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Health vs the Virus: It’s the Terrain
Why do some people get really sick with viral infections and others do not? It is not the virulence of the virus. That generally remains the same across strains. It may be viral load, with health-care workers at greater risk. Mainly, however it is the terrain, not...
Vascular Health: What Holds the Blood
Our vascular health could be called our most precious asset. The health of the vast network of blood vessels, that allows our life blood to course through to every tiny corner of our bodies. If our blood vessels are damaged sufficiently, our blood leaves us. It is as...
Health Automation & Personalized Medicine
I recall being a young General Practitioner, setting out to make my way in the world, before guidelines were a thing. We had not heard of health automation and all medicine was personalized. I had purchased an established, full-time practice in a small provincial...
Life, the Vagus Nerve and HRV
The connection between Life, the Vagus Nerve and HRV. With apologies to Douglas Adams. Life. What is the drive that appears to be so pervasive as part of the human condition? Does the Vagus Nerve and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) give us insight into life and the...
IVC for Acute Viral Infections
Does IVC (Intravenous Vitamin C) work for Acute Viral Infections? An apt foray into Evidenced Based Medicine. The answer to this question is how much evidence do you need. At times we may long for a binary answer to all questions in health: yes or no. Of course, if...
Treats & Junk Food – Part of a Healthy Diet?
Do we believe what we are told by numerous dietitians, fitness gurus and the food industry, that treats and junk food can be part of a healthy diet? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines treat as “an act of providing another with free food, drink or entertainment” or...
Numbers, Numbers, Numbers
Not in my lifetime or probably ever, have we been so inundated with numbers. Each day brings a new headline. Predictions of how long this pandemic will last, predictions of numbers of deaths, the actual numbers of death by day, month and country abound. The numbers...
Is there a cure for COVID-19 and are we allowed to talk about it?
In writing a review about a Covid-19 cure, I hope to help provide a way out for those that seek it. Out from the false security of handing away our choices to politicians, reductionist experts and retired software engineers, but not into those of the hand-waving...
Why do some doctors specialize in functional medicine?
Some thoughts from the latest www.a4m.com conference in Rancho Palos Verdes on functional medicine and the SphygmoCor for vascular age. Why do some doctors take the long road towards specializing in functional medicine, requiring huge investment in upskilling? One...
Cindy at the A4M conference in Los Angeles 27-29 Feb
Furthering the A4M Fellowship, Cindy will be attending a course on Cardiology. Cardiology will highlight clinical cardiovascular information, through an overview of didactic learning, case studies, clinical applications, therapeutic guidelines, and extensive faculty...