Has Health Information Hijacked Your Amygdala? Most everyone has had the unpleasant experience of surfing through the online abyss of “Doctor Google.” Even if you didn’t have health anxiety to begin with, combine a rudimentary compilation of innocent bodily gurgles and aches with a few minutes of skimming through health blogs, and you [...]
How Microbes Shape Our Health Since the discovery of microorganisms in the 19th century, scientists and physicians have been obsessed with germs. With the eerie belief that infectious agents caused diseases, one of the major goals of medicine was to kill these detrimental critters. Our weapons included inoculations, antiseptics, chemotherapeutics, and antibiotics. Our [...]
Ouch, My Head Hurts! Headaches are an all-too-common pain in the face and head that a majority of the population, 96%, experience in their lifetime. In my previous post and video, I reviewed all the main points about headaches. Topics covered included: Classifications of headaches (primary and secondary) Common types of headaches (tension, [...]
What is a Headache? Headaches. Yuck! Although they are often not cause for major concern, no one likes having them. They can be a real annoyance, impacting quality of life and productivity. It’s estimated that 96% of the population have had the unpleasant experience of having a headache. Appropriately named, pain in your [...]
How Conventional Medicine is Failing in Cardiovascular Care Heart disease is the number one killer in both men and women. With all the advances we’ve had in science, research, and treatments, we have not been able to downgrade it as the top cause of global mortality for decades. In fact, it is projected [...]
The Heart of Medicine: Staying Connected in an Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation In the past few articles, I’ve discussed how heart disease, the number one killer in men and women, continues to take its toll on the population. I reviewed some alarming statistics regarding women and cardiovascular disease (CVD), highlighted traditional risk [...]
Heart Disease: The Number One Cause of Death for All Genders Heart disease is the number one killer for all genders, across every race and ethnicity. Yet, breast cancer is one of the most feared diagnoses for women. So, why is that only a little more than half of women (56%) are aware [...]
Stress on the Gut Stress is a buzz word in wellness. This is for a few good reasons: Everyone experiences it. It affects everything: your brain, body, emotions, self-care, productivity, and even relationship interactions. Many people have experienced a “nervous stomach” because of emotional upheaval. The reason for this is that your gut [...]
Stress effects everything, instantaneously. When in “fight and flight”, our whole physiology and psychology shifts quickly to survive. Thankfully, once the stress is gone, the mind and body can enter into recovery. However, if there is no respite, long-term stress can be detrimental. Chronically, either the perception and continued rumination of emotional stressors, or, [...]
