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Have You Ever Had Alice In Wonderland Syndrome?
I read a lot of medical literature, and finding Alice In Wonderland Syndrome was a treat. The illness is described as: “bizarre perceptions of size and shapes of a patient’s body and illusions of...
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Does The MIND Diet Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease?
I’m always excited by a breakthrough diet, so I was thrilled by Prevention’s report of a diet that halved the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. This particular breakthrough is a hybrid of the Mediterranean...
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Ebola As A Sexually Transmitted Disease: AIDS Part II?
If you look at the WHO site for Ebola, it’s clear that we’ve known Ebola is transmitted sexually. On the site the WHO recommends: “Men who have recovered from the illness can still spread the virus to...
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Are You Paying For Unnecessary Healthcare?
One of the things about being sick is that you are vulnerable. Anyone, (yes-anyone- I see too many neighbor-marketed health solutions) who has anything to offer you seem plausible. But add a white coat...
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Are You Paying For Unnecessary Cancer Testing?
There is some debate about cancer screening, but when the majority of women who have no cervix are still screened for cervical cancer, hopefully we can agree that we’re screening too much. What does it...
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How Much Do You Know About Your Microbiome?
Quick, answer these questions: 1) By how much do the bacteria in your gut outnumber the cells in your body? 2) By how much does the DNA available to the bacteria in your gut outnumber your own DNA? 3)...
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Lyme Disease And Neurological Symptoms: Coming Back from the Brink.
In this inspiring video, Ben Ahrens talks about what it is like to come down with advanced Lyme disease and also how to fight your way back to health. While his results are not necessarily yours, it is...
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Looking Back At Lyme.
One of the things about living in an endemic state with Lyme cases all around is losing perspective that once upon a time we didn’t have a lot of Lyme. Look at the 2001 chart of Lyme cases: You see a...
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Is Obesity In the U.S. Declining?
It has if you read the Times. According to the New York Times, U.S. caloric intake peaked in 2003 and has declined since. Our youngest citizens have experienced a 9% drop in calories. The children’s...
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How Bad Is Lyme Disease? A 320% Increase since 1993.
Sometimes something like Lyme disease can sneak up on the medical field. When you work in medicine, it’s hard to know if your personal clinical experience matches the practices of those around you. I...
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Does Carrageenan Cause Cancer?
If you haven’t heard about the controversy regarding carrageenan, then you’ve missed out on yet another food panic. Carrageenan is used as a thickening agent in a wide variety of foods, including...
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Does Tea Tree Oil And Lavender Oil Cause Breasts In Little Boys? A Mayo...
A patient emailed me concerned about using tea tree shampoo on her child. Here she is trying to do right by her children, and here’s the Mayo Clinic weighing in that tea tree oil can cause breasts in...
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Influenza Vaccination: Why Grampa Should Hold Off Until October To Get One.
So this year’s influenza recommendations are out, with a couple of surprises. First, everyone should get one, BUT kids under two should NOT get the live version. Nor should anyone over 49. I’m not sure...
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Need More Creativity? Move More.
Stanford researchers have discovered the seat of creativity, and frontal lobe -you’re not it. Turns out that the cerebellum, an area we associate with cave person shambling movement more than...
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What Do You Need Friends For?
We wrongly think that money can buy what we need. Anyone with lots of money will tell you that friends are worth more. “It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.”...
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What Protein Powder Should I Get?
We love protein in America. We love it so much that we want to add it to everything. So which protein should we add? There are only a few major proteins widely available on the market. Whey and soy...
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Insomnia Checklist
One of the most irritating things to do is try to fall asleep. Usually when patients come in with a lot of anxiety about falling asleep, I tell them to reverse things by trying to stay awake, with the...
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Is It Too Late For You? Beginning Athletic Training at 77.
One of the most pejorative things someone can say to you is: “you’re too old.” Yet doctors fall into this trap all the time. “You’re just getting old,” is second only to the favorite “it’s just in...
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The End Of Modern Medicine: When Antibiotics Fail In 2050.
I’ve thought a lot about antibiotic resistance, but I haven’t thought it through like Maryn McKenna in her TED talk. What Ms. McKenna makes brutally clear is that we’re not talking about the end of...
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Understanding Evangelical Atheism: Coming Out Of The Closet.
In Phil Zuckerman’s book, Atheism and Secularity, (p.95) he describes atheists and agnostics as a tiny minority. But my experience of atheists is that they describe themselves as far more prevalent...
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