About Mike “Mish” Shedlock
Mish is a highly acclaimed macro-economic writer who typically posts several articles a day on his MishTalk website.
Topics include interest rates, central bank policy, gold and precious metals, jobs, and economic reports, typically from an Austrian Economic perspective.
Twitter Handle: Mike “Mish” Shedlock (@MishGEA) / X
Citations
New York Times: NYT 10th Annual Year in Ideas – #1 Idea of the Year ‘Do-It-Yourself Macroeconomics’
Time Magazine: Best 25 Financial Blogs
CNBC: Best Alternative Financial Websites
Intelligent Economist: Top 100 Economics Blogs of 2023
Personal Life
My wife Joanne, for 27 years, passed away on May 16, 2012, from ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. I am proud to have raised through my website, about $500,000 for the Les Turner ALS foundation.
I was their 2012 man of the year.
I remarried in June of 2013 to Liz Hintz. Joanne’s best friend, Kathy, was my “best man” at the wedding.
Photography
When not writing about stocks or the economy I spend a great deal of time on photography. I have over 80 magazine and book cover credits.
Please check out my MishMoments photography website. The main website consists of my images for sale. But there is a section called Mish’s Articles where I describe where to go, when to be there, how I made many of my images.
Mike “Mish” Shedlock, an economic analyst, shared his personal journey with prostate cancer.
In October 2012, He was diagnosed after a biopsy revealed cancer in one of the samples, with a Gleason score of 6, indicating an early-stage cancer. Shedlock explored various treatment options, including surgery, radiation, and active surveillance. He also created a supplement regimen, which he referred to as a “Prostate Cancer Cocktail,” (See Below) to manage his condition. While his oncologist was skeptical about its effectiveness, Shedlock believed it helped him.
His story highlights the complexities of interpreting medical information and making treatment decisions, especially for conditions like prostate cancer. If you’d like to dive deeper into his experience, let me know!
Cancer: Story of a Real Patient – Search Videos
A large number of papers get published on cancer cell-lines, cancer GWAS – Search, cancer microarray analysis and so on. Doing research on cancer is quite lucrative for the researchers, who made their self-serving measure of productivity (number of publications) to keep the racket going. The real productivity should be defined in terms of the number of patients cured, but that aspect gets lost in the whole process.
Research production and international cooperative teamwork in the 2 main journals of gynecologic oncology increased within the 10 last years; 65.3% of all published articles dealt either with epithelial ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, or endometrial cancer. Endometrial cancer had the worst ratio of publications to estimated national incidence (United States, 2007).
The United States (41.15%) and Europe (29.72%) make up a striking 70.87% of the world’s research production in the field of gynecologic oncology. However, the highest rate of increase shows in Turkey (22.5), the People’s Republic of China (6.87), and South Korea (5.83). Adjusted to the national GDP per capita and population for the year 2006, research productivity seems best in Israel, Austria, and Turkey.
Real patients, on the other hand:
Are figuring out that leaving the cancer racket altogether and taking matters in their own hand works better for them. Here is a beautiful story of a blogger, who cured his own cancer. Mish is one of my favorite financial bloggers.
He began writing his blog in early 2005 around the time I posted my deflation articles at safehaven. Not only are his economic views very similar to mine, but our original training also happened to be in the same field (electrical engineering). His blog usually ranks around the top among the alternate economic and financial websites, which says a lot about academic economists.
Today he wrote in “Cancer Free: I Beat Prostate Cancer; Mish the Guinea Pig”:
In October 2012 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I am now cancer free. Here is my story, a detailed one, with test results.
I have been taking PSA tests every couple years since 2007. It’s a routine blood test recommended for men as they get older.
PSA stands for Prostate Specific Antigen. Elevated readings may indicate evidence of prostate cancer. Any reading under 3.0 is normal but some doctors may say 4.0 and others 2.5. It’s not an exact science to be sure.
My test in August of 2012 was elevated (6.65). Another test in October was also elevated (7.13)
My regular doctor strongly recommended a biopsy.
The biopsy showed I had cancer.
It is a fascinating story that includes many aspects of the fraudulent medical system, the cancer research racket, other freely available information on cancer-curing agents and how a curious person can heal himself by taking calculated risks.
Following is the cocktail he designed for himself. For details on why, please go through Mish’s story.
What follows is the cocktail that it took. It is based on the above research as well as numerous other articles. The first four items in my cocktail mix list were mentioned above.
