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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.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 20, 2009 Newsweek and Oprah, A Comedy of Errors
Why should Newsweek attack Oprah Winfrey? Here's Why: Oprah's TV show advocates Natural Medicine and Bioidentical Hormones in direct competition to the interests of the Pharmaceutical Industry that makes synthetic hormones. Newsweek is merely an attack dog for the drug industry. A typical issue of Newsweek magazine contains $2 million in pharma ads, That's Why.
SHARE Thursday, June 18, 2009 The Unreliable TSH Lab Test
Conventional primary care doctors use the wrong lab panel. They never do a Free T3 test which is the most informative thyroid lab test, and instead rely on the TSH which is not a direct measure of thyroid function and can in fact be unreliable. Most conventional doctors are unfamiliar with the use of natural thyroid which contains both T3 and T4, and instead use Synthroid which is less effective...
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 28, 2009 Wheatgrass, Natural Medicine in the Kitchen
This case report about wheatgrass intrigued me, as it suggested a biologically active agent in the wheatgrass juice with a beneficial effect on breast cancer. Over the years, I had seen wheatgrass juice sold at various juice bars, and have even tried it a few times without thinking much of it. However, this story motivated me to look further.
(5 comments) SHARE Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Cannabinoids, Wonder Drugs of the 21st Century
Although cannabis was a medicinal plant for thousands of years, its medical use was suppressed and banned throughout most of the 20th century. While banned in the US, major scientific breakthroughs were made in Israel, Spain, Italy and Brazil. These breakthroughs are propelling the natural plant compounds called cannabinoids into "the wonder drugs of the 21st century".
SHARE Saturday, February 28, 2009 Why ACOG is Wrong About Biodentical Hormones
An ACOG news release dated Feb 3, 2009, provides misleading and incorrect information about bioidentical hormones. ACOG is partially funded by Wyeth and serves as a mouthpiece for the pharmaceutical industry.
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, February 27, 2009 Vitamin D Prevents Common Cold and Flu
Are you sneezing, with a runny nose, and aches and pains? You may have the common cold. Rather than go through a week of misery, better to prevent Colds with Vitamin D.
A new study published Feb 23, 2009 in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed that Vitamin D prevents the common cold. In this study, patients with low vitamin D levels had 40% more flu episodes.
(10 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Why We Need Single Payer Health Care
These two arguments in favor of a single payer heath insurance system (moral and economic) are so compelling, that one must conclude the only reason we don't have single payer now is because of lack of representative government. The obvious conclusion is that our government does not serve the people who elected them.
SHARE Sunday, February 22, 2009 Why BioIdentical Hormones?
In this article, we address the question, why are bioidentical hormones important? What do they do and why do we need them?
What is a bioidentical hormone?
First of all, let us look at the definition of a bioidentical hormone, and how they differ from the synthetic hormones offered by the mainstream medical system.
SHARE Friday, February 20, 2009 Bioidentical Hormones on Oprah, Are They Safe?
You may have seen the recent Oprah Winfrey TV show with guest, Suzanne Somers, singing praises for biodentical hormones. One question every woman wants to know is: What is the safety of bio-identical hormones as routinely used in medical practice? Let's try to answer this question.
SHARE Friday, February 20, 2009 A Review of Stop the Thyroid Madness, a New Book
Stop the Thyroid Madness: a Patient Revolution Against Decades of Inferior Thyroid Treatment by Janie Bowthorpe
book review by Jeffrey Dach MD
Written by a non-professional, this is the most important thyroid book to come out in the last few years.
(5 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 19, 2009 Cardiac Bypass, Angioplasty and Stenting by Jeffrey Dach MD
The following thirty nine medical studies compare invasive treatment with conservative treatment of coronary artery disease. Invasive treatment with bypass surgery, stent or angioplasty is compared with conservative treatment with drugs.
(7 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 19, 2009 Molecular Biology Trumps Darwin
To celebrate Darwin's Birthday, Science Magazine ran a special devoted to evolution. An article by Stern and Orgogozo entitled "Is Genetic Evolution Predictable" presented a stunning break from neo-Darwinism. The authors presented a convincing refutation of the "Blind Watch Maker" argument of Richard Dawkins. Quite the contrary, the "Watchmaker" had his eyes wide open.