayday – Mayday – Mayday” by contacting my medical office Treatment Counselors to see about personalized care, teleconsulting or in person in Houston, to preserve your career:urgent@clearedfortakeoff.info or info@healthCHOICESnow.com
or DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN
Have you suffered one of the puzzling “fainting episodes” – experienced by 300,000 to 1,500,000 Americans each year. And that doesn’t count a half-dozen other “diagnoses” grouped into this category. Even though finding a specific cause might be difficult, devising an effective program to reduce your likelihood of further events might well be possible. Returning to flight status could be within your reach – Should you check out your possible alternatives now – for you, for your family?
Understanding brain function is somewhat like being a “rocket scientist.” The number of complexities is overwhelming – and many “episodes” happen seemingly “randomly” and nowhere near a hospital laboratory where they could be studied, start to finish. The FAA certainly wants to determine that later random recurrence of such events is beyond most unlikely! Regardless of the “final diagnosis,” almost every one of these conditions can be improved – some remarkably so – with chelation therapy used along with other needed support: nutritional supplements, oxygen, hormones, even medications, and sophisticated integrative medical approaches.
NOTE: Integrative Medicine has a number of excellent approaches to reduce the severity and frequency of conscious disturbance episodes. These can be valuable for your daily life … as well as improving your likelihood of returning to flying. More than ever, these conditions are obscured and difficult to “pin down.” Nevertheless, nutritional supplementation, hormonal balancing, toxic chemical reduction, and even toxic heavy metal reduction by chelation therapy might offer a major contribution to stabilizing patients – pilots! – suffering with these conditions. Everyone deserves evaluation by a suitably trained and experienced physician specializing in integrative medicine approaches.
No “hacks” yet? Heck… that’s just a temporary delay.
Helping anyone with almost any health issue? That’s easy — in my medical office. I’m building out this site with deep-dive, time-tested hacks and targeted strategies to help you stay sharp, strong, and cleared for takeoff. While I add details to more topics, this page is your initial briefing — your intro to how integrative medicine can reduce your need for drugs or surgery and help you fly longer. I offer real, eye-opening facts that show help is not only available — it’s been here all along. The truth is, conventional doctors often miss what they don’t believe or aren’t trained to see … but I’ve seen it, used it, and taught it around the world for years.
Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better. Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical.
Learning about “angina pectoris” issues, you’ll gain an uncommon understanding of how toxic heavy metals, nutritional deficiencies, and dietary factors create devastating damage and disturbances of consciousness … where my treatment successes show that understanding these ideas can be a fundamental first step. Check out the links below: you can start making critical changes now, while I continue sharing more pilot-specific solutions. So … taxi up to the hold line — take a few minutes to explore how whole-health planning can prepare you for a healthier flight career. Line up and wait… because more Cleared for Takeoff is coming soon.
Your wings depend on your wellness — let’s get ahead of it together.
A comprehensive introduction to how toxic heavy metals can be reduced to improve many aspects of your health, including overall brain function … articles relating to my 42 years of using Chelation Therapy: [CLICK]
Here is a book by neurologist Suzanne O[Sullivan, M.D., that addresses sudden collapse or loss of consciousness that defy medical explanations: It’s All in Your Head: True Stories of Imaginary Illness, AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/42gIxIV.
Susan Callahan describes a rare case of autoimmune encephalitis brain inflammation that stumped experts for weeks: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43YYc27. Unlikely to be “your problem,” but offered just so you realize that doctoring sometimes comes up against a brick wall and maybe integrative medical approaches could be a major part of the solution you are seeking.
A wonderful general public book written by my friend of 5 years, Gary Greenburg, collaborating with my colleague and dear friend of 42 years, Tammy Born Huizenga, D.O., can make health recovery ideas understandable for you and those who love you: The Chelation Revolution: Breakthrough Detox Therapy – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43A6ld4
Addressing your major health issues is a complex task, one of the reasons why I studied for a master’s degree in nutritional medicine (1985) – please do NOT assume that your problems do not relate to toxic heavy metals, do NOT assume that “it’s just a simple treatment program” … way beyond “just flying around” in a Super Cub, recovery needs to be guided by a integrative medical specialist trained and experienced like the captain of a Boeing 787 or an Airbus A350.
Do you need to “declare an emergency” and urge me to add specific “hacks” to this topic sooner rather than later? Send me a specific note with your concerns: helpme@clearedfortakeoff.info
Is your health issue more urgent? Perhaps threatening your ability to fly right now?
Declare “Mayday – Mayday – Mayday” by contacting my medical office Treatment Counselors to see about personalized care, teleconsulting or in person in Houston, to preserve your career:urgent@clearedfortakeoff.info or info@healthCHOICESnow.com
or DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN
Are you one of 3,000,000 American adults with “active” epilepsy, meaning currently under treatment or who have had a recent seizure or both? Those who “have a history” of epilepsy but no recent seizures add to this number. All such patients have potential risks of injury to themselves and others. Have you ever seen seizure disorders completely controlled? I have. Should you check out your possible alternatives now – for you, for your family?Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by a tendency to have recurrent, unprovoked seizures. These sudden, brief bursts of abnormal electrical activity in the brain that can cause changes in movement, behavior, feeling, or awareness and can result from a variety of causes, including:
No “hacks” yet? Heck… that’s just a temporary delay.
Helping anyone with almost any health issue? That’s easy — in my medical office. I’m building out this site with deep-dive, time-tested hacks and targeted strategies to help you stay sharp, strong, and cleared for takeoff. While I add details to more topics, this page is your initial briefing — your intro to how integrative medicine can reduce your need for drugs or surgery and help you fly longer. I offer real, eye-opening facts that show help is not only available — it’s been here all along. The truth is, conventional doctors often miss what they don’t believe or aren’t trained to see … but I’ve seen it, used it, and taught it around the world for years. Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better. Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical. Learning about “angina pectoris,” you’ll gain an uncommon understanding of how toxic heavy metals, nutritional deficiencies, and dietary factors create devastating damage and epilepsy seizures … where my treatment successes show that understanding these ideas can be a fundamental first step. Check out the links below: you can start making critical changes now, while I continue sharing more pilot-specific solutions. So … taxi up to the hold line — take a few minutes to explore how whole-health planning can prepare you for a healthier flight career. Line up and wait… because more Cleared for Takeoff is coming soon.Your wings depend on your wellness — let’s get ahead of it together.
