Free Plaque Scannings

1. Free Plaque Scannings Plak Free, LLC In cooperation with Alpine Clinic Diane Farley Jones, MD

2. Plak Free Overview • Mission - Eliminate heart attacks and strokes from the top 10 killers list. • Ed Fila story – CIMT and prevention • Scope – testing/screening, treatment education and lifestyle change support • Dr Drueding and others

3. Dr Diane Farley Jones, MD • Her background • Focus on prevention • Experienced with Metagenics • Fully stocked dispensary on site • Do HCG weight loss program • Beautiful new facility

4. What to Expect Today • Free Screening and education (fast overview) • Opportunity to learn and ask questions • You will be offered several screenings and understand why not available at most Drs • Will gain an appreciation for prevention • Economic rationale, medical rationale and why not typically offered by most Drs • How to avoid pain, disability, financial ruin • Conclude Prevention is the ONLY solution • Specific Actions you can take NOW

5. Administrative • Review Risk Survey • Insurance information • Release forms

6. Leading Causes of DeathNational Vital Statistics Report, Aug 26, 2011 Accidents are #1 thru age 35, then Cancer thru age 65, then heart disease Accidents are #1 thru age 45, then heart disease

7. Terms and Scope • CVD (cardio or cerebral vascular disease) may be used herein as an abbreviation for both heart attacks and strokes. • Our primary prevention focus will be on CVD and its prevention, but cancer, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, depression, and other conditions are also positively effected.

8. Big Picture Economics • The Health Care System is over-burdened • U.S. highest cost, lowest performance (Commonwealth Report, 2010 update, 7 countries) • We can’t sustain the cost curve, it will bankrupt us.* • System rewards Drs for doing more procedures*, but not for prevention. • As much as 1/3 of procedures may be unnecessary* • 75% of health care costs spent on chronic disease • “The Truth about Getting Sick in America”, Dr. Timothy Johnson, ABC News Medical Correspondent. 2010

9. Quotes re moving to Prevention • In his address to Summit participants, William D. Novelli, CEO of AARP, said, “Implemented correctly, health care reform with a focus on prevention, will provide the biggest return on investment this nation could ever have.” • Ronald Loeppke, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President of Health and Productivity Strategy for Alere said, “The transformational opportunity for employers is to look beyond healthcare benefits as a cost to be managed and instead look to the health benefits of good health as an investment to be leveraged. Ultimately, a healthier, more productive workforce can help drive a healthier economy for the nation.” • Senator, Tom Harkin of Iowa states, “Prevention and wellness should be the centerpiece of health care reform.” • Deepak Chopra, world famous doctor of endocrinology and former Chief of Staff at New England Memorial Hospital, states in his newest book, “Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul”, “Each year America spends $700 billion on meds they don’t need and surgeons perform 5 million unnecessary surgeries per year.”

10. Individual Economics • Medical costs, leading cause of bankruptcy • Largest household expenditure, > mortgage • Costs increase dramatically with age, highest costs when most vulnerable • Treatment easily 1000 times prevention cost

11. Individual EconomicsEvery trend is against You Deductibles Self Ins Self Pay Co-Pays Retire H/C Exclusions Via Taxes Limits Wait Times Employee Portion Service

12. Prevention is THE Solution • Take responsibility for your own health • Typically abdicate care to Dr, $$ to Ins co • Aggressively screen for early detection • Schedule regular education/learning • Focus on YOUR areas of highest risk • Understand the primary dietary/lifestyle causes • Make changes – getting help if you fail • Allocate some monthly funds for prevention • Set goals, then track/measure your progress

13. Classic CVD Prevention Books • The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, Phd (on our American diet) • Before the Heart Attacks by Robert Superko, MD • Track your Plaque by William Davis, MD • Cholesterol Control Without Diet The NiacinSolutionby William B. Parsons Jr., MD • Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD (message of hope for people who have had heart attacks)

14. Also supported by many MDs, NDs, Dieticians, Nutritionists, Patients, Researchers Broad-based Evidence & Support

15. Examples of successful prevention • Inoculations – polio, measles, small pox • Screening – breast, colon & prostrate cancer • Education – safety (accidents) The time is right for heart disease and stroke!

16. Screenings - know what’s ahead

17. Screenings Offered • Free ones • Risk Survey, “Plak Screening”, Body Composition • CIMT – Carotid Imtima-media thickness • THE early warning test for stroke and heart attack • Screening, or if High risk – a tracking baseline • Several blood test options, including cancer • Heavy Metals testing – e.g., lead, mercury • Bioelectrical body screening – Biomeridian

19. Education Offered Today • CVD – how it starts, progresses and medical and surgical solutions • Role of plaque • Why typical tests only identify advanced disease • Why CIMT is THE early warning test for CVD • Opportunity to schedule advanced seminars

20. Normal vs Diseased Artery

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28. Plaque and Plaque Growth • Plaque deposition is the #1 risk factor (most directly correlated to CVD) because it represents what causes a CVD event and is the summation of all other risk factors • Growing plaque increases CVD risk by up to 2000% • Focal plaque or thickened IMT means it was growing in the past and still may be • Successful prevention of CVD will halt or regress plaque growth • Monitoring requires measurement - CIMT

29. Plaque Progression • Typical carotid tests looking at blood flow miss the early growth during the remodeling stage • 87% of CVD is caused by rupture or blood clots vs closure • Early plaque is ignored most Drs, as no surgical solution • Prevention is less restrictive if done early (best time)

30. Ultrasound Images - IMT

31. Focal Plaque

32. Go Get Scanned! • Sonographer – Matt Lowe • Experienced in vascular ultrasound • Will explain what he is looking for and you are seeing on the screen • OK to ask questions