Appalachian trail journey
January
2002 - Now that I no longer have asthma to deal with, I
decided to try hiking several hundred miles of the Appalachian Trail.
Out of the hundreds of hikers who attempt hiking the Appalachian Trail each year,
around 50% drop out in the first few days of their hike. To view my
gear selections, and my trail guestbook, here's a link to my
My 2002 Trail Journal
After posting my 9th (prep) journal entry with my thoughts about asthma, I received several email inquiries from a few people that had asthma or had friends or relatives with asthma. And so, the AsthmaStory.Com website was created in response to these inquiries so I could have an area to present the research I had on the subject in a more organized manner.
My Appalachian trail name is HotFoot.
Appalachian Trail Plan for 2005. I didn't
get to backpack much in 2004, so for 2005 I've decided to see if
I can do another section of the AT with my older son.
The 2005 journal entries are posted here.
Now that it's 2012, I realize I'm woefully out of shape to hike but I still hope to get back in shape and do another section someday.
Maybe when I retire.
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Trail, Great Smoky National Park at Newfound Gap (the first time my wife and I walked on the Appalachian Trail) |
Upcoming Book
"A Cure for Asthma? What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You - and Why"
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Recent news ..
(June 2011) Good article from The Grand Rapids Allergy Examiner:
Asthma cure found in Zithromax: hope for the future
More News ..
(July 2010) Wilmore Webley PH.D. sent us some interesting research he was a part of:
Infectious Chlamydia pneumoniae is Associated With Elevated Interleukin-8 and Airway Neutrophilia in Children With Refractory Asthma
Occurrence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia pneumoniae in paediatric respiratory infections
Science Daily News
(May 25, 2010)Scientists from the University of Massachusetts have developed an animal model that shows how an early childhood lung infection can cause asthma later in life.
What are Biofilms?
To educate yourself more on biofilms and why vitamin "D" may be bad when trying to eradicate Chlamydia pneumoniae or Mycoplasma, read this interesting article by Dr. Randall Wolcott, bacterial biofilm wound specialist
and also
The Marshall protocol for biofilms in wound treatment. Highly technical but somewhat related in that it addresses why eradicating bacteria like Chlamydia pneumoniae and mycoplasma can be so difficult.
Clinical Trials
The University of Wisconsin, American Academy of Family Physicians, Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians (WAFP),The Dean Foundation for Health, Research and Education (Dean Foundation) and Pfizer corporationis sponsoring a study and recruiting volunteers for a study called AZMATICS to determine the effectiveness of Azithromycin as Adjunctive Treatment for Adult Asthma.
Important notice: At this time, the study is no longer recruiting subjects.
If you are interested in learning more about azithromycin treatment for asthma, you may email Dr. Hahn at:
Dean Foundation
Follow this link to learn more about Dr. David Hahn and the Dean Foundation.
If you are interested in making a donation to The Dean Foundation you can specify that it be used towards infectious asthma research
Support forum
First off, I would like to apologize for abruptly shutting down the support forum several years ago. Besides dealing with hackers, trolls and rude people, I was going through an extremely stressful time in life that resulted in the loss of our youngest son.
It got to be too much to handle so one day I flipped the switch and shut it down.
I know this upset some people so I hope they can accept this apology
Old News
The St. Petersburg times ran a story about AsthmaStory just before I started my Appalachian trail journey
In the beginning
Article 1
Article 2
Serious Stuff !
Every year thousands of people die while
experiencing a severe asthma attack.
Take your Asthma or the Asthma of a loved one very seriously !
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- Near Fatal Asthma Attack
- Steps I took to be Asthma Free
- Chlamydia pneumoniae
- Blood Tests
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- Research
- Dean Foundation
Asthma Research-1 - Dean Foundation
Asthma Research-2 - Asthmastory.com
Asthma Research - Articles / Links
- Frequently asked questions
- Support Forum
(now inactive) - Misleading myth that asthma is incurable
- A typical letter that Doctor Hahn receives
- Contact Jim
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ASTHMA AND INFECTION
Recommendations for interested Physicians by DAVID L. HAHN, MD. MS.
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For the past 12 years the pharmaceuticals and health products industry represent the top industry when it comes to financing lobbiest that influence our laws and federal policies (FDA).
No wonder this research still hasn't made it mainstream while drugs like oxycodone / oxycontin are freely dispensed. Killing and addicting millions.
Then again, it's all about money isn't it?
Click here to view drug industry lobbiest rankings for past 12 years
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With so much information exploding all around us, finding a nugget of knowledge is not nearly as important as what we do with it. |
The National Lung Association reports that
The annual direct health care cost of asthma is approximately $15.6 billion; indirect costs (e.g. lost productivity) add another $5.1 billion, for a total of $20.7 billion dollars. Prescription drugs represented the largest single direct cost, at $5.6 billion.
In 2008, it was estimated that 23.3 million Americans currently have asthma. Of these, 12.7 million Americans (4.1 million children under 18) had an asthma attack
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