Inside JFK’s Medical History
John F. Kennedy would have turned 100 this year. He is most certainly one of America’s most well-known and iconic political leaders… but his medical history tells the story of man that America barely knew.
The Vegetarian Who Doesn’t Eat Vegetables
I saw a patient recently who proudly described herself a vegetarian. She came to me with a number of different medical problems…one of them is a condition that doctors call “morbid obesity.”
Migraine Treatment Protocol
People who have asthma are called asthmatics. People who have diabetes are called diabetics. But do you know what people who have migraines are called? Migraineurs. Somehow, a French term can make an awful medical problem sound almost chic… of course, migraines are anything but chic. I see a steady stream of migraineurs seeking relief […]
A Powerful Prescription (With No Copayment)
A prescription has the potential to be a lot more than a bottle of pills you pick up at the pharmacy. In the days before high-tech (and high-priced) pharmaceuticals, a prescription was a set of instructions. Often prescriptions were more like recipes or instructions for treatments to be administered at home. Prescriptions can also take […]
Disturbing News About Heartburn Drugs [Shocking Research]
It’s unfortunate that the expression even exists…but it’s true that sometimes “the cure is worse than the disease.” Please keep that thought in mind as we dig into the latest news about Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI’s). This widely prescribed class of medications is used to treat heartburn and other gastrointestinal disorders….and a new study found […]
Lions, Zebras and Michael Jordan
Dean Smith was Michael Jordan’s basketball coach at the University of North Carolina. Not only was he was a legendary coach…he was also very quotable. One of my favorites is, “If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.” Coach Smith was probably referring to the stress […]
Cooking Classes As Preventive Medicine
It’s really hard to teach a patient how to roast sweet potatoes in my office. There’s just something missing…like the sweet potatoes, and the oven. But oh, do I try. Shopping lists, recipes, and cooking instructions are almost always a part of my treatment plans but in the same way that a kitchen wouldn’t be […]
Of Microbes And Emotions
Hippocrates, the father of medicine, once made the far-reaching observation “that all disease begins in the gut.” Although he may not have been entirely accurate, we now know that he was pretty damn close…especially considering that it was over 2000 years ago.
No Challenge, No Change
I have callouses on the tips of the fingers of my left hand. Playing the guitar without them would be painful… a pain that any beginner guitar player knows oh so well.
Leaning Vegetarian? [Must-Read New Science]
Weight-loss fads are a dime-a-dozen. But how many times does a new diet fail to produce long-term results? The answer is simple…almost always. New fad diets virtually never work in the long term. But there is a simple, effective, and common sense method of shedding pounds without locking yourself into a dietary straightjacket. Does that […]
