Whew. A bit of a hiatus there. I hadn't quite realized how much I had overextended myself until decamping to Texas for some serious sitting...
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
Time to Freak Out. Sensibly.
There is a reason I stick to relatively easily modifiable practices and how they might (possibly!) improve health and prevent disease. I like fun...
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Evolution and Anorexia Nervosa
There was a bit of a dust-up in the paleo and low carb blogosphere about some comments Gary Taubes apparently made about anorexia and insulin in an interview....
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Beyond the Chemical Imbalance Part 2
Love the new song from the new album by the Black Keys: Lonely Boy (from El Camino) I know this guy's video will get slashed soon enough,...
Monday, November 28, 2011
Depression - Beyond the Chemical Imbalance (Part 1)
Today we go back to the basics of depression. Borodin's Nocturne (right click to open in new tab).I would say there are three main theories held...
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Tales of the Metabolically Deranged
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm probably in too good of a mood to write this post properly, but I have a moment right now and must seize the opportunity,...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Soda Begets Zombies
Okay, not likely. But the sugary variety might well be causing depression in those vulnerable to fructose malabsorption. Have a look at my...
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Handel and the Biology of Allergy, Atopy, and Suicide
With respect to classical music, I'm a much bigger fan of the classical and romantic composers (Mozart, Beethoven and all those Russian guys like Rimsky-Korsakoff)...
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Sniffles and Suicide
Let's revisit the basic premise, my hypothesis we are searching to disprove. Humans are not broken, but we are not optimized for our current environment,...
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Is Postpartum Psychosis an Autoimmune Disease?
Here's an article for the "everything is connected" file. Also for "yes, psychiatric disease has biologic underpinnings and is medical illness"...
Friday, November 11, 2011
Evolutionary Psychiatry and Bipolar Disorder
A couple of papers came to my attention this week that relate to what I consider "real" evolutionary psychiatry. That is, what are some evolutionary...
Monday, November 7, 2011
Is Some Psychiatric Disease a Manifestation of Lyme Disease?
Hello there! I�ve been offline at home for the past week, ever since the big snowstorm that came through the northeast in late October. The...
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Offline
Hi all! A snowstorm took out myhome Internet service a week ago, and it is still not repaired. I have a post written for when service is restored, but...
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Brain Shrinkage and B Vitamins
As we discussed before, humans are rather unique among primates in that our brains appear to shrink as we age. When I first posted the article,...
