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Are you feeling the pressure of summer ending? Are you thinking about all the things you didn’t get to do? One of the most useful tips for developing a joy habit is to consciously “seize the moment.” In other words, deliberately take the time to cherish the positive. Now is the perfect time to bottle […] Bias Alert: I hate cars. Okay, not in actual practice. In fact, I love the experience of driving down the freeway, humming a tune, chin-bobbing along to the music with my daughters. Some of life’s most profound, intimate conversations only take place when you’re strapped next to someone, facing front. So then why do I […] Are there times when your body over-does it in the killing germs department? There’s a new argument that we should, in addition to treatment, be suppressing the human response to mega-infections by giving immune-suppressing drugs (specifically steroids). These studies run counter to the argument that our bodies know what’s best (and don’t tend to overdo […] I once talked to a patient about how he spends his days – specifically how much of his day he devoted to his health (exercise, meds, hygiene, etc.), all in an effort to get him to feel more committed to changing behaviors that were hurting him. I said, “because, in the end, all any of […] Run (don’t walk) your fingers over to click on this link to a great article by Jane Gross of the New York Times. In it, she spells out four major steps she wishes she’d done differently when her mother was failing at home. Today more and more Americans are the sandwich generation, and, like […] Seems like a weird idea, right? However, research shows that children conceived by donor sperm (or eggs) benefit greatly from hearing about how they were conceived early in life – specifically before the age of 4. While this may be a bit hard from some of us to get our heads around, the facts of […] |
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