Cannabis, Wonder Drug of 21st Century by Jeffrey Dach MD

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Although cannabis was a medicinal plant for thousands of years, its medical use was suppressed and banned throughout most of the 20th century.  While banned here in the US, … Read full post »

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What is the modern definition of a Quack?

A Quack Medical System is one which has the highest cost in the world, yet has the highest rate of degnerative diseases in the population.  This is the US medical system.

A Quack form of treatment is one which barely alters the… Read full post »

 

Saving A life, Just A Routine Day

The above photo from 2001 shows me wearing a sterile surgical gown performing a procedure called a percutaneous nephrostomy, a drainage tube to relieve a blocked kidney.

The Lost Catheter Retriever

As the hospital's Interventional Radiologist, one… Read full post »

A Raid by Federal Agents

If you own a cherry orchard, don't be surprised when heavily armed federal agents wearing bullet proof vests and riot gear raid your farmhouse.

An Unapproved Drug

The FastFruit Company in Traverse City Michigan makes concentrated cherry juice, extracts  and… Read full post »

As I walked through the snow covered parking lot into the hospital building, the place was strangely vacant.   The hospital was a lonely place during the break between Christmas and New Year’s.  The house staff had vanished for the holiday, and as the medical stu… Read full post »

 Above image: Ocean Water Courtesy of Wikipedia

What is Pseudo Science ?

You might be surprised to know that vitamins are actually killing you.  We were informed of this fact by new stories based on a 2007 JAMA publication by Goran Bjelakovic. (1A)(10)(12)(13)… Read full post »

Natural Medicine
You Can Do in Your Kitchen

The very best coffee is made with fresh whole coffee beans, freshly ground and mixed with boiling water in a French Coffee Press.  The most important component, all else being equal is the quality of the coffee beans.  Lately I have been us… Read full post »

Get Off SSRI Drugs and Overcome Depression Naturally

This is a case report on a young woman who managed to get off  SSRI Drugs, and reclaim her life.  Thirty Two year old Debbie came into my office on November 7, along with her Dad, complaining of severe PMS, painful perio… Read full post »

 

No Reduction in Mortality or Heart Attacks

The following thirty nine medical studies compare invasive treatment with conservative treatment of coronary artery disease.  Invasive treatment with bypass surgery or angioplasty is compared  with conservative treatmen… Read full post »

 
Physicians can prescribe herbs and supplements for the nine million members of the Kaiser Permanente HMO.   Kaiser has adopted a program of offering herbs and supplements though its pharmacies.  Charles Elder MD says, "Finding quality supplements c… Read full post »

 

Organic Tomatoes  (Above image)

vs.

Non-organic  GMO Flavr Savr  the failed tomato

The scientific evidence shows that GMO (non-organic) food is harmful.

"The Flavr Savr tomato was the first commercially grown genetically engineered food to be granted a license for… Read full post »

Protect Your Family from Bad Drugs 

Over the last 30 years, 20 per cent of drugs approved by the FDA were later classified as “BAD Drugs”, meaning that they were later withdrawn from the market or given a black box warning.(1)(2)  Why does the FDA approve risky drugs which… Read full post »

The above Camel television ad from 1949 was part of an extensive advertising campaign using the medical profession to convince the American Public that smoking is actually good for you.

 

The above image is an… Read full post »

 

A Congressional Investigation uncovered secret payoffs to a key psychiatrist opinion leader who conducted SSRI drug studies and gave lectures to other doctors.  These drugs have been found no better than placebo in hidden research documents revealed  through drug litigatio… Read full post »

A New Bio-Tech Drug?

What if I told you I discovered a Bio-Tech company with a new drug that could reduce the number of cancer deaths in the US by 43,000 annually, reduce colon cancer by 50%, and breast and ovarian cancer by 30%. Would you be impressed? 

What if… Read full post »

6th night of Chanukah with daughter in background, painting acrylic on canvas by jeffrey dach md

Happy Chanukah !!

A Short History of Chanukah - the Military Victory

In 175 BCE,  the Greek empire was dominant in the region, the Temple in Jerusalem was looted, Jews were mass… Read full post »

 

My 25 things:

1)      We all need extra vitamin C because of a genetic mutation in the GLO gene in human ancestry 40 million years ago.  Animals have a working copy of the gene, and make their own vitamin C from Glucos/… Read full post »

 
The organic-food business is booming:

About 70 percent of Americans buy organic food occasionally, and nearly one quarter buy it every week

What is organic food, anyway?

Plants:

No synthetic pesticides

No artificial fertilizers

No radiation

No GMO

Animals 

Eat organically grown fee… Read full post »

 Knockout by Suzanne Somers, Attacks Cancer Establishment by Jeffrey Dach MD

Suzanne's new book, Knockout, relates her personal story with cancer in which she searches for doctors curing cancer with new techniques.  In the book, Somers interviews pioneering MD's wh…

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An activity designed for father daughter bonding? 

After lamenting about the fact that I was spending too much time at work in the hospital, and not enough time with the family, I decided to remedy the situation. 

So, here we are at the kitchen table having breakfas… Read full post »

A textbook example of disease mongering by the pharmaceutical industry is the case of Requip for Restless Leg Syndrome or RLS for short.

What is Requip and Mirapex?

Requip is a powerful drug for Parkinson’s Disease.  Requip is also used to treat movement disorders caus… Read full post »

This is A New Year's Request for Me and All of You.

A Preface to the Request

The above EKG is from the electrical activity of my heart. The  red arrows in the above EKG indicate the QRS complex at each actual heart beat.  So far, since birth,  I have had 2,438,78… Read full post »

Tom came into my office about 6 months ago.  He is a 32 year old male with a long history of inflammatory bowel disease.  He has been evaluated and treated by many gasteroenterologists over the years, and was told he has Crohn's Disease, and will never fully recover.  … Read full post »

AntiDepressants:  A Closer Look, by Jeffrey Dach MD

Cymbalta SSRI Drug Study Induces Suicide

Suffering through unspeakable grief are the parents of 19 year old Traci Johnson, a normally healthy, 19-year-old with no history of depression.  She needed money for college, and signed on as… Read full post »