Erik Goldman

1 month ago | holisticprimarycare.net | Erik Goldman

MichaelMcGuffin was a true influencer. Not in the modern sense of someone who builds apersonal brand cult by flooding social media with provocative content andamassing “likes” and followers. But in the older, more noble sense: one whose quietbut unflagging commitment to good work had profound, far-reaching impact on theworld.

1 month ago | holisticprimarycare.net | Erik Goldman

Itwas right about this time, five years ago. I woke up one morning with a raunchycough, a head full of mucus, and an aching body that felt like a sack ofpotatoes. “Thisis weird,” I thought. I seldom get sick, and when I do it’s usually in the November-to-December transition when temperatures here in NYC drop and my thermoregulatory systems go haywire. By February, I’m usually adjusted to ‘winter mode,’ and reasonably healthy. So I was surprised by the timing and intensity of the thing that hit me.

2 months ago | holisticprimarycare.net | Erik Goldman

Say“sodium” in a medical context, and most people will reflexively think“hypertension,” not psoriasis. But dermatologistKatrina Abuabara and her research team at the University of California SanFrancisco have amassed considerable evidence suggesting that salt may play arole in development of psoriasis and other inflammatory skin disorders.

2 months ago | holisticprimarycare.net | Erik Goldman

Beyond the bold promises to “end the chronic disease epidemic and keep our children safe, healthy, and disease free,” and to “reinstate any service members who were unjustly expelled from the military for objecting to the Covid vaccine mandate,” President Donald Trump said little about healthcare in his inauguration speech last week.

Dec 22, 2024 | holisticprimarycare.net | Erik Goldman

By Joshua Cohen (This article was originally published by Undark.org on Dec. 9, 2024, and republished here with permission)Earlier this fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showing that adult obesity rates — long trending upwards — had fallen modestly over the past few years, from 41.9 to 40.3 percent.