Advisors to President Trump’s reelection campaign say he must do more to take the fight for healthcare reform from the Democrats, if he does not want them to run away with a win on this issue come November. Seeing the Democrats outdoing him in the polls on healthcare issues, an angry President Trump, lashed out […] Read more

It is mid-January, and for many of us that means that our best intentioned New Year’s Resolutions are already a thing of the past! The most common resolution is to “get fit,” or to “lose weight.” The problem is most people set goals of intense dieting, serious exercise, or other major lifestyle changes, that are […] Read more

In the sweet spot between free markets and socialism, we find our obviously neglectful and exploitive pharmaceutical industry. While the temptations to vilify some CEO for his salary or point to the high price of a new HIV medications is strong, both notions are ripe pieces of low hanging fruit that don’t adequately address the […] Read more

Have you been stressing over trying to lose weight? Maybe the answer is to just “chill out.” But, by that I don’t mean to just stop worrying about it, maybe your answer is ice therapy! Ice therapy is a “hot” new idea in weight loss. According to its advocates, simply strapping an ice-pack to a […] Read more

Many dieting fads have come and gone in recent decades, but one technique that has persisted is intermittent fasting. But does it really work? The Johns Hopkins Medicine neuroscientist Dr. Mark Mattson’s latest review article, “Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease,” which appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine on December […] Read more

Long before Richard Simmons was prancing around our TV screens in gym shorts, or even before the legendary Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted to “pump you up,” there was Jack LaLanne. LaLanne kept an entire generation of TV viewers in shape with the Jack LaLanne Show, which started in 1951 and aired until 1985, becoming the longest […] Read more

Schizophrenia is one of the medical sciences most misunderstood diseases, especially for laypersons, or people who have never had to confront the disease head on. Schizophrenia is a chronic, psychiatric disorder that affects a person’s: Behaviors Thoughts Feelings Perceptions of reality A person living with this disorder may experience periods in which they seem to […] Read more

Regardless of political affiliation, all Americans want healthcare reform. This is because for most Americans, access to, and delivery of healthcare, continue to fall short of their expectations – even for those who have “good insurance.” A recent survey commissioned by the CommonWealth Fund, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the New York […] Read more

Don’t you just love that great feeling of snuggling up under a warm blanket, while sleeping in a chilly room? Turns out you may be onto something. Clinical studies have shown that sleeping in a cold room is optimal for your health. According to an article written by Dr. Christopher Winter, medical director at Charlottesville […] Read more

In the sweet spot between free markets and socialism, we find our obviously neglectful and exploitive pharmaceutical industry. While the temptations to vilify some CEO for his salary or point to the high price of a new HIV medications is strong, both notions are ripe pieces of low hanging fruit that don’t adequately address the […] Read more