NIH's Spong and UCLA's 'chaotic' hospital/UCLA alum Gastaldo expresses a concern...

Catherine Y. Spong, MD ) (somehow affiliated with
UCLA Harborview; see below):

You are a "Chief" at NIH and assoc. editor of ACOG's journal. Please
publicly announce that MDs should immediately stop closing birth canals up
to 30%.


PREGNANT WOMEN: MDs are closing birth canals up to 30%. It's EASY to
allow your birth canal to OPEN the "extra" up to 30%!

Just roll onto your side as you push your baby out! BUT - see WARNING,
WARNING, WARNING, in PS2 below...


KEITH E. BRANT, PhD, Executive Director, UCLA Alumni Association
) wrote:

"Dear Todd...UCLA is a leader in medical science and the new hospital is
sure to be at the forefront of research benefiting patients far beyond
Westwood -- one more way UCLA is changing the world." [Connect@UCLA, July
15, 2003]

KEITH! UCLA MDs could indeed change the world. UCLA MDs could be the first
university MDs to publicly call for an end to the bizarre MD practice of
closing birth canals. This would stop senseless episiotomies, senseless
epidurals, senseless cesarean sections, senseless forceps deliveries, etc.
Details below.

OPEN LETTER (archived for global access***)

Keith E. Brant, PhD
Executive Director
UCLA Alumni Association


Dear Keith,

The current UCLA hospital is reportedly "a chaotic, 3.1 million-square-foot
complex...where patients, doctors, and visitors scurry back and forth with
rat-like determination...a structure that fosters anxiety, not calm."
http://www.ucmt.org/westwood/html/about/press_02.shtml

Famed architect IM Pei is reportedly making the new UCLA hospital "an oasis
of rationality" which will "foster a humane environment" and "function as an
integral tool in the healing of the human psyche."
http://www.ucmt.org/westwood/html/about/press_02.shtml

In advance of completion of Pei's new "humane" UCLA hospital, the current
UCLA hospital can DRASTICALLY reduce chaos - become FAR more humane (UCLA
doctors can become less rat-like) - simply by stopping obvious massive
MD-obstetrician hospital crimes.

THE MOST OBVIOUS MD-OBSTETRICIAN CRIME...

MD-obstetricians are slashing vaginas en masse (euphemism "routine
episiotomy")
surgically/FRAUDULENTLY inferring that everything possible is being done to
OPEN birth canals - even as they CLOSE birth canals up to 30%.

See Squatting, Nurse Jenn's genital piercing, the Anti-Vagina - and
Kingston General's Human Mobility Centre...
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e... earthlink.net

As if episiotomy with the birth canal closed up to 30% wasn't bad enough,
UCLA MD-obstetricians may still be "extending the initial episiotomy" with
birth canals senselessly closed up to 30%. See McRoberts maneuver
discussion below.

Spong et al. (UCLA-Harborview). [Obstet Gynecol. 1995 Sep;86(3):433-6]
mention "extending the initial episiotomy" - and they may be still at it:
See Beall, Spong and Ross (UCLA-Harborview). Obstet Gynecol. 2003
Jul;102(1):31-5.

Catherine Y. Spong, M.D, just cited, is not only an Associate Editor of
ACOG's journal Obstetrics & Gynecology; she is also Chief of NIH's Pregnancy
& Perinatology Branch
Center for Research for Mothers and Children
National Institute of Child Health and Development
Executive Building, Room 4B03
6100 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7510
Bethesda, MD 20892-7510
Phone: (301) 496-5575
Fax: (301) 496-3790

Catherine's area of "Scientific Responsibility" is Maternal-fetal medicine,
obstetrics,
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network
National Children's Study: Pregnancy and the Infant Working Group
ACOG Committee on Obstetric Practice
E-mail:
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/crmc/pp/staff.htm


NOTE: Canadian nurse Jenn Vandusen (URL just cited) *wanted* her vagina
modified. I submit
that most women *don't* want their vaginas modified - at least not at
birth - and they certainly don't want their babies' brains modified by
MD-obstetricians senselessly closing birth canals...

