Over the last few decades, metformin or glucophage has become the magic pill de jour for PCOS and type 2 diabetes, so much so that prescriptions for metformin across pregnancy are commonplace. Is it safe? To read the majority of research from early 2000 thru 2010 or so, the answer would be an unequivocal yes. […]
I have addressed this problem before on this website. However, in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, March 27: an article appeared entitled “A Study of Sudden Infant Deaths Divides Doctors“. It goes on to say “The finding on sudden and unexpected infant deaths is surprising, says Joel Bass, of the pediatrics department at Newton […]
Vitamin D is essential to a healthy life, at any stage, yet its effectiveness is often overlooked by practitioners treating parents who are trying to conceive. The overwhelming majority of infertility cases are treated with drugs or surgical procedures, and are successful less than 50 percent.Supplementation presents a simple, safe, inexpensive, and potentially effective approach […]
Over the last several months Dr. Lonsdale and I have been working on a book about thiamine deficiency and dysautonomia. Last week I wrote about the presumed connection between the Zika virus and microcephaly where I hinted at a thiamine connection. One might say, that I have thiamine on the brain and that would be […]
In the current public discussion about autism, one could easily conclude that autism must be caused by either genetic mutations or vaccines. The media, besides portraying these positions as the only two possibilities, typically go even further by portraying them as mutually exclusive possibilities. This kind of distorted presentation crowds out discussion of other causation […]
I decided to be a surrogate after watching a birth story on TV. I felt like it would be a meaningful way to give back. I was adopted as an infant and I wanted to help another couple have a baby of their own. I did some research, found an agency, met a couple, and […]
I was diagnosed with a metabolic myopathy carnitine deficiency in high school following all sorts of tests that led to nowhere. Finally, I had a muscle biopsy at University of Michigan confirming the carnitine deficiency. My symptoms then were muscle weakness/dull achy muscles. I struggled after doing things like marching band and walking a lot. […]
A few weeks ago, I was accused of being biased and unscientific for acknowledging that all medications carry risks; that no medication was, in contrast to this commenter’s perception, ‘perfectly safe’. In her view, some medications were perfectly safe, even during pregnancy.I went on to suggest that while no medication was perfectly safe, certainly some […]