Newsletter Archive

May 2024
- May 4, 2024 089 - High Times, Super-Agers, and Soothing Sounds - HealthHippieMD Week In Review May 4, 2024
April 2024
- Apr 27, 2024 088 - Fasting, Happiness, and the Skin-Gut Axis - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Apr 27, 2024
- Apr 20, 2024 087 - Gut Fungi, Green Acres, and Counting Sheep - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Apr 20, 2024
- Apr 6, 2024 086 - Emotional Choreography, Musical Flow States, and Brain Waves from the Grave - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Apr 6, 2024
March 2024
- Mar 29, 2024 085 - Healthcare AI, Love's Faces, and Crafting a Sharper Mind - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Mar 29, 2024
- Mar 23, 2024 084 - Digital Doppelgangers, Whispers in White Noise, and Optimism in Longevity - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Mar 23, 2024
- Mar 16, 2024 083 - Weighty Decisions, Biting Back, and Cellular Suicide - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Mar 16, 2024
- Mar 9, 2024 082 - AI Emotional Surveillance, Ibogaine, and the Microbiome of Death - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Mar 9, 2024
- Mar 2, 2024 081 - Mind Meld, Productive Conflict, and the Art of Saying No - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Mar 2, 2024
February 2024
- Feb 17, 2024 080 - Entrepreneurial Hearts, Microbial Moodiness, and an Ode to Pop-Tarts - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Feb 17, 2024
- Feb 10, 2024 079 - Schizophrenia's Microbiome Mystery, Integrative Pain Managment, and Memories in Motion - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Feb 10, 2024
- Feb 3, 2024 078 - Panpsychism, Unleashing Joy, and Dream Teams - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Feb 3, 2024
January 2024
- Jan 27, 2024 077 - Art's Heart, Genes to Screens, and the Neuroscience of Creativity - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jan 27, 2024
- Jan 20, 2024 076 - Waves of Death, Blood Revelations, and Gen Z - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jan 20, 2024
- Jan 13, 2024 075 - Nature Prescriptions, Nutritional Psychiatry, and Aging Happily - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jan 13, 2024
- Jan 6, 2024 074 - The Yips, Resilience, and Pig-Plant Hybrids - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jan 6, 2024
December 2023
- Dec 23, 2023 073 - Whiskey Business, British Bake Off, and the Sinister Secrets of Sugar - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Dec 23, 2023
- Dec 16, 2023 072 - Spice Odyssey, Pillow Talk, and Filing for Ecstasy - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Dec 16, 2023
- Dec 9, 2023 071 - Bitter Truths, F-Bombs, and Twinning - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Dec 9, 2023
- Dec 2, 2023 070 - Gut Glia, Quercetin, and Defining Death - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Dec 2, 2023
November 2023
- Nov 25, 2023 069 - Microbiome's Influence on Itchiness, Time Perception, and Doomscrolling - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Nov 25, 2023
- Nov 18, 2023 068 - Mitophagy, Crapsules, and VR for Pain - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Nov 18, 2023
- Nov 11, 2023 067 - Invisible Wounds, Stellar Departures, and Shakespeare on Sleep - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Nov 11, 2023
- Nov 4, 2023 066 - Time Poverty, Music as an Analgesic, and Ghosts in the Machine - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Nov 4, 2023
October 2023
- Oct 28, 2023 065 - Opposites Don't Attract, Black Licorice, and Cognitive Reserves - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Oct 28, 2023
- Oct 21, 2023 064 - AI Lucid Dreams, Long Covid, and Glowing Guts - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Oct 21, 2023
- Oct 14, 2023 063 - Long Covid Blood Trails, Weighty Decisions, and Honest Dishonesty? - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Oct 14, 2023
