“This year, I’m going to lose weight.” How many times have you heard that? How many times have you said that? The problem is that weight is a lot easier to gain than it is to lose. When many people don’t see those quick results – dropping a size or X number of pounds – they […]
Read More...After 35 years of taking care of patients, I’ve heard many, many different home remedies for every malady and problem known to mankind. Some of these “home cures” seem to work great and some of them seem to be a lot of hot air, if you know what I mean.Here are some of my favorite […]
Read More...Does your New Year’s resolution involve a daily dose of leafy greens? Kale, spinach, mustard greens, bok choy and other veggies with that distinctive dark-green hue provide a nutritional boost you won’t find anywhere else in your diet. Leafy greens provide a rich source of cancer-fighting antioxidants and vitamins as well as fiber, calcium, potassium, […]
Read More...What a year we have had. Schools closed, sporting events cancelled, travel restricted and all kinds of health concerns. If we could throw this year back and wait for another one it would be a great strategy.Unfortunately, the challenges we have faced this year are not going away with the New Year. We will have […]
Read More...Among the most often recommended medical testing done today is the testing of urine, or urinalysis. This test is used to detect and manage a wide range of disorders such as urinary tract infections, kidney disease and diabetes.Our kidneys remove waste material, fluids and other substances from our blood. The urine can contain many different […]
Read More...Should I trust a completely new vaccine that has been created to fight COVID-19? Should I go without the new vaccine? Who can I trust and who really knows what’s going on?These are great questions and are not new to COVID-19. These questions have been getting asked and argued about for decades. When Jonas Salk invented […]
Read More...Recently I met a friend for coffee just to catch up with him. We have been friends for decades but between business and family we had not talked in a number of years. We talked about our kids and how fast they have grown up. We talked about our businesses and the challenges of balancing work […]
Read More...My friends and I have some lively discussions. Some would call these arguments, or verbal brawls, but we like to think of them as sharing ideas.Recently, one of our lively discussions started with my questioning the things my friends feed their kids. I heard insanity like, “I make my kids a nutritious sandwich every day […]
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