Blooming Wellness
Dr. Eek's Health & Wellness Blog
Our Health Information Crisis, happening now: A few months ago, I was scrolling through a Facebook group I joined and saw a post from a woman who was inquiring what vaccines her new puppy should get. She wrote two, detailed paragraphs and was clearly hesitant about vaccines. One of the group Admins responded that the …
Causes for Emerging Infectious Disease: Humans are to blame. By: Dr. Eeks We must address the causes of emerging infectious disease. For example, there has to be a much stronger international effort to ban live meat markets and come down harder on the illegal wildlife trade. It didn’t happen after SARS, but it needs to …
By Dr. Eeks, MD, MPH Most of America has been ordered to shut down as we brace for the uphill battle against COVID-19. Yet, despite overwhelming consensus from the medical and public health community, there has been shouts to open up America, restart our economy and allow people to work. There has been a lot of …
Nuclear power and climate change. It’s a heated topic to say the least. Talks about climate change are heavy and ongoing. You often hear, especially from fans of The Green New Deal, “We literally only have 12 years to fix the problem!” Is that hyperbolic, or is that the truth? While there are various governmental …
Interview by Dr. Eeks From nuclear war to mass shootings, we worry about a lot of things that could kill a lot of people. I mostly worry about emerging infectious diseases or EIDs. It could be a vector-borne disease, like ones transmitted by mosquitoes. Dengue fever is an example. It could be a zoonotic disease, …
