The Island Family Surgeon

11/16/2025

A common virus that infects 19/20 Americans linked to Lupus and MS development. The same virus that causes "Mono".

Another reason not to share drinks and to be picky on who you 💋 , but be picky anyway. 😘 haha

🛡️ How to Ramp Up Your Immune System (Quick Guide)

1. Sleep (most important):
7–9 hours. Even one bad night weakens immunity.

2. Nutrition:

High protein

Vitamin C foods (berries, peppers, citrus)

Zinc (pumpkin seeds, beans)

Omega-3s (salmon, sardines)

Probiotics + fermented foods

Cut sugar & alcohol

3. Key Supplements:

Vitamin D3: 1,000–2,000 IU/day

Vitamin C: 500–1,000 mg

Zinc: 15–30 mg (short term)

Omega-3s: 1–2 g

Probiotic

If sick: NAC 600 mg, quercetin, elderberry

4. Lifestyle Boosts:

Sun: 10–20 min/day

Exercise: 30 minutes/day

Stress reduction (breathing, short walks)

Cold showers (brief)

5. Gut Health:
Eat more fiber + fermented foods. Avoid unnecessary antibiotics.

11/08/2025

11/07/2025

Eliminate the middlemen who consolidate and make everything so expensive. Driving small businesses out. Stop subsidizing insurance welfare.

11/04/2025

Mass exodus of nurses and physicians happening!

11/02/2025

The U.S. government was long prohibited from negotiating prescription drug prices for Medicare, by the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act — legislation that established Medicare Part D under heavy pharmaceutical industry influence. That “non-interference clause” banned the federal government from using its buying power to secure lower prices, leaving negotiations to private insurance plans and pharmacy benefit managers.

In contrast, countries like Canada and the U.K. use centralized, government-run negotiations or national formularies to set price ceilings on medications. The result is that American patients often pay two to four times more for the same drugs.

The Affordable Care Act had the chance to correct this but didn’t correct this loophole — it expanded coverage but left drug pricing mechanisms untouched. Only in 2022, through the Inflation Reduction Act, did Congress finally authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a limited number of high-cost drugs starting in 2026.

This long-standing restriction reflects how deeply pharmaceutical lobbying has shaped U.S. health policy and how captive our politicians are to these interests and not to the American people— protecting profits while other developed nations treat medicine as a public good.

11/02/2025

Purple skies!