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Gene Drive Mosquitoes

What are Gene Drive Mosquitoes & Should You be Worried? With Dr. Michael Santos

July 10, 2025 by Dr. Eeks

Could gene drive mosquitoes be the key to ending deadly diseases like malaria and dengue or do the risks outweigh the benefits?  Well, the jury is still out. On a recent episode of Causes or Cures, I chatted with Dr. Michael Santos about the controversial yet potentially groundbreaking technology known as gene drive. Unlike traditional …

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public health equilibrium

The Public Health Equilibrium

November 27, 2022 by Dr. Eeks

What is the public health equilibrium? It’s a term I coined to describe the balancing act that is public health, which I’ll describe in this blog. This is my perception, vision, thinking and not anyone I work for or consult for. This blog was inspired by one of my recent tweets: I don’t think the …

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Review of Watch the Water

Review of Watch the Water

April 21, 2022 by Dr. Eeks

My quick review of Watch the Water: A few people wrote to me on social media and asked me what I thought about the recently released documentary, Watch the Water. I hadn’t seen it or even heard of it, so couldn’t offer anything substantial. Then I started seeing posts about “snake venom” on Twitter and …

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Short Sleep Duration and Obesity

Short Sleep Duration and Obesity

March 4, 2022 by Dr. Eeks

A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine connects short sleep duration and obesity. A randomized controlled trial was conducted from Nov, 2014 to October, 2020 involving participants between the ages of 21 and 40. All of them had a body mass index (BMI) between 25 and 29.9 and had a sleep duration of less …

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A New Approach to Obesity

A New Approach to Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder

February 24, 2022 by Dr. Eeks

A new approach to obesity and binge eating disorder: Hi everyone! Another Causes or Cures podcast is up. For 2022, I promised to focus on a few topics, one being obesity since rates have increased in the US and it’s a problem of epidemic proportions. A large body of data shows that obesity is a …

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Measles in Afghanistan

Measles in Afghanistan: Kills 74 Kids

February 7, 2022 by Dr. Eeks

Measles in Afghanistan: Kills 74 kids. You might have noticed that I’ve been writing more about Measles and featuring guests on my podcasts to talk about topics related to Measles. It’s because I could see Measles making a comeback in a variety of ways, partially due to fear over COVID vaccines. Most recently, Blima Marcus, …

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Addressing Childhood Vaccines in a Religious Orthodox Community

Childhood Vaccines in a Religious Orthodox Community

February 3, 2022 by Dr. Eeks

Addressing Childhood Vaccines in a Religious Orthodox Community In conversation I’ve noticed that several people who are skeptical about the COVID-19 vaccines are starting to be skeptical of all vaccines. I have no idea if this is an actual trend, as I’m only going off of my personal experience. I think it is a misguided …

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Intermittent Fasting for Obesity

Intermittent Fasting for Obesity and What Else?

February 1, 2022 by Dr. Eeks

Intermittent Fasting for Obesity and more: What’s the Evidence for or against?  Episode 86 of my Causes or Cures Podcast! Should we try intermittent fasting for obesity? Will it work in the short-term and the long-term? What are some of its other evidence-based health benefits? Those are some questions I have about intermittent fasting or …

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A Model for COVID Vaccines- What did it Show?

January 14, 2022 by Dr. Eeks

Another model for COVID vaccines- what did this one show? A recent study published in JAMA assessed how effective the COVID-19 vaccines were in the US during the vaccine rollout across a portion of the pandemic (October1’2020- June 30’2021) Researchers at Yale University’s Center for Infectious Disease Modeling built a predictive model that included transmission …

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Ashley Tyrner

Ashley Tyrner, an Interview with the CEO of FarmboxRX

January 6, 2022 by Dr. Eeks

Ashley Tyrner was once a struggling single mom who learned firsthand what it was like to not have access to healthy and affordable foods. This is a common issue affecting thousands and thousands of individuals and families across America. When we think about our country’s health crisis, a laundry list of chronic diseases and rising …

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Havana Syndrome

Havana Syndrome and a CIA Officer

December 26, 2021 by Dr. Eeks

Episode 79 of my podcast is with a former CIA officer who has Havana Syndrome. Havana Syndrome is a mysterious illness that was first identified in Havana, Cuba in 2016. A group of American diplomats heard a strange sound and then became very ill. Their symptoms included ringing in the ears, dizziness, nausea and vomiting …

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COVID and Deer

COVID in Deer: An Interview with Dr. Kuchipudi

December 17, 2021 by Dr. Eeks

COVID in Deer? WHAT?!? Just another thing to worry about?  Kind of. Researchers have recently discovered that COVID-19 can “jump” from the human species to white-tailed deer. Dr. Suresh Kuchipudi was one of the researchers studying this phenomenon and joined me on my Causes or Cures podcast to explain what this means for the pandemic. …

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Dr. Eeks

Dr. Eeks runs bloomingwellness.com and writes most of the blogs. She is a public health consultant & contractor, wrote the book Manic Kingdom, and hosts the Causes or Cures Podcast.

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