Chocolate good for heart and brain Leave it to the French to present results of a new study showing that chocolate is good for the heart and brain....
Heart Headlines 3
Heart Health A host of recent studies examine the role of diet in the risk for heart diseases, including high blood pressure, heart attack and...
Skin Cancer & Vitamin D
Hair Removal As Easy As 1, 2, 3…
Hints of spring are in the air and soon bare skin will be back in the daylight. If you are tired of shaving, waxing or plucking unwanted hair, then...
The Heart of the Matter with Testosterone
As their natural production of testosterone (T) declines millions of American men have discovered the health benefits of replacing it with a...
Death By Coffee
It’s 5 am and the coffee is made. Every morning, I do “coffee yoga”, that is my short yoga routine while the coffee brews. A few years ago I woke...
Fish Oil and Prostate Cancer – A Whopper of a Tale
Headlines this week proclaim that taking fish oil supplements leads to an increased risk of prostate cancer. “Very fishy”, I thought, since this...
Cancer Prevention
“You have cancer” are perhaps the most frightening words I ever speak and the words you fear most from your doctor. Cancer is the second leading...
Tips for Creating Your Own Diet Plan
In "Making sense of different diets" I reviewed the pros and cons of 12 diet plans, from the Atkins to the Zone. Gleaning the best from each I’ll...
A Fire Burns Within
Inflammation plays a necessary role in our health, but is also the real culprit behind most diseases of aging, including heart disease, diabetes,...
Is Your Heart Pumping Sludge?
Blood thickness, or viscosity, may be the single unifying risk factor for heart disease. The thicker and stickier the blood the more difficult it...
Controversy in Prostate Cancer Screening
The US Preventive Services Task Force ignited a firestorm of controversy within the medical community by recently announcing that the PSA (prostate...