Waist Management and Cancer

With the weather luring us outside, here’s another prod to succumb to temptation and get moving: a report showing that certain kind of body fat are worse than others – specifically waist measurement and your risk of cancer. Abdominal girth and heart disease risk have been linked in many, many studies – but this is […]

Venting Your Spleen

What’s old is new again…again! It’s kind of fun when something that was in the public eye disappears and is then “discovered” decades later. This time, the organ is your sturdy, silent spleen.* There’s an old saying, venting your spleen, which means, basically, to lose your temper and vent about all the grievances you’ve accumulated. […]

Saving Summer

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 […]

There Oughta Be A Law…

For all us anti-regulation types (and yes, I am occasionally one), here’s powerful evidence that there really oughta be a law when it comes to restaurants. The first city to legislate giving people calorie information on all foods woke up to a nasty surprise. Specifically, what they’d been putting in their mouths. New Yorkers are […]

Grand Grunt Doc Rounds!

Grunt Doc has the line-up of medical blogs ship-shape and standing at attention for your review. Check it out – the quality shows. Kind of like George Clooney’s taunting of Matt Damon that George is a three time (THREE-TIME) Sexiest Man Alive, Grunt Doc is (brace yourself, folks) a six-time (SIX-TIME) host for Grand Rounds. […]

Dying for Cheaper Gas

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 […]