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Michael Jorrin, "Doc Gumshoe"

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Michael Jorrin,
I have been a medical writer for about 25 years; before that I was a documentary film maker, and some of my films were about medical subjects. I am not a physician, but I have a pretty good scientific background. I wouldn’t dream of recommending any kind of treatment to anyone, and I cannot give medical advice. However, I understand the medical literature and the data and evidence behind it, and I have an inquiring and skeptical turn of mind. I scrutinize and question and, sometimes, challenge the positions of some of the established health-care organizations as well as the marketers of health information. Eternal vigilance is a small price to pay for health. — Michael Jorrin (aka DocGumshoe) Michael Jorrin is a paid contributor to Stock Gumshoe, he has agreed to our trading restrictions but he chooses his own topics and his words and opinions are his own.

Author Archives

  • May 18, 2017

    Bulletins from the Cardiac Front

    [Ed note: Here is our latest piece from “Doc Gumshoe”, who is a medical writer (not a doctor) who shares his wisdom with us at Stock Gumshoe a couple times a month.  He does not typically write specifically about investments, but does write about publicly traded companies and their drugs, and has agreed to our trading […]

  • April 25, 2017

    Antibiotic Resistance: What’s Happening?

    [ed. note: Michael Jorrin, who I call Doc Gumshoe, is a longtime medical writer (not a doctor) who writes for us about medicine and health a couple times a month. He has agreed to our trading and disclosure restrictions, but does not generally write directly about investment ideas. His ideas, thoughts and words are his […]

  • March 14, 2017

    The Miracle Cures Keep Coming 

    [ed. note: Michael Jorrin, who I call Doc Gumshoe, is a longtime medical writer (not a doctor) who writes for us about medicine and health a couple times a month. He has agreed to our trading and disclosure restrictions, but does not generally write directly about investment ideas. His ideas, thoughts and words are his […]

  • March 8, 2017

    End of Winter Miscellany

    [ed. note: Michael Jorrin, who I like to call Doc Gumshoe, is a longtime medical writer (not a doctor) who writes about non-financial health and medical issues for us a couple times a month (past submissions can be found on his author page here). Like all of our authors, he chooses his own topics and […]

  • December 27, 2016

    Responses to Recent Comments

    [ed note: Michael Jorrin is longtime medical writer who has been sharing his thoughts with our readers as “Doc Gumshoe” for several years (he’s not a doctor, I gave him the name). He generally covers medical and health news and sometimes health promotions and hype, but he rarely opines about investments or specific stocks. All […]

  • December 6, 2016

    Thanksgiving Leftovers and Short Takes

    [ed note: Michael Jorrin is longtime medical writer who has been sharing his thoughts with our readers as “Doc Gumshoe” for several years (he’s not a doctor, I gave him the name). He generally covers medical and health news and sometimes health promotions and hype, but he rarely opines about investments or specific stocks. All […]

  • October 3, 2016

    Supplements and Drugs: the Feud Redux

    [ed note: Michael Jorrin is longtime medical writer who has been sharing his thoughts with our readers as “Doc Gumshoe” for several years (he’s not a doctor, I gave him the name). He generally covers medical and health news and sometimes health promotions and hype, but he rarely opines about investments or specific stocks. All […]

  • June 20, 2016

    Yet More Miracle Cures From On High

    [ed note: Michael Jorrin, who I dubbed “Doc Gumshoe” years ago, is a longtime medical writer (not a doctor) who writes for us about health and medicine topics a couple times a month. He chooses his own topics, and his words and opinions are his own.] Travis lofted a couple of these over my transom […]

