The Curious Case of Cells That Refused to Act Their Age Modern medicine likes its boxes tidy. Drugs are for symptoms. Therapy is for feelings. Aging...
The Medicine of Salt Air
Why the Coast Makes Us Feel Human Again By the second morning at the Carolina coast, something subtle begins to happen. The shoulders descend half...
Statins: The Cholesterol Diet Coke of Modern Medicine
Statins are marvelous drugs. They are also misunderstood, overtrusted, and occasionally treated like tiny orange seatbelts for the human heart....
The Mediterranean Diet: A Prescription Written in Sunlight
Where the Story Begins If you want to understand the Mediterranean diet, you don’t begin in a laboratory or a clinic or even with a stack of...
The Quiet Power of Massage
Modern medicine is spectacular at emergencies. It can replace hips, restart hearts, and peer into the body with machines that would have looked...
We Saved Money on Dinner and Spent It on Doctors
There was a time - recent enough that your grandparents could still complain about it - when Americans spent a ridiculous amount of money on food. ...
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,...
Influenza Vaccine Pros, Cons & Natural Treatments
If you are weighing the pros and cons of getting the flu shot this year then you are not alone. Recent studies have questioned how well the flu...
Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) and Cardiovascular Outcomes
As a physician specializing in testosterone replacement therapy for men with hypogonadism, I am frequently asked whether TRT increases...
Seed Oils – A Slippery Slope for Health
In recent years, a growing body of nutritional science and ancestral wisdom has cast doubt on the healthfulness of a common component of the modern...
Methylene Blue: The Tiny Molecule with Powerful Health Benefits
History of Methylene Blue Methylene blue (MB) has a rich and unusual history that spans over 140 years, transitioning from a textile dye to a widely...
Healthy Aging, Oral Bugs & Nitric Oxide – Why It Matters to N¹O¹ Users
A new study titled “Ageing modifies the oral microbiome, nitric oxide bioavailability and vascular responses to dietary nitrate supplementation” by...