What part does Social Media play in Loneliness and Isolation of Youth in today's world?
Association Between Child Abuse and Hypertension in Adulthood.
This is a reprint of a recent (2018) article in the Global Scientific Research Journal of Public Health based upon my own independent research (2013-2015). Nicoletta Alexander, Gudeta Fufaa, and Barry Woods, all played critical roles in supporting the original research project, and I owe them my undying gratitude. ©Mahalakshmi …
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The Normal Response to Injury: An Editorial on the Natural Healing Qualities of the Inflammatory Process
Last week, while out for a run, I felt a sharp pain in my knee. Inspection revealed no obvious biomechanical issue, and the pain was intermittent. Still I took it easy until I returned home. While the area where I had felt the pain was swollen, it was not discolored. Discolored areas generally indicate the …
Is the Disconnect between Biology and Culture making you Ill? Part Three: Homeostasis and Couch Potatoes who were Born to Run.
Homeostasis is really about balance, and in this case, energy balance. We are predisposed to maintain this homeostasis by taking advantage of surplus energy and storing it as fat. And while this trait has served our species for 2 million years, we no longer live in a feast or famine environment, and those conditions of …
Is the Disconnect between Biology and Culture making you Ill? Part Two: Stressing the system
The human immune response system, much like that of other mammals, evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to be a barrier against the nasty bugs and pathogens we live with day-to-day. Since the discovery of antibiotics (and their overuse in both human medicine and industrial farming), we have created a very clean and sterile …
Is the Disconnect between Biology and Culture making you Ill? Part One: Evolutionary Medicine.
Part One: Background Over the winter, rather disgusted at the weight that I put on over the past 20 years, I decided to do something about it. Complaining was easy, but taking steps to improve my health also proved to be quite easy as well. About 25 years ago, I was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, …
Do you Need an Antibiotic? What are they, What do they do, and How do they do it?
I love getting messages from readers, and G.L asks some very good questions about how modern medicine works. So good in fact, that I have decided to share them with you and to devote this month's post to antibiotics. “Dear Dr. Davis, I read your blog and I have a question you might be able …
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