tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79214058235215287282024-03-13T22:15:45.795-04:00BradMD.comBradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05513331695462288172noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-90532019708900027302023-08-23T15:27:00.000-04:002023-08-23T15:27:00.383-04:00Your Gut Bacteria and Degeneration of Your Spine<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUp5DLLyAAJGjP8ugHAloHFvU0XO_O3s1_ADzN-3dWjR0uPuH6E0foEs488467GcAAPKNNBVdXV7w4OJl8uTOSc8YQzhlS1Jg_VpoJEgO4KDuS1wXtYCZ4qkMqtzkiEgX7ycMskfPNLf6PyJuZhIM44S-atTbJFs2iKnDz6hmscjP7Ylrn9kgSNXlF/s300/Human%20Microbiome%20300x300x300.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUp5DLLyAAJGjP8ugHAloHFvU0XO_O3s1_ADzN-3dWjR0uPuH6E0foEs488467GcAAPKNNBVdXV7w4OJl8uTOSc8YQzhlS1Jg_VpoJEgO4KDuS1wXtYCZ4qkMqtzkiEgX7ycMskfPNLf6PyJuZhIM44S-atTbJFs2iKnDz6hmscjP7Ylrn9kgSNXlF/s1600/Human%20Microbiome%20300x300x300.png" width="300" /></a></div><br />Your gut bacteria may be causing the discs of your spine to degenerate.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">I'm BradMD, retired physician and economist, and I love medical journal club.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Why do so many people have back pain or neck pain? The article that I link to below suggests that the bacteria in your gut can cause disease of your spine by somehow causing the discs between your vertebrae to degenerate.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">The study, which has very interesting statistical methods, which on the surface suggest that it is better than many other such studies, found that the phylum Bacteroidetes was associated with generative disc disease.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">You may remember that the animal kingdom goes: phylum > class > order > family > genus > species.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">The phylum Bacteroidetes contains <i>Bacteroides fragilis</i>, <i>Prevotella species</i>, and <i>Flavobacterium species</i>.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">This is fascinating, because I suspect that probiotics, which are a kind of bacterial supplement many people are taking today, are becoming very important to human health, and I believe that the Human Microbiome Project, and other such research, is going to help us become healthier than we are today.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">To be perfectly accurate, let me add the human microbiome, while mostly in your digestive tract, also includes all the microbes everywhere else inside or outside your body. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">-BradMD</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">REFERENCE:</div><div dir="auto">Gut microbiota and intervertebral disc degeneration: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study</div><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37580794/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37580794/</a> </div> BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-88458860394953513592023-06-05T11:03:00.000-04:002023-06-05T11:03:26.126-04:00BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) is a Mixed Disease for Men<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwj5_qEbTVIHxc3wty6gon-dGdDUO-kxEp0Vux_9ykfVqlYcoUpnu-jsG_pONcLEdDDCqVRAWbuuxOuGB8JcG-ymipn7h6fHJsoTLetmJbMmVC4xpe0ws_v9TLUDNif1PYeGtf8YYfpg2nmkQNQ6TOSEjx4sDBl-7u_Jo44KuPlX7iBGpanat2w/s300/the%20prostate%20300x225x100%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="300" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwj5_qEbTVIHxc3wty6gon-dGdDUO-kxEp0Vux_9ykfVqlYcoUpnu-jsG_pONcLEdDDCqVRAWbuuxOuGB8JcG-ymipn7h6fHJsoTLetmJbMmVC4xpe0ws_v9TLUDNif1PYeGtf8YYfpg2nmkQNQ6TOSEjx4sDBl-7u_Jo44KuPlX7iBGpanat2w/s1600/the%20prostate%20300x225x100%202.png" width="300" /></a></div><br />Many men get diagnosed with a "big prostate" called BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia), and are pushed onto the conveyer belt for surgery, which has serious side effects. <p></p><p>But BPH is a mixed disease that includes both inflammation and enlargement. </p><p>Three excellent and classic studies found that men with BPH had white blood cells (inflammation) in their prostates 98.1%, 93.1%, and 90% of the time. This inflammation is also called prostatitis.<br /></p><p>Since BPH is really a mixed disease of "prostate enlargement" and "prostate inflammation," the symptoms overlap and the treatments overlap. So, if you are diagnosed with BPH you need to know all the tests and treatments for prostatitis as well, assuming you want to be a truly informed patient before undergoing treatment. </p><p>As "BradMD" (Brad R. Hennenfent, M.D., retired) I write about medicine, economics, healthcare, basketball, and freedom. </p><p>REFERENCES: </p><p>P W Kohnen and G W Drach. Patterns of inflammation in prostatic hyperplasia: a histologic and bacteriologic study J Urol. 1979 Jun;121(6):755-60. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/88527/</p><p>Paulo Rodrigues, Flávio Hering, Alex Meller, João Carlos Campagnari, Márcio D'Império. A randomized and prospective study on the value of antibiotic prophylaxis administration in transurethral resection of the prostate. Sao Paulo Med. J. 122 (1) • Feb 2004. https://www.scielo.br/j/spmj/a/xDYng9yXkjpQW5YyhJ73hYP/?lang=en#</p><p>Bedalov G, Vucković I, Fridrih S, Bruk M, Puskar D, and Bartolin Z. Prostatitis in benign prostatic hyperplasia: a histological, bacteriological and clinical study. Acta Med Croatica. 1994;48(3):105-9. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7532045/</p><p><br /></p>BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-22953774985757887512023-03-27T19:31:00.011-04:002023-03-29T07:23:34.377-04:00March Madness by BradMD<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqEAdLByBkX0FXeIM7Mm2K_SU7dNxfCzvyC614Vgw7riXmmncLECU8cHNF8qyjEEsma571eiLXw4WHSiZkUOub1UZk39mMLGom2_fPRqMrAm9nmym9mWvfSCXBZDSP0cfc6bcbU7e_AdBweQxS3eFIsFEs7rcHODBZscFpp3IEISsxyiC7PLseTg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7215362101243522706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqEAdLByBkX0FXeIM7Mm2K_SU7dNxfCzvyC614Vgw7riXmmncLECU8cHNF8qyjEEsma571eiLXw4WHSiZkUOub1UZk39mMLGom2_fPRqMrAm9nmym9mWvfSCXBZDSP0cfc6bcbU7e_AdBweQxS3eFIsFEs7rcHODBZscFpp3IEISsxyiC7PLseTg=w200-h150" width="200" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><br /></p><p class="mobile-photo">"Are you watching March Madness and loving it as the games get intense? There have been spectacular finishes in these tournament games." - Actor 1 said.</p><p></p><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Actor 1 points at actor 2.</div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"NOW THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX," Actor 1 says dramatically, in his deepest anchorman voice. "Ask yourself, why haven't you gotten into basketball until March Madness? Why have you waited the entire season before getting interested?"</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"Why?" Actor 2, repeats the question.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"Because the typical game is low scoring and boring! The games are usually 10 players walking from three-point line to three-point line, and then passing the ball around the perimeter of the three-point line. It's boring! It's tedious! It's ridiculous! We are talking about the world's greatest athletes, and we have them chained to the three-point line." </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"The games are pretty good now, for March Madness," Actor 2 said.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"Right, now they're good, now that the games are super intense, and they are the very best teams, and the tension is absolutely over the top! But you know what it's been like the rest of the season, the average score for a men's college basketball game has been only 60 some points per game. That's ridiculously low with today's super talented players. Most of the regular season games are boring!" - Actor 1 said.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Actor 2 nods his head.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"The players today are great. Almost everybody can dunk, and almost everybody can handle the ball like a point guard." - Actor 1 said.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"You know, you're right, I hardly ever watch a college basketball game anymore. I wait until the last minute of the game, or until the very end of the season for March Madness." - Actor 2 said.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"The problem is that the players are so big and tall now, the defense is overwhelming, and with the three-point line it's better to walk from three-point line to three-point line and pass the ball around the three-point line to get a three-point shot. There is no more run and gun basketball!" - Actor 1 said.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"Yes, you're right I miss that. Why aren't they scoring 100 points a game? Why aren't they fast breaking on every play?" - Actor 2 asked.