Date: Fri 21-Mar-1997

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Aug 11, 1999 12:00 am

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

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Local Health Fair -

Wholistic Physician Follows

Two Paths To Healing

Besides being a medical doctor, Phyllis R. Headley, right, also is a wholistic

physician. Ms Headley, who works as a clinical ecologist, discussed how she

combines the two approaches to medical care at a wholistic health fair for

children March 15 at the Newtown United Methodist Church in Sandy Hook Center.

Nicole Mueller, left, is Dr Headley's office manager.

-Bee Photo, Gorosko

B Y A NDREW G OROSKO

Phyllis Reid Headley is a medical doctor who offers her patients an

alternative wholistic approach to health care.

Dr Headley is a clinical ecologist who works in the area of nutritional and

environmental medicine. Clinical ecology is the study, diagnosis and treatment

of environmental illnesses. Ecological illness is the result of adverse

reactions to natural or synthetic substances in air, water, food or drugs,

according to the doctor.

At her family practice in Brookfield, Dr Headley treats patients of all ages

with a wholistic approach that is geared to support the body's immune system

through the use of vitamins, minerals, and homeopathic substances.

Dr Headley and her office manager, Nicole Mueller, attended a health fair

keyed to wholistic medicine for children on March 13 at the Newtown United

Methodist Church in Sandy Hook.

Dr Headley explained she became a medical doctor before she became a wholistic

physician but studied both approaches to medicine simultaneously.

Initially, she worked in the area of pediatrics but now practices family

medicine, treating people of all ages.

In her work, Dr Headley combines the two approaches to medicine. The doctor

explained she seeks to find the underlying causes for illnesses. Then, using

good nutrition, herbs and vitamins as medical tools, she seeks to solve her

patients' health problems.

Dr Headley explained she considers both the physical and mental aspects of

people when treating them.

"Any type of condition is amenable to (treatment by) wholistic medicine," she

said.

Dr Headley said she believes wholistic medicine existed long before the

medical advances that have been made through the use of pharmaceuticals. Dr

Headley said she prescribes pharmaceuticals to augment her wholistic approach

to medicine.

Treatments offered by Dr Headley include diet counseling, nutritional

counseling, skin allergy testing, the use of desensitizing extracts for

treating allergies and infusion therapy.

Dr Headley is a graduate of St Louis School of Medicine. She has practiced

medicine in the Danbury-Brookfield area for the past 10 years.

Dr Headley attended the church's health fair to provide information about

wholistic medicine for children.

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Well that is some spin. The Democrats have a super majority on the LC and passed the Education Budget without serious consideration of if the voters could afford the multi million dollar increase. "Was the request justified?" rather than "is this needed?" and "can the voters shoulder yet another large increase?" The voters rightly sent it back. Then for some reason all the discussion around reductions to the increase seemed to be coming from the classroom, rather than administration and overhead costs. Is this a coercive tactic to manipulate parents into supporting the budget like tacit threat of cutting freshman sports was two years ago? Who believes the Democrats did not caucus privately before the meeting and came in with a number already worked out? This is the Dems budget, they own it.

Education Cuts: Who Voted For What

I think it is important that we do not villainize every black box seen around a home, business, farm, or municipal property. A black exterior station does not always mean rat poison is being used. These stations can hold a number of different products, including monitoring blocks, snap traps, non-toxic bait, anti-tick bait stations, organic salt- or cornmeal-based control products, and newer fertility-control approaches intended to reduce rodent populations without traditional poisons. The better conversation, in my opinion, is not simply “black boxes are bad,” but rather: what is inside them, who is maintaining them, and whether the rodent issue is being managed responsibly. Exclusion, sanitation, trapping, habitat reduction, and careful monitoring should all be part of a responsible IPM strategy. To be fair, on my own property I do use rodenticides, including Bromethalin and Bromadiolone, in secured bait stations. But that is a choice I make for my property, based on my circumstances and the risk I am trying to manage. I also believe property owners should understand the tradeoffs and be encouraged to use the least harmful effective method whenever possible. I support protecting Newtown’s wildlife. I also support giving residents accurate information and not assuming that every black box represents reckless or unsafe pest control. The goal should be responsible rodent management, not fear of the box itself.

Discusses Policy Against Rodenticides

Debora, thank you! I accidentally doubled the project prices by adding the bond to the appropriation. Thank you so much for catching that and pointing it out. With the corrected numbers, the voters approved a combined $1.32 million for a salt shed ($600k) and library pavement ($720k), while rejecting the $1.12 million replacement turf. Regarding the 80s, I truly respect the hurdle of 14% mortgage rates. My point is simply that the math has shifted: in 1980, while the rates were higher, the price of a home relative to earnings was significantly lower. We are facing a different, but equally crushing, financial wall. Ultimately, it is disheartening that voters who recognized safe sidewalks and parking lots as essential, dismissed a playing field in the exact same condition. The turf has passed its life cycle and is just as much of a liability as the library’s pavement, the only difference is that this safety concern affects thousands of children who, coincidentally, cannot vote. These are apples-to-apples needs. I was hopeful our community would agree that all Newtown residents deserve safe conditions, regardless of which facility they utilize. Again, I would be remiss not to mention that when 82% of residents don’t show up, we have to deal with the interests of those who did. Hopefully, the next referendum will have a bigger turnout.

The ‘Me’ Generation

Thanks for the reply. I meant the numbers you presented in your letter. I found one place where other numbers were listed: https://www.newtownbee.com/04232026/get-out-and-vote-on-the-2026-27-proposed-municipal-and-school-budgets/?q=\\\%22advisory%20questions\\\%22. In that article, the numbers were cited as: Treadwell field: $1,125,000 Library: $720,000 Salt Storage: $600,000 As one who started out in the early 80's when inflation was double digits, my 1985 mortgage rate was 14%, and child care costs were comparable (in present value), I shared your grief but never considered the voters ironic or shameful. PS. I agree college tuition is ridiculous. Thankfully, universities are offering (or considering) waiving all or most tuition for middle class families (upwards of $200,000 incomes). Hopefully, they'll also reconsider their need for those funds in the first place.

Sure! Child care costs: https://www.ffyf.org/2022/10/13/data-child-care-prices-continue-to-rise-ahead-of-midterm-elections-outpacing-inflation/ (also from 2021-2025 we had 2 children in a local daycare in Newtown and it cost us $3200 a month, so that's a number I am very familiar with) Home price / median price vs income source: https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/home-price-income-ratios Tuition increase vs inflation: https://feed.georgetown.edu/access-affordability/noting-a-decline-in-middle-class-students-colleges-provide-more-aid/ Hope this helps :)

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