CARRIE FRIEDMAN, NP
In functional and integrative psychiatry, patterns start to announce themselves long before they show up in guidelines. Over the past several months in my clinical practice, I have diagnosed celiac disease in multiple young adult men who presented not with diarrhea, abdominal pain, or weight loss, but with psychiatric and cognitive symptoms: chronic […]
Hope to stay young as long as possible? How you age is NOT “all in your genes” and you have more control over that than you may think. This research reveals the link between increased intestinal permeability (“leaky gut”) and accelerated biological aging. When your body ages faster than your chronological years you have greater […]
Do you have allergies? Evidence continues to show that dietary habits affect gut health, and gut health affects your immune system. This research further reveals the complex and multifactorial regulatory mechanisms involving gastrointestinal microbiota, diet, and the immune system. Your body regulates your immune system with the help of your gut bacteria.
Take good care of your […]
Is your gut not quite right since having COVID-19? You do not have to live with these lasting effects. Rutgers scientists recently found that COVID-19 acute infection disrupts gut bacteria balance, especially with antibiotic treatment. Microbiome analysis and functional medicine available at AIMA of Nashua can help identify and address the specific bacterial imbalance causing your […]
Common artificial sweeteners — saccharin, sucralose, and aspartame — can transform healthy gut bacteria into dangerous pathogenic bacteria with the ability to invade gut cells, potentially causing intestinal damage that promotes life threatening infections and chronic disease.
These super sweet artificial sweeteners aren’t so sweet after all. It’s time to think about down-regulating our taste for sweet.
Source: Aparna Shil et al, Artificial Sweeteners Negatively Regulate Pathogenic Characteristics of Two Model Gut Bacteria, E. coli and E. faecalis, International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021).
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CDC COVID-19 Guidelines 12/27/21
Stay Calm and …
If one thing is constant during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is change. Read on for the latest CDC guidance if you are exposed to COVID-19 or test positive:
Isolation
The isolation guidelines are for people who have tested positive (are infected).
These guidelines are the same for people who are unvaccinated, partly […]
A research team at The Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, City University of New York has found high levels of three toxic metabolites produced by gut bacteria in the cerebrospinal fluid and plasma samples of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The research team included scientists from the CUNY ASRC, MS Center of Northeastern New York, […]
Don’t get thirsty? Don’t like water…or forget to drink it? Sick of having to visit the bathroom constantly when you do try to hydrate? You are not alone if you answered yes to any of those questions, but you are at risk. The natural thirst instinct diminishes with time and this can make it harder […]
Authors of this recent study say acupuncture has additive therapeutic effect over gabapentin alone in patients with RLS, and that acupuncture plus a low dose of gabapentin (300mg/day) is clinically useful in the treatment of restless legs syndrome.
Mass General is using #acupuncture to support patients with cancer. #GoodStuff #IntegrativeMedicine
Recently published in Boston Magazine:
The Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center is known throughout the world for its innovative and often revolutionary cancer treatments. What may be surprising is that members of the Mass General team are supplementing their biomedical cancer treatments with a therapy […]
Knowing the difference may not be as easy as you think
Although heartburn has nothing to do with your heart, its most common symptom — chest pain — often is the most apparent sign of a heart attack too. So how do you know whether you need to reach for an antacid or call 911?
The main symptoms of a […]
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