The heart is just a pump, a muscle. It’s simple. It squeezes the blood inside of it and valves determine how the blood flows through it. Each time the muscle...
Being fit, happy and healthy doesn’t have to come with a hefty price tag. These low-budget items have big payoffs when it comes to your well-being. Let’s be honest: add...
“Grandma fell and broke her hip!” is an all-too-common phrase in our society. People fear this because it often indicates the beginning of the end. Hip fractures lead to immobility...
A patient is taken to the Emergency Department of his local hospital with signs and symptoms of a stroke: one-sided weakness, speech changes, facial droop, severe headache, numbness on one...
Dennis was twenty-three when his mother brought him into my office. She was leading him by the hand, as he walked haltingly, and sat him down in the chair. He...
Iron-deficiency anemia is the world's most common nutritional deficiency disease and is most prevalent among children and women of childbearing age. Iron is an essential mineral the body requires in...
”Doc, this pins and needles thing in my hands and feet is starting to get really annoying. It starts in the morning and persists all day long. I am constantly...
Lowering Stress to Avoid Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARB) Research on mice and men has indicated some amazing characteristics of the relatively new angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB). Angiotensin receptor blockers (also...
Lower Back Pain? Drugs vs. Real Pain Relief When you have lower back pain, you don’t want to do anything but lay in bed. But the best thing you can...
Kefir – Great Health in a Glass! Kefir is a fermented milk drink originating untold centuries ago. Before refrigeration, fermentation was a common method of food preservation. But as we’ll...
A Review of Calcium Supplements Calcium is an essential mineral required by our bodies. Calcium deficiency is one of the primary causes of osteoporosis. Milk is hailed as one of the best...
Sickly Sweet: What You Need to Know About Artificial Sweeteners Knowing that sugar is bad for us, many of us have opted for the blue, pink or yellow packets. We’re...
