In May 2022, a teacher at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Irma Garcia, was shot and killed. Two days later, her husband of 23 years, Joe Garcia, visited his...
Naltrexone is a patent medicine invented in the 1960s to block opiates and prevent people from abusing them. If someone takes Naltrexone, then heroin, opium, codeine, morphine, and so forth,...
Mary is a spry 78-year-old woman with her right arm significantly larger than her left. Several years ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The surgeon removed her breast, along...
As the world changes and there are disruptions in the supply chain, many have considered growing a garden. There is no right or wrong way. I have patients who have...
Heartburn, indigestion, acid stomach, reflux… There are many terms for the burning in the esophagus that is common to all, at least occasionally. From historical records, it appears that gastro-esophageal...
My brother lived for a time in Forks, Washington, in the Olympic rainforest. They get over a hundred inches of rain every year, so they don’t see a lot of...
One of my patients, Carol, came to see me, after a visit to the ophthalmologist, with great fear that she was going to go blind. She was told she had...
What do we do when we find a very important chemical in the body that performs many essential functions that are indispensable? Well, we market it, of course. A drug...
The recent virus event(s) has made everyone start thinking about their immune system. Some are getting a vaccine to try to increase immunity to the virus. Others are trying to...
On July 29, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a letter[1] to seven companies who were selling a product containing N-Acteyl Cysteine (NAC) to prevent and treat hangovers....
“I’ve done everything, and it still isn’t working!” Janice was exasperated because she was trying so hard to reverse her diabetes, but the numbers weren’t coming down. She was eating...
“Juvenile” in Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome does not refer to children. Rather, it pertains to the “young” nature of the polyps themselves, which are mostly found in adults. Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome...
