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Fighting Dementia Using Your Eyes and Ears

October 19, 2017 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Dementia scares people. Rates are rising.  New evidence shows decreased vision and hearing make dementia more likely.  One study out of Stanford found people who had vision loss and did not seek treatment showed five times the cognitive decline rate, and over nine times the Alzheimer’s rate as those without problems, through a period of eight and  a half […]

Regeneration Health, For You and the Environment (9/29/14)

September 29, 2014 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Regeneration: Can helping myself aid  the environment? Yes. At last week’s global climate summit, Chinese and American diplomats sat down and agreed.  Both nations must work together to prevent further climate shifts. Demonstrators in over 2000 sites worldwide agreed.  Companies and cities, churches and Communists agree. Many now argue combating global climate change can increase […]

Why Diets Don’t Work (2/18/14)

February 18, 2014 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

The Short Answer: Because we don’t understand enough of how the body works. That includes why we weigh what we do. Throwing more money at the problem (diets are a $66  billion dollar industry in the US; food vastly larger) has so far  led to a bigger population.   For every success, there are many […]

Dying Off (6/24/13)

June 24, 2013 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Ending Lives Across America, communities are expiring. The average population decrease is 4% a year. Smaller, more endangered groups are disappearing at a rate more like 12%. Government records argue that if the die-off continues at this pace, half these communities will be gone in 20 years. Who are they? Rural farmers? Skilled urban industrial […]

Making the World Stupid (12/05/12)

December 5, 2012 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

The Nature of Intelligence Item: Put people in rooms where carbon dioxide is more than 600 ppm and watch analytic reasoning and thinking decline.  Higher levels – dumber answers. If present trends continue, global levels may hit 1000 ppm at the end of the century.  Everywhere. Item:  Cognitive decline is accelerated when people don’t physically […]

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