Over the course of writing our book, Thiamine Deficiency Disease, Dysautonomia, and High Calorie Malnutrition, I had the privilege of reading hundreds of Dr. Lonsdale’s case studies, a treasure trove of clinical insight. One, in particular, has become incredibly important and may shake the very foundation of the current genetic paradigm. The case involved an […]
Hormones Matter has become a valuable resource for thousands of medical professionals and patients everywhere. Our writers are volunteers; patients share their stories and researchers and physicians share their insight and time. We provide a much-needed forum for open and honest discussions about health, illness, medications, and treatments prescribed to women, men, and children.Over the […]
Survey HistoryA few years ago, I embarked on a massive research project involving medication adverse reactions. I launched several online studies on the drugs that were popping up on our radar screen as having the most frequent and serious side effects; side effects that were largely ignored in the medical literature. At the time, this […]
One of the core components of an HPV vaccine adverse reaction inevitably includes some degree of seemingly unexplainable but observable brain inflammation and white matter disintegration. The brain inflammation falls under a number of different names and diagnoses, some are regionally specific, cerebellar anomalies for example, while others demarcate a more diffuse injury including, acute […]
Hyperemesis gravidarum, more commonly known as severe morning sickness, is the type of intractable vomiting that lasts well beyond morning and well after the first trimester. It affects up to 2% percent of all pregnant women and often leads to serious maternal and fetal health complications, including mortality. Although many theories abound, hormone changes and […]
When we think of genetics, of DNA, we think of something fixed or hardwired. This has been the predominant dogma of the last century and still is to some extent. Contrary to our rather deterministic expectations, however, DNA is not the immutable blue print for health and disease that we once thought. It is quite […]
This story was originally posted as a five part series on our site in 2011-2012 when the healthcare debate began heating up. As the debates over healthcare in general and women’s healthcare in particular have resurfaced once again, it is important to remember that these decisions have human consequences.The treatment this woman received was sub-par by any […]
If you are reading this, you might be thinking to yourself, “there she goes again, writing about some arcane medical condition that few can pronounce much less define” or “why in the world would I need to know about pseudotumor cerebri?” Well, let me tell you. If you are a woman who uses a progestin […]