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"It's mathematics! Because the three-point shot is so valuable it's better to pass the ball around the outside and waste a lot of time instead of fast breaking for the basket every time! Today's style of play slows the whole game down." - Actor 1 said.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"How do we fix it?" Actor 2 asked.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"It's so obvious and so simple, because it's mathematics. I can't believe people can't think outside the box." - Actor 1 said.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"Okay already, what is it? No more double negatives."</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"In a previous blog post, I calculated that if you play four-on-four full court instead of five-on-five you will free up about the same amount of space as the space it takes to park a big car. That's a lot of space! Just think for a moment how large a parking space is for a car."</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"Yeah, that's a lot of space on a basketball court." - Actor 1 said.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"Another way to look at it is that two giant basketball players can virtually fill up the lane of a basketball court, which is usually 304 ft². So, if you take two of the largest basketball players off the floor, you could say that you are freeing up an entire lane worth of space." - Actor 1 said.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"I think I get it. By taking two players off the floor, and playing four-on-four full court, the players can run and gun all the time."</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"Exactly! I've been having trouble coming up with the perfect mathematical example to convince people, but that's it! The players are so good now, they can all play point guard, and they can all run and gun full court. Just free up the space for them to maneuver, and everything can be run and gun basketball again! Just like the ABA of the old days with Dr J. Or, just like the Phi Slama Jama (TM) of the University of Houston when they had Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon."</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"Those were the good old days! That's when I watched every game all season long." - Actor 2 said.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"There were no boring games when it was run and gun all the time. This one simple change, playing four-on-four full court, will fix basketball. There are too many great players who can't play professional basketball today. There is an oversupply of great players. By starting a new reality TV show to follow the startup of a new league, and by actually starting a new league, there could be lots of new, exciting, basketball played with better highlights, more dunks and alley-oops."</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"I can imagine--"</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"Imagine the highlights! Imagine if the guy that won the NBA dunk contest, Mac McClung, played in a four-on-four full court league where all the players did was run and gun and dunk all the time! Just think of the highlights!"</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"That would be spectacular!" - Actor 2 said.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">"Exactly. And it's going to happen. The XFL is competing with the NFL, but it would be far easier to compete with the NBA. I've just explained how."</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Copyright (c) 2023 BradMD (Brad Hennenfent, M.D.) All rights reserved. My blog posts are part of an ongoing treatment and script for playing basketball with fewer than five players on each side. My treatment and script include blog posts here at BradMD.com and also at <a href="https://4on4ball.com">https://4on4ball.com</a></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">AMAZON ASSOCIATES LINK:</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">I write about MEDICINE, HEALTHCARE, ECONOMICS, BASKETBALL, AND FREEDOM. <b><i>Animal Farm</i> by George Orwell</b> is a great book about <b>freedom</b>. When you read it, try to associate the characters in the book to people that you know. Who is <b>Boxer </b>in your circle of people? Who is <b>Napolean</b>? Set our basketball players free! In a free enterprise world, when there is an excess supply of something, such as great basketball players who can dunk, you create a new distribution channel. 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Yes, I have read the book! I read it years ago when my older brother brought it home from High School, and I am reading it again right now. In fact, I am on page 49 out of 91 (I use a paperclip as a book mark), and I love this book! George Orwell's Animal Farm teaches classic truths about freedom. This version is particularly good because it is just the book, without introductions and stuff added. Its 6" x 9" size makes it great for editing the book as you read it, and for making notes on the pages. This is a life changing book for making people understand freedom. Thus, I had to take a picture of my own copy and place it below. With freedom comes free speech and free enterprise; never forget it!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvA_VUXAhCaussS-x9bPVAUrwgl244UHllPuBUOsUI9s9wqQZ55NzWB80Vud1uzyhOsZiSyZ4hqvxv8yz0bhuA7OIokfsqusLd4MN9occgUs9Q3zhTy1MP3Ipta-ebGPx7PPDs_TjvRz0aWCx8039eBSDasTDmyhRqO4WccpXkZLMGCpiK_C81w/s4000/Animal%20Farm%20by%20George%20Orwell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvA_VUXAhCaussS-x9bPVAUrwgl244UHllPuBUOsUI9s9wqQZ55NzWB80Vud1uzyhOsZiSyZ4hqvxv8yz0bhuA7OIokfsqusLd4MN9occgUs9Q3zhTy1MP3Ipta-ebGPx7PPDs_TjvRz0aWCx8039eBSDasTDmyhRqO4WccpXkZLMGCpiK_C81w/s320/Animal%20Farm%20by%20George%20Orwell.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-5421029485335545862023-03-19T14:12:00.004-04:002023-03-21T10:37:04.789-04:00LIV Golf- I'm Watching!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq5ib_hQD3cDJkcDUrnGfhQLVwQnYLlWpW9y1zJG0zgT0047SYBCMRy_zbjSozaThQbZBqhgNvVKg8oyxt-sejWHH0GQEeSh9wCshhMrU7IGTgqLeqwP29Y19Wei7Pvdi1JbhB44rylCo_S_gaZbyFFEZP6RheBYkrMy3txrevB0thCJvjUJF7HA" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7212290906692427826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq5ib_hQD3cDJkcDUrnGfhQLVwQnYLlWpW9y1zJG0zgT0047SYBCMRy_zbjSozaThQbZBqhgNvVKg8oyxt-sejWHH0GQEeSh9wCshhMrU7IGTgqLeqwP29Y19Wei7Pvdi1JbhB44rylCo_S_gaZbyFFEZP6RheBYkrMy3txrevB0thCJvjUJF7HA=s320" /></a></p><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">I'm watching LIV golf today, but it may not be for the reason that you think. I'm watching LIV golf, because it's a great business lesson. It's a great lesson for entrepreneurs!<div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">In addition, anyone who knows Greg Norman's story cannot help but be sympathetic to his role as a leader in LIV golf.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Thanks to Greg Norman, known as The Shark, twice as many players may be able to make their living playing professional golf as used to be able to make their living playing golf! That's a pretty big benefit for the common man, certainly for the common man who can play golf.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><b>BUSINESS</b></div><div dir="auto">What is the business lesson? It's that professional sports do not have enough competition.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">There are too many great players today, and too few places to get paid to play their chosen sport. There are great football players that don't get to play professional football. There are great basketball players who don't get to play professional basketball, and there are great baseball players that don't get to make a living playing professional baseball.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Right now the XFL is competing with the NFL and LIV golf is competing with the PGA. This is great for the players.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b>BASKETBALL</b></h1><div dir="auto">But what I'm most concerned about is professional basketball. Who is competing with the NBA?</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">There is a tremendous supply of fantastic basketball players who can handle the ball like a point guard and can dunk the basketball. This is because basketball is the easiest sport to do around the world, and it is the most fun for the most people around the world. All you need is a ball and a hoop. It is truly the most worldwide sport! There is minimal equipment, and it only takes one person to play. Soccer is right up there as a worldwide sport as well, but it doesn't quite have the highlights, it doesn't have the dunks, the alley oops, and the TV close-ups.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">In economics, what's the obvious thing to do when you have an oversupply of something? Create another distribution channel!</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">At the same time, create a better product!</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">By far, the greatest basketball I have enjoyed watching during my lifetime was Phi Slama Jama (TM Houston) by the Houston cougars, and Showtime by the Los Angeles Lakers.