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Published by The Arthritis Trust

Spring 1999

Dedicated to Eradicating Rheumatoid Disease From the Earth

The Arthritis Trust

Dedicated to Eradicating Rheumatoid Disease From the Earth

The Arthritis Trust

Rex E. Newnham,

D.O., N.D., Ph.D.

In Carnarvon (Northwest Australia) and Ngawha in New Zealand

there was virtually no arthritis; in Israel where the aquifer under the

coastal plain has plenty of boron, there was less than 1% arthritis.

The Arthritis and Rheumatism Natural Therapy Research Associa-

tion (ARNTRA) began in the late 1980’s, with his development of

substances containing boron that had good effects on arthritics; and

now ARNTRA joins with The Arthritis Trust of Canada, The

Arthritis Trust of America, and The Rheumatoid Disease Founda-

tion of The Republic of South Africa as brother and sister organi-

zations dedicated to wiping out the scourage of arthritis in all forms.

For more information on the use of boron for arthritis see our

newsletter June 1994, or the article “Boron and Arthritis” by Rex

Newnham, D.O., N.D., Ph.D. available for a $5 or greater donation

or for free from our internet homepage (http://

www.arthritistrust.org). Also Newnham's Away With Arthritis avail-

able for a $15 or greater donation. Dr. Newnham’s new book,

Arthritis Without Drugs -- the Natural Answer, is not yet available,

but can be ordered in the future. The Arthritis and Rheumatism

Natural Therapy Research Association’s (ARNTRA) first newslet-

ter was published in the winter of 1997. This and subsequent

newsletters can be obtained via donation by writing to ARNTRA,

Cracoe House Cottage, Cracoe, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23

6LB, England; or can be obtained on our joint homepage, http://

www.arthritistrust.org. Boron products developed by Dr. Newnham

are available in the United States under the name of Osteo-Trace

sold by Dr. Don Brenn, 1535 N. Limestone St., Springfield, OH

45503; Dr. Bill Chezik, 1104 Oak St., Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965.

n the year 1982 three non-profit

Rheumatoid Disease Foundations

were begun for two chief purposes:

(1) Inform folks that so-called “incur-

able” arthritis was curable; (2) Per-

form medical research. In addition to

The Rheumatoid Disease Foundation,

now also called The Arthritis Trust of

America, one organization was located

in England, headed up by Kay Hitchen,

and the other in The Republic of South

Africa headed up by Lucy Birnie, who

is still with us.

After Kay Hitchen’s resignation

from England’s Rheumatoid Disease

Foundation, no one stepped in to fill her position, and so our sister

English organization withered and perished. Now, at last, Dr. Rex

Newnham, N.D., D.O., Ph.D., has begun anew the Arthritis and

Rheumatism Natural Therapy Research Association (ARNTRA),

and is its director. Ken Wright is the new secretary and David

Rhodes treasurer.

Dr. Newnham is a world-renown nutritional consultant (U.S.

Dept. of Health, NASA, et. al.) who’s scientific findings regarding

the importance of boron in human nutrition is reflected by the

widespread sale of this nutritional supplement in every health food

store.

Dr. Newnham, whose picture is shown here, refers to our

newsletter (Fall 1997) when he writes that “Ed Wendlocher is to be

commended for his persistent search for truth even when there are

so many difficulties in his way. All the work being done to show

how the various arthritides can be traced to allergies and the fact that

boron will alleviate and correct so many of the problems surely

shows that boron must work with the immune system. It would be

good to get some university to look into these things but it would be

an expensive type of work. Boron is a difficult element to analyse

and it has no radioactive isotopes that can be easily followed. Plant

physiologists have been able to identify boron in cell membranes

and it is easier to work with plants than people. Animals do get

arthritis and could be used but with difficulty.”

Dr. Newnham’s discovery of the positive effects of the right kind

of boron for arthritics came about through his nine journeys around

the world, stopping wherever arthritis affected more than the

“normal” 20% of the population. In Jamaica he found 70% affected,

in Kingston he even found dogs limping from arthritis.The fre-

quency of occurence of arthritis in Mauritius and Fiji -- also sugar

producing countries -- was almost as bad.

WELCOME TO THE ARTHRITIS AND

RHEUMATISM NATURAL THERAPY

RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (ARNTRA)

Arthritis and Entamoeba hartmanni

This is a case report of a 25-year-old woman complaining of

painful swelling and hyperthermia (fever) of the right knee with a

50% reduction in maximal flexion (ability to move) who presented

to the office 6 weeks after the development of these symptoms.

These symptoms began just 3 days after returning home from a

trip to Madagascar, where she had suffered a slight course of non-

specific diarrhea.

A variety of tests were done which resulted in a positive HLA-

B27 antigen test and a positive stool examination for Entamoeba

hartmanni. Cysts were present on stool specimens.

Metronidazole at 500 mg, t.i.d., was given orally for 10 days.

Two weeks later, the flexion (movement) of the right knee increased,

serum C-reactive protein normalized, and the stool test was nega-

tive for Entamoeba hartmanni.

At 3 months, the patient had completely recovered without any

long-term effects of arthritis.

Submitted by Thomas L. Hesselink, M.D., 888 So. Edgelawn,

Ste. 1743, Aurora, IL 60506.

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