[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 investments. His ideas, thoughts and words are his own, […]
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All I can say is. Thank you. In the last few days, I had a Hip Replacement. Everything you told resonates with me. My fr...
Have never looked at that one. The financials remind me of Intuitive Surgical — strong growth, good margins, very hi...
I have submitted 2 comments (supposedly successfully) on this thread in the past several days but they have not appeared...
I had rotator cuff surgery at age79 and it healed nicely and no more pain except with exertion. Of course everyone is di...
Hi Jeffrey! My torn rotator cuff pain wakes me up 2, 3 4 times per night! At my age (82) repair surgery failure rate is ...
Transenterix (TRXC) is a small competitor, whether or not you consider it "strong" is a judgement call. There is room f...
I have looked into Clover. I have only used it to pay at restaurants, and have not been forced to pay such a hefty surc...
Had a knee replaced almost two years ago, Medicare and the supplemental covered all of it. The overall billed charges we...
OK, literally I could begin to walk a little after a couple hours. Stayed in hospital one night, never took any pain me...
And one other thing I will add. The external trials really weren't that complicated or expensive. All things considered...
That is just not true, there are many cures in medicine, including antibiotics, many orthopedic procedures like joint...
It's a new recommendation. They mostly see upside in their robotic spine surgery system, ExcelsiusGPS...
Based on what I have been reading 5G may not be fast enough and we will need a real 15 G. why? Google's self driving ...
Wfuiii, you may be right. I actually decided not to invest. I will need a knee replacement eventually and they were ma...
Ok. 74 years old. Prostrate surgery at Mayo Clinic 1996. Radiation 2009. Following increased PSA twice a year since 2013...
My two cents worth. In May 2017 a heart cath showed I had 3 arteries 90-95% blocked (including the LAD), the RCA was 100...
I don't mean to slight your presentation, but, I read this long essay expecting to get a question at the end--and I don'...
During his junior year in high school, Jared was selected to represent Idaho in the United States Senate as a Senate Pag...
As someone with diagnosed severely clogged arteries recommended 2 1/2 years ago for quadruple bypass surgery I can attes...
We (Silent Generation---transitional) older boomers have found that rescuing a dog and walking them daily solves many is...
The Narcissistic vapidness of today's under 40 crowd is deeply troubling. And the SM fabrication of personalities and p...
Are there any scientific citations that assessed the surgical outcomes of a particular procedure with and without the us...
From Biotime's recent press release: BioTime has developed Hextend(R), a blood plasma volume expander for use in surger...
The doc says the problem with CAR-T is that it can't be mass-produced; each patient has to be treated individually. How...
Then there are some treatments not recognized by big Pharma because there is no big money involved. Cancer cells cannot...
Thanks for the great article! I have several friends that have had very bad results from the testing itself. One ha...
Dr. Gumshoe: I am a physician, and every time I read your article, I come away having at least nicely refreshed on the ...
I take magnesium L-Threonate, DMSO (an interview video of DMSO an interview on how it helped people who were in acciden...
Stupid remark. If you're going to boycott Israel, do it properly. If you don't want to touch anything that comes from I...
Carpal tunnel and bad headaches sounds like a pinched nerve in your neck. Luckily I didnt get surgery on my wrist when ...
I was on high doses of Methadone, and Fentanyl lollipops and spoke with Pain management prior to being admitted to make ...
[“‘Wonder if some are sharing stock research, thus wearing running shoes; not their own gum shoes??!’”] Looks...
Just hearing the name brings back bad memories . I was given it as an anesthetic while undergoing back surgery for over ...
Post surgery I was only given a few hydromorphone which did NOTHING. I writhed in pain like an animal, whimpering, cryin...
I’ve been looking for this as well. He mentions investing in the pick and shovel behind robotic surgery and using AI a...
If 510K is submitted soon, hopefully already has been. Does the 90 day FDA clock start again or should it be quicker? Re...
I wish I had your patience BnG. I understand mistakes can and will be made, but the ones ARTH has been guilty of, seem t...
It’s not the SP that disheartens me so much as the lack of any progress on this company’s part. Their bungling of b...
if the pss test is indeed proving to be less specific in detecting prostate cancer and leading to unnecessary surgery or...
I was diagnosed with metastatic malignant melanoma in 1965 it was surgical removed when found. I can't possibly tell you...
I too agree with these comments. I was put on statins etc. and scheduled for a high-priority triple bypass 18 years ago...
If some of you are using turmeric for pain, which by the way I use daily with a dash of pepper and fresh ginger root - n...
Indeed Sears does some weird stuff one would want to pass up but in general at least he gets his patients healthy. Meanw...
Doc, thanks for another very interesting write. Would you comment on Lung and Heart disease. I ask this since a few year...
I have come across doctors who are already treating people with stem cell therapies, and in a far wider variety of ailme...
$ARTH Just digging through the files here. Amazing what was said of $ARTH. All here. All documented. Summarizing ever...
As someone who has had brain surgery (an aneurysm), I can assure you of my acute sensitivity to EMF's...just from fluore...
$IMMY fp > ImprimisRx's Dropless® Steroid and Antibiotic Intravitreal Injection Featured in the Prestigious Journal of...
My wife is a surgeon, and I've heard the war stories through her entire training and years of practice. This gives me so...
