Theo Hensley, MD

11/13/2025

I’ve been trying to catch my patients up on TDaP all year after it started hitting our schools.

By the time pertussis is diagnosed treatment isn’t very effective. The cough lasts months.

The vaccine works well for 5-10 years then protection wanes.

Texas is currently seeing four times the number of whooping cough cases compared to the same time last year, the state’s health department said in a health alert.

The state has reported more than 3,500 cases this year. This is the second year that Texas has experienced high increases in whooping cough cases.

Read more: https://abcnews.visitlink.me/grxFuB

11/13/2025

Viruses cause all kinds of problems.

Big news: Stanford Medicine researchers have uncovered how the common Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can trigger lupus — solving one of immunology's longest-standing mysteries.

In a landmark Science Translational Medicine study, Department of Medicine's William Robinson discovered that EBV can directly infect and reprogram the very B cells responsible for autoimmunity. These infected cells send powerful inflammatory signals that sustain the disease — providing a long-sought biological explanation for how a viral infection can set lupus in motion.

"Lupus is a disease where the immune system, meant to defend us, turns its weapons inward," Dr. Robinson shares. "We found that Epstein-Barr virus hijacks the very B cells that cause this process, reprogramming them into cells that drive autoimmune inflammation."

🧬 Read the full Q&A with Dr. Robinson: https://stanford.io/3LUx3Gg

11/12/2025

MAHA misleads about medical education to create distrust in doctors and instead trust wellness grifters in Tik Tok selling supplements.

We had lots of education in med school and residency about menopause.

Whenever I prescribe HRT to women we discuss the rare potential risks like strokes, blood clots, or cancer risk. We also discuss potential benefits like improved mood, sleep, bone density, hot flashes etc.

I am glad that they are finally removing black box warnings from hormones but that doesn’t mean no risk. Family history, smoking status, and other factors may make some women not great candidates.

11/12/2025

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11/12/2025

Switching seed oils for animal fat isn’t healthy and won’t improve health outcomes. It will lead to more cardiovascular disease.

Switching corn syrup for cane sugar in sodas won’t decrease chronic diseases. It will definitively make soda more expensive. You can already pay a premium now and buy “Mexican Coke.”

The government stopping paying for soda and candy will make a small dent in chronic diseases.

11/11/2025

11/11/2025

High LDL cholesterol is a major predictor for heart attacks and strokes.

11/11/2025

The largest Tylenol/autism study in the world was in 2024 showing no causal link. Now a large BMJ says the same. Earlier smaller studies were flawed or had confounding factors.

Link to the study: https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj-2025-088141

11/10/2025

This was clear in data in height of the pandemic and in seasons since then. It’s safer statistically to get the shot.

Yes, vaccines can have very rare serious side effects since all of our immune systems can react to stimuli differently.

A new study shows the risk of heart conditions like myocarditis and pericarditis is higher for kids who contract COVID compared to vaccinated.

11/07/2025

This dumb post is from one of the anti vax doctors that post all kinds of terrible medical advice.

Listen, if you want to do a home birth that may go fine and risk a risk of killing your baby or yourself then it’s a free country.

The rest of us real doctors got into healthcare to help patients and improve the health of our communities.

I wdelivered over 100 kids in my career and a good doctor and nurse team for mom and baby has saved my family and numerous other complex deliveries.

Just remember who the scammers are like Kaufman, Mercola, Wakefield, and McCollough.

Kaufman is a psychiatrist from New York that has denied that viruses cause illness.

Germ theory denialists were common in the 1800s because scientists couldn’t prove it microscopically at the time. Flat earthers were the same because they couldn’t comprehend the possible of microscopic life or the vast depths of space and physics.

Mind blowing with today’s tech and advancements in science and medicine that Kaufmans of the world exist.

Time for my fellow docs to quit being quiet and speak out against these people.

It’s never been about your safety.

It’s about control, profit, and the commodification of the human body — down to your organs.
Most people have no idea how deeply C-sections tie into this system. They’ve been normalized, even glamorized, but the truth is darker. C-sections are often chosen not out of medical necessity, but because they make placenta harvesting cleaner and more efficient.

Yes, there are rare cases where surgery is truly needed, but when nearly one in three births in the U.S. ends in a C-section, you have to ask: who is this system really serving?

Every procedure has a price tag. Every intervention has a profit margin. And when you start to look beneath the surface, you realize this isn’t just about “modern medicine,” it’s about the ongoing monetization of the human body.

If you want to protect yourself and your child from becoming part of that profit pipeline, start reclaiming your birth and opt for a home birth.

A home birth, supported by people who honor the natural process, can help you avoid unnecessary interventions and keep your body, and your baby’s, out of the system that sees them as commodities.

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11/07/2025

Your body needs some cholesterol but too much can be bad and we have decades of data on this.

For people high risk of cardiovascular disease or with diabetes the goal LDL is typically 50-70. I’ve looked through literature and I think levels less than 30-35 are too low.