Author Archives: health

A plea for help from the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic

I am a palliative care physician in a hospital in our nation’s capital region.  Like most urban hospitals, ours has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.  My colleagues and I are exhausted and emotionally devastated.  We are not alone.  Yesterday I learned a friend of mine from medical school, a selfless and compassion-driven… Read More: A plea for help from the front lines of the… »

Seminal research on keto diet

The relationship of sugar to population-level diabetes prevalence: An econometric analysis of repeated cross-sectional data. The antiepileptic effects of ketogenic diet therapy are based on a combination of multiple beneficial mechanisms. Reduction in lipogenesis and increased lipolysis. Because of the effective use of the ketogenic diet in reducing seizures see above, it has been suggested… Read More: Seminal research on keto diet »