A comprehensive introduction to how toxic heavy metals can be reduced to improve many aspects of your health, including overall brain function … articles relating to my 42 years of using Chelation Therapy: [CLICK] A wonderful book written by my friend of 5 years, Gary Greenburg, collaborating with my colleague and dear friend of 42 years, Tammy Born Huizenga, D.O., can make these health recovery ideas understandable for you and those who love you: The Chelation Revolution: Breakthrough Detox Therapy – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43A6ld4 You might find practical ideas for your daily life in a book written by Orrin Devinsky, M.D., professor of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, along with 2 physician colleagues. Epilepsy is a difficult illness to control, up to 35% of patients do not respond fully to traditional medical treatments. For this reason, many sufferers choose to rely on or incorporate complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) into their treatment regimens. Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Epilepsy 1st Edition: AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/4jnVQ1c. Addressing your major health issues is a complex task, one of the reasons why I studied for a master’s degree in nutritional medicine (1985) – please do NOT assume that your problems do not relate to toxic heavy metals, do NOT assume that “it’s just a simple treatment program” … way beyond “just flying around” in a Super Cub, recovery needs to be guided by a integrative medical specialist trained and experienced like the captain of a Boeing 787 or an Airbus A350. Do you need to “declare an emergency” and urge me to add specific “hacks” to this topic sooner rather than later? Send me a specific note with your concerns: helpme@clearedfortakeoff.infoIs your health issue more urgent? Perhaps threatening your ability to fly right now?
Declare “Mayday – Mayday – Mayday” by contacting my medical office Treatment Counselors to see about personalized care, teleconsulting or in person in Houston, to preserve your career:urgent@clearedfortakeoff.info or info@healthCHOICESnow.com
or DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN
Are you one of the perhaps 4,000 Americans receiving a heart transplant each year? About 90 per cent of recipients survive at least one year – and many resume quite satisfactory lives, with many living more than 10 years with their donor heart. With increasing success numbers and percentages, the prospect of a pilot returning to flight duties is higher every year. Maybe … shoot for the stars and settle for the moon? Should you check out your possible alternatives now – for you, for your family?
My alma mater, Stanford University, pioneered many of the advances in heart transplant surgery and recovery over more than 55 years. You might be surprised … but many of the issues encountered with heart valve replacement surgery are similar to those with total organ substitution. I have seen patients recover spectacularly well – my conclusion is that return to flight duties is an increasingly likely opportunity in the future. My clinical experience was on the kidney transplant service, but the principles and approach are similar.
As our surgical technology advances (way beyond what we did 50 years ago when I trained as a surgeon), an increasing number of pilots will be treated successfully with heart transplant. The FAA will require extensive evaluation and pilots must submit current blood chemistries and blood-clotting studies, an estimation of the prognosis for incapacitation, and an assessment and statement from a cardiologist for decision consideration.
Major concerns are to avoid production and extension of clots (causing strokes, blindness, heart attacks, and so on), unsuspected heart muscle failure, unsuspected heart rhythm irregularities, or unsuspected internal bleeding if needed anticoagulation efforts “overshoot” their intended level. [My training manual on blood clotting studies was written 54 years ago. I still endorse “old style” anticoagulation with warfarin/coumadin; but most physicians have chosen instead to use “newer” drugs … which cannot be readily “reversed” if suddenly needed … but they seem to be preferred because they require almost no continuing physician management for “correct” dosage and lifestyle/dietary adjustments.]
NOTE: Integrative Medicine has a number of excellent approaches to regulate blood clotting systems. These can be critical for your daily life … as well as possibly improving your likelihood of returning to flying. When I served for 12 years as a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner, I never had an application denied for a waiver (SODA = Statement of Demonstrated Ability, allowing you to fly, maybe with limitations) – usually because my treatments returned pilots to full abilities … so a “waiver” simply acknowledged past events creating problems that were now corrected.
No “hacks” yet? Heck… that’s just a temporary delay.
Helping anyone with almost any health issue? That’s easy — in my medical office. I’m building out this site with deep-dive, time-tested hacks and targeted strategies to help you stay sharp, strong, and cleared for takeoff. While I add details to more topics, this page is your initial briefing — your intro to how integrative medicine can reduce your need for drugs or surgery and help you fly longer. I offer real, eye-opening facts that show help is not only available — it’s been here all along. The truth is, conventional doctors often miss what they don’t believe or aren’t trained to see … but I’ve seen it, used it, and taught it around the world for years.
Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better. Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical.
Learning about “angina pectoris,” you’ll gain an uncommon understanding of how heart transplant, clotting systems, toxic heavy metals, nutritional deficiencies, and dietary factors create devastating damage … where my treatment successes show that abiding by these ideas can be a fundamental first step. Check out the links below: you can start making critical changes now, while I continue sharing more pilot-specific solutions. So … taxi up to the hold line — take a few minutes to explore how whole-health planning can prepare you for a healthier flight career. Line up and wait… because more Cleared for Takeoff is coming soon.
Your wings depend on your wellness — let’s get ahead of it together.
A comprehensive introduction to how toxic heavy metals can be reduced to improve many aspects of your health, including angina pectoris … articles relating to my 42 years of using Chelation Therapy: [CLICK]
This book is a definitive scientific guide on how we are being sickened unto death by toxic metals in our world – expensive but absolutely convincing to any open-minded physicians: Heavy Metal Toxicity: Human Health Impact and Mitigation Strategies (Environmental Science and Engineering) 2024th Edition – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43uk3y3
A more affordable and “general public” book written by my friend of 5 years, Gary Greenburg, collaborating with my colleague and dear friend of 42 years, Tammy Born Huizenga, D.O., can make these health recovery ideas understandable for you and those who love you: The Chelation Revolution: Breakthrough Detox Therapy – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43A6ld4
Addressing your major health issues is a complex task, one of the reasons why I studied for a master’s degree in nutritional medicine (1985) – please do NOT assume that your problems do not relate to toxic heavy metals, do NOT assume that “it’s just a simple treatment program” … way beyond “just flying around” in a Super Cub, recovery needs to be guided by a integrative medical specialist trained and experienced like the captain of a Boeing 787 or an Airbus A350.
Do you need to “declare an emergency” and urge me to add specific “hacks” to this topic sooner rather than later? Send me a specific note with your concerns: helpme@clearedfortakeoff.info
Is your health issue more urgent? Perhaps threatening your ability to fly right now?
