Dr. Etienne Callebout: The Doctor Who Never Gave Up
"You never fail until you stop trying." ~ Albert Einstein I dedicate this heartfelt memorial to a dear friend, mentor, teacher, colleague, and warrior, Dr. Etienne Callebout, who departed this…
What do COVID-19 and Cancer Share in Common?
I’ve spent twenty years providing personalized medicine consultation for cancer patients, mostly those suffering from Stage IV advanced cancers. The most common feature, which I observed in the vast majority…
Placebo-phobia is Killing COVID-19 Patients
We really didn't need another study into the Placebo Effect, but it made the researchers feel better Nico Reznick Years ago I saw a cartoon that showed two orderlies…
Using Old Drugs Against a New Virus
Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt was a Scottish meteorologist who developed a low-tech radar system to help forecast the weather. In 1935, he convinced the British government to use his far-from-perfect…
Can Fear Increase the Death Toll of the Coronavirus?
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less.” –Marie Curie On March…
MIT Innovation Lab Presentation
This past Thursday, February 28th, I was honored to stand before some of the world’s greatest thinkers, industry game-changers, and leaders of innovation in the US Army, Navy, NASA, Ford,…
What price will we pay for the FDA’s faith in Gd?
Gd is the chemical symbol for gadolinium, a rare metal that is commonly used during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and is approved by the FDA. Thirty million MRI scans…
Patients Beware: Your Patience May Kill You
I recently flew from Vienna to New York on Austrian Airlines. As sometimes happens after landing, a number of passengers were impatient and stood before the plane arrived at the…
Serendipity & Drug Repurposing
Serendipity is understood to mean the fortuitous discovery of that which we didn't set out to seek. Usually, we think of science as following well-defined logical processes and that new…
In Experts We Trust
In light of the advances in knowledge and education wouldn’t we expect modern, sophisticated human beings to be more discerning and less naive than their forebears? Wouldn’t it be logical…