Anatomy of the HeartAs everyone knows, the human heart has four chambers. The two upper chambers are the atria and the two lower ones are the ventricles. The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lung and passes it into the left ventricle through the mitral valve. The left ventricle then pumps oxygenated blood through […]
Ondine is a mythological figure whose tale goes back to the ancient Greeks. She is described as a water nymph who fell in love with a mortal male. He is said to have eventually jilted her, causing her to curse him. She abolished automatic controls in his body so that he had to remember them […]
I couldn’t help noticing the Wall Street Journal of Thursday, June 7, in which a column reported a completely unexpected suicide. The title of the column was “Kate Spade’s Family Recounts Her Battle With Depression”. It was reported that “Ms. Spade had suffered from depression and anxiety, and was being treated with medication and therapy. […]
This book by Lonsdale D, and Marrs C, is available on Amazon books. It is published by Elsevier. Written particularly for physicians who are practicing in the field of Integrative Medicine, it would be of interest to the educated public, particularly those affected by chronic disease.Beriberi, the classical thiamine deficiency disease, long known to have […]
In using a fictitious example, the mother of a football playing athlete takes an interest in a head injury sustained by her son. Perhaps she wanted to know why he developed certain symptoms and what sort of treatment might be helpful. Doing her own research, she has been confronted with a mysterious, often repeated, discussion […]
Since there are many posts on this website about thiamine, it is entirely possible that some readers will regard it as being an obsession of the author’s. I can well imagine a reader believing that an explanation for so many different conditions is the fruit of such an obsession. I will counter this by stating […]
Whether we like to recognize it or not, the human body is a “hybrid”, meaning that it burns fuel and uses electricity for function. I have found that trying to explain Alternative Medicine is a very difficult task and so I am going to try to do it by using an advanced analogy. I am […]
What is Dyspnea?This is the medical term for shortness of breath. The word is derived from the Greek, dys meaning abnormal + pnein, to breathe. We are aware, of course, that we get “out of breath” when we exercise and that this is perfectly normal. We are also aware that exercise breathlessness is less acute […]