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361. CARDIAC SURGEONS AND INVASIVE CARDIOLOGISTS RUN GIANT SCAMS

By June 9, 2025June 10th, 2025151 Comments
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When my friend Stephen accompanied his father to the cardiologist, he politely told the doctor he knew that angioplasties only improve lifespan if they are done during an “ST elevation” heart attack. This is a desperate situation with obvious EKG changes, tremendous pain, and a significant chance of dying. Angioplasties do nothing for your chances of living longer if they are not performed during such an event.

Some non-emergency patients experience improvement after stent placement, but studies have shown that these procedures do not prolong their longevity. The problem is that stents soon clot off. This may be because few patients are entirely compliant with blood-thinner medicines.

That cardiologist had already scheduled Stephen’s father for a “routine” angioplasty and stent insertion. As you will learn below, this is both useless and unethical in terms of achieving a longer life. When he discovered that Stephen was familiar with his game, he immediately began treating him as a colleague and deferred to his judgment.

I told my friend that if I were his Dad, I would start intravenous chelation therapy several days a week and see the cardiologist solely for medication management. They understand that better than anyone else and are talented at “tuning up” cardiac patients with congestive heart failure. I would also take a lot of oral magnesium, not the Costco magnesium oxide, which is poorly absorbed but can loosen the bowels. If I could find a natural doctor to give magnesium to me intravenously, I’d get over there ASAP without passing GO on the way.

I’d also carry around nitroglycerine and take at least one 500 mg uncoated aspirin daily and not the ineffective 81 mg “baby” aspirin. I sent Stephen links to my magnesium article HERE and my related one on atrial fibrillation HERE.

If it were me, I would take DMSO, a teaspoon to a tablespoon, twice a day instead of the prescription blood thinner. I offer no guarantees about that idea.

Our healthcare situation has gotten so pathological that these simple and effective strategies are virtually never implemented today. Standard aspirin, the bestselling drug for decades, is seldom even found in drugstores and must be ordered online. At one time, heart attack patients were instructed to chew one up immediately if they had chest pain. These days, its excellent healing effects are concealed, and toxic Tylenol is promoted instead.

Not long ago, magnesium was given IV when heart attack patients reached the emergency room, and it saved lives. This is also a thing of the past, even though over half of us are deficient. Nitroglycerine prescriptions also seem to have largely gone the way of the dodo bird. It is long off-patent, making it unprofitable for the Pharma.

The following is an excerpt from my study of modern high-tech heart care, as told in “Butchered by Healthcare.” What doctors are doing now does not align with the science, and they are aware of this.

Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

How much can a patient be expected to do, anyway? Caveat emptor may be an appropriate slogan for selling used cars or life insurance, but it is not a worthy dictum for health care. In the final analysis, it is not a patient’s responsibility to protect himself against the medical profession; it is the profession’s responsibility to protect the patient. —Jerome Kassirer, MD, On the Take (2005)

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a blockage of the arteries supplying the heart with blood. It is the top cause of death in the US. When it happens suddenly, people get heart attacks, which damage the heart muscle, and they may die. We have high-tech weapons to treat this problem, but over the past few decades, studies have proven that they are nearly complete failures.

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) heart surgery involves sewing new blood vessels into the heart arteries to permit blood to flow around blocked areas. This logically appealing, plumbing-type solution was first performed in the 1960s. The second approach, angioplasty, is a more recent development. Wires and tiny balloons are used to pry the arteries open, and mesh tubes called stents hold them open. This should only be done while a heart attack is occurring.

The first step in the modern approach is to identify people who have the disease and might get a heart attack. We ask patients about chest pain and “cardiac risk factors.” These include smoking, diabetes, cholesterol, high blood pressure, and family history. Being overweight and male are also risks.

If doctors are suspicious that the coronary arteries are partially blocked, they often have the patient do a “stress test.” This is a walk on a treadmill while the doctor checks the heart’s function using an EKG. Sometimes, imaging is used to look at the anatomy during this exercise. If heart disease seems likely, the patient then gets referred for “angiography” to see if there is a blockage. For this, the cardiologist squirts dye directly into the coronary arteries and takes x-rays.

Patients with chest pain have stress tests if their story and examination suggest heart problems. Those with suspicious stress tests and those who seem sick get an angiogram. After this, the doctors may consider surgery or angioplasty, depending on the situation. If the first treatment fails, the doctor will usually refer the patient to another specialist for the alternative treatment.

We perform stress testing nearly universally, but its predictive power is little better than a coin toss. Doing them does not improve survival. Radiologic imaging during stress testing is of little benefit, either. These tests are wrong twice as often as they are right. They often detect a 50 percent blockage, a routine finding that is a poor predictor of future death. This needs no invasive treatment.

CABG surgery is proven to lengthen life only for the tiny fraction of patients who have severe left main coronary artery blockage. This one-centimeter vessel feeds two of the three primary heart arteries. It divides into a Y, supplying its inflow, and then the blood goes through these into most of the heart. Significant obstruction in this tiny spot is found in only three (3) percent of all heart attacks.

After a CABG plumbing job around this small section, eighty-five percent of patients will be alive five years later, but only 65 percent of them will survive five years if they take medications. The twenty percent (20%) improvement in survival at five years for this small group represents the entire benefit for all CABG surgeries. Sewing artery bypasses around other areas of artery obstructions does not improve lifespan.

The whole multibillion-dollar coronary artery bypass surgery skyscraper was built on this slender foundation. No studies have ever shown other justifications. As early as 1989, a Veterans Administration trial found that cardiac bypass surgery did not improve overall five-year survival more than merely taking medications. Fewer people died of heart disease when they got the operations, but they did not live longer on average because they died of other things—including presumably the operation itself.

The heart surgery machine has enormous, teetering wings with no foundation at all. These include the claim that performing a complicated surgery to bypass blockages in all three coronary arteries works as effectively as bypassing the left main artery alone. Although operating on this “left main equivalent” situation seems reasonable, studies have proven that triple vessel surgery does not extend life (Worried Sick by Nortin Hadler, 2012).

The gorillas in the CABG room are the complications. Two to nine percent of the people getting the surgery die immediately, and about a third—some studies say half—of those surviving have significant, measurable brain damage. Angioplasty, in contrast, has few such issues, and the fatalities are only a fraction of a percent when performed for patients who are not having a heart attack. The cardiologists tout it as the safe way to treat CAD (David Newman’s 2014 review of CABG in theNNT.com is a balanced commentary from when the literature was already mature. He cites two dozen key references.)

The studies that debunked angioplasty and stents were as unforeseen and staggering as the ones that deflated CABG surgery. In 2007, the NEJM published the “COURAGE” trial of over 2000 patients (study authors like acronyms; this one somehow stands for “Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation”). It showed that neither stents nor angioplasty improved survival or subsequent heart attack rates in patients with stable coronary artery disease.

