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Should We Stand?

March 1, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Is it better to work standing? To stand while you eat?  Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, chair of preventive cardiology at Mayo Clinic – Rochester, has published a study of studies showing standing at a desk while working “burns” an extra .15 calorie per minute.  Is that enough to be worthwhile? It’s time to examine some of the evidence about […]

Antidepressants Work. Especially the Old Ones.

February 22, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Do antidepressants really work to treat depression?  A new, six year meta-analysis amalgamating hundreds of the best performed clinical trials has demonstrated that antidepressants are better than placebo. The study, published in the Lancet, showed modest effects, positively affecting about 60% of people treated. Drugs varied in efficacy, ranging between about one third to twice as effective as placebo.  What […]

To Do Sleep Faster

February 15, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Can writing a simple to do list right before bed let you fall asleep faster?  Recent research says yes.  Which points out that if people do simple cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, or CBT-I, they can make their sleep and waking lives a whole lot easier. The Study Young people 18-30 who weren’t having a lot […]

Stress, Overeating, and Sleep

February 8, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Stress makes you sleepless.  Insomnia makes you hungry, especially ravenous for fat and sugar. You eat more, gain weight, get more stressed. Then repeat. When expectations exceed realities stress becomes one’s constant companion.  The plane flight to see your ailing mother is delayed, then cancelled.  Your kid forgets his homework and you can’t leave work […]

A One Percent Risk to Your Survival

January 25, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

The subject is big – your life and the survival of your family and community.  It involves nuclear weapons, which  most people believe they can’t influence.  It’s so big, so threatening, so overpowering, most don’t think about the problem at all. Until you see a message on your phone: Emergency Alert BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO […]

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