The Threat Around UsAnimals, including Homo Sapiens, survive in an essentially toxic environment, surrounded by microorganisms, potential poisons, the risk of trauma and adverse weather conditions. Evolutionary development has equipped us with complex machinery that provides defensive mechanisms when any one of these factors has to be faced. Before the discovery of microorganisms, medical treatment […]
The following article came up on one of my feeds recently: Antibiotics Against COVID-19 and Mitochondria? Urgent Thinking Out of the Box. I hope it is one of the first of many articles questioning damage done to mitochondrial function by medications. Below is the twitter thread where I contemplated this topic. This is the fourth in […]
What if there is no future? We have always assumed that there would be a future, that somehow no matter what we did to ourselves or to the environment, life would go on. What if we were wrong? What if the very actions we embrace to prolong life, the technologies and conveniences that make modern […]
Cushing’s Syndrome With a Pituitary TumorAs a pharmacist, I always believed I had a good handle on most health conditions and the proper steps for diagnosis. It wasn’t until my daughter became very ill in 2014 that I would learn that not all conditions are so simple. After many months of dealing with her mystery […]
This is the third in series of short posts adapted from twitter threads contemplating various aspects of COVID-19 pandemic. The first two posts can be found here and here, and of course, on twitter. COVID, the Brain, and Immune FunctionThe neuroinvasive potential of SARS‐CoV2 may play a role in the respiratory failure of COVID‐19 patients. […]
In the summer 2013, a geneticist we were seeing for my daughter ordered a test. Little did I know that test would contribute to a change in the course of my daughter’s life as well as a new area of study and advocacy for my career. This is my first time to write for Hormones […]
A Fundamental IssueI was horrified to watch the “60 Minutes” program Sunday, April 12th on television that dealt with the colossal number of Americans suffering from obesity, chronic fatigue and diabetes, both types I and II. About half of the program dealt with the essential consumption of natural food, reminding us that Hippocrates, 400 BCE […]
This is the second in a series of articles adapted from twitter threads where I explore different aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first can be found here. COVID and Blood ClotsLet’s talk about blood clots and COVID-19. It seems the latest of a long list of problems COVID is suspected of causing is hypercoagulation. […]