What Is Narrative Medicine Narrative medicine is “a fundamental tool to acquire, comprehend, and integrate the different points of view of all the participants having a role in the illness experience.” Narrative medicine is one of the most important concepts I have come across in my learning. After all, it is through stories that we
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Welcome to my blog entitled ‘Psychedelics and Cluster Headaches’. Before we start, other blogs that you might be interested in, include: Alex’s Recommended Books On Psychedelics Alex’s Recommended Documentaries On Psychedelics Several studies and reports over the past 50 years have shown potential analgesic benefit in cancer pain, phantom limb pain and cluster headache (1).
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In this blog entitled ‘Psychedelics: A Treatment For Alzheimer’s Disease’ I am going to discuss the potential benefit of psychedelics in Alzheimer’s. It is inspired and based on the paper entitled “Psychedelics as a Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia“. Before we start, other blogs that you might be interested in, include: Can Psychedelics Help With
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Can Psychedelics Help With Chronic Pain? In this blog I will discuss the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelics in chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia. It is inspired by a paper entitled Chronic pain and psychedelics: a review and proposed mechanism of action. Before we start, other blogs that you might be interested in, include:
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Before we start, other blogs that you might be interested in, include: Psychedelics As Anti-Inflammatory Agents: A New Hope How Do Psychedelics Work? Psychedelics as a novel approach to treating autoimmune conditions There were > 1000 clinical papers published on classic psychedelics, collectively involving approximately 40,000 patients between 1950 and the mid-1960s. Psilocybin: The Potential
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What Is The Lymphatic System? It is a network of tissues and organs (the spleen, thymus and tonsils) that help rid the body of toxins, waste and other unwanted materials. Its primary function is to transport lymph, a fluid containing infection-fighting white blood cells, throughout the body In addition, a vital component is the bone marrow
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You might not think that within the context of Functional Medicine I would want to talk about lucid dreaming but, I think we should! For two reasons, one being rather obvious(!). Sleep is one of the most important elements of healing, from many chronic conditions. Many in the field believe that lucid dreaming can be
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Balancing Blood Sugar For Thyroid Health In the first part of this series on thyroid health we discussed the importance of the digestive tract on thyroid function; but also flipped it round and highlighted how an underactive thyroid can impact digestive health. The same vicious cycle is true when we discuss thyroid function and and
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The world of nutrition has become a very confusing place – we hear contradictory information every day. In this blog on healthy eating for a healthy cardiovascular system I am going to summarise the some of the published research on the topic. Healthy eating for a healthy cardiovascular system Antioxidants & Cardiovascular Disease Our
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Hormonal Health So hormonal imbalance is something I see regularly in clinic. One key thing to understand about hormonal imbalance is it is normally an effect of an imbalance somewhere else. It is a symptom of an imbalance rather than an imbalance in it’s own right. This is a HUGE concept to understand as it
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