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To vaccine or not to vaccine, that has become a polarizing question. But why is there censorship of early interventions and also of doctors writing scripts for them? Why are we being pitted against each other? Dr. Ruwart has been in the pharmaceutical industry for many years, run for the presidential primary on the Libertarian ticket, and is author of three books, one on how the FDA became what she thinks it is today. This is a tell-it-like-we-think-it conversation. Mary J. Ruwart, Ph.D. chairs a for-profit IRB and is a former research scientist in the pharmaceutical industry.  She has a B.S. in biochemistry and a Ph.D. in Biophysics from Michigan State University. She did post-doctoral work at the St. Louis University Medical School’s Department of Surgery and became an Assistant Professor of Surgery before joining the Upjohn Company.  Science is always changing, and we are in a circumstance that is evolving, but it seems that the “narrative” of much of the media is not representing accurately both sides of

Breast implants are a very popular surgery, especially for re-construction after breast cancer. Dr. Whitfield is an experienced, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who specializes in oncologic breast reconstruction. But he was also the doctor to discover that some cases of autoimmunity, chronic fatigue, cognitive decline… start in contaminated breast implants! Dr. Whitfiled completed six years of surgical training at Indiana University Medical Center. Then a Plastic Surgery Residency. And then a Fellowship in Microsurgery and Aesthetic under Dr. William Zamboni. Dr. Whitfield began to have patients that were experiencing systemic illness, and when he removed their implants, called an “explant” procedure, he found identifiable pathogens in the tissue capsule. Treating these infections got rid of many of these systemic problems, such as chronic fatigue. This lead Dr. Whitfield to start to add more services for his clients, including nutritional and nutraceutical advice as well as personal genetic predisposition sc

Gut health rules the basis of health. We now know that our gut cross-talks with our heart, brain and all tissues.   If your gut is unhealthy, so is the rest of you!   In this show you will learn:   What functional medicine is and why it’s uniquely qualified to treat chronic illness What are elimination diets and if they’re effective The mind/body connection to illness How your emotional health affects your physical health Why food sensitivities have become so common The benefits of intermittent fasting How a mental, emotional, and spiritual connection to the food you eat influences your health How a low-FODMAP diet can drastically improve your digestive system   New Book: UNFUNC YOUR GUT: Boost Your Immune System, Heal Your Gut, and Unlock Your Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health.        

In this show you will learn how hormones keep not only your skin thicker but waist thinner, but also how estrogen and progesterone are critical for boosting immune health and even treating leaky gut.     Dr. Angela DeRosa is an osteopathic physicians specializing in female health. Dr. DeRosa first got into this field because she went through peri-menopause in her 20’s while attending medical school, and then experienced full-blown menopause at age 35.   When no other doctors could help her, Dr. DeRosa had to figure out how to accomplish that on her own.   As of 2021, Dr. DeRosa has been prescribing bioidentical hormone therapies for 25 years.   Dr. DeRosa also trains physicians.   In 2018, she launched The Hormonal Health Institute: Executive Instruction for MedicalProfessionals, a hormonal healthcare consultancy designed to instruct medical providers and provide practice development training on bioidentical  hormone replacement therapies.   In addition to her educational and clinical activities, Dr. DeRosa s

In today’s environment, there is science to back both polarized sides. So it is difficult for everyone and anyone to figure out the truth. It takes courage to speak science that might not be the status quo. This show is about courage. On this show you will only hear peer review facts.  We share about protective nasal sprays, how you can make them at home, and much, more. In today’s dynamic dialogue you get to hear one of the most active academic physicians from Dallas, TX, Dr. Peter McCullough. In this show you will hear, backed by facts: What is going on with early intervention. What is going on with the Delta variant and vaccines. Durable immunity. ·      What’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) and how and why to interpret this. How to make nasal sprays that block viral adherence in mucous membranes. And more.   Plus, the reminder to eat your veggies. They matter!   References of these past two studies that should have made headline news everywhere, but didn’t   But you got them here!   D

