UK Parliamentary Reception Video on Pernicious Anaemia

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Let all Dundases celebrate the marriage of our Clan Chief, David Dundas to Connie Sanders

Congratulations Connie and David. On October 15th, last, in Cambridge, Ontario, Connie Sanders and David Duncan Dundas were married. David is the 31st Chief of the Clan Dundas. Connie is the co-author of the Dundas/Dundass genealogy book, "The Descendants of William and John Dundass, 1771-1981, Scots-Irish Immigrants to Canada". Connie and David met whilst Connie was researching her book.

I must commend both of them for keeping this a well-guarded secret. I don't think anyone who attended the Banner reunion in June, had an inkling that a marriage was about to happen.

Best wishes from a Dundas cousin to another.

Highway of Heroes...401 in Ontario from Trenton in the East to Toronto in the West

God Bless Canada

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What began as a grass roots campaign has grown to encompass the population of the cities, towns and villages that stretch along Highway 401 in Ontario between the City of Toronto in the west to the City of Quinte West (Trenton) in the east. As the video says, there are 50 bridges over the 401 along this stretch of highway and whenever the body of a soldier is repatriated back home, these bridges are lined with people. Firefighters standing atop their trucks on top of the bridges, Police Officers, EMS people and ordinary people, all out to support the troops in Afghanistan. The above video was sent to me in an email..Lee Greenwood sings "God Bless Canada". The Oshawa bridges are where I have stood, too many times, waiting for the approaching hearse and convoy of vehicles that precede the hearse. I stand on the bridge to show my support for our soldiers in Afghanistan and to show my support for the families of our soldiers. It is very moving, one has to be there to understand what I mean.

Sally Pacholok's Campaign to raise awareness of B12 Deficiency

Press Release

“Year of B12 Awareness”
September declared
“Vitamin B12 Awareness Month” in the United States
September 23 will be “Vitamin B12 Awareness Day”
Fall into Action by September 23

Fresno, CA- Masked behind misdiagnoses, B12 deficiency has slowly grown to become the most untreated and unrecognized nutritional disorder causing injury in the United States.
This crippler is a master of masquerade, striking different people in different ways. It afflicts one person with tremors, makes another depressed or psychotic, and causes agonizing leg and arm pains in still another. It can mimic Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, early Parkinson's disease, diabetic neuropathy, or chronic fatigue syndrome. It can make men or women infertile or cause developmental disabilities in children. Other times it lurks silently, stealthily increasing its victim's risk of deadly diseases ranging from stroke and heart attacks to cancer.

Sally Pacholok, R.N. and Jeffrey Stuart, D.O. are spearheading a national effort to alert the public to the dangers of vitamin B12 deficiency—a public health care crisis costing state and federal agencies billions of dollars and costing millions of people their health.

Organizers chose spring to begin the campaign because it's a time when we're all thinking about getting out and moving around more—and healthy vitamin B12 levels are crucial for an independent and active life. They are calling on all health care institutions and assisted-living residences to learn about B12 deficiency by September 23—Vitamin B12 Awareness Day—and to include screening seniors for B12 deficiency in their fall-prevention programs.



Pacholok and Stuart point out that B12 deficiency is a world-wide problem and a hidden epidemic in the United States. B12 deficiency causes symptoms such as nerve pain or tingling, dementia, mental illness, tremor, difficulty walking, and frequent falls. It is commonly misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease, depression, peripheral neuropathy, vertigo, and mini-strokes. Major medical journals report that vitamin B12 deficiency occurs in up to 15 percent of the elderly—approximately 5.4 million seniors. Other studies report the prevalence to be 15 percent to 25 percent. What's more, these numbers only relate to persons 65 and older. They don't include the vast numbers of Americans under the age of 65—many of them infants, children or middle-aged adults—who become B12 deficient for a variety of reasons. In younger people B12 deficiency can mimic post-partum depression/psychosis and autistic-like symptoms in children.

Groups of people at high risk for B12 deficiency include vegans, vegetarians, alcoholics, people with eating disorders, celiac disease, Crohn's disease, those who have had gastric bypass surgery, and those who suffer from autoimmune diseases and AIDS. The use of certain drugs such as proton pump inhibitors, metformin, H-2 blockers and nitrous oxide can also cause B12 deficiency.

Did you know the following?
• Most patients who have B12 deficiency symptoms or are at risk for B12 deficiency never get tested.
• Even doctors who do order B12 tests miss many cases of B12 deficiency because they don't use an additional sensitive test (urinary methylmalonic acid).
• Misdiagnosis is common because B12 deficiency mimics other diseases.
• Many doctors rarely contemplate B12 deficiency unless red blood cell abnormalities or anemia—often late signs—are present.
• The elderly are easily misdiagnosed because doctors often blame their symptoms on coexisting medical problems.
• Treating B12 deficiency costs only a few dollars a month and symptoms are often completely reversible if people receive early treatment.
• If diagnosed too late, symptoms such as dementia, tremor, and nerve injury typically cannot be reversed.
• Multi-vitamin pills contain only small amounts of B12—far too little to correct a B12 deficiency or to prevent B12 deficiency in at-risk groups.

