House Calls, #1010, April 12, 2026: Cut to the bone and suck out the marrow

Just as a veterinary and dental clinics are being bought out by larger corporations, so to our medical clinics. There have been some issues brought up by people but I have spoken were questioning how this is affecting availability and quality of care given that staff cuts usually followed purchase of these enterprises and clinics.

An illustration of how much chocolate needs to be consumed to be toxic to humans. The same concept can be applied to any news story that reports on toxic compounds.

Your Calls and Comments:

A patient with diabetes reports that they have had for upper respiratory viral infections in 4 months. They want to know what they can do to prevent these infections and what other recommendations are available to them.
A 71-year-old man separated from his wife reports that she has a history of bipolar disorder, excessive alcohol use, and is diabetic. He fears for her health and safety and wants know what he can do given that to date, people in authority have not listened to his concerns.
A 59-year-old woman who has taken very good care of herself has experienced a heart attack with a complete blockage of her left anterior descending coronary artery. Her cholesterol levels and blood sugar levels have been normal. She does not know why this has happened given that she exercises regularly and eats well. We discussed some of the issues pertaining to this. She had questions about: Vaccination and we reviewed the data pertaining to this with respect to heart disease. In short, there is no evidence that Covid vaccination results in increased risk of myocardial infarction. She plans to continue getting vaccine.
A woman wants to know if she is taking to acetaminophen tablets a day is harmful. She also is experiencing tingling in her left hand.

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References for Covid vaccine and myocardial infarction

Current evidence does not support an association between mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and myocardial infarction. Multiple large-scale studies have specifically examined this question and found no increased risk of MI following mRNA vaccination.

The most comprehensive surveillance data comes from several large studies. A Vaccine Safety Datalink study of over 11 million mRNA vaccine doses found no signal for acute myocardial infarction, with a rate ratio of 1.02 (95% CI 0.89-1.18) comparing the 21-day risk period after vaccination to a later comparison period. [1] Similarly, a French nationwide study of 46.5 million adults younger than 75 years found no association between mRNA vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna) and myocardial infarction, stroke, or pulmonary embolism. [2] A meta-analysis of 42 real-world studies confirmed no significant increased risk of myocardial infarction (RR 0.96) following COVID-19 vaccination. [3]

A Swedish nationwide study of over 8 million adults found that COVID-19 vaccination actually decreased risks of cardiovascular events, particularly after the third dose (hazard ratios ranging from 0.69 to 0.81 for most cardiovascular outcomes). [4] The study specifically examined myocardial infarction and found protective effects rather than increased risk.

Figure 3. Risk Ratios for Adverse Events after Vaccination or SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Setting. N Engl J Med. September 15, 2021.

Used under license from The New England Journal of Medicine.

The recognized cardiovascular adverse event associated with mRNA vaccines is myocarditis/pericarditis, not myocardial infarction. This occurs predominantly in young males (particularly those under 40 years), most commonly after the second dose, with rates of approximately 1-10 extra cases per million vaccinated depending on the specific vaccine. [6-8] Importantly, even this risk is substantially lower than the myocarditis risk from SARS-CoV-2 infection itself (40 extra cases per million infected). [6]

Surveillance for Adverse Events After COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination.

The Journal of the American Medical Association. 2021. Klein NP, Lewis N, Goddard K, et al.