- Oct 7, 2023 062 - Physics of Metallica, AI Annotation, and Guided by Dough - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Oct 7, 2023
September 2023
- Sep 30, 2023 061 - Dementia Cafes, Slowing Aging, Misery, and Mattering - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Sep 30, 2023
- Sep 23, 2023 060 - CRISPR, Wellness Tech Warnings, and the Brain's Fountain of Youth - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Sep 23, 2023
- Sep 16, 2023 059 - Enacted Dreams, MDMA, and Chillin' Like a Monk - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Sep 16, 2023
- Sep 9, 2023 058 - Scientific Spirituality, Supermarket Lies, and Psychedelics - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Sep 9, 2023
- Sep 2, 2023 057 - Blue Zones, Mini-Siestas, and Nociplastic Pain - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Sep 2, 2023
August 2023
- Aug 26, 2023 056 - Dementia Prediction, Button Dogs, Prosody, and Ink Therapy - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Aug 26, 2023
- Aug 19, 2023 055 - Forever Chemicals, Prebunking Misinformation, and Chronic Pain - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Aug 19, 2023
- Aug 12, 2023 054 - Cheating Death, Ultralearning, and Harmonious Disputes - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Aug 12, 2023
- Aug 5, 2023 053 - Scienceploitation, Successful Psychopaths, and Swedish Death Cleaning - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Aug 5, 2023
July 2023
- Jul 29, 2023 052 - Genetic Judo, Young Blood, and Gray Hair - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jul 29, 2023
- Jul 22, 2023 051 - Solace in Sorrow, Oxygen-Enhanced Learning, and Earworms - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jul 22, 2023
- Jul 15, 2023 050 - Metformin for Long-Covid, Aging Gracefully, and Loneliness - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jul 15, 2023
- Jul 8, 2023 049 - Collective Neuroscience, Biobanks, and Consciousness- HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jul 8, 2023
- Jul 1, 2023 048 - Mindfulishness, Alzheimer's and the Microbiome, VR Forest Bathing - HealthHippieMD Week In Revie Jul 1, 2023
June 2023
- Jun 24, 2023 047 - Quiet Cravings, Post-Truth World, and Microbiome/Melanoma - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jun 24, 2023
- Jun 17, 2023 046 - Holobionts, Embracing Death, and the Moral Crisis of Physicians - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jun 17, 2023
- Jun 10, 2023 045 - Dying Brains, Frenemies, and the Physiology of Hangry - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jun 10, 2023
- Jun 3, 2023 044 - Biophilic Design, Hallucinations, and Erasing Memories - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jun 3, 2023
May 2023
- May 27, 2023 043 - Brain Stimulation, Hacking Sleep, and Sad Music - HealthHippieMD Week In Review May 27, 2023
- May 20, 2023 042 - Quantum Biology, Wearables, and Birdsong - HealthHippieMD Week In Review May 20, 2023
- May 13, 2023 041 - Doctor Dog, AI Mind-Reading, and Smelling Virtual Roses - HealthHippieMD Week In Review May 13, 2023
- May 6, 2023 040 - Terminal Lucidity, Longevity, and Empathetic ChatBots - HealthHippieMD Week In Review May 6, 2023
April 2023
- Apr 29, 2023 039 - Centenarian Excrement, Creativity, and Cannabinoids - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Apr 29, 2023
- Apr 22, 2023 038 - Ice Cream, Understanding Animal Communication, and Circadian Immunity - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Apr 22, 2023
- Apr 15, 2023 037 - Deep Fakes, Dangerous Cheese, and Astronaut Nutrition - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Apr 15, 2023
- Apr 8, 2023 036 - Xenopharmacology, Serious Play, and the Happiest Country on Earth - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Apr 8, 2023
- Apr 1, 2023 035 - Dumb Questions, Gallows Humor, and Synesthesia - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Apr 1, 2023
