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(#2) Change Your Mind, Change Your Shape
As I set my sights on upcoming holiday treats I started earning some credit in the gym today. Remember that the heart of this plan is that intense sugary holiday treats must be offset with intense exercise. The reason is simple. When you go for a moderate paced walk you may consider that exercise but you are not changing your fitness level. It’s only when you push into your anaerobic threshold that... [Read more]
Eat Christmas Cookies . . . Lose Weight
Hey . . . what happened? I turn around and magically there are Christmas bells in my ear. Seems to creep up on me every year without warning. You know those Christmas cookies, pies and cakes are coming and for many of us it means loosening the belt a notch or two. Well I want to challenge you to a better option. For those of you that read my Christmas Challenge last year you know where I am headed.... [Read more]
Brand name vs. generic drugs
One of our astute HAE readers recently asked my opinion about brand named vs. generic drugs after a story he had seen in the news. It’s come up before, so I wanted to discuss it with everyone. Theoretically there shouldn't be a great difference in brand name vs. generic but in actual practice this can present a problem for many patients. When a generic is made the active chemical or drug compound... [Read more]
New Mammogram Recommendations
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services just released their recommendation for the use of mammograms in breast cancer detection last week and it caused quite an uproar. Allow me to present them as they appear on the government website so that there is no chance of misinterpretation: The USPSTF (US Preventative Service Task Force) recommends against routine screening mammography in women... [Read more]
Protect Your Kid’s IQ
Are we contributing to our kid’s stupidity? Are we inadvertently making decisions that could affect our children’s intellectual quotient? I recently read several studies that showed fluoride intake had a profound impact on the IQ’s of kids. Studies out of China and India show similar findings: fluoride intake from water supplies greatly lowered intellectual functioning, decreasing the measured... [Read more]
H1N1 Flu Update No. 2: Surprising Numbers
Are you still confused about the H1N1 flu issue? You should be. Information is all over the board and coming from all directions, leaving us all to wonder who to believe. This issue has grown far outside the realm of health care and is now a social media issue. In other words, medical science likes to rely on controlled studies for its decision making (even though that simple rule is violated on... [Read more]