We live in a polemic world of clashing misinformation. Especially about hormones. Including testosterone. Too many men are taken off Testosterone (T) if they get a diagnosis of prostate cancer or heart disease even though the science shows otherwise. Today’s interview is with Dr. Abraham Morgentaler, Harvard urologist and world expert on Testosterone, who has done much of this science. This is a must hear conversation on hormones and health that you will want to share with your physicians and patients. Dr. Abraham Morgentaler Abraham Morgentaler, MD is an international authority on men’s health and a pioneer in the treatment of testosterone deficiency in men. Dr. Morgentaler’s research is credited with reversing the decades-old belief that testosterone therapy is risky for prostate cancer. Dr. Morgentaler graduated from Harvard College in 1978 and Harvard Medical School in 1982. He completed his residency in 1988 through the Harvard Program in Urology, and then joined the faculty of Beth Israel Deaconess Medi

Dr. George Fareed Dr. George Fareed is a Harvard trained medical doctor who started out working in virology with Dr. Fauci at the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases early in his career. Then Dr. Fareed wanted to help the “underserved” and moved from Washington to east of San Diego. This is a highly agricultural area and the residents are mainly of Hispanic descent with a high incidence of health issues that often make them much more vulnerable to severe viral disease. In this population, Dr. Fareed and his colleague, Dr. Brian Tyson, have treated over 7,000 cases of this virus. Their patient population have a high incidences of type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome. Remember, these are the very “co-morbidities” that increase the risk of severe cases in the pandemic. Dr. Fareed utilizes “early intervention” as described in the article just published by himself and a number of esteemed medical colleagues below. At the end of August 2021 The

Looking for Safe Options for Severe Pain When you are in severe pain what are your safest options? How do you not become worse down the road from short-term fixes? Consider regenerative medicine. My Personal Experience A few months ago, I was supposed to fly from Austin, Texas to Houston to give an 8-hour continuing medical education, all-day class, for physicians. But a few days before all this, I woke up with my right leg so, in pain, I could not walk let alone stand! I called Dr. David Harris, a Board-Certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Board-Certified Pain Medicine specialist, who specializes in safe regenerative procedures. Usually, Dr. Harris is booked for up to 9 months, but there was an atypical cancellation. Most patients would get a steroid epidural. But as we age, we get more complicated. As I have shared before, I have an eye condition that cannot handle steroids. Thus, Dr. Harris, a pain “whisperer” (but all based in science), created a safer alternative epidural made of ozone, B

Leo Galland MD is an internist and author of medical books including Superimmunity for Kids, The Four Pillars of Healing, Power Healing, and The Fat Resistance Diet. Based in New York City, Galland is a regular columnist for Huffington Post, writing about various issues in integrated medicine. Dr. Berkson and Dr. Galland have lectured at the same conferences for decades. They have even co-formulated some nutraceutical lines - decades back. Dr. Galland being in NYC started to treat Covid patients early on. Dr. G has also written deep scientific dives about it. Presently his focus is on healing long covid cases. In this show you will learn: What to do to treat long Covid Who is at risk of Long Covid? What nutrient and dosage boosts mitochondrial function often damaged by Covid-19 The name of the probiotic that boosts alpha interferon vs. gamma interferon What estrogen has to do with alpha interferon. What progesterone has to do with BDNF. What nutrients boost BDNF and why you should care. What is butyrate and

Dr. Pamela Smith is one of the most well-known lecturers in functional medicine. She started out as a family practice and ER doctor but has moved into the arena of functional medicine, hormones and protocols to heal. Dr. Pamela Smith is the founder of The Fellowship in Anti-Aging. She created the modules for this 5-year board certification program where doctors learn how to become “functional practitioners” – all based on science. Dr. Smith and  Dr. Berkson lecture frequently together at these modules and at other conferences. For example, Dr. Smith and Dr. Berkson gave a two-day conference for pharmacists in Salt Lake City two years ago. Dr. Smith is also a prolific author. She has her new book out called Max Immunity.  This show is all about how to keep healthy especially in a pandemic. In this show you will learn: How to maximize immunity using specific nutraceuticals and medications The two parts of your immune system and timing of nutrients and medications Hormones and the immune system Sugar/alcohol an

