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Our Community Blog features new studies, research highlights, updates on remission stories and other interesting snippets. Please note that opinions shared in Blog posts do not necessarily reflect those of The Foundation.


A Family’s Journey With Multiple Rheumatic Illnesses Inspires Research

A Family’s Journey With Multiple Rheumatic Illnesses Inspires Research In 2006, the Ferguson family was thrown into a journey no parents imagine. Their star athlete, A-Student 16-year-old, all of a sudden was getting short of breath and her fingers were turning white. A few months into many doctors appointments, the diagnosis of systemic scleroderma, with… Read more »


Road Back Foundation is Now on Facebook

Dear Road Back Foundation Blog Subscribers, In an effort to keep up with a changing digital landscape, our community has created a space for itself on social media. Our Road Back Foundation forum that you know and love will still be accessible, but you will now also be able to engage with us on our… Read more »


An Alternative Medicine Doctor's Approach to Treating Rheumatic Diseases and Other Chronic Illnesses With Antibiotic Protocols (AP)

Dr. Francis Powers Jr., now retired, practiced for 4 decades as a Radiation Oncologist, board certified in Therapeutic Radiology. While working with cancer patients, Dr. Powers also maintained an Alternative Medicine practice, treating rheumatic and other chronic illness patients with Antibiotic Protocols (AP), in addition to nutritive and supplemental therapies. In this article, he shares… Read more »


Advances in Microbiology and Autoimmune Disease - 2018

Encountering patients with an array of disabling autoimmune diseases in general practice, Stephen E. Fry, M.S., M.D. began investigating the causative agents of autoimmunity in order to provide targeted, effective treatments. Today, now-retired from medical practice and deeply missed by his patients, he remains invested in furthering the scientific understanding of autoimmunity with cutting-edge research… Read more »


IV versus Oral: One Physician's Experience

Dr. John S. Sinnott has been practicing family medicine in Ida Grove, Iowa, since 1969, and has been using Antibiotic Protocols (AP) for rheumatic diseases successfully since meeting and consulting with Dr. Brown in the summer of 1979. Innumerable patients have flown from across the U.S. and worldwide to consult with this well-loved, mid-western physician… Read more »


Nutrition for Autoimmune Diseases

Beverly Price is a registered dietitian and certified yoga therapist, offering private nutrition counseling in the Detroit area of Michigan. A scleroderma and polymyositis patient, Beverly found that careful diet was an essential element in her return to health and that after starting antibiotic protocols (AP), 20 years ago, she was able to achieve sustained… Read more »


Ten Arthritis Myths and Realities

Katherine Poehlmann, PhD, who is in remission from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after using antibiotic protocols (AP), has written extensively on the topic of infectious causes for rheumatic diseases. In this brief overview, she addresses some of the myths and realities commonly attributed to RA and osteoarthritis (OA), such as the effectiveness of AP as a… Read more »


Lupus (and Targeting the Infectious Cause) - a Transcribed Lecture Given By Thomas McPherson Brown M.D.

The following lecture is transcribed from an audio tape of Dr. Thomas McPherson Brown speaking on the nature of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), its infectious origins, and includes a patient case history, describing the benefits of antibiotic therapy for this rheumatic disease. Road Back Foundation is a volunteer-driven organization dedicated to preserving the extensive research… Read more »


Antibiotic Protocols for Long-standing Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

Diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) 6 years ago and, after trying numerous rheumatic medications, Monika was still experiencing insufferable pain. Taking matters into her own hands, she researched Antibiotic Protocols (AP) as a treatment option, found a local doctor to help her, and started minocycline ten months ago. Describing her journey to date, it… Read more »


Alternatives to Opioids for Arthritis Pain Relief (Part Two)

The enormous cost of human life and the huge burden the opioid epidemic has placed on the American economy is detailed by Katherine Poehlmann PhD, as she describes the astounding statistics and full extent of this national crisis. As rheumatic patients may be routinely prescribed opioids to alleviate excruciating disease symptoms, she provides effective solutions for… Read more »