by Dr. Michael B. Fisher | Apr 12, 2018 | Patients
By the way, because my mom has read and reread your glowing descriptions of how yoga has supported you through challenging times, she has taken up yoga at the age of 89! I’m part of a teaching team that teaches accessible yoga to people with different...
by Dr. Michael B. Fisher | Mar 31, 2018 | Doctors, Patients
Throughout this book I’ve summoned fifty years of medical experience to advance the notion that unabated stress alters our body functions and makes development of life-threatening, chronic disease more likely. I’ve drawn attention to the science of...
by Dr. Michael B. Fisher | Mar 13, 2018 | Epidemics today
Updated information Before I was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013, I started an obesity prevention non-profit at Franklin School in Santa Barbara. Franklin has 99% Latino students many of whom are already over weight or obese on entry into kindergarten. As part of...
by Dr. Michael B. Fisher | Mar 13, 2018 | Doctors, Patients
Layman’s summary: Now, after more than 20 years of work, one team of doctors and researchers is close to offering patients an implantable artificial kidney, a bionic device that uses the same technology that makes the chips that power your laptop and smartphone....
by Dr. Michael B. Fisher | Mar 8, 2018 | Doctors
Layman’s summary: Tubulo-interstitial nephropathy is a disease process found in many patients especially those who have been on dialysis for long periods of time. In research on rats, there is a possible suggestion that dietary changes can affect the causes of...
