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From Chronic Fatigue To Cancer Risk: Understanding the IL-6 Connection in Post-Viral Syndromes – Part 1
Research in 2025-2026 has identified a critical inflammatory pathway shared across Long COVID, Post-Vaccine Syndrome, and even cancer progression: persistently elevated Interleukin-6 (IL-6). However, if you've been following us for a while, you know this research is...
Post-Spike Injury in 2026: An Overview Of Symptom Clusters & Personalized Treatment
Post-Spike syndrome (Long Haul Covid and Post-Vaccine Syndrome) continues to affect an estimated 65 million people worldwide in 2026. Recent research suggest Post-Spike Syndrome is best understood as a collection of distinct symptom clusters rather than a single...
Ivermectin for Cancer: Scientific Mechanisms & Clinical Outcomes (2025)
Between the financial burden, lack of progress in outcomes, and side effects of conventional oncology, there is an undisputed need to identify cheap, safe, and effective treatments that are accessible to all. In this piece, we will explore the ways in which Ivermectin checks all three boxes
Low-Dose Ketamine For Long Haul Covid, Post-Vaccine Syndrome, and ME/CFS
Those suffering from spike protein Post-Vaccine Syndrome and Long Haul Covid have found their brain to be profoundly impacted, and are seeking answers. Many patients talk of “brain fog”, which might include memory recall issues, word retrieval issues, unclear...
8 Questions To Ask A Potential Long Covid or Post-Vaccine Syndrome Clinic
Questions to uncover whether or not a potential Long Haul Covid, Post-Vaccine Syndrome, ME/CFS clinic is capable of handling your complex, multi-system illness.
Winning for losing (part 3 of 3)
[ad_1] PRESENT Dr Pierre Kory opened our telemedicine practice, the Advanced COVID-19 Care Center, in February of 2022. We became partners in June of 2022, followed by renaming our practice the Leading Edge Clinic. In the years since than time, we have learned...
Winning for losing (part 1 of 3)
[ad_1] PRELUDE If you read Lightning Bug strictly for clinical content, skip to the P.S.S. at the end, and come back in two weeks, because today and next week, I’m going for the pure pleasure of Marsland family-style storytelling. Next week I’ll write about gambling...
Winning for losing (part 2 of 3)
[ad_1] The ferry leaving Bridgeport, CT for Port Jefferson, NY In my Substack Road trip I made reference to traveling to Long Island to pick up a 2011 Volvo C30. I did this back in April 2024. The entire day was an adventure, as I set off with $5300 in cash in...
You look mahvelous! – by Scott Marsland, FNP-C
[ad_1] HISTORYMy mother’s mother was our Baba. Baba was a first-generation American from a Slovak family in Central Pennsylvania. Luckily for me, I spent a lot of time with her growing up, including summer visits to her home in Wyndmoor, PA, where she lived with my...
