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ENCORE: A New Way of Understanding Patients With a Wide Array of Elusive Symptoms, Part 1 April 30, 2024 Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) is a diagnosis that offers a new way of understanding patients with a wide array of elusive symptoms, resistant to conventional therapy. Dr. Tania Dempsey, an expert in dealing with complex diseases, has performed extensive research in collaboration with Dr. Lawrence Afrin, author of "Never Bet Against Occam: Mast Cell Activation Disease and the Modern Epidemics of Chronic Illness and Medical Complexity." Dr. Dempsey explains the many manifestations of MCAS, which go beyond mere classical allergies, including headaches, psychiatric symptoms, gastrointestinal problems, and even gynecological and urological complaints. Certain medications can help treat it, along with diet and natural supplements like quercetin, DAO, and luteolin. Triggers may include mold, environmental toxins, stress, and tick-borne infections. There’s even speculation that MCAS may be responsible for some of the symptoms of Long Covid. Click HERE for part 2.
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ENCORE: A New Way of Understanding Patients With a Wide Array of Elusive Symptoms, Part 2
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Tania Dempsey, an expert in dealing with complex diseases, about Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). Click HERE for part 1.
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ENCORE: Q&A with Leyla, Part 1: Liver Pain December 27, 2023 What doctors wish patients knew about dietary supplements...according to the American Medical Association; I feel pain in my liver although my liver enzymes are normal. Should I get a biopsy?; I'm on blood thinners and have a peptic ulcer. Can I take turmeric, fish oil, and collagen?; I think I have nerve damage from a recent blood draw gone awry. Is it permanent? Any intervention you would advise? Click HERE for part 2.
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Saving the Art of Medicine with Dr. Allen Sussman, Part 1 December 14, 2023 Medicine is rushing full throttle into the technological and informational age. CAT scans and MRIs have become commonplace, and limb prosthetics have been developed that can be controlled by the mind. Artificial intelligence is assisting doctors in various areas, from clinical diagnosis to surgery. In many ways, the role of the doctor seems to be shrinking. Dr. Allen Sussman, author of "Saving the Art of Medicine: Observations of a Practitioner," argues that medicine should be more than just the treatment of a diseased or broken body part. Rather, physicians must respect the complex interrelationships of mind, body, and spirit, seeking always to connect the part to the whole. Click HERE for part 2.
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Saving the Art of Medicine with Dr. Allen Sussman, Part 2
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Allen Sussman, author of "Saving the Art of Medicine: Observations of a Practitioner." Click HERE for part 1.
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Restoring the Patient Focus in our Healthcare System, Part 1 September 19, 2023 Inspired by witnessing and experiencing the changes in healthcare and its delivery system over the past five decades, Dr. Henry Buchwald, author of "Healthcare Upside Down: A Critical Examination of Policy and Practice," comments on the current state of healthcare in the United States. It appears that healthcare has been turned upside down to serve the administrators of the system and away from its basic function of offering the best care for patients. He details ways we can turn the current healthcare system right-side up to serve those who should be the ultimate beneficiaries – all of us as patients. Click HERE for part 2.
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Restoring the Patient Focus in our Healthcare System, Part 2
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Henry Buchwald, author of "Healthcare Upside Down: A Critical Examination of Policy and Practice." Click HERE for part 1.
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What’s wrong with the American healthcare system? Part 1 August 31, 2023 What’s wrong with the American healthcare system? We had one of the world’s worst fatality rates with Covid and we trail most advanced countries in life expectancy. At the same time, we spend way more per capita on medical treatments. Matthew Rees, founder of Food and Health Facts, offers his incisive views on how to improve our nation’s health: we need more education, for the public and for health professionals; perverse incentives like subsidies for poor quality food need to be eliminated; and certain forms of food advertising to impressionable kids should be prohibited . Rees addresses the limitations of newly-popularized weight loss drugs. He discusses why health disparities are widening among Americans. And he offers lessons from the pandemic. Overall, his message is that we need to apply the same precision to prevention that we currently leverage toward development of pricey high-tech medical breakthroughs. Click HERE for part 2.
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What’s wrong with the American healthcare system? Part 2
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Matthew Rees, founder of Food and Health Facts, on how to improve our nation’s health. Click HERE for part 1.
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ENCORE: The Tyranny of Evidence-Based Medicine, Part 1 August 29, 2023 Dr. Richard Amerling is a board-certified nephrologist and Past-President of the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). He currently serves as Associate Medical Director of America’s Frontline Doctors. What is EBM? Originally intended to bring scientific rigor to the practice of medicine, EBM has been hijacked to further the aims of BigPharma to standardize drug and vaccine protocols with sketchy evidence of safety and efficacy. EBM robs physicians of autonomy and limits their therapeutic options. The result is a kind of paint-by-numbers medicine. Dr. Amerling discusses how this has restricted plausible therapies for Covid; other examples include past campaigns to exaggerate the benefits of cholesterol drugs, installing them as “standard of care”. With their pliant enablers in the media, governments are leveraging EBM to limit what drugs and therapies are available to patients. Click HERE for part 2.
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