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Meatless Mondays Shot Down

This is pretty outrageous, and totally belongs in the “Follow the Money” file.  The Meat Industry couldn’t even handle the recommendation of going ONE DAY...

Statins and Fatigue

I had missed this report from June showing that statins can cause fatigue in some patients, especially women.  I touched on this subject here, about...

The Ills of Chronic Stress

Came across this presentation by Robert Sapolsky.  I’m sure he’s given this talk a zillion times, but this one was at the JCC in San...

Calm Brain: Unlocking Your Natural Relaxation System by Gayatri Devi

A patient told me about this book.  I was intrigued by the premise, part of which is that if you calm the body, you calm...

Big Pharma: Glaxo Smith Klein Edition $3 Billion

We’ve discussed Avandia before in a blog post entitled “Drugs Causing Problems They’re Supposed to Treat.” the corruption in research reporting here, and further on...

Info on Biofeedback Devices for Stress

I get asked from time to time about home biofeedback stress reduction.  This is a nice article about a particular type that I’m familiar with....

Ties Between Big Pharma and Pain Doctors

The corruption that has occurred with pharmaceutical  and medical device companies has become more apparent in recent years.  I’ve documented a few instances in this...

Fibromyalgia and Brain Connectivity

This article by “friend of blog” Vitaly Napadow, looks at resting brain connectivity as a biomarker for pain and pain relief in fibromyalgia patients. He...

Ha ha. Drug Makers Required to Show Benefit

The highlighted sentence in the second paragraph of this article could have been taken from the Onion.(This article reminds me of an old New Yorker...

Genetics of the Immune System: Dr. Medzhitov

An interesting story about a Russian scientist who has studied the immune system of vertebrates. There is an innate immune system and an adaptive immune...