Big News: We’re Launching Memberships on May 1!

To all of you who’ve followed, read, and shared “Don’t Get Sick!”—thank you. Your trust and support over the past few years have enabled this site to reach thousands of people with a clear mission: to prevent disease and promote healing, without the need for prescriptions. You’ve helped create a community built on strength, independence, and science….

A Repost for Mothers’ Day

This article is a repost from 2021. Still appropriate for Mothers’ Day. Fetal microchimerism is when the fetal cells travel outside the fetus and embed in the mother’s body during pregnancy. Those fetal cells can stay with the mother for decades and affect her health. The Chimera is a Greek mythological creature with parts taken…

High Tech Nursing Home care in Japan

This article presents a video from NHK Japan about using technology to improve the nursing home for the elderly. The video has four parts. The first is using sensors in bed to monitor the sleep pattern of the residents. Second, are video cameras that detect movement and falls. The third is about odor sensors that…

Anoxic Brain Injury

This article is a follow-up to Myocarditis is more common than Commotio Cardis. I remembered that American football players wear shoulder pads extending to the chest, and I wondered how effective chest compressions would be with the protective equipment. In cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the standard established by the American Heart Association for the depth of chest…

Merry Christmas!

I wish all my readers a very Merry Christmas! May everyone experience the joy of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, our Savior. I am sharing a message from one of my favorite priests, Fr. John Corapi.  

Thanks for Buying Me Coffee!

Many thanks to the following for buying me a coffee! I removed Google advertising from my website because they wanted to censor me. Steve G bought me three coffees on June 12, 2023 “Thank you for your great effort” Laura RN bought five coffees – on June 1, 2023 “Thank you for shedding light over…

Microplastics in breast milk

A new study showed that microplastics are present in human breast milk. Using Raman spectroscopy, particles of polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and polypropylene with sizes ranging from 2 to 12 micrometers were found in women’s breast milk. In their abstract, The widespread use of plastics determines the inevitable human exposure to its by-products, including microplastics (MPs),…