Biolab Workshop Presentations
Audio tapes (1997 – 2004)
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Spring 1997
Tape 1
General Introduction
Dr Stephen Davies (Medical Director)
Mineral Status Assessment
Dr John McLaren-Howard (Laboratory Director)
Tape 2
Toxic Load Assessment
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Assessment of Vitamin Status
Dr Stephen Davies
Tape 3 Continued from above
Essential Fatty Acids
Dr Stephen Davies
Open Forum
Dr Stephen Davies
Tape 4 Open Forum continued
Autumn 1998
(only available as a complete set of four tapes, price £15).
The patient with chemical sensitivity
Dr Keith Eaton
There is nothing to show doctor
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Phytoestrogens. Do we need a test?
Dr Nicholas Miller
Laboratory findings in chemical sensitivity
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Research techniques that may lead to tests of chemical sensitivity
Dr John McLaren-Howard
The science and ethics of the Biolab approach.
A brief introduction by Dr John McLaren-Howard followed by general discussion.
Winter 1999
Tape 1
Nutritional investigation of sick children
Dr Stephen Davies (Biolab Medical Director)
(This recording is interrupted because of a problem with the microphone).
Why measure antioxidant activity?
Dr Nicholas Miller (Biolab Clinical Biochemist)
Fluoride – the non-dental argument
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Tape 2
Asthma
Dr John Mansfield (Clinician & Allergy Consultant)
Assessment, treatment and follow-up of
autistic childrenDr Edward Danczak
Immune insufficiency: frequent infections etc.
Dr John McLaren-Howard (Biolab Laboratory Director)
Tape 3
Above continued
Ergosterol
Dr John McLaren-Howard
New tests:
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Antigliadin & endomyseal antibodies
Leucocyte sensitivity tests – a new approach
Tape 4
Dr John McLaren-Howard continued
Glutathione-S-Transferase
Sperm mitochondrial studies
Spring 2000
Tape 1 Welcome and introduction,
Mark Howard (Biolab Manager)
A balancing act: enzymes and their cofactors/coenzymes
Dr John McLaren-Howard (Biolab Laboratory Director)
Conjugated dienes
Dr Nicholas Miller (Biolab Clinical Biochemist)
The integration of Biolab tests within the holistic / homoeopathic approach
Dr Charles Forsyth (Clinician and homoeopath)
Tape 2 Above continued
Electrolytes revisited
Nutritional and clinical factors: extracellular and intracellular considerations.
Dr John McLaren-Howard
This symptom, that result!
The way forward is clear when the laboratory results confirm the clinical findings, but what if they do not? Some puzzles, some conclusions, some fun!
Dr John McLaren-Howard
The role of laboratory testing in the investigation and clinical management of gut dysbiosis
Dr Keith Eaton (Clinician and Allergy Consultant)
Note: Due to technical difficulties the first 30 minutes of this presentation are not available.
Tape 3
Pesticide biochemistry in relation to clinical signs and symptoms. A pesticide and its metabolite(s) can have entirely different effects in humans. There are important clinical and laboratory implications if patients are to be helped.
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Autumn 2000
Tape 1
Non-invasive Testing of Arterial Function
Dr Rodney Adeniyi-Jones
Nutrient Deficiencies in Cardiovascular Disease
Dr John McLaren-Howard (Biolab Laboratory Director)
Tape 2
Assessment of Magnesium Status using the Myothermogram
Dr Len McEwen
Questions & general discussion
A Case of Selenium Toxicity from Selsun Shampoo
Dr Stephen Davies (Biolab Medical Director)
Tape 3 Above continued
Food Sensitivity – The Role of Phenolic Chemicals
Dr David Dowson
Chronic Pesticide Exposure
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Tape 4
Mercury Amalgam Fillings – Further Observations
Dr Finbar Magee
Informal discussion
Spring 2001
Tape 1
The toxic mouth and the practical problems faced by the dentist in trying to clean up the oral environment
Dr Victoria Lee (Mercury-free Dentist)
The principles of test selection in the assessment of nutrition
Dr John McLaren-Howard (Laboratory Director, Biolab)
Tape 2
Above continuedShortcomings of the reference interval
Dr Nicholas Miller (Principal Biochemist, Biolab)
Chronic fatigue syndrome – differential diagnosis
Dr Peter Adams (Consultant General Physician)
Tape 3
Short-chain polypeptides in serum
Dr John McLaren-Howard
The Vicky Colquhoun memorial lecture on hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Vitamin B1 – direct measurement or functional assay (enzyme activation test)?
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Spring 2002
Tape 1
Glucose tolerance, hypoglycaemia and associated nutritional
factorsDr John McLaren-Howard
Cholesterol esters:
Risk factors, metabolic markers and inflammatory changes
Relationship to EFA’s, prostaglandins and arthritis. Effects of nutritional intervention.
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Tape 2
Detoxification pathways made simple
Glutathione conjugation, sulphation and other ways in which the body defends itself from drugs and other toxic chemicals.
Dr Nicholas Miller
Toxic chemicals in human milk
Polybromo diphenyl ethers (PBDE’s). A potentially serious addition to the list.
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Tape 3
Magnesium status and magnesium metabolism
Why do magnesium levels remain low in some patients?
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Persistently low magnesium
Calcium channels and magnesium transport studies using micro-capillary probes.
Dr Damien Downing
Tape 4
DNA adducts
Connecting molecular biology and gene research with nutritional and environmental factors.
Dr John McLaren-Howard
February 2003
Tape 1
Biolab update: Tests, research and
new ideas,
Dr John McLaren-Howard (Laboratory Director, Biolab)
Tests, research and old ideas, Dr
Alan Stewart
Multiple sclerosis – the
patient’s perspective, Anna Golzari
Multiple sclerosis – A
hypothesis and 12 patients’ results, Dr John McLaren-Howard
Tape 2
Dr Keith Eaton Memorial Lecture, Dr
Damien Downing
Toxic metals revisited (including
new tests), Dr John McLaren-Howard
Assessment of 40 autistic children
using Biolab tests, Dr Finbar Magee
Tape 3
Tape 2 continued
Silicones – the wider
perspective and patients’ results
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Short presentations & general
discussion:
Lisa Lyndsay – Urine
kryptopyrroles in psychosis
Dr Dick Van Steenis – Air
pollution
December 2003
Tape 1
Nutrient-nutrient and nutrient-drug interactions,
Dr John McLaren-Howard (Laboratory
Director, Biolab)
The evidence that the increase in breast cancer is related to the use of hormones,
Dr Ellen Grant
Cancer: nutrient-related tests,
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Tape 2 Above continued
Fluoride: a tale of public health fraud,
Dr Peter Mansfield
The Biolab web site and other useful internet resources,
Mark Howard (Biolab Manager)
Headaches: nutrient-related interactions,
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Tape 3
Above continued
Urine mercury and the Kelmer test – a five-year update,
Dr Nicholas Miller (Biolab Principal
Biochemist)
Connective tissue defects,
Dr John McLaren-Howard
June 2004
Tape 1
Basic concepts of nutritional supplementation,
Dr Stephen Davies (Medical Director,
Biolab)
Immune insufficiency/’immunonutrition – nutrient-related tests,
Dr John McLaren-Howard (Laboratory
Director, Biolab)
Chronic Fatigue Revisited,
Dr Damien Downing
Tape 2 Above continued
Autism,
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Nutritional Status of adults in
the
Dr Alan Stewart
Tape 3
Mental illness,
Dr John McLaren-Howard
Future tests – what’s needed
(Open discussion)