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Actually….talk up. There is a great new project by MIT students to develop a diagnostic test for Parkinson’s disease using voice pattern recognition. It turns out that the nervous system control of the vocal cords has a strong correlation with nervous system changes, and the students at MIT are in the process of perfecting this …
We have a lot of Podcast information for those who are interested, on Podomatic. Now, I am resuming with new Podcasts and you can hear the latest one I’ve done on the upcoming 2013 flu season RIGHT HERE! Keep looking for updates on a regular basis, to hear the latest from Doctor Doug.
Hi Dr. Lakin– I’m forwarding this message because it speaks to an issue that has concerned me for some time. I have been working out consistently, lifting weights and stretching twice a week, walking or bicycling twice a week and doing yoga twice per week, for several years now, and have felt that I was …
What is CRS? Well…it’s not a scientific term….it stands for “CAN’T REMEMBER SQUAT” …and is shorthand for the memory issues that develop as we get older. Memory issues develop as young as 40 years-old, with the latest research showing that the 40+ brain is in decline as regards memory, and this is 10-20 years earlier …
Patients sometimes say to me….” I like to stay away from the doctor”…in such a way that they don’t want to offend me, but just to let me know. My answer is often….”Yes….we killed George Washington…among other great moves.” In fact, historians do note that blood-letting, common in the age of Washington, was used to …