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How Inflammation Damages Your Heart
How Inflammation Damages Your Heart
Dr. Brian Paris 7 min read

How Inflammation Damages Your Heart

Runaway inflammation can stop a beating heart Inflammation is an important defense mechanism by which our body responds to infection or injury. However, serious problems arise…

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Sarcoidosis: Pain and Death from Inflammation and Fibrosis
Sarcoidosis: Pain and Death from Inflammation and Fibrosis
Dr. Brian Paris 4 min read

Sarcoidosis: Pain and Death from Inflammation and Fibrosis

In 1995, actress Karen Duffy — better known as MTV's VJ "Duff” — returned home to New York after the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles in excruciating pain. She later described the…

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Pain Relief in the Produce Aisle
Pain Relief in the Produce Aisle
Dr. Brian Paris 3 min read

Pain Relief in the Produce Aisle

If you're looking for pain relief you might find it at your local grocery store. Not in the pharmacy or over-the-counter medicine aisle, but discreetly tucked into the produce…

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Top 5 Causes of Back, Neck and Sciatic Pain
Dr. Brian Paris 5 min read

Top 5 Causes of Back, Neck and Sciatic Pain

One of the reasons so many people struggle with back pain and all the many variations of it, is because the majority of the treatments recommended by doctors don't address the…

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Pros & Cons: Cortisone Injections
Pros & Cons: Cortisone Injections
Dr. Brian Paris 2 min read

Pros & Cons: Cortisone Injections

Cortisone shots are given as symptomatic treatment for a wide variety of repetitive stress injuries, arthritis, and other ailments. Commonly the injection consists of a mixture of…

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The Blessing of Pain
The Blessing of Pain
Dr. Brian Paris 2 min read

The Blessing of Pain

No one likes pain, yet we should be thankful for it. Pain serves a vital function in letting us know when something within our bodies is not quite right. The problem is we often…

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10 Foods That Naturally Relieve Pain and Inflammation
10 Foods That Naturally Relieve Pain and Inflammation
Dr. Brian Paris 4 min read

10 Foods That Naturally Relieve Pain and Inflammation

Far too many people live with chronic pain. Whether western medicine has let them down or they're just tired of having to take over the counter pain medication, a lasting and…

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