Declare “Mayday – Mayday – Mayday” by contacting my medical office Treatment Counselors to see about personalized care, teleconsulting or in person in Houston, to preserve your career:urgent@clearedfortakeoff.info or info@healthCHOICESnow.com
or DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN
Are you one of the 800,000 Americans who suffers with a heart attack each year? For about 600,000, that’s their first one, often with few or no signs of an impending problem – 200,000 have already had at least one. With prompt medical attention, about 85 to 90 per cent survive. But take note: about 1 in 5 heart attacks are “silent,” meaning you don’t realize that it happened and it’s changes are discovered on later testing. Early proper treatment sets the stage for recovery to a “normal” life, so head for the hospital if any suspicion. But even more can be done for you to reduce your chances of suffering or even right then to enhance your later recovery: Do you know of a doctor who has returned a commercial captain to full flight duties after a heart attack? [Trick question: take your time to answer.]. Should you check out your possible alternatives now – for you, for your family?
Myocardial infarction, a “heart attack” sometimes called an “MI,” is simply the end result of varying causes of heart disease – seen as angina pectoris, chest pain caused by low blood flow to the heart, damaged heart pumping muscle, reduced efficiency pumping rhythms, and more. Preventive care – active planning and appropriate changes – are essential to reduce survival challenges.
Research indicates that only 50 percent of patients who experienced sudden cardiac death had known coronary heart disease before their death, suggesting that a significant portion were undiagnosed –often they experienced no obvious symptoms … or (more worrisome) they concealed possible symptoms from their physicians – including their Aviation Medical Examiner.
A study found that more than two-thirds of individuals who had a type of heart attack not caused by a blood clot also had undiagnosed heart disease, highlighting the prevalence of unrecognized conditions. Despite our many recent advances – including public distribution of “defibrillator” devices and specialized training of Emergency Medical Technicians as well as “regular people” – a study indicated that approximately 17.7 percent of individuals died within 28 days of their heart attack, with 62.3 percent of these deaths occurring instantly.
Hospitalization improves survival variably: among patients hospitalized for an initial acute myocardial infarction (AMI), in-hospital mortality rates varied based on the presence of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors … notably, individuals with no identified risk factors had an unadjusted in-hospital mortality rate of 14.9 percent. Long term historical data from the classic Framingham Study reported that one in five men (20 percent) who experienced their first myocardial infarction died within one year.
A substantial proportion of individuals — approximately 65 percent of men and 47 percent of women — experience a heart attack or sudden cardiac arrest as their first symptom of undiagnosed cardiovascular disease. This underscores the challenge of detecting CAD before a cardiac event occurs
These findings highlight the importance of regular health screenings and proactive management of cardiovascular risk factors to detect and address heart disease before a critical event occurs. Sadly, many conventional physicians are unaware that advanced diagnostic tests can identify people at higher risk … and are similarly unaware that reliance is misplaced on some of their current diagnostic portfolio. One study reported that the rate of myocardial infarction (heart attack) or death is rare during or shortly after a treadmill stress test, up to 1 per 2,500 tests – “rare” unless, of course, you are that “one.”
Stress tests correctly identify coronary artery disease (CAD) in only about two-thirds of individuals who actually have the condition. But only about three-quarters of people who do not have CAD are accurately reassured by stress testing. Although patients sometimes protest “too many tests,” cardiologists need to rely on a number of different ways of “looking” at your heart, trying to give you the best advice or reassurance, especially when your changes are early and minimal.
According to Harvard Health Publishing, approximately 50 percent of heart attacks occur in people with “normal” cholesterol levels. Other factors, such as smoking (current or past), unidentified or poorly controlled high blood pressure, unidentified or poorly controlled diabetes, obesity, and physical inactivity, also play crucial roles in cardiovascular health and development of devastating disease. Even in the absence of diagnosed diabetes, elevated blood sugar levels — including those within the prediabetic (“insulin resistance” or “metabolic syndrome”) range — can significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attacks. However, precise data on the percentage of first heart attack patients with strictly normal blood sugar levels remains limited.
A growing area of cardiovascular research is inflammation as a key contributor to heart disease – about which I was writing over 30 years ago, 10 years before the AMA Journal published details – even when cholesterol and other traditional markers look normal. A large percentage of first heart attacks occur in people with normal LDL cholesterol, but who have unrecognized vascular inflammation. Markers include High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hs-CRP), the most well-known and widely used inflammation test in cardiology. This measures very low levels of CRP, a protein produced by the liver in response to systemic inflammation. Another is Lp-PLA2 (Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2), related to vascular-specific inflammation and plaque (blockage) instability — a key cause of heart attacks.
Another marker is Myeloperoxidase (MPO), an enzyme released by white blood cells during inflammation. High MPO levels are associated with plaque erosion and rupture, even before a heart attack occurs. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that stimulates CRP production and elevation is associated with increased cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. Fibrinogen is a clotting protein that also acts as an “acute-phase” reactant in inflammation, where higher levels are linked to increased blood viscosity and clot risk, contributing to heart attack risk.
Homocysteine is technically an amino acid, not an inflammatory marker — but it causes endothelial (vessel lining cells) dysfunction and promotes inflammation. Elevated levels correlate with higher cardiovascular risk, though its role is poorly understood.
Of interest, searches for “markers suggesting higher heart attack risk” rarely identify elevated levels of ferritin, an iron-transport protein found elevated more often in patients with system “acidosis” (free-radical, “rusting,” oxidation, inflammation) changes. U.S. laboratories often list levels up to “300” as “normal,” even though Salonen and colleagues reported in 1992 that “100 and below” was related to “normal” heart attack risk. Their research found that men with serum ferritin levels equal to 200 micrograms per liter had a 2.2-fold increased risk of acute myocardial infarction – and further increases showed even higher risks. These findings suggest that iron-induced oxidative stress (free radical “rusting” chemistry) could play a major role in development or worsening of arterial blockage all over.
Is the preoccupation with cholesterol misguided? Massive profits are made at every sector: pharmaceutical manufacturers (statins, other drugs: $10 to 12 billion), pharmacies (sales of such drugs and test kits: $2 to 3 billion), physicians (office visits, some testing: $5 to 7 billion), testing laboratories ($2 to 3 billion), even CME Continuing Medical Education courses ($100 to 300 million). Tens of thousands of new graduates and physicians-in-training each year are hammered with the cholesterol “myth?” In his classic confronting book reporting the scientific studies, Cholesterol Is Not the Culprit: A Guide to Preventing Heart Disease [AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/3FZZMqc], Dr. Fred A. Kummerow challenges the traditional view that cholesterol is the primary cause of heart disease. Drawing from his seven decades of research, Kummerow argues that dietary trans fats and oxidized fats (free radicals, acidotic chemistry), rather than cholesterol, are significant contributors to arterial blockages and cardiovascular disease.
