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[spacer height="20px"]Getting healthier can seem like a daunting task. Our busy days make us feel like making any changes are next to impossible! [spacer height="20px"]It’s important to remember that LITTLE STEPS are the basis of the long journey called life. Here are 5 tips that are

[spacer height="20px"]I recently blogged about how dangerous the global obsession with sugary drinks has become to our collective health. The purpose was to remind us all that we could tweak our liquid sugar intake a bit.   [spacer height="20px"]One sad soul took my advisements and actually commented

[spacer height="20px"]Ever take a prescribed sleeping pill to help fall asleep? If so you are like almost 9 million Americans who take one of several prescription sleeping aids. Chances are that if you don't feel drowsy in the morning then you're likely to keep using

[spacer height="20px"]A worldwide study links the consumption of sugary drinks to an estimated 184,000 adult deaths each year; 25,000 of those are Americans.   [spacer height="20px"]The study, published in the journal Circulation, surveyed over 600,000 people globally.   [spacer height="20px"]The study included sugary beverages like sodas, fruit drinks, energy drinks

[spacer height="20px"]Well, it isn’t approved yet, but it was just recommended for approval by the FDA advisory board panel, a crucial first step before being approved.   [spacer height="20px"]The thing is, this same drug failed recommendation by these medical experts TWICE over the past few years. The

[spacer height="20px"]It’s a real thing, and the changing façade of healthcare in the US is bringing doctors to their own brink before they hit middle age.   [spacer height="20px"]What do I mean?   [spacer height="20px"]Well, many of us in my generation went into medicine for the simple reason that

[spacer height="20px"]Just to be clear, what I mean by “success” is NOT garnering the most praise or beating out the most competitors. I’m defining success as an adult who is fulfilled in their personal and professional lives; someone whose drive comes from within, not from

[spacer height="20px"]The recent news of Dave Goldberg’s death on a treadmill while on vacation in Mexico has shocked many. A healthy 47 year old man, married to Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, and CEO of Survey Monkey himself, suddenly dies because of a treadmill accident? It highlights

[spacer height="20px"](Nope I'm not writing about medical school and residency years) [spacer height="20px"]I've loved running since my 20's when I discovered that I alone, with some determination and commitment, could get myself to run miles when I started out barely able to complete one mile. I

The evidence has been there for years…so why is U.S. medicine lagging behind?   We need to incorporate Eastern beliefs that are THOUSANDS of years old—yoga, meditation, simple relaxation breathing techniques—into our current way of thinking in medicine.   Many physicians have begun to do this, realizing that viewing