What Happens During a Sleep Study and MSLT?
If you wake up choking in the middle of the night, are told that you babble or fight in your sleep, or have difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or staying awake—your doctor may recommend you...
View ArticleMast Cell Activation Disorder: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment Options
Abdominal pain, intestinal cramping, burning pain, cough, conjunctivitis, difficulty focusing, headache, hives—and the list goes on. For patients with MCAD, life is a continuous pinball machine of...
View ArticleChronic Illness Management and Concierge Medicine: Four Services You’re Not...
There’s a lot of places you’ll want to be when you’re sick—your own, comfortable bed with the covers pulled up high, at your mother’s kitchen table, inhaling a soothing bowl of matzo ball soup… The...
View ArticleFeeling Sick? Five Best Bowls of Soup in Boca Raton
by Ilana Jacqueline From Mizner to Boca West and back again, if you’re driving around Boca Raton looking for a bowl of soup I’ve got your road map. The following recommendation took many years of...
View ArticleUnexplained Chest Pain? It Could be Costochondritis—What Does it Feel...
You’ve been told by your doctor, that it’s not a heart attack, so why are you in so much pain? Chest x-ray shows your lung didn’t collapse. So what else can make your chest feel like someone whacked it...
View ArticleNarcolepsy? Yawn. Here Are Some Sleep Disorders You’ve NEVER Heard Of!
If you thought sleep disorders consisted merely of sleeping too much, or too little—you probably don’t know about the rare sleep disorders that can cause you to sleep for up to 21 hours a day–for...
View ArticleFive Tips for Collecting, Keeping and Organizing Your Medical History
f you haven’t been keeping your own organized version of your medical history, you’ll experience this kind of curiosity every time you’re in a doctor’s office. What do those files say? Do they have my...
View ArticleFive Things You Didn’t Know About Alzheimer’s Disease
CNN -- Approximately 44 million people live with dementia worldwide, according to the Alzheimer's Association. By 2050, that number is expected to more than triple to 115 million. In the fight against...
View Article4 Common Beginner Triathlete Questions
Tackling your first triathlon? Even the best triathletes in the world started somewhere -- and made their share of rookie mistakes.
View ArticleLou Gehrig’s Disease is Rare, National Count Finds
The government has issued its first national estimate for Lou Gehrig's disease, confirming the devastating disease is rare.
View ArticleThe 411 On Fluid Replacement
Hydration is crucial for maintaining optimal health, but for people with dysautonomia it can be far trickier than simply making sure you have had your 8 glasses of water for the day. Finding the...
View ArticleAre You Ready To Take On 2015?
In just a few weeks the ball will drop in Times Square and it will be time to hang up a fresh calendar. After filling in the birthday, anniversary, and other important date reminders, you will...
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PROBIOTICS
Mechanisms of action of Saccharomyces boulardii(The probiotic supplement known by trade name FLORASTOR). Among the probiotics FLORASTOR is unique in it’s scope of actions documented by scientific...
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THE OTHER TICK BORNE SUMMER DISEASES
WHAT IS TBRD?? The TBRD is a really sweet classic auto known and loved by generations of car lovers.But the more ominous designation of TBRD – Tick Borne Rickettsial Disease – is something that you...
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USEFUL QUESTIONNAIRES
THER ARE MANY QUESTIONNAIRES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS WHICH ATTEMPT TO QUANTIFY SYMPTOMS EXPRESSED BY PATIENTS WITH A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS. I HAVE GATHERED SOME OF THE CLASSIC ONES HERE...
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SOME THOUGHTS ON MCAS/POTS/EDS
Practicing medicine for over thirty years is an exercise in intellectual humility and wonder at the fascinating harmony of the natural order. Each system is delicately balanced by some unseen Force...
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POTS vs MAST CELL Navigating the Complex World of Chronic disease
Complex Chronic DiseaseWHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO OR MORE CONDITIONS THAT ARE VERY COMMON CO-MORBIDITIES RESULT IN OR REQUIRE POTENTIALLY CONFLICTING TREATMENTS OR DRUG THERAPIES? THIS TAKES AN EXPERT WITH...
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INTRAVENOUS SALINE INFUSION IN POTS
The value of Intravenous saline infusions for acute control of heart rate symptoms in POTS patients was demonstrated in a 1990’s article by Dr. Biaggioni and colleagues entitled Effects of Volume...
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4 Common Beginner Triathlete Questions
(Triathlete.com) — Tackling your first triathlon? Even the best triathletes in the world started somewhere — and made their share of rookie mistakes. Ironman world champion and Olympic silver medalist...
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Lou Gehrig’s Disease is Rare, National Count Finds
The government has issued its first national estimate for Lou Gehrig’s disease, confirming the devastating disease is rare. A national search turned up about 12,000 cases. The numbers reported...
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