COVID UPDATE for July 10 The quandary of inflexible ideology quan·da·ry kwänd(ə)rē noun A predicament. A state of intellectual paralysis. FaceBook, Twitter and YouTube are filled with warnings of impending doom, but these positions lead to a quandary. Position 1: The COVID-19 pandemic is a hoax, perpetrated by a global conspiracy, using lockdowns, […]
COVID UPDATE for July 3rd, 2020 The quandary of inflexible ideology quan·da·ry kwänd(ə)rē noun A predicament. A state of intellectual paralysis. FaceBook, Twitter and YouTube are filled with warnings of impending doom, but these positions lead to a quandary. Position 1: The COVID-19 pandemic is a hoax, perpetrated by a global conspiracy, using lockdowns, […]
COVID UPDATE for July 1, 2020 Autopsy reports continue to show a problem of abnormal blood clotting. Often hundreds or thousands of mini-clots in the lungs, liver, heart, kidney and brain. Most recently, researchers have pinpointed a causative factor = a dysfunction of platelet-producing cells. Platelet aggregation is the term that describes the formation of […]
COVID-19 UPDATE for June 26th About the author: Stephen Cherniske taught Clinical Nutrition at two southern California universities and directed the first FDA-licensed clinical lab specializing in nutrition and immunology. You can follow him on FaceBook and My2048.com
COVID-19 UPDATE for Thursday June 25th About the author: Stephen Cherniske taught Clinical Nutrition at two southern California universities and directed the first FDA-licensed clinical lab specializing in nutrition and immunology. You can follow him on FaceBook and My2048.com We know that the majority of people infected with the COVID-19 virus have only mild […]
When will this end? There are three possibilities. Best case, this turns out to resemble SARS, a coronavirus pandemic that started somewhere in Asia in 2003. SARS infected only about 8000 people globally and killed “only” 800. Obviously, the virus that causes COVID-19 is far more virulent, infecting over 9.3 million people, and killing – […]
Download The Four Stages of Infection Help Stop Webalony! There’s a quick way to improve social media that we can borrow from scientists. It’s called “demand primary source.” If the post you are reading starts with “They” did / found / discovered… ask the sender to identify exactly who “they” are, and exactly where […]
The Four Stages of Infection Stage 1: EXPOSURE Mucosal Immunity * Zinc: 30 mg/d * DHEA: 15 to 50 mg/d to maintainyouthful serum DHEAS levels Immune Competence: * HVNFD devoid of sugar* Vitamin D: 5,000 to 10,000 iu/d M-F* Medicinal Mushroom concentrates:1-2 g/d. Double at first sign* Selenium: 200 mcg on Sunday* Melatonin: 2-6 mg/before […]
Help Stop Webalony! There’s a quick way to improve social media that we can borrow from scientists. It’s called “demand primary source.” If the post you are reading starts with “They” did / found / discovered… ask the sender to identify exactly who “they” are, and exactly where “they” published their findings. This week, “they” […]
Help Stop Webalony! There’s a quick way to improve social media that we can borrow from scientists. It’s called “demand primary source.” If the post you are reading starts with “They” did / found / discovered… ask the sender to identify exactly who “they” are, and exactly where “they” published their findings. This week, “they” […]
COVID-19 UPDATE for Monday, May 11 News out of South Korea, where the opening of a small number of night clubs in the Itaewon district on Friday was followed by 35 new cases by Monday morning. Similar spikes have been seen in Seattle as the warm weather brought crowds to beaches and parks, and I […]
COVID-19 Update for May 5th About the author: Stephen Cherniske was an adjunct instructor at UCLA (Clinical Nutrition) and directed the nation’s first FDA-licensed clinical lab specializing in nutrition and Immunology. I promised some good news today, and there are two items to celebrate. 1. The first modifiable risk factor analysis has been published. Background: […]
COVID=19 UPDATE for April 23rd: 1. We are eagerly watching for preliminary data from The University of WA’s clinical trial of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) + azithromycin. Unlike two other studies, including a study of Veterans Administration hospitals, the UW study will give a low dose to newly diagnosed individuals and their close contacts, looking for an […]