Two Canadian MDs - Erica Eason and Perle Feldman - recommend
"consumer
pressures" to stop mass vagina slashing by MD-obstetricians:

"[i]t is clear that episiotomy is a MAJOR contributor to trauma,
pain, and suffering in parturients. Changes in practice can be
effectively introduced through CONSUMER PRESSURES...Routine
episiotomy remains common even in teaching institutions. 'Who
cares about a little cut?' was a frequent comment from
obstetricians...Given the evidence, there should be widespread
abandonment of routine episiotomy "
Erica Eason, MDCM, FRCSC and Perle Feldman, MDCM, FCFP
Obstet Gynecol 2000;95:616-8. Emphasis added.

Whereas Erica and Perle recommend "consumer pressures"...

I recommend "consumer PRESSURIZERS" - THE POLICE...

See Vaginas and media silence: Insuring that malpractice occurs - babies be
damned...
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e....earthlink.net

NOTE: I am in favor of pardons in advance for MDs. MDs are just academic
prime cuts forced through this culture's most powerful mental meatgrinder -
medical school.

ALUMNI GIVING

Keith, in 2002 you asked:

"So if alumni giving is, at best, only one variable, how do we measure the
success of an alumni relations program?"
http://www.case.org/currents/2002/Fe...brantRegan.cfm

In 2001 I pointed out a piece of obvious dishonesty in your alumni relations
program.

See UCLA alum saves tiny lives and tiny limbs...
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...-snr1.gtei.net


You never responded.

Success might be measured by responsiveness.

Thanks for reading,

Sincerely,

Todd

Dr. Gastaldo


PS1 UCLA's University Construction Management Team/UCMT says, "E-Mail UCMT
) - for any questions, comments, or concerns about the
hospital..."
http://www.ucmt.org/westwood/html/ab...floor_05.shtml

UCMT, I note from your website that "the Fifth Floor...will house Womens
Services related to obstetrics" and that "Immediately adjacent to the LDRP
is a C-section suite and the NICU...This juxtaposition minimizes the
distance between...NICU and the delivery areas...."
http://www.ucmt.org/westwood/html/ab...floor_05.shtml

Juxtoposing delivery areas and NICU is good - but it is better to PREVENT
problems that necessitate transfer to NICU....

UCMT, please help eliminate some chaos at UCLA right now - BEFORE Pei's new
hospital opens. If you know any women who are pregnant, PLEASE tell them
that MDs are senselessly closing birth canals at delivery...

PS2 PREGNANT WOMEN! It's EASY to open your birth canal an "extra" up to
30%!

Just roll onto your side as you push your baby out! PLEASE talk to your MD
about this NOW...

WARNING
WARNING
WARNING
WARNING: Some MDs will let women "try" side-lying and
other
"alternative" delivery positions - but they will move women back to
semisitting -
close their birth canals (!) at
the very worst possible moment (as the baby is coming out)...

See GASTALDO'S ABSTRACT - my invited poster presentation at a recent
obstetric congress co-sponsored by the American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists/ACOG. (NOTE: GASTALDO'S ABSTRACT is on the web: Search
"GASTALDO'S ABSTRACT
Paciornik"...)

GRUESOME SPINAL MANIPULATION BY MDs (and MBs)...

MDs routinely pull "gently"/gruesomely on babies' heads sticking out
vaginas/birth canals senselessly closed up to 30%.

(ALL spinal manipulation of fetuses is gruesome with the birth canal closed
up to 30%.)

UNNECESSARY EPIDURALS...

MDs routinely cause uteri to PUSH with birth canals senselessly closed up to
30% and in many births MDs chemically whip uteri to push harder/VIOLENTLY -
with oxytocin and Cytotec - with birth canals senselessly closed up to 30%!

No wonder some women literally BEG for epidurals!

UNNECESSARY FORCEPS/VACUUM EXTRACTIONS...