I also took a few other things for other reasons. Explanations follow my list.
This is not a recommendation. Consult your doctor.
**Mish Cocktail **
Resveratrol: 250 mg twice daily
Indole-3-Carbinol: 200mg twice daily
Bromelain: 500mg twice daily
Quercetin: 300 mg twice daily
Turmeric Extract: 300 mg twice daily
Vitamin D3: 5,000 IU twice daily
Vitamin K2: 100 mcg twice daily
Vitamin B12: 100 mcg twice daily
Selenium: 50 mcg twice daily
Sodium bicarbonate orally: One half teaspoon twice daily – 1 hour in the morning right after I get up, and again in the evening right before bed empty stomach
I am noticing other similar stories popping up at various places online. We are talking about real people getting cured and not scientific theories. Hopefully, the general public will soon reach the same conclusion as the researchers like MIT professor M. B. Yaffe that the gigantic cancer genome sequencing projects are extremely wasteful.
Checkout – “Cancer Genomics and Parable of Streetlight Effect”
The massive resources devoted to genome sequencing of human tumors have produced important data sets for the cancer biology community. Paradoxically, however, these studies have revealed very little new biology. Despite this, additional resources in the United States are slated to continue such work and to expand similar efforts in genome sequencing to mouse tumors.
It may be that scientists are addicted to the large amounts of data that can be relatively easily obtained, even though these data seem unlikely, on their own, to unveil new cancer treatment options or result in the ultimate goal of a cancer cure. Rather than using more tumor genetic sequences, a better strategy for identifying new treatment options may be to develop methods for analyzing the signaling networks that underlie cancer development, progression, and therapeutic resistance at both a personal and systems-wide level.
Also note that the prevalence of cancer, stroke and diabetes in USA have the same geographical distribution, closely matching poverty distribution. That alone suggests that lifestyle has a much bigger contribution to these diseases than the genomes.
Cancer, Stroke and Diabetes in USA Environment versus Genetics
Written by M. //2013-12-18
On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM K Goubeaux <gooberism102@gmail.com> wrote:
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Another Misguided Cancer Testimonial –
Cancer Free: I Beat Prostate Cancer; Mish the Guinea Pig – MishTalk15 Year Old Kid Develops Foolproof Test for Pancreatic, Ovarian and Lung Cancer; Test Costs 3 Cents, Takes 5 Minutes – MishTalk
Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis: Cancer Free: I Beat Prostate Cancer; Mish the Guinea Pig
Mish is a highly acclaimed macro-economic writer and one of the early financial pioneer bloggers. Mish has written articles every day since 2003. That’s 20 straight years of publishing at least one economic post per day allowing for “Merry Christmas” and “Happy New Year” articles.
In summer of 2006, Mish called the top of the residential housing bubble, and the bottom in March of 2009.
In 2009, Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis was on the cover of online Time Magazine, Best 25 Financial Blogs.
In 2010, the New York Times cited Mish along with Barry Ritholtz and Calculated Risk in its #1 Idea of the year called: Do-It-Yourself Macroeconomics. The article was about people who called the global economy better than any formally trained economists.
Mish is a believer in free markets and small government. He writes from a Libertarian and Austrian economist point of view.
Discussion posts, typically multiple times a day, include interest rates, central bank policy, gold and precious metals, jobs, global politics, and economic reports from the BLS, BEA, and Commerce Department. On the first Friday of every month, Mish goes over the monthly job statistics in much greater detail than anything in mainstream media. The same applies to the monthly CPI, PPI, and housing reports from the BLS and commerce department.
You can follow Mish on Twitter at @MishGEA
Citations
New York Times: NYT 10th Annual Year in Ideas – #1 Idea of the Year ‘Do-It-Yourself Macroeconomics’
Time Magazine: Best 25 Financial Blogs
CNBC: Best Alternative Financial Websites
Intelligent Economist: Top 100 Economics Blogs of 2023
Counties With the Highest Cancer Rates in the U.S. | Healthiest Communities Health News | U.S. News
Cancer: Story of a Real Patient
Tackle the epic Appalachian Trail©MarkVanDykePhotography/Shutterstock
The Appalachian Trail might be the world’s most iconic hiking route. The pathway runs from Maine to Georgia, spanning 14 states and winding for more than 2,180 miles and is the longest continuous hiking-only stretch in the world. Whether you pick a portion or tackle the entire route (which typically takes around six months), it’s sure to be a walk to remember, traversing some of the country’s most breathtaking mountain scenery.
