The Medical Advisor

Cataracts are a condition that makes the lens of the eye cloudy, causing blurred vision, much like looking through a foggy window or a smudged camera lens. This occurs due to protein buildup in the eye's lens. Without treatment, cataracts gradually worsen, leading to more vision loss and, eventually, blindness. (1) Cataracts usually develop with age, and they're very common among older adults. Statistics show that more than half of Americans aged 80 or older either have a cataract or have undergone cataract surgery. Besides aging, other risk factors include heavy alcohol use, smoking, diabetes, exposure to harmful substances, certain medications and eye injuries. (2) Currently, about 24.4 million Americans over age 40 are affected by cataracts, and this number is expected to double to about 50 million by 2050 (3). In response to this growing challenge, researchers at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, explored new strategies for cataract treatment by minimizing oxidativ...

A 70-year-old man lay unconscious, his body wracked with tremors, fever spiking to over 104 degrees Fahrenheit, his heart pounding at 150 beats per minute (1). Minutes earlier, he had received a common pain medication — meperidine — following a routine procedure. What followed was serotonin syndrome, a life-threatening reaction marked by agitation, muscle rigidity and collapse of neurological function. Available on Amazon But what stunned physicians wasn't the rapid onset. It was the equally rapid reversal of symptoms after an IV injection of famotidine, a heartburn drug better known by its brand name: Pepcid. Most people think of Pepcid as a mild over-the-counter acid reducer, but its effects go far beyond your digestive tract. Research from the Korean Journal of Anesthesiology revealed something unprecedented: famotidine halted serotonin syndrome fast. Mental clarity returned within 15 minutes. Tremors and even dangerously high blood pressure all faded without the need for sedat...

In this interview (below), Bulgarian bioenergetic researcher Georgi Dinkov discusses the downsides of estrogen and serotonin, both of which are generally considered beneficial for physical and mental health. The drug industry is making a mint on the idea that depression is caused by low serotonin, for example. However, a closer look reveals both estrogen and serotonin can cause severe problems and you do not want high levels of either of them.   Estrogen Is an Obesity Promoter and Known Human Carcinogen The original name for estrogen was adipin, so called because it was known to make you fat, as in adipose (fat) tissue. In the mid-‘50s, when the drug industry started pushing synthetic estrogens, this knowledge faded from memory. One of the most infamous early synthetic estrogens prescribed was diethylstilbestrol (DES), which caused fetal malformations and deaths, and cancers in the mothers who took it. DES was eventually withdrawn and banned for use in humans. DES is not es...