In 10 to 15% of births
MDs reach INSIDE vaginas - with forceps/vacuum extractors - and drag babies
out through birth canals senselessly closed up to 30%!

Sometimes MDs pull so hard they rip spinal nerves out of tiny spinal cords!

HINDBRAIN HERNIATION...

MDs may occasionally be pulling the brain/cerebellum into the upper cervical
canal...

See Gastaldo's fibromyalgia hypothesis (Chiari/birth trauma)
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...lm=1K0Ka.10657
%24C83.1056213%40newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net

TRACTION OF BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD - TRACTION BIRTH TRAUMA IS COMMON!

"...type 1 Arnold-Chiari malformation
in six cases. A constellation of these abnormalities are best explained by
traction of brain and spinal cord of the subjects exerted during breech
delivery and further support the primary role of birth trauma in the genesis
of 'idiopathic hypopituitarism.'"
--Fujita K, Matsuo N, Mori O, Koda N, Mukai E, Okabe Y, Shirakawa N, Tamai
S, Itagane Y, Hibi I. [Eur J Pediatr. 1992 Apr;151(4):266-70.
PubMed abstract Comment in:
Eur J Pediatr. 1993 Feb;152(2):175.]

CHIARI SKULL SURGERY: FIBROMYALGICS STILL HOPING?

"We're very hopeful that this will be the first real, viable treatment for
many people," said Rae Gleason, director of the National Fibromyalgia
Research Association (NFRA) in Salem, Oregon. The NFRA is funding a $150,000
study to determine the percentage of fibromyalgia patients who have a Chiari
malformation or spinal cord compression.
--Spine, skull surgery may help many with CFIDS
By David Hoh
http://www.cfids.org/archives/1999/1999-3-article03.asp


SIDS...

It has been suggested in the medical literature that a small or distorted
posterior cranial fossa might be required for the Chiari malformation:

"These results support the opinion, which claims the
existence of underdevelopment of the occipital bone and posterior fossa in
patients with Chiari type I malformation."
[Karagoz F, Izgi N, Kapijcijoglu Sencer S.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2002 Feb;144(2):165-71]

"[R]elationship between the skull base and...Chiari type I malformation
(CMI),*****key role in a small size of posterior cranial
fossa..."[Krupina NE, Beloded VM. [Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova.
2002;102(8):3-7. PubMed abstract]

It occurs to me that MDs "spraining" brain support structures at birth PLUS
iatrogenic positional plagiocephaly (to prevent SIDS^^^) - may cause a
smaller or distorted posterior cranial fossa (or a smaller brain case
overall) - and result in some cases of fibromyalgia (assuming some
fibromyalgia is related to Chiari)...

^^^See American Academy of Pediatrics/AAP quote below...

Of course, MDs "spraining" brain support structures - and mothers causing
positional plagiocephaly spontaneously - could also have been causing a
smaller or
distorted posterior cranial fossa (or a smaller brain case overall) all
along - and
some cases of fibromyalgia (assuming some fibromyalgia is related to
Chiari) all along...

Does anyone know whether positional plagiocephaly causes a smaller or
distorted posterior cranial fossa (or a smaller brain case overall)?

I'll cc: who writes: "In children with
positional head deformity (posterior plagiocephaly), the
occiput is flattened with corresponding facial asymmetry. The incidence of
positional head deformity increased dramatically between 1992 and 1999, and
now occurs in one of every 60 live births. One proposed cause of the
increased incidence of positional head deformity is the initiative to place
infants on their backs during sleep to prevent sudden infant death syndrome.
With early detection and intervention, most positional head deformities can
be treated conservatively with physical therapy or a head orthosis
("helmet").[Biggs W. Am Fam Physician. 2003 May 1;67(9):1953-6. PubMed
abstract]

^^^Quoting the American Academy of Pediatrics/AAP:

FLAT SKULL "ALMOST ALWAYS A BENIGN CONDITION"

"There is some suggestion that the incidence of babies developing a flat
spot on their occiputs may have increased since the incidence of prone
sleeping
has decreased. This is almost always a benign condition, which will
disappear within several months after the baby has begun to sit up..."
http://www.aap.org/new/sids/question.htm

TRACTION OF BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD - PRIMARY ROLE OF BIRTH TRAUMA...

