Blooming Wellness
Dr. Eek's Health & Wellness Blog
It begins with ghost stories at the pub, but it’s really about what haunts us. Seeing Conor McPherson’s The Weir again at the Irish Repertory Theatre reminded me why it lingers long after you leave the theater. On the surface, it is simple: a few locals in a small-town Irish pub on a cold, windy …
Your Blood Pressure Wants You Sober? Somewhere between the clink of wine glasses and the “just one beer” that turns into three, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology slid a note across the bar: No alcohol is best.Not “cut back,” not “stick to moderation” …. just a polite little psst that …
What actually happens when real people take the Cel System, a daily “healthy aging” supplement, for an entire year? That’s exactly what researchers explored in a new peer-reviewed study published in Aging. In a recent episode of my podcast, Causes or Cures, I sat down with Dr. Varun Dwaraka of TruDiagnostic to unpack the results …
Avoid the brain-eating amoeba sinus rinse! 🧠 The Brain-Eating Amoeba Strikes AgainA healthy 71-year-old woman was on a camping trip in Texas when her sinuses (and her life) took a fatal turn. After rinsing her nose with unboiled tap water from her RV, she developed severe neurological symptoms: fever, headache, confusion. Just eight days after …
Has medicine lost its mind? Did it ever even have it? Modern medicine rests on a centuries‑old decision to split mind from body. That fault line still runs through every clinic and classroom, raising an uncomfortable question: if the foundation ignores half of human experience, how scientific are we really? On a recent episode of …
Another day, another bear selfie death. Killer selfies strike again! An Italian motorcyclist, Omar Farang Zin (48), was travelling Romania’s scenic Transfăgărășan road when he stopped to photograph and try to feed wild brown bears. After posting close‑range selfies and videos, he returned the next day, approached a female bear with four cubs, and was dragged into …
Pneumonic Plague in Arizona? “I thought that was some medieval shit!” In July of 2025, health officials confirmed a pneumonic plague death in Coconino County Arizona, the first recorded plague fatality there in almost twenty years. County Health and Human Services received confirmatory lab results after the patient arrived critically ill at Flagstaff Medical Center …
What is an anecdote? What’s the plural of anecdote? A popular doctor on X (Twitter) posted that the plural of anecdote is misinformation. I guess the doctor thought it was clever…it got many likes and reposted several times, but in my head, it didn’t make sense. What annoyed me was its blatant inaccuracy. The plural …
Can Beta Glucan from Mushrooms help provide immune support and fight the flu? Like, in a significant way? Let’s find out! On a recent episode of Causes or Cures, I chatted with immunology expert Dr. Maziar Divangahi about how a fiber found in mushrooms may help us beat the flu. He also introduces us to the …
I sat down with two researchers from South Korea, Dr. Wanhyung Lee and Professor Choi, who decided to peer inside the skull of modern life’s favorite disease: burnout. We toss the word around like it is just another badge of honor in our work till you drop culture. But their study suggests it is not …
Are you plant-based? Do you eat from a plant-based menu when you eat out? If so, you’ll definitely want to tune in to this Causes or Cures Podcast Episode with top doctor and nutrition guru, Dr. Kim Williams! Even if you are not plant-based, still tune in! The reason I say that is because he …
With Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs skyrocketing in popularity for weight loss, new questions are surfacing: Could they affect your vision? To dig into this, I interviewed (via email) the research team behind a recent JAMA Ophthalmology study: Dr. Reut Shor, Dr. Marko Popovic, Dr. Rajeev Runi, and Dr. Andrew Mihalache. Their work looks specifically …
