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Food For Thought: The Roman Time Salary Was in Salt!

I just learned something that I think you will appreciate: the word salary comes from the Roman times from 200 BC to about 600 AD when soldiers got their salaries in salt–the word salary is derived from the word salt to soldiers. … Continue reading

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Oh My! We are Medicating Children for Migraines with What???

I have just received a panic message from a mother in one of my migraine groups where we discuss migraine treatments for adults based on my book, which treats and prevents migraines perfectly without any medicines, any supplements, or any … Continue reading

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SSRI and Impotency… Hahahaha… I Knew More Bad Stuff Would Come to the Surface

You think I am joking, do you! I wrote a blog about SSRIs earlier explaining how bad they are in terms of what they do to the brain. This I did after one doctor told me that SSRIs do not … Continue reading

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Symptom or Cause? Why Can’t They Get It Right?

I cannot help but laugh when I see television commercials of medicines. Forget that they have longer warnings of how it may hurt or kill you than the benefit they may give you–in fact if you did not look at the … Continue reading

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Medication: Brand Name then Brand Name and then Brand Name again!

You are probably familiar with the patent length of new drugs but in case you are not, it is 20 years. What happens when the patent expires? You think you know the answer since you see so many generics and … Continue reading

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Vacation Over – Medical Reality Hits Again!

It was great being on vacation for a month. Luckily all was beautiful and I wish I lived there (I was in Scandinavia). But I live in the US. As most of you probably already know, I have several Facebook … Continue reading

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Serotonin and Migraines: a Second Take

It seems that today the words “migraine” and “serotonin” are synonymous. Have a migraine? Take a serotonin pill; some type of tryptan. It is interesting to note that serotonin has very little to do with migraines even though the entire … Continue reading

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Why Do Tryptans Sometimes Work & Other Times Don’t for Migraines?

I am starting to realize that perhaps not everyone understands why tryptans work for some people sometimes but not all the time and why they don’t work for others at all ever. So here I try to give you an … Continue reading

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And You Believe in Your Doctor You Say?

I have for years been wondering why I know so many people with multiple knee replacements who would normally not do anything that would warrant even one, let alone multiple knee replacements, get them until one day I had a back … Continue reading

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Doctors versus You. Who is Better at Curing You?

I watched two very interesting videos today. Both perfectly align with my thoughts on the title of the website: clueless doctors. It is not so much that they are clueless–albeit many really are–but  rather that they are helpless. Quick: name … Continue reading

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