By now, you’re no doubt aware that COVID-19 vaccination efforts are already well underway. As a result, I’ve been inundated with questions from patients and readers alike about whether to get [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
One simple way to keep long COVID at bay
Yesterday, I talked about the emerging phenomenon of long COVID—a condition in which patients experience symptoms as long as 12 weeks after the start of acute illness. Today, I’d like to [...]
COVID-19 recovery may not be as quick as you think
As much as I enjoy taking a break from pandemic news from time to time, today, I want to alert you to an emerging threat that even I was not particularly aware of. In fact, it wasn’t really on [...]
Boost your memory with this combination of healthy foods
Back in the 80s, I remember a few fad diets that were based on the idea that you shouldn’t combine certain types of foods. That always struck me as overcomplicated and unnecessary—especially [...]
This “healthy” beverage may increase breast cancer risk up to 80 percent
If you’ve been a reader of mine for a while, then you already know how I feel about milk: I have never been a fan. The simple fact is, milk is loaded with sugar. And sugar kills—whether it comes [...]
Pets have emerged as public health heroes
I’m no stranger to pandemic fatigue. After suffering through nearly a year of COVID-19 headlines (however urgent or necessary they might be), it’s probably safe to say that [...]
Revolutionary cancer care on the horizon
I have some very exciting news to share with you today. And as a refreshing change of pace, it has absolutely nothing to do with COVID-19. Instead, we’ll be talking about the other “C” [...]
The spicy secret to a longer, healthier life
Today, let’s talk about one surprisingly simple dietary change that could add years to your life: Eat more chili peppers. That’s right—a new meta-analysis showed that eating more of any type of [...]
This supposedly “safe” pesticide increases death risk by over 50 percent!
In an effort to keep myself from going completely crazy and falling down yet another pandemic-related research rabbit hole, I decided to switch things up a bit today. So, I dug through my [...]
Foolproof your diet with this simple trick
So now that we’ve covered what we, as a country, are doing wrong where diet is concerned—thanks to the USDA—I thought I would spend today talking about one simple thing you can do to stay on the [...]