March 2023
- Mar 25, 2023 034 - Social Anxiety, Beethoven's DNA, and Tattoos - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Mar 25, 2023
- Mar 18, 2023 033 - Coulrophobia, Lucid Dreaming, and Cowless Dairy - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Mar 18, 2023
- Mar 11, 2023 032 - Bayesian Thinking, Cadavers, and Medical Unions - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Mar 11, 2023
- Mar 4, 2023 031 - Science / Pseudoscience of Aging, Cannabinoids and Cancer, and The World's Hottest Pepper - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Mar 4, 2023
February 2023
- Feb 25, 2023 030 - Hard Dew, Endocannabinoids, and Thinking Like a Monk - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Feb 25, 2023
- Feb 11, 2023 029 - Coffee College, Facebook, Resilience and Despair - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Feb 11, 2023
- Feb 4, 2023 028 - Immunometabolism, MusicLM, and Chatting with the Dead - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Feb 4, 2023
January 2023
- Jan 28, 2023 027 - Wise-Selfishness, Horvath's Clock and GrimAge - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jan 28, 2023
- Jan 21, 2023 026 - Organic Fraud, Self-Schemas, and Improving Creativity - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jan 21, 2023
- Jan 14, 2023 025 - Chronobiology, Anticipation, Cancer Dietary Choices - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jan 14, 2023
- Jan 7, 2023 024 - Musical Instruments and Cognition, Law of Jante, McGurk Effect, Awe - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jan 7, 2023
- Jan 1, 2023 023 - Aspartame Anxiety, Psychedelic Spirituality, and Hopewashing - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Jan 1, 2023
December 2022
- Dec 10, 2022 022 - The Science of Swearing, Hobbies of Geniuses, and Cultivating Flow - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Dec 10, 2022
- Dec 3, 2022 021 - Freudenfreude, Covert Consciousness, and Friend Recessions - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Dec 3, 2022
November 2022
- Nov 26, 2022 020 - Biohacking, Pheromones, Comfort Food, and Obesity - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Nov 26, 2022
- Nov 19, 2022 019 - Farmaceuticals, Psychobiotics, and Darwinian Medicine - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Nov 19, 2022
- Nov 12, 2022 018 - Living Medicines, Dangerous Cookware, and Toad Licking - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Nov 12, 2022
- Nov 5, 2022 017 - Ganzflicker, Misinformation, Canine Cognition, and Happiness Nov 5, 2022
October 2022
- Oct 29, 2022 016 - Vampire Hormones, Zombie Fungi, Micromorts, and Bugs in Space - HealthHippieMD Week In Review (Halloween Edition) Oct 29, 2022
- Oct 22, 2022 015 - Deja Vu, Pilates, and Recycling Theater - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Oct 22, 2022
- Oct 15, 2022 014 - Terramation, Farmacies, and Edible Cities - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Oct 15, 2022
- Oct 8, 2022 013 - Horseshoe Crabs, Nightmares, and Dementia - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Oct 8, 2022
- Oct 1, 2022 012 - Phages, Cravings, and Fasting for Cancer - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Oct 1, 2022
September 2022
- Sep 24, 2022 011 - CVS, Amazon, and the Disruption of Primary Care, Anxiety Inoculants, Wabi Sabi, and AI. - HealthHippieMD Week In Review Sep 24, 2022
- Sep 17, 2022 010 - Caloric Restriction, Vulnerability Hangovers, and Psychobiotics - HealthHippie Week In Review Sep 17, 2022
- Sep 10, 2022 009 - Doritos Dementia, Pain Clocks, and Forest Bathing - HealthHippie Week In Review - September 11, 2022 Sep 10, 2022
- Sep 3, 2022 008 - U.S. Food Czar, 9-Volt Nirvana, Dragons and Thymi - HealthHippie Week In Review - September 4, 2022 Sep 3, 2022
August 2022
- Aug 27, 2022 007- The Benign Masochism of Spicy Foods, Non-Nutritive Sweeteners, Psilocybin, and Attachment Theory - HealthHippie Week In Review - August 28, 2022 Aug 27, 2022
