by Elizabeth | May 25, 2017 | Break the Status Quo, Chronic Illness, New Frontier of Health, Stress
Why Your Doctor Can’t Help You With Your Stress One of the most frequent questions I’m asked in my medical practice is “Do you think stress is causing this rash?” For years I answered this question by giving a biologic explanation for the rash, sticking strictly...
by Elizabeth | May 1, 2017 | Chronic Illness, Stress
When a Medical Rarity Becomes the Norm In 1912, Dr. Harvey Cushing, father of neurosurgery, described a cluster of symptoms — obesity, abnormal hair growth, and lack of menstruation — in a 23 year old woman, and posited that these symptoms were caused by a...
by Elizabeth | Apr 27, 2017 | Chronic Illness, Life is Good
How to Beat the Medical Odds Illness is frequently random. Catching the flu or breaking an arm can happen to anyone. Though many people believe your genetic code determines your health, the fact is genes don’t completely explain illness and can’t perfectly...
by Elizabeth | Apr 20, 2017 | Break the Status Quo, For Doctors and Physicians
Putting Medical Science Under the Microscope, Part 5 In my last four posts, I’ve discussed some of the shortcomings of medical science: the irreproducibility of medical research; the fact that medical “truths” can be overturned; and the way bias...
by Elizabeth | Apr 11, 2017 | Break the Status Quo, For Doctors and Physicians
Putting Medical Science Under the Microscope, Part 4 We want to believe that researchers and pharmaceutical companies are primarily concerned about improving our health. After all, it’s our very lives which are at stake. But, just as we need to be aware that...
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