Another great piece by Moises Velasquez-Manoff. We looked at his work here and here a mong others. “Dr. Tsuyoshi Miyaoka, a psychiatrist treating him at the Shimane University School of Medicine in Japan, eventually diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia. He then prescribed
Though the “take home” message was that risk is least at zero drinks/day. But it is more nuanced than that. So, of course, no drinking may be the safest, but a few drinks a day does not increase health risks
This New Yorker tackles the phenomenon that is Tom Cruise and his apparent resistance to the aging process. The author attributes this to Cruise’s physical athleticism and makes oblique references to younger women. Who knows, though genetics is on Cruise’s
I’m rereading this blog post by “friend-of-blog” Zach Haigney. He is reviewing and discussing a Science Direct article from 2013 that seeks to establish biomarkers for cellular stress response and what they can tell us about the aging process. A
This is an older study done in mice which shows that 24 hours of fasting produces upregulation of autophagy (cellular debris removal) in the brain. 48 hours produces even more. I’m not sure how many hours of fasting that would
In my newsletter from over a year ago now, I explained the value of time restricted eating. This article from the New York Times outlines the thinking and benefits. Satchin Panda has popularized this approach and I became aware of
Hat tip to patient A. (thanks!) who alerted me to the instagram feed of Norma Kamali who has a post up about facial rejuvenation acupuncture. Nice! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfxtvlmnp95/
Lovely article from Shape Magazine about acupuncture that actually gets to the nitty gritty of mechanisms. (Link broken) But I loved this part best “Acupuncture also has a dramatic effect on your nervous system, calming you down so your body
A bit long, but informative video on the nitty gritty of migraine cause.
I was unaware of this connection, that Vitamin D deficiency can lead to lower vagal control, or higher heart rate variability, higher stress levels. Easy enough to add Vitamin D to the regimen of patients being seen for high blood
