Doc Gumshoe on cancer detection, statins, paxlovid, brain implants... and brushing your teeth.
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New Year’s 2024 – COVID Update and Short Takes
Hernias, COVID, Obesity Drugs and Medicare Negotiation
Short Bits for September
COVID-19: Looking Both Ways
One More Look at COVID-19
Short Bits for November
Doc Gumshoe with some updates on COVID-19, the polypill, diabetes, opioids and pain management, and more...
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Midsummer 2022 Morsels
March 2022 Bulletins — Brief, but Relevant
Doc Gumshoe looks at infections, weight-loss drugs, cataracts and dementia, Vitamin D supplements and more...
23 Comments Read MoreWhat Stress Does to Your Heart – Plus Some COVID-19 Catch-Up
What put me on to this scary topic was an excellent piece by Jane Brody in Science Times on January 4th. Jane Brody’s weekly column “Personal Health” appears on the inside back page of Science Times every week. (For the non-NYTimes subscribers, Science Times is a section of the Times published every Tuesday.) Jane writes […]
38 Comments Read MoreCOVID-19: What Now?
Most of this Doc Gumshoe posting was ready to go a couple of days before Thanksgiving. But then, you know what happened: the new variant (now named Omicron) surfaced in South Africa. So I finished up another Doc Gumshoe epistle that I had been working on and quickly got it to Travis so I could […]
70 Comments Read MoreCOVID Updates and October ’21 Miscellany
A friend of ours on the Maine island where we spent our vacation told us that her husband’s surgery had been cancelled at the last minute because the hospital in Portland was swamped with COVID cases, and all elective surgery was cancelled. This notification came at the last possible minute, as they were getting ready […]
114 Comments Read MoreResponses to Questions and Comments: August 2021
I was hoping to keep COVID-19 out of this piece, but new things keep flooding in, and I can’t totally ignore them. However, I’ll save them to the end of the story. They are both “good news,” more or less, and I like to leave you with a bit of cheer, when possible. Sleep and […]
37 Comments Read MoreCOVID-19: Keeping Up With the Current State of the Pandemic
This will be the thirteenth Doc Gumshoe pronouncement on the COVID-19 pandemic. Lucky or unlucky, I have no idea, but let’s get on with it. To the question “Where are we now?” the answer depends enormously on exactly where, geographically, we are. The differences in the new case and fatality rates in among the different […]
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May Miscellany – Some Covid-19, Some Otherwise
Doc Gumshoe looks at Herd Immunity, Vaccines and Treatments... plus some updates on Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia and more...
33 Comments Read MoreWhere Are We in the COVID-19 Pandemic? – March 2021
Four, maybe Five Vaccines, Treatment and Herd Immunity news, and other COVID updates
44 Comments Read MoreCOVID-19 Prospects in the New Year
LexaGene (LXXGF) – Molecular diagnostics company with great upside due to high margin “razor blade” business model
This is a molecular diagnostics company that has been mentioned here a few times, as it has been teased in a few newsletters. I have been invested in this company since 2019. I increased my position greatly after I saw a free youtube interview where Dr. KSS was interviewing the CEO. (I did not know […]
6 Comments Read MoreDecember 2020 COVID-19 Update: Focus On the Good (Or At Least Better) News
More About COVID-19: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Headed?
A Change in the Testing Process as a Way to End the COVID-19 Pandemic – and a Couple of Other Possibly Promising Innovations
Doc Gumshoe looks at testing, herd immunity, and a few updates in diabetes and lung cancer
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What’s teased as “The #1 Stock to Profit from the Big Biotech Boom?”
Michael Robinson’s “ONLY Solution” for COVID-19 (with June 30 Results Expected!)
Ads for Nexus-9 tease that "Over 70 firms are racing to produce the most critical vaccine of all time. But only one of them can give you a shot at making 3,000%." So... who is it?
