Within the last month I’ve heard three complaints about orthopedic surgeons from my patients. I talked to a new patient yesterday who had the assistant pull her into the office to set up a surgery appointment without even telling here that was their intention. She had a feeling it was tissue trouble and neck surgery was overkill. It may or may not be. I’ll find out next week when I get my hands on her and read the reports. Still, […]

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Our bodies ABSORB all of our thoughts and feelings all the time. That’s why our bodies are in the specific shape they’re in. I’ve seen it my entire twenty two year career. I and some I know self-soothe by muscle strengthening, others run or cycle, some shop, eat, drink or smoke. There is no judgment. Just do something for yourself that is consistent and be truthful about the consequences. Do something because you want to not because you’re followimg someone. […]

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Imperial College London’s Centre for Psychedelic Research has led the way in clinical trials. Director Robin Carhart-Harris has published over 100 papers on the effects of psychedelics on a variety of mental health issues. The center recently produced one of the first large-scale studies on microdosing, with a caveat—the psychedelics were self-supplied (to skirt legal issues) and the psychological results self-reported. For the study published in eLife, the team recruited 191 citizen cosmonauts to microdose either LSD or a placebo over the course […]

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