Deprescribing. Getting Off Medications.
North Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. It can be tricky!! Medications need regular reassessment as patients age. More than 40% of adults over 75...
MRI: Full Body MRI, STOP. Just Don’t.
From the ever excellent Brad Stanfield on full body MRI scans offered to the general public. Perhaps a tell is that Kim Kardashian is a...
Many Surgical Procedures No Better Than Placebo
As Acupuncture trials have to work triple time to counter the charges of placebo, surgical procedures have skated for years, with no concern for whether...
Deprescribing: Do No Harm
For those who have read my book and the chapter on Do No Harm, might remember some of the hazards of modern medicine. For example,...
Gabapentin use on the rise, especially in older patients
I covered some of the hazards in my book, Radical Resilience. I’m glad to see rising awareness of the hazards that come with a gabapentin...
Island Where People Go for Longevity
Use prevention for long life. Exercise, acupuncture, sauna The quest for longevity is age old and still as relevant as ever. This is just one...
CT Scans Harms. 5% of all cancers
Popular CT Scans Could Account for 5% of All Cancer Cases A Year Radiation from imaging could lead to lung, breast and other future cancers,...
Alzheimer’s : Tragedy of Alzheimer Fraud Research
I’ve touched on this controversy and tragedy in the world of Alzheimer’s research, here here here and in my book, Radical Resilience. This editorial is...