Welcome to another edition of Common Ground Online. Here's what's in this week's edition:
- Celebrating Truehope's Historic Court Victory
- Two Case Studies in Children using EMPowerplus
- Important Announcements
October is a month of celebration for EMPowerplus users! In the previous edition of Common Ground Online, we gave a few facts about Truehope’s historic court victory last year against Health Canada. Many people have expressed interest in learning more about it. Here are a few helpful resources:
 Scientists at the University of Calgary and the Alberta Children’s Hospital reported the effects of EMPowerplus on 2 medication-free boys with explosive rage and mood disorders (atypical obsessive- compulsive disorder and pervasive developmental delay), using an ABAB (off-on-off-on) study design. In both cases, symptoms increased when the micronutrient supplement was withdrawn and improved when the supplement was introduced. When taking the supplement, the boys had fewer emotional outbursts, fewer anxious and obsessional thoughts, more positive mood, and better temper control. Improvements were noted on the Conners Parent Rating Scale (CPRS) mood and temper symptoms, Children’s Version Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS) obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) symptoms of aggressive, delinquent, and anxious-depressed behavior, as well as social and attention problems. Neither boy experienced any adverse effects from taking an adult dose of the nutritional supplement. At the time of publication, both boys had been stable on the nutritional supplement for over 2 years.
Kaplan BJ, Crawford SG, Gardner B, Farrelly G. Treatment of mood lability and explosive rage with minerals and vitamins: two case studies in children. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2002 Fall;12(3):205-19.
New Online Audio and Video Resources
To serve you better, we’re working to offer you a wider variety of audio and video resources. In the future, you’ll notice useful new audio and video resources (including more conference calls) featured frequently in Common Ground Online. For your convenience, these resources will be archived on www.myTruehope.net.
In celebration of the one-year anniversary of our historic court victory against Health Canada,
this edition features a short video designed to give an exciting review of the case and show how it relates to you.
As always, we welcome your feedback. Let us know what you think – send your comments to feedback@truehope.com.
Email Date Change
For your information, future editions of Common Ground Online will be sent out every other Thursday instead of Mondays. Therefore, the next edition will be available on Thursday, November 8, 2007, and subsequent editions will be sent bi-weekly.
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Yours in health,
The Truehope Staff
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