Thiamine (vitamin B1) is an essential micronutrient responsible for key reactions involved in the conversion of the foods we consume into the
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I found a pair of slides illustrating an important scientific discovery made in 1959, which became known as the Organizational-Activational hypothesis. A
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A few weeks back we published a case story of young man who developed serious cardiac and neurological symptoms after beginning a
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Kawasaki Disease
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Some years ago, I was confronted with a four-year-old girl as a patient. She had experienced repeated unexplained fever accompanied by a
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Remembering Thalidomide
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Over the last several months, I have been exploring the origins of pharmaceutical malfeasance. Thalidomide, the drug given to pregnant women to
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One of the more bothersome feedback loops that keeps adverse drug reactions from being recognized is that patients stay silent about their
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Hydration, Thirst, and Drinking Water
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Most of us equate the expression “hydrate extra” with drinking more water but – unfortunately – this is incorrect. In any online
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Over the last several months, Dr. Lonsdale and I have been working on a book about thiamine deficiency and dysautonomia. Last week
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