Archive for 2016
Do Not Stress Out, We Will Survive!
“When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful, A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical. And all the birds in the trees, well they’d be singing so…
Read MoreThe Power of Strength
Here’s what drove home the importance of strength training to me. I was helping my daughter get one last piece of IKEA furniture – I must say we are MASTER…
Read MoreTo Be Nice or To Be Tough as The Route to Happiness
There are only three more days before the 2016 presidential election ends. As many of us would agree, no matter which political side we are on, we will be relieved…
Read MoreWhat is Lifestyle Medicine – and what can it do for me?
Lifestyle medicine – just the name conjures up thoughts of docs lying on a beach, drink in hand, stethoscope dangling just above the sand, doesn’t it? I just returned from…
Read MoreOctober Health News: Bariatric Surgery and Pregnancy, HPV vaccine and Cervical Screening Frequency, Anger or Heavy Exertion and Risk of Heart Attack
Bariatric Surgery and Safer Interval for Pregnancy A study, published in JAMA, concurs with the recommendation from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology for women with bariatric surgery to…
Read MoreYou Have Osteoporosis. What’s Next?
You recently had a DEXA bone density scan. You have been told you have osteopenia or osteoporosis – i.e. mild or more significant bone thinning, respectively – which carry a…
Read MoreLife Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife by Barbara Bradley Hagerty
When I saw the subtitle of this book, I immediately felt hope. It is good to think of the opportunity that lies with midlife. Often being in this time of life brings…
Read MorePhysician Burnout: Confession of a Former Workaholic
Several days ago, I went with many women physician friends to Montgomery County Medical Society meeting. Part of the meeting included a panel discussion of physician wellness. Physician burnout is not a…
Read MoreWhat’s New In Shingles Vaccines?
When I talk to patients about the vaccines they should get routinely, we review Prevnar 13 and PneumoVax 23, the two pneumonia vaccines that should be given to seniors and…
Read MoreOn Leaving Home, a Time to Grow Up for Our Child or Us?
I never left home for college. My family came to the U. S. only three years before I went to college. With three older siblings in college at the time,…
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