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Originally posted: July 15, 2015 David Schechter, MD Researchers in Belgium found that that certain psychological factors were associated with infections in the gut after inadvertent exposure to contaminated water. Specifically, anxiety and somatization were associated, but not...

Originally posted: May 8, 2015 The term, "horse whisperer" or "dog whisperer" is used to refer to a person who is especially attuned to these animals and can communicate with them in subtle and powerful ways. Essentially the communication goes from person to animal and there are also subtle...

Originally posted: April 16, 2015 Recently MEDSCAPE published an article entitled: Managing Headache: Too Many Tests, Not Enough Counseling? Specifically, the authors noted that: The application of advanced imaging for headache increased during the study period, from 6.7% of visits in...

Originally posted: April 8, 2015 Taiwanese researchers reviewed a nationwide database and found that indivudals diagnosed with fibromyalgia-- muscle pain, myofascial pain, sleep issues, etc. had a higher incidence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The frequency compared to the rest of the...

Originally posted: March 25, 2015 A colleague shared an interesting article by Kuittinen, et al out of Finland. The authors looked at visually measured spinal stenosis on MRI and correlated it with patient symptoms. It wasn't what you might have expected. Spinal stenosis is narrowing of the...

Originally posted: February 15, 2015 I received an interesting email from an independent research colleague, Arthur Klurstein, that relates to the work that I do. Ultimately, we are teaching people to use a change in their understanding and their thoughts to drive changes in neural pathways...

Originally posted: February 5, 2015 This month's most amazing story was a woman who came in recently with thirty-five (35) years of symptoms. She had pain, fatigue, digestive issues and other issues. Over the years she had been diagnosed (mis-diagnosed) as fibromyalgia, CFS (chronic...