COVID-19

ENCORE: Intelligent Medicine Radio Show for August 13, Part 1
August 15, 2022
Covid confusion: masks, mandates, boosters, and Chinese lockdowns; Questions arise over new Covid antiviral; The mental health toll of zero-Covid; Bad medicine: Covid test fraud and unnecessary spinal surgeries; Iron pills aren’t always a panacea for anemia. Click HERE for part 2. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

ENCORE: Intelligent Medicine Radio Show for August 13, Part 2

Neonicotinoids as bug killers—safe? Study reveals anti-depressants offer no quality of life benefits; Your intestinal bugs may dictate your cravings; Air pollution a risk factor for severe Covid; Plastic liners, bags can release nanoparticles into heated food and beverages; Is a kidney stone the cause of a caller’s pain? Can shingles vaccines prompt shingles? Click HERE for part 1. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

Intelligent Medicine Radio for August 6, Part 1: The Pandemic’s Collateral Damage
August 8, 2022
The pandemic’s collateral damage—increased rates of coronary disease and stroke, mental disorders, drug and alcohol dependency, and violent deaths; Heart disease expected to surge in coming decades, highlighting racial disparities; Social isolation and loneliness take a toll on heart and brain; What does low blood sodium mean, and how to fix it? Supplements for heart protection; “Feed a cold, starve a fever” may have real scientific basis; Resistance training speeds fat reduction; Parents’ history of alcoholism predictive of offspring’s addiction to highly processed foods. Click HERE for part 2. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

Intelligent Medicine Radio for August 6, Part 2: Heat Stroke

Fluoride exposure in pregnancy may ding kids’ IQs; Jarlsberg cheese combats bone loss; Natural prevention of osteoporosis; What to do about scoliosis? Lipoic acid for migraines; Reassuring news that cocoa flavanols don’t cause low blood pressure in normal subjects without hypertension; Tips for avoiding heat stroke and heat exhaustion; Most Covid related smell and taste loss gradually resolved. Click HERE for part 1. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

Q&A with Leyla, Part 1: Vitamin D Benefits
August 3, 2022
Please comment on this study which shows NO benefit to taking vitamin D!; What do you think of using a hydrogen peroxide nasal spray daily for preventing Covid?; Is your immune protocol generally safe to take without Moducare?; Could the pain in my husband's toes be due to rheumatoid arthritis; Do you still recommend Jigsaw Magnesium or do you prefer other formulations? Click HERE for part 2.

Intelligent Medicine Radio for July 16, Part 1: Could fasting be the key to curbing Covid severity?
July 18, 2022
FDA and AMA seek to address physician knowledge gap on supplements—with a course filled with anti-supplement propaganda! Who are the biggest congressional recipients of pharmaceutical dollars? New study highlights unhealthy lifestyle behaviors as driver of Covid hospitalizations, deaths; Could fasting be the key to curbing Covid severity? Research refutes belief that exercise accelerates knee arthritis. Click HERE for part 2. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

Intelligent Medicine Radio for July 16, Part 2: Long Covid

Athletes report Covid undermines peak performance for weeks; Sufferers of Long Covid seek pricey “blood-washing” procedures offered by foreign clinics; Hyperbaric oxygen relieves Long Covid brain fog; Study finds role for low-dose naltrexone (LDN) for Long Covid; How too much fruit can be bad for your liver; A caller suspects her doctors haven’t pinpointed her hormonal imbalance; Causes/treatment for pancreatitis; What’s an optimal heart-rate training zone for an athletic 65-year-old? Can stress accelerate arthritis? Spirituality linked to better health outcomes. Click HERE for part 1. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

Q&A with Leyla, Part 2: Loss of Taste and Smell
July 13, 2022
I'm highly allergic with multiple chemical sensitivities. Would you be able to help me?; Save Our Supplements: Critique of a response from a congressperson; My daughter lost her sense of smell and taste after getting covid last week. Any help to alleviate this?; I've been having intermittent leg pain and am taking fish oil and nattokinase. Should I be concerned about too thin blood?; Must I take antibiotics for dental cleanings from now on since my partial hip replacement? Click HERE for part 1.

Intelligent Medicine Radio for July 9, Part 1: Natural Help for Migraines
July 11, 2022
Covid surges as vaccination protection wanes, virus mutates to evade antivirals; The debate over vaccines for toddlers; Only 7% of adults have good cardio metabolic health; When you eat has an impact on your gut health; Delays in availability of monkeypox vaccines undermines confidence in public health response; Natural help for migraines. Click HERE for part 2. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

Intelligent Medicine Radio for July 2, Part 1: The “Girth of July”
July 4, 2022
Maybe we should call it the “Girth of July”—obesity rates soar in US; The paradox of why we’re gaining weight, despite not eating more or exercising less; Fauci contracts Covid, and suffers Paxlovid rebound; IBS in the aftermath of food poisoning; Glutamine for post-infectious diarrhea; Feds move to ban vaping, slash nicotine in cigarettes; Nicotine raises testosterone, decreases estrogen; Covid boosters are coming, targeting Omicron. Click HERE for part 2. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.