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Chelation article valuable

Sat., June 16, 2012

Back in 1996, I wrote an article on the value of chelation therapy. Today, while I was getting said treatment, a fellow patient said that the only reason that he was here today was that article. He said that his doctor at that time, after several open heart procedures, had said there was nothing more that could be done for him. He started chelation, and is still alive and doing well, as I am.

We, and hundreds like us, thank you for having the courage to print an article on a topic, that today, is still controversial.

Pats on your back!

Alan H. Brown

Coeur d’Alene

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