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Dementia with Lewy Bodies Has Its Own Genetic Signature

About 15 years ago, I became acquainted with Lewy body disease the hard way when my father was diagnosed. In the meantime, I learned that nobody really knew that much about the disease or how to effectively treat it. Unlike other diseases that had been pulled apart hundreds of ways to find the best ways…read more

Low Omega-6 to Omega-3 Ratio May Keep Knee Arthritis Pain in Check

I religiously take high-dose, high-quality fish oil on a twice-a-day basis. If I stop, it’s because I’m out, and it takes a few days, but I begin to feel like every other 50-some-year-old guy who usually pops Motrin just to get a good workout going. Is this effect for real? Many studies have shown that…read more

Seems Highly Creative Thinkers Activate Brain Networks Others Can’t

I have always prized “outside the box” thinkers. In fact, my favorite are those who say, “What box?” However, measuring creative thinking has always been way beyond our technical abilities. However, a new study changes all of that by allowing us to see that creative thinkers activate different brain networks than “inside the box” types.…read more

How Much of Elective Modern Orthopedic Surgery Makes Us Worse and Not Better?

This weekend I was at a meeting where I met a colleague about my age whom I saw limping. He was heavier, stooped over, and looked physically beat up. I’ve known this person for many years, and I know that he has had a number of back and knee surgical procedures. This literally could have…read more

Cardiovascular Disease and Osteoarthritis? Have We Found a Connection?

Many of the same things that are linked to arthritis are also linked to heart disease. For example, the average high-carb US diet and low exercise are both associated with arthritis and cardiovascular disease. So is there a real connection between these two, or is it just coincidence that the two seem to go hand…read more

The Higher Your Genetic Risk for Obesity, the Greater Your Benefits of a Healthy Diet

If you have the genes that code for risk of obesity and you’re over 35, you know it. You’ve likely struggled with your weight for a while and you just seem to have to work harder than the next guy or gal to keep it off. Now, new research shows that you may be the…read more

Mind Reading AI Is Here…

You may not realize it, but a revolution in computing is under way that’s a far bigger deal than the printing press and the Internet put together. Why? Computers have always been very limited in how they could understand and interact with the real physical world. These limitations come from how they have always worked,…read more

New Florida State Senate Bill Would Be a First Step to Fix an Out of Control Stem Cell Space

If you follow this blog, you know that the stem cell wild west is exploding now with a new phenomenon that has unshackled the good parts of stem cell technology from reality. We now have chiropractic clinics putting on aggressive sales seminars claiming to regrow new knees in patients with severe arthritis using dead amniotic stem cells.…read more