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Nightline Wonders if Dallas "Enviromental Medicine" Doc is "Dangerous"

Thu Mar 20, 2008 at 03:35:40 PM
ABC News
Dr. William Rae and Nightline's Terry Moran, from tonight's upcoming broadcast.

It says on the Web site for the Environmental Health Center on Walnut Hill Lane that founder William J. Rea, M.D. "is a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon with a strong passion for the environmental aspects of health and disease." Which is partially why ABC's Nightline is running a piece on the doc this very night. Also a reason, says the headline: "Texas Doctor Target of State Medical Board for 'Environmental Medicine.'" Or, as the accompanying Webcast puts it: "Nightline: Dangerous Doc?" Watch tonight -- your very life may depend upon it!. Or not. Depends how many times you've seen Safe. --Robert Wilonsky

3 Comments:

Dr. D says:

The EHC sits right on top of my office. I feel safe.

Joe says:

Where did the Nagy lady get her medical degree, Hollywood Upstairs Medical College?

Magnets don't make you sick. If you're allergic to raw pine, stop eating it. "Detox" programs are pseudoscientific claptrap. Get some depression meds, take some aspirin, and get on with life. You're not a victim.

If you want to escape modern life and be closer to a natural existence, let me know how sleeping in a tree and eating your meat raw is going.

Moltenwhite says:

My letter to Nightline:
I am not a reporter or a writer, so please forgive my writing. Your little clip last night on Nightline concerning Dr. Rea and environmental hazards got me going. I am not a regular watcher, so I was surprised when the content was coincidentally my hobby. This is an area of personal investigation (I find it interesting) where I am close to an expert.
It is not uncommon for medical boards to chastise those using unconventional treatments ESPECIALLY non DRUG treatments.
(see Devra Davis & Theron Randolph and I’m sure many more that I have not yet read)
My advice to Dr. Rea is to pay off the Board and then get himself on the board. It worked for a California doctor and it could work for him too! (See this documentary, and I am sure you could find and interview this MD www.rabble-rouser.com )

According to Sherry Rogers “Detoxify or Die” William Rea is a ‘doctor’s doctor’.
He is who doctors go to when they are chronically ill, including cancer.
Dr. Rogers practices and advocates the same types of treatments as Dr. Rea.
The book Detoxify or Die outlines many of these practices and I believe that it is now required reading and possibly being used as a textbook in a growing number of medical schools across the US. You would have to contact Sherry Rogers about the particulars. Here are links you may find helpful.
Sherry Rogers Radio interview http://www.healthradio.net/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,2468/Itemid,276/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bktT25HPnIw (don’t worry, less than 10 minutes)

Allergist Doris J. Rapp from Buffalo, NY ( http://www.drrapp.com/ )
Might want to look there a little.

And finally, regarding the “anonymous complaints” against Dr. Rea. Last time I checked most people just try to sue for malpractice. Wouldn’t that be hilarious if a drug company was behind one of the anonymous complainants? If so, I would be shocked to see it reported on any of the top 3 news networks.
http://www.mcs-international.org/downloads/dr_rea_support.pdf
Here is a link I just threw in, haha
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-doctor-of-osteopathy.htm

I am aware that most Americans do not have the attention span for such reporting, but maybe some of this will be helpful for a little curt or flippant
blurb that explains nothing.

Here are my resources:

An Alternative Approach to Allergies, Theron G. Randolph M.D. and Ralph W. Moss PH.D.

Detoxify or Die, & The High Blood Pressure Hoax, Sherry Rogers M.D.

Other related Books and potential ‘real stories’.

Dangerous Grains, James Braly, M.D., and Ron Hoggan, M.A. (Claims 43-44% of Americans test positive for gluten intolerance and believes the name & definition for ‘Celiac Disease’ should be changed. This would be a terrible story. People would hate you!! On second thought, stay AWAY from this one.

Fateful Harvest, Duff Wilson. (Wilson's nonfiction book, Fateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret (HarperCollins, Sept. 4, 2001), won book-of-the-year honors from the national group Investigative Reporters and Editors.) This book ruined Patty Martin’s life.

Genetically Engineered Food, Martin Teitel, Ph.D., and Kimberly A. Wilson
Forward by Ralph Nader

Secret History of the War on Cancer, & When Smoke Ran Like Water-
Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution,
Devra Davis

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