I was having breakfast with my in-laws today. As my father-in-law reached for the salt, his wife slapped his hand and scolded him for his salt consumption. The connection between salt and heart problems is a medical myth, one that per usual, only makes the problem worse. The goal should be to raise potassium to…
I went to law school with the goal of being part of the tort reform movement. I always figured that without restraints, lawyers would be the ones to destroy the world, particularly as it relates to healthcare. Some examples: surging rates on malpractice insurance act as a tax on everything; defensive medicine compels doctors to…
I remember several years ago when my wife and I took our then 1-year-old son to his annual pediatric well visit. Just to test the doctor, I asked her what she thought about ice cream. She said: Well, a child never NEEDS ice cream (although the occasional birthday party is harmless). I have been in…
When I take my short walk to the gym at 5 am each morning, I find the city fairly deserted. I always return the wave from my building’s receptionist while he’s across the street enjoying a cigarette. I’ll weave around one or two garbage trucks backing into a building’s dumpster, and pass a few stragglers…
I have completed my 30-day cycle of daily 250 mcg injections of BPC-157. Since clinical trials are funded only for high ticket treatments, or for defending the medical-industrial narrative, determining the effectiveness of therapies like this one will always depend on an aggregation of anecdotes. I want to add my datapoint to the bro science…