In 2011, I published a paper that pointed out the large overlap between estrogen-sensitive cognitive functions and cognitive features that are commonly impacted in autism (1)(2)(3). These overlapping factors include anxiety (4), motor deficits (5), stereotyped and repetitive movements (6), epilepsy (7), hyperactivity and attention deficit (8), disrupted pain recognition (9), deranged serotonin system (10), […]
According to the Mayo Clinic web site, “More than 50 medications, many of them common, can lengthen the QT interval in otherwise healthy people and cause a form of acquired long QT syndrome known as drug-induced long QT syndrome. Medications that can lengthen the QT interval and upset heart rhythm include certain antibiotics, antidepressants, antihistamines, […]
Over four years ago I became ill with what was later diagnosed as Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction (SOD), a rare defect of the biliary and pancreatic sphincters. I couldn’t keep food down for weeks on end and ended up in the emergency room and hospital several times. There, I was prescribed a low dose of […]
Of Forests and Fallen TreesIf a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? The age old philosophical riddle posited by George Berkeley and debated by philosophy students for generations has profound ethical connotations for medicine and life. At the root of this question is […]
I guess I always knew it was coming, but I would never have banked on it being one month and one day after I turned 38! I have a strong family history of heart disease and heart attack in my family, my Father passed suddenly at 49. He was fit and healthy, never smoked, wasn’t […]
Pink, Yellow or Blue? Which Low-Calorie Sweetener are You?!I’m sure somewhere in a women’s magazine there is a quiz that associates the reader’s personality, or the type of man she should date, or some other unassociated trait with random questions playing up on the fact that women have been trained like Pavlov’s dogs to diet. […]