As a doctor, I rely heavily on bloodwork. I love all the nuances it can reveal about things going on in my patient’s bodies that we may never have known about otherwise. So you can imagine how [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
Vitamin D: A crucial ally in the fight against COVID-19?
While a vaccine may not be the secret to ending to our ongoing national nightmare, vitamin D3 just might be. We’ve talked about this before—more than once, in fact. But there’s another new study [...]
A sharp memory depends on strong microcirculation
Yesterday, I shared a list of simple, lifestyle-based strategies to reduce your risk of dementia. And today, I want to take that conversation a step further to talk about one key factor those [...]
Ten tips for keeping dementia at bay
I talk a lot about preserving memory. Mostly because, in my experience as a doctor, memory loss is the number one thing that people are afraid of. (Other than cancer, and now coronavirus, of [...]
Regular exercise may mitigate the heart health risks of air pollution
On Monday, we talked about the benefits of omega-3s in the fight to protect your brain from the damaging effects of air pollution. So today, let’s bring that discussion full circle, courtesy of [...]
Outsmart “bad genes” and cut your risk of dementia in half
In case Tuesday’s conversation left you fearing that your own brain could be on the chopping block, let me take some time today to share some really good news: Your future cognitive health is [...]
Alzheimer’s in your 40s may be more common than you think
While we’re on the subject of brain health this week, I want to share another new study that really piqued my interest. If you’ve been a reader of mine for a while now, then you may have noticed [...]
Warning: Air pollution shrinks your brain
These days, we all have one major health concern that’s top of mind: the big C. (And this time, I don’t mean cancer.) But even in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we still need to [...]
The lifesaving power of positivity
On Monday, I took a moment to reflect on the roles that empathy, compassion, and positivity can play in helping us all navigate these troubling times. Today, I want to piggyback on that [...]
Women: Sexual satisfaction may be just four letters away
In a day and age where the term “little blue pill” exists in common parlance, I don’t think the medical community pays nearly enough attention to sexual function in women. Perhaps the subject [...]