New research suggest that the ability to balance on 1 leg may tell us more about a person’s brain health and risk of stroke. Struggling to stand on 1 leg for less than 20 seconds was associated with a higher risk of stroke, small blood vessel damage in the brain, and reduced cognitive function in …
Oxytocin is a hormone that increases after a woman gives birth to a child. Oxytocin is also seen to increase in animals after they give birth. Which is why oxytocin has always been perceived to be a “bonding hormone”. Simply put, if mommy gives birth to baby, oxytocin increases so that mommy bonds with baby …
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The last several weeks with the measles “epidemic” in the news there has been increased social pressures on those parents who have chosen not to immunize their children. This social pressure has even come to bear on presidential candidate and medical doctor Rand Paul who at the top of the week said that he had …
Recently, I had a patient who had undergone a hysterectomy and while the surgeon was in there he removed her appendix to eliminate the chance that she might have an appendicitis. Ever since man began dissecting human bodies, they have been puzzled as to what purpose if any the appendix has. Charles Darwin felt that …
As a family we love to go camping out and away from any civilization. On nights, especially when the moon is absent I am filled with awe as I gaze into the star lit sky and ponder the immensity of space. I experience this same awe when considering the incomprehensible complexity of the human body. …
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Pathological gambling is an impulse control disorder that disrupts relationships and daily activities. There is evidence that a subnormal concentration of glutamate in the nucleus accumbens region of the brain increases compulsive or addictive behaviors. A recent study found that when individuals with nicotine dependence and pathological gambling were given N-acetylcysteine (NAC) for 12 weeks …
It used to be whenever a physician was unable to come up with a diagnosis for his patient’s illness, he would chalk it up to a psychosomatic dysfunction and recommend an antidepressant. It seems now that more and more physicians who are perplexed by their patient’s symptoms or lack of response to treatment are …
With summer ending we are now approaching the sore throat season. The biggest concern most parents have is whether or not their child has strep. Fortunately, most sore throats are caused by viruses which are unresponsive to antibiotics. However, the only way to know for certain if strep is the culprit, test it. I …
