Ondine is a mythological figure whose tale goes back to the ancient Greeks. She is described as a water nymph who fell
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A while back, a friend of mine shared a story on Facebook about a doctor’s nonchalant response to side effects experienced by
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Sleep Requires Energy
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It is widely believed that almost no calories are used during sleep. That is incorrect: while the body rests during sleep and
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Are you familiar with the phrase “iatrogenic illness”?An affirmative answer is more likely among the readers of this website than the public
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Are Some Foods Addictive?
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What is Addiction?When we hear the word addiction, what comes to mind are things like illicit drugs, nicotine, alcohol, or behaviors that
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What Is Thiamine to Energy Metabolism?
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What Is Energy?Energy is an invisible force. The aggregate of energy in any physical system is a constant quantity, transformable in countless
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After decades of declining health caused by a longstanding thiamine deficiency that was ignored by dozens of physicians, I fought my way
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Three seemingly random disparate points of observations merged into one coherent thought in my mind the other day. The first observation was
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