Here we go again: We are entering the flu season. What will it be like this year, and why is getting vaccinated so important? Influenza...

Last weekend while making a sandwich, I pulled out the cheese and found a lovely kaleidoscope of colors. Colorful cheese is usually a bad...

You are approaching your favorite restaurant and see a letter grade rating in the window. Should you eat at a restaurant rated B? How...

Recently, a number of my patients have been mentioning to me a commercial they have seen, instructing them to get a blood test for...

When my patients turn 50, I routinely recommend that they have a colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer. Not surprisingly, my...

Ginger has long been one of my mother’s favorite foods. Birthday presents that contain it in one form or another are always a hit. In...

How can a diet that pushes butter, red meat and bacon, and eliminates complex carbohydrates like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, be...

Coffee – admit it; you love it. But it seems that every day there is a new study telling us that caffeine is good…or bad for us. Which is...

Are you familiar with moringa, a popular new supplement? The sheer number of sources claiming a very wide range of unbelievable benefits...

I recently saw a patient who suffered from chronic back pain from a herniated disc. He asked me what I thought about O3, or ozone...

Most of us have at least one irrational food dislike, right? Mine is mushrooms. My wife told me to not write about this topic because I...

Summer is here, which means that we’ll be enjoying pools, the ocean, and other opportunities to swim and cool off. This brings exercise...

Summer is here, and with it, even more sun and its ultraviolet radiation. We’ve gotten pretty good at using sunscreen to protect our bare...

The human body is a complex and wonderful thing. As we observe with cars and refrigerators, however, the more complicated something is,...

One of the most difficult, complex, and costly issues of our time is this nation’s opioid epidemic. During 2016, 116 people died every...

Do you go to great lengths to avoid stepping on cracks in the sidewalk? Do you wipe then doorknobs in your home each time they’re...

Health scams – They’ve been around since snake oil salesmen, and long before. Current scams often center around weight loss, disease...

Diabetes and pre-diabetes are surging worldwide, and new tools are being developed to help deal with them. The glycemic index is one such...

We recently moved our clocks forward one hour, essentially shifting an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening, and starting...

I find it absolutely fascinating that scientists are working on creating meat in the laboratory. The concept has enormous potential - to...