So you want a medical exemption for the COVID vaccine? Your employer is mandating it and you feel you have valid medical reasons not to get one? There are limited circumstances under which a doctor can write you a medical exemption. A lot of patients request vaccine exemptions, but a doctor cannot issue one unless…
COVID Improvements, Insurance Updates, New State Licensing, Advanced Nutrient Therapy for Mental Health, the Coimbra Protocol, and New Patient Information Hi from Dr. Jensen, Things on the pandemic front are improving markedly as we move from pandemic to endemic COVID. However, I am still seeing some COVID cases. Note that ivermectin and HCQ are now…
Greetings from Dr. Jensen, I am now able to take insurance during COVID-19, including Medicare. I take most insurance plans and am glad to offer this option for you again. Feel free to reach out via the Medici app to discuss and set up an appointment with me. For those with Medicare (only for now), I have…
Berberine Berberine is an intriguing supplement Berberine is an ammonium salt derived from plants such as oregon grape and barberry. It has been studied in treating diabetes , high cholesterol, polycystic ovarian disease, and fatty liver disease. In these studies, reductions in body mass index were seen and weight loss occurred in some patients. Doses…
Bugs as Drugs Probiotics are basically a pill or food that contain bacteria (alive or dead) that can have an impact on health in various ways. It is important to know the state of the current knowledge of probiotics is in the very early stages. We are about in the kindergarten stage now and not…
Diabetic Neuropathy: Is There No Balm In Gilead? Jeremiah lamented a time when there would be no cure and no physician to cure what ailed his people. In diabetic neuropathy, sometimes there seems to be no real cure, but merely the aleviating of pain. Its true that physicians do have a role to aleviate pain,…
Does oxytocin improve autism? NEJM Journal watch Oct 2015 study from Mol Psych reported improvement in autistic children with the use of oxytocin nasal spray – a very safe thing to try for 5 weeks – one such brand is listed here – it is over the counter. http://www.jwatch.org/na39480/2015/11/13/does-oxytocin-improve-autism http://www.khemcorp.com/product/oxytocin-nasal-spray-60ml-autism-social-anxiety-empathy/ #autism #oxytocin #treatment
During my medical training in my surgical rotation I heard many discussions and ideas about the purpose of the organ known as the vermiform (”worm-like”) appendix. It seemed it was always becoming diseased and there seemed to be an endless stream of patients in the middle of the night and all day in need of removal…
Proton pump inhibitors are among the most prescribed drugs in the United States at this time (omeprazole or prilosec; lansoprazole or prevacid; pantoprazole or protonix; and nexium are a few). Many patients are placed on and continued on these drugs and are not sure why. Many hospitals are starting stop orders to prevent patients from…