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The skin microbiome is amazingly complex. Not only do we have all the beneficial bacteria and other microbes, we also have microbes that can be beneficial or damaging depending on how we treat the skin. Let’s begin with location: where are all these microbes located? For that, we need to understand a little bit about […]
If you saw a book called Clean, you probably wouldn’t think the author decided not to take any more showers. But you would be wrong, because that’s exactly what Dr. James Hamblin announced he would do about five years ago in a magazine article. Over time and a whole lot of research, the article became […]
Researchers performed a meta-analysis of studies that examined EPA and DHA as dietary supplements to see if there was a reduction in CVD events and mortality. In this study, researchers included 40 studies with 135,267 participants. While they examined many different variables, including whether EPA was better than DHA and whether they could find the […]
Let’s begin by taking a look at the prescription fish oil supplement medication. To review, this is a 100%-EPA fish oil that received FDA approval in December of 2019. The amount prescribed for people with high triglycerides is four grams of highly processed fish oil per day. Data from the REDUCE-IT trial suggested that there […]
The prescription fish oil Vascepa has been approved since December of last year. The fish oil medication was originally intended for those who had a family history of high triglycerides of 500 mg/dl or greater. In the approval process, the recommendation was lowered to those whose triglycerides were at least 150 mg/dl and who were […]
In the last Memo I said that there are no simple rules to be made whether we talk about the pandemic or politics. These are complicated issues no matter how much we wish they were not. There are no absolute answers, and that results in a loss of control. We appear to have lost control […]
At this point, there have been no substantive studies of mental health resulting from either the pandemic or the political climate in the U.S. There are metrics that have been tracked via online survey since April; the surveys added modified questions that ask about factors related to the pandemic. The results for symptoms of anxiety […]
As I write this, I just got back from working out. I went to my gym for the first time since it opened last Wednesday after closing in March. Everyone wore masks. Everyone cleaned up their equipment, but that’s the standard anyway so that wasn’t surprising. Nobody fainted from lack of oxygen. Everybody just worked […]
Riley has finished his first week of in-classroom school. He seems to have adapted quite well, which is no surprise—he is the most social child I’ve ever known and makes friends with everyone. Much like me, he’s not much of a morning eater. Occasionally I’ll eat breakfast but for the most part, it’s not going […]
Tuesday was Riley’s first day of kindergarten in the classroom. One of the reasons I haven’t written memos for two weeks is because Paula and I were attending online kindergarten with Riley four times a day; that gave Jamie some time to spend with her sister, who has a serious illness (and we’d appreciate your […]
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