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Health Time, Doctor Ken cronhous is here. I'm Doug Stephan with some questions
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five five nine three six eighty four. Now let's talk about a blood test.
People are wondering about the the risk for ALS, which is a Gary's
disease, right, and what happens because of all the toxins that are in
the air. We could probably say this, there's so many toxins in the
air. I was talking earlier about plastics and what's happening after Halloween with all
the plastic stuff, the disposable things supposedly disposable we get. You know,
packaging is a big issue here and I'm wondering how that may play into this
study. What do you say, Yeah, this is take note everybody.
This is out of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry this week.
Doug researchers that use the blood test to gauge a person's risk for lou
Garrigg's disease. This is amiotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS, a mouthful, horrible problem,
and the test is based on exposure to environmental toxins such as pesticides and
PCBs. It can also help predict a person's survival after an ALS diagnosis.
So by looking at all the possible causes, it seemed like those two were
at the highest in terms of being linked to people who were getting ALS.
Just something to take note about, all right, So this is an offshoot
of something we talked about on a previous program when I asked you how doctors
are going to deal with AI in patient care. One of the things the
FDA is looking at, apparently is the fact that there are no real rules.
So would you be expected as a doctor to make up your own rules
and your clinic as to how artificial intelligence may play into how you treat your
patients? Well, I think the general rule that we all act by,
you know, we take an oath, do no harm. And so that's
a general rule. If I was using AI, you know, I would
want to use it to just improve the quality level of care. Where I
think we have problems with it, you know, this is I like to
call it assisted intelligence. Where it benefits the patients. I would like that.
Where it's used to filter out who gets what, that's where I have
trouble with and you know, and there are there are unfortunate efforts in various
relationships to medicine to try to introduce it as a way to filter out who
should get what. And and this is where you need, you know,
a personal physician involved in these decisions, not the machines. And I think
this is what most people are concerned about. Next question, when will the
nationwide adderall shortage end? I didn't know there was a shortage of adderall,
But then I'm just I think I know what adderall is. Isn't that for
ADHD and some of the things that the mind disconnects stuff and a lot of
people need it. It's ADHD is sort of a neurological disorder, right,
isn't it? ADHD medication shortage? It is straining patients and families who are
dealing with this and hopefully you know, I don't have a crystal ball.
I don't think really anyone knows the answer to your question. And hopefully this
is a longer, bigger term picture about how, how and where we depend
on where our drugs are made. And I think this is just a warning
to our planning that we should be making medications here in America without availability adequate
testing. And you know, you get your medicines coming in from wherever.
You know, is the FDA right out there checking enough? Nope, not
at all. They don't check anything that comes in there. And you check
the meat that comes in, the food, the products from other countries their
mind, the drugs, and this is symptoms. This is a symptom of
a big problem that hopefully we bring most of our or all of our drug
manufacturing back locally. Yep, exactly, that's a word. Those are thoughts
and sentiments expressed by all the people who are actually in the and speaking of
the people that are in the know. That's what doctor Ken is all about
here at your service on Good Day Health, Doctor Kenkronos with Doug Stefan.
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