71 Comments Read MoreMostly Non-COVID-19 Related Miscellany
Some updates from Doc Gumshoe on Hydroxychloroquine, Aspirin for cancer, stem cells for Parkinson's and CRISPR for blindness
28 Comments Read MoreFriday File: A New Gambling Client, Quarters from KEYS and OKTA, and a 5G Check-in
Doc Gumshoe – COVID-19 Miscellany, May 2020
I decided to add the year to my title in the event that this thing goes on for another full year, and I have to do an update in May 2021. I pray fervently that such an eventuality will not come to pass, but it’s certainly possible. Having said that, your obedient servant […]
134 Comments Read MoreCOVID 19 Update and Other Brief Bits
Doc Gumshoe on progress with Hydroxychloroquine, Remdesivir and other potential treatments... plus updates on heartburn treatments and Parkinson's Disease
71 Comments Read MoreThinkolating on Oxford Club’s “The Three Biggest Winners of the Coronavirus Recovery”
Thinkolating on Ray Blanco’s tease: “Fighting The Coronavirus: 3 Companies That Could Save Lives and Make You a Fortune”
Friday File: Buying and Selling (at a Social Distance)
Checking up on the Real Money Portfolio -- A few stop losses, and a slew of buying in a wild week
29 Comments Read MoreHodge’s pitch: “The first machine in the world that can detect this deadly virus on site is being rushed to market. “
What's this machine that Early Advantage teases can send a little stock from $1 to $20?
35 Comments Read MoreFriday File: Panic in the time of Purell
More thoughts on how to invest through the coronavirus panic, along with some buys and sells in the Real Money Portfolio this week
74 Comments Read More What’s the bottom for the market selloff and are there any chinese stocks we could invest while the situation in US gets stabilized?
It’s been a roller coaster ride so far this week. I’m a beginner in investing and waiting for the market selloff to reach the bottom. Given the situation that coronavirus just started spreading in US, anyone who can read the situation comment on what could be possible bottom or did we already reach it with […]
2 Comments Read More“Why The Coronavirus Collapse is Sending This Stock Soaring”
Updating a Cabot teaser solution that I covered in the Friday File in January, after some COVID-19 news and a big price move.
16 Comments Read MoreBrief Bulletins of Interest
Doc Gumshoe with more on COVID-19 and the coronavirus, plus some notes on Prostate Cancer screening and Alzheimer's Disease
44 Comments Read MoreFriday File: Annual Review Part Six (done!)
Finishing up the Annual Review, including some buys and sells and updates on The Trade Desk, Tiptree, Keysight, Fairfax, Kennedy-Wilson, Innovative Industrial Properties, II-VI, Guardant Health, Fibra Uno, Disney, Crown Castle, Africa Oil and more...
11 Comments Read MoreCoronavirus Update – February 2020
Warm Bits for a Cold Month
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Roger, I don't know of any data that suggests that Paxlovid does much in terms of symptom relief. What Paxlovid does i...
I don't think the Chinese actually developed the coronavirus. They turned up a new virus and identified it as being th...
Mostly because the threat from the coronavirus was greatly underestimated, and in some cases, disparaged as "no big dea...
When Béchamp was arguing against Pasteur there might have been some basis in subscribing to “terrain theory,” but i...
Thanks for another great article, Doc/Michael. And thanks again for addressing "COVID-19 vaccines protect recipients fro...
The most outstanding numbers are those listed here in Moderna's 3rd quarter earnings:Product sales from its Coronaviru...
"the COVID vaccines in some way contribute to our overall immune response, and not just to immunity from the evil corona...
The Merck drug is mutagenic, and given that Pfizer doesn't want to release the data behind their vaccine for 75 years (n...
I’m somewhat at a loss as to how to respond to some of the very carefully written comments to the October 5th Doc Gums...
"it seems that most of the first cases of infection in the US due to this virus came from a mutation that emerged in the...
There is data from various countries including the U.S. that a significant portion of the population has T cell mediated...
Doc Gumshoe, you seem to accept input from "official" sources without much questioning. For a more balanced view, spend...
Those vaccines do not make people immortal, but they do very effectively protect us from the most dire effects of the co...
$ENZC Gaurav Chandra M.D. @drgauravchandra We use AI to assess millions of virus sequences, identify the conserved se...
As it happens, in a previous posting I discussed the MMR vaccine's effectiveness in preventing coronavirus infection in ...
I'll check on those, but all the data I've seen so far indicates that the vaccines in current use are quite safe, espec...
BTW, Vanguards International Fund VWIGX is up 8.05 % already Year-To-Date (YTD 1/20/2021) this year and was up 59% for ...
A mistake is noted in the article. With a 95% effective virus, you would NOT have a one in twenty chance of getting the...
'If I were to be vaccinated with one of those vaccines that are 95% efficacious, I would still have a one out of twenty ...
Pandemic? Death rate about 2%. SARS in 2002 had a rate of death closer to 10%. The world wasn't shut down for that. ...
