Read this article to see how I’m thinking about Covid-19 vaccine boosters.
COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness in the Age of Delta and What Else We Can Do
Vaccines are working — they are very effective at preventing severe Covid-19. What else can we do?
Lessons from the Miami Condo Collapse
It’s possible to envision a future version of ourselves as a more robust, vigorous, and resilient person, and then to bring that person into reality.
Case Report: The Metabolic Effects of Losing 30 Pounds
This is the case of a 31 year old woman who decided to lose weight and improve her health by restricting her diet to whole foods and by restricting her carbohydrate intake. The article follows her weight and blood work for roughly one year.
Get the Blood Work You Want Without a Doctor’s Order
My opinion is that the proper role for physicians in diagnostic testing is to make professional recommendations, not to be gatekeepers. Fortunately, you’re no longer dependent upon physicians to order lab work. Direct-to-consumer labs are available at affordable prices, and there is an increasing array of options.
The Story of Jeff Henigson
Jeff Henigson was diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of fifteen. He was told the cancer would kill him within a few years. Thirty-five years later, Jeff’s miraculous and fascinating survival story was published online. After his story became public, he was contacted by a neuropathologist.
How to Communicate With Your Doctor to Get a Timely and Accurate Diagnosis
This article takes you behind the scenes of the medical interview.
When you’re done reading, you’ll know why your doctor asks certain questions, what sort of answers they’re looking for, and what they’re thinking about while you’re talking. Once you know all of this, you can learn to communicate more effectively with your doctor.
Efficient and effective communication will improve your rapport, save time, and improve the chances of your doctor making early and accurate diagnoses.
Create a Helpful Food Environment
Instead of being faced with hard decisions every day to resist tempting foods, we can make one good decision to surround ourselves only with the foods we wish we would eat more often.
Covid-19 mRNA Vaccines and ITP Explained
Major news outlets are reporting that Covid-19 vaccines may be causing ITP. In this article, I explain ITP and review primary sources.
Stress Management: Strategies and Tactics
In this article, I discuss three different types of stress: panic, anxiety, and disappointment. I will address causes for each, and treatments that I have found helpful.
A Case of Amenorrhea in a Female Crossfit Athlete Successfully Treated with Non-Pharmacologic Interventions
Training-recovery mismatch can take many forms. Perhaps the most notable form is called functional hypothalamic amenorrhea, or FHA for short.
Covid-19 mRNA Vaccine Information Compilation
All of my writing on the covid-19 mRNA vaccines is compiled in this one location. I’ll keep this up to date, with most recent information at the top of the post.