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Jeffrey Dach MD
Offices of Willow Grove
7450 Griffin Road
Suite 190
Davie, Florida 33314
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Jeffrey Dach MD is a physician and author of three books, Natural Medicine 101, and Bioidentical Hormones 101, and Heart Book all available on Amazon, or as a free e-book on his web sites.
Dr. Dach is founder and chief medical officer of TrueMedMD, a clinic in Davie, Florida specializing in Bioidentical Hormones, natural thyroid, functional medicine and low level laser therapy.
Dr. Dach was originally trained and board certified as an Interventional and Diagnostic Radiologist, and worked in the hospital setting for 30 years in Broward County at the Memorial Hospital System. Because of declining visual acuity, Dr Dach retired from radiology and returned to clinical medicine about 8 years ago when he founded the TruMedMD Clinic offering bioidentical hormones and natural thyroid to the South Florida region. For more information about Dr Dach, you can find his entire CV posted on-line on his web site.
SHARE Monday, June 24, 2013 The Origin of Bioidentical Hormones
Where do Bioidentical Hormones Come From? They were originated by Russell E Marker, a chemist who made progesterone from the plant steroid called Diosgenin. Series: Bioidentical Hormones (1 Articles, 1180 views)
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, June 17, 2013 Anti-Cancer Activity from Natural Plants
In 1997, Jang reported in Science the anti-cancer effects of Resveratrol, present in grapes and berries, which then became the focus for interest as an anti-cancer agent.
In recent years, an analog of Resveratrol called Pterostilbene has been recognized as more suitable as anti-cancer agents.
SHARE Thursday, June 13, 2013 New Study Shows Natural Thyroid Better than Synthetic
Natural Thyroid has been used successfully for more than 100 years, and it is blatantly obvious to any experienced clinician that natural desiccated thyroid is superior to T4-only medications such as Synthroid and Levothyroxine.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Hepatitis C, Autoimmunity and Gluten
Many clinical features of Hepatitis C resemble an auto-immune disease, such as the long duration, chronic nature and association with other auto-immune symptoms. According to Dr Strassburg, "Based on biochemical and clinical features, Hep C is almost indistinguishable from autoimmune hepatitis," Hep C advertising campaigns raise warning flags and serious ethical concerns about the motivations of the drug companies.
SHARE Friday, March 22, 2013 Psychological Toll of False-positive Mammogram, Danish Study
Today the LA Times and other news media reported a Danish study about the psychological toll of false-positive mammograms as if this was news. Surprisingly, negative feelings arising from a false-positive mammogram can last up to three years after the event.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, March 11, 2013 The Amazing Olive Leaf
The leaves of the Olive Tree have been used for thousands of years. However, the medicinal use of the Olive Leaf began in 1995 with the extraction of Oleuropein which has anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, and antihypertensive activity. Olive leaf is called Nature's Antibiotic.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 7, 2013 The Agony of Ecstasy
This is Jim's story of recreational drug use with Ecstasy (MDMA) resulting in anxiety, panic attacks, and chronic fatigue unrelieved by sleep. Clubbing with recreational MDMA damages the brain, and disrupts normal hormonal function, causing a syndrome called "hypothalamic dysfunction" and explaining all of Jim's symptoms...
SHARE Sunday, November 4, 2012 Statin Anti-Cholesterol Drugs Revisited
This article takes a critical look at statin anti-cholesterol drugs, and asks the hard questions. Who should be taking them, and who should not be taking them? Examples of Statin Drugs are Lipitor, Zocor, Simvastatin, Pravachol, Crestor, Mevacor, etc. These drugs reduce the production of cholesterol by the liver...
