Category Archives: Medicine

Stress affects our Immune Response

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

I was speaking with someone about some information she heard on the Anderson Cooper TV show.  While that show was about divorce (four key errors that will indicate you are bound to divorce), Dr. Gottman mentioned something that intrigued her.  That feelings … Continue reading →

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The Flip Side?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

You take a shower.  As you come out, you notice beads of water all over your body. Nothing’s wrong.  Your body was designed that way.  Your skin contains materials that repel water, to keep you protected.  Those hydrophobic compounds (phospholipids) … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Rebates?

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

So, here it comes- or not.  The PPACA (Obamacare) stipulates that health care insurers are required to justify their health care premiums.  And, should they spend less than 80% of those premiums on benefits (this is called the medical loss … Continue reading →

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Can you hear me?

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

Imagine this scenario.  It’s almost Christmas.  And, you’re in a Hilton hotel bar- teeming with people celebrating, virtually wall to wall.  And, you hear a voice.  And, recognize it as that of a friend from decades past.  “Jeffrey Fried, where … Continue reading →

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Got a bug?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

You have the sniffles.  You ache.  You complain.  You call your doctor.  He prescribes antibiotics.  All is well?  Right? Share this:

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Tal navigates his “Narrow Straits”

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

I was perusing the web after I put away all my special dishes and food required for my holiday. (OK, I was vegging out after stuffing and carrying 8 tubs, with an average weight of 25 kilos down 10 steps … Continue reading →

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Another step in the stem cell saga for Parkinson’s

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

I have written before about the hope that stem cells offer to sufferers from Parkinson’s disease.  Here’s yet another installment. Share this:

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Pain

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

Pain.  Just the word makes us wince.  So, just imagine if you were subject to chronic pain.  It seems that the more we are subject to pain in a certain region, the lower the threshold for manifesting subsequent pain. Share … Continue reading →

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You call this food?

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

I was listening to Science Friday today (ok, this was written on 9 March) where my friend, Ira Flatow, was interviewing Barb Stuckey.  She wrote a book, Taste What You’re Missing, where, among other things, she writes why food tastes … Continue reading →

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Heart Attack Hope?

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

I am now of the age when hearing thst a friend or acquaintance succumbed to a heart attack is not that geeat a shock.  That loss of oxygen flow to the heart- from a blood clot, an occlusion, or other … Continue reading →

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