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Prostate Cancer Risk related to Estrogen
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: High testosterone is considered by some as a risk for prostate cancer. Many of us have suspected high estrogen instead and the research is driving the attention ...
Osler’s poetic prescription for doctors
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Having just now finished The Life of William Osler, Vol 2 , my heart is filled with the gratitude of one who has been gifted the fortune of “looking in on” ...
Cell phone: the fetus and your sperm can hear you now!
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: The precautionary principle has been ignored as the new technology was introduced world-wide for profit and convenience and now a huge bioelectric experiment ...
Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) strikes fear in hearts of ladies worldwide because it implies that 3 commonly available targets for chemotherapy drugs ...
Peer-review: “accurate measures of the prevailing bias”
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: The standard of care is a nebulous, transitory consensus which, at best, is an intelligent distillation of relevant medical knowledge offered as guidance ...
Something Fishy Here…
The AMA has spoken and they find that Omega 3 supplementation offers no benefits in cardiovascular disease. This is based on a meta analysis that will not hold water when you review ...
Fish vs. Fish oil for Stroke
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Just attaining publication in a peer-reviewed scientific/medical journal is not sufficient. The reader must be skeptical. Peer Reviewed Research: The ...
Depressed? Consider more than SSRI drugs.
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Depression is more than a deficiency of synthetic patented SSRI medications. Don’t forget the lifestyle opportunities – exercise, while more ...
Black Mamba venom may replace Morphine
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: In nature, the whole plant or animal product has the a complex of self-correcting on-off, toggle effects. For example, our old friend the honey bee has a venom ...
Vitamin C and Cancer – no scientific controversy remains.
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Vitamin C as an adjunctive treatment for cancer – don’t be confused; no real controversy remains. Dis-information persists, but when one ...
