Tag Archives: weight gain

Doctors are Dorkheads: Sleep, Obesity, Hypertension and Diabetes


Maybe the reason you are overweight is because of poor sleep.  When you are not getting enough restorative sleep then your body produces more of the hormone that increases your appetite and less of the hormone that decreases your appetite.  … Continue reading

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Short Answers to Questions


How did Kathy Urschel lose her sight and hearing? Kath had a rare brain virus that took her sight and hearing on one side when she was about seven years old, and took it on the other side when she … Continue reading

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Undrugging: Antidepressants to Fat


The Joslin Center has a reputation for really evil patient relations, so I went on a search and found a better dietician, quite possibly someone Dr. Steve Wechsler sent me to.  We met every month or two—not half as often as I … Continue reading

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