Make it Your Season to Thrive: 2 Keys & Great Tips for Living with CIRS
There are apparent consistencies and behaviors among those who thrive with CIRS that differ from those who experience relapse. Committing to what has been proven to work and diligence in preventing re-exposure will be the difference between success and f...
How do you know if mold is making you sick?
Although it’s gaining more awareness, most people and doctors are still unaware that exposure to moldy environments can cause serious illness.
A4M CIRS Webinar 2.17.21
CIRS the Latest Breakthroughs, Presented by: Andrew Heyman, MD and Ritchie Shoemaker, MD
Why We Use the MMP-9 Reference Range We Use- By Dr. Scott McMahon
Some may ask why providers trained in the Shoemaker protocol do not use the published reference ranges of LabCorp and Quest when interpreting MMP-9 results? The answer is simple. The currently published results for MMP-9 are not correct. They are not con...
New Research Article!
Treatable metabolic and inflammatory abnormalities in Post COVID Syndrome (PCS) define the transcriptomic basis for persistent symptoms: Lessons from CIRS
NOW AVAILABLE! Indoor Environmental Professional Panel of Surviving Mold CONSENSUS STATEMENT for Microbial Remediation 2020
The Indoor Environmental Professional Panel of Surviving Mold CONSENSUS 2020 is now available.
Dr. Shoemaker on "Exposing Mold" Podcast Episode 30 - Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker's Response to Our CIRS Concerns
Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker is a 1973 of Duke University and a 1977 graduate of Duke Medical School, completing a Family Practice Residency at Williamsport Hospital in 1980. Dr. Shoemaker began his rural primary care family practice in Pocomoke, Maryland in 1980:...
A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF MOLD RESEARCH LITERATURE FROM 2011 – 2018
When you are changing the world, data matters. When changing the minds of medical professionals, only data matters. In 2004, the IOM produced a report stating indoor mold could cause respiratory issues but that more data was needed to substantiate the cla...
Introducing Surviving Mold: Medical and Legal Issues in CIRS.
Dear friends and fellow Mold Warriors,It is my distinct honor to introduce to you a new series for Surviving Mold: Medical and Legal Issues in CIRS.
Use of GENIE in clinical management of CIRS patients
*This is second edition of Medical and Legal Issues in CIRS.* The addition of the new transcriptomic test, “Gene Expression: Inflammation Explained (GENIE)” to the tool box of the CIRS physician is a remarkable advance. For the first time, we can use...
Announcing Special Training Program at the 2019 Mold Congress Event
We are pleased to announce that the 2019 Mold Congress will host a special, all day training program for all those interested in CIRS, including diagnosis and treatment. Beginning at 8 AM, ending at 5 PM on Thursday, Ritchie Shoemaker MD will host the all d...
Online Proficiency Partners Course
Join a life-changing team helping patients with CIRS recover and thrive.
Join us for the 2018 Surviving Mold Conference in Salisbury, Maryland.
Join us via Live Stream to hear speakers Karen Johnson M.D., Michael Schrantz, Ritchie Shoemaker, M.D., Scott McMahon, M.D., Jimmy Ryan, Ph.D., Joe Musto, Ph. D., Laurie Rossie during the 2018 Surviving Mold Conference in Salisbury, Maryland.
Latest Update from Dr. Shoemaker
At survivingmold.com we have tried to show the mold community that high-quality research must support what health care providers do for CIRS patients. Guessing at what might help, or advocating use of anecdotal data as proven fact is not good enough.
Two New Papers: "Alternate Means to Make a CIRS Diagnosis" and "Peds VCS Norms"
Read these two new papers today!
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Indoor Environmental Professionals Panel of Surviving Mold CONSENSUS STATEMENT
Medically sound investigation and remediation of water-damaged Buildings in cases of CIRS-WDB Larry Schwartz CIEC, BSME, MBA, Greg Weatherman CMC, Michael Schrantz CIEC, CMI, BPI-BA/EP, Will Spates CIAQP, CIEC, Jeff Charlton, ACIEC, AACIEH, Keith Berndtson...
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Medical Consensus 01/19/2016- Medically sound investigation and remediation of water-damaged buildings in cases of chronic inflammatory response syndrome.
ABSTRACT Evidence supports a cause-effect relationship between exposure to the air and dust in water-damaged buildings (WDBs) and chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS). This syndrome has an increased relative risk associated with specific HLA genoty...
Surviving Mold, Houston, Texas August 2017: In the Wake of the Flood
Rising waters lead to rising fears in Texas after previous repeated failures of government agencies to protect people’s health from toxic, water damaged buildings
The conference may be over, but you can still watch it here!!
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Celebrating Ten Years of Recovery
In the spring of 2006, already six years into a quest for health that had taken us to countless doctors, practitioners, and half the teaching hospitals of Boston, we were passed information that suggested we seek help from Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker in Maryland....