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The reigning explanation for familial aggregation is that people pass down faulty genes to their offspring. | The reigning explanation for familial aggregation is that people pass down faulty genes to their offspring. | ||
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The Th1 pathogens gradually mutate genetic pathways and cause disease by a process known as successive infection. | The Th1 pathogens gradually mutate genetic pathways and cause disease by a process known as successive infection. | ||
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Several studies have shown that spouses have a greater chance of developing the same disease as their partners - a phenomenon that can best be explained if familial aggregation has an infectious cause. | Several studies have shown that spouses have a greater chance of developing the same disease as their partners - a phenomenon that can best be explained if familial aggregation has an infectious cause. | ||
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* **sarcoidosis** – A six-year study of the Th1 disease sarcoidosis, | * **sarcoidosis** – A six-year study of the Th1 disease sarcoidosis, | ||
* **hypertension** – Researchers at Queens Medical School in England found that men whose spouses had hypertension had a two-fold increased risk of hypertension. Similarly, women whose spouses had hypertension also doubled their risk of developing the disease. The risk for both male and female subjects persisted after adjustment for other variables such as diet. (({{pubmed> | * **hypertension** – Researchers at Queens Medical School in England found that men whose spouses had hypertension had a two-fold increased risk of hypertension. Similarly, women whose spouses had hypertension also doubled their risk of developing the disease. The risk for both male and female subjects persisted after adjustment for other variables such as diet. (({{pubmed> | ||
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==== Family members develop the same diseases ==== | ==== Family members develop the same diseases ==== | ||
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* **Alzheimer' | * **Alzheimer' | ||
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==== Family members are more likely to develop different diseases too ==== | ==== Family members are more likely to develop different diseases too ==== | ||
- | It should be noted that none of the above studies take into consideration the fact that spouses and siblings very often develop different forms of Th1 disease. If researchers were to look for the incidence of Th1 disease among family members and take into account all possible | + | It should be noted that none of the above studies take into consideration the fact that spouses and siblings very often develop different forms of chronic |
- | A 2008 study of parents of children with autism found they were more likely to have been hospitalized for a mental disorder than parents of control subjects. Schizophrenia was more common among case mothers and fathers compared with respective control parents.(({{pubmed> | + | * **mental disorders** – A 2008 study of parents of children with autism found they were more likely to have been hospitalized for a mental disorder than parents of control subjects. Schizophrenia was more common among case mothers and fathers compared with respective control parents.(({{pubmed> |
+ | * **autism and eye disorders** – Researchers working at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found a [[http:// | ||
- | As evidenced by progress reports on the Marshall Protocol | + | As evidenced by progress reports on the Marshall Protocol site, there are a substantial number of spouses who both suffer from chronic inflammatory diseases. There are also entire families on the MP - with each member using the treatment to eliminate his or her own [[home: |
When one considers how often chronic diseases co-occur within a family unit – heart disease, arthritis, bipolar disorder, breast cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, Alzheimer’s disease – it becomes increasingly plausible that nearly all inflammatory diseases are communicable and that this communicability results in familial aggregation. | When one considers how often chronic diseases co-occur within a family unit – heart disease, arthritis, bipolar disorder, breast cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, Alzheimer’s disease – it becomes increasingly plausible that nearly all inflammatory diseases are communicable and that this communicability results in familial aggregation. | ||
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As would be expected for the Th1 diseases, which are [[home: | As would be expected for the Th1 diseases, which are [[home: | ||
+ | * **Alzheimer' | ||
* **multiple sclerosis** – Multiple sclerosis occurred in epidemic form in various North Atlantic islands: probably in Iceland and the Shetland-Orkneys; | * **multiple sclerosis** – Multiple sclerosis occurred in epidemic form in various North Atlantic islands: probably in Iceland and the Shetland-Orkneys; | ||
* **obesity** – Research suggests that obesity is also an inflammatory disease caused by certain species of the Th1 pathogens. | * **obesity** – Research suggests that obesity is also an inflammatory disease caused by certain species of the Th1 pathogens. |