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, […]
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. […]
Autism is now classified as an epidemic in the United States. It can only be understood by first recognizing that it is caused by biochemical changes in the brain. There are only two ways in which these changes are brought about. One is genetics. The other is nutrition. The focus of research has been almost […]
Sleep: The First Issue to Address to Improve Health?There are various areas in a lifestyle that positively and negatively impact our health, but none more impactful than Sleep Hygiene. Sleep is responsible for resting the mind and body, of course, but so much more. Our brain is the central headquarters for decision-making, memory storage, recall, involuntary […]
Thiamine is one of the B vitamins and I need to explain its action. To put it as simply as possible, it regulates sugar metabolism in every cell within the body and has a special importance in the brain. About four years ago a researcher in England reported that there was a mild deficiency of […]
Once you become familiar with the wide variety of side effects linked to birth control, you begin to see them everywhere. Daily revelations paint a clearer picture of the large price women have paid for taking The Pill.While recently working on a Fashion Week event, I was reminded of a very common but seldom-mentioned side […]