Key Takeaways
- The Appalachian Mountains are one of the oldest mountain systems and once stood as tall as the Himalayas.
- The Appalachians are divided into seven regions, with different rock types showing their rich geologic past.
- Four major mountain-building events formed the Appalachians, with each adding layers to its complex history.
The Appalachian Mountain range is one of the oldest continental mountain systems in the world. The tallest mountain in the range is the 6,684-foot Mount Mitchell, located in North Carolina. Compared with the Rocky Mountains of western North America, which have 50 plus peaks over 14,000 feet in elevation, the Appalachians are rather modest in height. At their tallest, however, they rose to Himalayan-scale heights before being weathered and eroded down over the past ~200 million years.
A Physiographic Overview
The Appalachian Mountains trend southwest to northeast from central Alabama all the way to Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Along this 1,500-mile path, the system is split up into 7 different physiographic provinces that contain distinct geologic backgrounds.
In the southern section, the Appalachian Plateau and Valley and Ridge provinces make up the western border of the system and are composed of sedimentary rocks like sandstone, limestone, and shale. To the east lie the Blue Ridge Mountains and Piedmont, composed primarily of metamorphic and igneous rocks. In some areas, like Red Top Mountain in northern Georgia or Blowing Rock in northern North Carolina, the rock has eroded down to where one can see basement rocks that formed over a billion years ago during the Grenville Orogeny.
The northern Appalachians are made up of two parts: the St. Lawrence Valley, a small region defined by the St. Lawrence River and St. Lawrence rift system, and the New England province, which formed hundreds of millions of years ago and owes much of its present topography to recent glacial episodes. Geologically speaking, the Adirondack Mountains are quite different than the Appalachian Mountains; however, they are included by the USGS in the Appalachian Highland region.
Coal’s demise in Appalachia leaves education in the lurch – ThinkProgress
About the Appalachian Region – Appalachian Regional Commission
Geologic History
To a geologist, the rocks of the Appalachian Mountains reveal a billion-year story of violent continental collisions and the subsequent mountain building, erosion, deposition and/or volcanism that came with. The geologic history of the area is complex but can be broken down into four major orogenies, or mountain building events. It is important to remember that between each of these orogenies, millions of years of weathering and erosion wore the mountains down and deposited sediment in the surrounding areas. This sediment was often subjected to intense heat and pressure as the mountains were uplifted again during the next orogeny.
- Grenville Orogeny: This mountain-building event occurred around 1 billion years ago, creating the supercontinent Rodinia. The collision formed tall mountains along with the igneous and metamorphic rocks that make up the very core of the Appalachians. The supercontinent began to break apart around 750 million years ago and by 540 million years ago, an ocean (the Iapetus Ocean) existed between the paleocontinents.
- Taconic Orogeny: Approximately 460 million years ago, as the Iapetus Ocean was closing, a volcanic island arc chain collided with the North American Craton. The remnants of these mountains can still be seen in the Taconic Range of New York.
- Acadian Orogeny: Starting 375 million years ago, this mountain-building episode occurred as the Avalonian terrane collided with the North American Craton. The collision did not happen head on, as it struck the northern section of the protocontinent and then slowly moved southward. Index minerals show us that the Avalonian terrane struck the North American craton at different times and with different collisional forces.
- Alleghanian Orogeny: This event (sometimes referred to as the Appalachian orogeny) formed the supercontinent Pangea ~325 million years ago. The ancestral North American and African continents collided, forming Himalayan-scaled mountain chains known as the Central Pangean Mountains. The modern-day Anti-Atlas Mountains of northwestern Africa were part of this chain. The mountain building ended some 265 million years ago, and the ancestral North American and African continents began drifting apart ~200 million years ago (and continue to do so to this day).
The Appalachians have weathered and eroded away over the past hundreds of millions of years, leaving only remnants of the mountain system that once reached record heights. The strata of the Atlantic Coastal Plain are made up of sediment from their weathering, transportation, and deposition.
Hiking the Appalachian trail – Search
Geology of the Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains States – WorldAtlas
Take Me Home Country Roads: A Trip Through Appalachia – Newsweek
Trump slashes Appalachian agency funding that helps Eastern Ky. | Lexington Herald Leader
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