Medications
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March Musings: Skepticism in the news
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
Why don’t health authorities believe in natural selection? One of the arguments that’s being mustered in a push to overcome vaccine hesitancy is that new variants of the Coronavirus are rapidly emerging; that trend necessitates widespread acceptance of the jab…read more
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Leyla Weighs In: Take your thyroid medicine with water, not coffee
By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN
If you have low thyroid and are taking thyroid medicine, you were likely advised to take it on an empty stomach first thing in the morning, preferably 30 to 60 minutes before breakfast. This advice is correct, however, many individuals…read more
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Natural thyroid vindicated!
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
After over three decades of “breaking with the pack” and recommending natural thyroid to my patients, this fall ushers in a stunning vindication of this often-shunned practice. In a study published in the September edition of Annals of Family Medicine, researchers…read more
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Brainrobbers: Medicines that steal your brain power (Revisited!)
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
Paging through the archives of Intelligent Medicine, I came across the following article which I first published in 2018. It foretells a problem which is highlighted in a brand new research paper published in the September 2 edition of Neurology. It found that use…read more
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How to protect yourself from the harmful effects of antibiotics
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
There are times when you just need an antibiotic. Think pneumonia, a serious skin infection, a urinary tract infection, or Lyme Disease. Yes, they’re overused for self-limited conditions like mild acne, bronchitis, ear infections, and sinusitis, but they’re sometimes necessary….read more
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Are your medications getting you down?
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has disturbing implications for Americans who take prescription and over-the-counter drugs, often many at the same time: They can significantly increase the risk of depression. Moreover, the number of adults using 3…read more
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Less is more: The rise of overtreatment in the 21st Century
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
The country doctor of the early 20th Century had very few tools to address patients’ complaints. Armed with a few simple medications and some basic surgical techniques, they often had to rely on reassurance and bedside manner to ease suffering. …read more
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Are some medicines stealing your brain power?
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
It recently came to light that a wide range of popular medications—used routinely by tens of millions of Americans—have a nasty tendency to accelerate cognitive decline and set the stage for Alzheimer’s disease. Some are prescription drugs, but many are…read more
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Is there really a vast conspiracy to deprive us of cures and profit off our misery?
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
The line of reasoning goes as follows: The pharmaceutical industry, partnering with its enablers in Big Food and Big Medicine, and subsidized by Big Government, has a stake in keeping us sick and dependent on their expensive, but non-curative chemical…read more
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
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Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
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Q: Six months ago, my HgbA1c was 5.9 which was very concerning but now my…
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The pandemic is subsiding, due to a combination of vaccination, the high percentage of Americans…
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Q: What foods must I avoid when I have shingles and what do I have…
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