Jim Hrncir, owner of Las Colinas Pharmacy, Compounding & Wellness in Irving, Texas, has received plenty of accolades during his nearly 40-year pharmacy career. Jim was named PCCA Compounding Pharmacist of the Year in 2017. PCCA is the company that makes many of the bases and formulas that compounding pharmacists use. PCCA also trains compounding pharmacists and MDs in yearly functional medicine courses (where Dr. Berkson often lectures). Jim is the ‘go-to guru’ teaching and giving advice to physicians for many compounded prescriptions. Recently, Jim was invited to testify in front of the National Academy of Health Sciences, who were given a task by the FDA to review the legality and compoundabilty of bioidentical hormones. In this show, you will learn what is going on with our rights to keep getting bioidentical hormones. Jim discusses doses, bases, controversies and more. In this show you will learn what are bioidentical hormones and how they make can make a huge difference in your life. They are the mos

Jack W. Moncrief, MD Dr. Moncrief has been in practice almost 50 years and was honored as one of the 7 physicians that made kidney medicine what it is today. In this show you will learn why and get in on a great conversation between colleagues and old friends. Dr. Moncrief and Dr. Berkson worked together in his clinic and dialysis center for almost 10 years. Both, together with Dr. Kenneth Burton, co-invented and worked on a combination drug/herb pharmaceutical and published original research shown below. Listen to Learn In this show you will learn how telemedicine got its start with an Austin kidney doctor wanting to do dialysis in faraway cities. By the nephrologist Dr. Jack Moncrief. Dr. Moncrief was the firsts doctor to do organ transplantation, dialysis, and dialysis in an infant, here in Texas. You hear about kidney health as well as how to treat brown recluse spider bites, so it doesn’t become an acute medical emergency requiring surgeries and wound care. You also hear about nitroglycerin and its appli

Dr. Barrie Tan Dr. Barrie Tan is a Ph.D. in chemistry and biochemistry. Dr. Tan is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on Vitamin E. Vitamin E is not regarded as so sexy or trendy. But it has 8 family members, 4 that are tocopherols and 4 that are tocotrienols. And boy, has Dr. Tan’s many decades of research unveiled the healing aspect of tocotrienols. And the healing aspect of an Amazon plant, the annatto plant, that contains 100% tocotrienols. The Beginning The story all starts with the Amazonian annatto plant (Bixa Orellana) that was discovered by Francesco de Orellana (in the 1550s) and continues in the 1700s when the British called it the ‘lipstick plant’ to today where Estee Lauder uses it in their lip products. The red oil from the annatto seed is used as a natural coloring in cheeses like cheddar, and is found in other foods like ice cream, meats, crackers, salad dressing, tortilla chips, even mac and cheese but.. it even helps fight cancer. One of the successful human trials that Dr. Tan h

This is a dynamic conversation about the reality of the health of the gut and diverse diseases from autism to severe upper respiratory tract infections. Dr. Sabine Hazan-Steinberg Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist Dr. Sabine Hazan-Steinberg is past Chief of Medicine at Community Memorial Hospital and has spent the last several decades doing deep dives into fecal transplant research, biomes and the link with overall health as well as specific diseases. Dr. Hazan has been the principal investigator on over 22 peer review published medical trials. She has published studies on Covid and our biome. Her latest paper coming out is on the specific role of one bacteria in our gut that makes us more vulnerable to Covid infections as well as enhanced severity. Dr. Hazen is one of the world’s experts on the genetics of the gut biome and now you get to hear it straight from the experts. In this show you will learn: What the biome has to do with our health and the top issues and foods that make a biome unhealthy. What

The world is in a mess. Of course, life on this planet earth has mostly been a chaotic entanglement of grace, grit and trauma for eons. Do you ever wonder: How to face the chaos without killing yourself before your time? How to have an enjoyable and successful life no matter what? How do others who have faced unbelievable cruelty and violence, come out better than ever and with many rupees in the bank? This show is an amazing story of how to succeed after life-changing setbacks. Joshua Greene Dr. Berkson interviews long time meditator, Joshua Greene. You hear the “calm” and “stability” in Joshua’s voice. Joshua is a biographer. Stories of people’s lives hold so much for our own. In his latest book, UNSTOPPABLE: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend  Joshua clearly describes how someone under incredible duress, can put it behind them while exploding successfully forward. During this captivating interview, Joshua and Dr. B discover they ha