Presidential Symposium: 'Role of the brainstem in migraine' September
13-16, 2003 XI Congress of the International Headache Society, Pallazo dei
Congressi, Rome, Italy
http://www.ihc2003.com

"...type 1 Arnold-Chiari malformation
in six cases. A constellation of these abnormalities are best explained by
traction of brain and spinal cord of the subjects exerted during breech
delivery and further support the primary role of birth trauma in the genesis
of 'idiopathic hypopituitarism.'"
--Fujita K, Matsuo N, Mori O, Koda N, Mukai E, Okabe Y, Shirakawa N, Tamai
S, Itagane Y, Hibi I. [Eur J Pediatr. 1992 Apr;151(4):266-70.
PubMed abstract Comment in:
Eur J Pediatr. 1993 Feb;152(2):175.]

What if distortion of the skull for several months makes it more difficult
for the brain to recover (retract fully into the brain case) following birth
trauma?

CAUTION ADVISED...John Oro, M.D., and Diane Mueller, N.D., who run the
University of Missouri Chiari Clinic, say fibromyalgia patients should be
cautious about assuming they may have Chiari malformation...First, Oro and
Mueller say, people who believe they may have Chiari malformation should
undergo a basic neurologic exam from a neurologist or neurosurgeon
experienced at diagnosing Chiari...If someone indeed has Chiari
malformation, this exam, and an MRI of the brain and brainstem, will reveal
it..."I think the lay public has become a little misled," says Mueller, a
nurse practitioner. "They're sure we're going to have a cure for
fibromyalgia."
--Fibromyalgia and Chiari Malformation
By Jeff Durbin
http://www.muhealth.org/~arthritis/a...01/chiari.html

Copied to: Jeff Durbin

"The fact that you've survived a surgery probably changes your physiology."
--John Oro, MD

The fact that a baby survives a TRAUMATIC TRACTION BIRTH probably changes
her/his physiology!

Copied to: John Oro, MD
Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
130 A P Green, DC330.00
One Hospital Drive
Columbia, MO 65212 E-Mail:
Also via: Diane Mueller, ND, RN, C-FNP via

UNNECESSARY CESAREAN SECTIONS...

MDs close birth canals - CAUSE "cephalopelvic disproportion" - then perform
major abdominal surgeries called c-sections BEcause of "cephalopelvic
disproportion!

UNNECESSARY EPISIOTOMIES...

MDs routinely slash vaginas (euphemism "routine
episiotomy") -
surgically/FRAUDULENTLY inferring that everything possible is being done to
OPEN birth canals - even as they CLOSE birth canals up to 30%!

MDs offer women "generous" episiotomies when the baby's shoulders get
stuck...

The American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists/ACOG
indirectly ADMITS that MDs are routinely closing birth canals - why *else*
would ACOG's Shoulder Dystocia video show MDs how to OPEN the birth canal
maximally when the shoulders get stuck?

Unfortunately, ACOG's Shoulder Dystocia video method of "opening" the
birth
canal maximally - KEEPS THE BIRTH CANAL CLOSED!

See Blame, Attorney Weisbrod and the 'God within' (our courts of law)...
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...lm=Q28K8.883%2
4NG1.312%40newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net

To any UCLA alumni who became chiropractors...

See Chiro orthopedists and global UNREST - and babies...
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e... arthlink.net

"Announcement...There are more than 3000 UCLA alumni in the state of
Oregon -- GET INVOLVED!"
http://www.uclalumni.net/ChaptersAnd...cfm?email=D7IH

My sentiments exactly.

Thanks for reading, everyone,

Sincerely,

Todd

Dr. Gastaldo


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