The Problem: Fish do not make Omega-3 Oil. The omega 3 oil in fish is made by ALGAE. Evolution started 650 million years ago when bacteria teamed with photosynthetic algae. The leap in energy produced the first multicellular organisms. 66 million years...
Exercise can be as potent as any medicine, in this case preventing Parkinson’s Disease progression. Doctor David Blacker is a neurologist in Australia. He was a career marathon runner and the height of fitness. By his 40th birthday, he developed persistent pain in his...
Your mother was right There are 5.6 million Americans with Alzheimer’s type memory loss. The disease has a variable course, and the ambiguity can be agonizing. Those identified at an early stage face the decision to take intravenous antibody drugs at great...
Not so fast buddy. The “good” HDL hypothesis came from the Framingham heart study. It would be the second from smallest particle in the picture above. It identified Low Density Lipoprotein as a risk for heart disease. The citizens of Framingham smoked, drank, consumed...
This is the first of several posts about food. After that, I have a review of the state of anti-aging medicine, which remains the world of notions, potions, lotions, and much more. Ray Kurzweil, takes 250 supplements a day, David Sinclair, of resveratrol fame, is down...
In June, an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that the next round of Covid-19 boosters be targeted against the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant. Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax will use the same platforms to manufacture the new boosters...
God showed Noah by the rainbow sign, no more water, but fire next time. Fire Next Time Lyrics by Rev. Milton Brunson Wildfires produce ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, volatile heavy metals, and fine particulate...
By Dr. James Katz, MD, MPH Just When You Thought you Could Go Outside — It’s Lyme Disease Season 2023! Recently, three significant articles were published confirming the safety and effectiveness of permethrin treated clothing against Lyme disease. A two year study in...
Deadly bird flu God showed Noah by the rainbow sign, no more water, but fire next time. — “Fire Next Time” Lyrics by Rev. Milton Brunson In 2005, a bird flu outbreak in Cambodia, Thailand, and China resulted in 75 human cases and 37 deaths. Avian flu...
A Lesson in the Law of Unintended Consequences. Understanding of DNA from 1955 to 2012 Spit in a tube and learn your risk of future diseases from your DNA? No, you won’t. Murky heritage Spit in a tube and learn your heritage? I am an Ashkenazi Jew from Russia, except,...
What Could Go Wrong? Starting January 5, 2023, all travelers from China, Hong Kong, and Macau must have proof of a negative PCR COVID test to enter the US, even if they pass through other international airports. It won’t shield the US from Chinese COVID, but it will...
5 reasons why PAXLOVID got a bad rap Summary: It works against all known strains of COVID-19. It reduces the incidence of Long Covid. The components have been used safely for years, and the medication interactions are manageable. Paxlovid should be started within the...
Covid-19 Remains a Dangerous Illness This year the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) expects 125,000 Americans will have died from Covid 19 in 2022. 1 out of 8 people dying is under the age of 65. The risk of dying is 20 times higher in the unvaccinated than in those...
The annual influenza epidemic begins in the southern hemisphere and works its way north. It enters the USA in the southern and western states. The CDC uses reports from Australia to monitor the type and severity of each year’s incursion in the southern hemisphere....
Can It be Fixed in Time? A Quote Worth Repeating: “Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming,” (tweet on August 26) — Elon Musk, president of Tesla motors. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here How Do...
Only The US Working Population Resists Shrinkage Read Part 1 here and Part 3 here “Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming,” — Elon Musk Elon Musk, the president of Tesla motors, SpaceX rockets,...
Read Part 2 here and Part 3 here The “Working-age population” around the world is shrinking. Birth rates have fallen in developed countries; climate change and food insecurity will undermine expanding population trends in less developed countries. The implications...
Time to Dig Out the Masks A family of three Covid–19 Omicron variants – the BA.5 family – (BA.4. BA.5. and BA1.12.1)) are burning their way through the US population. BA.5 went from 1% of all infections in May to 21% in June. They are changing the rules...