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Monthly Archives: November 2020

29 Nov

Vaccinations with existing vaccines could save lives in nursing homes while waiting for a covid19 vaccine

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Approximately 1% of the U.S. population lives in nursing homes. Approximately 39% of covid19 deaths (101,100) in the U.S. and 6% of all cases of covid19 (724,000) are occurring in nursing homes. Cases in nursing homes are surging daily.   Many residents of nursing homes are over the age at which they were fully vaccinated as children, particularly the MMR, because this patient population were adults before the MMR vaccine became available. DPT (DT) boosters should be given every 10…..

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22 Nov

Looking at what science knows in a new way

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Our book describes what science already knows, and examines the knowledge in a new way, across a broad range of specialties; and using our education, experience and observation. Many specialties find and report the same or related information, unaware other specialties are finding and reporting the same or related information, in the context of a different chronic disease.   We report patterns and commonalities between specialties and chronic diseases; and share a new approach for understanding, diagnosing and treating chronic…..

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16 Nov

MMR vaccines may provide partial protection against covid19

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This October 23, 2020 article was published in The American Medical Journal, and then republished on the same day at the NIH link. The article again supports our many previous posts suggesting the potential for an MMR vaccination to provide some protection against covid-19, and mitigate the severity of the disease. The article further supports the MMR vaccination is a potential explanation for mild and asymptomatic cases in children. Lax rates of MMR vaccination worldwide are correlated with worse rates…..

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15 Nov

“The Origin of Disease” challenges thinking in Western medicine

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Medical knowledge has become so vast, it is beyond the ken of one person. Medicine has become so complex that only the most intelligent and diligent among us can be accepted and succeed in medical school. Specialization divides medical knowledge into parts, to make the knowledge required to practice medicine more manageable; yet creates islands of knowledge, a specialty-centered focus, and a patient divided by body parts and diseases. Specialization can leave patients with only partial answers, or require the…..

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12 Nov

“Profound simplification” could revolutionize medical thinking

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The social sciences studying the collapse of civilizations theorize that throughout history cultures and civilizations have collapsed under the weight of undue complexity. Medicine is becoming so complex it has almost become unmanageable for doctors and patients alike.   James Clear, author of “Atomic Habits”, said: “Beginner = ignorant simplicity” “Intermediate = functional complexity” “Advanced = profound simplicity”   These quotes were not directed at medicine, but raise the question as to which level applies to medicine today? “Complexity can…..

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10 Nov

Chronic diseases are often named based on symptoms rather than causes

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Very few chronic diseases are named or diagnosed based on root causes. Science knows the microbiology and pathogenesis (physical effect) of many different bacteria, viruses and parasites. Many books have been written on the microbiology and pathogenesis of immortal pathogens. Yet, when the effect of a pathogen is known, and the effect is identified or found in a patient, the patient is often diagnosed by naming a symptom rather than diagnosing the pathogen causing the symptom.   For instance, “mitochondrial…..

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07 Nov

Sleep is necessary for good health.

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Sleep is important for maintaining good health: Our bodies and minds are repaired and restored during sleep. Without adequate sleep, and without good quality sleep, our physical well-being and mental health suffer. Inadequate sleep can accelerate development and progression of chronic disease; can be a predictor and/or a symptom of chronic disease; and is common in virtually every chronic disease. Improving sleep and the quality of sleep, and diagnosing the root cause of sleep disorders earlier in the course of…..

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03 Nov

Rethinking chronic disease.

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Science often fails to consider immortal pathogens as a potential cause of chronic disease, that animals can be a vector for transmission of immortal pathogens to humans, and important existing knowledge across a variety of scientific fields, including veterinary medicine. Little is known about 95% of intracellular animal pathogens thought to exist, and immortal intracellular pathogens may be difficult to identify. Co-morbid conditions may be caused by the same immortal pathogens; and patients infected with different immortal pathogens or multiple…..

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01 Nov

Childhood vaccines may help mitigate covid19

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We suggested several times (3/21/20, 6/23/20, 8/6/20, 10/18/20) that childhood vaccines may provide cross reactivity, and protection or partial protection against covid19, particularly the MMR and polio vaccine. Childhood vaccinations provide one explanation for why children do not get covid19, are asymptomatic, or are less severely affected.  Vaccinations also explain why some countries have had a lower rate of covid19 and covid19 death—the countries that had mass vaccination programs for the MMR. Other scientists are now also reporting childhood vaccinations,…..

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