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">We can't play this kind of basketball today because of the three-point line. Today, because the three-point line is so valuable, players just walk from three-point line to three-point line. There is no run and gun basketball anymore. Not all the time, not every play, not like there used to be!</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">The solution is to play 4-on-4 full court basketball. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. Most people can't process playing four-on-four full court, because they can't break outside of the box. But the mathematics are absolutely clear.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">By removing one player from each team, and playing four-on-four, instead of five-on-five, you open up a lot of space on the court, which means more offense and less defense!</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Mathematically, one big player takes up about 38.5 ft².</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Two such players take up about 77 square feet! That's a ton of room for players to dribble through, run through, or pass the ball through.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Think of a car sitting on a parking space. That parking space is probably around 77 ft². So that's how much room you open up! All this space is particularly important when you realize that today's basketball is a game of inches. It's literally the player's hand being able to reach out and touch the ball to steal the dribble, or block the pass, that is so important on defense. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">77 ft² of that defensive space is going to be gone when you play four-on-four full court! Thus creating a wide open offense.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Today's social media is all about highlights. A new league, a new TV show, TV tournaments, online tournaments, and other projects, could all be done with a social media giant. The fans could be turned into the cinematographers. The fans could be turned into the publicists. The social media giant could put advertisements at the end of every highlight, right after every dunk, right after every alley-oop!</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">In economic terms, players would play for free, and the marketing department would work for free, if it was all set up right, because people love basketball that much. 4-on-4 dunks are better than 5-on-5 dunks! It can all slowly evolve into a paying business for everyone who needs to get paid. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">This is the way to compete with the NBA and to make money doing it. It's innovation at its finest. Playing basketball 4-on-4 would result in fast breaks for almost every play. Four-on-four would result in run and gun basketball! Every play would be exciting, not just the last 5 minutes of every game.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><b>Copyright</b> (c) 2023 BradMD (Brad Hennenfent, M.D.) All rights reserved. This blog post is part of an ongoing treatment and script for TV shows, online videos, for digital videos of any format, of reality TV shows or sports tournaments as shows, focusing on playing fewer than five people per team when playing basketball. The original blog for this is all at:</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://4ballusa.blogspot.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://4ballusa.blogspot.com</a></div></div> BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-65185546150506219002023-03-11T10:52:00.002-05:002023-03-16T17:18:36.197-04:00Follow BradMD on Social Media - Links to BradMD<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0Wd_GxjhX7zdpvi_RhYmq4PYlmrIKPMuuKdJPHxPgmY4x4-cJvyWk02NyjX9NLNrJiq4P-yxQG3hoY9bAb7H24rle0drcqODwwcZPl1krM8WNcnSCYnXSFVRwQcNcqIB_dljxiIa7qyXUHPNZzZch2KqBmPF-jxA408SvjhxVu7HHC2_FwLeyA/s200/red%205%20200x133x300.png" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="BradMD" border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="200" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0Wd_GxjhX7zdpvi_RhYmq4PYlmrIKPMuuKdJPHxPgmY4x4-cJvyWk02NyjX9NLNrJiq4P-yxQG3hoY9bAb7H24rle0drcqODwwcZPl1krM8WNcnSCYnXSFVRwQcNcqIB_dljxiIa7qyXUHPNZzZch2KqBmPF-jxA408SvjhxVu7HHC2_FwLeyA/w200-h133/red%205%20200x133x300.png" title="BradMD" width="200" /></a> I am BradMD (Brad Hennenfent, M.D.) Many of you may have seen my posts on social media as I fight for freedom for the citizens of the USA and for freedom for the patients of the USA. </p><p>I strongly believe in maximizing liberty and healthcare freedom for all. </p><p>Here, I am listing all my social media URLs in the order that I would you like you to follow me, or at least take a look. </p><p>I am starting off with <b>Treatment Scores</b>, a Facebook page, that has over <b>244,847 </b>followers. 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There is a sucker born every minute!</h1><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I usually write about <b>medicine </b>and <b>economics</b>. In fact, I have written several non-fiction books dealing with medical topics (see the links below),
so now, for fun, I am trying my hand at creative writing. Therefore, I must warn you that
this blog post is a work of fiction!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My disclaimer, which I worked on with my new best friend,
ChatGPT, goes like this: “The characters, events, and situations depicted in
this blog post are purely fictional and any resemblance to real people, places,
or events is purely coincidental. This blog post is intended for entertainment
purposes only and should not be taken as a representation of fact or reality.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">The Classic Shingles Repair Scam</h2><h2><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal">The classic “shingles repair scam” goes like this: There is a tipsy (vulnerable) old man in California, there is a hurricane, and a few shingles are blown off his roof. A $3,000 repair is legitimately
needed.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An out-of-town roofer comes in. The elderly man, we’ll call
him Tipsy, is told, “No matching replacement shingles exist.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After Tipsy accepts this lie, he is told, “But wait there’s
more. It’s much worse than we thought, all your shingles are bad!” Tipsy takes the roofer's word for it, he's not going to go up on the roof, he can't even get up on a step stool anymore because of vertigo. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Before Tipsy has time to think, there’s more! “We must
replace your entire roof for $100,000 otherwise your house is going to flood
and be destroyed when the rainy season comes.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>T</o:p>ipsy is taken aback. He does not have $100,000 in his
checking account. He doesn't even have $3,000 in his checking account. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“It’s simple, you just take out a home equity loan, because
you have a roofing emergency,” the con man says. “Don’t you realize that if
these shingles explode and your roof falls down, your kitchen will be flooded. The
rain will come down on your appliances, and you will have to replace everything! It will cost you tens of thousands of dollars! Maybe hundreds of thousands of dollars!”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The roofer's sense of urgency was hitting Tipsy where he hurt. He loved to cook. The
con man kept the pressure on Tipsy with more half-truths to create an even greater false
sense of urgency. At one point, the con man even had Tipsy believing that the
shingles on his roof had been put up by a scammer thirty years ago, a scammer
who used “dog-house" shingles instead of real shingles meant for a residential
roof.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“The dog-house shingles are cheap asphalt shingles,” the con man
told Tipsy, and he even showed Tipsy a cheap looking asphalt shingle. “These
are just like yours.” To demonstrate, the con man crumbled the cheap shingles in his hands.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was the classic “bait and switch” technique used by
scammers everywhere and Tipsy fell for it “hook line and sinker” as they say.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The out-of-town roofer also told Tipsy that he “felt sorry
for him” and would give him a “great deal.” “But Tipsy,” he said, “You can’t
tell anyone about this deal, you have to keep it a secret from your friends,
family, neighbors, and everyone else. Why, I’d go broke if people knew I was
giving out deals like this.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tipsy never learned the basic information, such as the risk
of a roof leak, or the make, model, and cost of the new shingles versus the old
shingles. He never even uncovered that matching shingles were available and were being used seemingly everywhere. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tipsy borrowed $100,000 from his bank to pay the roofer, and he dutifully
kept the entire project a secret, because he had promised to do so for the nice roofer. Besides,
there was pressure in the neighborhood to keep things like this a secret.
