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AI Says Take These 10 Drugs to Live Longer. Here’s What It Can’t Tell You.
Alex Zhavoronkov, CEO of the AI drug-discovery company Insilico Medicine, recently ran an experiment that is worth paying attention to. He asked eight frontier AI models the same question, independently: if a healthy, well-optimized 50-year-old man wanted to live as long as possible, what drugs should he take — and how many years would they […]
Lyme Disease and Sexual Transmission: What Do We Actually Know?
One of the most debated questions in the Lyme community has nothing to do with ticks. It is whether Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete behind Lyme disease, can pass between people through intimate contact. It is an uncomfortable question, and an honest answer has to start with a plain admission: we do not know for certain. […]
Santa Maria Health — Programa de Colaboración Clínica
Tu Paciente. Tu Protocolo. Nuestra Infraestructura Clínica Integrativa. Un modelo de colaboración clínica para médicos que tratan la enfermedad de Lyme, coinfecciones, inflamación crónica, fatiga, disfunción inmunológica, dolor crónico, reactivaciones virales y enfermedades crónicas complejas en México e internacionalmente. El Desafío Muchos médicos que diagnostican y tratan la enfermedad de Lyme, coinfecciones y condiciones crónicas […]
Santa Maria Health — Clinical Collaboration Program
Your Patient. Your Protocol. Our Integrative Clinical Infrastructure. A clinical collaboration model for physicians treating Lyme disease, co-infections, chronic inflammation, fatigue, immune dysfunction, chronic pain, viral reactivations, and complex chronic illness patients in Mexico and internationally. The Challenge Many physicians who diagnose and treat Lyme disease, co-infections, and complex chronic conditions face the same practical […]
The Thymus: Why This Overlooked Gland May Hold the Key to Immune Aging
Most conversations about immunity focus on supplements, detox, or inflammation. But one of the most important regulators of immune function is a small gland behind the sternum that most people have never heard of: the thymus. The thymus trains and produces T-cells — the specialized immune cells responsible for identifying viruses, fighting infections, preventing autoimmune […]
“You’re Fine.” — The Quiet Crisis of Chronic Illness in Modern Medicine
There is a particular kind of silence that lives inside a doctor’s office. It is not the absence of sound, but the presence of certainty. Numbers glow on a screen. Charts align. Everything appears in order. And then, almost gently, the verdict arrives: “You’re fine.” For millions of patients, especially in the United States, this […]
Biological Age vs. Chronological Age
We all know how differently people age. Some centenarian shepherds in the Caucasus or the Alps remain perfectly active at 100 years old. Their organs and systems function decades younger than their passport age. Such people are called “super-agers.” In contrast, many middle-aged “couch potatoes” take multiple pills daily and rarely leave the house. The […]
Stem Cells Need “All Hands on Board” to Carry Out Their Self-Renewal Mission
Stem cell therapy is becoming increasingly popular in many applications — from joint restoration to skin care, hair restoration, rejuvenation, and anti-aging. Yet compared with pills, IV drips, or physiotherapy, stem cell therapy is far more complex. Most patients have little understanding of how stem cells work, whether autologous (our own cells) or allogeneic (donor […]
Stem Cell Therapy Treats Type 1 Diabetes—and Potentially Much More
This week, we witnessed a remarkable milestone in stem cell therapy. A single infusion of a stem cell-based treatment may have effectively cured 10 out of 12 people with a severe form of type 1 diabetes. One year later, these 10 patients no longer needed insulin to maintain stable blood glucose levels, and their tests […]
Methylene Blue – The Rediscovered Panacea
When I was a child in the Yaroslavl region of the Soviet Union, our healthcare system was remarkably effective—decades ahead of its time. Many standard practices we took for granted are now being “rediscovered” by biohackers and integrative medicine clinics in the U.S. and Europe. These “Russian” roots are increasingly recognized at biohacking conferences, particularly […]