(7 comments) SHARE Monday, October 29, 2012 Thiamine, The Paradigm Shift in Diabetes
The ACCORD study shocked the medical community when "more intensive" control of blood sugar in Diabetics increased mortality. The reason for this discrepant result is the important role of Vitamin B1, thiamine in glucose metabolism which is currently ignored by mainstream medicine. This article explores the role of thiamine supplementation for Diabetics.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Bad News for the NuvaRing
The NuvaRing Contraceptive Intra Uterine Device is impregnated with synthetic hormones. A recent study showed a 300% increased risk of stroke and heart attack in Nuva Ring users compared to placebo. This is not good. About a thousand women are in drug litigation claiming the NuvaRIng caused their stroke or heart attack. This is not good. The Nuva Ring should be banned.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Morning Rounds With Dr Economou: The Unanswered Question of What Causes Breast Cancer
Morning Rounds With Steven G. Economou MD by Jeffrey Dach MD. In 1977, I was a surgical intern at Rush Presbyterian St Luke's Hospital on the west side of Chicago. One floor of the hospital was devoted to caring for women with breast cancer, supervised by attending surgeon, Steven Economou MD.
SHARE Saturday, March 17, 2012 Hormone Replacement Therapy Does NOT Cause Breast Cancer, New Study
This month, a shocking new study concluded Hormone Replacement (HRT) is safe and DOES NOT cause breast cancer. This new Lancet Oncology reports on long term follow up for the Women's Heath Initiative Study which was originally published in JAMA in 2004 showing 23% Less Invasive Breast Cancer in the Premarin Hormone (CEE) group than in the placebo group .
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Bioidentical Hormones Prevent Osteoarthritis by Jeffrey Dach MD
Degenerative osteoarthritis is a progressive joint destruction from years of wear and tear. Recent medical research shows that menopausal estrogen deficiency is causative in developing degeneration of the joints. Bioidentical Hormone Supplementation not only reduces risk for developing degenerative disease, it also reduces over-all mortality.
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, January 21, 2011 Lexapro For Hot Flashes Medical Victimization
A new JAMA study by Ellen W Freeman shows that Lexapro is "marginally" more effective than placebo for Hot Flashes. This is laughable. Surely you must be joking? SSRI drugs are addictive drugs with adverse side effects including loss of sexual function, akasthesias, agitation, movement disorders and violence and suicide.
SHARE Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Protect Your Family from Bad Drugs
How can you determine if you are dealing with a BAD DRUG? Here are the early warning signs: 1) The drug has been recalled or given a black box warning. 2) The drug is in litigation with numerous lawsuits against the drug company. 3) The drug has been banned in other countries.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, December 9, 2010 Anti-Aging Breakthrough
A new study in Nature shows dramatic reversal of aging in mice. The "biological clock" of these mice had been modified to make them age rapidly. They were then treated with a drug which dramatically reversed the effects of aging.
(3 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 21, 2010 Synthetic Hormones Cause Breast Cancer, New JAMA Study
A new study in October Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reviews 11 year follow up data from the Womens Health Initiative Study and finds synthetic hormones cause breast cancer, and these cancers tend to be the more aggressive.
(10 comments) SHARE Friday, October 8, 2010 Vitamin C Saves Man Dying of Viral Pneumonia
Allan Smith, a New Zealand Dairy farmer, contracted Swine Flu while away on vacation in Fiji. When he returned home, the flu quickly evolved into severe pneumonia which left him in a coma on Life Support in the Intensive Care Unit.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Medical Ghostwriting and Bioidentical Hormones
Medical ghost writing, as we have seen in the women's hormone literature, is a form of plagiarism, scientific misconduct and fraud. It is harmful to the public and should be banned.
SHARE Saturday, July 3, 2010 10 Ten Bioidentical Hormone Fallacies of Staness Jonekos
A recent article on hormones for menopause caught my attention. I was puzzled by the fact that the author, Staness Jonekos, has no medical credentials, training or even a rudimentary knowledge of biological science. Rather, she is an actress with a theater arts degree from UCLA. She chronicled her menopause experience with a book and blog entitled Menopause Makover.