Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, recent Nobel Prize Winner from UCSF, published groundbreaking work on telomeres, proteins at the end of chromosomes, and how they are a measure of aging. A recent post on the effects of stress on certain chronic diseases
From today’s NYTimes, an article about a technique of using DNA testing to tailor cancer treatment is debunked with law suits ensuing. I flag this article because it falls into the Gold Rush treatment mentality that so pervades the U.S.
From Scientific American Mind,( www.ScientificAmerican.com/mind) an article about brain disorders result from a complex interaction between our genes and the environments to which we are exposed. A set of recent studies has just uncovered an important environmental instigator of neurodegenerative
From Scientific American Mind,( www.ScientificAmerican.com/mind) an article about brain disorders result from a complex interaction between our genes and the environments to which we are exposed. A set of recent studies has just uncovered an important environmental instigator of neurodegenerative
Here is the link to an article by David Colquhoun from Britain. It’s called “America, the land of the Health Hucksters.” I am not familiar with him, and he doesn’t seem to be an MD, but he has very staunch
This article is back up information about PCOS and high sympathetic tone. They were measuring sympathetic nerve activity to the muscle vascular bed (MSNA.) They found that the heightened MSNA may account for the higher cardiovascular risk in PCOS patients,
Playing Doctor How to spin pharmaceutical research By Carl Elliott This is another article about the corruption of medical research, but this one focuses on a more subtle aspect of industry sponsored research: the ghost writer. It has an amusing
The Truth Wears Off This article from the most recent New Yorker looks at something called “the decline” effect. It is a phenomenon where an established result in science, or “fact” becomes less demonstrable over time. They give examples of
This study is related to my last post concerning acupuncture and metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in that acupuncture can enhance HRV so may help with Insulin resistance and its relationship to metabolic syndrome. Because the ANS (autonomic nervous system)
Title ripped straight from the Onion November 22, 2010New Rules Tell Insurers: Spend More on CareBy ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — The Obama administration issued new federal rules on Monday that will require many health insurance companies to spend more on
