More Looking Out for Your Own Wellbeing
[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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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...
$mrtx np - BeiGene and Mirati Therapeutics Announce Exclusive License Agreement for Sitravatinib in the Asia Pacific Reg...
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...
$No Ticker Allison, I will make calls to Vets I know at NC State a bit later this AM. State is very cutting edge. They h...
$VKTX vs. MDGL Madrigal does seem farther along and has the Dr. science blessing. VTKX seems to be doing some of the s...
Hi DrKSS - My wife recently had breast surgery cancer (2nd time) and had 22 lymph nodes removed, that blessedly, tested ...
A fascinating letter this am in NEJM makes the case for liposuction as a way to manage lymphedema. The results appear i...
Long $ARTH. Greetings, I found this article interesting. It concerns ERGOMED, a company developing a peptide solution to...
Must be a slow news day in California, as word of Intuitive's lawsuits have been around for ages. Juries, as always, are...
They have now developed minimally invasive heart surgery using a robot. The results have been very good. I wish your w...
$ARTH Interesting that the received CE Mark for internal use. "Gecko Biomedical has received CE Mark for Setalum, a l...
I bought in to $ARTH for one reason only. Hemostasis. In that regard nothing has changed. Gel wound dressing is insign...
$ARTH For years in 9-10 presentations a year I thought I heard Dr. Norchi saying why they were initiating human tri...
To codaras: I believe Terry's thinking is this. It's a new invention and he has never personally developed a drug or run...
I know all-to-well the misery of chronic pain. Not from my own pain, but that of my wife. She was diagnosed with RSD (...
$??? Dr. KSS, apologies but I can't find the name of what I think was a dermatology company you like with a wound closu...
#mvssysprog. Dave, while I'm not sure of the answer to your question I do think you're referring to $CLRB with the phosp...
Here's a good brief clipping about the 510K approval process. https://www.meddeviceonline.com/doc/how-long-does-the-fda-...
I had a good sit-down conversation with Dr. Norchi this afternoon. He knows nothing formally about the status of the ext...
To Louis, your story sounds similar to a good friend of mine. 10 years of trying every antidepressant with NO relief. Th...
Well, let me be the judge of my own pain. Most doctors don't feel my pain, in fact, none of them do. But I can agree ...
$MRIC np - MRI Interventions’ ClearPoint® Neuro-Navigation System to be Featured at the Congress of Neurological Surg...
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I joined the family trust and it takes a little getting used too as you must pledge to conduct your portfolio in the req...
$EYEG Hi Eyedoc I had a retinal vein occlusion (blood vessel bursts behind eye and you are blind in that eye) se...
athi $ PSDV – they made a bad deal with existing partner ALIM causing the shares to tank. I’m underwater on this an...
$EYEG long - EyeDoc post some time ago: https://www.stockgumshoe.com/2017/02/the-rest-of-the-12-biotechs-of-christmas/co...
$ARTH How are internal-use trials done on humans? Do they make additional cuts, or just use it in place of the standa...