Apparently, the con artist had planted a few seeds of discontent to keep the
neighbors apart.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tipsy went broke and had to move out. But even when
it was explained to Tipsy in excruciating detail how he got scammed, Tipsy
would not believe it!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Why can’t people who get scammed admit it? Well, it is embarrassing.
There were allegedly people who defended Charles Ponzi almost to the bitter end.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Con men are smart, although a con woman, Big Bertha Heyman,
may have been the smartest. Big Bertha allegedly scammed a rabbi and the Beth
Israel Congregation!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The movie, <i>Funny Girl</i>, is allegedly about a con man named
Nicky Arnstein, who was also a suave gambler. He allegedly did swindles with
stocks and bonds, and he died in Fort Leavenworth prison.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Ladies Deposit Company was allegedly a scam, and
allegedly some victims kept up their support for Sarah Howe, long after it
became obvious that she was scamming people.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One con man, Oscar Hartzell, scammed people with the last
name, Drake, by telling them he wanted to give them their inheritance from Sir
Frances Drake. Even after Oscar Hartzell went into Leavenworth prison, people named
Drake kept sending him money! </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tipsy is special, because he still has no idea that he
was a victim of the “shingles repair scam.” As you might guess, he has already
been scammed again, and the latest scam was literally done “right under his nose.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Roofing scams are so successful in California, and allegedly in other
warm weather places, that sometimes homeowners almost literally scam themselves!
Sadly, consumer fraud experts say that variations of the “shingles repair scam”
are still going on today.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Why can't people admit that they have been scammed out of their money?</h2><h2><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>I had a conversation with ChatGPT and asked her/him why people
can’t admit they got scammed, even when it is so painfully obvious to everyone that they got
scammed.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My friend ChatGPT had this to say:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>“There can be several reasons why people might find it
difficult to admit they have been scammed:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>“Shame or embarrassment: They may feel ashamed or
embarrassed that they fell for a scam and didn't see it coming.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>“Denial: They may be in denial about the situation and
believe that the scammer will come through on their promises.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>“Fear of consequences: They may fear the consequences of
admitting that they have been scammed, such as legal repercussions, damage to
their reputation, or loss of face.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>“Trust: They may have trusted the scammer and feel a strong
emotional attachment to them, making it difficult to admit that they have been
taken advantage of.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>“Regardless of the reason, it's important for people to
speak out about scams so that others can be aware and avoid falling for similar
scams in the future. Additionally, reporting scams can help law enforcement
bring the scammers to justice.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Wow, that last line was a doozy! “It’s important for people
to speak out about scams!”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p>I must give some credit to ChatGPT!</h2><h1><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">ChatGPT is “...an AI model developed by OpenAI.” While writing
this blog post, I had several conversations with “OpenAI's GPT-3 language model.”
Thus, OpenAI was the source for some of this content. ChatGPT asked that I give some links:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">PROMINANT LINK: <a href="https://openai.com/">https://openai.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">THE CHAT ITSELF: <a href="https://chat.openai.com/chat">https://chat.openai.com/chat</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Books by BradMD – URLs:</h2><h1><o:p></o:p></h1>
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Prostate Cancer Without Surgery - Paperback</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-size-extra-large"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Alligator Etymologist:
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Page URL:</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2>AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE?<o:p></o:p></h2>
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in case, there’s this disclaimer: I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC
Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a
means to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, and
affiliated sites. As an Amazon Associate (if I am one) I earn from qualifying
purchases. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its
affiliates. If you follow the links above, they will lead you to books of mine
and I make money from those books.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-41594422105175708972023-01-25T14:55:00.002-05:002023-01-25T14:55:43.125-05:00 If you can be Brave and True like Donald Trump<p> If you can be brave and true like Donald Trump:</p>
<p>If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,</p>
<p>Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,</p>
<p>If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,</p>
<p>If all men count with you, but none too much;</p>
<p>If you can fill the unforgiving minute</p>
<p>With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,</p>
<p>Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,</p>
<p>And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!</p>
<p>(Regards to Rudyard Kipling)</p><p>President Donald J. Trump has been the greatest example of free speech in history. No one has spoken out and used the free marketplace of ideas better. He has called attention to our economic problems, bad trade deals, and our broken border, where organized crime and drugs are pouring in at alarming rates, and the criminals are bringing human trafficking with them. </p><p>His immature critics seem to be unaware of the old adage that "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. In fact, the response of those with opposing views has been personal attacks, censorship, and totalitarianism. President Trump has endured political prosecutions, and witch-hunts, just for speaking freely by those who do not understand the principles of freedom. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKExxh-eaoOf3xH6S5ICOn4sJuICBT_839KRFiBA5ROyZh3FpipjwS-TzR7EvlqdoIpy774j0WngcLJ4Qy3t4QX9NZjAyKviAVr_C8b3GjSzhe6VukhBex2WiKBxJtlRDrGT0VYsWn4hm48Xb-asU-dwJRsgv480ZDmoZgp1uQeaFN1I5aOYLyw/s917/Donald%20J.%20Trump%20WINNER.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="917" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKExxh-eaoOf3xH6S5ICOn4sJuICBT_839KRFiBA5ROyZh3FpipjwS-TzR7EvlqdoIpy774j0WngcLJ4Qy3t4QX9NZjAyKviAVr_C8b3GjSzhe6VukhBex2WiKBxJtlRDrGT0VYsWn4hm48Xb-asU-dwJRsgv480ZDmoZgp1uQeaFN1I5aOYLyw/s320/Donald%20J.%20Trump%20WINNER.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-49706949903493693252023-01-21T09:58:00.000-05:002023-01-21T09:58:08.341-05:00President Donald J. Trump has been awarded "Free Speech Award" by BradMD<p>President Donald J. Trump has been awarded the ultimate Free Speech Award for the year, 2022, by BradMD.</p>
<p><b>President Trump is Free Speech.</b> Under the phrase free speech in the dictionary, future editions should say President Donald J. Trump. </p>
<p>President Trump exemplifies why the Founding Fathers (such as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison) of the United States of America specifically protected free speech in the First Amendment to the Constitution. Without free speech there is totalitarianism. Without free speech there is no freedom. </p>
<p>President Trump exposed the "thought police" and the "deep state." When President Trump would tweet for example, we would constantly be told what President Trump thought as if We the People were unable to read and interpret what he wrote for ourselves. True statements would often be said to be false statements, racist statements, or against the public interest. </p>
<p>True statements would often be undermined by the "hive mob." True statements would often be falsely suggested to mean something that was not actually said. President Trump's use of free speech to promote freedom inspired many to remember America's greatest philosopher, Ayn Rand (<i>Atlas Shrugged</i>), and America's greatest freedom economist, Milton Friedman. Trump is among America’s greatest philosophers and economists as well, because he got results despites mountains of hostility. President Trump has been America’s greatest president, surpassing Ronald Reagan, because Trump has an uncanny ability to get results.</p>
<p>President Trump has a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the Wharton School (a private business school) at the University of Pennsylvania. President Trump laid out a plan that will cure inflation, which he will institute as president in 2024. President Trump has been the greatest president in history on economics, using "the multiplier" to great advantage. President Ronald Reagan was the only other president who had a degree in economics. </p>
<p>Looking back, we are reminded that the first American President, George Washington, played a pivotal role in the Bill of Rights containing the First Amendment to the Constitution.</p>
<p>But today, much of the mob cannot handle free speech. They were not taught the childhood adage: <b>“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”</b> Without logic and maturity, and the ability to debate without violence, the issues cannot be discussed, and the free marketplace of ideas cannot lead us to the best solution. Congratulations President Donald J. Trump! You are an American hero.