My friend Denham Harman, M.D., developed the theory of “free-radical” oxidative damage (inflammation) in 1954, while studying radiation injury patterns to various tissues. In 1957, he offered concerns that the promotion of polyunsaturated fats (most commercial foods today!) was more likely to promote development of artery blockage disease. Research quickly advanced our understanding that free radicals can lead to oxidative stress, which contributes to aging, cancer, cardiovascular disease, impaired cellular energy production, and much more. Sadly, most physicians are unaware of these findings and clueless about what can be done to reverse damage or protect organs.
Now you have a greater understanding of why a pilot surviving a heart attack will undergo an extensive cardiovascular evaluation and must submit current blood chemistries and more, including the prognosis for incapacitation, and an assessment and statement from a cardiologist for decision consideration.
NOTE: Integrative Medicine has a number of excellent approaches to reduce the severity, frequency, and damage of heart artery-related episodes. These can be valuable for your daily life … as well as improving your likelihood of returning to flying. When I served for 12 years as a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner, I never had an application denied for a waiver (SODA = Statement of Demonstrated Ability, allowing you to fly, maybe with limitations) – usually because my treatments returned pilots to full abilities … so a “waiver” simply acknowledged past events creating problems that were now corrected. Yes, that also included after suffering a heart attack. And I have had patients removed from the “heart transplant list” because they recovered so much heart function that they no longer qualified for organ replacement.
No “hacks” yet? Heck… that’s just a temporary delay.
Helping anyone with almost any health issue? That’s easy — in my medical office. I’m building out this site with deep-dive, time-tested hacks and targeted strategies to help you stay sharp, strong, and cleared for takeoff. While I add details to more topics, this page is your initial briefing — your intro to how integrative medicine can reduce your need for drugs or surgery and help you fly longer. I offer real, eye-opening facts that show help is not only available — it’s been here all along. The truth is, conventional doctors often miss what they don’t believe or aren’t trained to see … but I’ve seen it, used it, and taught it around the world for years.
Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better. Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical.
Learning about “angina pectoris” and “coronary artery disease,” you’ll gain an uncommon understanding of how toxic heavy metals, nutritional deficiencies, and dietary factors create devastating damage … where my treatment successes show that understanding these ideas can be a fundamental first step. Check out the links below: you can start making critical changes now, while I continue sharing more pilot-specific solutions. So … taxi up to the hold line — take a few minutes to explore how whole-health planning can prepare you for a healthier flight career. Line up and wait… because more Cleared for Takeoff is coming soon.
Your wings depend on your wellness — let’s get ahead of it together.
A comprehensive introduction to how toxic heavy metals can be reduced to improve many aspects of your health, including overall heart function … articles relating to my 42 years of using Chelation Therapy: [CLICK]
This book is a definitive scientific guide on how we are being sickened unto death by toxic metals in our world – expensive but absolutely convincing to any open-minded physicians: Heavy Metal Toxicity: Human Health Impact and Mitigation Strategies (Environmental Science and Engineering) 2024th Edition – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43uk3y3
A more affordable and “general public” book written by my friend of 5 years, Gary Greenburg, collaborating with my colleague and dear friend of 42 years, Tammy Born Huizenga, D.O., can make these health recovery ideas understandable for you and those who love you: The Chelation Revolution: Breakthrough Detox Therapy – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43A6ld4
Addressing your major health issues is a complex task, one of the reasons why I studied for a master’s degree in nutritional medicine (1985) – please do NOT assume that your problems do not relate to toxic heavy metals, do NOT assume that “it’s just a simple treatment program” … way beyond “just flying around” in a Super Cub, recovery needs to be guided by a integrative medical specialist trained and experienced like the captain of a Boeing 787 or an Airbus A350.
Do you need to “declare an emergency” and urge me to add specific “hacks” to this topic sooner rather than later? Send me a specific note with your concerns: helpme@clearedfortakeoff.info
Is your health issue more urgent? Perhaps threatening your ability to fly right now?
Declare “Mayday – Mayday – Mayday” by contacting my medical office Treatment Counselors to see about personalized care, teleconsulting or in person in Houston, to preserve your career:urgent@clearedfortakeoff.info or info@healthCHOICESnow.com
or DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN
Are you one of about 250,000 Americans who receives a permanent pacer each year? About 100,000 have a generator replacement for older units each year. More conditions are recognized all the time that will benefit from pacing – and the United States leads the world in recipients, who generally do very well. But take note: about 31,000 patients suffer with short-term complications: infection, lead migration, pocket placement issues. Most of these can be easily overcome. And you should know that integrative medicine approaches can help improve your heart function and long-term survival as well. Should you check out your possible alternatives now – for you, for your family?
Medical technology is advancing in leaps and bounds, coordinated with emerging discoveries in electronics, computers, communication, and even artificial intelligence. I will address more on this issue in the future.
No “hacks” yet? Heck… that’s just a temporary delay.
Helping anyone with almost any health issue? That’s easy — in my medical office. I’m building out this site with deep-dive, time-tested hacks and targeted strategies to help you stay sharp, strong, and cleared for takeoff. While I add details to more topics, this page is your initial briefing — your intro to how integrative medicine can reduce your need for drugs or surgery and help you fly longer. I offer real, eye-opening facts that show help is not only available — it’s been here all along. The truth is, conventional doctors often miss what they don’t believe or aren’t trained to see … but I’ve seen it, used it, and taught it around the world for years.
Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better. Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical.
Learning about “angina pectoris” and heart rhythm function, you’ll gain an uncommon understanding of how toxic heavy metals, nutritional deficiencies, and dietary factors create devastating damage … where my treatment successes show that understanding these ideas can be a fundamental first step. Check out the links below: you can start making critical changes now, while I continue sharing more pilot-specific solutions. So … taxi up to the hold line — take a few minutes to explore how whole-health planning can prepare you for a healthier flight career. Line up and wait… because more Cleared for Takeoff is coming soon.
Your wings depend on your wellness — let’s get ahead of it together.
