The new canaries in our coal mine
MATTHEW EDLUND
Guest Writer
news@lbknews.com
People hate insects. They bite, snap, sting, and kill. Perhaps the most hated animal on the planet is the mosquito, despised for...
Is art collecting healthy?
MATTHEW EDLUND
Guest Writer
news@lbknews.com
Art and the quest for beauty can leave you sleepless. A patient recently came to me with an unusual complaint – art...
Better living with booze?
MATTHEW EDLUND
Guest Writer
news@lbknews.com
Can alcohol be good for you? Much evidence would argue yes.
Compare “moderate” drinkers who have perhaps one glass of wine a day...
Stress Fat: Of Mice and Men
MATHEW EDLUND
Contributing Columnist
edlund@lbknews.com
Mice have been trying to help humans become healthy for over a century. Unfortunately, the humans are not reciprocating.
The most recent attempt...
Peripheral neuropathy: Challenges and remedies
Dr. Kitt Chojnicki-Hill
Guest Columnist
news@lbknews.com
We will soon be heading into a specifically challenging time of year for people who suffer from peripheral neuropathy. Walking on...
Memory problems? Take a walk
MATHEW EDLUND
Contributing Columnist
edlund@lbknews.com
Can’t remember names? Birthdays?
Sex grows brain memory areas – in mice. But what works in people? The answer: walking.
There are numerous studies...
Political Insomnia disorder
MATHEW EDLUND
Contributing Columnist
edlund@lbknews.com
“I can’t sleep!” people keep telling me – even if they’ve slept well their entire lives. “What I saw today was unbelievable,...
It’s getting too hot to handle
MATTHEW EDLUND
Guest Columunist
Edlundr@lbknews.com
Some like it hot. Nearly sixty years ago, film director Billy Wilder presciently premised that two men fleeing the hotly pursuing Chicago...
Timing your life
MATHEW EDLUND
Contributing Columnist
edlund@lbknews.com
Time rules life, how it’s lived and performed. Time and our inner clocks make most of our lives possible.
Consider the monarch butterflies...
Humanity goes viral
MATTHEW EDLUND
Guest Columnist
Edlund@lbknews.com
Lots of people want their work to go “viral” – to propagate everywhere and anywhere, to infect and affect the whole of...