</p><p>P.S. I do not usually support politicians, usually I only support policies. However, President Trump delivered results. Depsite all the sound of fury of everyone else telling us what he really thought (the thought police) and what he really meant, <b>PRESIDENT TRUMP GOT GREAT RESULTS</b>. Trump delivered great economics and price transparency in healthcare. Then, Trump was unjustly attacked. Therefore, I support President Donald J. Trump for president in 2024, because I want good results again. I want great jobs and prosperity for everyone. </p><p>Thanks for reading BradMD’s Blog!
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5gI_F3S72XBvfXUQ_err-umelCHed2Fd6ZnsS6aFGQOR3DqA5uymFNgT58ROioeOdCesm-wbkIuLFTcn_DEKw9_2hi9gGpPa1bAzklKHxwGA96f8ENMj_Q7uv96Q8ttP0CwUxhW1N9Gr-9lf8JTcqUOCQphbIJUlj41SoefSAdjiKiWakqbTBQ/s917/Donald%20J.%20Trump%20WINNER.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="917" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5gI_F3S72XBvfXUQ_err-umelCHed2Fd6ZnsS6aFGQOR3DqA5uymFNgT58ROioeOdCesm-wbkIuLFTcn_DEKw9_2hi9gGpPa1bAzklKHxwGA96f8ENMj_Q7uv96Q8ttP0CwUxhW1N9Gr-9lf8JTcqUOCQphbIJUlj41SoefSAdjiKiWakqbTBQ/s320/Donald%20J.%20Trump%20WINNER.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><p></p>BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-7146219474022145382022-12-29T22:46:00.002-05:002022-12-29T22:46:32.278-05:00Women's Rights - Play Hardball Literally!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0aPVwv1ct3xtIX5jltv_jNhI3v37XDRSyM4w0kXZ2s_5VYf7weVYWBT4e4X_udjVcUN4FcB3MU5_9Bn5IltPawc68OI4O9M05MH1AS6KUf3xmDOYZc_UU3eBnxjVsSTMLZTeffLV5JSpYBc8f1-M6r9Snmoo6hkmCUkvFuQQL04M4OumxkyUWVA" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="133" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7181143544163472610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0aPVwv1ct3xtIX5jltv_jNhI3v37XDRSyM4w0kXZ2s_5VYf7weVYWBT4e4X_udjVcUN4FcB3MU5_9Bn5IltPawc68OI4O9M05MH1AS6KUf3xmDOYZc_UU3eBnxjVsSTMLZTeffLV5JSpYBc8f1-M6r9Snmoo6hkmCUkvFuQQL04M4OumxkyUWVA=w200-h133" width="200" /></a></p><div dir="auto">If you're for women's rights, you need to do important things. Women need to quit playing softball immediately and start playing hardball.<div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Women are much more likely to make it to Major League Baseball (MLB) than they are the National Football League (NFL), where the biggest sports money of all is located, so why not go after that baseball money in the meantime?</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Women softball pitchers are already throwing the softball 70 mph underhanded! It's much easier to throw a hardball fast than a softball, so major league baseball (MLB) may not be so far in the future for women.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Little boys can play hardball, but grown women can't play hardball?</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Those of us who remember Iowa State girls' basketball remember that the girls had to play half court, because they were too delicate for full court. This went on way too long. ARE WOMEN STILL TOO DELICATE? NO. NEVER WERE.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Girls playing softball has gone on far too long. It's simple, all the college softball players need to start talking about women's rights. One day all the college softball players across the nation need to show up for practice with hardballs, and say look, from now on we're playing hardball. That would be one way to start anyway. Maybe it's not the smoothest way, but you get the idea. If the players are serious about women's rights, and equal pay for equal production, they're probably going to have to do it themselves one way or the other. Please think of a better way if you can.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees allegedly signed for $360 million. So, he might be making $40 million a year. Why don't female softball players switch to hardball and go after the pot of gold that is Major League Baseball (MLB)?</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">I've had this idea for many years, but I've been leery of posting it because of some unknown, probably ridiculous, fear of some kind of blowback. But it's time. It's time for women's rights to take another leap, this time at the big leagues.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Copyright (c) 2020, BradMD (Brad Hennenfent, M.D.) All rights reserved. </div></div> BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-83290471487544496142022-11-30T15:50:00.000-05:002022-11-30T15:50:07.569-05:00Treatment Scores - Journal Club - Masks for COVID-19<p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Treatment Scores are about coming up with a statistic that patients can understand, since the math of medical statistics can be ridiculous. Here is my first attempt to explain a (November 29, 2022) pragmatic #COVID mask study. It's about N95 masks versus medical masks. There were about 500 patients in each group.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The primary outcome was confirmed COVID-19 on reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The primary outcome in the intention-to-treat analysis, RT-PCR–confirmed COVID-19, occurred in 52 of 497 (10.46%) in the medial mask group versus 47 of 507 (9.27%) in the N95 respirator group (HR, 1.14 [95% CI, 0.77 to 1.69]). </span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, N95 masks were 1.19% better than medical masks in this study for the outcome measured.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M22-1966</span></span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The primary outcome is a test. It is not whether the patient lives or dies. So, one always has to ask, does the primary outcome make a difference to the patient in the real world?</span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dymwXbpvquuVAwZ5yijqhf3omAoQ2bm-7vQpxyVigWytEXbT8UQegd3lV3uz8mdIPJjDXp3S8WYzEfSubr70Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-20206349233991331792022-11-10T13:53:00.001-05:002022-11-16T16:10:58.262-05:00Movie review: Blacklight starring Liam Neeson<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><i>Blacklight,</i> starring Liam Neeson begins with ignorant propaganda against the political right. All white people are racist right? </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">The political right also all live in trailers and have Confederate flags. "Trailer trash" anyone? This political stereotype is so wrong. The actual political right believes in "maximum individual freedom" as opposed to government tyranny. That's it. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">My rating for the movie: 6/10. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Dusty (Taylor John Smith) tries to bring in evidence about corruption in the FBI.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Liam Neeson, as Travis Block, doesn't figure out he's on the wrong side until Dusty is murdered.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Mira Jones (Emmy Raver-Lampman) plays a hapless but ambitious reporter. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Actor Aiden Quinn, as character Gabriel Robinson, plays the bad guy in the FBI. The FBI is corrupt, which is certainly believable after all we have learned about the FBI over the years.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">The action in the movie is pretty good; however, it's all filmed too dark, which ruins a lot of the film. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Liam Neeson, as always, is an excellent lead actor for a dramatic action film.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">The director of the movie is Mark Williams.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">The cinematography is by Shelly Johnson. So, I have to assume he is probably responsible for the overly dark film where you cannot see the actor's faces. Bad lighting is a waste of talent. When will this horrible lighting trend be over with?</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Please correct me if I am wrong about anything.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">#homeschool your kids. Teach Gen Z, and their kids, the principles of freedom. The political right believes in maximum individual freedom no matter how the right is portrayed in movies. The political left believes in centralized government power, and centralized power results in tyranny.