About a year ago, I wrote a two part blog regarding whether or not there was a "magic pill" for people who suffer from obesity. I went down a laundry list of medications that have been approved for use to help people lose weight. Toward the end of the piece, I promised to keep readers updated about new drugs or interventions that appeared... Read more
A recent study showed that at least a third of Americans do not get enough sleep. What's enough sleep? While everyone is a little different, eight to nine hours nightly seems to be the most widely accepted amount. The obvious concern is that a third of us may be walking around sleepy, fatigued, irritable and stressed. A more insidious result of... Read more
Many of you, who regularly read my blog, know that I encourage frequent visits to primary care providers to make sure your health is good and you have nothing that requires urgent medical attention. That said, many complain that "no matter what [they] do, [they] cannot seem to lose weight." While most of the time this represents failure of taking... Read more
It's hard to believe that we live in such a super specialized society, that there are actually different types of obesity to characterize. Isn't fat just fat? Well, the quick answer to that question is- not really.
Different people have different body types. Similarly, different people can become obese in unique ways. How one person... Read more
If you have a pulse, you breathe, and you live in the United States of America in 2008, there is no doubt that you have been stressed at one time or another. Some of us are stressed more often than others, and some are stressed more easily than others. Stress can have many effects on our bodies. Most notably, it increases the secretion of cortisol... Read more
