This is not a diet blog. Diets don't work. As I point out in the Younger Next Year books: "the message from thousands of studies, over decades of medical research, is clear: Never go on a diet again. The only way to lose weight is to embark on a program of steady, vigorous exercise, avoiding the worst foods being thrust upon you in our... Read more
A new study was published last week and widely reported, as showing that hormone therapy may in fact be good for the heart, in contrast to the result of the Women's Health Initiative released a few years ago, which implied the reverse. Women have been calling since, and asking if this is true, as well as the broader question of How Can... Read more
A lot of my patients find that as they get older, and by this I mean into their 40s and beyond, their sex life falls off some. It isn't lack of interest, though it is sometimes lack of the old degree of desire, but mostly it's that fatigue, lack of sleep, kids, and sometimes a couple of drinks with dinner, effectively drain the... Read more
In light of recent reports that Avandia, a common diabetic medication, is going to be re-labeled with what is called a black box warning from the FDA, regarding heart disease, and that Actose, a similar medicine, is probably going to carry a similar warning, people with diabetes are wondering what to do about medications. It is very... Read more
There is a growing feeling that genetic testing will offer major changes in medicine, and that both diagnosis and drugs will be tailor made to each of us based on detailed analysis of our DNA some time in the next few years. While appealing, this unfortunately is an extremely unlikely scenario. It turns out that only a few, relatively... Read more
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