<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiCaSLFC9WKS2WV82M_PN_mMAHHk--Aozwl54XvN3sQJ9Ie4uYxncoORGSV7GFPE5GTXCRFEFX9z4vlYjLWHLaT-zlKJ0bn017ePujoY1q3brdzemIqUkmdkBtVH4tfMqXjEhXgqp1tqkgCO8WlNG5RfIPhDU8sheI1Oz7LNmWilQV-j5o46cTIg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7164462566762549730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiCaSLFC9WKS2WV82M_PN_mMAHHk--Aozwl54XvN3sQJ9Ie4uYxncoORGSV7GFPE5GTXCRFEFX9z4vlYjLWHLaT-zlKJ0bn017ePujoY1q3brdzemIqUkmdkBtVH4tfMqXjEhXgqp1tqkgCO8WlNG5RfIPhDU8sheI1Oz7LNmWilQV-j5o46cTIg=s320" /></a></p></div></div> BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-88146346295504090612022-10-24T21:46:00.001-04:002022-10-24T21:46:30.503-04:00Put the Patient First<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhRV14x7eDtczOOtfhhVciwxZTFGcngqncoYLMaiLI61i83Gbyifp5j-nSfICo4WPaHq8RDE56Y47gHcpcIYdF-9Z2daZekD2Zz73azL8hDMcZkXmTPL4_UHmhAwNOPlUhLBoeXIA-EyatUz33Nz6MawP6G_HwD5TALiAHjTwlgWdFzkp2T2oHgw"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhRV14x7eDtczOOtfhhVciwxZTFGcngqncoYLMaiLI61i83Gbyifp5j-nSfICo4WPaHq8RDE56Y47gHcpcIYdF-9Z2daZekD2Zz73azL8hDMcZkXmTPL4_UHmhAwNOPlUhLBoeXIA-EyatUz33Nz6MawP6G_HwD5TALiAHjTwlgWdFzkp2T2oHgw=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7158260461629223778" /></a></p><div dir="auto">"The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease." — Sir William Osler<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sir William Osler is considered the father of bedside medicine. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Today, Dr Osler's advice is more pertinent than ever. I constantly hear about the medical system treating reimbursement instead of treating the patient. Our system is not a great system when it puts reimbursement from the government, or reimbursement from the insurance company, first. Why don't we create a system that puts the patient first? We have the technology to do it today.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">To fix the system, patients need power and control over their money, so the first question when you go get healthcare would be, "How can we help you?" Not, "Are you Medicare or Insurance?"</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We also need to stop having Guidelines. What we call guidelines today are usually just medical opinions from a government group. For example, we should call them CDC Opinions or NIH Opinions to recognize that any individual physician around the world might actually be the greater expert. Calling them opinions instead of guidelines would also recognize the subjective nature of the field of medicine. Medicine is not yet a hard science.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Guidelines are not evidence-based medicine.<br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Evidenced-based medicine means taking into account the values and preferences of the patient. Thus, evidence-based medicine is personalized medicine, not guidelines.</div></div></div> BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-28972943080015237012022-10-23T13:36:00.001-04:002022-10-23T13:36:49.989-04:00COVID-19 Lessons<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-KFDMHdDh7DYqFcelSCvo7qQHsZX6saqNaKlzhL4f6Gs8iIhV492yOvrAJASEpiMxXwF-UKhQhiutYAKLyOvZ5wi8IqvKjEE4SlZzMJdh3TErLknfD7hY-87e3Q3nS8G8o9WvRAI3Y2bh0GYnr-8lDGUnPN4pwKGhn2gcVHEIo6g6afzG86ruDQ"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-KFDMHdDh7DYqFcelSCvo7qQHsZX6saqNaKlzhL4f6Gs8iIhV492yOvrAJASEpiMxXwF-UKhQhiutYAKLyOvZ5wi8IqvKjEE4SlZzMJdh3TErLknfD7hY-87e3Q3nS8G8o9WvRAI3Y2bh0GYnr-8lDGUnPN4pwKGhn2gcVHEIo6g6afzG86ruDQ=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7157763188201859970" /></a></p><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">An excellent article by John PA Ioannides, MD, and Professor Stephen H. Powis, points out that mathematical models did not do well during COVID-19.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The authors even suggest that models should not be called studies, but perhaps, "semi-formal speculations" instead.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I heartily agree with this. Models are not studies they are opinions. And, in addition COVID-19 guidelines should not be called guidelines, but should be called COVID-19 opinions. There should be no censorship, and physicians, and physician groups, all over the world should be free to post their opinions, and the evidence used to arrive at those opinions.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Observational studies also did not do well during COVID-19:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">"In fact, the large background heterogeneity makes concrete assessment of the effectiveness of any and all non-pharmacological measures based on observational data extremely difficult, if not impossible."</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For those interested in medical etymology the phrase "forme fruste" is used, which means the frustrated or weakened manifestation of a disease.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I highly recommend reading this article about COVID-19 lessons and going to some of the references described within the article.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Healthcare Freedom means no censorship, and having transparency, in medicine.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><b>REFERENCE</b>:</div><div dir="auto">COVID-19 models and expectations - Learning from the pandemic - PubMed<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9546779/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9546779/</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36241518/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36241518/</a> <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Ioannidis JPA, Powis SH. COVID-19 models and expectations - Learning from the pandemic. Adv Biol Regul. 2022 Oct 8:100922. doi: 10.1016/j.jbior.2022.100922. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36241518; PMCID: PMC9546779.<br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div> BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-36583485128457740482022-10-19T13:40:00.000-04:002022-10-19T13:54:14.674-04:00Age-stratified infection fatality rate of COVID-19 in the non-elderly informed from pre-vaccination national seroprevalence studies | medRxiv<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">This study by Dr John Ioannides, et al. is highly educational, because the infection fatality rate (IFR) is a key statistic for an emerging virus.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The study looked at the infection fatality rate (IFR) for covid-19 around the world.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The most fascinating paragraph was this one:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">"The median IFR was 0.0003% at 0-19 years, 0.003% at 20-29 years, 0.011% at 30-39 years, 0.035% at 40-49 years, 0.129% at 50-59 years, and 0.501% at 60-69 years."</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The authors do an excellent job describing how they collected their data. The authors also do an excellent job listing the potential flaws of their study.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In my opinion, John P.A. Ioannidis, MD, who has multiple degrees, is one of the best physician mathematicians in the world.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><b>SOURCE</b>:</div><div dir="auto">Angelo Maria Pezzullo, Cathrine Axfors, Despina G. Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Alexandre Apostolatos, John P.A. Ioannidis</div><div dir="auto">medRxiv 2022.10.11.22280963; doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.11.22280963">https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.11.22280963</a></div><div dir="auto">This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed [what does this mean?]. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice.