HEALTH

  • To Be Taken With a Grain of Salt
    Critiques of either high or low salt intake must be taken with more than a grain of salt. […]
  • What It Costs To Fix a Hernia
    Hernia operations are not as easy to cope with as you've been told. Get a second opinion from a Dr who doesn't do hernias.. […]
  • Holy cow – I caused a riot
    I didn't advocate kicking kitties or pummelling puppies. […]
  • Fish Scandals: Guardian Warns Fake Fish Frauds Spoiling Dinners
    depending upon the breed of fish and the country where it is eaten, anywhere from 25% to 50% (or more) of the fish you eat may not be the fish you thought you bought, and this is a problem that permeates the wholesale fish industry, retail fish sales, and the restaurant trade.  […]
  • NEW REPORT WARNS IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENTS ON COVID RISKS
    Ever since the Coronavirus first struck, I've been wondering how will such a virulent virus affect immunosuppressed people. More importantly, how will immunosuppression regimens affect the vaccines […]
  • UPDATE: Vitamin D(3), Melatonin, and Covid-19
    A couple of years ago, I was diagnosed with a Vitamin D deficiency during a quarterly blood test. I started taking 10,000 IU of Vitamin D3, taking 5,000 IU in the morning and 5,000 in the evening. Since then, I started having more difficulty getting to sleep and staying asleep. […]
  • Vitamin D(3), Insomnia, Covid-19 and Thee
    A couple of years ago, I was diagnosed with a Vitamin D deficiency during a quarterly blood test. I started taking 10,000 IU of Vitamin D3, taking 5,000 IU in the morning and 5,000 in the evening. Since then, I started having more difficulty getting to sleep and staying asleep. […]
  • My Daughter, the You Tube Star
    In-person interactions -vs- electronic […]
  • Where we are now
    It’s life and death time. We have to stop this however we can and we have to survive this however we can. […]
  • Eye Can See!
    EYE CAN SEE! […]
  • Lady in Red
    A red I can really appreciate! […]
  • One-Eyed & Euphoric
    Back to being two-eyed tomorrow. Cataract surgery this morning. […]
  • Herd Immunity is a Question, Not an Answer
    The very concept of herd immunity has been widely misrepresented in the media. Herd immunity, according to the practice actually established in veterinary medicine, is accomplished by SEGREGATING healthy, uninfected members of the herd and keeping them isolate […]
  • Health Care American Style: How to Avoid Being Stented
    Hive Mind: Do I keep the cardiologist? Do I stay with the oncologist? What are the odds that the next doctor will be better than the last one? Not good, because it is the system itself that is completely broken. Information overload. […]
  • Anti-Semitism is All in Your Head – Or Maybe Not
    According to Yahoo News, the Miami Herald is reporting a story about the firing of a medical resident  at the Cleveland Clinic in  Ohio who once tweeted that she would give Jewish people the wrong medicine. […]
  • To America’s College Students
    You might wonder why most schools don’t just bite the bullet and operate almost entirely on line. The reason is that a tremendous amount of their revenue comes from housing. They need this revenue to operate. […]
  • If I were a family doctor, I’d reach out to my patients about COVID
    I have been saying for a while that it makes no sense for those claiming that COVID-19 is a hoax to be relying on their politicians for information about infectious diseases rather than talking to their doctor, the person in their life who actually has expertise about infectious diseases.  […]
  • The Coronavirus Testing Conundrum
    Donald Trump is absolutely right. Increasing the number of people being tested will make it appear that the Coronavirus is more serious than it really is...and that will adversely affect his chances of being re-elected. However, Donald Trump is not wrong when he claims that testing is useless. […]
  • THE LAST STRAW: Trump Orders Hospitals Not to Send Data To CDC
    Donald Trump is attempting to control and manipulate the data about the CoVid-19 epidemic so that he can control the public's perception of the severity of the problem and cajole governors and mayors to open up their communities and send their children back to school in order improve his re-election hopes. He must be stopped. […]
  • COVID-19 PATIENTS IN US RIPPED OFF BY DRUG MAKER GILEAD
    The maker of remdesivir, Gilead, has announced that it will charge US patients -or their insurance companies - $2340 for the five-day treatment package until September, when it will INCREASE the price to $3120, a 33% increase, […]
  • 600 Crazy MDs Declare Imminent Mass Casualty Incident
    "More than 600 doctors signed a letter urging President Trump to end the nationwide coronavirus shutdowns and referred to orders issued by states that keep businesses closed as a “mass casualty incident” with devastating consequences," […]
  • Trump Did NOT Tell Everyone to Drink Bleach
