If laughter is the best medicine, then I’d like to think music is a close second. I discovered around the age of 18 that I have an ear for playing...
Harmonizing Your Brain – How Music May Be a Key to Cognitive Longevity
As someone who moves between the world of medicine and the world of music, I’ve long believed in the power of sound not just as something aesthetic,...
Wine Tasting Training Guide
Learning Wine Through Chemistry (Not Guesswork) Core principle You are not tasting “wine.”You are detecting small families of molecules interacting...
Classic Wine Grapes & the Chemistry Behind Their Aromas
A practical guide to why wines smell the way they do Wine aromas are not poetic accidents. They are produced by specific chemical compounds that...
A Joyful Heart is Good Medicine
How delightful to learn that laughter really is the best medicine and will perhaps add as many good years to your life as other familiar health...
Adventure Medical Kits
What if your routine cross-country ski jaunt turned emergent and you were stranded - would you be able to spend a night out in the mountains? Or...
Get Your Mojo Going!
Most of us could use a bit more of it. Some people suffer from a complete lack of it. Athletes burn a lot with activity and we all need it to...
Favorite Quotes
“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.” - Sir William Osler, often referred to as the "father of...
Giving Thanks
Thanksgiving is our nation’s official time for giving thanks, counting our blessings, and sharing kindness and courtesy to friends, family and even...
Please Pour the Coffee
Legend has it that around 1200 years ago an Ethiopian goat herder observed his animals energetically dancing around after eating the bright red...
Spirits of good health
Can the mind really exert a significant influence on your health, and how does spirituality or religiosity play a role? Does faith in and of its...
Visiting Grand Junction
Thank you to all of our patients who travel from out of town or even from out of state for consultation and treatment. I'm often sharing...