In the early 1990’s there were several studies done that evaluated the effects of Lithium in drinking water in Texas. There are areas in Texas where lithium is not found naturally in drinking water and other areas where it exists in concentrations of 70-170 part per million. What these studies found was that in those …
Over the last several years there has been numerous studies published in medical journals and lay magazines of the benefits of wine. This has led many people to believe that it is good to drink wine so they will consume 1-2 glasses of wine at dinner time. However, one study that took PET scans of …
Anti-depressants like Wellbutrin are one of the top 5 selling classes of drugs today. Go to you doctor with the least little bit depressed and you will most likely walk out the door with a script for an anti-depressant. For most of her life, Kathy experienced short periods of depression. But when she went through …
Rachael, who is in her early 40’s, has not felt well for at least the last 6 years. In her words, ” I have been so cold sensitive. So cold that it has consumed my life. I cannot even drink cold liquid. The only thing that will get me warm is a steaming hot shower. …
I have known Louise for 5-6 years now. She is the type of person that spends a lot of time worrying about her family which consists a daughter and son and recently widowed father. So when she comes in for a routine acupuncture treatment or for just feeling under the weather, we spend a couple …
A little water clears us of our deeds! Study results published in Science suggest that hand washing “cleanses” the mind of unethical behavior, a result the researchers call the “Macbeth effect.” They asked 170 undergraduate students to focus on their conduct throughout the day. Those who remembered a misdeed were more likely to feel dirty …
If you have to choose between Victor Frankenstein or a safety-breaching donor service, you may be safer with the former. New Scientist reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shut down a firm that supplied body parts for surgery. According to FDA investigators, the firm harvested body parts and tissue from corpses in …
We tend to think of acne as a problem with just teenagers. However, it is not uncommon to have adults in the 20’s and 30’s come in with chronic acne that just does not respond to the typical antibiotics and topical creams that dermatologist prescribe. Julie, who is in her lat 20’s, has had acne …
It is not uncommon for patients to ask what is my opinion of circumcision of infants. Several months ago I wrote how circumcision helps protect against acquiring HIV. Another more recent study found that circumcision also protects against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The study showed that by age 21, 1.3 percent of the circumcised men …
Well I hate to say this but women derive more benefits from intercourse than men do. Just look at this list. More regular menstrual cycles; more fertile menstrual cycles; lighter periods; better moods; better memories; better bladder control; fewer colds and flu; reduced stress; increased hormones of youth -DHEA, testosterone and estrogen. And probably the …