1. A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO ARTHRITIS REMISSION.
Anyone suffering from arthritis has surprising little to look forward to. The medical profession and the drug companies do not have drugs that may be prescribed which will have a positive influence in respect to actually curing or putting arthritis into remission: with one exception. Cortisone is a hormone that has this capability but it has never been used with a full understanding of its potential as a hormone in the human body and the extreme necessity of only influencing the internal hormonal system correctly when used as a medicine. The history of the use of cortisone is a sad one in this regard. After an initial tremendous enthusiasm the usual philosophy of 'more is better' took over and the overdoses caused severe side effects. The enthusiasm gave way to extreme caution in it's use. But even then the understanding of the internal hormonal system and the frequency and correct level of dosage for gentle external stimulation in respect to the patients needs was not worked out. Today cortisone is largely regarded as just another anti-inflammatory drug with severe side effects when used daily for any length of time.
So the million of dollars a year spent on drugs for arthritis is largely spent on various forms of pain killers like aspirin and anti-inflammatories. The latter are prescription drugs or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDS. Most of these have side effects which will prove to be worse than any benefical effect if taken daily for more than a few months. Cortisone is used largely in sports medicine as a single shot in damaged joints and sparingly as pills prescribed for daily use like a painkiller.
I am a general scientist. I have been retired for a couple of decades. During that time I have pursued scientific studies and research in many disciplines. I have had access to three university libraries. In addition I have copies of Scientific American going back to 1960. This is an excellent reference in many fields. Through the years it has covered most advances in general science and medicine. The articles tend to be written by the scientist or scientists who made the discovery. For example I found 16 articles on autoimmune diseases since 1960 in my collection. They are carefuly editted for understanding by the layman and they are very well illustrated.