Adderall Safari

You may have noticed that finding your ADHD medicine has become rather difficult. The Adderall shortage has been ongoing for a few months now and there does not appear to be any end in sight.

China had their large communists party conclave not too long ago with Xi Jinping essentially becoming president in perpetuity and further consolidating power. No surprise on the political front but many expected them to use this as an opportunity to pivot from the blatantly unreachable zero covid policy.

This week a lawsuit against the CDC has given us access to some of the V-safe data. This is the smartphone app created by the CDC that lets you register for the vaccine and report side effects and other health information

Science can only advance as far as we can accurately measure, and this applies to healthcare as well. There are lots of lab values that we can obtain to get a better picture of your overall health, if we are concerned about your diabetes your blood sugar can now be tracked 24/7.

Duality of Masking

In 1964 researchers discovered something interesting about glucose and its effects upon insulin. Giving glucose by mouth would cause a large and rapid increase in plasma insulin levels. Giving the exact same amount parentally would result in lower levels.

Honey may be one of the oldest forms of natural medicine. Its wound healing and antimicrobial properties can be found mentioned in some of our oldest medical literature. The bible mentions it in proverbs 16:24 "Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones."

The wave of overdose deaths that swept across the nation in this past year claimed over a hundred thousand lives according to the CDC in a recent statement. Overdose deaths are one of the few things increasing faster than inflation. Drug use is part of the human condition and like everything else it is only getting worse. People have been seeking to expand their mind or numb their pain forever and drugs have always been a popular option for achieving that. Today though it is a much more dangerous game than it once was, the line between potion and poison is blurrier than ever.

Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in the western world despite our vast knowledge on the subject. The pump gets the bulk of the attention when you think of your cardiovascular system, but the hoses are where the degradation begins. Inside all our blood vessels is a thin single cell layer known as the endothelium.