A follow-up report by these COURAGE authors showed improvements in angina and a few quality-of-life measures, but these effects lasted less than 36 months. Based on this slender support, the operations continued. The cardiologists thought it was reasonable because stent deaths are so rare.

Finally, the ORBITA study showed conclusively that these procedures were without survival benefit for stable cardiac disease in people who were not having a heart attack. Neither pain nor chances of further heart attacks decreased. This trial used an invasive “sham” or faked procedure for the control group, which is the most definitive type of surgical evaluation. There were only 230 patients, but the results were indisputable. (TheNNT.com has an excellent summary.)

Drug “eluting” stents leak drugs into the surrounding area, but they do not help patient survival either and cause an increase in blood clots. The science was clear: stents and angioplasty in routine care do not improve outcomes.

In 2019, a federally funded trial again discredited over 90 percent, possibly over 95 percent, of the cardiology and cardiac surgical invasive procedures. The researchers treated 5000 patients with stable heart disease with either CABG or stents. Neither therapy improved lifespan or heart attacks when compared to diet and drugs. These patients were not having heart attacks at the time of the interventions. The researchers also excluded those with left main coronary artery disease.

As for CABG surgery, there is one narrow case where stents supposedly work. This is during a severe heart attack when the EKG has a pattern called “ST-elevation myocardial infarction” or STEMI. This is a complete or near-complete coronary artery blockage. When stents are placed during STEMIs, the cardiologists proclaim they save one person in 40, a number needed to treat of 40.

The American Heart Association and many others worldwide promote this as “intervening during the golden hour” (recently, they have been yapping about this approach for strokes). Patients in their most vulnerable state, often in severe pain, get rushed from the emergency department to the catheterization lab and treated with angioplasty and stents. They are incapable of making reasoned decisions. Nortin Hadler summarizes: “Stenting belongs to one of the bleakest chapters in the history of Western medicine… Cardiologists are marching on because the interventional cardiology industry has a cash flow comparable to the GDP of many countries” (Hadler, ibid).

The latest marketing ploy is to remind the public about “atypical” pain, which is serious but unlike the usual, distinctive heart attack pain patterns. People are now racing to the hospital, into this dysfunctional system, if they have any twinge in their chest.

Angioplasty causes strokes, heart attacks, rhythm disturbances, and bleeding. Does angioplasty save more STEMI heart attack patients during a heart attack than are killed by the procedure? When performed during a heart attack:

ANGIOPLASTY SAVES: 1/40, or 2.5%

ANGIOPLASTY FATALITIES: 1/167 to 1/43: .6% to 2.3%

ANGIOPLASTY COMPLICATIONS: 1/50, or 2%

Does the 1/40 “saved” figure already take into account the people who die from the procedure? Considering the entire picture, I do not think it makes a difference, but if you still have doubts, consult your cardiologist. I doubt they could convince me.

If we could overlook the cardiologists’ conflict of interest and accept their numbers, the expense of performing angioplasties on 40 people to save one is 40 times the $35,000 cost, or $1.4 million. This is on the outer fringes of acceptability; one to two million dollars spent for each life saved has somehow entered the literature as reasonable. Since heart attack patients have an average age in their late 60s, the number of years of life being bought is uncertain. And there are many other ways to spend this money that would do more good and save more years of life.

In the US, at least 85 percent (the lowest figure I could find) of coronary angioplasties are performed on patients who have uncomplicated, stable chest pain, where there is no chance of success. And STEMIs are likely only a percent or two of all heart attacks.

To justify the process, cardiologists often send their patients to the emergency room, saying that they have “unstable angina.” This means that chest pain occurs without physical exertion, is not relieved by rest or medication, and may worsen. This diagnosis is often abused because it involves a subjective judgment with an imprecise definition. I spoke with emergency physicians in 2019, who confirmed that they frequently saw this scenario.

Note: when angioplasty is done like this as an “elective procedure,” for no patient benefit, and not during a heart attack, it thankfully only kills .2 percent or 1/500.

Conclusions

How can treating cardiologists and surgeons condone all this? Surgeons rarely look at statistical evidence. They say they see the heart come alive when the blood returns after they sew on new arteries. They support CABG surgeries based on the authority of their specialty.

Cardiologists continued to place stents despite studies proving they were ineffective. They say they have cases every week with an immediate decrease in chest pain after stent placement. However, they admit that stents soon clot off, especially when patients miss some of their anti-clotting drugs—a universal occurrence. Yoho 2025 note: If I were in this situation, I would instead take a tablespoon of DMSO in a glass of water daily and never miss it. My attempts to interview several of them about the statistics were met with hostility.

The University of California San Francisco cardiologist Rita Redberg said, “It’s just like a sugar pill. We know sugar pills make a lot of people feel better — though sugar procedures make even more people feel even better.” Dr. Katz agrees: Placebos work avidly for pain, especially placebo surgery.

Doctors are only human. Upton Sinclair explains: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Doctors do care for their patients, but because they are being paid, they struggle to reconcile issues like this.

How many of these procedures are performed? Although CABG surgery has been declining somewhat for nearly 20 years, about half a million are still done annually in the US. At approximately the same time each year, a million angioplasties are performed, and around a million patients have had stents placed (2013, 2018).

In the US, angioplasty and stents cost $20,000 to $50,000, while CABG surgery costs $70,000 to $200,000. If not covered by insurance, CABG costs about $28,000 in the UK. The US yearly bill for all stents is roughly $12 billion, and for CABG surgeries, the total is about the same. US cardiovascular disease, including stroke, costs nearly a billion dollars a day if lost productivity is included (CDC).

A proper diet and exercise are vital for a healthy heart, but what constitutes the optimal regimen is unknown. Exercise helps, but the studies are unclear.

Jason Fung credibly touts higher-fat diets and fasting (The Diabetes Code: Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally by Jason Fung, 2018). He says that when people fast, their metabolism or internal caloric consumption stays high, which aids weight loss. By comparison, ordinary calorie-restricted diets lower metabolic levels, which is a big disadvantage. This sort of dieting may have permanent or near-permanent effects. Fung says his patients lower their cholesterol, eliminate diabetes, and discontinue most drugs.

Scientific proof is imperfect for any diet. John Ioannidis, a renowned expert on study design at Stanford, states that most trials of diet and health are flawed. They are too small, not randomized, or otherwise biased. Both diets above restrict calories, which may be responsible for the observed benefits.

The US has showered money and prestige on our heart doctors, who, in return, oversee our third most expensive and ineffective medical specialty after mental health and oncology. (This does not include dentists and pediatricians—they are the two worst and are in classes of their own.) Our national obsession with these high technologies has distracted us from the possibility of more straightforward solutions. Other first-world countries perform heart procedures at a fraction of our rate. They get less doctoring, which could be why their citizens live longer.