FDA grants first emergency use authorization for at-home rapid coronavirus testNovember 18, 2020 / 8:02 AM / APU...
Travis, there is a MF teaser on coronavirus stock with 30 x growth potential.. any clues?? https://www.stockgumshoe.com...
The theory that the coronavirus is a bacteriophage was proposed by Sandeep Chakrabory a few months ago. Bacteriophages...
"...as you know, there is no reliable treatment for the coronavirus infection..." Sure there is. It's called vitamin D....
Yes, the Brits are planning a challenge trial. A challenge trial, in case you don't know, is a clinical trial in whi...
Comparing Sweden and Italy is not valid - when the coronavirus hit Italy, the world was totally unprepared. When Ital...
Check out the Moderna Aug 11, 2020 8-K filing:"The U.S. Supply Agreement provides for the manufacturing and delivery ...
Hi Bob Dilks. I'm a healthy 87-years old. My teeth have been falling out, and my hearing has become worse. I should get ...
Travis,Diasorin (DIA.MI / DSR.LF) seems to be well positioned, according to European analystrs, for booming in the a...
"It has developed an assay for antibodies to peak proteins, the mechanism the coronavirus uses to hijack cells. DiaSorin...
Thank you for another well presented over view on Covid related matters. With that is mind ,I am a retired.MD and I hav...
Travis, I haven't read through all your recent articles on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, but if you're not aware of ...
Doc...What say you? The Virology Journal – the official publication of the National Institutes of Health – published...
Would you please address this as it has become a very confusing issue and apparently now political. Opinion: Fauci Knew ...
I don't see comments or discussion anywhere about Dr. Paul Marik and his MATH+ treatment plan. His group works out of E...
Cytodyn will be reporting on P2 M2M results within 2 weeks, and DSMC is taking a look at their S/C P2b/P3 trial this wee...
That's definitely the direction we're heading -- though it's bottom up, not top down. Most people don't really want to ...
Yeah and what about his 8 “High-Flier” Stocks Set To Skyrocket After the Coronavirus Crash teaser?...
I'd worry a lot more about the trade war with the US than about backlash against China because of the coronavirus. Many...
Talk about stocks shooting up on Covid-19 related news. Did you see ABIO was up 386% just in one day? After it release...
The race for coronavirus vaccines: a graphical guide Eight ways in which scientists hope to provide immunity to SARS-CoV...
I think you missed the most important point to make over vaccines DOC......regardless which vaccine we want to talk abou...
Yes, there is the small possibility that a vaccine could make your reaction to the pathogen worse. That's one of the th...
You will never get herd immunity wearing masks or with social distancing and being locked in your living space. SARS, ...
I'm surprised you didn't bring up leronlimab. Mark this note....it will be the leading therapy for COVID-19 in short or...
Thank you - WONDERFUL article - sensible and informed. As a retired RN I have to add that one thing impeding the Covid ...
I am subscriber for 6 months. First of all their call on the Coronavirus hysteria was nothing short of amazing. Instead...
I actually got this teaser as clickbait in my inbox today from Bonner in a promo about Teeka T's upcoming crypto talk, w...
If you win on Gilder stocks, take a profit and move part your money into some high-quality dividend stocks you want to ...
Yes, ivermectin prevented the coronavirus from replicating in vitro, but the concentrations needed to achieve that goal...
Love Doc Gumshoe! He got me to learn to love (fresh) saurkraut and its probiotics. Wonder if he'd look into studies now ...
The coronavirus - SARS CoV-2 = has been mapped thoroughly, including it's dozen surface proteins and major sections of i...
Regarding C19 treatments, one you should keep your eye on is Leronlimab from Cytodyn, a small cap pharma. A BLA for HIV...
Recently I became aware of a YouTube by Dr Andrew Kaufman and exosomes. Dr Kaufman maintains that these normal cellular ...
I agree with you, but the economic destruction that has been done by a worldwide shut down is so enormous that you can o...
Not sure about either of these four stocks...none of which I had heard of before. But I wanted to thank you for mention...
You are supposed to remove your coronavirus mask when you get home from work. The lack of oxygen is affecting your brain...
I'm liking TMQ so far - which I bought based mostly on a belief that precious metals will continue to rise in price and ...
Ross Givens / The Insider Report is promoting a pharma mfg. that's trading in the $4.00 range recently and points to ins...
