In sport, you can tell how you or in a team sport, your team is traveling by the scoreboard. It’s not to say that winning is everything, and you can certainly enjoy playing sport for the enjoyment of playing sport. That’s a good thing. But if you want to...
Laughter is the best medicine. Fairly old adage. Probably still has some real relevance. Um, interesting work out of the Netherlands. A single inhalation of nitrous oxide was associated with significant, rapid, and sustained improvement of treatment-resistant...
A large number of people have pets and love their pets, and there’s a lot of work that shows health benefits of owning a pet. Now, once again, it’s not a treatment for any specific condition; it’s part of enjoyment of life. Most of the attention has...
There’s an old joke: What’s the difference between God and a doctor? God doesn’t think he’s a doctor. Times change, of course. These days, that idea might be more aptly applied to certain politicians, and certainly not to doctors in general. It...
This is from the “Yes, we actually knew the sky was blue before science told us” file, but I think it’s still worth discussing. Because, casually—in fact, maybe more often than occasionally—it’s useful for all of us. And not just you; I include...
Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing, and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise, sleep, and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your well-being in direct or indirect ways....
