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Allen Tien
Allen Tien
Aug 28, 2018 · 8 min read

Pediatric Mental Health

With about 14 million children in the US affected [1, 2], clearly the pediatric public mental health problem is serious. For example, estimates of psychiatric disorders in adolescents are high (16% depression; 11% anxiety; 9% eating disorder; 6% sexual abuse; 5% bipolar; 5% suicidal…

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Allen Tien
Allen Tien
Jan 17, 2016 · 5 min read

Medical Cannabis and the Endocannabinoid System

As biomedical and public health researchers continue to create new scientific knowledge, and as individuals and families seek better treatments, the potential medical utility of cannabis is increasingly apparent [1, 2]. This utility is probably mediated in part by the…

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Allen Tien
Allen Tien
Jan 6, 2016 · 3 min read

Insulin Holiday

What is an ‘insulin holiday’? It is a period of time with low or very low insulin levels. How does one take an ‘insulin holiday’? One way is by having zero calories, not eating or drinking anything with calories, for a period of time that is longer than it takes to digest the last meal or snack. In…

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