A comprehensive introduction to how toxic heavy metals can be reduced to improve many aspects of your health, including rhythm and overall heart function … articles relating to my 42 years of using Chelation Therapy: [CLICK]
This book is a definitive scientific guide on how we are being sickened unto death by toxic metals in our world – expensive but absolutely convincing to any open-minded physicians: Heavy Metal Toxicity: Human Health Impact and Mitigation Strategies (Environmental Science and Engineering) 2024th Edition – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43uk3y3
A more affordable and “general public” book written by my friend of 5 years, Gary Greenburg, collaborating with my colleague and dear friend of 42 years, Tammy Born Huizenga, D.O., can make these health recovery ideas understandable for you and those who love you: The Chelation Revolution: Breakthrough Detox Therapy – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43A6ld4
Addressing your major health issues is a complex task, one of the reasons why I studied for a master’s degree in nutritional medicine (1985) – please do NOT assume that your problems do not relate to toxic heavy metals, do NOT assume that “it’s just a simple treatment program” … way beyond “just flying around” in a Super Cub, recovery needs to be guided by a integrative medical specialist trained and experienced like the captain of a Boeing 787 or an Airbus A350.
Do you need to “declare an emergency” and urge me to add specific “hacks” to this topic sooner rather than later? Send me a specific note with your concerns: helpme@clearedfortakeoff.info
Is your health issue more urgent? Perhaps threatening your ability to fly right now?
Declare “Mayday – Mayday – Mayday” by contacting my medical office Treatment Counselors to see about personalized care, teleconsulting or in person in Houston, to preserve your career:urgent@clearedfortakeoff.info or info@healthCHOICESnow.com
or DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN
Are you one of the perhaps 1 (to 4) per cent of Americans who have suffered with some sort of Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD). These people show a pervasive pattern of disregard for — and violation of — the rights of others, which can manifest in repeated unlawful acts, deceit, impulsivity, aggressiveness, or lack of remorse. Some of these behaviors that can be violent, criminal, or otherwise disruptive. Many people suffering with such problems come to the attention of enforcement officers and might even be confined in jail or prison for some time. Those with “criminal records” are unlikely ever to received approval for flight privileges. Nevertheless, integrative medicine approaches might dramatically improve your quality of life for years to come. Should you check out your possible alternatives now – for you, for your family?
One of the great misunderstandings of our era is that all movements, utterances, thoughts, emotions, memories – all of human life is basically biochemistry. The second book that I devoured as I was learning that there was a whole world of “medical problems” about which I had been taught very little: Mental and Elemental Nutrients: A Physician’s Guide to Nutrition and Health Care – 1976, by Carl C. Pfeiffer (AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/4hTMokU). Founder of the Princeton Brain BioCenter, Dr. Pfeiffer became one of my heroes.
A great deal of research still needs to be done to successfully treat and recover people with overt (and even covert, minimally apparent) personality disorders. You can imagine the hesitancy of the FAA to proceed with allowing such people to become pilots. These issues are questions that occupy much of my inquisitive attention. Maybe I’ll discover fundamental ways to help these people feel much better in their lives. Until then – know that I’m looking into integrative medical approaches to unlock these secrets.
Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better.
Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, a different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical.
Are you one of around 100,000 Americans who experience their first episode of psychosis each year. If you want the total number of Americans living with a psychotic condition (prevalence), that figure is larger — into the millions when you count schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and people with bipolar or major depression who have psychotic features. Regardless of the exact number, if you or someone you know is experiencing symptoms of psychosis — such as hallucinations, delusions, or disorganized thinking — seeking prompt professional assessment is crucial. Early intervention services have shown better long-term outcomes and may reduce the severity and impact of psychosis over time. Some of these people might want to fly, but they are unlikely to ever receive FAA approval. Nevertheless, integrative medicine approaches might dramatically improve your quality of life for years to come. Should you check out your possible alternatives now – for you, for your family?
Psychosis is another dimension of personality disorders, where one of the great misunderstandings of our era is that all movements, utterances, thoughts, emotions, memories – all of human life is basically biochemistry. The second book that I devoured as I was learning that there was a whole world of “medical problems” about which I had been taught very little: Mental and Elemental Nutrients: A Physician’s Guide to Nutrition and Health Care – 1976, by Carl C. Pfeiffer (AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/4hTMokU). Founder of the Princeton Brain BioCenter, Dr. Pfeiffer became one of my heroes.
A great deal of research still needs to be done to successfully treat and recover people with overt (and even covert, minimally apparent) psychoses. You can imagine the hesitancy of the FAA to proceed with allowing such people to become pilots. These issues are questions that occupy much of my inquisitive attention. Maybe I’ll discover fundamental ways to help these people feel much better in their lives. Until then – know that I’m looking into integrative medical approaches to unlock these secrets.
Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better.
Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, a different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical.
