Pharma’s Windfall While the COVID-19 pandemic has decimated lives and livelihoods, the pharmaceutical industry has experienced a windfall—from the billions of dollars for experimental vaccines1 and their expensive new drugs for treatment. On October 22, 2020, US FDA approved Veklury (remdesivir) for the treatment of COVID-19. Although other treatments have […]
Therapies and Treatments
Medical Shortage and COVID
Another Plea for Early COVID Treatment As I write this in late January, the local hospital here in South Carolina has been overrun with sick, COVID-positive patients for weeks. The stress of dealing with the onslaught is compounded by a staff shortage, due to ill health and burnout from dealing […]
The High Cost of Pharma Bias
When COVID-19 first hit the US, I was surprised and happy to see the corporate news stories about the use of high-dose intravenous vitamin C as a treatment. But it soon became clear that NIH and CDC officials were more interested in finding pharmaceutical answers. The US Biomedical Advanced Research […]
Looking Past the Headlines
Corporate news media tends to oversell some aspects of a topic, and undersell, or ignore others completely, leading to a need to ignore second-hand research, and do your own.
What is Health?
Is health the absence of disease, or is there more to it? Jule Klotter asks the question ‘what is health?’, in this timely post.
Placebo Effect on Plants?
Have you ever tried an experiment that produced results beyond your wildest expectations? Late in March, I noticed that my little Meyer lemon tree, which had lived happily in its pot for a couple years, had developed a red rust (a fungus) on its leaves. I tried wiping it off, […]
A Repeat of History?
The Covid-19 Pandemic has resulted in many deaths, but closely parallels the 2009 Swine Flu epidemic and highlights the hunt for a vaccine, while ignoring natural immune support and treatments.
Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy increases immune response, promotes relaxation, improves digestion, and reduces inflammation.
Start with the Simple
Medicine does not always have to be complicated, and simple and straightforward solutions to problems are often available to those who are looking.
Double-Blind Studies
Progress in medicine would have been impossible without anecdotes, but now anecdotes are ignored, even when they contradict supposed science.
