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If suffering from reflux, don’t settle for a “band-aid” solution and get to the root of the problem. Proton pump inhibitor drugs are appropriate…
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One bug, one drug—such is the philosophical undercurrent to allopathic medicine. Sometimes that principle works. I suffered for three weeks with pneumonia before the…
Read more about Environment, Terrain, and Germ: The COVID-19 Story
My Facebook feed is an even mix of those questioning the conventional narrative of donning a mask (and practically everything else related to pandemic)…
I’ve been thinking a lot about the content of this video in which Dr. Zach Bush introduces the notion that viruses are synonymous with…
For the first time in recent memory, I was in tears listening to a patient share her story of grief. Sad news comes with…
It was the first appointment with my patient after her diagnosis of uterine cancer and subsequent total hysterectomy. The prognosis was good: stage 1A…
Solid, liquid, and gas—these are the three states of matter presented in the home-schooling science curriculum I was preparing to review with our 7-year-old…
In an election year, paying for healthcare is one of the most discussed issues, with much of the rhetoric from politicians being polarized. On…
I recently met with a new primary care physician. At the close of the appointment, the doctor ordered a lipid panel to check cholesterol…
Digital meters operate in the radiofrequency (or microwave) band of frequencies that is damaging to human biology. That hasn’t stopped power companies like We…
I was curious to test the claim of black salve to remove an abnormal skin growth and decided to experiment on myself for the…
Some permutation of the sentiment of being busy is a common answer to the question, “How are you?” Busy started being worn as a…