Are you one of the tens of millions of Americans who suffer each year with some form of substance abuse? Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is the most common single-category substance use disorder. In many recent surveys, around 29 to 30 million people aged 12+ had an AUD in the past year. Illicit Drug Use Disorders collectively affect more than 20 million people, but this category can include everything from opioid use disorder to cannabis use disorder to stimulant use disorder. Severity and frequency vary widely and numbers are difficult to find. For many patients, proper treatment of an underlying medical condition – pain, limitation, anxiety, depression, disturbed gut function, and so on – could mean they no longer feel the need to reach for any “substances.” Integrative medicine often provides successful results for those who truly continue to search for solutions. Should you check out your possible alternatives now – for you, for your family?One of the great misunderstandings of our era is that all movements, utterances, thoughts, emotions, memories, choices – all of human life is basically biochemistry. The second book that I devoured as I was learning that there was a whole world of “medical problems” about which I had been taught very little: Mental and Elemental Nutrients: A Physician’s Guide to Nutrition and Health Care – 1976, by Carl C. Pfeiffer (AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/4hTMokU). Founder of the Princeton Brain BioCenter, Dr. Pfeiffer became one of my heroes. One major concern, I fear sometimes missed, is that effective treatment to resolve the earlier “underlying conditions” that led to “substance abuse” could be the remarkable breakthrough for which these people are praying. Indeed, many integrative medical approaches and “hacks” have the potential to successfully deliver that kind of improvement in several situations. A great deal of research still needs to be done to successfully treat and recover people with substance abuse issues. You can imagine the hesitancy of the FAA to proceed with allowing such people to become pilots, where their use of “drugs” (or their interruption of such usage) could impair their judgment and abilities. These issues are questions that occupy much of my inquisitive attention. Maybe I’ll discover fundamental ways to help these people feel much better in their lives. Until then – know that I’m looking into integrative medical approaches to unlock these secrets. Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better. I was surprised to learn that many “musculoskeletal” (bone, joint, and muscle pains, headaches, and such) can be easily and successfully treated by skilled use of a technology called Reconstructive Therapy (“prolotherapy”) using various solutions or even activated oxygen (“prolozone”). These treatments for mechanical pain generators can work incredibly well even many years after injuries, accidents, falls, and such – even after operations that have failed to give needed improvement. You can learn more about this integrative medicine approach in the document on Page 2 – Health Hacks – 5 – Extremities Upper and Lower – Spine – Neck – Back If you want even more details, read the excellent book by the international specialist who trained me (35 years ago!): PAIN, PAIN GO AWAY [NEW EDITION]: Free Yourself From Chronic Pain [2007] by William J. Faber, D.O.: AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/4iQcBSw. [I wrote the last chapter in the New Edition, specifically informing “ligament laxity” (double-jointed) patients that they can, indeed, recover from lifetime suffering.] People who never experience these treatments can be needlessly “crippled” and searching for drugs for comfort, forfeiting dozens of years of their life. While “mechanical” (bones, joints, muscles) pains can be crippling, so can “metabolic” pains – another surprising lesson for me to have learned … over 40 years ago. The biochemical changes produced by The Yeast Syndrome often profoundly activate your immune/autoimmune system, creating persisting and even increasing pain patterns, unresponsive to medications and operations. You can learn many more details right now about metabolic and immune/autoimmune pain patterns from my Bantam Books 1986 Bestseller, The Yeast Syndrome: How to Help Your Doctor Identify & Treat the Real Cause of Your Yeast-Related Illness: AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/429tlgv. I have provided a lifetime of successful medical practice “hacks” in my Townsend Letter cover article republished here so you can download, review, and share: Page 2 – Health Hacks – 7 – General Systemic Conditions – Candida Fungal Syndrome. People who never benefit from these treatments can be needlessly “crippled” and searching for drugs for comfort, forfeiting dozens of years of their life. Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, a different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical. Do you need to “declare an emergency” and urge me to add specific “hacks” to this topic sooner rather than later? Send me a specific note with your concerns: helpme@clearedfortakeoff.info
Is your health issue more urgent? Perhaps threatening your ability to fly right now?
Declare “Mayday – Mayday – Mayday” by contacting my medical office Treatment Counselors to see about personalized care, teleconsulting or in person in Houston, to preserve your career:urgent@clearedfortakeoff.info or info@healthCHOICESnow.com
or DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN
Are you one of perhaps 21 to 22 million Americans (12 and older) meeting criteria for illicit drug or alcohol abuse/dependence in a given year. No clear definition is used to collect “hard numbers” for “dependence.” For many patients, proper treatment of an underlying medical condition – pain, limitation, anxiety, depression, disturbed gut function, and so on – could mean they no longer feel the need to reach for any “substances.” Integrative medicine often provides successful results for those who truly continue to search for solutions. Should you check out your possible alternatives now – for you, for your family?
One of the great misunderstandings of our era is that all movements, utterances, thoughts, emotions, memories, choices – all of human life is basically biochemistry. The second book that I devoured as I was learning that there was a whole world of “medical problems” about which I had been taught very little: Mental and Elemental Nutrients: A Physician’s Guide to Nutrition and Health Care – 1976, by Carl C. Pfeiffer (AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/4hTMokU). Founder of the Princeton Brain BioCenter, Dr. Pfeiffer became one of my heroes.
One major concern, I fear sometimes missed, is that effective treatment to resolve the earlier “underlying conditions” that led to “substance dependence” could be the remarkable breakthrough for which these people are praying. Indeed, many integrative medical approaches and “hacks” have the potential to successfully deliver that kind of improvement in several situations.
A great deal of research still needs to be done to successfully treat and recover people with substance abuse issues. You can imagine the hesitancy of the FAA to proceed with allowing such people to become pilots, where their use of “drugs” (or their interruption of such usage) could impair their judgment and abilities. These issues are questions that occupy much of my inquisitive attention. Maybe I’ll discover fundamental ways to help these people feel much better in their lives. Until then – know that I’m looking into integrative medical approaches to unlock these secrets.
Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better.
I was surprised to learn that many “musculoskeletal” (bone, joint, and muscle pains, headaches, and such) can be easily and successfully treated by skilled use of a technology called Reconstructive Therapy (“prolotherapy”) using various solutions or even activated oxygen (“prolozone”). These treatments for mechanical pain generators can work incredibly well even many years after injuries, accidents, falls, and such – even years after operations that have failed to give needed improvement. You can learn more about this integrative medicine approach on Page 2 – Health Hacks – 5 – Extremities Upper and Lower – Spine – Neck – Back.
If you want even more details right now, read the excellent book by the international specialist who trained me (35 years ago!): PAIN, PAIN GO AWAY [NEW EDITION]: Free Yourself From Chronic Pain [2007] by William J. Faber, D.O.: AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/4iQcBSw. [I wrote the last chapter in the NEW Edition, specifically informing “ligament laxity” (double-jointed, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome) patients that they can, indeed, recover from lifetime suffering.] People who never experience these treatments can be needlessly “crippled” and searching for drugs for comfort, forfeiting dozens of years of their life.
While “mechanical” (bones, joints, muscles) pains can be crippling, so can “metabolic” pains – another surprising lesson for me to have learned … over 40 years ago. The biochemical changes produced by The Yeast Syndrome often profoundly activate your immune/autoimmune system, creating persisting and even increasing pain patterns, unresponsive to medications and operations. You can learn many more details about metabolic and immune/autoimmune pain patterns from my Bantam Books 1986 Bestseller, The Yeast Syndrome: How to Help Your Doctor Identify & Treat the Real Cause of Your Yeast-Related Illness: AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/429tlgv.
I have provided a lifetime of successful medical practice “hacks” in my Townsend Letter cover article republished here so you can download, review, and share: Page 2 – Health Hacks – 7 – General Systemic Conditions – Candida Fungal Syndrome. People who never benefit from these treatments can be needlessly “crippled” and searching for drugs for comfort, forfeiting dozens of years of their life.
Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, a different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical.
Do you need to “declare an emergency” and urge me to add specific “hacks” to this topic sooner rather than later? Send me a specific note with your concerns: helpme@clearedfortakeoff.info
Is your health issue more urgent? Perhaps threatening your ability to fly right now?
