Dr. Gary Kaplan, along with co-author Juliana Heimur, BA, recently contributed to The Pain Practitioner, the quarterly magazine published by the American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM). The article, titled "Microglia and Central Sensitization Syndrome: A New Paradigm for Understanding and Treating Chronic Pain and Depression," discusses the role of microglia, a type of glial [...]
Dr. Kaplan has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Kathleen Sebelius, to the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC). The Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of HHS through the Assistant Secretary for Health on issues related to myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), such as access [...]
Does your doctor tell you to exercise and eat right? Most docs do, but this one walks her talk big time. Lisa Lilienfield, MD, is an accomplished athlete who has won numerous awards for power-lifting and previously held the Maryland State Women’s Master Level record for dead lift. She is also a certified spin-cycling and [...]