Agreed... My money is on CYDY for HIV and cancer, but C19 trials are eye opening.... This coming week will tell the tail...
Good one. AIM ImmunoTech’s Drug Ampligen to be Tested by Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases as a Pote...
What about AIM ? They claim their drug Ampligen could work on coronavirus because supposedly it worked perfectly on mic...
Both can be true. I like the PAR management team and their response so far, so I've been "micro-dosing" some buys as it...
BREAKING: EXPERTS DRASTICALLY ALTER COURSE ON CORONAVIRUS?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yvhmf38vOg...
I have been doing well with Verastem VSTM, they have several anti cancer drugs that disable tumor signaling and may have...
So DDD will treat coronavirus now? Find me one stock that doesn't cure coronavirus these days. I think even Campbell Sou...
Top 3 Coronavirus stocks Regeneron Pharma (REGN) BioNtec (BNTX) MaAerns Inc. (MRNA) Thank:-:You FRANK8MORRISS frankeight...
Hello Doc, I am looking for thoughts on Bayer AG (BAYZF)its a pink sheet stock so I don't know the risk of Pink Sheet s...
Here is a summary of vaccines and medications for symptoms companies associated:Clinical trials: Drug/Treatment: R...
It's a tough one, essentially all of their tenants are currently closed so the question is whether or not those tenants ...
Coronavirus Australia: Queensland researchers find ‘cure’, want drug trial: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health...
Take a look at lexagene. Would be curious as to people’s thoughts.They built an open platform for rapid pathogen ...
Hi Catherine. Thank you so much for your kind response to my question. Very nice of you for your reply. I had actually b...
In 1979 I began college for a pharmacy degree. My father in law was an emeritus professor at University of Michigan sch...
I agree with you, they missed the coronavirus opportunity. But I think there is value beyond coronavirus. All the mark...
I think you're right that it will be press release-driven, as it has been for the past couple years, but the coronavirus...
Stay healthy yourself, Travis. We need your sane and considered views as panic hits everywhere,, and disinformation is...
Thank you Travis for your presentation. I am a shareholder so I am biased.I have analyzed the capital in depth and wi...
If Gilead's drug, remdesivir, proves successful in the treatment of the coronavirus, I can't see why the company would n...
Hi, im from Slovenia, bordering to Italy and Austria, and also info from Germany and others ... Panic in EU is getting ...
CEO of Co-Diagnostics $CODX was on Varney (FBN) on 3/5 mentioning the fact that recent relaxation of FDA restrictions no...
I'd expect quite a bit of volatility among stocks everywhere for at least another month or two, quite possibly longer. ...
If you're interested in 'virus' plays you might want to check out LXXGF, as they recently announced successful testing f...
Re coronavirus, the pandemic virus heretofore unknown to the entire world, has been an advertised target of LYSOL for...
Inovio created and completed testing of a MERS vaccine in just seven months. They have partnered with Beijing Advaccine ...
The most cold blooded conspiracy theory I've heard about the coronavirus is that it's intended to cull the "burdensome" ...
Headline from 3/1: Vaxart, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VXRT), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing oral recombinant vac...
TOMZ recent headline: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/steramist-declared-official-decontamination-technology-143010170.ht...
Just some ideas: "CODX", maker of diagnostic kits for Covid-19 could go vertical once approved by FDA/CDC. The stock ha...
Most of our readers would appreciate your insight on the deluge of coronavirus stocks dominating the market. "CODX", mak...
Coronavirus stocks courtesy of Laissez Faire, MRNA, GILD and INO...
I must admit I'm mostly running for the exits. I'm not sitting on big gains to start with, and sitting on increasing lo...
You didn't mention that China is now using silver to "fog" hospitals and other rooms to kill coronavirus. Having said...
Great and informative article from a medical prospective. What stocks do u all think will rally, even if temporarily, du...
Hey @macrobody! I’ve been curious about Jeff Brown’s take on the coronavirus and was highly curious about his recomm...
TRAVIS, ANy idea what the device is that can detect, the CORONAVIRUS in one hour? Thank:-:You FRANK8MORRISD...
Following is Morningstar's take on short-term and long-term beneficiaries (and losers) from the coronavirus outbreak:...
Beginning my free trial today. If they can even begin to predict stock prices in this coronavirus market, I'll become a ...
There's always a chance for a meaningful market correction. I would think of stocks that are directly impacted by coron...