Get Smart – Go Dirty
To prevent cancer, change early childhood education. Not the book-kind, but the biologically intelligent kind. If you do, you might change the incident of type I diabetes, asthma, peanut...
View ArticleEat Food, Not Vitamins
“Do you take vitamins?” “No,” I answer my patients. “Why not? Aren’t they good for you?” The nuanced answer to that remains no. A truthful answer might be “when it’s been shown you need them.” Most...
View ArticleTime Rules Life
Time rules life, and body clock medicine is back. New research is reviving interest in body clock health and performance, letting a public habituated to a “time free”24/7 lifestyle recognize their...
View ArticleHow Much Sleep is Too Much?
Is it true that sleeping more than eight hours a night hastens your demise? People certainly think so. Several years ago a national TV news reporter asked me if it was true, because after working...
View ArticleTime to Start Drinking
I’m not referring to alcohol. The summer blazes. Florida’s red tide pricks at skin and distends nostrils, California forest fires clog lungs, humid urban inversions break your breath. Wet bulb...
View ArticleTaking the Health Trouble Out of Air Travel
Up to one fifth of airline passengers become sick with colds or flus. Are there ways to decrease these infections? Yes. A new Finnish study points out the problems and perils of airport security in...
View ArticleGetting Long Lasting Solutions
There are treatments, and then there are solutions. You want stuff that works, and you want it to last. The key is to combine different treatments from multiple arenas to craft unique, personal...
View ArticleIs Depression Making Me Sleepless, Or Is Insomnia Making Me Depressed?
Common and Connected Depression and insomnia are common and possess common symptoms. Some estimate that 30% of Americans will eventually experience clinical depression, and perhaps 40% of adults...
View ArticleDepression Is a Systemic Illness – Let’s Treat It That Way
Too Many Are Depressed Depression is one version of hell on earth, and Americans have a lot of it. A recent international study run by Evelyn Bromet of 18 countries found America near the top, with...
View ArticleThe Sleep Checklist
Humans need sleep like food. Much as with recipes, there are many elements that make for good, joyous sleep. Just as a checklist won’t make you a great chef, this checklist may not give make you a...
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