    DONALD TRUMP IS PROFOUNDLY IGNORANT about some of the basic facts of chemistry, biology, physics, (not to mention every other science)...and he has a very bad habit of "thinking out loud" on national television in a manner that creates confusion in his audience...the American people. The Bleach Episode proves this point. […]
  • Deadly Blood Clots Are Being Caused by COVID-19
    Doctors in different disciplines are finding that blood clots caused by COVID-19 are causing a variety of different live threatening ailments, resulting in a new treatment protocol that promotes treating COVID-19 patients with heavy doses of blood thinners before the symptom of blood clotting become obvious. c […]
  • A Pulse Oximeter Could Save Your Life
    There is a serious problem with the Covid-19 testing. We all know that's true, but it is worse than you think because, by the time your symptoms develop to the point where the people who are administering the tests will test you, your symptoms may have already escalated beyond the point of no return […]
  • Wear A Face Mask: The Life You Save May Be Your Own
    It is now beyond dispute that wearing whatever face protection you can find is the single most important step we can take AS INDIVIDUALS to flatten the curve of the epidemic....but until recently, The World Health Organization, The Centers for Disease Control, and members of the Trump administration argued […]
  • This COULD BECOME an Extinction Level Event
    There are a number of potential extinction level events that scientists worry about. There's nuclear war, of course, and meteors, climate change...and pandemics. The Pandemic Extinction Level Event just because a lot more feasible because it could be happening around us as you read these words. […]
  • Folk Remedies for Coronavirus from ConsumerLab.Com
    Consumerlab.com is a widely respected , highly authoritative source for information about the quality and efficacy of nutritional health supplements.  This is  a summary of their report on efficacious remedies that may mitigate the coronavirus. […]
  • The CDC’s Current Advice for Not Spreading The Virus
    The 2019 corona virus is here, and it is real. There are many things that you should (and should not be doing) but it is hard to formulate a checklist for how to protect yourself and your family from contracting or spreading the disease. Pay attention. This is a life or death issue. […]
  • What Can You REALLY Do to Minimize Your Risk of Contagion
    I talked with several experts on infectious diseases about the coronavirus threat. I reached out to these experts because I have a severely compromised respiratory system. If I catch this thing, I'm a dead duck. This is the consensus of their recommendations: […]
  • Google Promotes the “Cheese Causes Cancer” Myth
    Google News has done it again. The company that used boast that it's motto was, "Don't Be Evil," has posted a link to a questionable article from a questionable source that promotes the idea that cheese causes or worsens  breast cancer. […]
  • Tea Drinkers Beware: There May be Microplastics in Your Cup
    The British may yet get the last laugh on this bad habit that we Americans have adopted because it now appears that you may be drinking microplastics along with your green tea....or any other tea that comes in a tea bag. […]
  • Too Alone in Our Luck: A New Organ Transplant Paradigm
    Opt-Out is a transplant donation model worthy of a fair trial. […]
  • GOOD NEWS! I Passed My Dementia-Test! …wait… … …
    ...Please count backwards from 30,000 by 3s.... […]
  • Remember This Memory Trick
    human thought is randomized…and we spend our entire lives trying to think sequentially with our randomized brains. Therefore, attempting to solve problems one at time is pointless. Visualize all the parts of the problem. The one for which a solution is ready to come forward will light up and attract your attention. That’s the part of the problem you are ready to solve. […]
  • Salmonella From Pet Turtles Found in 13 StatesSalmonella From Pet Turtles Found in 13 States
    Salmonella enterica bacterium is a nasty little bug. It causes Salmonellosis, with symptoms like diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps, sometimes lasting for as long as seven days or more, and you can get it from almost anything you eat. […]
  • Troubled Waters: The Rising Fish Oil DebateTroubled Waters: The Rising Fish Oil Debate
    The New York Times – and the long-running PBS […]
  • The Wizard Behind the Curtain: Dr. Oz in Context
    The recent uproar about Dr. Oz is revealing some […]
  • Angelina Jolie has Ovaries and Fallopian Tubes Removed
    A couple of years ago, Angelina Jolie wrote about […]
  • Silly Study Claims that Pornography Lowers Marriage Rates
    Let’s face it, the internet is a cesspool. […]
  • Science Daily’s New Fat Myth: Fat is Converted to Carbon Dioxide
    An article appearing last week on […]
  • Tyranny of the Home Cooked Meal
    On September 3, the online journal Slate published a […]

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