The Neuro-Protective Lifestyle

I’ll See You In Health! Stephen Colbert Rebuts Ridiculous Crestor Claim

Posted on 18. Nov, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..

OZ: THE LAND OF INFINITE MEDICAL ANSWERS
(THAT DOESN’T EXIST)
What does it mean when Comedy Central becomes the voice of reason in all things medical?
Only that when you get to the Emerald City and pull back the curtain and discover the Wizard of Oz is really the Wizard of Biz and incapable of [...]

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Fatal Familial Insomnia: No Sleep And Then You Die

Posted on 11. Apr, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..

Ok, relax! You DON’T have this. Only forty maybe fifty families world-wide are affected by this rare, I mean really rare, autosomal dominant genetic disorder. Genes inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion mean that offspring have a 50/50 chance of chance of being stricken with the disease. With Fatal Familial Insomnia [...]

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Save Your Heart–Save Your Head: In Five “E”asy Steps

Posted on 02. Mar, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..

Remember you heard it here first.
There now exists a formidable body of literature linking cardiovascular disease and neurodegenerative disorders. More than ten years ago I found myself lecturing my patients on the not-so- subtle connection between abdominal obesity; insulin resistance; syndrome-X and endothelial-cell dysfunction. With abdominal obesity, fat is progressively packed around [...]

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