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What Medical Doctors Need to Know about Chinese Herbal Medicine (TCHM) for COVID 19
Part I My brother is a trauma surgeon in Detroit, I was texting with him when the governor declared a state of emergency. He is called into the ER for surgery when needed – which is often. I’m afraid for him. But I’m less afraid because he said, hey, give me some herbs. I might…
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Multiple Strains and Vaccine Targets – What to know from the latest research on CoV 2
Since I looked into the hospital records for the outbreak in China I have struggled with the seemingly variable presentations on record. Why do some people have high fever and others none? In my experience a virus usually has a signature. It can vary person to person, but the general effects are the same. The…
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What I learned from hospital records and autopsy reports from China for 2019-nCoV – Symptoms and Treatment
One of the main ways we have in the past been advised to screen for illness is through body temperature – Asian countries use body temperature to screen all incoming visitors, and many businesses around town in Los Angeles are screening patrons for a raised temperature. This version of the coronavirus, however, is different than…
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What you Need to Know: 2019-nCoV; or, why you should drink gin & tonics and definitely take anti-viral herbs.
2019-nCoV (the new coronavirus) is closely related to the SARS virus with about 80% similarity – . They both bind to the ACE 2 receptor – this is the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 receptor – but this current CoV has 10-20 times the binding affinity of the previous SARS virus – it is better at infecting…
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Rescued Memory
If you read my previous post on Alzheimer’s (AD) you have some understanding that the way our bodies use and regulate lipids (fat and cholesterol) has impact on this pressing health issue. Although amyloid beta – when pathological is one of the hallmarks of the plaque build-up associated with AD – is a protein, there is an…