Synthesis

Before his latest brush with the cardiologist, Stephen ignored my ideas about what I would do if I were his Dad. This time, even though the doctor admitted I was right, Stephen went ahead with the angioplasty and stent and then took my other suggestions. Dad, who is 86, felt improved but never got worked up about it.

Honey always gets better results than vinegar. I write aggressively to teach, but if you act like me, doctors will ignore you, so always be respectful and deferential. Most do their best despite heavy pressures from outside, and you want them committed to helping.

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  • Avatar AKcidentalwriter says:

    many thanks for pulling back the curtain!!!

  • Avatar A Midwestern Doctor says:

    1) EECP and EDTA chelation therapy are often very helpful for heart issues.
    2) The angiograms used to assess the need for CABG’s/stenting are often a false positive because the dye causes the coronary veins to contract and there’s suprisingly little agreement on interpreting the imaging over what constitues the need for a procedure.
    3) CABGs often cause significant cognitive issues.
    4) This is a quick summary of one big CABG scam:

    The Redding Medical Center Scandal
    Overview: In 2002, the FBI, along with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the IRS, and the U.S. Attorneyu2019s Office in Sacramento, raided Redding Medical Center and the offices of two doctors, Dr. Chae Hyun Moon (cardiologist) and Dr. Fidel Realyvasquez Jr. (cardiac surgeon), investigating allegations of unnecessary invasive cardiac procedures, including coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG), heart catheterizations, and valve replacements. The investigation was triggered by concerns from patients and other doctors, with evidence suggesting that up to 25u201350% of these procedures may have been medically unnecessary, driven by financial incentives.

    Humboldt County Connection: An FBI affidavit by Agent Michael Skeen specifically cited a case involving a man from Eureka (Humboldt County) who underwent an angiogram at RMC that showed no coronary artery disease, yet Dr. Moon recommended a bypass surgery, which another cardiologist deemed unnecessary. This case, among others, highlighted that patients from Humboldt County and other nearby areas were referred to RMC, contributing to the high volume of procedures.

    Key Allegations:
    Unnecessary Procedures: Dr. Moon and Dr. Realyvasquez were accused of performing or recommending invasive procedures on patients with minimal or no coronary artery disease. For example, patients like Father John Corapi (a Catholic priest) and Shirley McClaren were told they needed urgent bypass surgery despite second opinions indicating no significant disease. McClaren died shortly after her procedure, and her surgery was later deemed unnecessary.

    Financial Motives: RMC, owned by Tenet Healthcare Corporation, was highly profitable, earning $93 million in pretax income in 2002, largely due to its cardiac program. Each bypass surgery generated over $300,000, incentivizing high procedure volumes. The hospital also received high u201Coutlieru201D Medicare payments for complex cases, which raised suspicions of billing fraud.

    Volume of Procedures: From May 2000 to May 2001, RMC, a 230-bed hospital, performed 16,000 catheterizations and 923 open-heart surgeries, numbers more typical of a major urban medical center than a rural hospital in a community of ~90,000. Approximately 40% of patients came from outside Redding, including Humboldt County, due to RMCu2019s aggressive marketing as a top heart center.

    Whistleblowers and Investigation:
    Father John Corapi: In May 2002, Corapi was told by Dr. Moon that he needed bypass surgery after diagnostic tests. After seeking second opinions in Las Vegas, where cardiologists found only minor coronary artery disease not requiring surgery, Corapi contacted the FBI and filed a False Claims Act (FCA) complaint on November 5, 2002, alleging fraud, negligence, and battery.

    Dr. Patrick Campbell: An internist at RMC since 1993, Campbell raised concerns about unnecessary surgeries as early as 1993, noting cases like Mary Rosburg (died post-surgery) and Emma Jean Montgomery, where bypasses were performed despite no evidence of severe heart disease. Campbell filed an FCA complaint on November 8, 2002, which was later reinstated by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

    Other Concerns: Over a dozen doctors, medical technicians, and patients reported issues to hospital administrators, but no peer reviews were conducted. A representative of an ultrasound machine company also warned that Dr. Moon was misusing diagnostic equipment, potentially leading to false diagnoses.

    Outcomes:
    Legal Consequences: In 2005, Tenet Healthcare settled with the government for $54 million, the largest settlement for accusations of billing federal health programs for unnecessary care, avoiding criminal or civil charges against the company. Dr. Moon and Dr. Realyvasquez faced professional and financial repercussions, including paying their malpractice insurance policy limits ($24 million) to settle lawsuits from victims. The California Medical Board sought to suspend their licenses.

    Patient Impact: Hundreds of patients filed lawsuits, with estimates of 167 deaths linked to unnecessary procedures. Victims included those like Cecil Josefsson, whose son filed a lawsuit claiming his fatheru2019s death was due to an unneeded bypass.

    Community Impact: The scandal eroded trust in Reddingu2019s medical system, with patients like Paul Alexandre regretting their surgeries after being coerced by Dr. Moonu2019s dire warnings.

    Why Humboldt County May Be Mentioned: While the scandal was based in Redding (Shasta County), RMCu2019s patient base included Humboldt County residents, as evidenced by the Eureka case in the FBI affidavit. The hospitalu2019s aggressive marketing and reputation drew patients from rural Northern California, including Humboldt County, amplifying the scandalu2019s regional impact.

    The most amazing part was that the doctor who revealed this got so much pushback from the community and it was years of a traumatic ordeal for him to get an investigation to stop this.

  • Avatar Kat Bro says:

    Another excellent article! At this point I am surprised by nothing and expect nothing to change. But when our health inevitably fails, it will take courage to accept fate and do what we can to mitigate it at home. I know older folks on dozens of meds and standing appointments with all their specialists. “I paid into this my entire career(medicare), I might as well use it!”

  • Avatar Vonu says:

    I use magnesium chloride that I buy from a marine aquarium supplier because any impurity in an aquarium can kill expensive fish. Magnesium chloride is the most bioavailable form of the metal being absorbable transdermally as magnesium oil, a supersaturated solution of magnesium chloride in purified water.

    • Avatar KB says:

      If you use topical magnesium (gel or oil), where do you apply it and how much?

      • Avatar SoDeeplyConcerned says:

        Try Epson salt baths… Also relaxing.

        • Avatar KB says:

          Thank you! Problem is I canu2019t lay in tub due to arthritis- canu2019t get in & out

          • Avatar SoDeeplyConcerned says:

            Ok make a solution in some sort of bucket and rub it all over…. After some period of time shower it off. Experiment and take notes.

          • Avatar Vonu says:

            Have you tried 5-LOXIN? It put my arthritis into remission.

          • Avatar KB says:

            No. I never heard of it. Is it by prescription? I havenu2019t gone to the doctor for years.
            When I first got Medicare over a year ago, I decided to focus on dental because of issues which included living with chronic mouth infections for many years. Hopefully itu2019s taken care of post 6 extractions and treatments. I still have mercury fillings but Iu2019m unable to take care of it now because of costs.
            I do have my 1st doc appointment this August.
            I rely on supplements.

