Guest Contributor – Dr. Lori Shemek I know you WANT to believe there is a small little pill that will just melt the fat away. Well, as you already may know, there isn’t. Yes, these cute little pills do sound tempting especially when you are depressed and...
After many years in medicine you have seen most things. Then one day something takes you by surprise. This was a person who was on 19, yes 19, different medications. Given some of these were taken more than once a day and the dose of some was more than one pill this...
When we get married, many of us are idealistic about our futures together. However, fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. Research has found that only half of those who stay married actually consider themselves “happily married” which means only 25% of couples...
It has become “settled science” that fat is bad for us. We hear it all the time. Yet despite the push for low fat diets and low fat foods from health authorities, the same authorities keep telling us we are losing the “war” on obesity and that rates of illnesses...
More and more people are recognizing that certain types of fitness routines are more effective for getting your whole body in shape than the typical static training we have seen for awhile. If you remember the movie Rocky IV when Rocky trained for his fight against...
A few weeks ago I wrote about screening for preschoolers. This touched a nerve as it has had the most comments of any blog I have written. The notion of “screening” children to determine their “fitness” for school together with the proposed “emotional wellness checks”...
Guest Contributor – George Helou I spent 2 hours brain training my 4 yr old daughter Holly today. She simply could not walk the path of the infinity symbol I chalked on the pavement in our backyard. She would follow the outer path of the number 8, instead of...
The first Sunday in September is Fathers day in Australia. As you would expect, in the lead up there are many ads for a variety of products that Dad might like. Many play on the “not socks again “ theme to suggest that the product being advertised would be more...
