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Detoxification (often shortened to detox and sometimes called body cleansing) is a type of alternative-medicine treatment which aims to rid the body of unspecified "toxins" – substances that proponents claim accumulate in the body over time and have undesirable short-term or long-term effects on individual health.
Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is a chronic condition involving non-specific physical and psychological symptoms that appear when the affected person has been exposed to "chemicals", or at least believes they have been exposed to. [1]
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[35] In 1991, the Board of Mental Health in Oklahoma refused to certify the program for use in a Narconon facility on the grounds of potential danger from its high vitamin and mineral doses. [36] A report on Narconon for the Department of Health in California described the mega-doses of vitamins as "hazardous" and "in some cases lethal". [37] Prof.
Miller coauthored a report for the state of New Jersey on chemical susceptibility, for which the state received the World Health Organization's Macedo award, and coauthored Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes. She has authored or coauthored numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed publications on the health effects of low-level ...
Chemical sensitivity may refer to: Multiple chemical sensitivity, a chronic increase in sensitivity to common chemicals; Food intolerance, a negative reaction to chemical components in the diet; Drug intolerance or drug sensitivity, a lower threshold to the normal pharmacologic action of a drug, not to be confused with drug allergy
Roland participated in an outpatient program, went through detox many times, quit in the middle of two different long-term residential stints, and completed a stay at Recovery Works, in Georgetown, before her fatal overdose a week later, on April 16, 2013. For the treatment centers, the revolving door may be financially lucrative.
Barrett was the consulting editor for the Consumer Health Library at Prometheus Books, [6] and has been a peer-review panelist for [7] two [8] [9] [10] medical journals. He has also served on the editorial board of Medscape [ 11 ] and the Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine . [ 12 ]