          • Avatar Vonu says:

            It is a highly concentrated extract of the therapeutic component in frankincense, one of the gifts of the wise men to the baby Jesus, so its been around for a very long time. I’ve never heard of a Medicare plan that covered dental or vision except cataract surgery. 5-LOXIN is a patented nutraceutical that can be found wherever supplements are. Good luck and good health.

          • Avatar KB says:

            Oh wow. Thanks!
            I will try.
            Only a tiny portion of dental was covered. My daughter tried to help out and the rest on care credit.
            God bless!

          • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

            go t0 see Dr. Legos in TJ; this will be about $4000. See Judas Dentistry

          • Avatar KB says:

            Thank you! I will definitely check it out.

          • Avatar toni jean says:

            What are you eating and drinking thats creating dental problems? soda? Instead of water? Fake junk food? do you floss ? Brush gently? What exactly are your dental problems! I brush with reg toothpaste, or Toms Natural but then use just pure baking soda once per week, teeth feel great , if you dont floss start , you will see improvement fast, ditch any listerine crap…drink more water, rinse teeth frequently with water

          • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

            Read about him in Judas Dentistry

          • Avatar toni jean says:

            Dont go!! You will start the hamster wheel ! Why people who feel good go to docs makes no sense to me.the testing is the trap creating patients

          • Avatar Kent says:

            Magnesium Oil would work for you too but squirt some on your hand and rub into your upper legs or lower abdomen….that’ll be enough, you won’t need to bathe in it. Experiment with what works for you

        • Avatar Vonu says:

          As long as you don’t consume them.

          • Avatar erin says:

            Magnesium sulfite is part of “snake juice” athletes make to rehydrate. I get the lab-pure kind, though, not the stuff for baths.

          • Avatar toni jean says:

            Why not drink more water eat an orange?

          • Avatar Vonu says:

            Drinking too much water can induce malnutrition.

          • Avatar erin says:

            Plain water will not replenish electrolytes, and oranges have sugar in them and cause an insulin spike for susceptible people.

          • Avatar Vonu says:

            Bulk Reef Supply also sells magnesium sulfate, which is used in marine along with magnesium chloride, to adjust pH. I don’t know what the difference is between magnesium sulfite and magnesium sulfate.

        • Avatar toni jean says:

          This is a practical common sense suggestion for aches pain but drinking more water with a splash of juice for electrolytes and eating an orange helps too, muscles get dehydrated. People on statins experience severe muscle aches, cramping. Stop statins goes away..doctors create patients out of healthy people, cant patent an orange.

        • Avatar Condy says:

          Epson salts have tested for heavy metals

      • Avatar Vonu says:

        Speaking strictly about what is called magnesium oil, you can put it anywhere but your eyes. It is totally non-toxic so no limit needs to be observed aside from the fact that magnesium is a very gentle and powerful laxative…

      • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

        7 squirts each leg daily and rub in

    • Avatar Kent says:

      Ive used MAGNESIUM OIL for various muscular and joint area aches and it is AMAZINGLY effective. You can buy it online or in health store outlets….its every bit an easy way to get magnesium absorbed thru the skin. I also use the cheap Magnesium Oxide that most stores offer too but Yoho is right, it doesnt get absorbed enough before it loosens the bowels (most laxatives contain a form of magnesium). I break a small 250mg tablet up and use about a quarter of it in OJ or coffee. You can mix it in your oatmeal or other hot cereal when it is cooking. I like rice for breakfast often and i let a small piece of mag dissolve in the water as the grain is cooking….
      You don’t need a lot of it and you can almost instantly FEEL the effects of it which is why you don’t want to overdo it. Its not how much you use but HOW MUCH is absorbed. You can even place a small piece of a tablet under your tongue and let it absorb, it doesnt taste good but it hits your system quickly and after about 5 min, spit out the rest….I used to get wired at the prospect of flying years back so I’d take some magnesium to calm my irrational fears…worked better than alcohol too. Can you see why Big Pharma would prefer to give you their cockamamie medications when there is something natural and inexpensive to use instead?
      Magnesium is one of the most important minerals that many of us lack and it is a key link in almost every bodily process. Don’t take it for granted.

      • Avatar Vonu says:

        I buy my magnesium chloride from Bulk Reef Supply for $30 for 7 pounds, which might be a lifetime supply for light users. Because theirs is ultra pure, I dilute it down to a weak solution and use it to wash down my other supplements.

        • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

          works for constipation too

        • Avatar toni jean says:

          Prunes. real food. More water, Same good effect. The body does not recognize fake food fake vitamins.

          • Avatar Vonu says:

            There is nothing remotely fake about magnesium, it being an essential electrolyte and required for almost every bodily function.
            If the body doesn’t recognize fake food, why worry about it?

        • Avatar Tim Pallies says:

          Any thoughts you’d be willing to share on dosing?

          • Avatar Vonu says:

            Are you asking about oral or topical?
            Oral, start out with a solution that tastes sweet and don’t rush. Watch your stools closely for any sign of softening and back off if you see any.
            Topical, use as much as necessary to get relief of the muscle spasm, that being the usual reason for topical use. The same stool watch applies if used more than episodically.

          • Avatar Tim Pallies says:

            Thank you very much for your information, both now and your earlier post. Iu2019m looking forward to starting this soon!

          • Avatar Vonu says:

            You are very welcome. Good luck.

          • Avatar Frances says:

            I make my own magnesium ‘oil’ for transdermal application, using equal parts water and magnesium, e.g. 1/2 cup magnesium chloride flakes diluted in 1/2 cup non-tap water.

          • Avatar Tim Pallies says:

            Thanks for the info! Do you have a favorite brand of flakes?

          • Avatar Frances says:

            I usually buy from a company in Australia which claims their “Natural Magnesium Chloride Flakes are harvested from the Dead Sea where ancient mineral deposits are abundant.”

          • Avatar Tim Pallies says:

            Thanks again!!

          • Avatar Maxstirner says:

            add dmso, they say

      • Avatar KB says:

        Thank you!

      • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

        love this

      • Avatar toni jean says:

        For what purpose do you do this ?

    • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

      Vonu, i bought 5 pounds of it when you initially suggested it over a year ago and took some this morning!!

    • Avatar toni jean says:

      Makes no sense the body needs anything more than real food, known as fruit veggies meat dairy, and water! What crap or rx drugs are people who experience chest pain on? Are they dehydrated? Im done going to doctors, done taking fake vitamins. No pill can replace an apple or orange. An apple a day keeps the doctor away is the most honest claim.

      • Avatar Vonu says:

        Fruit and vegetables are unhealthy for those of us on the parasympathetic dominant end of metabolism, which your comments make you appear grossly ignorant about.
        Chest pain is a symptom of magnesium deficiency, a primary cause of heart attacks,
        An apple a day could send you to a toxicologist if they were grown, as most are, with pesticides.

