Doctor Lori's Health Bits

08/04/2026

Coming soon, with Premarket Approval just announced by FDA: SimpleScreen(TM) CRC blood screening test for colorectal cancer! Not a replacement for colonoscopy, but great for early screening in low to medium risk individuals. Link in comments.

07/31/2026

Promising preliminary findings in a clinical trial on our beloved veterans dealing with severe PTSD. Let's move this one along on the fast track!

Link in comments

07/25/2026

Wow, roundup in laundry detergent? That never even occurred to me. Vegetable sourced ingredients of all kinds are sadly at risk of contamination. 7th Gen and Mrs. Meyers products are always in our house.

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Most laundry detergent contains chemicals I’m trying to avoid. This includes 1,4 dioxane (the EPA says this likely causes cancer), ethoxylated alcohols, synthetic dyes, optical brighteners, SLS/SLES, parabens, phosphates, sulfates & more. Your laundry detergent gets absorbed into your body through...

07/06/2026

New drug approval that will hopefully improve outcomes for those who receive it. I'm sharing this for those who need options. May you be blessed with recovery.

On June 24, 2026, the Food and Drug Administration approved palbociclib (Ibrance, Pfizer Inc.) in combination with trastuzumab, with or without pertuzumab, and endocrine therapy for the maintenance treatment of adults with HR-positive, HER2-positive locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer follo

07/06/2026

Scientific evidence that obesity and sugar consumption are tied to brain health. See ya, I'm off to the gym!

US researchers have received a US$410,000 grant from the National Institute on Aging to investigate whether obesity speeds up brain aging and its impact on memory loss and brain-related diseases, including Alzheimer’s. Nutrition Insight sits down with the study l...

07/06/2026

This is good news on a sad topic. Readers, I hope you never need this, but here it is for those who might.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved another over-the-counter (OTC) intranasal naloxone product, Rextovy, a 4 milligram (mg) naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for the emergency treatment of opioid overdose.

07/06/2026

Outstanding news! Link to the article in comments

12/08/2025

Today I write about Kratom, which I have never been in favor of using. Users like it because it works in the same pathways as opioids without the illegal price tag. But the stuff is dangerous for that very same reason. There are too many side effects, and it's just not safe. Recently, the primary active compound with a very long name, abbreviated 7-OH, has been synthesized and is being sold illegally as a "dietary supplement". It's not a DS, it's an unsafe chemical and I'm thrilled to see FDA cracking down on it in the marketplace. Don't try this stuff, people. Go outside and hug a tree and get high on life instead.

FDA Seizes 7-OH Opioids to Protect American Consumers U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent this bulletin at 12/02/2025 05:02 PM EST If your email program has trouble displaying this email, view as a webpage. FDA Seizes 7-OH Opioids to Protect American Consumers The U.S. Food and Drug Administratio...

10/15/2025

Not all food additives are bad, and some of them are actually good for you! Case in point Acacia Gum, aka Gum Arabic. A natural thickening agent that is lovingly harvested in Africa (cue video with beautiful music), treasured since Biblical times, and good for you! 90% soluble fiber used by your gut bacteria as a food. Next time you see it on a yogurt or ice cream label, now you know!

Learn all about it at Agrigum.com

10/13/2025

BLUE is a most cherished color in flowers, eyes, and cupcakes because it is less common. But do you want to eat the color straight? Well, there are some dummies out there saying online that taking Methylene Blue can improve cognition, slow down alzheimers, or even cure cancer. What these dopes fail to tell you is that taking this stuff without very specific medical needs and doctor supervised dosing can be toxic and do real damage! It is harmful in pregnancy, and it messes up your brain if you're also taking brain meds for anxiety or depression.

Do the smart thing and always fact-check anything you read online or hear in a podcast before acting on or reacting to it. Fake news and misinformation rule cyberspace. Don't be a victim.