William B. Funk, MD

04/14/2026

The headline says it all

Gulf energy exporters worry Iran could escalate and close the Bab al-Mandeb, the main exit route for bottlenecked Persian Gulf oil.

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Good warm Tuesday morning everyone

Good morning Rehoboth Beach!

04/14/2026

I believe best results are urate levels below 6

Guidelines advise clinicians to lower serum urate to

04/14/2026

The limbic system of your brain is involved with behavioral and emotional response including memory, emotional regulation, smell, and mood. The limbic system is an area of the brain including several brain structures. These include the amygdala, the hippocampus, the hypothalamus, thalamus, and olfactory bulb. There are some really important hormones associated with these structures and their responses as well.

These structures and their hormones control functions such as emotions, behavior, motivation, sleep, appetite, olfaction, stress response. This is really interesting, because you may connect the dots with this list and see that social emotional skills, executive functioning, inner drives, and sensory processing (including the sense of smell and interoception) all centered in one place in the brain! (This is not to say that these are the only places in the brain that operate these functions as well.)
https://www.theottoolbox.com/the-limbic-system-and-function/

04/14/2026

Interesting information

Scientists have found that people with higher vitamin D in midlife had less of a key Alzheimer’s protein in their brains years later

04/13/2026

For many, a peanut allergy can be lifelong, but a recent study offers new hope for kids and their parents.

04/13/2026

How about that

04/13/2026

Intelligence and brain function were the same in tests whether or not people drank fluoridated water growing up, a highly anticipated, major study found.

The new research from the journal of the National Academy of Sciences is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood in the U.S. and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.

The results contradict claims made by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that fluoride is "industrial waste" associated with IQ loss, and has resulted in two states — Utah and Florida — enacting bans.

Read more: nbcnews.app.link/mWtnazLnj2b

04/13/2026

How does a cucumber become a pickle!?

04/13/2026

Not surprised

In a now-deleted post, President Trump shared a rendering that appeared to depict him as Jesus on Monday, drawing rare criticism from the religious right and allegations of blasphemy. https://wapo.st/4sBCv0x