Researchers have been chasing the elusive links between gluten and major mental illness for decades. Despite some hyperbolic coverage in Wheat Belly and...
Friday, November 1, 2013
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Get Your Sleep On
New post over at Psychology Today about the possible benefits of sleep flushing the brain like a cranberry bog harvest. And some gluten and psychosis...
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Heart Rate Variability, Pig Roasts, and Other Randomness
Brand new post is up at Psychology Today:Depression and a Broken HeartIt is an introduction to the concept of healthy heart rate variability, about which...
Sunday, September 22, 2013
More Zinc Nitty Gritty
On the personal front we are going full speed ahead into fall, school, apple picking, corn mazes, and sweater weather. I also decided to participate in...
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Zinc at Psych Today
Terribly busy between back to school (both kids now have homework!) and my sister getting married last weekend (which required me to be a bridesmaid and...
Friday, August 30, 2013
Pathophysiology of Depression and Happiness
I'll be on the Creative Live video podcast later today (3pm pacific, 6pm eastern) on the topic of happiness (Dave Asprey invited me to participate, and...
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Does Soda Rot Your Brains Along With Your Teeth?
This study made big news last week, but I was in the midst of AHS13 in Atlanta, and besides the normal conference exhausting insanity, I also had either...
Friday, August 9, 2013
Sunshine and Sad Hamsters
First off, I can't believe this blog is over three years old. Figured that out when I linked an old zinc post, because I completely missed the three year...
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Love and Darkness and my Sidearm
I rather liked The Bourne Legacy, though it is certainly formulaic and silly in parts, but Jeremy Renner is amazing. He's not the most ripped or...
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Minerals, OCD, ADHD, and Questions
None other than the amazing Dallas Hartwig sent me a link to this paper about OCD and serum mineral levels a while back. It's hard to know what to make...
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Zoo Humans
A brand new post is up at Psychology Today:Zoo HumansHat tip to John Durant for the idea and to Erwan Le Corre for the name (and also to the originator,...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Infection and Psychosis in Schizophrenia
Last year the daughter of one of my patients called me. "Mom is acting really strange. She's being aggressive, and she thinks my Dad is still alive. I...
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Gut and Brain Again
A long time ago, when I was an intern, I would drive into the hospital for ultra long shifts. Day went into night into the next day. You might be lucky...
Thursday, May 23, 2013
APA Annual Meeting 2013
Many months ago, psychiatrist extraordinairre Drew Ramsey, MD of Columbia University asked if I would be part of a group to present information in a workshop...
Sunday, May 5, 2013
A Bit of Hiatus
Hi there. Yes, it has been a while. I am spending several hours each day working on the book, so other writing has taken a back seat for the moment. In...
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Marathon Monday
I've always worked on Marathon Monday until this year, when we went to California to visit my sister for the week. Otherwise, since my oldest is now in...
Friday, April 12, 2013
Sunlight, ADHD, and Current Events
First off, a brand new post is up on Psychology Today (one never before seen on this blog):Sunlight and ADHDSecondly, the blog has been a bit quiet of...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
PaleoFx13 and BA Training
Last weekend I went down to Austin for the PaleoFx13 conference. While I enjoyed PaleoFx12, I had a bit of trepidation at the idea of going back, mostly...
