From Harvard Medical School blog Calling steroid injections into question Steroid injections can quickly relieve inflammation in the joints, and the effects may last from several weeks to several months. I’ve seen a number of patients who got significant
An article from the New York times asks the question whether intermittent fasting really works. It is a bit vague in the article but intermittent fasting commonly refers to limiting your eating to a certain number of hours in a
This study looks at hot baths given twice a week in depressed patients to see if they had improvement in their symtoms and HRV. In this pilot controlled study, patients with moderate depression improved by 3 points on the HAMD
This pdf of the presentation from last week’s conference on Controversies in Women’s Health. It’s hard to say if there is an upshot per se. In general, guidelines are getting much more nuanced and recognize the real harms of false
According to this study. I have seen that sympathetic activity does seem to decrease in some patients more than vagal activity increasing with acupuncture and/or TAVNS. J Physiol. 2014 Apr 1;592(7):1677-86. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.268573. Epub 2014 Jan 13. Reflex control
Daily Supplements for Migraine Of the supplements, Magnesium (600 mg), and Riboflavin (400 mg) per day are and .5 to 1 mg Melatonin before bed are the ones that I feel ready to recommend. We’ve discussed this topic before here
” This is far from the first study to suggest that stents and bypass are overused. But previous results have not deterred doctors, who have called earlier research on the subject inconclusive and the design of the trials flawed.
The Biochemistry of Longevity is Discussed in this video For any readers who are interested in some of the biochemistry behind the latest science on strategies to age more slowly. Many of the strategies we’ve discussed before, as well as
From Rhonda Patrick video here We’ve discussed saunas here. and here Laukkanen JA, Laukkanen T, Kunutsor SK. Cardiovascular and Other Health Benefits of Sauna Bathing: A Review of the Evidence. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Aug;93(8):1111-1121. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.04.008. PMID: 30077204. Abstract
I found a link to this complilation of 47 diets from Peter Attia’s blog. He has a podcast and blog and is devoted to “cutting edge” research on longevity and health. But one facet of his thinking that I like
