Health

The way that we go about our relationship with eating says something rather significant about how we choose to live life. This idea may not be far-fetched considering that we have long been told "you are what you eat". Read More

Bearable fear, embarrassment, anger, and  physical pain? Read More

At the end of last week an article on breastfeeding caught my eye. Apparently, some celebrities have recently boasted about breastfeeding’s bulge-burning benefits. The article offered a response, amassing anecdotes from Every Woman for and against, asking: Is it true? Left intact and even reinforced by the discussion was the greatest obstacle there is to any women figuring out for herself what strategies for nurturing her child will work for her: the idea that her body is a thing. This idea is hazardous to our health. Read More

This post will make you uncomfortable. You should read it anyway.

I'm going to talk about health behaviors and dangerous diseases. And we don't like to think about disease and death, and so we avoid it.

Instead, we talk around disease and death. For example, right now, there is a real uproar over the recommendation that women should not start having regular mammograms until they turn 50. Opponents of health-care reform have taken this recommendation as the first shot in the war to ration health-care to Americans. Read More

When I came across this article I blinked several times, wondering if I was seeing things that simply were not there. Read More

This week, I had the honor of speaking with experts from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the organization behind November 21's National Survivors of Suicide Day. Read on for the interview and look for one more interview from a psychologist tomorrow on how you can help a loved one. Read More

What did you think of the first part of my attempt to process my father's death? The story continues...let me know what you think! Read More

A great deal of health related information is provided numerically in tables and graphs. However, many people, including physicians and other highly educated people, lack the basic numeracy skills necessary to understand this information. Here are some interesting statistics, numeracy tests and general thoughts for you to consider... Read More

We all know that doing the right thing for our bodies include regular exercise. What we might not realize is that exercise environment really does matter. We get different benefits from exercise depending upon what is happening around us. So, depending on your exercise goals, you might want to be mindful of where and how you exercise and who you exercise with. Read More