Pacholok and Stuart believe the hidden epidemic of B12 deficiency can be stopped in its tracks by educating the health care community and the public. "This is one of the most preventable, and most curable, of all medical scourges," they say, “but only if we choose to act." They urge the medical community to take steps including:

• Screening at-risk adults in assisted living residences, group homes, nursing homes, and hospitals.
• Incorporating screening for B12 deficiency into all fall prevention programs.
• Screening at-risk pregnant women and nursing mothers.
• Screening infants and children with developmental delays.
• Screening patients diagnosed with MS, mental illness, or dementia (including Alzheimer's).

Pacholok and Stuart are seasoned media interviewees and would be happy to answer your listeners' questions.

Sally Pacholok has been practicing emergency nursing for 22 years. Jeffrey Stuart, D.O. is board-certified in emergency medicine and has been practicing for 16 years. They coauthored the most comprehensive explanation of this problem, Could It Be B12?: An Epidemic of Misdiagnoses (Quill Driver Books). They have appeared as guests on CNN-Headline News, Seeking Solutions with Suzanne, KATV Channel 7 News in Little Rock, Arkansas, and numerous TV shows in southeastern Michigan. Additionally, they have been interviewed by dozens of radio stations including: KSTE Radio, Sacramento Wide World of Health, KHNR Honolulu Doctors Health Radio, KKCR BBS Radio, Dr. Ann West Show, CHOK Radio, Ontario Canada Live with Lee, Redbook, First Magazine, Bottom Line Health, Variety, Anchorage Times, Detroit Free Press, South Bend Tribune, Lockport Union-Sun and Journal, and Nursing 2007.

Possible Interview Questions:

Why is vitamin B12 important?
Why do we become deficient?
What are the signs and symptoms of B12 deficiency, and who is at risk?
Who should be tested?
Why are patients being misdiagnosed?
What are the names of the tests used to diagnose B12 deficiency?
What is the cost to patients and society regarding misdiagnosis?
What can we do to help raise awareness?

David Duncan Dundas, the 31st Chief of the Clan Dundas, taken at the 100th Dundas Clan/Family Reunion at Banner, Ontario

It has been said of the House of Dundas that "any Prime Minister can raise a man to the House of Lords but it takes seven centuries of Scottish history to make a Dundas of Dundas", the Dundases are certainly one of the oldest historical families in existence. Helias, son of Uctred who obtained the charter of lands of Dundas in west Lothian in the reign of Malcolm IV (1153-65) or a little later, is the first name recorded. From earliest times the Dundases played a prominant role in the affairs of Scotland, most remarkable was the legal dynasty beginning with Sir James, 1st Lord Arniston who died in 1679. His grandson Robert held the posts of Solicitor General, Lord Advocate and Lord President; he was succeeded by his son who, as Lord Arniston, was a judge. His son, like him called Robert, was a Solicitor General in 1784, Lord Advocate in 1789 and Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1801. The statesman Henry Dundas was known as the "uncrowned King of Scotland" and " managed" Scotland for William Pitt. Through his offices, many estates forfeited after the 1745 rebellion were restored and the ban on the wearing of the tartan was lifted. Arniston House at Gorebridge is owned by the Dundas family. Dundas Castle near South Queensferry was built by James Dundas of that Ilk in 1424. In the 15th century the Dundas family garrisoned Inchgarvie Island in the Firth of Forth having been given special permission to do so by James IV. The present chief, David Duncan Dundas formerly of South Africa, now resides in England.

Information from www.electricscotland.com/webclans/dtog/dundas2.html

The statesman, Henry Dundas is the Dundas for whom Lord Simcoe, the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, now the province of Ontario, named a highway, Dundas Highway and the town of Dundas, Ontario. The city of Toronto has a Dundas Street, a subway stop called Dundas and a square called, Yonge Dundas Square. Many towns and cities in Ontario have a main street called Dundas Street.

Come one, come all ye Dundases of the Clan Dundas

In 1823, my gr.,gr.,...grandfather Moses Dundas, 9 generations ago, left County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland to immigrate to Canada. He settled in a small community called Cavan, Ontario near Peterborough. Not long after he was joined by his half-brother Gustavus Dundas. Gustavus was granted a parcel of crown land, near Cavan, for his service in the British Army, the last few years of which were spent on the Island of Elba, serving as a cook for the contingent of British soldiers who guarded Napoleon.

Two years later in 1825, cousins John and William Dundass left Northern Ireland for Canada. They settled in a small rural community called Banner, Ontario. Shortly after Gustavus and Moses left Cavan and along with their families joined the cousins, John and William in Banner.

In 1909, the Dundases got together for a family picnic/reunion on the Sunday closest to July 1st. That picnic/reunion continued each year and this year we celebrate the 100th Dundass/Dundas family picnic/reunion. At 11 o'clock in the morning on June 28th, Dundases will gather at the church in Banner where a piper will be waiting to pipe us (Dundases) into the small church for service. The same church that David Dundas, Moses son and my gr.gr. gr. etc. grandfather helped build.

Attending the service and the family picnic will be our Clan Chief, David Dundas who is attending from the UK. David Duncan Dundas, 31st Head of the Dundas Clan, is one of the oldest, continuous, hereditary Scottish chieftainships still in existence today.

I am looking forward to having a great time and meeting a lot of new relatives. Afterall we are all cousins.

Chicago..Pictures of Kim's first trip to Chicago set to the music of Elvis, "In the Ghetto"

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