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For Persistent Lyme, Psilocybin May Have Benefits

By Erik Goldman

People with persistent post-treatment Lyme disease (PTLD) may benefit from controlled clinical use of psilocybin, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In an open-label pilot study involving 20 PTLD patients, two guided psilocybin sessions over 8 weeks led to marked reductions in PTLD symptom burdens, improvements in quality of life, and […]

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How to Avoid Misinterpreting Kidney Panels

By Bismah Irfan, MD, Contributing Writer

A patient comes to me with a lab report showing a rise in creatinine, along with a chilling sentence her doctor told her: your kidneys are failing. She also has a two-page supplement protocol. By the time she is in my chair, this patient has been frightened for weeks. She’s also confused about what might […]

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Making Sense of Data from Wearable Health Trackers: A Clinician’s Perspective

By Shree Nadkarni, MD, Contributing Writer

(This article was originally published on Undark. Read the original article.) In the 1960s, biophysicist Norman J. “Jeff” Holter commercialized a portable electrocardiogram — now known as a Holter monitor — which allowed patients with heart palpitations, a condition known as syncope (a medical term for fainting), or other cardiac issues to be monitored outside […]

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The Common Biochemical Signatures Beneath Autism, ADHD, and Anxiety

By Julie Matthews, MS, Contributing Writer

One patient arrives with an autism diagnosis, another with ADHD, a third with anxiety. On paper, three separate conditions. But order the right labs and the same patterns turn up: low zinc, elevated copper, sluggish methylation, signs of oxidative stress. Outwardly, the diagnoses differ. The underlying biochemistry often doesn’t. These three diagnoses that present quite […]

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Inside the FDA’s Peptides Meeting: A Clinician’s Key Takeaways

By Karthik Achari, DNP-FNP, Contributing Writer

On July 23 and 24, the Food and Drug Administration’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) met to consider whether a set of peptides should be added to the 503A Bulks List, which would permit licensed compounding pharmacies to legally make these drugs by physician prescription. In a reversal of the committee’s past stance, PCAC voted […]

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Too Many Doctors Miss Chances To Prevent Neuropathy

By Erik Goldman, Editor

Many clinicians are missing opportunities to prevent neuropathy by failing to check vitamin B12 levels in their diabetic patients on metformin. That’s the conclusion of a massive scoping review of evidence from databases across the globe, undertaken by Ian Parsonage and colleagues at the School of Health Sciences at the University of Bath, UK. The […]

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Pistachio-Derived Melatonin Improves Sleep Quality

By Janet Gulland, Contributing Writer

Pistachio nuts are a rich source of naturally-occurring melatonin, and Australian researchers have shown that supplementation with pistachio-derived melatonin is equally effective in improving sleep parameters, as more the widely available synthetic forms of melatonin. Some cultivars of pistachio (Pistacia vera, Anacardiaceae) naturally produce as much as 223 µg/g of phytomelatonin. That fact prompted Network […]

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Lyme Disease: Why It’s More Complex Than Many of Us Realize

By Ronald L. Stram, MD, Contributing Writer

Lyme disease is often thought of as a tick bite and a bullseye rash, followed by a course of antibiotics. The reality is much more complicated. First, Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness, the primary bacterial pathogen being the spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. But because it is transmitted by ticks, there are often other pathogens present […]

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Beyond NSAIDs: Harnessing the Power of PEA (Levagen®+) for Pain, Discomfort, and Inflammation Management

By Erik Goldman

Pain and chronic inflammation underlie many conditions that holistic practitioners encounter every day — from joint degeneration and neuropathy to migraine, menstrual disorders, and post-exercise recovery. Yet the dominant pharmaceutical toolkit remains constrained by adverse effects, dependency risk, and an inability to address the underlying biology of neuroinflammation. This webinar invites you to explore palmitoylethanolamide […]

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