</div><a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.11.22280963v1">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.11.22280963v1</a> </div> BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-1035077253316254892022-10-18T17:01:00.000-04:002022-10-18T17:17:35.673-04:00Innate Immunity Stimulation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenge by Parvulan<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This medical article is extremely interesting: "</span><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:18.6667px">Innate Immunity Stimulation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenge by Parvulan"</span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:18.6667px"><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:18.6667px">A killed strain of bacteria was administered to patients to increase their immunity:</span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:18.6667px"><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i>"Corynebacterium</i></span><em style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> parvum</em><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> administration to 4000 fragile immune-depressed and multimorbid patients treated with a killed </span><em style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">C. parvum</em><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> strain to enhance innate immunity, integrating the adaptative immune response for long-standing antinfectious resistance."</span><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">It was 4,000 patients, and it was a retrospective survey, but some of the outcomes were very interesting.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The authors suggest that this treatment improved the physical and mental health of the patients, which in turn probably made them better off during the covid-19 pandemic.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"Our results confirm that </span><em style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">C. parvum</em><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> is quite safe and effective in supporting immune-compromised patients when epidemic or pandemic events increase ... risk...."</span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This was particularly surprising:</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px">A quick (48-72 hours) symptoms improvement and/or complete regression of the herpetic eruptions was observed in 1000 affected patients with disappearance or relieve of herpetic neuralgia (reduced in 80% of cases); also full recovery or frequency reduction (30%) of recurrent cystitis and prostatitis in 120 affected patients."</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px">The authors are part of the </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px">Second Opinion Medical Consultation Network.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px">As noted in the article, </span><em style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Corynebacterium parvum</em><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> has been renamed </span><em style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Cutibacterium acnes.</em></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>LINK</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The link to the full text article is here:</span></div><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9076318/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9076318/</a> <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><b>REFERENCE</b></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:blinkmacsystemfont,-apple-system,"segoe ui",roboto,oxygen,ubuntu,cantarell,"fira sans","droid sans","helvetica neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Palmieri B, Manenti A, Galotti F, Vadalà M. Innate Immunity Stimulation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenge by Parvulan. J Immunol Res. 2022 Apr 29;2022:4593598. doi: 10.1155/2022/4593598. PMID: 35528612; PMCID: PMC9076318.</span><br></div></div> BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-59828539705689402542022-09-15T11:39:00.002-04:002022-09-15T11:39:53.643-04:00Uncles and Etymology<p> </p><p>Learning big words should start very early in life, just like learning a second language. </p><p>Uncles and Etymology is a book to read aloud to children to teach them to read, love science, math, experiments, and big words. It also teaches life lessons. It has black and white illustrations.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-OHR1g5NoylM3CjVUw6fjd6cPEUrfFknpGrzRf68SK0pPUAhAyieMmsnOUhZdcMQYEClMn-b5TRKQvJUmqvino7iSpg7QKBNaWu4iePv3mxZOemTAQeFkl_MkuVNFbxpdap1m45q7w4fGn2SC1VKhW5bBikjtd5g-5zEJrgw0QfKvC4avCl4CA/s2560/cover%209%20Kindle%20eBook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-OHR1g5NoylM3CjVUw6fjd6cPEUrfFknpGrzRf68SK0pPUAhAyieMmsnOUhZdcMQYEClMn-b5TRKQvJUmqvino7iSpg7QKBNaWu4iePv3mxZOemTAQeFkl_MkuVNFbxpdap1m45q7w4fGn2SC1VKhW5bBikjtd5g-5zEJrgw0QfKvC4avCl4CA/s320/cover%209%20Kindle%20eBook.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-43514543931941187692022-08-29T11:14:00.002-04:002022-08-29T11:14:22.087-04:00Men and their Prostates<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPDF67s0Qk5LqRPP5lDAniETu8kYdG9lvh15PWqNhhC0ZOJ_2En0VFVGVrt17iT3h380ni_4GFC1qFQrhTlpsOnE29_tPCtTsdXh5FLx8tzxuLcidUhDHQzlHICkJBWhzwZpo0pQ880BoZFfBxP2Jgh2zBFKfbvNfIEmZ9DOzK2a3VBxqc179T3w"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7137082708359498530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPDF67s0Qk5LqRPP5lDAniETu8kYdG9lvh15PWqNhhC0ZOJ_2En0VFVGVrt17iT3h380ni_4GFC1qFQrhTlpsOnE29_tPCtTsdXh5FLx8tzxuLcidUhDHQzlHICkJBWhzwZpo0pQ880BoZFfBxP2Jgh2zBFKfbvNfIEmZ9DOzK2a3VBxqc179T3w=s320" /></a></p><div dir="auto">In my experience, men have no idea what is going on inside their prostates. Men suffer acute prostatitis symptoms and chronic BPH symptoms that slowly creep up on them with age. There is an astonishing lack of awareness, because men are not taught what they really need to know. <i>The Prostatitis Syndromes 2nd Edition</i> teaches men the inside information that is hidden from them. Read it before your prostate locks up and you can't urinate. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Don't end up with chronic urinary symptoms, chronic pain, waking at night to urinate, dribbling after urination, an enlarged prostate, or living with a permanent catheter.</div> BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-59365110980357525212022-08-19T10:16:00.001-04:002022-08-21T09:43:28.582-04:00Ten Commandments Resurrection - MOVIE<p><b>Ten Commandments Resurrection</b>, the movie, was inspired by a Near Death Experience (NDE). <i>Ten Commandments Resurrection</i> begins with an actress reading from the Ten Commandments in startling fashion. There is a visual metaphor for “going into the light.” The Book of Exodus begins with Moses attempting to lead the slaves, against many obstacles, to the Promised Land. Does Moses make it to the Promised Land? What were the lessons from “going into the light?” This movie is an adaptation of the 1923 public domain movie by Cecil B. DeMille. The once silent movie now has sound. Enjoy the 42-minute feature film!</p>
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<p><i>The Pledge of Allegiance to Freedom</i> lends itself to a mnemonic series of gestures to memorize the words, for example:</p>
<p>Hands to heaven for free will from God.</p>
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<p>Throw kisses from the mouth for free speech.</p>
<p>Type in the air to indicate freedom of the press.</p>
<p><b>Activities</b>: 1) Read aloud 2) learn to read 3) invent a mnemonic series of gestures for each freedom 4) color with crayons and 5) memorize The Pledge of Allegiance to Freedom.</p>
<p>Be thankful for all the good things freedom brings the world. Pre-school, kindergarten, early reading, and homeschooling should teach the joy of freedom. Freedom brings peace and the ability to pursue happiness.</p>
<p>Do <i>The Pledge of Allegiance to Freedom</i> every day, on the 4th of July in the USA, and for the Independence Day of every country.</p>
<p>Learn The Pledge of Allegiance to Freedom now, so you can teach the nuances of freedom as children get older. Raise children to understand that free markets and free speech go together to give us price transparency and product transparency. Free enterprise keeps raising the quality of life. Free trade began as trade between the states; however, free trade between countries must be “free and fair trade” for national security. Free trade works best when all governments promote freedom equally.</p>
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In fact, for myself, I always try to track down the smartest doctor in the world for their opinion. That person is often Dr. John P.A. Ioannidis, M.D., DSc, for me, because he is the best mathematician-physician that I am currently aware of, although there are many others. The thing that separates great physicians from average physicians today is their ability to do medical statistics and logically interpret the medical literature without bias from any of the three main causes of bias: Academia, Government, or industry.
