Jeffrey Dach MD

Vertigo, Dizziness and Hypothyroidism by Jeffrey Dach MD Sarah is a 56 bank loan officer who presented to my office with months of disabling vertigo, frequent dizziness, neck stiffness and trigger-point pain, fatigue, cold hands and feet, and unexplained weight gain. She had been seeking relief and had gone through a succession of four doctors. Her first doctor dismissed her symptoms and gave her…

Atherosclerotic Plaque and Infection Part Two by Jeffrey Dach MD Back in 2019, I received a telephone call from the president of ICIM, Dr. Eric Born who was impressed with my book, entitled, Heart Book (2018) and invited me to speak at the ICIM meeting (International College of Integrative Medicine) in Philadelphia. Around this same time, I met Stephen Fry MD, a pathologist in Arizona, who…

Calcified Plaque or Soft Plaque, Which One to Believe? by Jeffrey Dach MD Calcified Coronary Plaque, Not Soft Plaque, Predicts Future Heart Attacks in Diabetic Patients Jim is a 56 year old stock broker and has type two diabetes, and takes a statin drug for a cholesterol level of 235. Jim’s coronary artery calcium score (CAC) of 12 Agatson units, indicates Jim is at very low risk for coronary…

Chronic Stress, Adverse Health Effects by Jeffrey Dach MD Mary is a 76 year old retired school teacher who has doing well on her thyroid medication for many years. During her last office visit lab review, her serum cortisol was elevated, 23.5 mcg/dl. This is much higher than the last three lab panels where it was normal, in the 15-16 mcg/dl range. Elevated cortisol suggests increased chronic…

Transient Visual Loss in a Marathon Runner, Ocular Migraine by Jeffrey Dach MD A 55 year old female marathon runner noticed recurrent visual disturbance in one eye when exercising. Later, the patient reported the visual loss persisted and was associated with intermittent headaches. The patient presented to the ER, emergency room, and extensive CAT scan and MRI imaging studies in the hospital were…

Stem Cell Therapy Health Benefits Part Two by Jeffrey Dach MD Joe is a 62 year old stock broker with low testosterone, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome. His labs show a fasting glucose of 120, a hemoglobin A1C of 6.9 and elevated insulin levels, and a testosterone level of 321. Joe’s health will improve once his testosterone levels have improved with either topical or…

Statin Drugs for Healthy Men over 75 Have No Clinical Benefit by Jeffrey Dach MD Treat 446 Men to Prevent One Heart Attack For males over the age of 75 with no prior history of heart disease, you have to treat 446 men with a statin drug to prevent one heart attack. This is called the Number Needed to Treat (NNT), and it is one of the most important statistics in preventive medicine. In plain…

Magnesium For Prevention and Treating of Coronary Artery Disease by Jeffrey Dach MD A shocking number of Americans suffer from heart disease every year. Millions take statin drugs, blood pressure pills, and other medications, yet the epidemic continues. What if the answer lies in a simple, inexpensive mineral that most doctors overlook? Magnesium.In my office, I see patients every day with…

Health Benefits of Umbilical Stem Cell Infusions Part Two by Jeffrey Dach MD Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Infusions for Insulin Sensitivity and Mitochondrial Function In my office, patients with type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, and metabolic dysfunction frequently ask about emerging regenerative therapies. One option that keeps coming up is intravenous umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem…

Atrazine: The Endocrine Disrupting Pesticide Causes Breast Cancer  by Jeffrey Dach MD The Trump administration has just re-authorized the pesticide atrazine for widespread agricultural use. Atrazine is one of the most heavily used herbicides in the United States, and the medical literature leaves no doubt: it is a potent endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC) linked to breast cancer, other cancers,…

Arthroscopic Meniscus Surgery for Torn Meniscus: The Evidence For and Against by Jeffrey Dach MD Recently, a 58-year-old post-menopausal woman came to see my in the office. She was doing well on her bioidentical hormone program. However, she was experiencing  bilateral knee pain and swelling. She had been active all her life, hiking, gardening, and chasing after grandchildren, but now had trouble…

Thomas Seyfried and the Metabolic Theory of Cancer by Jeffrey Dach MD Thomas N. Seyfried is a professor of biology at Boston College and a leading researcher in cancer metabolism. He believes cancer is primarily a mitochondrial metabolic disease, not a genetic one. In his influential 2012 book and the many scientific papers that followed, Seyfried revives and expands the groundbreaking work of…

A Song That Made a Camel Weep: The Ancient Hoos Ritual of the Gobi Nomads of Mongolia In the vast, windswept Gobi Desert of Mongolia, life hangs by a fragile thread. Things are tough out there—brutal winds, scarce water, and the constant whisper of survival. One spring, a mother Bactrian camel endured a grueling two-day labor to bring a rare white calf into the world. But something went wrong in…

Podcast with Dr. Louise Newson and Jeffrey Dach MD. I have been a fan of Dr. Louise Newson for a long time, and have learned a great deal from her publications in the medical literature on hormone replacement. She is a prolific writer with a large following on her podcast, located in the U.K. in London. The Newson Clinic is located in Stratford-upon-Avon, specializing in hormone replacement for…

Stem Cell Institute Panama: A Deep Dive into the Riordan Institute, Golden Cells™, and Founder Neil Riordan’s Pioneering Research by Jeffrey Dach MD As a physician with a long-standing interest in regenerative and integrative medicine, I am frequently asked about offshore stem cell clinics offering mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapies for chronic conditions. One of the most prominent is the Stem…

Protective Effects of Measles Against Cancer and Heart Disease by Jeffrey Dach MD For the 63 years prior to the introduction of the measles \/a<<ine in 1963, measles mortality declined by 98%. In 1963, just prior to the \/a<<ine, there were about 400 annual deaths from measles in the US. This translates to one in 450,000 Americans died of measles. Aaron Siri says: Yet, our health department…

The Chickenpox Vaccine’s Unexpected Side Effect: Increased Incidence of Shingles by Jeffrey Dach MD An unexpected finding after introduction of the live virus chickenpox vaccine in 1995 was the finding of increased Shingles incidence in children with prior natural infection. Because of this concern, the chickenpox vaccine was not recommended in the United Kingdom (England) from 1995 to…