Part 1: The Craving for Alcohol
“Food is Medicine” initiative urged—but progress is slow; Thymic peptide for cancer; What is “orthomolecular psychiatry”? Magnesium threonate for tinnitus; How screen time and social media are dumbing down our kids; The craving for alcohol may be programmed from our primate origins.
Part 2: Conquering Inflammation
New options for knee pain—radiation and embolization; Popeye was right to power-up with spinach; Conquering inflammation; Methane-predominant SIBO; Unnecessary back surgery on seniors is rampant; Medicare Advantage patients often relegated to inferior cancer surgery.
References & Resources
Wild chimps consume the equivalent of two glasses of wine a day
By Margherita Bassi, Science Advances September 29, 2025
Thymic peptides for prostate cancer
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD003993. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003993.pub3. Accessed 20 October 2025.
Experts push to expand role of nutrition in medicine
By Joyce Frieden, Medpage Today October 2, 2025
Why medical schools need to focus more on nutrition
By Lloyd Minor, WSJ October 10, 2019
Social media use trajectories and cognitive performance in adolescents
JAMA. Published online October 13, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.16613
Screen Time and Standardized Academic Achievement Tests in Elementary School
JAMA Netw Open Published Online:2025;8;(10):e2537092. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.37092
Magnesium for tinnitus: Everything to know
By Carolyn Farnswort, Medical News Today August 22, 2025
Improved effect of spinach extract on physical performance: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Cureus. 2025 Jan 22;17(1):e77840. doi: 10.7759/cureus.77840
Study dings Medicare advantage for cancer surgery quality
By Mike Bassett, Medpage Today October 15, 2025
Genicular artery embolization procedure (GAE)
uchicagomedicine.org
This European treatment for joint pain just passed a major scientific test
American Society for Radiation Oncology
