We’ve all heard about the out-of-control Opioid Epidemic; 42,000 died of opioid overdoses in 2016. It’s gotten so out-of-control that people are being told to carry Narcan with them in case they come across someone who has OD’ed on opioids! But what do we really know about this crisis and how did it get so […]
Continue reading >In spite of allopathic medicine wanting to test everyone for everything, one government bod, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), says that “ECG Screening Still Bad Idea in Low-CV-Risk Asymptomatic Patients.” They made this statement in 2012 and they made it again this year. “Resting or exercise screening ECG should be avoided in asymptomatic adults […]
Continue reading >In a commentary on Medscape a doctor asked a question that I thought had been answered decades ago. “Low Back Pain: Should We Recommend Chiropractic Care?” The NY Times published the following article in 1987: “U.S. Judge Finds Medical Group Conspired Against Chiropractors.” Everyone should read how blithely the AMA sought to crush the Chiropractic profession […]
Continue reading >During our “Lower Your Infectious Load” webinar on June 28, 2018, Ginney and I explained how to strengthen your immune system to deal with the over 39 trillion microorganisms that inhabit the body and when out of balance can cause low grade or subclinical infections. I explained allopathic medicine’s Whack-A-Mole policy of attacking each infection […]
Continue reading >A Medscape article “Fewer Than 1 in 10 Adults Get All High-Priority Preventive Care,” caught my attention. In it the author bemoaned the fact that according to a recent survey “Only 8% of US adults aged 35 years or older received all of the high-priority preventive care recommended for them.” To me, high-priority preventive care […]
Continue reading >Ever the optimist, I saw the title of a Medscape article “A Revised Approach for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” as a possible breakthrough in the treatment of this condition. After all, allopathic medicine does need a different approach than the drugs that form the basis of current treatment. But once again I was disappointed because right […]
Continue reading >Dr. Mandrola, a cardiac electrophysiologist who I cited in my blog “Could Ablation for AFib Be An Elaborate Placebo?” interviews a colleague, Dr. Gupta, in an article titled “What Is the Role of Ablation for AF in a Post-CABANA World?” about a new ablation study. This study was presented at the Heart Rhythm Society meeting in […]
Continue reading >A recent Medscape article made me wonder if doctors know they are being cast in the role of Big Brother for drug companies. The article is titled “Drug Test Spurs Frank Talk Between Hypertension Patients and Doctors.” It seems that a simple urine test will be able to tell your doctor whether or not you […]
Continue reading >Flu season is now officially over but here’s something that will affect hospital workers in the fall. In Nov 2017 I wrote that “Flu Vaccines Don’t Work” but in spite of them not being able to prevent the flu “More Hospitals Requiring Influenza Vaccine for Workers.” Let that sink in for a while and then […]
Continue reading >A Medscape overview of mitochondria highlighted for me the extreme importance of magnesium, but inexplicably the article failed to mention magnesium. Let me summarize the article for you. Commonly known as the powerhouses of the cell the major role of mitochondria is to produce energy (ATP) in the Krebs cycle, using magnesium in 6 of […]
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