In our crazy world with juice detoxes, fad diets and ancient holistic supplements that someone just discovered, it can be confusing to figure out what to do to actually be healthy. The information overload is crowding out true wisdom. Some of our health is determined by luck and genetics, the latter is really a function…
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Blocked up. Stuffed. Bloated. Impacted even. Whatever term you use, being constipated is a terrible and often embarrassing. It’s hard to talk about these problems because of the stigma surrounding our bowel habits. But waste management, so to speak, is essential to good gut health. Since the 2/3rds of the internet and 86.4% of Los…
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Heartburn is one of the most common complaints I see in clinic. Enjoy this animation I did with the TED company on why we can often get that burning feeling….
“There’s a popular saying among doctors: There’s no such thing as alternative medicine; if it works, it’s just called medicine.” ― Ed Yong “No medicine can compensate for un-healthy living.” ― Renu Chaudhary Read time: 20 minutes TL;DR Key Points Avoid catchy headlines that overpromise and under-deliver Alternative health approaches may help but they have been…
DetailsIf you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and eating in such a way, you feel in touch with true life, your roots, and that is meditation. If we chew every morsel of our…
DetailsWho is a good doctor? How do you know if you receive quality care? Unfortunately, patients by themselves can’t make that determination. Of course, we all want respectful and convenient care by an empathetic provider. What about the more technical questions? Since most people are not well versed in how their bodies work, it can…
Details“I look out the window and I see the lights and the skyline and the people on the street rushing around looking for action, love, and the world’s greatest chocolate chip cookie, and my heart does a little dance.” … – Heartburn by Nora Ephron Read time: 15 minutes TL;DR Key…
DetailsRead time: 14 minutes Job security is one of the reasons people enter medicine to become a doctor. “People will always be sick,” is a common boilerplate in the profession, as if that attitude is something to be proud of. Even as a medical student, I found this notion to be naïve. Increasingly, I feel…
DetailsRead time: 10 minutes It’s the essence of every medical encounter and the basis for doctoring itself – the chief complaint. Patients tell us their primary symptoms and we then proceed to the HPI or History of Present Illness. This dialogue between the sick and the healer is at the core of what we do…
DetailsA heart can be no more forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion. – Alfred Nobel Read time: 15 minutes TL;DR Key Points: Bloating is the uncomfortable perception of gas. Bloating is primarily an issue of gas handling by the gut and less often of excessive…
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