COVID-19
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Proactive Protection: The changes you need to make to bolster your body’s defenses against COVID-19
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
At this point, the inevitable unraveling of the lockdown is underway. In many parts of the country, restrictions are being lifted, and people are emerging from self-imposed house arrest. Even here in New York City, where I reside, the natives…read more
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The latest on COVID-19: From antibodies to zinc, and everything in between
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
Is it a “Plandemic”? Spreading more rapidly than the virus itself, and threatening to inflame your limbic system and deprive you all your critical faculties, is a slick video featuring researcher Dr. Judy Mikovits. She outlines a wide-ranging conspiracy to infect…read more
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A closer look at two COVID-19 controversies
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
FBI Raids Alternative Coronavirus Clinic: Some of you may have been outraged, as I was, at the spectacle of armed FBI agents raiding a medical practice in Michigan that was offering patients vitamin C IV drips for prevention and/or treatment…read more
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Everyday ways to combat COVID-19
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
It appears that, for better or worse, we’re emerging from lockdown. We’ve “flattened the curve” and hospital admissions and deaths are declining. Americans are champing at the bit to normalize their routines and undertake damage control over a badly wounded…read more
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Integrative Medicine—a new way forward amid the coronavirus pandemic
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
Is COVID-19 the quintessential example of a “lifestyle disease”? I can’t take credit for that formulation—it’s by one of my cherished mentors, Dr. Jeffrey Bland, considered by many the undisputed “Father of Functional Medicine”. Hearing that helped me coalesce a…read more
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Coronavirus update: Masks, losing fitness, and toilets
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
More mask misdirection (and some possible clarity): I’m finally getting a handle on this mask controversy. First, they told us that masks for the general public were unnecessary because a) they were ineffective, and b) the good masks were scarce…read more
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COVID-19 Controversies: The debates to come
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
We are living in unprecedented and unpredictable times. It seems every day brings new recommendations on what we should—or shouldn’t—or actually, on second thought, should—be doing to keep ourselves and others safe from the spread of COVID-19. With experts and…read more
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Leyla Weighs In: A time to nourish
By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN
This is a good time—now that you have lots of it—to practice some long overdue self-care and self-nurture. That starts with good food. You want good, clean food packed with antioxidants and phytochemicals to keep your immune system humming along….read more
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“Poor protoplasm” and coronavirus: How the state of our overall health affects our ability to weather COVID-19
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
During my medical training in the 80s, we treated a lot of very sick patients. When things went south, as they inevitably did, we fatalistically blamed patients’ declines on their “poor protoplasm.” What is poor protoplasm? As with the oft-quoted…read more
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
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Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
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Q: My mother is otherwise healthy, takes no medications and walks daily for exercise, but she…
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More mask misdirection (and some possible clarity): I’m finally getting a handle on this mask…
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We are living in unprecedented and unpredictable times. It seems every day brings new recommendations…
Intelligent Medicine Radio Show for May 23, Part 1
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