Nothing published in preprint* form was interesting enough for me to take a deep dive into, but there were a few studies worth mentioning, and here they are. One paper suggested that tocilizumab, an inhibitor of interleukin-6 (IL-6), reduces mortality from COVID-19. Whether patients received it, after some basic inclusion criteria, was left to the judgment …
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Povidone-Iodine Safety, Efficacy, and Lugol’s
In the last issue, I covered the potential of nasal irrigation, rinsing, and gargling with 0.5% povidone-iodine to kill SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Several issues then came up as responses that I consider worth addressing: How well can we generalize from the in vitro (test tube) study to the likely in vivo (live …
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Proof the Masterpass Savings Are Real
I can totally see why you wouldn’t at first glance trust that the Masterpass savings are real. But let’s take a look at the math. Let’s first consider day-to-day food purchases. Day-to-Day Food Purchases I like to alternate my breakfast protein between four eggs or 1/3 lb White Oak Pastures “paleo ground beef” (which is …
Povidone-Iodine Kills the Coronavirus in 60 Seconds
On May 26, a preprint* was released providing the first direct evidence that povidone-iodine, a widely used antiseptic, is capable of killing SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. As little as 0.5% povidone-iodine completely inactivated the virus in 60 seconds, comparable to 70% alcohol. Greater concentrations were equally effective but provided no additional benefit. This …
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ACE2 Probably Does Not Explain Why Older Males Have More Severe Disease
In an April 16 YouTube video titled “Vitamin D may reduce susceptibility to COVID-19-associated lung injury,” Dr. Rhonda Patrick of Found My Fitness suggested that older people have more severe COVID-19 outcomes than younger people and males have more severe outcomes than females because each of these groups has lower ACE2. This was in the …
Do Glutathione Supplements Work?
In response to yesterday’s update about glutathione and COVID-19, a number of questions came in on social media about whether glutathione can be absorbed intact, whether supplements need to be liposomal, and whether N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) would be just as effective or even better. Glutathione is absorbed intact in laboratory animals, and crosses human intestinal cells …
Glutathione and COVID-19: Very Preliminary Evidence
The New York Post reported this Saturday on the case of a second year medical student at Sophie Davis/CUNY School of Medicine who apparently cured his mom’s COVID-19-related respiratory distress with 2,000 milligrams of glutathione. Josephine Bruzzese, 48, developed symptoms of COVID-19 on March 22. “She was so short of breath she couldn’t speak,” the …
The Liver is Clotted But Not Very Inflamed in COVID-19
Today, Italian pathologists released the liver findings from the first large series of COVID-19 autopsies as a preprint.* Their findings suggest the liver is not a major site of inflammation, but suffers from extensive effects of blood clotting, probably driven by fundamental problems with the blood clotting process or the function of the cells that …