  • Avatar Crixcyon says:

    I would consider AtheroCare Cyclodextrin which is reasonably priced and used as a suppository. Very few cardio guys have ever heard of it, I bet, but it may be a better route to travel before succumbing to stents, statins, blood thinners, blood pressure meds and CABG.

    Why is so much of medical practice predicated on a scam? Drugs, vaccines, mRNA poisons, endless testing, procedures and surgeries…all combined are not making people healthier. All are deadly as the body is invaded for no good reasons.

  • Avatar Little.Lambsie says:

    I’m so glad I read this article. Thank you. I had no idea about any of this now. I wanna know more about the dentists. uD83EuDDB7

  • Avatar SoDeeplyConcerned says:

    Most heart disease is caused by diet… Sugar, seed oils and processed high carb crap.

    Cook at home with real ingredients.

  • Avatar Wayfaring says:

    Your communication style is refreshing. It’s objectively direct, rather than a run-of-the-mill attempt to manipulate via coaxing and persuading. Objectively direct allows unmuddied thought for assessment and deliberation.

    Thank you for all that you share. It’s not only been personally helpful to hear from your vantage point, but it’s also a generosity of spirit that is greatly appreciated. Meanwhile, I’ll continue to be reasonably deferential because – ‘do unto others’.

  • Avatar ann lewis says:

    What do you think about taking a baby ASA daily just as potential stroke/arrest prevention ? I worry a little about potential gastric bleeding.

  • Avatar Mary says:

    My favorite Aunt died in 1997 from a heart bypass procedure she did not need. She was 17 days on a ventilator before she died. I will never forget.

  • Avatar Kent says:

    Dr Yoho-please do some research on the topic of Dental Analgesics/Anesthetics and how most of these contain nano-particles with hydrogel. Research Dr David Nixon and what he’s found in nearly all of the analgesics he’s investigated. This should be right up your alley and A MIDWESTERN DOCTOR.

    • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

      David Nixon has been associated with Malhalcea, right? Instant diagnosis: psy op.

      • Avatar Bette says:

        I feel you are NOT allowing yourself to understand this is being found by Drs. All around the world. I just recently read a NEW article by another Dr. who found similar items in blood & it actually scared her to see it. This is somethimg you should be OPEN minded about as their are PATENTS by the MILITARY for these very things.

        • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

          sorry this is nonsense and I’ve addressed it before
          wrong scale
          posits previously unknown tech
          pathologists laugh and say artifact
          lots more

    • Avatar Daniel says:

      Is there any absolute proof that this is effective?

      • Avatar iheartpugs says:

        In Marku2019s own words, u201D I was an emergency care case with two almost wholly blocked cardiac arteries seven months ago. My RN sister, after seeing my catheterization results, was surprised they let me out of the hospital. I avoided surgery by diligently using my Natural Allopathic protocol and was doing better. After 12 weeks on cyclodextrins, administered daily through liquid suppositories, my blood pressure fluctuates slightly around perfect. The cyclodextrins have cleaned out and opened my arteries, creating enough volume in my blood vessels to lower my pressure.u201D https://drsircus.com/cardiovascular/gift-to-the-world-cure-for-high-blood-pressure/

  • Avatar Don says:

    What do you think of applying DMSO over the chest area?

    • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

      works but take it orally

      • Avatar Aznasimage says:

        While rubbing DMSO on my shoulder I inadvertently rubbed some on my pacemaker. I had unusual chest pains for the remainder of the day. The pain never returned but I have not repeated the activity. My pacemaker was implanted for autonomic dysreflexia so chest pain is extremely unusual for me. I always wanted to tell someone that but I can not afford a Naturopath.
        I will look at oral protocol. We are also trying to treat chronic, severe pain.
        Thank you.

    • Avatar Bette says:

      With DMSO anything touching it is absorbed thru the skin…..so any chemicals, lotions, perfumes, laundry products, dyes, contaminants & even micro fibers can be absorbed. They recommend covering it with Organic unbleached cotton or muslin. So probably better oral like Dr. Yoho states.

  • Avatar Christopher J. Patton says:

    At mid-70s I exercise intensely every three days with more weights than recommended by my cardiologists and feel much better for doing so. That habit also helps me to keep working at my desk, around the house, in my yard and garden. On other days I walk a mile or so extra.

  • Avatar Aznasimage says:

    An image verified Takotsubo cardiac event and the cardiac ICU doc wanted to perform an angiogram. In addition they did not have factor eight for my platelet disorder but they thought they were going in anyway. An hour of intense disagreement with my husband left the cardiologist admitting that there was little to no chance of an occlusion.

  • Avatar Richard D says:

    It’s interesting that vaccines are not mentioned among the possible causes of heart problems. Personally, I avoid all vaccines and, so far, I haven’t had any known heart problems. The last vaccination I had was back in the 1970s. Other iatrogenic contributors to heart problems include many prescription drugs, including psychiatric medications.

  • Avatar Jeannon Kralj says:

    I wanted to make a contribution to this excellent posting and discussion, so I decided to find something that might be enlightening on the topic of “cholesterol.”

    I know the “facts” about cholesterol and high cholesterol and low cholesterol and good cholesterol and bad cholesterol and fats and polyunsaturated fats and saturated fats and animal fats and vegetable fats yadda yadda changed markedly over the years of my adult life.

    I had a “high blood cholesterol reading”, as I recall low 200s, in about 1990. My pulmonologist doctor at the time seemed to be going with the old “medical facts and medical thinking” and just have that kind of blood test reading meant my following his dietary guidelines and maybe to be put on some kind of prescription in the future. (Turned out my going to a pulmonologist was wrong in the first place and the thing they sent me to one was a wrong rabbit trail, and the hypertension finding was sort of incidental finding.)

    I decided to just ignore the high BP and leave pulmonologist care. Good decision.

    I am trying to eat more healthy foods but that’s a heartache too.
    ____

    Here is a 3-part series of short articles that look interesting and certainly expands the information and discussion about cholesterol if anyone is interested.

    https://drcate.com/cholesterol-what-the-american-heart-association-is-hiding-from-you-part-1/

    Cholesterol: What the American Heart Association is Hiding from You (Part 1)
    u2022 December 31, 2020
    u2022 Dr. Cate
    u2022 Cholesterol
    u2022 13 Comments

    December 31, 2020
    Cholesterol: What the American Heart Association is Hiding from You (Part 1)
    Part 1 of my 3 article series explains that cholesterol is a nutrient and not the root cause of heart disease. The root cause is a chemical process called oxidation. After all, smoking doesnu2019t raise cholesterol. It causes oxidation.

    https://drcate.com/cholesterol-what-the-american-heart-association-is-hiding-from-you-part-2/

    January 7, 2021
    Cholesterol: What the American Heart Association is Hiding from You (Part 2)
    In Part 2 of this series we learn about a large human clinical trial that the American Heart Association leadership buried. This trial disproves the cholesterol theory of heart disease, shows that lower cholesterol correlates with greater death, and offers solid evidence that vegetable oils increase your risk of dying.