I misstated the time frame. Late Jan. he had the angioplasty - 3 artery stents. Two weeks ago he suffered a heart attack...
So many excellent points in this article and the comments section. We try to take care of our health as much as possible...
A few years ago I had a 5 hour abdominal surgery to replace an emergency temporary colostomy bag installed a year earlie...
It's never easy to find a good surgeon, even if you have the advantage of close friends or relatives in the profession. ...
While it is possible that a virtuoso pianist never so much as picked up a violin in his/her life, it is not possible tha...
The real problem here was that Dr. DeBakey fell victim to pride. His pride prevented him from 1) admitting that abdomin...
Great article. On robotic surgery there is one company MZOR which has actually performed clinical trials to compare outc...
$MGEN wow abstracts > :-) Improved Perfusion and Wound Healing in Healthy Pigs With MRG-110, an Inhibitor of MicroRNA-92...
As a long term pain sufferer myself (cervical spine surgery w/implants) I can safely say with 10 years experience, It's...
I'm an optometrist, sort of the PCP of eye care. In my practice, I take care of everything my patients need except surge...
Dear Michael, Regarding the question of whether you should get primary care from a primary care MD or a specialist who...
$IMMY fp - Imprimis Pharmaceuticals to feature its patent-pending cyclosporine/chondroitin sulfate and patented non-opio...
I have not dug that far yet Deanbob. Between phone calls and Family comin by I haven't had a chance to see why the origi...
#STNUF/SQA Cowboy, nice find. Do you know why they went bankrupt? Good to hear the surgery is behind you and you're ...
STNUF/SQA--- Considering buying... After 3 days of leg up above my Heart after surgery, little good sleep and plenty of ...
Ben: You are a true humanitarian to make a kind gesture to Mike regarding the eloquent statement about Travis's ground w...
Pot will probably never replace opiates for pain relief completely. It is good for moderate pain and better than aspir...
I'm hangin in there deanbob. Surgery scheduled for March 16. Just killin time till then. Thanks for asking. ...Cowboy...
Dermatologic Surgery Publishes Clinical Data on Arch Therapeutics’ AC5™ in a Topical Application https://ir.archth...
$ARTH very ow and long Earlier today I took advantage of the blue light special and topped off an already large posit...
Thanks for the well wishes deanbob. MRI said I had two bad tears in the meniscus. One in each direction, whatever that m...
Valhalla can WAIT !! We need you here. Get well... I know you will. I am married to a Northern European rooted gal wh...
I was surprised to see Argyrol mentioned. It had appeared in my memory bank recently when I noted that some eyedrops I w...
#AD - PMN.to NP - As someone who lost their father to alzheimer's disease, I did a fair bit of research into this compan...
$ebio sp Just before the Holidays, while doing DD on $ebio I was thoroughly confused by the difference between the th...
#Greenrider - $ARTH durability after surgery If this question wasn't answered already, they'd probably do the research ...
$VTGN Page 2 of the above-mentioned Medscape article: As well as pain, ketamine is used to treat depression and post-t...
$VTGN Our brilliant Helen beat me to the punch concerning the pain management potential for VTGN. Let me add just a b...
I should have mentioned that the report was there HN. I subscribed also. I've been posting a lot while under the influen...
Tell me something, fredsgirl. If it was true that the "drug companies would be the first to scream" why did Congress ...
LInling88, sogiam gummune please give me a update I on CAPR i haven't have time to o research or follow threads been ex...
look at FMI now....and no it is not the number one stock pick for precision medicine but it is up 90% in 2017 alone...an...
Are you male or female? Male Why do you use Flovent? I was diagnosed with mild persistent asthma two years ago....
Are you male or female? Why do you use Flovent? what age are you? What other medications are you on? Have yo...
Honor roll post. Thanks zz. Didn't get to see Jim here, but will sit down with him in late Jan at Noblecon14. He's a goo...
If Mr. Jorrin is serious about taking an unbiased look at alternative therapies then I suggest he or anyone else interes...
Doc - Curaderm, a topical cream that is an extract of eggplant, completely cures squamous cell cancer without Moh's surg...
I also agree with Myron's comments. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016 and sought out natural treatment. I refus...
#SoGiAm Even injured, he soldiers on. Thank you for all you do. Hope you heal quickly without surgery. Take Good Care! B...
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I've heard some rumoring that the issue the FDA was questioning the company and Norchi about as regards AC5 was whether ...
Thanks Eyedoc, The approach appears to need some level of brain surgery and is expensive. It is tough for me to imagin...
$EYEG no position $IMMY long I will let Doc speak for himself. You need 3 different medications post op for cataract s...
Hi Doc - several months ago during one of your conference calls, you had some very complimentary thoughts about EyeGate ...
JB - Sorry to hear about your accident. Sounds like your recovering well and your attitude is excellent. If I may make a...
$ARTH What we have here is a failure to communicate,,,, Cool Hand Luke. FDA has already said safety is not the questi...
picking up Australian blockchain stocks is as hard as brain surgery. time was, about 5 years ago, when all the kangaroos...
Utah Academic Eye Center Presents a New Surgical Technique- "No Drop" Cataract Surgery at 2017 American Academy of Ophth...
If I had it to do over again, I would not have had bypass surgery but used digitalis or nitro if and when necessary. If...
I recently had a heart attack 10/29 to say the least. None of what you have posted seems to fit. The heart attacks had a...