    • Recent Author Comments

    On Responses to Comments and a Proposed Study of Alcoholic Beverages
    Posted on July 27, 2017
    Many, many thanks to Dr KSS for his comments about the hepatic effects of alcohol in women!!![...]
    On Population and Health: Not Just Our Own Health, But the Health of the Planet!
    Posted on July 14, 2017
    Thanks all for the interesting and intelligent comments. I did not mean for my piece to sound overly pessimistic nor yet too optimistic, which is my usual foible - my mother, now looking at me with her narrowed eyes from her vantage point in the Above, i[...]
    On Population and Health: Not Just Our Own Health, But the Health of the Planet!
    Posted on July 12, 2017
    See my reply to Alpha 2 above. Best to all, Michael Jorrin aka Doc Gumshoe[...]
    On Population and Health: Not Just Our Own Health, But the Health of the Planet!
    Posted on July 12, 2017
    I mentioned the migrants who reached Lampedusa in the hopes of getting a foothold in the EU - almost all "economic migrants." In a sense, they too are refugees, fleeing from extreme poverty and starvation. It's hard to draw a clear line.[...]
    On Friday File Hodgepodge: India, Gold and Stop Losses
    Posted on July 3, 2017
    Have a terrific time! Will you be reporting on single malts? Best, MJ[...]
    On What's Dave Lashmet's "Biggest Ever Breakthrough for treating Alzheimer's Disease?"
    Posted on June 15, 2017
    I discussed aducanumab & Biogen Idec back in 2015 after the Phase Ib trial results. What was particularly positive is that the clearing of the amyloid was linked with an improvement in cognition scores. But then another trial showed no efficacy at [...]
    On Examining the "One Device to End All Disease... And It Costs Less Than $50" ad from Radical Technology Profits
    Posted on June 12, 2017
    These tiny electronic devices may be able to detect signs of lots of diseases, but preventing & ending those diseases is another matter. To that I say, fat chance! But that doesn't mean they won't make a lot of money. Good luck, best, Michael Jor[...]
    On Here We Go Again! Another Plot to Suppress Life-Saving Cures!
    Posted on June 5, 2017
    I've written about Parkinsonism, but not for Doc Gumshoe - not sure my piece would work in this context. Good luck to your wife! I'll look at what I wrote previously & check whether it's still up to date. Best, MJ[...]
    On Here We Go Again! Another Plot to Suppress Life-Saving Cures!
    Posted on June 5, 2017
    Thanks very much - I'll check into nattokinase. It fits with the Academy's "Kinase N4" moniker. Best to all, Michael Jorrin (aka Doc Gumshoe)[...]
    On Here We Go Again! Another Plot to Suppress Life-Saving Cures!
    Posted on June 2, 2017
    Thank you Indimod for the clarification, I have worked with investigators who considered PLOS in cases where other journals turned them down. In the cases of the specific paper I cited, I doubt whether those investigators would have made other options [...]
    On Here We Go Again! Another Plot to Suppress Life-Saving Cures!
    Posted on June 2, 2017
    PLOS ONE claims to be peer-reviewed. What this amounts to is that the editorial board reads the submission and might - just might! - consult an outside expert. They publish a huge number of papers per day; from what I have learned, nothing gets rejected[...]
    On Here We Go Again! Another Plot to Suppress Life-Saving Cures!
    Posted on June 2, 2017
    I don't think you read my piece.[...]
    On Bulletins from the Cardiac Front
    Posted on May 19, 2017
    For a discussion of the difference between absolute and relative risk, may I refer you to the Doc Gumshoe piece from 2014 entitled "HRT: From Panacea to Anathema (and Back?). I noted that the difference in absolute and relative risks in the Women's Healt[...]
    On Bulletins from the Cardiac Front
    Posted on May 18, 2017
    The TKR was for my left knee, the right knee having been swapped two years ago. The right knee epic was described in detail in a blog on May 1st, 2015, which you could find in the archive. With my left knee, I was in residential rehab for about a week [...]
    On Bulletins from the Cardiac Front
    Posted on May 18, 2017
    The high-sensitivity cardiac troponin test (TnT) is indeed more sensitive than CK-MB, which is the creatine kinase subtype that indicates heart damage. The new improved TnT test may not be yet available in the US. Neither CK-MB nor the TnT test can rel[...]
    On Antibiotic Resistance: What’s Happening?
    Posted on April 27, 2017
    "Lugol's iodine" is a very dilute solution of potassium iodide and iodine crystals. It has limited medical uses. At higher concentrations, iodine is destructive to our tissues. Yes, it is a disinfectant - it will kill all manner of microbes on contac[...]
    On Antibiotic Resistance: What’s Happening?
    Posted on April 26, 2017
    Thanks, Marc - I'll do some sleuthing.[...]
    On The Miracle Cures Keep Coming 
    Posted on March 29, 2017
    I discussed laetrile in some detail in a piece entitled "Supplements and Drugs: the Feud Redux," which posted on October 3, 2016. My short take is that there's not much to it. More to the point, if there were some clinical activity in those apricot pit[...]
    On End of Winter Miscellany
    Posted on March 10, 2017
    Metformin's potential for increasing life-span was discussed at considerable length in a Doc Gumshoe piece on aging back in August 2015. The short take is that a cohort of people with diabetes treated with metformin had lower over-all mortality rates tha[...]
    On End of Winter Miscellany
    Posted on March 9, 2017
    As in "The devil may care, but I don't care." My OED says, "The exclamation 'devil may care" used as an attribute: wildly reckless, careless and rolicking." A citation from Dickens, Pickwick Papers (1837): "He was a mighty free-and-easy, roving, devil-[...]

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