Better health is within sight of your…. pillow!
Nearly each day, I read another professional study or chapter about the relationship between how we live our lives and chronic illness such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and a variety of autoimmune disease. There is clear and consistent scientific evidence that changes in our day to day behavior—small, realistic changes—improve our health, […]
Exercise—it’s not snake oil.
The benefits are exercise are many, and they are well documented. Point in truth, no medical or psychological intervention has as many benefits with so few unwanted effects. This is particularly true for most types of chronic illness—type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, fibromyalgia, as well as cardio vascular disease. Benefits for living with osteoporosis […]
Seeking a ‘Happy Gut’ for Better Health – The New York Times
In our practice, my colleague Elise Leland, MD specializes in reducing the incidence of chronic illness and the reliance on medication to treat conditions that respond dramatically to behavioral and lifestyle changes. Big pharm is powerfully invested in our use of medication to generate billions of dollars in profit, sometimes providing lifesaving remedies and other […]
Plant-Based Diets Best for Breast Cancer Survival | The Physicians Committee
Many of my clients seek help with health related behavior change because they are suffering and living with chronic or catastrophic illness. Evidence has long existed that cancers and cardiovascular disease as well as chronic conditions such as exceedingly high blood pressure, gastrointestinal inflammatory illnesses—colitis and irritable bowel, and obesity are all significantly effected by […]