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New disease trends highlight medicine’s biggest failures
It seems that nearly every day, we learn of yet another medical “breakthrough”; hi-tech and often pricey cures are commonplace. More of us take medications and undergo life-saving procedures. Yet a series of recent articles in the Wall Street Journal (sorry—paywalled for…read more
Categories:Cancer
Leyla Weighs In: My tried and true pot roast
Pot roast is a tried and true comfort dish in my home. And because it’s a low and slow cook, I’ll take the time on the weekend—on a snowy Saturday or Sunday afternoon like we’ve had lately—to get it started…read more
Categories:Recipe
Vaccine skepticism has health authorities spooked
As of now, only 19% of the U.S. adult population has received the updated bivalent Covid vaccine, per the latest CDC statistics. Parents are even more reluctant to opt for the booster for their kids, with only 8% of children having…read more
Categories:COVID-19
Book Review: Change Your Diet, Change Your Mood by Georgia Ede, MD
The notion of a food-mood connection is not new; it’s come to be accepted as a pop culture verity. Pioneers like psychiatrist E.M. Abrahamson who wrote Body, Mind and Sugar in 1955, and William Dufty who wrote Sugar Blues in 1975, highlighted the role…read more
Categories:General Nutrition Mental and Emotional Health
Are any of these New Year’s challenges right for you?
January is named after Janus, the Roman two-faced god, “the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings.” In classic depictions, Janus simultaneously looks backward and forward. In the quiet of winter, it’s a great time to…read more
Categories:Alcoholism Exercise General Nutrition Mental and Emotional Health Nutrition and Weight Sleep
The misleading vegan diet twin study
Once again, it’s science and medical reporting via press release: “Rare study on identical twins confirms vegan diet’s broad health boost”—New Atlas “Identical Twins Study Reveals Something We All Secretly Knew About Vegan Diets—When it comes to cardiovascular health, there…read more
December 2023
December 16 Michelle Obama’s good intentions By James Freeman, WSJ Dec 14, 2023 Concerns that may limit the utility of Zuranolone JAMA. Published online December 15, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.26103 Higher second-trimester iron and vitamin D levels minimize depression symptoms later in pregnancy…read more
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Support the American Nutrition Association: Championing Personalized Nutrition
By Aly
America is facing an unprecedented crisis. Our productivity, national security, and fiscal solvency are being undermined by epidemics of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, GI illnesses, and autoimmunity. Psychiatric disorders are steeply rising. Our vulnerability to infectious pandemics was highlighted…read more
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These are a few of my least favorite things (part two)
Last week, I weighed in with a few of my top choices for things that are an affront to Intelligent Medicine. Here are some more of my picks: E-bikes: As an inveterate cyclist, I hailed the development of modern e-bikes with compact electric motors. Some…read more
Categories:General Medicine Heart Health Neurological Health
Nutritional support for your brain
By Dr. Kathi Head (ND) Executive Director of Medical Media for Thorne
Originally formulated for individuals who are involved in contact sports or other high-impact activities, you don’t have to be a professional hockey player to benefit from SynaQuell™. A highly innovative formula from Thorne, one of the industry’s most cutting-edge companies, SynaQuell™…read more
Categories:Neurological Health Sponsored Supplements
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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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Lately there’s been a lot of buzz about protein. Protein bars are all the rage.…
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Q: One of the weight loss systems advertised on radio claims that you have to balance…
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In the latest attempt to remove “stigma” from medical terminology, liver specialists have come up…
Q&A with Leyla, Part 1: The Protein ‘Craze’
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