I have always enjoyed having medical students in my office as I like teaching. This week, I had a pleasant 4th year medical student, Andrea. The first day Andrea showed up to my office, I handed her a New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) article about statin drugs. This is an important article that gave
The main stream media and the rest of the Powers-That-Be have been leading the charge that we have a measles epidemic this year. You would think that tens of thousands must be infected and dying from measles. Well, you would think wrong. According to the CDC, from January 1 to April 11, 2019 there have
Over the past week, we have been inundated with mainstream media stories about the measles ‘epidemic’ in Washington state where 68 have been infected. Nationwide, there have been 159 cases identified through February 21, 2019. (1) An outbreak is defined as three or more cases. Of measles—an illness that is self-limited and benign for
In medical school, I was taught that iodine deficiency was a thing of the past. It took me a short time into my holistic practice of medicine to realize that what I was taught about iodine was incorrect. In fact, I have been writing about iodine and its importance to health for nearly 15 years.
(Note: My wife vetoed my initial headline: Failing New York Times Op-Ed Full of Fake Vaccine News. She claims that my sense of humor does not translate to all.) The lead New York Times (NYT) editorial today is titled, “Know The Enemy.” According to the NYT, the “enemy” is anyone who questions the safety
The headline in the January 5, 2019 edition of the Wall Street Journal reads “Six Feet, 48 Hours, 10 Days: How to Avoid the Flu.” This article, like nearly all main stream media flu articles was written to scare the reader into getting the flu vaccine. A with most mainstream medical articles about the flu,
A new medication has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat influenza. Xofluza (Baloxavir). It is an antiviral medication approved in October, 2018, by the FDA to treat infections from influenza A and B. Studies have shown it may reduce the duration of influenza symptoms by about 24 hours. Xofluza is
The November 29, 2018 headline in the Wall Street Journal states, “U.S. Life Expectancy Declines Further.” The article reported that life expectancy for Americans fell for the third year in a row. The writer blamed the fall on the increase in suicides and rise in deaths from opioid drugs. Furthermore, the rise was correlated to
Hello Friends! With 2018 coming to a close, I am looking ahead to 2019 and planning my annual lecture, ‘Holistic Medicine For The 21st Century’ on Saturday, February 2nd, 2019 which will take place at the VisTaTech Center at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan. I have been utilizing the best of holistic and conventional medicine
For well over 30 years, every medical student has been taught that high cholesterol levels are responsible for causing heart disease—the number one killer in the US. And, the public has been similarly educated that eating a low-fat diet (having less cholesterol) is the best way to avoid becoming a cardiac patient. At