- Aug 20, 2022 006 - Loneliness, Mucus, and Cannabinoids - HealthHippie Week In Review - August 21, 2022 Aug 20, 2022
- Aug 13, 2022 005 - Long Covid, Gut Health, and Cognition - HealthHippie Week In Review - August 14, 2022 Aug 13, 2022
- Aug 6, 2022 004 - Fighting Food Waste, Dark Cheerfulness, What We Smell in Our Friends - HealthHippie Week In Review - August 7, 2022 Aug 6, 2022
July 2022
- Jul 31, 2022 003 - Mad Honey, Frisson, and Psychedelic Capitalism - HealthHippie Week In Review - July 31, 2022 Jul 31, 2022
- Jul 23, 2022 002 - Hangover Pills, Animal Dreams, and Sound - HealthHippie Week In Review - July 24, 2022 Jul 23, 2022
- Jul 16, 2022 001 - Friendship, Psychedelics, and Maggots, Oh My - HealthHippie Week In Review - July 17, 2022 Jul 16, 2022

Blog Archive

July 2022
- Jul 2, 2022 Update of NCCIH Meditation and Mindfulness Fact Sheet Jul 2, 2022
June 2022
- Jun 19, 2022 How To Restore Your Microbiome Following Surgery Jun 19, 2022
- Jun 4, 2022 Integrative Pain Management - what you can do on your own Jun 4, 2022
May 2022
- May 28, 2022 The Two Choices That Keep a Midlife Crisis at Bay - The Atlantic May 28, 2022
- May 19, 2022 June 1–2 NIH Pain Consortium Symposium Will Highlight Whole Person Health Approach for Pain Management May 19, 2022
- May 15, 2022 Harvard Study Suggests Five Daily Habits that can add 12-14 Years to your Life May 15, 2022
- May 13, 2022 The Quantified Self - Technology Quarterly - The Economist May 13, 2022
April 2022
- Apr 29, 2022 Music and Health-What the Science Says - NCCIH Apr 29, 2022
February 2022
- Feb 2, 2022 iOS Wallet Digital Proof of Vaccination Card Feb 2, 2022
December 2021
- Dec 19, 2021 Improve the News Dec 19, 2021
October 2021
- Oct 23, 2021 ZigZag Project - ZigZag Podcast Oct 23, 2021
- Oct 21, 2021 Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker Oct 21, 2021
- Oct 19, 2021 California Dreaming Oct 19, 2021
May 2021
- May 9, 2021 Deloitte Estimates Wellness will Play a $3.8 Trillion Role in the Future of Medicine May 9, 2021
February 2021
- Feb 7, 2021 Gut Feelings: the role of the microbiome in behavioral health Feb 7, 2021
November 2020
- Nov 1, 2020 Time Poverty: a significant threat to wellness Nov 1, 2020
September 2020
- Sep 23, 2020 Building Resilience Amid a Pandemic Sep 23, 2020
- Sep 18, 2020 Comments on Netflix's "The Social Dilemma" Sep 18, 2020
- Sep 12, 2020 Alzheimer’s Disease and Gamma Waves Sep 12, 2020
August 2020
- Aug 29, 2020 Journaling to Improve Mental Health Aug 29, 2020
- Aug 8, 2020 Breathing to Decrease Anxiety Aug 8, 2020
- Aug 1, 2020 How Much Water Should I Drink? (and an app-Waterminder) Aug 1, 2020
July 2020
- Jul 27, 2020 Oura Ring Jul 27, 2020
- Jul 25, 2020 Plant-based Meat versus Beef Jul 25, 2020
- Jul 19, 2020 A New Theory of Obesity - Scientific American Jul 19, 2020
- Jul 7, 2020 Want to fix America's health care? First, focus on food - Dariush Mozzaffarian Jul 7, 2020
June 2020
- Jun 26, 2020 The Spreadsheet of Life and Death - Cautionary Tales Jun 26, 2020
- Jun 14, 2020 A Few of the Wellness Podcasts I Listen to Regularly Jun 14, 2020
- Jun 13, 2020 A Single Session of Exercise Alters 9,815 Molecules in Our Blood - NY Times Jun 13, 2020
- Jun 5, 2020 Psychology and the Good Life-Laurie Santos on The Doctor's Farmacy Jun 5, 2020
- Jun 2, 2020 Why? That Outdoor-Fresh Smell Jun 2, 2020
May 2020
- May 14, 2020 Live Music Streams to Watch During the Pandemic May 14, 2020
- May 9, 2020 Why does running give you a high? A look at the science - TED Ideas May 9, 2020
- May 6, 2020 What I'm Reading: Together-The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World May 6, 2020
April 2020
- Apr 30, 2020 How to Stay Optimistic When Everything Seems Wrong - NY Times Apr 30, 2020
- Apr 28, 2020 Spotify Daily Wellness Apr 28, 2020
- Apr 18, 2020 Dark Horse: Purpose, Fulfillment, Success (and Ikigai) Apr 18, 2020
- Apr 14, 2020 Science: A Time to Fast Apr 14, 2020
