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High Homocysteine Levels May Harm Your Heart or Brain.
Homocysteine is an amino acid produced by the MTHFR gene that is made by the body and works as a bridge to make and degrade a critical...

Thomas McKnight, MD, MPH, MDIV
Jul 29, 2020
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Eczema & Psychological Stress
“Atopic Dermatitis (AD) [(aka Eczema)] is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin that results from interplay of environmental...

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 28, 2020
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The FTO Gene Variant and Your Weight
The power of behavior to control one’s weight is difficult to sell, especially when genetics is stacked against the individual. I’ll...

Thomas McKnight, MD, MPH, MDIV
Jul 28, 2020
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Micronutrient Supplementation in Children with ADHD
“We found that micronutrient treatment did not drive large-scale changes in composition or structure of the microbiome. However, observed...

Keith McGuinness
Jul 27, 2020
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Genes, COVID-19 and Inflammation
We need much more data to understand the role of genes in COVID-19 related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). However, grappling...

Keith McGuinness
Jul 24, 2020
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Teach Stress Management - NOW in Public Schools
Some scientists suggest that future interventions at the cellular level may help to manage the disease consequences of psychological...

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 23, 2020
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Self-image, the Skin and the Mind
"This bidirectional intimate relationship of the skin and the mind emphasizes the importance of a holistic and interdisciplinary approach...

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 22, 2020
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Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Stress
“Chronic stress and endocrine stress responses are significantly associated with glucose intolerance, insulin resistance and diabetes...

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 21, 2020
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Stress and Migraine Attacks
“Stress as a trigger for migraine attacks is present in nearly 70% of individuals “High levels of stress are reported in migraine...

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 20, 2020
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The Role of Advanced Practice Providers: IBS (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Role of Advanced Practice Providers - “APPs can provide careful monitoring and management of medication...

Keith McGuinness
Jul 19, 2020
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Clinical Health Psychology (CHP) is a PHYSICAL health specialty
Clinical Health Psychology (CHP) is a PHYSICAL health specialty that investigates and implements clinical services across diverse...

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 19, 2020
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Depression and Inflammation
“[D]epression facilitates inflammation, which promotes depression [with] adverse health consequences for [heart] disease, diabetes,...

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 18, 2020
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Stress Management Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis
Thought for the Day: “This trial indicates that Stress Management Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis (SMT-MS) may be useful in reducing the...

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 17, 2020
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Common Factors of Disease Flare in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Thought for the Day: The authors of this study found that the “most common factors for disease flare in patients with Rheumatoid...

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 16, 2020
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Unmanaged Psychological Stress Raises Disease Vulnerability
“The experience of psychological stress triggers neuroendocrine, inflammatory, metabolic, and transcriptional [changes] that ultimately...

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 15, 2020
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Psychological Stress & Bone Biology
Thought for the Day: “Recent research has laid ground to the hypothesis that [psychological] stress [PS] also influences bone biology,...

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 15, 2020
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Psychological Stress and IBS
Thought for the Day: Psychological stress is an important contributor to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). “More and more clinical and...

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 13, 2020
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Health and Education - You can't have one without the other!
The equating of “health” with health care” is the most insidious barrier to effective health maintenance and promotion.

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 6, 2020
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Medicine Takes Over When Health Begins to Fail
For more than half a century, health scientists have been aware that genes and behaviors are transmitted transgenerationally.

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 6, 2020
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Health Education = Health Promotion
Let us imagine that Adam and Eve have comparably optimal genomes and reside in a paradisaical environment called Eden, which is...

Kevin McGuinness
Jul 5, 2020
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