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Making Smarter Children With Maternal Iodine Supplements

A Young Mom WIth Hashimotos Thyroiditis Christina is a 32 year old mom with Hashimotos Thyroiditis. Unfortunately, the autoimmune thyroid disease has damaged her thyroid gland and slowed thyroid function. Her lab panel revealed elevated TPO antibodies and low Free T3 … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong About Darwin’s Theory of Evolution ?

What’s Wrong About Darwin’s Theory of Evolution ? by Jeffrey Dach MD There Were A Few Things.  The Tree of Life is Really a Network Central to Darwin’s Theory is the “Tree of Life”.  The massive tree trunk represents simpler … Continue reading →

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In the Beginning You Were a Single Celled Organism

In the Beginning You Were a Single Celled Organism If you ever wondered how you got here, the photo at the left will give you an idea.  You started out as a single cell which quickly divided into 2, 4 … Continue reading →

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Cancer as a Metabolic Disease by Jeffrey Dach MD

Cancer as a Metabolic Disease by Jeffrey Dach MD Losing the War On Cancer We have lost the war against cancer.  This becomes obvious by taking a quick look at the chart below.  Cancer Death Rates have declined slightly since … Continue reading →

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BioFilms in Chronic Rhino Sinusitis

BioFilms in Chronic Rhino Sinusitis You might be wondering why antibiotics and antifungal drugs are ineffective for chronic sinus infections.  It’s because of the Bio-Film formation.  Biofilms are colonies of microbes that form a mass which is resistant to drug … Continue reading →

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Making Your Health Insurance Company Pay Up

Making Your Health Insurance Company Pay Up Quite commonly patients report their health insurance claim has been denied by the insurance company. If you think about it, the health insurance company makes money by denying health care to sick people. … Continue reading →

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Spraying DDT to Eradicate Polio

Spraying DDT to Eradicate Polio During the polio epidemic of 1946, there was mass hysteria, and the media spread the misguided notion that spraying DDT prevented polio. DDT Kills Mosquitoes, But Not Polio DDT May Actually Cause Polio-Like Syndrome DDT … Continue reading →

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Anthropologist Discovers Religious Behavior in Primates

Anthropologist Discovers Religious Behavior in Primates Have anthropologists really discovered that primates have religious behaviors? Or, is this just another example of academic monkey business? According to anthropologist Barbara King, gorillas and other primates demonstrate early religious behavior.(7,8) 1) They … Continue reading →

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Anthropologist Says Gorillas Think About Religion

Anthropologist Says Gorillas Think About Religion Anthropologist Barbara J. King explains what our distant cousins can tell us about religion and why it’s OK for scientists to believe in God. Jane Goodall, who is such a renowned and loved figure … Continue reading →

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The Power of the Placebo

The Placebo Effect Forty three years ago, I was in medical school at the University of Illinois Chicago Campus.  My boss, the Chief of Medicine, offered some useful advice about dispensing medication.  He suggested that medications should be dispensed along … Continue reading →

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