- Apr 13, 2020 How to Be More Optimistic Apr 13, 2020
- Apr 11, 2020 Starting a Meditation Practice Apr 11, 2020
- Apr 9, 2020 How to Be Good Apr 9, 2020
- Apr 8, 2020 Integrative considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic Apr 8, 2020
January 2020
- Jan 29, 2020 Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience: How to Tell the Difference Jan 29, 2020
- Jan 15, 2020 What I'm Reading: Altered Traits-science reveals how meditation changes your mind, brain, and body Jan 15, 2020
- Jan 5, 2020 The Benefits of Intermittent Fasting Jan 5, 2020
December 2019
- Dec 3, 2019 How Ultra-Processed Foods Affect Our Health Dec 3, 2019
November 2019
- Nov 16, 2019 Personalized diets may be the future of nutrition, but the science isn't all there yet - Science News Nov 16, 2019
- Nov 13, 2019 Why Diet Research Is So Spectacularly Thin: NY Times Nov 13, 2019
- Nov 5, 2019 What I'm Watching: Unnatural Selection-Netflix Nov 5, 2019
- Nov 4, 2019 12 Innovations That Will Change Health Care and Medicine in the 2020s — TIME Nov 4, 2019
- Nov 2, 2019 Study: Taking hypertension meds at bedtime cuts health risks significantly Nov 2, 2019
- Nov 2, 2019 Dog People Live Longer. But Why? Nov 2, 2019
October 2019
- Oct 26, 2019 National Academy of Medicine: Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being Oct 26, 2019
- Oct 25, 2019 What are Short-Chain Fatty Acids and how do they impact my health? Oct 25, 2019
- Oct 20, 2019 What is an Anti-Inflammatory Diet and How Does It Work? Oct 20, 2019
- Oct 19, 2019 What I Plan to Watch: Netflix Rotten Season 2 Oct 19, 2019
- Oct 16, 2019 The Benefits of Calorie Restriction for Longevity - Michael Greger's Nutrition Facts Oct 16, 2019
- Oct 12, 2019 Are Probiotics Making You Fat? probiotics, prebiotics, and fermented food Oct 12, 2019
- Oct 11, 2019 NIH Office of Dietary Supplements Oct 11, 2019
- Oct 8, 2019 (Plant-Based) Cookbooks Oct 8, 2019
- Oct 7, 2019 NCCIH Investing in Cannabinoid Research Oct 7, 2019
- Oct 5, 2019 What I Plan to Watch: The Game Changers Oct 5, 2019
- Oct 4, 2019 After You Die, These Genes Come to Life - The Crux - Discover Magazine Oct 4, 2019
- Oct 3, 2019 Sleep Apps for iOS Oct 3, 2019
- Oct 2, 2019 Free eBook on Evidence-Based Non-Pharmacologic Approaches to Pain from NCCIH Oct 2, 2019
- Oct 1, 2019 Americans Are Still Eating Too Much Added Sugar, Fat Oct 1, 2019
September 2019
- Sep 30, 2019 Preventing Crohn’s Disease with Diet - Michael Greger's Nutrition Facts Sep 30, 2019
- Sep 29, 2019 What I Plan to Watch: The Biggest Little Farm Sep 29, 2019
- Sep 27, 2019 Do Gut Bacteria Improve Athletic Performance? (yes if you're a mouse, and maybe if you're a human) Sep 27, 2019
- Sep 26, 2019 What I’m Watching: The Mind, Explained - Netflix Sep 26, 2019
- Sep 25, 2019 Genome Complexity Conundrum and the Microbiome Sep 25, 2019
- Sep 24, 2019 Perioperative Integrative Medicine Sep 24, 2019
- Sep 24, 2019 What I'm Reading: How to Change Your Mind - Michael Pollan Sep 24, 2019
- Sep 23, 2019 The Landscape of Genetic Content in the Gut and Oral Human Microbiome Sep 23, 2019
- Sep 20, 2019 Meditation - the facts Sep 20, 2019
- Sep 18, 2019 Learning About the Microbiome - where to start Sep 18, 2019
- Sep 18, 2019 Music versus midazolam during preoperative nerve block placements: a prospective randomized controlled study Sep 18, 2019
- Sep 14, 2019 ConsumerLab: Independent Testing of Supplements and Botanicals Sep 14, 2019
- Sep 14, 2019 HerbList. An evidence-based app to make informed choices about herbal supplements Sep 14, 2019
- Sep 12, 2019 Executive Leadership and Physician Well-being: Nine Organizational Strategies to Promote Engagement and Reduce Burnout Sep 12, 2019
- Sep 9, 2019 Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Sep 9, 2019
- Sep 9, 2019 Alternate Day Fasting Improves Physiological and Molecular Markers of Aging in Healthy, Non-obese Humans Sep 9, 2019
- Sep 7, 2019 Welcome to Health Hippie MD Sep 7, 2019