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Mental Health’s Double Standard

June 28, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

New Barriers to Care Depression is a scourge, widely considered the second greatest cause of health disability worldwide.  It has always been tough to treat.  New studies show it having a worse course the older we get.  Yet new governmental regulations are making the possibility of adequately treating depression in older folk so onerous less […]

Night People in the Day World

May 17, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

What Happens When Biology Opposes Society Are you a night person (owl) or morning person (lark)?  You may not be sure.  The majority of people fall in-between, sometimes called sparrows or hummingbirds. But if you’re a true night person, beware. It’s not easy working in the Lark Work World.  For owls, every work day can feel like […]

You Want to Live Long?

May 10, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Unpopular Health Imagine a magic elixir that’s free and grants much longer life (12 years for men, 14 years for women.)  Despite benefits radically dwarfing the advantages of all health care, the elixir is almost universally spurned.   For to receive this magic elixir individuals must put up with what are commonly regarded as unacceptable intrusions:  they must […]

How Exercise Works

May 3, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Teaching Your Body Feel exhorted, cajoled, pushed and nagged into “exercise?” Most folks know it’s good for you, but so are vegetables (though not recent Romaine from Yuma.)  They just don’t really know how exercise works. Witness a recent study in Circulation, demonstrating that in people at high and low genetic risk of heart disease, relatively moderate […]

Time to Think Before You Drink

April 26, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Lots of people drink.  Most think they “don’t drink too much.”  They “only drink socially.”  Or “just a couple of drinks a few nights of the week.” But when it comes to health, how much is enough? A new study looking a national guidelines has come up with surprising results. The short answer is “less is […]

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