    _______________________

    https://drcate.com/cholesterol-what-the-american-heart-association-is-hiding-from-you-part-3/

    January 14, 2021
    Cholesterol: What the American Heart Association is Hiding from You (Part 3)
    In part 3 of this series exposing the truth about cholesterol I show you the documents the American Heart Association use to trick doctors into believing there is ample evidence linking cholesterol to heart disease.

  • Avatar richard noakes says:

    I did one of these once – about 14 years ago: If doctors are suspicious that the coronary arteries are partially blocked, they often have the patient do a u201Cstress test.u201D This is a walk on a treadmill while the doctor checks the heartu2019s function using an EKG. – but I had to run on my one. It was required of me that I ran for as fast as I could for as long as I could on the treadmill and then, afterwards, I “collapsed” on the bed provided, while they checked my Heart Function for a Heart Murmur, which could not be found, so I was declared fit and OK – others before me came out looking quite stressed, so presumably they had Heart Murmurs.

    • Avatar belted radial says:

      That is weird. Even the athletes are supposed to cool down, not just fall down at the end. What if you have a heart attack while you are running or when you collapse? Wouldn’t a murmur be discoverable even at rest?

      • Avatar richard noakes says:

        I have absolutely no idea. I went in, that’s what they did with me. I was OK. False Alarm, so I presuppose the same test for everyone. I’ve never questioned it since, not knowing any better. The idea of the test, presumably, was to stress my Heart so that a Murmur, if present could be seen and recorded?

    • Avatar Lena says:

      The Nuclear stress test is a different test altogether. You don’t run at all. They inject your body with a nuclear radioactive liquid which then stresses the heart to simulate stress. Its extremely uncomfortable, dangerous and can actually cause a heart attack. You are warned not to go near children for at least 2 days because you are radioactive. They inject radiation into your body and many people get cancer from it. I read about 50 to 80 people a month get cancer afterwards in the US alone. Even Harvard Medical school warns not to take it unless it’s an emergency. My Cardiologist wanted to do it just because I felt a weird heart beat! Unreal! That’s why I rejected it.

  • Avatar David says:

    11-year post-bypass. No issues. Cost? $0 The VA paid for it all.

  • Avatar Merr!dy says:

    All I can say is that EVERYONE should have a naturopathic practitioner for prevention rather than a doctor! I am 59 and have been on no regular medications for anything, just natural suppliments as my body has needed. Also, recommended foods.
    The medical system treats us like cattle. We are all different and require different needs. While I have needed the medical system for certain operations I am grayeful for, I certainly don’t put everything in that basket. They can only do what they are taught, which isn’t a lot apparently. I have tried doing my own research over the years and after that, I also never touched another vaccine.
    Unfortunately I have had to watch my parents health deteriorate as they are slaves to the pharmaceutical/medical fear mongering. The more they had done and the more medication the more issues they had. Dad had a heart attack many years ago from stress. After that they became scared I guess. They wouldn’t listen to any advise I gave because I wasn’t a scientist or doctor. But then when the specialist said the same thing they did it. Their medications were never right. I said don’t take statins because they are dangerous. Then a few years later, because the TV told them statins were bad, they were quoting what I had already told them. Ugh.
    Anyhow they both have pacemakers after taking the covid experiments like many their age that have survived it. (Seems more of the younger ones haven’t survived so far. So many injuries in all ages I know and deaths) So more medication was required to get that right. They seem to have a decent heart specialist thankfully whom I have never met. After the covid farce I realised though, that all of these thousands of people on medication and these technologies will not survive what is coming. Major power outages and much more that will prevent medication getting to Australia too. Our industry is now overseas. Covid was a small taste of what they will do next with their insidious insane plans. More culling coming.uD83DuDE25

    • Avatar Lena says:

      I’ve had minimal vaccines in my life. The last one around 25 yrs ago for the flu. It made me sick immediately. Never again. Now I take 1 pain med for chronic pain and that’s all I take. I’ve been doing the Cl02 for a month and hope to get rid the last med soon. I’m 72. I’m totally anti big pharma. My doctor hates me for it.

      • Avatar Merr!dy says:

        Awesome uD83DuDC4C. Yes doctors don’t take to kindly to educated customers uD83DuDE02

      • Avatar toni jean says:

        Ditch the lain med trap! It will effect your liver kidney sooner than later!! Book, by Dr Batmangliesh, Your Not Sick, Your Thirsty,, The Bodies many cries for water. i cured my RA, chrohns colitis..lupus labels given to me, never going back for another label.

        • Avatar Lena says:

          Giving it up is my main goal but not as easily done as said. I had an accident that resulted in a compressed L3 Vertibrae fracture with lots of nerve damage in the area. I spent months in bed to heal the fracture in a a brace, and zero activity for 6 months. After having bone spurs removed 2 years ago the pain returned. I’ve had 3 separate stints of physio therapy ps (including pool therapy) and all made it worse. I now walk 5 times a week for a mile or so. After much research for a few years I’ve come to the conclusion its neurogenic atrophy, different than regular atrophy, caused by nerve damage, not inactivity. I was warned of nerve damage when the accident first happened.

          I’ve been taking chlorine dioxide for almost a month with no difference so far. I bought DMSO but can’t take it because I’m on pain meds (Tramadol). If I go off Tramadol before I take the DMSO, I basically won’t even be walking. It will relagate me to bed completely with severe pain. What if the DMSO doesn’t work? It’s a vicious circle. I know I need help but can’t find it in our screwed up medical world. Does DMSO help immediately or is there a ramp up period? I don’t know the answer to that. I am hoping Dr. Yoho or someone else here can advise me.

          • Avatar Laura says:

            Have you considered Boron to help feed the bone to relieve the pain, in case it is a malnutrition element to the suffering?

          • Avatar Lena says:

            I have taken Boron and didn’t see any pain improvement. It’s mostly for bone improvement and my issue is more nerve related. Neurogenic atrophy is from nerve damage and I believe that’s what it is after persuing many options. I am fairly strong bone wise. I eat a good diet, walk daily and feel fairly strong. I could be wrong but I have a house full of vitamins and becoming vitamin poor. I think my next options that I will persue is electromagnetic frequency machines and maybe dark ultraviolet light therapy or the Rife machine. I’ve been at this for several years. I am on MMS now and will see how that goes first. Failing all the above I will just have to bite the bullet, quit pain killers, suffer for a few days of pain and try DMSO while hoping it works. Also, too many vitamins while taking CDS is not advisable since one counteracts the other and may be a waste of money. Thank you for the suggestion though.

