Saving Evolution
Medicine

In continuing to observe my body’s response to known or suspected exposures, I have formed more specific hypotheses for cure that may allow others suffering from emerging epidemics to recognize when biocides may be harming their tissues. 1 Eating neonicotinoid-contaminated foods may cause peripheral neuropathy that feels like shooting pains or tender aches in your …

I love cauliflower prepared in the Indian way with fennel seeds and root vegetable puree. Back in the 80’s when I first developed bowel problems, it was a regular part of my diet. Last week I ate had something similar at a vegan restaurant in my neighborhood. In retrospect I’m not sure what I was …

When I first consulted a gastroenterologist, she asked me what was wrong. When I said that I had bloating, she literally threw up her hands and exclaimed, “Everybody has it!” Half an hour later, she prescribed medicines that blocked stomach acid production and relieved the symptoms of reflux. I took them. They offered relief but …

This has been a bad health year for me. Like other bad years, it began with an interval of adrenal stress and a series of fall viral infections that triggered a flare of illness that has lasted for months. I eat only a few hypoallergenic foods, rely on vitamins and probiotics, and sometimes take antibiotics …

Medical research is for proving what you already know. We like to imagine that our ideas come from evidence, but they don’t. How could they? Evaluating evidence presupposes a robust theory, a plan for gathering the necessary data, and a database worth analyzing. The analysis rests on the assumption that complexity is random, and on …

Back in the 1970’s, I brought a friend home to visit with my parents. Taking advantage of a moment alone, he turned to whisper in amazement, “You could eat off the floor!” I looked around. As usual, there was no speck of dust on the floor, no dried water droplet on the faucet, no specks …

There is a psycho-spiritual teaching that what is outside is inside. It is often used to mean that when we look at the world we see it through the lens of the organizing principles by which we simplify a natural world that would otherwise overwhelm. Like most popular teachings, it reflects a literal truth: the …

In 1996 I developed what the Centers for Disease Control labeled “chronic fatigue syndrome.” Since 1996, American doctors have labeled my illness as chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic Lyme disease, borrelliosis, and bartonella. The Aussie ones call it M.E., or myalgic encephalomyelitis. Whatever the label, the signs and symptoms …