COVID-19 UPDATE for Wednesday April 15 About the author: Stephen Cherniske taught Clinical Nutrition at two southern California universities and directed the first FDA-licensed clinical lab specializing in nutrition and immunology. You can follow him on FaceBook and My2048.com We know that the majority of people infected with the COVID-19 have only mild symptoms while […]
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Update for 04/08/20 As you might expect, Natalie and I are receiving requests for prescriptions for HCQ. We’re refusing, based on the side-effect profile (especially for heart or kidney disease patients) and the lack of reliable data. And that doesn’t mean a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study. I’d go with the real-time experience […]
What we need to learn – ASAP about Covid-19. About the author. Stephen Cherniske taught Clinical Nutrition at two southern California universities and directed the nation’s first FDA-licensed clinical lab specializing in nutrition and immunology. He and his wife, a board-certified Family Medicine MD, provide information and insights at My2048.com. A 101- year-old man […]
COVID-19 Update for Wednesday March 25 About the author: I taught university Clinical Nutrition and directed the nation’s first FDA-licensed clinical lab specializing in nutrition and immunology. My wife is a board-certified physician, Medical Director of Advanced Family Wellness in Olympia WA. She works every day to keep as many people as possible out of […]
IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM STEPHEN & DR. NATALIE KATHER After our Friday FaceBook LIVE video, we’ve been flooded with calls, emails and texts. We spent the weekend responding to these issues, helping people make important decisions and exploring ways to reduce risk for this terrible virus. Click here to view our video on COVID-19 prevention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACRuWTgRJj0 […]
After our Friday FaceBook LIVE video, we’ve been flooded with calls, emails and texts. We spent the weekend responding to these issues, helping people make important decisions and exploring ways to reduce risk for this terrible virus. Click here to view our video on COVID-19 prevention.
Coronavirus Update, Sunday, March 15. I worked for 20 years with ECONET, a global natural products R&D organization. Looking for medicinal plants through remote areas of China or Siberia required a recovery period upon my return. This was not because of unsanitary or unhealthy conditions. It was just that my immune system was challenged by […]
Coronavirus Update, Sunday, March 15. The latest numbers for Washington state are 645 cases and 40 deaths. This increase was expected, and so far is manageable. That doesn’t mean the infection is waning; only that we are not seeing the explosion that was seen in Northern Italy. At the same time, China, South Korea and […]
STEPHEN CHERNISKE TO RELEASE E-BOOK VERSION OF “THE CASE FOR DHEA” AS A FREE DOWNLOAD Stephen Cherniske, biochemist and co-founder of My2048, has announced that he is releasing an e-book version of his book, “The Case For DHEA.” Cherniske is well-known for his 1996 best seller, The DHEA Breakthrough and the 2003 blockbuster, The Metabolic Plan, both […]
A word of reason re Covid-19 I just finished a review of case reports from China, Korea and Italy, in order to predict the trajectory of the infection in the US. The good news is that time is on our side, and by that I mean calendar time. This virus loves cold-dry conditions. The situation […]
Immunity Deep Dive Part Five: Medicinal Mushrooms How to make Reishi tea NOTE: DO NOT pick, eat or prepare mushrooms unless you are trained in identifying specific species. Reishi (ganoderma) is pretty easy to identify (see photo). We collect Reishi mushrooms in the forest around our home in Olympia WA. They can be made into […]
Immunity deep dive part Four If you watch TV, especially during the day, you cannot help but notice that, seemingly every week, there is a new drug to treat plaque psoriasis. According to Drugs.com, there are now 56 drugs to treat this one condition. Plaque psoriasis is not a fatal disease, but the new drugs […]