          • Avatar toni jean says:

            the vitamins, that might be holding you back, our bodies are meant to get what we need from real food, nothing manufactured. Vitamins are synthetic and who knows how they are made , white powder is not from any food. More selling snake oil..
            Save your money. Might see improvement!

          • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

            PEMF post next–15,000 words
            This helps many pain issues

          • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

            worth trying read my Boron post
            I use it at a 1 to 5 ratio in my table salt

          • Avatar Laura says:

            It took me many years to find my tribe. You are in it. Thank you so much!

          • Avatar Anonymous says:
          • Avatar Lena says:

            I haven’t tried a chiropractor. I’ve been very warned against it with the type of injury I have. I used one long ago (b/4 injury) and I became addicted and worked hard to get away, lol. Acupuncture is something I should probably try…. find one that’s legit. I’m planning to move out of the city to a small community where I’ll pursue more options. I’m in Houston and I kid you not, in 5 years I haven’t found a competent doctor here, except the surgeon, who’s wonderful but not from here. The rest aren’t worth a penny. I’m soured on doctors. I have some horror stories…

            When I went on CD I gave up all vitamins except D, K2 and Magnesium which I take a few hours later. Vitamins can counter CD.

          • Avatar toni jean says:

            A physics scientist I zoom with every week pushes CD, he thinks its the cure for Autism, and all issues…but im personally not sold on it or willing to try, it needs to be precise measured, etc very complicated, smells toxic..but would be very interested in your experience…

          • Avatar Lena says:

            I’ll send you some info and my experience by email. Thanks.

          • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

            read my CD section and links in Apocalypse Almanac
            It’s a huge deal

          • Avatar Lena says:

            I just found a Dr Jennifer Daniels (black lady) on YT. A lot of her last videos were about medical lies. She abruptly stopped posting anything 3 months ago after posting multiple videos about it. I wonder if they got to her and shut her down. I’ll go through her list. Thanks.

          • Avatar Anonymous says:
          • Avatar Lena says:

            I just copied your email address. Thank you. I will send you an email and we can communicate privately that way. If I were you I would delete this comment to protect you identity.

          • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

            DMSO helps immediately
            I’ve never heard of a problem with Tramadol
            I take a tablespoon full once or twice a day in a glass of water
            Read my two posts on it by searching my archives.
            directions on how in the Apocalypse Almanac
            read about inflammation there too and look at Table of Contents

  • Avatar Lena says:

    My only visit ever to a cardiologist recently scared me away. I didn’t go back. I had some unusual palpitations that I wanted checked out. He did an EKG and told me nothing unusual showed up. As a precaution, he booked a nuclear stress test, due to back issues (normal stress test difficulty). After checking that out online, I declined it and never went back. I wasn’t prepared to be injected with radioactive nuclear material for a minor problem. Hope I did the right thing.

  • Avatar belted radial says:

    This thing about cholesterol and hearts and blood vessels and disability and death. A lot of this keeps going on because the story has been repeated so many times. We had to learn this in school, from commercials, from the doctor who learned it from his school, the drug reps, his continuing education, his institution, the protocols, the incentives for prescribing, professional publications. And we all know it’s true cuz we saw it on TV. Brought to you by Pfizer.

    Uffe Ravenskov MD PhD wrote “Ignore the Awkward” and has published on how the cholesterol mythology was created and how it is kept going. The Ancel Keys story is in there. It is worth looking at how that study was used to advance the war against cholesterol to understand how data can be selected and deselected to prove something it doesn’t prove. The data will tell you what you want, if you torture it enough.

    Another book from Fred and Jean Kummerow. “Cholesterol is not the Culprit” about the role of nutrition and effects on the clotting pathways. The effects of trans fats, minerals, carbohydrates… More than you ever want to know. A very nerdy book. It is more technically detailed, but still readable and useable. BTW, Fred had an elective CABG in 2004 when he was 89 and lived to be 102. Was his longevity due to genetics, medical intervention or clean living?

    Also Anthony Colpo wrote about this too, with a more shocking title “The great cholesterol Con…”.

    Maybe they don’t really “hide” the facts from us but select facts and leave out other facts which frames cholesterol as the criminal. Then a panel of selected voters votes “guilty”.

    Uffe Ravenskov quotes Michael Crichton:
    “Let’s be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has results that are verifiable by reference to the real world. In science, consensus is irrelevant. What is relevant is reproducible results. The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus. There is no such thing as consensus science. If it’s consensus, it isn’t science. If it’s science, it isn’t consensus. Period.”

    Statin drugs are a scandal that will probably never be acknowledged. The downstream disease from these drugs provides revenue beyond cardiology. See this book by Duane Graveline “Lipitor Thief of Memory”.

    It was interesting that people on high dose statins would be reduced to low dose statins AFTER their heart attacks. Wonder why that was so. Wasn’t the statin supposed to prevent the cardiac incident?

    • Avatar belted radial says:

      Sometimes, I just have to point at it.
      The BMJ tells its readers that only in the 1990s were trans fats found to be a health problem. This article starts by downplaying the industrial use of partially hydrogenated fats by telling us that they occur naturally in small amounts in food. Without any numbers, percentages, references, but a sweeping generality.
      https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1314072

      Fred Kummerow published his findings on trans fats and also his findings on cholesterol in the 1950s. I didn’t find all his papers in pubmed, but they are listed in references in his book.
      https://www.sj-r.com/story/lifestyle/2014/11/02/100-year-old-professor-trying/36033742007/
      https://www.wsj.com/articles/fred-kummerow-made-early-warnings-against-dangers-of-trans-fats

      That is only one way they blind you with science.

    • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

      a lie repeated often enough becomes the truth. –Stalin

      I have an upcoming post on statins

      • Avatar belted radial says:

        The lies are mostly lies of construction and omission. Relative truths, like what kind of cookies Santa prefers or the flavor of moon cheese.

        What gets me is BMJ and NEJM repeat things like ‘consensus science’ like it IS Science not just industrial partnerships and so people including MDs and PhDs really believe that the truth about any given subject comes down to a majority vote or persecuting the minority. That cluster of logical fallacies is like a box of chocolates.

        I’ll watch for that statin post. Statins are a nostrum of unusual size and proportion and windfall business.

  • Avatar David Cope says:

    All heart patients should be on Nattokinase and Berberine daily, what they do individually and together is amazing, ouabain is the best natural compound for angina. 97% of Germany cardiologists prescribe it for their patients. It is non patentable so doctors in the U.S. wonu2019t prescribe it. It is a cardiac glycoside it stops lactic acid in heart muscle from depleted oxygen, it stops angina fast, I did a deep dive with three different A.I.s verifying research. 10,800f/u daily of Nattokinase and 500mg Berberine morning and night. You can get Ouabain extract off Amazon, I stopped going to my cardiologist years ago, changed diet to Ketogenic and red meat and have never felt better. Iu2019m 76, have a microbiology and biochemistry background. I developed a protocol of off label drugs and natural compounds that dropped a PSA from 32 to 24 in eight weeks and every month it drops 2-3 points. I use different A.I.s to verify the other ones. I always ask for links to research papers so I can verify.

