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hi and welcome :) i've definitely experienced chronic neck issues that were addressed only by intense physiotherapy (to loosen up locked-up spinal vertebrae), with at-home follow-up strengthening exercises for my neck muscles, and a permanent change to the seat settings and my posture when i'm drivi...

ok not sure exactly how i ended up back on this topic but first i saw this title and was intrigued The Ultra-violet Rays. Their Action on Internal and Nervous Diseases and Use in Preventing Loss of Colour and Falling of the Hair (Lockhart, 1928) and then i read the text (starts bottom right) and had...

hmm i don't know about the cayenne, but in the research, it does look like there's a sensory/autonomic nervous system connection to hypohidrosis/anhidrosis fwiw!

i can imagine. i sweat at the drop of a hat. what has your doc had to say about it? the only low-hanging fruit i can see among causes, is dehydration :S

ok good info. presumably the ground water has better mineral content than city water would, although if relevant, it's known that north american ground water can come up short in minerals compared to some euro sources. re amount, by weight you're probably looking at 2.75 L or about 11 c. of fluids p...

bump re mag update?

Nutrition Competencies in Health Professionals' Education and Training: A New Paradigm (2015) https://academic.oup.com/advances/article/6/1/83/4558061 ABSTRACT Most health care professionals are not adequately trained to address diet and nutrition-related issues with their patients, thus missing im...

hi again can i ask for more detail re the 2L of fluids? eg if water, what kind of water specifically? groundwater? city tap? filtered? bottled and if so which brand? z's mention of magnesium is important - its among several essentials your body needs in order to properly utilize the water you consum...

Nutrition in Paralympics (2019) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128139226000175 Cecile Hernandez defy doctors in La Molina 05.03.2019 French snowboarder mutes injury pain to race and win in World Cup https://www.paralympic.org/news/cecile-hernandez-defy-doctors-la-molina Hern...

i used to get bad headaches in high school during gymnastics practice. the gym coach said the headaches were because i was dehydrated. in hindsight dehydration was consistent with my chronic low blood pressure. i didn't put two and two together until decades later. i've never looked into it and don'...

HA already done. 'this here is orion's belt. and that one is the north star. that hot mess over there is the milky way. watch your step'

another spin thru the magnet this eve. they had a lovely time finding a vein - i have polka dot arms :S chuggin agua now to clear out the dye.

aaaaand next up on the frustration train, parent going in for hip replacement. nutritional prep infuriating. 300 mg iron per day. just sayin: Low serum zinc level as a predictive factor of delayed wound healing in total hip replacement https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006...

i'm guessing that's a lot of hair. next time i want to speed things up on a donation maybe i'll look into it ;) ugh nails! my fingernails were pitted all over the whole time i was growing up. when i started working on nutrition the pits grew out and cleared up, but if i backed off i would see a new ...

mine were pretty washed out colour wise, but i don't remember pattern detail other than the odd yellow spot here and there. i should have taken a closer look at them a year ago but i guess i was too busy getting past diplopia at the time :S !!