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The Connection Between Dopamine, Serotonin, Brain Health, and Supplementation
When it comes to mood and memory, it’s all about the neurotransmitters—those vital chemicals that brain cells use to convey information. Learn about the critical role nutrition plays in supporting optimal neurotransmitter function in this informative article…read more
Categories:Mental and Emotional Health Sponsored
What you need to know about glaucoma
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month. In light of that, I wanted to draw your attention again to this article: Did you know that glaucoma is the second most common form of progressive blindness in the U.S.,…read more
Categories:Eye Health
They warned us about the dangers of sugar 70 years ago (Why didn’t we listen?)
Faced with some downtime for the holidays, I undertook the task of excavating my basement. Having moved my office to more compact quarters a couple of years ago, I had shipped my legacy book collection to New…read more
Leyla Weighs In: It’s 2021: Establishing new habits is a worthy resolution
Experts say we don’t break a habit. We simply replace it with a new one, a new behavior. How we eat is actually a behavior. For example, if you’re always the first one to finish your meal at…read more
Categories:General Nutrition
Top Ten Intelligent Medicine podcast episodes of 2020 (part two)
For many, this is a week off from the usual bustle of work (or work-from-home, or overseeing our children’s Zoom classrooms, or…), and a moment to finally take a breather after the stress of the holidays. I…read more
Categories:General Medicine
Leyla Weighs In: In pursuit of instant gratification
Do you desire pleasure or fulfillment without delay or deferment? Maybe you operate on the Pleasure Principle—the force that compels us to gratify our urges, wants and needs now rather than later, because to deny them causes varying…read more
Categories:General Nutrition
Top Ten Intelligent Medicine podcasts of 2020 (part one)
It’s a holiday tradition: My year-end compendium of Top Ten Intelligent Medicine podcasts. Last year we wrote: “‘Tis the season. As the pace of work and school slows, and the freneticism of shopping and parties abates, people are hopping…read more
Categories:General Medicine
The remarkable new COVID-19 vaccines: What we still need to know
It’s a remarkable achievement. It’s on a par with the Manhattan Project, when the exigency of defeating the Axis powers compelled us to beat them in the race to harness the devastating power of the atom. Later,…read more
Categories:COVID-19
Continuing COVID controversies (part two)
Last week, in the first installment of this series, I tackled some of the most contentious issues surrounding the virus. What strikes me is that, over nine months into the pandemic, and amid record new cases, some of the…read more
Categories:COVID-19
Leyla Weighs In: Handwashing to prevent food poisoning
Today marks the end of National Handwashing Awareness Week. You’re probably rolling your eyes—I know! We’ve been inundated with messages of the importance of handwashing during the COVID-19 pandemic, even more than we usually are during cold…read more
Categories:General Medicine General Nutrition
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
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Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
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Dead Butt Syndrome: I love this term! Formally speaking, in medical parlance, it’s dubbed “gluteal…
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Q: I read various health newsletters, books, and websites on nutritional advice, and I’d like…
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"Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into…
Extending Life: Chris Mirabile Discusses Strategies to Combat Aging, Part 1
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