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John Ioannidis, MD, Dsc, of course would not be the "best" physician for certain specific diseases, because many diseases would not be in his area of expertise. But you want to find a physician like him, who has great clinical experience, and medical statistics ability, for whatever disease you are investigating.
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John Ioannidis, MD, Dsc, famously wrote, "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False" which is the most cited, or one of the most cited, medical essays in the world.
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Back to acute and chronic pain patients! The guidelines out there are only the first step of evidence-based medicine. The other two steps are the clinical experience of the physician and the "values and preferences" of the patient, which also includes the experiences of the patient. Put the patient and the doctor back in charge of healthcare. Evidence-based medicine is based upon the doctor-patient relationship AND requires the "Values and Preferences" of the patient. Evidence-based medicine is based upon individual freedom, and so healthcare freedom is based on liberty.
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Help Thomas F. Kline, MD, PhD, make medicine ethical again. Help Dr. Kline make doctors and patients, and shared decision-making powerful again. I am tired of the bureaucracy trampling patient rights. Help out by doing what Dr. Kline says in this video:
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BradMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664817047555773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921405823521528728.post-10058405063882562862021-01-28T12:25:00.000-05:002021-01-28T12:25:35.115-05:00The Prostatitis Syndromes (2nd Edition) May be Published in 2021I am working on the second edition of <i>The Prostatitis Syndromes</i>. This is the cover of the 1st Edition, and I am announcing the 2nd Edition now, because the 1st Edition has been on sale by others, who I don't know, online for over $900 as a used book. That's way too expensive.
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<i>The Prostatitis Syndromes 2nd Edition</i> probably won't be published until around April, 2021. The description of the upcoming <i>The Prostatitis Syndromes 2nd Edition</i> will probably be something like this: <div><br /></div><div><i>The Prostatitis Syndromes 2nd Edition</i> has been written for the average man, because the book puts patients first.<div><br /></div><div>Do you wake up at night to urinate? Dribble after urination? Urinate too many times per day? Have a slower urinary stream than before? Shy bladder? Pelvic pain? Do you have an elevated Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) level? Have you been told that you have prostatitis, chronic prostatitis, an enlarged prostate (BPH), infertility, or prostate cancer? Did your ability to urinate suddenly lock up (acute urinary retention)? Do you have sexual dysfunction? This book is for you! </div><div><br /></div><div>Men who have been “cured” of horrible prostate diseases are discussed extensively. <i>The Prostatitis Syndromes 2nd Edition</i> has also been updated with new medical breakthroughs.
“BradMD” (Brad Hennenfent, M.D.) believes in explaining things simply, and has included many simple anatomy diagrams in <i>The Prostatitis Syndromes 2nd Edition</i>. Dr. Hennenfent likes the concept credited to Albert Einstein: “If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.” Thus, Dr. Hennenfent has gone out of his way to explain medical concepts as simply as possible for patients, doctors, nurses, and reporters. </div><div><br /></div><div>Dr. Hennenfent went to college at Northwestern University, medical school at the University of Illinois, and did his residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals Emergency Medicine Residency Program. He quickly rose to being director of a Chicago inner city Emergency Department. Dr. Hennenfent was a volunteer director for the non-profit Prostatitis Foundation from 1995 to 2013 (18 years), during which time he heard hundreds of patients’ stories. While volunteering, Dr. Hennenfent helped get over $20 million in funding released by the Federal Government to the National Institutes of Health for prostate-related research, and helped get about $100,000 in grants in kind or donations year after year. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>The Prostatitis Syndromes 2nd Edition</i> contains hundreds of medical references. The first edition of <i>The Prostatitis Syndromes</i> may have been the best-selling prostatitis book of all time when it first came out, because it was the first book on the topic by an American physician, was on the Prostatitis Foundation’s website, which got over 1 million hits per year for most of its 25 years, with all proceeds from the book going to the non-profit. The Prostatitis Center used to buy the book and give a copy to every patient. </div><div><br /></div><div>Men need to better understand all the types of “prostate trouble.” Men need to know how to get treated without being harmed instead of being helped. Men literally used to be “ruined” by their prostate treatments and some are still being damaged. Finally, men need to know how to prevent prostate problems from occurring in the first place. </div><div><br /></div><div>The full title of this book will probably be: <i>The Prostatitis Syndromes 2nd Edition: Prostatitis, Chronic Prostatitis, Pelvic Pain, BPH, Waking at Night to Urinate, Dribbling, Bashful Bladder, Sexual Dysfunction, and Preventing Prostate Cancer</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Dr. Hennenfent has written other books, because he likes education, science, medicine, healthcare, and homeschooling. Search Amazon and other booksellers for “BradMD” to find them: </div><div><br /></div><div><i>Surviving Prostate Cancer without Surgery</i> (Once, a bestseller for Biblio Distribution) </div><div><i>Uncles and Etymology</i> </div><div><i>Freedom is the Purpose of the People of the World</i> </div><div><i>The American’s Creed</i> (co-author)
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