    • Avatar JackieH says:

      That’s great information, thank you. I would also like to add that Ubiquinol – more bioavailable form of CQ10 is essential for heart health. It basically feeds the energy cells of the body and heart. Doctors in Japan prescribe CQ10 following a heart attack.

      • Avatar David Cope says:

        What I talked about here was just a little bit of what I do. You are completely right there are many compounds that feed heart muscle and keep it strong.

  • Avatar Gigi says:

    Thanks for all this info Robert. I have a question. When you take DMSO and chlorine dioxide, how do you time it with food and other supplements? It seems like youu2019ve mentioned sometimes these things can interfere with other medicationu2019s or supplementsu2026 What do you advise? Thanks.

    • Avatar Lena says:

      I recently discovered the Jim Humble Archive on Substack. He talks about some of this and how supplements feed parasites. So if you’re taking anti parasite CDS, you are feeding its enemy. I haven’t checked enough of it yet but he should have some clear directives about food timing too.

    • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

      stay away from other supplements
      you can take them two hours after you have finished CD for the day
      food: empty or near empty stomach best
      read references in CD section of Apocalypse almanac
      DMSO: no problems with these

  • Avatar Amil E says:

    Amazing objective data. Thank you so very very much!

  • Avatar toni jean says:

    Blood thinners ie eliquis are expensive aspirin, both causing internal bleeding, this notion of prevention with medication, is causing health issues shortening life, body only needs real food, clean water, dehydration narrows, shrinks blood vessels, body made up of water…no discussion there…water is not only necessary, but free
    Water pills causing electrolyte imbalance,, all so called prevention meds create patients.

    • Avatar Robert Yoho, MD says:

      I would take DMSO orally every day in preference to blood thinners but can’t formally recommend it

  • Avatar bonafidecat says:

    Dr. Paulding had a theory for cardiovascular disease and a protocol for the prevention of it. I see many doctors today are recommending this protocol.
    https://archive.org/details/linus-pauling-heart-protocol-vitamin-c-lysine
    No mention here so far of getting a CAC scan. Recommended by the Irish Heart Foundation but denounced by other doctors. Watch their documentary “The Widow Maker”, and then decide for yourself.

    • Avatar bonafidecat says:

      It should also be noted that hormone expert Dr. Neal Rouzier has shown in studies that exogenous testosterone/TRT will reduce atherosclerotic plaque in men with low testosterone, but…cardiologists refuse to use this as a treatment. What a damnable shame.

  • Avatar Howard Long says:

    I am living proof this article is not accurate. I couldn’t walk down the driveway without severe shortage of breath and chest pain. 12 years later after 2 stwnts were placed I’m active and continue to perform physically demanding labor. My mother had a triple Cab surgery nearly 40 years ago and is now 86 years old.

  • Avatar David says:

    So how long for Chelation to clear a 90% clogged artery? 6 months?

  • Avatar Patriot Tess says:

    I have stopped chest pain with cayenne extract and water. Its harsh, but very effective. You can counter the burning effect with some milk….any dairy.

  • Avatar Gigi says:

    Robert! I wanted to alert you and all your readers to a hero Dr. Kirk Moore, who is featured on The Shannon Joy Show Tuesday, June 10. A plastic surgeon who closed down his practice during Covid to help treat Covid patients and is looking at 35 years in federal prison for Giving desperate people saline shots and a Covid vaccine card when they needed surgery, needed to keep their job, airline pilots, desperate family members who wanted to visit their loved ones in the hospital, students wanting to return to college – etc. He is a single dad and humanitarian and a true hero. His trial is in one month. He would be a great guest on your podcast, Robertu2026just a wonderful man. If interested, you can support him at GIVESENDGO.COM/FIGHT4MOORE

  • Avatar Antipodes says:

    What about the Harvard (yes, that Harvard when it did real studies) Fireman study?
    40 push ups seems to effective.

  • Avatar Harrison says:

    Fascinating! Iu2019m Harrison, an ex fine dining line cook. My stack “The Secret Ingredient” adapts hit restaurant recipes for easy home cooking.
    check us out:
    https://thesecretingredient.substack.com

  • Avatar NY Nanny says:

    I am forever grateful for Dr. Yoho’s advice on so many different medical issues. I somehow discovered this wonderful genius via another Substack writer, possibly AMD, and I have been reading his articles and advices ever since.

    My own father was a victim of the early bypass surgeries that were done in the 1970s. We lived in the northern suburbs of NY at the time and the “doctor” who advised him to get the surgery was a local quack who probably had no idea what the hell he was talking about. Mom and I begged dad not to get the surgery because even back then I had started to learn about “alternative” medicine and I knew that dad drank way too much which was probably the root of his problems.

    As it turned out, they more or less butchered him with the open heart surgery. He barely survived a week in terrible pain and misery. My father’s untimely death (he was 55 years old) changed forever the way I felt about “doctors” and “health care”.

    The fact that we can learn so much online thanks to REAL doctors like Dr. Yoho, Dr. Mercola, AMD, et al who share their work with us, is a Godsend. They have helped more people than they can imagine!

  • Avatar Gigi says:

    Happy Fatheru2019s Day Robert. I canu2019t tell you how much I have learned from you! Thank you so much.

  • Avatar Kate says:

    DMSO in the right ratio can only help the body! I wish there was more studies done correctly on this product. Iu2019ve read Dr. Stanley Jacobu2019s book Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and disease, and itu2019s amazing what DMSO can do for oneu2019s health. I suggest that everyone should read it. Thereu2019s also the book DMSO handbook for doctors by Archie H Scott.

    Unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at it Iu2019m not a doctor or a pharmacist, so when I bring this information up to others they look at me like Iu2019m crazy. Which is unfortunate because they just shrug what I say off. Doctors need to get on board and start helping patients instead of uD83EuDE79 the symptoms. Iu2019m grateful for those like you who bring important information to those who normally wouldnu2019t hear about it.

  • Avatar Shirley Jane Hodge says:

    I am not against some of what i read though i have not read it all however, what are you supposed to do when you are in the middle of that heart attack and your life is on the line refused the stent because my guess is that’s when the decision to put the stent in? At least thats when they put my sons stent in. however i think they are only temporary at best then they load you down with more statins that in return causes you to have another heart attack behind it. The person is dammed if they do and they are dammed if they don’t is the problem

  • Avatar Shirley Jane Hodge says:

    Thing with iv chelation most people do not live close to where its done. one place i called months ago was way in another state and they had these rules they would not do it unless you had things removed that may be in the mouth. even though a person should i do not think a person should be refused treatment over it. I had iv chelation many years ago and so did my son and yet years later my son had a heart attack not everyone can afford or even have the opportunity to go to one of these places.

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