Age is just a number and mine is unlisted! We are judged by our age. Recently, science has shown that those that “feel younger” longer have less inflammation, cognitive decline, severe diseases and achieve longer lives. In This Show Listen in to learn from the first lady of nutrition, Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman, all about the specific anti-aging steps in her latest book, Radical Longevity. How and why to take Vitamin C to bowel tolerance How immunity is everything and what proline and lysine have to do with it. The vitamin C – collagen “face lift”. Why you don’t want to eat AGE’s and which foods are high and how in AGE’s How to marinate food to avoid/lower AGEs How to stop toxic overload to maintain healthier transit time and you “migrating motor complex” How and why to free up fascia How to activate cellular rejuvenation with specific nutrients About the mind gut link as most neurotransmitters are made in the gut How and why macadamia nut oil is worth a few more dollars Which soluble fiber? and The emerging u

Dr. Hooman Noorchashm Physician-scientist Dr. Hooman Noorchashm is an advocate for patient safety, ethics and women’s health. He specializes in cardiothoracic surgery and has taught and practiced medicine for nearly two decades. When his wife, also a doctor, Dr. Amy Reed, tragically (and needlessly) passed away from complications of an FDA approved gynecologist procedure that is still in essence performed today, Dr. Noorchashm began his new incarnation of patient advocacy of do no harm. Dr. Noorchashm now brings this perspective to why some people may have adverse effects from the vaccine. And how this might translate into who should or should not get the vaccine. As well as how we might test this ourselves. Faculty appointments for Dr. Noorchashm's include positions at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and the Philadelphia VA Hospital. In addition to peer-reviewed publications, he has authored medical book chapters and has lecture

Dr. Peter A. McCullough Dr. Peter McCullough is a practicing internist and cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at Texas A & M College of Medicine. Dr. McCullough has broadly published on a range of topics in medicine with > 1000 publications and > 600 citations in the National Library of Medicine. He testified in front of the Texas State Senate in March of 2021 that our battle against the pandemic is missing “early intervention”. On November 19, 2020, Dr. McCullough also testified in the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs concerning early ambulatory treatment of high-risk patients with COVID-19. Dr. Peter McCullough has become an expert on Covid-19. He believes that Covid is treatable with a combination of medications, especially if those medications are started early while the disease is still mild. He shares what can we do at home (along with a smart doctor’s help) to avoid ending up in the ER or ICU. In our conversation you will hear the protocol details that diverse

Robb Wolf is a former research biochemist and two time New York Times best selling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired To Eat.  Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world via his top ranked iTunes podcast, books and seminars. Robb also was a review editor for the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism and as a consultant for the Naval Special Warfare Resiliency program. In this show you will learn: What is the Paleo diet? What does Robb Wolf eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Is rice allowed? Why, according to this philosophy, are legumes and grains foods to be consumed “carefully”. What about the carnivore diet? You also hear a discussion the possible role of food in the violence we are seeing in the US today, and more! Links https://robbwolf.com/

Screen time and prolonged exposure to unhealthy blue light has skyrocketed over the past year as we’ve all been stuck inside during the pandemic. We’ve developed new habits that aren’t likely to change as we get back to our older lives. So, how can we protect our eyes against blue light exposure and the growing risk of macular degeneration? In this show you learn the top 4 answers: Proper nutrition Supplementation Blue blocking glasses, and Screen filters You will learn: Which spectrum of light is most damaging to your eyes? How to pick the best protective blue light glasses from the worst. How to know if the blue-blocking glasses are working. About a medical food that has the highest level of protective eye pigments and nutrients of anything on the market (link to Lumega-Z is below). Which nutraceutical is the only one to have all three pigments. Link is below.  Too many ophthalmologists and optometrists leave “nutrition” and “life-style” out of their conversations with patients. Too much health care i