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Writing through

Long ago, more than fifteen years ago, I began posting my writing on the internet, a practice that became more and more elaborate, until I was maintaining several blogs simultaneously: a doctor blog, a...

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All I need is the air that I breathe, part 1

News bits: If you’re an adult heading into a severe asthma attack, doubling your inhaled steroid may not prevent it, but quadrupling it may. This UK study of 2000 adults was funded by the National...

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All I need is the air that I breathe, part 2

COPD (chronic bronchitis and emphysema) was the 3rd biggest killer in the US, but in 2016, it dropped to 4th place. (This is because deaths from unintentional injury climbed to 3rd place — a lot more...

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Science Daily: Livers and more!

Fatty liver in overweight mama… monkeys 3/7/18 New research published in The Journal of Physiology indicates that an obese pregnant mother and exposure to a high fat, high sugar diet during pregnancy...

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Metabolic Flexibility

Metabolic Flexibility in Health and Disease. Goodpaster, Bret H. et al. Cell Metabolism, 25:5, 1027-1036. I was reading this article because I think the term “metabolic flexibility” is poetic, and also...

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A certain age

It’s my birthday! No foolin’! So I thought I’d check the health news in regards to *aging.* More olds than kids! 3/13/18 The year 2030 marks an important demographic turning point in U.S. history...

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T’ai chi in the news!

T’ai chi (“tie chee”) is in the news! …Often in the medical news, it is, anyway. In case you don’t know what it is, the Mayo Clinic says, “Tai chi is an ancient Chinese tradition that, today, is...

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