Declare “Mayday – Mayday – Mayday” by contacting my medical office Treatment Counselors to see about personalized care, teleconsulting or in person in Houston, to preserve your career:urgent@clearedfortakeoff.info or info@healthCHOICESnow.com
or DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN
Have you suffered one of the many puzzling “loss of control of nervous system functions” experienced by people each year? Numbers are unavailable because you can count a half-dozen or more “diagnoses” casually grouped into this category. Even though finding a specific cause might be difficult, devising an effective program to reduce your likelihood of further events might well be possible. Returning to flight status could be within your reach – Should you check out your possible alternatives now – for you, for your family?
Understanding nervous system function is somewhat like being a “rocket scientist.” The number of complexities is overwhelming – and many “episodes” happen seemingly “randomly” and nowhere near a hospital laboratory where they could be studied, start to finish. The FAA certainly wants to determine that later random recurrence of such events is beyond most unlikely! Regardless of the “final diagnosis,” almost every one of these conditions can be improved – some remarkably so – with chelation therapy used along with other needed support: nutritional supplements, oxygen, hormones, even medications, and a plethora of integrative medicine approaches. Is the problem with “your computer”? “Your wiring”? “Blood flow to your brain cells”? “Damage to brain cell biochemistry” from a myriad of reasons? Again, this is a field of focus for my inquisitive research for years to come.
NOTE: Integrative Medicine has a number of excellent approaches to reduce the severity and frequency of nervous system dysfunctions. These can be valuable for your daily life … as well as possibly improving your likelihood of returning to flying. More than ever, these conditions are obscured and difficult to “pin down.” Nevertheless, chelation therapy (and other often ignored perspectives) might offer a major contribution to stabilizing patients – pilots! – suffering with these conditions. Everyone deserves evaluation by a suitably trained and experienced physician specializing in integrative medicine approaches.
No “hacks” yet? Heck… that’s just a temporary delay.
Helping anyone with almost any health issue? That’s easy — in my medical office. I’m building out this site with deep-dive, time-tested hacks and targeted strategies to help you stay sharp, strong, and cleared for takeoff. While I add details to more topics, this page is your initial briefing — your intro to how integrative medicine can reduce your need for drugs or surgery and help you fly longer. I offer real, eye-opening facts that show help is not only available — it’s been here all along. The truth is, conventional doctors often miss what they don’t believe or aren’t trained to see … but I’ve seen it, used it, and taught it around the world for years.
Each health condition is unique and must be addressed at its root cause for success with each individual patient. Still, I can start to “give you general vectors” to better understand what “insults” likely cause or contribute to your problems, what “factors” you might be missing but need in order to improve, and what hormonal and biochemical “switches” you need to turn on or balance, all to really get better. Getting “from here to healthy” is a journey, different flight plan for each one of us, to restore and preserve the precious gift of health. And it always starts with a commitment to succeed and an understanding of what could be critical.
Learning about “angina pectoris” issues, you’ll gain an uncommon understanding of how toxic heavy metals, nutritional deficiencies, and dietary factors create devastating damage to your nervous system functions … where my treatment successes show that understanding these ideas can be a fundamental first step. Check out the links below: you can start making critical changes now, while I continue sharing more pilot-specific solutions. So … taxi up to the hold line — take a few minutes to explore how whole-health planning can prepare you for a healthier flight career. Line up and wait… because more Cleared for Takeoff is coming soon.
Your wings depend on your wellness — let’s get ahead of it together.
A comprehensive introduction to how toxic heavy metals can be reduced to improve many aspects of your health, including overall brain function … articles relating to my 42 years of using Chelation Therapy: [CLICK]
This book is a definitive scientific guide on how we are being sickened unto death by toxic metals in our world – expensive but absolutely convincing to any open-minded physicians: Heavy Metal Toxicity: Human Health Impact and Mitigation Strategies (Environmental Science and Engineering) 2024th Edition – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43uk3y3
A more affordable and “general public” book written by my friend of 5 years, Gary Greenburg, collaborating with my colleague and dear friend of 42 years, Tammy Born Huizenga, D.O., can make these health recovery ideas understandable for you and those who love you: The Chelation Revolution: Breakthrough Detox Therapy – AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/43A6ld4
Addressing your major health issues is a complex task, one of the reasons why I studied for a master’s degree in nutritional medicine (1985) – please do NOT assume that your problems do not relate to toxic heavy metals, do NOT assume that “it’s just a simple treatment program” … way beyond “just flying around” in a Super Cub, recovery needs to be guided by a integrative medical specialist trained and experienced like the captain of a Boeing 787 or an Airbus A350.
Do you need to “declare an emergency” and urge me to add specific “hacks” to this topic sooner rather than later? Send me a specific note with your concerns: helpme@clearedfortakeoff.info
Is your health issue more urgent? Perhaps threatening your ability to fly right now?
Declare “Mayday – Mayday – Mayday” by contacting my medical office Treatment Counselors to see about personalized care, teleconsulting or in person in Houston, to preserve your career:urgent@clearedfortakeoff.info or info@healthCHOICESnow.com
or DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN
Takeaways
It can be important for a student pilot to consider the option of taking the first-class medical exam if their aim is to work for the airlines. Knowing if they can pass and receive the first-class medical certificate can save time prior to getting too far into the training process.
Students should consult with their flight instructors and be clear about what their end goals are.
https://www.pilotmall.com/blogs/news/15-faa-medical-certificate-disqualifying-conditions-for-pilots
If your commitment to flying is serious, you need to know that Integrative Medicine has a number of excellent approaches to address medical and health conditions that might – at first glance – seem too difficult to overcome.
Perhaps some dramatic illustrations could raise your expectations: Over the years, I have had two patients removed from the heart transplant list … because their condition improved “too much” to justify such an operation. One other was threatened with being place on “the list,” but his heart function also improved dramatically. These Integrative Medical approaches can be valuable for your daily life … as well as improving your likelihood of returning to, or even starting to, embrace the joy of flying.
Feel free to contact my office to learn of our options to deliver personalized care for many medical and health conditions that you fear will keep your grounded:
You’ll likely find this boring … but I include these details only to reassure you that recommendations based on my extensive background, related experience, and specialized judgment are worthy of your attention.
All said and done, I do have very definite ideas about solving pilot problems …
I didn’t just read about neat ideas, I was chief medical officer for Texas International Airlines before they bought Continental, which ultimately became United Airlines.
