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MENTAL

How Many Pounds You Weigh vs How Fit You Are…

Most of us have gained weight during the pandemic.  Afterall, we’ve been sitting all day doing zoom calls and eating more chips than ever...

ENVIRON

Pollution Robs Older Adults of Their Independence and Their Health

Environmental concerns play a major role in the lives of our older adults, and pollution can shorten lifespans, decrease independence, and affect overall health.

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UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Endometrial Ablation

Prepare yourself for an Endometrial Ablation by learning more about what the procedure entails.

DISEASES

Prediabetes and Insulin Resistance

Insulin resistance and prediabetes occur when your body doesn’t use insulin well.

Theranos’ Biggest Crime is Casting Doubt on Consumer Diagnostics

One casualty of the Theranos scandal is that the idea of convenient, more accessible, diagnostic blood tests. We need great, consumer-focused, diagnostic care that lead to definitive answers around patients’ risk of disease and the ability to stay on top of chronic conditions.

The Forgotten in Mental Health Facilities Do Have a Few Advocates

Psychiatry has not a checkered past but a past that must push all of us into a more enlightened future. Relating the past, just...

Xanthelasmas, a Side Effect of High Cholesterol Levels

Xanthelasmas result from fatty deposits that build up around your eye. It can occur in people of all ages, but most often occurs in middle-aged and older adults

HEALTHY MINDS

SAFETY

Cleverly Using Semantics to Deceive and Avoid Licensing as a Therapist?

Coaching, without a doubt, is big business, and it is estimated to bring in $11B in 2021. There is little control over the use of the term “life coach,” and it is an unregulated industry

CARDIO

This 5-Minute Habit Could Help Prevent a Dangerous Heart Condition.

At 7:28 a.m., the sidewalk was still damp from last night’s Seattle area rain. I stepped outside, tea still warming my throat, and began walking...

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

America’s Frontline Doctors Face Long Overdue Medical and Legal Censure

AFLDS or America's Front Line Doctors are about to come undone as state licensing authorities tighten restriction on medical misinformation