7.27.10 Research Shows Controversial Illness is Real and Treatable By POA

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_PR Newswire_ (http://www.sacbee.com/965/index.html)

Research Shows Controversial Illness is Real and Treatable

(authors: Ritchie C. Shoemaker MD, Mark MD

McMahon MD, Jack D. Thrasher PhD, Carl Grimes HHS, CIEC)

_http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/27/2918350/research-shows-controversial-illne

ss.html#ixzz0uvJGAuAe_

(http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/27/2918350/research-shows-controversial-illness.h\

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By Policyholders of America

Published: Tuesday, Jul. 27, 2010 - 12:57 pm

CHARLESTON, S.C., July 27 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Policyholders of

_America_ (http://topics.sacbee.com/America/) (_POA_

(http://topics.sacbee.com/POA/) ) released a consensus statement written by

treating physicians and

researchers in the field on the mechanism and treatment of illness found in

people sickened by exposure to water-damaged buildings. This illness has

been the subject of heated debate that has resulted in harsh allegations being

lobbed at patients by experts hired by industry to cast doubt on the

legitimacy of the illness. Today however, so-called " Sick Building Syndrome " is

now unveiled to be very real; it's a chronic inflammatory illness that is

easily identified with available lab testing and treatable using

FDA-approved medications. The research paper is the first in the field written

by

physicians with experience treating the illness. Thorough and rigorous, the

paper references governmental agency opinions, current published literature

and an extensive review of patient data that has made this subject a

political and legal hot potato obstructing patient care....

The Paper:

_http://www.policyholdersofamerica.org/doc/CIRS_PEER_REVIEWED_PAPER.pdf_

(http://www.policyholdersofamerica.org/doc/CIRS_PEER_REVIEWED_PAPER.pdf)