I didn’t just read about neat ideas, I was a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner for the FAA for 12 years – I never had an application for a waiver denied – I resigned to do more research on these advanced solutions and hacks I’m sharing with you today.
I didn’t just read about neat ideas, I’ve flown 1400 hours all around the county in my antique Ercoupes.
I didn’t just read about neat ideas, I was corporate medical consultant for 53 oil and heavy industry manufacturers in north Houston, for physicals, injuries, and return-to-work rehabilitation.
How’s this: my ideas are better than just general practice prescribing …
I didn’t just read about innovative approaches, after almost 4 dozen years of clinical practice I’ve been recognized as a Marquis Who’s Who Top Doctor in Advanced Medicine.
I didn’t just follow other’s footsteps in a well-beaten trail – in my pioneering career of developing better ways, I am listed in over five dozen volumes of Who’sWho and I received the Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award.
I’ve been more than just a dues-paying member – my professional colleagues have bestowed upon me the distinction of Fellow of the American College for Advancement in Medicine … and also the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award of International College of Integrative Medicine … and as more than just an aside, Chairman of the Board of the National Health Federation.
I didn’t just dream up good ideas, I’ve produced over five dozen CDs and DVDs on various topics in integrative medicine (www.healthCHOICESnow.com) and I lectured at airshows for years on how to regain and maintain your medical.
I don’t just “talk” about my innovative practices, I’ve written hundreds of brochures, dozens of articles, and several books – and unlike what we’ve become used to, I have never needed to change a word – among them are …
The Yeast Syndrome – Bantam Books continuing bestseller (since 1986)
Sick and Tired – 2017 update to The Yeast Syndrome Do What You Want To Do – treating all joint pains without surgery
Chapters in bestselling books including with these authors …
Jack Canfield famous for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series,
Internationally acclaimed author/speaker Brian Tracy,
and None other than the iconic media host Larry King.
Ascending to the Flight Levels: paramount recognition as the featured cover article in the preeminent journal, the Townsend Letter: “Still Missing Diagnosis of the Yeast Syndrome?”
Do I really have “new ideas” on many topics …
I didn’t just read about them, I’ve discovered, developed, and shared better solutions with doctors around the world – my original research on so-called “sleep apnea” since 1993 has solved many problems without CPAP.
I didn’t just hear continuing medical education lectures, I have served as program chairman or professor-in-chief for over 2 dozen professional programs and I have given dozens of invited lectures to doctors and patients around the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Taiwan.
I didn’t just have tunnel vision to rely only on my earlier training, I was awarded a Diplomate in Preventive Medicine for master’s level studies in nutritional medicine (Medical Research Institute, Florida Institute of Technology).
I didn’t just limit my intensive studies to a small pie-slice of human ailments, I served not only as president of the International College of Integrative Medicine but also as president of the International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine and …
I have gained internationally-recognized credentials in detoxification treatments (chelation therapy) to remove toxic heavy metals to help reverse degenerative diseases of heart/brain/other organs as well as in non-surgical treatments for sports/accidents/other injuries and all joint/neck/back pains.
I didn’t just read about Metabolic Syndrome/”Pre-diabetes” – the discoverer was a friend of mine since 1968 at Stanford. I didn’t just join in beating the drums for “INFLAMMATION,” I was one of the first to write about its critical role in causing all diseases – in 1993!
Others claim “the same” expertise in a number of areas – really?
As a National Merit and California State Scholar, I studied molecular biology at Stanford, graduating with a bachelor’s in biological sciences … and considerable experience in creative writing as well. During my pre-med studies, I assisted with research into making more effective vaccines and undertook graduate courses in immunology. Along the way, I trained as a medical laboratory technologist, receiving the highest certifications (A.S.C.P. and California State), and later I managed quality control for a Kaiser Hospital laboratory.
Half-a-dozen of my professors were Nobel Prize winners – another two dozen were members of the National Academy of Sciences – and I learned advanced literature search strategies at the National Library of Medicine, from the creator of PubMed search. My radiology training was under Harold G. Jacobsen, M. D., in the Bronx – one of the early giants in radiology.
While studying at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, I produced a series of 12 color videotapes on congenital heart disease; my training in blood disorders and cancer was at the National Institutes of Health. Post-graduate studies in general surgery (Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco) and urological surgery (kidneys and bladder at The University of Texas, Texas Medical Center, including the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) gave me surgical perspectives rarely seen in general medical practice.
To further hone my skills in research techniques, I served for 10 years on an FDA-authorized Institutional Review Board, approving applications for clinical studies … or not!
I didn’t just read about this distressing condition needlessly grounding pilots, I was one of the first to popularize understanding of “Auto-Brewery Syndrome” – “drunk without drinking” because gut microbes make alcohol then absorbed into your bloodstream – a totally controllable infection described in my 1986 book, The Yeast Syndrome!
I don’t just “boast a good line,” my career-long successes speak for themselves across so many usual and unusual conditions that steal your health, worsen your suffering, and finally take your life – no matter who claims “advanced” or whatever, there’s no substitute for experience and proven accomplishment.
I seem rather passionate about flying as well as medicine …
First of all, I found my medical training to be sadly lacking – “fighting disease” rather than “restoring better health.” So – I’ve spent a lifetime learning ways of promoting health, realizing that your body functions very much like an airplane, it does just exactly what it is supposed to do in the situation.
Second, I didn’t just watch planes flying overhead, I felt them in my bones: my Dad was a B-36 command pilot, and the Air Force base often vibrated with engine run-ups for hours before launch.
Third, reading Wolfgang Langewiesche’s outstanding classic, Stick and Rudder, during my ground school studies, I was entranced by his description of the “safety airplane” – that was the non-spinnable Ercoupe just being marketed in 1940. (Yes, the very first time I saw one, I bought it … on credit!)
Finally, I have enjoyed “basic flying” in my Ercoupes so much since 1977, I made it my mission to keep as many pilots flying safely as possible. Serving as an Aviation Medical Examiner (Senior for 12 years), I never had an application for a SODA/”waiver” ever rejected, thanks to patient recoveries with my innovative integrative “medical”/health approaches that I now share with you!
Like what you see? – Want me to become your doctor?
Certainly, if you’re interested in a future of optimal health regardless of your current situation – you can visit in person near Houston or you can schedule a teleconsultation to start (and even continue) management. Just
DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN
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The most inspiring aviation poem ever written – details you never knew but will forever relish
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